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Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
SEELEY
(Press Staff Correspondent

press Staff Correspondent
SEELEN, Dee. 2s.-Mr. and Mrs.
Hobart lIcrrick have rs their house
guests Mr.. Horirk's : brother in-law,
+. l.. Bartlett and two sons, Stanley
and Robert. Of san Diego. and c.
Il. Ferguson of Arlington.
y large crowd gathered at the
church sunday evening to hear the
Christmas program and see the tree.
\ splendid program was given by
the members of the Sunday school
and Santa Claus was present to see
that every one received a box Of
candy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Trammel
were host and hostess at a dinner
party given ut their home in Ja-
cumba. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Haley, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Campbell and son Lawrence,
Mrs. Ida Trammcl and children Min.
ME and Willie.
Another pleasant family dinner
was given by Mr.. and Mrs. Dclmar
Potter at their home. Guests pres
ont were Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. DALEY
and children OF DiXicland, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dclmar Upshaw and children
Of Dixicland and u. Upshaw.
MIR. and Mrs Walter Hansen We're
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Wakefield Of FL Centre Christmas
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis and three
boys left Tuesday for san Diego
whore they will make their future
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. y. Hull were the
guests Of friends in Imperial Christ
mas day.
y family reunion was held At the
4. H. sheldon home Christmas day.
Those present to enjoy the turkey
dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Rupert
Borden Of CaleXico, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Doty and daughter Of I'm
pcrial, Mr.. and Mrs. Ncls GrouIeff
and children, George sheldon of
Iishop, Melvin, Dan, True, Earl
and Bculah sheldon anl Mr.. and
Mrs. \. II. sheldon.
Mrs. Scola is confined to her home
with the "flu.'
Mr.. and Mrs. William Schultz had
as their guests Christmas day, Mrs.
Elizabeth Robinson of Ramona. Mr..
and Mr.. :. r. Robinson and two sons,
Harold and Temple, and Kermit
Mayficld.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. McGcc are i'll
with the ''flu.'
Mr.. and Mrs. p. Nelson gave a
Christmas dinner, the guests being
Mr.. and Mrs. Shcrburnc, Mr. and
Mrs. James Howard and Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Pcarsc,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Best cntcrtain-
cd Mr. and Mrs. Austin Tuesday.
The Men : WcstSide Progressive
Club will hold "Watch Party'
New Years eve. Evcryon" is in
Vitcd.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Plenty Of Heat
To Be Developed
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HI'NTINGTON PARK, Calf,
De-. S. temperature Of &,joo de
grees Fahrenheit win exist in n
.crics Of special furnaces being
made ready for use by prominent
metallurgi,ts when they attend thu
meeting Of the western metal con
grass next month. Carl II. frommc,
scientific demonstration chairman,
said here today.
Through the Session Of the con
eress. which viii meet in Los Ang-
clcs January II to IS, numerous rep
rcscntativrs Of technical engineer
ing societies and steel concerns in
the United States win concentrate
on an attempt to improve the metal
products Of The country. Frommr
said
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
BIG TOWN WILL
HAVE NICE new
'0PERY HOUSE
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NEW YORK, Dee. 2S.-John d.
Rockefeller, Jr., has purchased the
property between 4Sth and 5lst
streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues
for 4 site for the new Metropolitan
Opera house, it was reported today.
This property has been held by
the Columbia University. The pur-
chase price is said to have been
more than S100,o00,000, although
last August, when it first was re-
ported Rockefeller had taken an
option on the properties, value was
estimated at between $40,0Q0.o0o
and $S0,000,00O.
Plans for the new opera house
call for site in the block between
Forty Ninth aud Fifticth streets.
Reports current as TO Rockefeller :
plans for developing the property
have made the prospective new
opera house the central structure in
a group Of monumental buildings.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Afghanistan King
Ready To Abdicate
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LONDON. Dee. 28.-King ANA
Hullah. Of Afghanstan, IS reported
willing to abdicato in favor of his
Ii year old son, Hidaytalluah dis
patches from the !aily Mails cor
respondent at Lahore, India, said
today.
Continued disorders throughout
the country lasting more than two
WcctN caused the King 5 decision.
The disorders resulted in displcasure
on the part OF trihcSmon At the
King ; attempt ia wcstcrnizr his
country.
No official confirmation of the
abdication report has been received
here.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Alan Ryan Fails
To Contest Will
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NEW YORK, Dee. 2S.-Thc will
Of the late Thomas Fortune Ryan,
dispeSing of an estate of perhaps
$500, 100000, was admitted for pro
bate today after his son, Alan \.
Ryan. had failed to file contest.
Alan was cut off with pair of
pearl >hirtStudS and a right to buy
some Of his fathers paintings.
The son had until noon to file a
contest, under a stipulation in the
win and under a ruling by Surrogate
James 4. Foley. He failed to do SO.
Alan 5 children were left liberal
shares in the famous financier 5 will.
Alan himself had been cstran2cd
from his father ever since 1917 when
the elder Ryan took his second wife.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Counterfeit Gang
Sought In North

