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Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
Still Ownership
Now a Felony

SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 29.--
Governor Young today signed the
"Still Bill" by Senator II. c. Jones,
of San Jose, one of the most hotly
contested prohibition measures of
the legislative session.
The bill makes ownership and
operation of a still a felony pun
ishable by a fine of from $1,000 to
$4,000, and by imprisonment of from
one to five years.
Reorganization of the state de
partment of public health, as pro-
vided under the measure by Sena
tor Ralph +. Swing of San Bernar
dino, was also approved by the gov
crnor. The new department will
consist of board of seven mem
bers, including a director at a sal.
airy of $4,000 year.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
Atlantic Flight
Plane Tested

SAN DIEGO, Cal, April 20
Captain Charles Linderbcrgh, who
plans TO flv from New York to
Paris for the $4,000 Orteig prize
early in May took up his new Ryan
plane late yesterday for a test
flight and pronounced it perfect.
Lindbergh flew for nearly half an
hour and beat out navy planes in
the air at the same time in air
maneuvering. Captain Lindbergh
will leave here for st. Louis tomor-
row where his plane will be chris
tened for the ocean hop by his St.
Louis hackers.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
|YNAN|TE
[EVEf To
CITY
zach Blasted by Army
b Prevent Flood In
New Orleans.
led MORE FUNDS
Cross May Increase
Drive for Relief TO Ten
Million.
By ALFRED p. RECK

ny Axk 0kkAO =. A6Sn
led Press Staff Correspondent
wright, 1927, by United Press)
BOARD THE COAST GUARD
TER 3O2, OFF POYDRAS, La,
| 29.-With mighty blast
h sent dirt flying a hundred
into the air, accompanied by
ar as the Mississippi leaped to
lon, engineers blew the levee
lies south Of New Orlans today
fsperat efforts to save the city
other parts Of the state from
worst flood threat in history.
break was made which widened
to about 1900 feet as the re-
|d flood water swirled and
ted through the gap and start
n n path Of destruction across
Bernard Parish, which has been
ficed to appease the Mississippi
8 wrath against New Orleans
other parts of the state.
buses in the path of the torrent
bled and then toppled into a
Of utter desolation.
[rden spots were quickly cover
rom the back of the main flow
peaceful farming communities
inundated.
EMPHIS, Tenn, April 29.-The
of the American Red Cross
Z fund drive may be increased
$5,000,0e0 to $10,000.000 il
intimated today by Henry NJ.
r, head of the relief organiza.
final decision on whether an
npt would be made TO double
amount of the fund originally
ht will be reached after a con
nee between Baker and Herbert
|ver, secretary of commerce.
|oOvcr and his federal flood re-
mission will return to Memphis
brow from an inspection trip
be delta region. He has express.
he opinion that $5,000,000 will
be sufficient to cope with the
! relief situation.
ASHINGTON. April 29.-Pres-
Il Coolidge will not call an ex-
session of congress to consider
Il relief or rehabilitation lcgis.
n, it was announced at the
te House today.
u extra session was sought by
stor Robinson. Arkansas, dem
tic floor leader, who urged
ls be appropriated for recon
Ietion loans to farmers and other
ferers after the floods subside.
EMPHIS, Tenn. April 90
Red Cross flood relief organi.
pms today continued concentrat-
rescue boats on the Mississippi
r south of Natchez, Miss, in
mess for any emergency.
aports from government engi'
$ stationed along the river to-
showed their increasing alarm
levee conditions in southern
,issippi, southeastern Arkansas
Louisiana.
he river was rising at an unpre.
nted rate at Nicksburg and the
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

A new weed pest, native of ST.
IBERIA, appearing first in 1924, has
spread over the entire wheat grow
ing section of the Northwest. This
undesirable migrant is described as
white-flowered mustard, with un-
der ground rootlets having no com
mon name, but called technically
pubescens. ,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
Car Thief Killed,
Companion Dying
Nv United Press Leased Wire

RICHMOND, Cal, April 29.-Onc
auto thief was killed and his com
ranion is near death here as the
result of a collision as they were
fleeing from the bullets of police
men early today.
Raw NJ. Sarver, 10, Oakland, is
dead. His companion upon whom
nothing to identify him was found,
is unconscious in a local hospital
suffering from fractured pelvis
and internal injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

