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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
MONTH INCOME TAX
NEAR HALF BILLION
September'S Reduced Show
ing Regarded FavorabIy
in View of Cut.

Income tax receipts amounting to
$89,079177.17 as of September IS are
shown by the daily statement of the
United States Treasury which came
out yesterday. This brings the total of
income tax receipts for September up
to 1868, 4ss ,6ss.37. Income tax receipts
to the corresponding date last Septem-
Der were $424,355,4123S.
In view of the fact the / per cent
reduction authorized by Congress APP
plies to the income tax payments this
year, officials consider the showing as
favorable.
The returns for Friday and yester-
day when tsbulated are expected to
bring the total payments for the month
we'll up toward the half billion mark.
Customs receipts for September 10,
as shown by yesterdays Treasury state
ment, amounted to $3.50, 666 40. This
is much above the average days re-
ceipts in recent weeks, and is looked on
as further indication of the tendency
Of customs revenues to enlarge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Officers Seek Body
In Fresh Grave Bat
Find Liquor Instead
Cache of 25 Gallons Dug
Up After Mysterious
Call to Police.

In the ghostly silence of a shsdowy
back yard in the southwest section two
policemen. armed with shoyels, dug
gingerly into a newly-made grave last
night. A dead mans body wss their
quest
A mysterious call had reached the Of
ficers at the NTH precinct police station.
They're burying a body at l4O
M street southwest" whispered an I'M
known voice over the wire.
And 1t was Sergt. George M. Little
of the "liquor flying squadron" and
Precinct Detective r, l.. Arlington who
were selected to answer the call.
Cautiously the two policemen entered
the yard. Against a woodshed they
found the shovels They began to dig
in the freshly broken earth.
THE body must be down Deep" said
Sergt. Little, poking about in the grave
with his spade.
Then came faint "clink" as the
spades struck a hard substance. The
sounds became more audible with the
continued shoveling of the officers.
And when the bottom Of the grave
had been reached they found rs gallon
terra Of hqnnA -.a..---l-1..-..----l..-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
25f is enough
to pay for tooth paste

for month. Test it any way you please.
Compare it with any dentifrice you wish
regardless of the price. If Others disclose
greater quality or better results for the
monty-by all means stick to them.
We believe, however, that you will find,,
as others have found, that LiSterine Tooth
Paste at 25c is the outstanding value in
the tooth paste field.
We have given it the quality that char
acterizes all Lambert products. And we
offer it at price that is made possible
only by large scale (and therefore eco-
nomic) buying and ultra-modern methods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
MAN, FULLY CLOTHED,
DROWNED SWIMMING
. the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, September
2O.-Carl C. McFadden, rs, of Daytona
when he entered the ocean fully clothed
for a swim.
friend Cecil Myers, said he tried to
dissuade McFsdden from entering the
water, but that McFadden, strong
swimmer, waded into the ocean, swan
far out and disappeared His body was
found on the beach. Mrs. McFadden,
formerly Miss Grace Smibherman of
Troy, N. c., bride of six months. told
police her husband had been ION q
party" last night and had left home on
foot
Oficers said he met his death through
accidental drowning, and that no in
quest would be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
BANK is CLOSED
AS HEAD VANISHES
East Chicago Institution Avoids
Run, While Police of Two
States Seek H. X. Groves.

BY the Associated Press.
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. September 90.
Police Of Illinois and Indiana tonight
we're searching for H. K. Groves, pres
ident of the American State Bank of
East Chicago and treasurer of Lake
County, Ind, in the belief that he has
been kidnapped Groves disappeared
yesterday, and directors of the bank
ordered the institution closed to pre-
vent n run.
Groves left his home early yesterday
TO attend a conference. He was known
to have been in the habit of carrying
large sums. Oficials declared they be-
lieved examiners, who took charge Of
the bank this afternoon, will not find
any evidence of irregularities. Appar-
emily Groves left the city in his auto
mobile, police said. for they were I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
ROBBERY BRINGS ABOUT REUNION
OFFATHER AND LONGLOST CHILD
Daughter Discovers Man Husband Held Up Is Her
Parent, Last Seen II Years Ago.