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SANTA BARBARA, Calf, Dec.
IS. Police today were attempting to
discover the identity of persons be
lievcd to be making huge quantities
of counterfeit money somewhere in
the city
Reports to Chief of Police George
Sloan from various local bankers
said that several thousand dollars
worth of fake coins and bills had
been passed on Santa Barbara Nor
chants during tn" recent Christmas
rush.
Included in the fictitious money
were a large number Of 10 dollar
bills on which the small colorrd silk
threads contained in genuine cur
rlucy were clcvcrly initiated on the
surface with paint.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
JEWELRY IDENTIFIED

WATSONVILLE. Calf. Dee. 2S.
The S250o worth Of icwelry found
by Charles Dondero. local druggist
on the Highway near san Carlos
Christmas day, was identified to-
day as the property Of Mrs. Walter
:. Moore Of Hollywood.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Wild West Play
Costs Tots Life
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FREMONT, Wash, Dee. IS
Four little boys and girls last night
started to play "Wild West -, white
their mother and father were away
from home.
Charles Jones, II, the Oldest, had
% rifle aud a 30 calibre revolver,
put another weapon was needed.
Charles climbed on a chair and took
clown the big revolver, his father,
Jacob Jones, lied placed high Over
the door.
There was shot, and Louis, +,
fell to the floor.
Charles gathered the child in his
aims and ran to a ncighboring
homo, where Il physician told th1n
chat Louis was dead.
TIL" Oakdalc irrigation district,
Stanislaus county, this year produc-
rd 900 bales of cotton.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Youth Held For
Deaths of Five
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GASTONIA, y. C.. Dee. IS. -
The bodies of a rich farmer, his
wife and three children were found
in the Kitchen Of a burning farm
house today while fourth child, Il
II year old youth, sat in the front
yard. with a shotgun beside him.
The youth, Jacob Nanderberg, was
arrested and faces murder charges.
IS; Mrs. Tanderbcrg; their two
The dead are J. W. Nanderbcrg,
daughters, Pauline, Is; Louise, 90,
and a son, Robcr,, II.
Jacob denied the slayings. He had
suit case with him when found.
filled with a suit Of clothes Of his
father : and a roll Of bills.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Flu Deaths To
Reach High Mark

WASHINGTON, Dee. 2S.-U. S.
health service statisticians cstimat-
cd today that between 10000 and
10000 deaths might result from in
flucn2a and pneumonia during the
present epidemic.
Their prediction was based on
deaths reported thus far and on re-
ports from various states which indi-
Gated that more than million per-
sons now are suffering from infIu-
CuHa.
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Narrow Escape
For Sam Harris
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FIREBAUGH, Calf. Dee. 2S.-
William Kelly was i'll JUL here to-
day awaiting preliminary hearing
January I ON the charge of assault
with intent to murder Sam Harris,
negro.
Kelly, intent oI cXtcrminating
Harris. secured an axe and finding
his intended victim in a restaurant,
swung the weapon FOR the negro 5
head. The blade turned slightly,
however, and bounced off Harris
skull, raising an enormous bump
hut apparently doing no other dam
age.
Kelly fled but was halted by
shots from Officer Romero 5 gun.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Convict Stays
Prison Officer
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PNRCIlMAN. Miss, Dec. Is
Sergeant j. B. nuNall, %, in com
uand Of the carpenter quad at the
state prison farm here, WAS found
Brutality murdered in his bed early
today,
Charles Shepherd negro. %. &
convict who was missing from the
farm today, is believed to have kill
ed ruval. Bloadhouuds ~2rs placed
on H.. trail
GARKSDALE. Miss. Dee. IS
\ posse with b!ooJhound> searched
the Mississippi river bottoms near
hero today for Charles shepherd,
escaped negro convict, -, believed
to have murdered }. +. DuvaH prison
farm guard, and kidnapped his
daughter, Ruth, l..
Duvall was found with his head
crushed and throat Slashed in his
home carly today, and his daughter
was missing. Part II the girl 5
clothes were gone and others We're
found hloodStairca Oh her bed by
Lcr aged mother.
Mrs Duvall, who is deaf, and
three other children Of the couple,
were in the home at the time, bat
were not awakened
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
MARRIAGE LICENSE