The irrigation flme line of the
Lake Hemet Water Company, Riv'
erside county, has been completely
repaired of all damages done by the
flood waters of last February and
the water was turned into the sys-
tenn the last of the week. About
1000 feet of flume line was washed
out by the flood.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29
Ford Libel Suit
Has New Hitch
BY United Press Leased Wire

DETROIT, Mich, April 29.-The
legal intricacies of the million dol
lar Henry Ford-Aaron Sapiro libel
suit were-added to today when it
was announced that Judge Fred NJ.
Raymond of Grand Rapids would
not attend a conference of attor
neys in the case here tomorrow.
The judge was to have been hero
to attempt to set a date for retrial
of the case, adjourned because of
disqualification of a woman juror.
Elmer w. VOORHEES,, clerk of the
federal court, said that another dis
trict judge would be appointed to
attend the conference.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

Nearly so per cent of the stock
ings made in the United States in
1925 were of cotton, says someone
who has counted them. There must
he an awful lot of men in this
country who never have felt the
silk.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

w. T. Johnson, San Diego arch
itect. will design the United States
buildings at the International Ex-
position, Seville, Spain, to be held
in 1928.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

rex The. flappers of the day will
make good sensible mothers says
q Washington sociologist. It's
when they become grandmas these
days that they start stepping out.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

owe realize that there are many
demands made upon FL Centre pco-
ple,' Colonel Phillips said today,
"but we do not ask for any large
contributions. No matter how
small the donation may be, it will
help. We should all be glad to
share in this work and be as will
ing to aid our fellow countrymen as
we were to assist victims of disas-
ter in other parts of the world.
Exalted Ruler Gruwell, of the
local Elks lodge exrlnined today
that the lodge'has e. 'buted $lcO
20 the national fund beino raised by
the Elks- order, and this will be used
for immediate relief work in the
devastated area, snpplementing the
work of the Red Cross.
Contributions received thus far
hy Colonal phillins ineude.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

Judging from the sounds in
England, Mr.. Churchill is having
his troubles in trying to bulge the
budget.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

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Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-29

Continued on Page Eight
Evening star., 1927-03-09
WRC-RadiO Corporation Of America
(46S5 MptersI

6:45 p.m.-"The Political Situation in
Washington Tonight by Frederic
William Vile. broadcast Jointly with
WEAF from Washington. ID. e.
pm. .ElThe United States Army
Band, broadcast jointly with WIZ,
New York, from 7:30 to pm.
8 pm-"Th< Perfect Diamond En-
tertainers."
S15 p.m.--4National Cavaliers, from
WEAF'.
$50 pm-Davis Saxophone octet,
from WEAF.
pm.-Ipana Troubadours, from
WEAF.
$50 p.m.-George Washington Uni
versity Glee Club.
10 p.m.-Smith Brothers, from
WEAF.
1890 to 11:30 pm.-''Patience." by
the WEAF Light Opera Co.
Early Program Tomorrow.
GAS to 7:45 a.m.-Tower health ex
ercises, broadcast Jointly with WEAf'
from the Metropolitan Tower, New
York City.
1870 a.m.-Lenten Bible study hour.
1890 horticultural Flashes.
12:45 to p.m.-Mayfiower Orches-
ira.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
FLORENCE POSTON
NSRAD|OPR|zE
Is Only Contestant to Get
More Than 3 Stations Cor
rect in Week.

