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.zRS-5 CONTRACT
NOT CANCELLED
Secretary Adams Says There
Is No Basis for Report
of Decision.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary Adams said yesterday the
con contract had not been Cancelled f0~
the ZRS-5, second of the two dirigibles
ordered from the ppe4nl
Co. at Akron, Ohio, by the Navy De-
partment.
The Secretary said there was no basis
of fact in the report the Navy Depart
ment had Cancelled the contract.
"Of course" he remarked, "as long
as there is an option as to whether we
may or may not build the second ship,
there will be speculation on our posi-
ton"
The Secretary added that in line
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LOS ANGELES, August tP).-Mme.
Maurice Chevalier, wife of the French
film star. departed by airplane late
Sunday for the bedside of her mother,
reported critically i'll in Paris. She
planned to fly to New York to sail on
the Rerenoaria
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The ideal way to keep your
photographs. These albums are
attractively bound and con-
tain so leaves. May be OBJ
tanned in either brown or
black binding. Loose-leaf
style.
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PRINCESS JOINS CHURCH
Probable Future Queen of Belgian'
Received Into Catholic Fold.

Probable Future Queen of Belgians
Received Into Catholic Fold.
MALINES, Belgium, August (P0.-
Princess Astrid, Duchess of Brabant,
and probable future Queen of the Bel
gians. was received into the Catholic
Church yesterday by Cardinal Van Roey,
primate of Belgium The ceremony
took place in the archbishop's palace
in the presence of Prince Leopold, her
husband.
The princess, who belongs to the
Swedish royal family, married Prince
Leopold, Duke of Brabant and heir to
the Belgian throne, in Stockholm on
November A. 1926.
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crimes which the husband made her
do
The grand jury" said Judge Given.
may hold this woman but / am going
to dismiss the charges
Judge Given also reduced the hus-
bands bond from 81 500 to 81. ZOO. The
baby was not brought to court.
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A recent conference in Germany be-
tween representatives of industrial and
labor organizations regarding modifica-
ton of wage agreements resulted in
pact to consider specific industries
on q regional basis
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YOUNG MOTHER FREED
ON LIQUOR CHARGE.
Husband Held, but Baby, Taken
When Car Was Stopped, Is
Not Brought Into Court.

Judge Ralph Given dismissed charges
of transporting and possession of
whisky against Mrs. Pauline Nelson
23-Year:old mother but held the
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So NATIONS REPRESENTED

Christian Endeavorers Meet in Ber-
lin for Annual Convention.
BERLIN, August s (P.-Christian
Endeavorers from So nations, including
900 from the United States and Canada,
came to Berlin yesterday to open the
eighth international convention OF their
order.
The business session will start tomor-
row with an address by DR.. Daniel A.
Polling, international president, in the
evening.
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Over his head an umbrella.

take with him to keep tine sun from
turning his pink nose too red.
"But what about Baby Bunty''
said Uncle Wiggly. "It makes me
feel sad to think she has such a
temper and is going to be bad and
run away. | wonder what made
her get that way''
Uncle Wiggly touched the bark
patch on his canoe and, finding i;
hard and dry, he put his boat into
the stream, stepped carefully into
it with his umbrella and soon he
was padding along. But he had
no joy in his boat ride, for he was
thinking how Bunty had said she
wasn't going to do it and how she
was going to be bad and run away.
"I wonder what she wasn't going
to do2' thought Uncle Wiggly,
as he padded along. and then, all
of a sudden, he thought: "Maybe
she ism going to school, Oh, that
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05
THE POWER OF GOSSIP