\ notice Of intention to marry
has been filed in the county clerk :
office !y O>a Parrot, p, and W. g..
Proctor, -, both Of Brawley and
nntiNoe Of Miesnur-.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
soUTHERNERs WELCOMED

LOS ANGELES, Dee. 23.-Mayor
Crycr and other civic dignatarics
toinnd today in welcoming Mayor
Ea.sdala, Of Atlanta, and Il party
of - followers OF Georgia Tech,
here to play the University Of Cali
fouja ia Pasadena New Years
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Ontonetrist--Dr. Norman E. Dupont

Scientific examinations Glasses fitted. Lenses dup
Heated SDecializng childrens crossed eyes
and muscular cases 115 So. 5th two doors north of
Post Office Phone 384
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Hafcherv--El Centre Hatchery

w. Commercial ST. block west Of imperial Ave
Chix are from Accredited and Blood Tested Flocks.
Will hatch your eggs for S4O0 per hundred;
Phone 662
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Storm Sweeping
In From Pacific
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SAN FkANCINNO. NCc. = !
nov storm VA s.snpjrg in today,
threatening by nig':fau to give
rain or snow u the whole Pacific
s'ope with thu exception of South
eru California.
Weather hurean predictions Wrra
for Snow ard ram in Washington
aud Oregon, and probably snow in
Nevada and Idaho tomorrow. Cloudy
and uns titled weather over all OF
California lat the south waS fore.
cast fer today, With Rain arriving
tonight or tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Auto Radiator & Sheet Metal Work
BrotUnie Cleaners and Overs
Building Matpriols-- -Whitine-Mea6 Co.

PLUMBING. Paints Hardwaro Wall Board. EVERYTHING
for building. Office and Yard 400 West Main st.
Phone 37O
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
THE WEATHER

SOUTHERN CALTFORNIA-Fail
and mild tonight and Saturday
gentle variable winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
AcefyIene WeIding-General Machine Work

Cylinder Grinding or Boring. Piston Grinding, fly
wheel, ring gears Pumps and Tractor work Bicycles
and Novelties. Wilson Machine Shop 1922 Main
St Phone 40-J
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
Try Steven s Coffee Cream. Higl

grade and heavy enough to whip
Steven 5 Dairy. Phone S707RJ. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-28
army & Navy Variety Store.

New and Used Furniture, stoves linoleums,
We buy and sell everything for less. NJ. M
480 Main st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-03