Miss Florence Poston, S02 Mary
Stars radio Identification contest for
the ninth week, which closed Sunday,
according to a final tabulation of the
returns today. She identified five sta
ton and was the only contestant to
name correctly more than three of
the seven stations selected during the
week.
The stations picked up for identi-
fication follow:
Monday, February 2s: WIG, At
lantic City.
Tuesday, March 1: WSM, Nashville,
Tenn.
Wednesday, March 2: WAIU, Co
lumbus, Ohio.
Thursday. March 8: WOO, Phila-
delphia.
Friday, March 4: WJR. Detroit.
Saturday, March S: WILT, Phila'
delphia.
Sunday, March G: WOAx. Trenton,
n. J.
The winner failed to identify WJR
and WOAX.
The contestants who named three
stations correctly were Alvin l..
Plant, 1926 First street; Randolph
Buckley, Clifton Station, Va, and
Mortimer d. Rathgeber, 3512 New
Hampshire avenue.
Four contestants identified two sta
tions. They were Thomas A. Bam-
ford, 725 Fern street; David G. Mil
Ter, 4315 Third street; Mrs. II. L.
Briggs, 2577 Rhode Island avenue
northeast, and Mrs. l.. B. Olmstead,
Station II, Route 9, Washington.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
RADIO PROVES AID
TO 100000 FARMERS
Department of Agriculture Reports
Sets Are Becoming Indis-
pensable Machines.
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Farmers are becoming to look upon
the radio as an Indispensable piece
of farm machinery, in the belief of
Agriculture Department officials, who
estimate that more than a 1000, 900
growers, with the best sets available.
are now receiving the Government
Market News service through 50
broadcasting stations in 35 states.
This service, made available to radio
stations via 400 miles of leased tele-
graph wires, has been developed. an
announcement said today, coincidental-
ly with the development of radio broad
casting, and the farmers are described
as being strong in favor of it.
"One station in a recent six months
period" it was said received more
than 5000 letters of commendation Of
the service from farmers, county bank
ers, livestock shippers and merchants
in IL agricultural states surrounding
the station.
Market news programs. the depart
ment said, are being expanded and
revised continually to make them of
the greatest value to producers. In.
quiries by farmers and broadcasters
for more specific market information.
it was added, shows a steadily grow
ing use of radios by farmers.
1T has been found" the department
reported, that farmers usually have
bought the best radio sets available
AS early as 1928 a depa rtment survey
showed the average cost of radio
sets on more than / 900 farms widely
scattered over the country was SITS.
Since then the cost Of radio equipment
has decreased erreatIy'
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Chinese Laundry
Ticket Expose Is
Promisedby WOR

An expose of the great mystery
of the Chinese laundry ticket is
among the things promised in a ra-
dio talk from WOR Wednesday,
March 16, at 8:45 pm, when Henry
G. McNeary, American silk ex-
porter. fresh from Canton and
Shanghai, will speak on his inn
pressions of the great Oriental re-
public.
Mr.. McNeary, whose home is in
Newark, n. j., declares the "mys-
terry" of the hieroglyphics is not as
deep as it appears. for the ticket
is in reality q cross between the
numerals and winds of a ah-jong
hand. At the top of the average
Chinese laundryman's pink slip is
the symbol for the north, south,
east or west, tbe prevailing winds,
and at the bottom is a serial num-
Der in duplicate. The wind symbol
is used merely to prevent duplica-
tfon of the numbers.
The customer is given the end OF
the ticket bearing the serial num-
ber, and it is by means of this
number that the laundryman is
able to locate a bundle of collars.
Evening star., 1927-03-09

Davis Saxophone Octet, tne S,i,.i @
Brothers and the WEAF Light opera
60. which will sing Patience, ia
addition to a concert by the Army
BAND and a song festiVal pY @ tne
George Washington University uiee
Club. -. ,,,ayed
one of the selections to be piayeo p
by the saxophone group Is Menueis
sohn's intriguing Song Ni1nou'
Words" The intermezzo from lava,
leria Rusticana" also will oe playeu
by artists using the oboe, three ciarl-
nets, violin and piano.
Every ether channel with carrier
wave responded with clarity ana sooo
volume last night and gave DA NUM-
ers an excellent opportunity to PICK
IN many out flown stations. Ihere
was very little interference from stat
ic and heterodyning, but fading seemed
to be more prevalent. Even the sig
nails of such high-powered stations as
WLW, Cincinnati, and WIZ. New
York. were affected by this phenomena.
Washington's dialing activities were
confined to stations with range of
600 miles of the city. Among those
logged were KYW, WIS, and webb,
Chicago; VIVID, Mooseheart; WTAM,
Cleveland; WPG, Atlantic City; WICK,
Detroit; WKBW, Buffalo; WLWL and
WRNY, New York.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
HAITI AGAIN ON AIR.

Haiti'S official broadcaster is again
heard on the air. but only on Friday
between 8 and pm. HHk comes
in pretty well in Washington, except
for some general interference and a
mean heterodyne from WFHH, Clear
water, Florida.
As soon as the United States radio
broadcast situation is cleared up. it
is anticipated that HHk will select
q wave length which is not used as
generally as is 361 meters. This can
be done, as the Island is independent
of American and other channels and
may choose it's own frequencies, but
naturally it prefers clear one if
il can be found.
Evening star., 1927-03-09

A passenger can ride 40 miles for
one fare on Chicago's street car lines
if he chooses tLe right rnA2te.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Local Radio Entertainment
Wednesday, March 9, 1927.
NAA-Washington Navy Yard (i3l.6
Nafefal

3:45 p.m.--Weather Bureau reports.
9:55 p.m.-Arlington time signals.
1905 p.m.--Weather Bureau reports
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Irish Songs Over WRC.