and the baby some food when the men
returned and drove hurriedly away, say
ing they had held up q filling station,
getting sol. The girl told Scaggs II
he were going to be robber she would
leave him-and she did.
Last night she was found wandering
about outlying streets, tired and hungry.
Her baby boy was crying.
Deputy Sheriff David Croushorn ques-
toned her. She told about the robbery
He asked her family history and she
told him her fathers name.
why Joshua woodbridge runs that
filling station" he told her.
woodbridge came here and the truth
of the relationship soon was established.
Scaggs and Saunders are still at
liberty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

You may think that for the good of your
teeth it is necessary to pay in the neigh
borhood of SOC for tooth paste. IF this
is your opinion, there are any number to
choose from-all good.
Approximately 100000 people, how
ever, say that 25e is enough to pay. They
have reached this conclusion after long
and critical use of Listerine Tooth Paste,
the quality dentifrice at 25e. They have
put it to every test. Subjected it to every
comparison with other dentifrices. Their
enthusiasm for its swift, thorough, and
safe cleansing and its delightful after
effect is boundless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Wife Slayer Gets Life Term.

SONORA. Calf, September 20 (P.-
Jose Balado, So, who told officers he
killed his ex-wife, Mrs. Louise Jardine,
because "she was the meanest woman
ever knew" was convicted today of
the murder but the jury rejected the
death penalty and recommended life
Imprisonment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
OWNERS WIN WHISKY
VALUED AT 100000
Government Loses Case to Destroy
Liquor in Chicago Ware
house.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 30. - Some
$1,000 worth of Bibley warehouse
whisky today became the undisputed
property of a group of whisky brokers
and private individuals when the Pro-
hibition Bureau lost its suit to have the
liquor DESTROYED.
The Government charged that the
liquor had been diluted with water and
started a libel proceedings TO destroy
it as UNIT Presiding Judge Alschular
of the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals decided today, however, that
the liquor was potable and should be
returned to custody of its owners.
Rumors that hoodlums and gangsters
had rified the warehouse under the
noses of prohibition agents crystallized
in 1929, when 1t was announced that
about $4,000 gallons of liquor had been
tempered with. 1t was then the Gov
ernmeint moved to libel the affected
liquor The owners retorted that they
had no access to their property and
that whatever substitutes occurred must
have been in spite OF whatever care
and vigilance was exercised by Gov
eminent officers in charge.
As a result of Judge Alschuler's rul-
ing the owners may now dispense the
liquor to hospitals and drug stores in
accordance with Government regula-
tons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

LOS ANGELES. September 2O.-A
father and daughter, separated in Tulsa,
Okla, II years ago. were reunited today,
police said, through the hold-up of the
fathers gasoline service station by the
girls husband.
Joshua Woodbridge did not communicate
with his wife and 2-year-old daughter
after leaving them In Tulsa, and it was
merely by chance that Ruby woodbridge
Scaggs, touring from Oklahoma with
her infant son, her husband, Edwin
Scaggs and the latter's friend Roland
Saunders, stopped In Newhall, 80 miles
north of here, 10 days ago.
Mrs. Scaggs vas in the car waiting
for Scaggs and Saunders to bring her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

of manufacture that
eliminate costly oper-
ations. Lambert Phar-
macal Company, St.
Louis, Mo-, u. S. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Yes, it saves you s.
Spend it as you please

There are many things you can buy with the
50 year you save by using Listerine Tooth
Paste at 25e instead of dentifrices in the
soc class. Spend that saving as you please.
A doll carriage is merely a suggestion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
GOV. MOODY OFFERS 500
FOR SCHOOL B0OTLEGGER
~ the Associated Press.

AUSTIN, Tex, September 20.-A re-
ward of 800 for evidence leading TO the
conviction of any bootlegger selling liq-
uor to high school or college students in
Texas will be offered by Gov. Dan
Moody, he announced today.
The Governor also said he would give
$50 to State prosecuting officers obtain
ing convictions on evidence presented
them of student liquor traflc.
He hoped by the second reward to
discourage the tendency to shift liquor
cases from the State to Federal Courts.
He said he had reason to think drink
ing was on the increase among students,
hut was determined TO do all In his
amsR 10 stop thu "enxTupaaon of gcutnsa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
You be the judge

We ask you to try
Listerine Tooth Paste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

able to locate it in any garage in Lake
County.
At the Office of the county treasurer
in Crown Point, Dan KreitAnan, chief
deputy. said he expected Groves to re-
turn today, but that he had no knowl-
edge of where he might be.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
A Cheerful kitchen
Lighfez,s The
Days Labor