An Illinois clergyman has been on
trial recently for shooting two members
of his parish; and his trial brings out,
once more, the terrific amount of DAM
age that village gossip-whlch. by the
way, is not always confined to the small
town-can cause.
This minister had written letter to
woman in his congregation; letter
which, by its wording, seemed to be rath-
er indiscreet. This letter, in some way,
came into the hands of the church sexton
and his wife. They, according to the
minister, began to show it to other men,
bers of the congregation.
So the minister went to see them to
get the letter away from them. There
was an argument and when it ended the
minister had shot both people-fortun-
ately, not fatally.
That is the whole story-a tawdry,
miserable affair, any way you look at it.
Back of il. of course, there stands the
unclean specter of village gossip: that
insiduous, deadly force that can wreck
mans or woman's life forever, force
that can not be combatted or replied to
"a force. IN fact, that can drive a man to
the point where 1t seems that nothing
but a revolver shot will solve things.
It is easy enough, in matter that
doesn't directly concern Us, to condemn
gossip and the gosSipers. But there are
mighty few Of US, in big city or in coun-
try town. who are not guilty of it at one
time or another.
Sometimes it seems harmless enough.
Surely it is normal for a husband and
wife to exchange opinions about the an
tics of the lady next door, or the galli-
vantings of the family on the next street.
And likewise, it hardly seems crime for
a woman to carry the same discussion to
her bridge club, or for a man to talk it
over with his cronies around the lunch
table. Each step in the process looks in
significant.
But that is what the most virulent,
soul-destroying gossip is-a collection of
unimportant little condolences and idle
remarks. Often If does no harm; but
sometimes-as in this Illinois case-it
brings several lives to shipwreck.
The only safe way is not to indulge in
idle talk about our neighbors at all. If
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we all could follow that rule good many
heartaches would be avoided.
THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW

Shades of New England winter,
prowling about Southern California in
May!
To think that one living in Imperial
Valley, could within less than two hours
travel from here encounter a husky
young blizzard, and that in May, Is
something of a surprise.
Following quite a number of years OF
wallowing in snow for nearly four months
out of each IL, we had sworn that once
away from it, never again would we be
caught where snow was. The very
thoughts of it somehow made us cold and
uncomfortable.
Yesterday, with nothing but good
intention to spend an enjoyable day in
the mountains, we were caught. For
mile after mile we drove through rain
that was as thick as soup and then
turned to brand of snow as good as
Vermont, Massachusetts or Connecticut
ever manufactured. Flowers blooming
by the side of the road seemed badly in
need of overcoats. The trees looked as
though they would have enjoyed a ban-
ket of something other than snow. And
the road-we managed to keep the car
on it with the aid of good deep-sea sailor
language.
Watching the country gradually he-
coming covered with blanket of white,
it seemed that we must soon hear the
tinkle of sleigh bells, sound so long
unheard that it is almost forgotten. The
setting was ideal for the appearance of
an old-fashioned bobsled with a pair or
perhaps two pair, of husky horses
snorting along, and a string of young
sters with sleds tagging on behind as
they used to do in days that are no more.
And watching the snow there loomed
up memories of long hill and flock
of boys and girls having the time of
their young lives in the exhilirating
sport of sliding. Over yonder two
groups of boys had built forts, and were
staging a rousing battle as each group
tried to defend its own and capture the
other. We wondered if any had soaked
their snowballs in water and let them
freeze over night, favorite trick of the
old days. We could almost see the old
river frozen over, and hear the crunch
and whir of the skates, mingled with the
laughter and shouts of the skaters.
Seeing again old scenes, old faces, and
recalling friends of whom we have not
thought in years, gave birth to the
thought that snow is not so bad after
all. 1t has its woes and its joys, and
, when one has lost it for years, finding
it again brings back only the joys and
the woes are forgotten. AS brain
cleaner, snow does as good job as 1t
does in purifying the air.
But after all it seems good that today
really is spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05
King OF Jazz
Here Tonight

Paul Whiteman, several hundred
pounds of mirth and melody, with
his world famous band, form the
background for "King of Jazz, -
the stupendous Universal talking
film which opens tonight at Fox
Imperial theatre.
While the spotlight is eentered on
Whiteman and his men, other IA
NOUS artists will be seen in the pie
ture, including john Bolles and
Laura La Plant in the leading roles,
Glenn Tryon, jeanette Loft, Myrna
Kennedy, Otis Harlan, Katherine
Crawford, Otis Harlan, George Sum
merviile, Stanley Smith, and "A host
of others.
Two spectacular scenes form IN
tensive highlights of the production.
One. called "The Brides Veil,
features Miss Loft, who wears a bri'
dial train 500 feet long, and is ac-
eompanied by a group of brides
maids with trains of almost equal
length. The other spectacle depicts
George .Gershwin's s famous Rhap
sody In Blue. - In the production OF
these two numbers Universal is re
puted to have spent half a million
dollars.
ssKing of Jazz" is produced il
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Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Newspaper Syndicate
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
UNCLE wIGGILY's FUNNY SAIL