Perhaps there is nothing more ap-
than listening to an Irish
man in good voice sing Irish songs
on st. Patrick's Day; at any rate
Allen McQuhae, the Atwater Kent
star. will offer q goodly round of old
Irish songs, aided and assisted by
Marie Narelle, the so-called Queen of
Irish Song"
Both these stars will be heard over
WRC and a string of eighteen sta
tionS Sunday,
Evening star., 1927-03-09
New Radio Patents Given.

Evidently many photograph and
radio cabinets or combinations of the
two are going to appear on the
market this summer or in the fall.
There were no less than seven new
designs patented last week for two
phonograph companies, while a radio
manufacturer has three new loud
speaking cabinet patents assigned
fa
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Dual Transmission Trial.

Station WRNY, New York, is plan.
ming to try out dual transmission on
both it's regular channel and a short
wave below so meters, In an effort
TO learn If the shorter channel will
carry to distant points not reached
by the regular wave length. The
double transmitter will be located
outside the city. Another innovation
IN radio broadcasting, the Rogers
Underground antenna, also will be
tried out soon by WRNY.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
WRHF-WashingtO Radio Hospital
Fund ts56 Metersl.
WMAIL-WashingtO Radio Forum
(e939 Meters).

II to T. noon--Current events and
police reports.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Orchestra i'm Hotel
Is Identification Key
In Listeners Contest

The station selected for iden-
tiffcatiOn last night i'm The Stars
radio contest broadcast between
1888 and 7:45 o'clock a group of
popular selections played by a
hotel orchestra. Among them
were Muddy Waters" and "All
That Want Is You"
Each week The Star awards
a cash prize of $40 to the con-
testant identifying the greatest
number of stations. The third
station for the tenth contest
week will be picked up tonight
between 7:3O and 8 O'clock.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
RADIO MERCHANTS HOLD
MEETING AT LUNCHEON
Midnight Supper and Entertain
ment Is Planned by As
Sociation

G. II. Carey. repreSe ntInE the Cro~,
ley Manufacturing Co, gave "a. ed
ucational radio talk at luncheon
of the kadio Merchants Association
ut lta.vey's Restaurant yesterday
afternoon.
j. Fred Huber. president OF the
associated. announced that plans are
being made for another midnight
supper and entertainment.
Phil Hayden and Les Colvin. pop
ular radio entertainers gave short
program.
The luncheon WAS sponsored by th"
Doubleday Hin Electric 10.
Evening star., 1927-03-09


ng nI Avntale hue
d S a o 0 present
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Col. Heysinger Reassigned.

Lieut.. Col. James -. lIeysinEer.
Army Medical Corps, at Fort Ben
jamin Harrison. Ind. has been
ordered to Fort Eustis. Va. for duty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-26
FALSE, SAYS BRAZILIAN,
OF .-XICAN CHARGE
Denies He Was Pal 100000
While Member of Mixed
Claims Commission.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, November
REHABILITATION Of charge in the
Hearst newspapers in the United
States that Don Rodrigo Octavio, neu.
trail Brazilian member of the Mexican
American Mixed Claims Commission,
was ordered paid 100000 by the MeXi-
can government, ostensibly to influ-
ence his vote, caused a sensation in
Brazil yesterday. Don Rodrigo denied
the accusation as absolutely false.
'The story is sheer fantasy" he said.
The charge received wide attention,
since Octavio is prominent in public
life and is now federal attorney gen
eral
(The charge, published in Hearst pa
pers, was accompanied by photostatic
copies of alleged authentic documents
purporting to show that 100000 was
ordered paid to Octavio for services
to Mexico" seven months before the
Mixed Claims Commission voted to
to absolve the Mexican government of
responsibility for the killing of 16
members of an American mining party
at Santa Isabel)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-26
BRIDE, is, WANTS COURT
TO ANNUL HER MARRIAGE
Girl Admits Giving Wrong Age
to Husband; Two Others
Seek Freedom.