crease in market value is also due in
part to the surplus of capital now
looking for profitable investment.
The five companies included in the
comparison are General Motors,
studebaker, Packard, Chrysler and
Hudson. In 1924 the book value Of
their combined assets was $617,-
467,033 while the market value Of
their securities aggregated s741, 1884,
511. By the high point of 1923 their
book value had only increased to
S9so,S7o,e61 but their market value
had increased to s4,e66,974,557. Here
we have the extraordinary picture Of
the market value Of securities ex.
ceeding the book value Of the real in.
vestment Of the owners by $685.
i03,896 or more than $50 per cent.
General Motors has been the chief
eoiner of wealth for the Morgan
Dupont financial clique. In the four
year period it's market value in.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-03
nash MOTOR and
.CHAL MERS SERFS
DRIVEN Y HOURS
Thousands Tramp Street
for Jobs in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. (By maiD. -
Speaking before the meeting of the
Machinists' Union, Local No. sc, the
International Organizer Schoenberg
complained about the lack of response
on the part of the workers. Only a
few of them respond to the call to
attend organization meetings, he said.
He expected to find the workers of
this city more militant, more radical
than in other cities, but it is quite
the opposite.
Those who live in Milwaukee are
not surprised at this. The "socialist"
takers controlling the labor movement
here have Slapped it of every trace of
militancy. No attempts are made to
develop an organization campaign
among the great masses of the unor-
ganized workers. Wages here are at
the lowest level. Hours are long. In
the big manufacturing plants like the
International Harvester, Nash Motor
Co., Allis Chalmers, A. 0. Smith Co.
the night shifts are working twelve
anu 1IlOIe LOuIS WIlllG IllOuoolldS Va
unemployed are looking for jobs.
Whenever there is a struggle by the
workers themselves to establish an
organization or to defend the existing
union, the socialist" takers content
themselves with meaningless speeches
instead of pobilizing the entire labor
movement for the support of these
struggles. No action was taken by
the Federated Trades Council in sup
port of the locked out Amalgamated
members in the Adler clothing shops.
In our union, the Machinists' Local
No. Sc, the business agent is $50
cialist." At our last meeting he was
opposing a motion from the floor to
instruct the delegates of the union to
the Federated Trades Council to re-
quest this body to take action against
the attempt of the open shoppers in
Kenosha to have the governor. send
the National Guard to suppress the
strike of the hosiery workers. In the
course of discussion Schoenberg stat
ed that the Federated Trades Council
was dead from it's neck up and that
it failed to give him any help what
soever in his organization work.
The fate of the striking workers
under the attack of the exploiters did
not worry the socialist business agent
of our union. He was more concerned
with securing credentials to the State
Federation Convention which will be
held ON July IT in Kenosha. He in
duced the. already elected delegate to
make motion that credentials be
issued. The reason given by that
delegate in making his motion was
that the business agent was very
much interested to attend the con-
vention.
A MACHINIST.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-03

OF American young workers, is con-
stantly carrying on a campaign tc
counteract the influence Of the EN-.
ployers and win the youth for the
struggles of the American working
class. We want to bring to the at
tention of the American workers
the fact that we alone will not be
able to solve this important task.
Every labor organization, every class
conscious worker must recognize the
important role of the young workers
in industry and how they are being
exploited by the capitalist class. The
duties of the labor organizations are
not only to take cognizance of this
task, but to take immediate steps to
win the youth on their side.
Y. w. L. Training Schools.
The young workers must be made
familiar with the tasks, problems.
and conditions of the American work
ers, and be trained to take an active
part in our struggle. The education
the young workers receive in their
public schools does not in any way
prepare them to become active fight
ers for the cause of labor. For this
purpose, the Young Workers League
is organizing Training Schools in all
parts Of the country where young
workers will first be acquainted with
the problems facing the American
| workers, and also acquire the neces-
sary organizational and political
knowledge to become effective fight
ers in the American labor movement.
Such training schools will be opened
in the state Of Illinois, arranged I'M
der the jurisdiction of District and
Is, Young Workers (Communist)
League. Today more than ever be-
fore is it necessary for the labor move
ment of the mid-western states to
train the youth for participation in
the struggle.
The employers of this state are
carrying on a vicious campaign
against the labor movement as is
manifested in their attack on the
/ United Mine Workers.
From our past experiences with
these schools, we know the great bene-
fit the organizations helping to build
the schools receive as a result of the
training Of these young workers. The
students after going thru such a
training school become active leaders
in their community. We are sure
that the results of this years schoo
will be still greater than in the past
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-03

creased from SAFES 24,57o to s3,824,-
SAC, $3.50 or about 700 per cent while
the assets behind it's securities in
creased from 10000 to S714,-
047,375 or only about Sc per cent. It's
market value now exceeds it's book
value by s3,110,602,294 or $40 per
cent.
General Motors profits in 1927
amounted to $685., 1o4, 1926, an increase
of about $50 per cent over 1924.
Fat Profits
A recent compilation by the Chrys-
Ter corporation throws more light on
the profits of the owners Of motor
stocks in the last five years. Assum-
ing that on Jan. 2, 1923, an investor
put 500 into the stock of each of the
corporations listed above the value OF
the equivalent stocks June IL, 1923,
exclusive of dividends received, would
have been: Chrysler, s1,756; General
Motors, 1908; Packard, $3.50; Hudson,
$500, and Studebaker, $143. Adding
dividends received in the interval the
800 investment in each of these
stocks woald have produced $1,977,
and in the case Of Chrysler, General
Motors, S1,034; Packard, $1,0o2;
Hudson, s4ee, and Studebaker, 5000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-03
Soviet Agricultural
Purchases Increases