Uncle Wiggly stood on the edge
of the brook which ran past his
hollow stump bungalow. 1t was al
most summer now and the brook
had no trouble in running. In win
ter the water was frozen so hard
and tight that it couldn't walk, to
say nothing of running.
81 shall go for Il little paddle
down the brook in my Indian bark
canoe boat said Uncle Wiggly
with jolly twinkle of his pink
nose as he waved his canoe paddle
in the air and so gave a little ride
to a young June bug who was sit
ting on it.
Just as the rabbit gentleman
was stepping carefully into his bark
canoe. for he knew if hc didn't step
easily he would put his foot through
it and make it leak, all of a sudden,
Uncle Wiggly heard voice in the
woods shouting:
"No, No, Pm not going to do
lit, l IN going to be bad! | I'M going
to run away, I'm going to be bad! :
At first Uncle Wiggly thought 1t
was one of the Bad Chaps-the Fox,
the Wolf or the Bob Cat-who was
shouting such strange words. But
as the rabbit gentleman took an
other look he saw Baby Bunty, the
little orphan rabbit, hopping along
the woodland patch. And it was
little Bunty who was calling.
"No! No. I'm not going 10 do
it, I'm going to be bad. l IN going
to run away! Pm going to be bad!
Dear met This is-why, it's
Just terrible. There is no other word
for it! Just terrible:" exclaimed
Uncle WiggIy, and he was so sur
prised that he stepped suddenly
into his bark canoe and made hole
in the bottom SO the water began
to run in.
"Oh, now I must mend that! y
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would be terrible-running away
from the Lady Mouse Teacher in
the Hollow Stump school! But that
was in a temper-perhaps she got
out of bed on the wrong side and
now She s going to be badl
~ know what Ill do! I'll just
paddle down TO the Hollow Stump
School and see if Bunty is thefe.
If she isn't I'll hop through the
woods until l find her and then I'll
tell her how silly it is to be bad.
Yes. l II paddle to school,"
Uncle Wiggly was so excited over
what had happened and at hearing
what Bunty had said, that he let
his canoe paddle, which was somc-
thing like a pancake turner, slip
out of his paws. Away 1T won't
floating down the brook faster than
the rabbit gentleman boat was
moving and the next thing Uncle
Wiggly knew he had no paddle 20
make his boat go.
"What am l going to do''
thought Mr.. Longears. ''Of course
| might use my paws for paddles
over the sides of the canoe, but !
wouldn't get along very fast and
it IS long way to the Hollow
Stump School by the brook. Baby
Bunty could take short cut
through the woods-that is if she
is going to school. But ! IN afraid
she ism u
just then the wind began to blow
quite hard and Uncle Wiggiy. look
ing down in his canoe, saw the UNI
brella Nurse Jane had made him
bring to keep the sun from turn
ing his pink nose red.
"Hal | know what / can do. -
exclaimed Mr.. Longears. 81 can
sail, I'll open the umbrella, hold it
out in front of me and the wind
will blow on it like a sail and | can
ride to school that wayI'
No sooner said than done. Uncle
Wiggly popped open the umbrella
and held it in front of him. The
wind blew on it like sail down the
brook, much faster than the brook
itself was flowing, Uncle Wigsly
began to sail. Soon he came in
sight of the Hollow Stump School.
"Oh, but supposing Bunty ism t
there's" he thought. Suppose she
has done what she said she would
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said the rabbit gentleman, quickly
hopping out and stepping ashore.
Uncle Wiggly hauled his bark
canoe out of the brook, turned it
over and then, gnawing piece of
bark for patch from a white birch
tree growing nearby, he fastened it
over the hole in the bottom of his
boat with some sticky gum from the
pine tree.
d" Now, when that gum gets hard
l can put my canoe back in the
water and it won't leak,' said Mr..
Longears sitting down on the
grassy bank to wait, and opening
over his head an umbrella Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzy had made him
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do-run away and be bad? Oh!
Oh!"
But what happened when he got
to the school l shall tell you tomor-
row night when the story will be
about Uncle Wiggly being surpris-
cd. And if the ash can ism t toe
proud to speak to the old bed spring
when they are waiting for the gar
bagc man at the curb I think il will
be nice.
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Looking Backward
Imperial Valley for this Date
What The Press Files Tell Of
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Nav 5, 1910