Helen J. Shaw. 16 years old, through
her mother, Mrs. Bertha NJ. Mattacks,
1347 Taylor street, yesterday asked
the District Supreme Court to annul
her marriage to Cameron w. Shaw.
who is attached to the Naval Air Sta
ton. The girl admits that she told
Shaw she was IS years old when
they went to Rockville, October %,
to be married, and that he gave that
age in his application for license.
She is represented by Attorney John
Paul Jones.
Annulment Of marriage is also
asked in a petition filed by Mrs. Lucy
r. Ducey against Edward 7. Ducey.
who is said to be an inmate of the
State Hospital at Allentown, Pa. The
wife says the husband was insane
when he went through a marriage
ceremony with her. She asks permits
sion to adopt her maiden name--Lucy
f. Proctor. She is represented by At
torney George c. Warner.
Mrs. Maude S. Coombs also wants
an annulment of her marriage to
Jacob r. Coombs. They were married
October IS, 1924, and the wife claims
she was misled as to the physical con-
dition of her husband. She is repre-
scented by Attorney Austin +. Can
held. Z. L. =. 49, a 80 gaaas.- -.. 4a4--.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-26
Church DELEGATES
WILL FIGHT VETS
Methodist Pledge to Oppose
Anti-Drys Seen as Move
Against Smith.
B. the As 'ated Press.

ATLANTA, Ca, November ga
direct pledge to mot vote for the can.
didate of any party for any office
whose record proves such candidate to
be favorable to the repeal Of the eight.
eenth amendment or modification of
the Volstead act" was adopted unani-
mously by 80 members Of the North
Georgia Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South in session
here yesterday.
The resolution was introduced by
DIR. G. O. Jones, head of the Anti
Saloon League of Georgia, and carried
the names Of % men and women,
who announced that they represented
175 900 white Methodists and a white
constituency of a half million.
While the resolution mentioned no
particular presidential candidate, its
sponsors declared it was aimed large.
ly against Gov. AL Smith, as well as
certain other potential presidential
candidates Of both major parties.
In recording its stand on prohibi-
ton the group likewise resolved to
urge leaders of the Democratic
party in Georgia to send to the next
presidential convention a delegation
of men and women positively instruct.
ed and pledged never to vote for the
nomination of any candidate whose
private or public record shows the
candidate has been and is opposed to
prohibition as set forth in the eight.
zenith amendment, the Volstead act
and the various State constitutions
and statutes"
The resolutions set forth that the
amendment ard the Volstead act were
being fought with more aggressive.
ness than ever"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-26
CONTROVERSY AROUSED
OVER FAMOUS CASCADE
Application of Power Company for
Permit to Dam Cumberland Falls
in Kentucky Contested.

By the Associated Press
The fate of the Cumberland Falls
in the Kentucky Appalachians, last
waterfall of any magnitude in the
Central East, is at stake in a hearing
to be held soon by the Federal Power
Commission.
The Kentucky Hydro-Electric Pow
er Co. has asked for permission to
dam the cataract for power purposes.
The National Conference of State
Parks, through Stephen T. Mather. it's
chairman, resists the granting Of the
application, and seeks to preserve the
natural beauty of the rocky gorge
through which the river cascades. The
conference holds that a site at Wolf
Creek, several miles below the falls. is
adaptable to power purposes.
Senator du Pont of Delaware, a ma.
tive Kentuckian. has offered to buy
the falls site and give it to the State,
but the company exercised a four-year
option October Is and bought the
property.
The Cumberland Falls lie in a pic.
turesque mountain gorge, and during
flood periods the average flow over the
falls often is greater than that of
the American falls at Niagara
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-26
DEMOCRATS FIGHT
FOR SENATE POSTS
Greater Representation on
Standing Committees to
Be Demanded.
BY the Associated Press.

Having narrowed the Republican
Senate majority almost to hairs
breadth, the Democrats will demand
greater representation on the stand
ing committees of the Seventeen Con-
gress than they had on those of the
Sixty ninth.
The minority is particularly con-
cerned with increasing it's own mem
bership ard eorTespondingly decreas.
ing the Republican places on the
finance, appropriations. foreign rela-
tons, interstate commerce and judi
ciary committees, the big five" bodies
of the Senate.
Since the custom in the past has
been to make the relationship on the
committees as between the two par
ties conform to the ratio of member
ship in the Senate, the Democrats an
ticipate little difficulty in obtaining an
agreement with the majority.
This furnishes about the only point
Of serious controversy which might
arise between the two parties owe,
Senate organization week after next
The subject will be discussed at the
Republican conference, which is like.
ly to be held one week from today.