There's no denying the fact that
cheerful surroundings help any one
to do better and more work. A
bright, colorful kitchen certainly
has a beneficial influence on the
housework. And it surely is easier
to keep clean.
Ifyour kitchen is drab and dreary
try Frightening It up with FLEX,
the new color finish for the home.
You have a choice of twenty colors
- green's, blues, yellows, orange,
old rose-and many more. But the
kitchen is only q start. Once you
have done that you will be 20 de-
lighted you will want to do over the
living-room. You can have each one
in a different color scheme with
FLEX. Its color possibilities arc
limitless.
FLEXis the easiest finish you ever
used. 1t flows on 30 smoothly that
it does not leave a single brush
mark. And it dries very quickly and
forms a hard, tough, wear-resisting
surface that water, dirt and hard
wear does not harm.
You'll want to use . lot of FLEX
once you've started. You'll find it
economical too, because FLEX
covers much more surface. Your
FLEX dealer probably sells the en-
tire FLEX line of colors.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Power Company
Official Here

\. 5. Cooper, of Riverside, as
sistant treasurer of the Southern
Slerras Power Company. was the
guest of honor last night at the
regular monthly banquet and bust
ness meeting of the supsrintcndents
and department heads of the power
company in this district at the Bar
bara Worth hotel About 80 from
different parts of the valley and
Yuma attended this meeting, among
whom were included the cashiers
and assistant cashiers of the dis
trict.
At the conclusion o. the banquet
Cooper spoke at some length on
matters Of interest in the working
of his department. Each meeting
features some head of a department
at the main office WHO speaks on
matters pertaining to his particular
field.
Among those from outside FL
Centre at the meeting were: w. L.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Inland Empire
Gas Co. Sold
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sible for this program to be carried
out, with the result that the com
panv has not attained sufficient
size to be able to pay dividends up
on its stock, or even give the stock
a market value.
The time had arrived when fur.
ther development was necessary,
which called for large amounts of
new money being put into the com
pany. The company having failed
to raise the amount of money re
quired for even the construction of
the FL Centre system, was in need
OF funds, and had borrowed a large
amount of money on demand notes.
For this reason the largest stock
holders of the company decided to
make way for progress and new
money by offering their stock for
sale. Only small amount of stock
was sold in Imperial Valley, and it
has undoubtedly derived tremendous
benefits from the establishment of
gas here. While the large majority
of stock holders of the company
have received no benefits whatso-
ever for money which they have in
vested III the gas enterprise, the cit
izens of the valley have derived ad.
vantages and conveniences there
from. and no doubt have taken con
siderable pride both in the distribu-
tion of gas through mains at FL
Centre and in the very efficient
distribution of natural gas in tanks
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
American Saved
From kidnapers

VERA CRUZ. ;1eN., April IL
U.I)-Leonard B. Cassidy of Boston,
has been rescued upharmed from
kidnapers who seized him Tuesday.
a telephone message from El HUE
reported today.
One of the kidnapers was found
n the OaXaca mountains and con-
sessed striking Cassidy, an employee
IF the United Fruit Company, on
the head, and carrying him away.
The man tried to escape, but was
said to have been shot by soldiers.
He said he left the kidnapping
gang because they had no water or
food
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
by that department of the company.
To Hold Hearings

To Hold Hearings
Some few stockholders in the In.
land Empire Gas Company have for
reason which no doubt appear to
them sufficient, retained th ei T
stock. However, in view &c The fact
that the Indebtedness of the CON-
panv amounts to practically the
same as the stock subscriptions, it
is doubtful if they will realize more
for the stock than is offered to
them now.
Burkhart stated that he was very
grateful for the assistance of the
citizens in the valley in stock sub
scriptions, many of which were
made in the spirit of public service,
with no expectation of returns. He
is also very grateful for the liberal
patronage the company has enjoyed,
and predicts for the valley a service
which will compensate for any sac
rafice which has been made to as
sist the establishment of this very
necessary utility.
In line with the expansion pro-
gram contemplated, the Railroad
Commission will hold hearings at
lndio and at Blythe on April II, and
at Holtvillc, INLAND and Calipatria
on April Is. These hearings are for
the purpose of determining upon the
issuance of a certificate to the In
land Empire Gas Company for au-
thority to establish service in these
communities.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
Contract Let On
Valley Highway