Demand for seats at the lecture
c; Harold Bell Wright next Tuesday
night is already very heavy. The
lecture will be given for the bene-
fit of the library fund and the en-
terprirse is SO worthy as to merit
patronage. Mr.. Wright is well known
throughout the valley and it is need
less to say he will prove an interest
ing speaker.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05
Chamber To Hear
Power Official

". s. Slaughter, travelling super
intendent for the Southern Sierras
Power company, will be the speaker
at the FL Centre Chamber of Com
meree luncheon next Wednesday
noon. Slaughter viii be in the val
ley the greater part of the week
making survey of this district. An
invitation las also been extended to
Eugene p. Riscailuz, superintendent
Of the California state highway pa
troll, who IS in Los Angeles at the
present time, and it is hoped that
he viii be able TO make visit to
Imperial Valley in time TO address
the chamber members at Wednes-
days luncheon.
". W. Whealisy, secrerarv of the
Building Service Bureau, announces
that the winners of the contest on
Why Ny Mother and + at h r
Should Own Our Home" have been
selected and it is planned to have
the winners at the chamber luncheon
10 read their prize winning essays.
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TEN YEARS AGO
Nav 5, 1920

Some fine specimens of apricots
are being displayed by Secretary
Leffingwell of the chamber of com
merce today. They were brought in
TO the chamber by j. T. Hopkins,
who has a ranch close in to town.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05

The water shortage is broken.
Thirty second feet of water flow
ed through Sharp's heading yes
tcrday at 5 o'cloek--twenty feet
more than an hour earlier.
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Farmers in Whateom county,
Wash. grew IS bushels of oats to
the acre. After drainage the yield
was 85 bushels and many other crops
could be growa that could not be.
fore.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05

Arthur Shepard formerly mem
Der of the Imperial county board su-
pervisors but now of Banning is in
the city to look after business mat
ters
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05

Oregon farmers have turne
strongly against the Chinese pleas
ant and consider it serious nest.
Doubtless the same complaint will
later be heard in California, so saws
farm bureau official.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05

The new home of DR.. w. o. John
son, near Holtville, is nearing com
pletion. 1t is being built with spe-
cial attention TO summer comfort.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
MAY r. 1915

Visitors to the San Diego eXposi'
tion are TO be given an Illustration
of the growth of alfalfa in Imperial
Valley.
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THE WEATHER
1os ANGELES AND VICINITY

Fair tonight and Tuesday with
moderate temperature; gentle to
moderate northerly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05

technieolor and the lavishrcss OF
its settings. the superb music OF
Mliteman and his men, the dancing
ensembles and ballet scenes, com
bine TO make it high mark in
screen Entertainment.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Fair tonight and Tuesday; modef.
ate temperature; moderate west ana
northwest winds on coast.
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DECLINE IN STOCK
PRICES CONTINUED
List Turns Weak on Heavy
0fferings-RaIIy Occurs
Near Close.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June is.-The stock
market went through another spasm
of liquidation today. Share prices
tumbled about to 80 points during the
early hours of trading. then rebounded
substantially during the afternoon, as
the selling climax appeared to have
passed. The ticker ran about two hours
after the close.
The failure of commodity prices TO
come to rest upon q Arm bottom has
been particularly discouraging In both
industrial and financial circles Wheat
and cotton prices again tumbled to
new low levels for the decline today,
and are now around the levels of 1914
Copper prices we're again shaded IA
Of cent by some custom Smelters to
1112 cents, also the pre-war level Of
1914.
The steady decline in the prices of
staple commodities has been an unex-
pected sequel to the Autumn crash Of
stock prices in this country, although
1t Is recalled that they started down in
Europe in 1928. Bankers are now of the
opinion that the decline was deferred
here only by the bull stock market of
1928-29. Manufacturing industry felt
fairly secure last Fall because of its
comparatively low inventories of raw
materials, and no such defiation as oc-
CURED in 1922 was thought possible
1t now appears, however, that the
rapid increase in the capacity to pro-
duce both raw materials and manufac-
tured goods since the war was not fully
taken into account. With postwar adj
justments largely completed, industry
now finds itself with plant and equip
ment in excess of the requirements of
present consumption and confronted
with heavy overhead charges for MAIN
tanning 1t. AS always happens at such
times. price cutting develops and con-
sumers hold off in the hope Of getting
the very bottom prices.
The headlong decline, which had
driven scores of stocks S to 80 points
net lower, was checked late in the final
hour, when rallies of to points oc-
CURED. The close was heavy. Sales ap-
proximated 100000 shares.
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SILVER DECLINE HITS
WORLD BUYING POWER