MOSCOW, (Dy Mail).-The value
Of total purchases Of agricultural pro-
duets by Soviet marketing agencies
for the first six months Of fe27-2s
was 955,ooo,co0 ruh!es, an increase
OF GIG per cent over the first half of
iD25-27. Purchases Of wheat for tho
period amounted to s,2sD,000 metric
toas, a decline Of 1870 per cent from
tae preceding year, while purchases
Of rye totaling 1,675,0oo metric tons
showed a gain Of 0,5 per cent. Pur-
chases Of meat Increased 400 per cent
oil seeds-75 per cent, sugar beets-oi
per cent, henip=-B5 per cent, WOOL
rs per cent, tobaeeo-40 per cent
eggs-33 per cent, sk!ns-30 per cent
raw cotton-29 per cent, hides--2t
per cent, battes-1s per cent, fiax-is
per cent,
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by LELAND oLDs, Federated Pre-

Ey LELAND OLDS, Federated Press
That five automobile companies
made multirnillionaires Of their own
ers in the short space Of four years
10 revealed in Wall Street Journal
analysis of the increase in the market
value Of their securities between 1924
and 1928. In the interval, according
to the journal, the market value Of
these motor stocks increased by
s3,925,240,04e, or more than ten times
the increase in the book value Of the
assets behind them.
This huge addition to tho wealth Of
stockholders in these concerns repre-
5ents in large measure capitalize
ton Of increased profits or good will
as it is termed in the financial world.
The combined net income Of the five
corporations rose from $50, 5o7,12e in
1924 to s2o4,4oo,114 In 1927, an in
crease Of $50 per cent. But the in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-03

The program was introduced with
the playing of a march. The gradu-
ates entered a small auditorium dec
grated with American flags. The
girl graduates were dressed in white
while the boys wore black.
Those astonishing, curious, happy
and sad faces reminded me Of people
in theatre waiting anxiously to see
what would happen next.
The neat in the auditorium caused
many disturbances. Here and there
fans were raised by many in the au-
dience, handkerchiefs were taken out
to wipe the sweat from their faces.
On the platform were seated a group
of people.
Among those honorables were some
well known Wall St. bankers, million
aires, members of manufacturers as
sociations and delegates from various
unions.
The program was begun by the
welcome of our principal, "Mr. Rit-
ter" to all our guests and graduates.
He introduced as first speaker Mr..
Seigel, well known in Wall St. and
director of continuation and evening
schools. He told us some trash and
appealed to the labor betraying "un-
ionists" to grant US apprentice books
free of charge, which would force us
to work for less than a union man.
in other words to lower the standard
of living.
The second speaker was also a we'll
known Wall st. man and in addition
vice-president of the board of educa-
ton. He told us the history of his
early life and mentioned that at is
no difference where you work, in
factory or in an office. If you are
not ashamed to wear those beautiful
clothes then you should not be asham-
ed to make them"
1t seems strange that all wealthy
people begin in life exactly the same
way. They all say they were poor in
their early life, but worked hard and
thus attained wealth. Why, this man
SAID that he earned only $3.50 per
week, CT which sixty cents was spent
Tor fares. The main point in his
speech was, "Honor thy father and
thy mother"
A man representing the dress man
ufacturers' association then spoke.
He aired the same stuff. He had
earned very little when he was young.
lie said; You have no kick coming
because years back I worked from
1880 A. M. to 1880 P. M. and YOU
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+ work from 9 A. M. to 5 p NJ. and
only five days per week.
Of course we had many left wing
sympathizers there but they could
do nothing for the place was sur-
rounded by police and plain-clothes
men, who were ready to bounce us if
we should show any signs of protest
Although they could do nothing much
they chowed their dislike by buzzing
while the different capitalist speak
ers addressed the audience.
After all the hardships we over
came in listening to all those speak
ers our principal introduced yet an
other speaker: Miss Cohen of the In
ternational Ladies Garment Workers
Union.
She spoke a great deal, but I didn't
feel as disappointed as the rest when
she didn't mention a work concerning
organization of the unorganized stu
dents and graduates of the trades
school.
AS usual the graduation was closed
by the pledge to the flag. To me 1t
did not seem as a successful gradu-
alton but as a dismal failure.
Students of all trades schools, or
ganize yourselves under the only
youth labor league that fights for your
interests, the Young Workers (Com-
munist) League. Demand only true
union representatives who stand elect
ed by the workers and stand for them
to speak at our gradyations. Let us
all stand together and once for all
get rid of capitalist society.
-KLINGHOFFER.