SACRAMENTO, calf, April Il.
N!H)-Thc state department of pub
nc works today announced low bids
'otaling approximately s10o,o00 for
highway construction.
Projects and low bidders included:
Los Angeles county - oiling 26.5
iailes of shoulders between Western
boulevard and Santa Monica; Ben F.
Dnpuy, Los Angeles, S10,0sl.
San Diego and Imperial counties
oiling 35.4 miles of shoulders on
San Diego-El Centro- Yuma route;
Gilmore Oil Company, Los Angeles,
$12,165.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17

Bennington, Mrs. e-noning Grant
and Miss Mareelia Webster, of Ca
lexieo; D. S. Bromley, Miss Olivia
jacobson, Miss Lorena Hudson and
6. L. Christensen, of Brawley; Cur
lis Rockholtz and Ike Leposky, of
Yuma, Mr.. and MIS-. lloyd Louden.
Caipatria; 0, d. VanDyke, Imper-
ial; F. f. Lueking and Mrs. Addie
Yzell of Holtville; with A. S.
Cooper, Leon Hessmann and C. w.
Lothrop from Riverside.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17

A cold storage plant to cost 800,
900 is being built at Tieton, Wash,
and a 100000 plant at another point
i'll the Yakima Valley apple zone.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17

Leonard Rayton, Chehalis, Wash,
last wear fed his COWS at a cost of
Ss0.22 each and made profit of
Sl5 each.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17

National at Cincinnati:
Pittsburgh .004 100 02o-7 IL 0
Cincinnati 600 600 00l-1 , |
French, Ash ana Hargreavcs;
Rixey, Johnson, Frey, Gooch.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
National

Philadelphia at Rrookiyn, po t.
roncdponcd, rain.
Boston at New YORK, postponed,
rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-17
BASEBALL RESULTS
As received by United Press Leased
Wire Up To 2:45
American

q
Called in sixth account rain.
Crowder, Coffman and Ferrell;
Whitehill and Hayworth.
New York at Philadelphia, post
poned, rain.
Washington at Boston, postponed,
cold weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
SHARP RISE SHOWN
IN U. S. -SOVIET TRADE
Total for Year Ending September
80 Put at $14s, 223, 900, or
36.6 Per Cent Gain.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 20.-Soviet
purchases in the United States in the
year ended September 80 totaled $149,-
223, 900 and increased 1915 per cent over
the preceding IL months, according to
a statistical analysis published today
by the Amtorg Trading Corporation.
This is the commercial representative
of the Soviet government in the United
States.
More than four-fifths Of the years
purchases consisted of industrial and
agricultural machinery, said an article
in the current issue of the Economic
Review of the Soviet Union.
During the seven years since resurp-
ton of regular trade transactions
Soviet-American trade turnover totaied
750,777, 900, of which four-flfths was
listed as purchases of American prod
ucts and one-flfth as sales of Soviet
products in this country.
During the seven years the balance
of trade in favor Of the United States
equaled $448 1000 ,0o0," says the articles,
which continues: IF the payments
made in this country to American firms
and individuals furnishing technical as
sistance to Soviet industries, the pay
ments to American shippers for freight
shipped and from the U. S. s. r. in
American bottoms, customs duties, cost
of railway freight for American prod
ucts purchased for the Soviet Union.
the overhead expenses of the organi-
zation in this country carrying on
Soviet-American trade and other addi-
tional payments are considered, the
balance In favor Of the United States
since the inception of Soviet-American
trade In 1924 win be approximately
4600. 0O0. 00o."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
G! ARK DECISION
CHALLENGE FILED
Government Will Ask Su.
preme Court to Uphold Dry
Law Ratification.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Governments challenge of the
recent decision of Judge Clark In New
Jersey. holding the prohibition amend
ment invalid, was fled yesterday in the
Supreme Court.
Taking direct issue with the district
judge, the Government, through Solicit
tor General Thatcher. will ask the SUI
preme Court to hold that the eighteenth
amendment was legally ratified, and
that the national prohibition act and
other laws enacted under the prohibit
ton amendment are valid.
Attorney General Mitchell expects to
obtain from counsel for the two men
under indictment-W. H. Sprague and
w. j. Howey-a waiver so that the ap-
peal may be presented to the court
when it ends its present recess on
January 5. The Government now plans
to ask the court on that day to advance
the case for early oral argument.
Expect Early Action.
The Department of Justice will expect
its appeal to get before the court for
consideration not later than January
IL. It is confident that the appeal,
taken directly from Judge Clark, in
stead of to the Circuit Court of APP
peals, is in proper form for considera-
ton by the highest court on its merits.
The Supreme Court one week after
the appeal is submitted will announce
whether the case will be heard on its
merits.
Efforts will be made to have the ap-
peal argued during the week OF Janu-
airy 10. If these fail, it will be late in
February before it can be heard.
In filing the appeal the Government
submitted brief statement OF the
grounds on which 1t commended the
court had Jurisdiction. After explaining
that Judge Clarks Judgment had been
entered on December ID and that the
appeal had been allowed on the same
day, the statement continued:
1.-The indictment charged that the
defendants had unlawfully transported
certain quantities of intoxicating liquors
and with unlawfully possessing
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
HENRY SUES PITTS
/. TO REGAIN $4,000
Sum Was Leaned When Both
Were Smith Co. Officers,
Former Says.