The abrupt decline, amounting al
most to a collapse. which has occurred
In the price OF silver during the past
year, is q matter of the most grave
Importance. says the United Business
Service in its current report. Silver is
not just one of the metals. It Is still
the actual money of some 800, 900. 900
people Of the Orient. Most of their
savings are in silver.
Practically, decentralization means the
devaluation OF silver and a correspond
ing destruction of purchasing power
We cannot contemplate this develop
ment with indifference. Its effect on
world business has already been severe
and may become disastrous.
General commodity prices the world
over show a startling tendency to fol-
low the price of silver. It is high time
that concerted international efforts
were made to deal with the silver prob
lem intelligently.
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BALTIMORE BOND CLUB.

BALTIMORE. June l8 Especially -
The Baltimore Bond Clubs annual out
ing will be held at Five Farms on
Friday. With the guests, many of them
from Washington. Philadelphia and
New York. the party will probably total
more than 450, it was said. The club
membership is $50.
The affair will be under the direction
of the president, William G. Dancy.
Entertainment features of a wide
variety will be offered in addition to
golf and tennis.
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The following di-
Pectors " r e
named: John L.
Newbold. ST.; Ben
L. Prince, C. B.
Buck, David P.
Smith, 10 h n l..
Newbold. jr.: Will
liam John Eynon,
William F. Ham,
Leon bri n e T
Donald Woodward
and G. Thomas
Dunlop.
The officers elect
ed are John L.
Newbold, ST., presi-
d e n t; B e n l..
Prince, first vice
president; G. B.
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president; David P. Smith, third vice
president and secretary, and John l.
Newbold, jr., treasurer.
The quarterly dividend of $1.75 per
share on the preferred stock was de-
clared. as we'll as semi-annual divi-
dend of SIS per share on the common
stock. Books will be closed for transfer
from June 81 to June 80, inclusive. &C
cording to announcement of Secretary
David P. Smith following the meeting
Both the preferred and common stock
of the company are listed on the Wash
tngton Stock Exchange. The common
last sold at ITO and the preferred at
100.
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Continued on Page III
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Cotton Brokers Suspend,

NEW YORK, June 10 R.-R. H.
Hooper g. Co., members of the New
York Cotton Exchange, notified the ex-
change today that they were unable to
meet their obligations owing to ir-
regularitieS within our organization"
The announcement. contained In q
letter 10 the secretary of the exchange,
was read from the rostrum of the ex-
change this morning. 1t said that the
firm expected to be able TO liquidate
its obligation "in due time to the full
extent"
j. c. Monier, senior partner. explained
that the arm was forced to suspend
operations because of lack of ready
cash. due to the speculations of one of
the firms clerks In France, who OPP
Grated under an assumed name. He
added that the Arm was perfectly
solvent" and expected to be able to pay
100 cents on the dollar.
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U. s. TREASURY BALANCE.

The United States Treasury balance
announced today as close of business
June rs was $72, 1901 ,545 az Customs re-
ceipts for the month to date were
$21, 613 .095.57. Total ordinary expendi-
lures, $12,236,225 80.
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New Building Contracts.

NEW YORK, June I8 (P.-New
building and engineering contracts
awarded in the 81 States east OF the
Focky Mountains during the week
from June z TO 10 amounted to $94,-
1000, F. w. Dodge Corporation re-
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D. c. TRANSFER CO.
ELECTS OFFICERS
John L. NeWboId, ST., Is Re-
named PreSident-Divi-
dend Declared.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

The annual stockholders meeting of
the Merchants Transfer & Storage Co.
was held yesterday afternoon, when d.
rectors and officers were elected.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Received BY vhe

Note-Owing to the tremendous volume Of trading in
todays market the close will not until the $50
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Benjamin Franklin Foster. 80, the
FIRST tintype photographer in New
Hampshire, died recently.