AS G Bryan Pitts, former chairman
of the board of directors of the F. H.
Smith Co., passed his first day in Jail
yesterday, it was learned that his for
mer business associate, Samuel J.
Henry, had filed a civil suit against him
in Alexandria. Va. seeking damages in
the sum of $4,000.
Pitts and two other former officers
of the F. H. Smith Co. were found
guilty on conspiracy charges by jury
in District Supreme Court Friday night.
Their conviction resulted in part from
testimony given in behalf Of the prose-
cution by Henry, former president OF
the Smith company.
Henry's civil action, fled through At
torney Harry S. Barger, alleges that
while the two men were associated in
conducting the affairs of the Smith
rowed $4,000 from the Central Trust
Co. of Frederick, Md, and loaned one
half of the sum to Pitts. He further
alleges that Pitts has refused and still
does refuse to repay any part OF the
$4,000.
New Trial Sought.
While Pitts and his two fellow pris-
oncrs, c. Ebert Anadale and John H.
Edwards, jr., sat in the District Jail yes
terday their attorneys prepared for
service motion for a new trial. This
motion, prepared by Wilton J. Lambert,
Rudolph Yeatman and Frank G..
Raichle, was left late yesterday at the
office of Nugent Dodds, special assistant
to the Attorney General, who acted as
chief prosecutor in the trial.
The motion requested that the case
be set for argument Tuesday morning,
the day before court closes for the
holidays.
Under the law the granting of bail
to a convicted man lies within the dis
erection of the trial judge. If bail is
denied, the attorneys for the prisoner
can, under the law, take the question
Of bail before an appeal judge, but only
after noting appeal of the case on trial.
Another Course Open.
It is also possible that counsel for
Pitts and his associates might apply
for a writ of habeas corpus in an effort
to secure their freedom. It was not
believed, however, that this course
would be pursued.
Pitts, Edwards and Anadale spent
their first day in jail lodged in the
south wing, quarters of the most des-
perate criminals in the institution Maj.
Continued on Page 2, Column ID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
Spool Swallowed
By Child Becomes
Wooden Larynx

BOTTINEAU, N. Oak. (N.A.
NA).-Five- month-old baby
Ryan found a new use FIR the
hole in a spool Of cotton. He
breathed through it; not from
choice, but necessity.
The child. playing near a sew
ing machine, found a spool. put
it in his mouth and gulped it
down. He would have choked to
death lcng before he could be
taken to a hospital if air had
not been able to pass through
the hole. He suffered no perma-
nent i'll from his novel expert
ment.
(Copyright. 1880, by North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
PONZI TOLD MORAL TURPTTUDE
COVERS CRIMES HE COMMITTED
Woman immigration Official Explains Why Deportation
Order Exists for Him.

owes to his fellow men or to society In
general. contrary to the accepted and
customary rule of right and duty be-
tween man and man."
In addition, she wrote:
You were convicted In the Federal
courts of having used the mails In q
scheme to defraud; you were also con-
victed of larceny in the State courts,
Both of these crimes were held by our
department at Washington to involve
moral turpitude, in consequence Of
which a warrant for your deportation
was issued"
Ponzi win be eligible for parole from
State prison In October, 1891.