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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-11-30
Difficulties Face
Farmers Seeking
LandBankLoans
REASONS WHY FARMS IN THIS
VALLEY NOT GIVEN CHANCE
is RELATED

Farmers in this valley who have APP
piled for loans from the Federal Lana
Bank have many difficulties to over
come before they will be able to secure
the loans, G. G.. Anderson said Tuesday.
Mr.. Anderson made trip to Spokane
Monday to interview agents Of the land
bank and to ascertain the reason why
loans from this valley were being held
up
Mr.. Scotland, representative OF the
land bank, stated that applications LOT
loans in this valley have not been given
consideration because of the fact that
this valley has been listed as a class 4
district Reasons for this listing, he said
are The irrigation district here has
bond issue of $125000, and furnishes
water to only 1000 acres, thus making
liability of over $500 per acre; the
irrigation canal and power plant OF the
district are in need of repair work;
failure of the soldier settlement expert
ment here; and the many year OF lltl-
ment here and the many years OF It'll
stated that the soil here was too sandy
and would not prodce we'll, and that
growers who pumped from thelr own
wells had too great lift to be able TO
operate profitably.
After Mr.. Anderson had presented
some figures as to the actual produce
ton In this valley and the average
amount of lift from individual wells,
MIR. Scollard stated that he would get
in touch with Mr.. HUMPHREYS, agent OF
Yakima, and have him come here IN
the near future to appraise lands on
which applications have been made.
The bank, he said, will consider lndl-
vidual cases here, but will not consider
the valley as whole. After December
/, he said, applications now pending
will be cleared up and the bank VIII De
, able to put new applications through
in much shorter time
/ In answer to a question by MIR. An
derson as to what the farmers OF TINS
valley could do in order to bring the
district out of the class listing and
make it easier for individual farmers to
receive action on their applications, Mr.
. Scotland said that the irrigation dlstrlct
should be refinanced so that bonded
indebtedness could be cut down.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-11-30
Postal Department Gives
Christmas Mailing Rules

mail EARLY for Christmas" slogans
are already appearing in post offices
and newspapers. The usual admonitions
to wrap well and tie securely are never
amiss. Insurance fees range from i've
to thirty-five cents, while registration
may be secured for from fifteen cents
to one. dollar, the latter sum covering
valuation of $1,000. Special delivery
stamps expedite the service and care
full packing, on your part, will do much
to insure that the recipient of your gilt
gets it in it's original condition and not
as a crushed and mangled something
impossible of recognition.
Printed greeting cards mailed under
cover of unsealed envelopes are
chargeable with postage at the third
class rate of one and one half cents for
each 2 ounces or fraction of ounces
regardless of whether addressed for de-
livery through post Office boxes or gen
eral delivery, or by city or rural
carrier.
Printed Christmas and other greeting
cards in unsealed envelopes may beal
a simple written inscription not In tne
nature of personal correspondence, sucf
as sincerely yours" Merry Christ
mas, Happy New Year, with bes
wishes, etc, together with the name
and address of the sender and OF TN
addressee, without subjecting them u
more than the third-class rate.
Greeting cards, sealed or unsealec
bearing written messages other thal
the simple Inscriptions above men
toned, as well as all cards sent i
sealed envelopes, are chargeable VIII
postage at the first-class rate OF cent
an ounce or fraction Of an ounce, ex
cept when the 1-cent or 2-cent drop
) letter rate applies.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-11-30
Cast of All-School Play
Lauded For Performance

The 'all-school play, wild Oats Boy
given Tuesday, November %, was
success from the standpoint OF poth
entertainment and finances.
The matinee, given primarily for the
benefit of the grade school students
found the actors a bit unsteady IN thel
performances. Playing to an audience
of young folks, also, they did not meet
with the appreciative reception neces-
sary to spur a cast to it's best efforts
The evening audience, was smaller
but more mature, and they seemed 10
enjoy the play from start to hnlsh'
They chuckled over the poppy love
making of Pat and Chuck, played by
Louise Walker and Ray Wade. They
burst into gales of laughter over the
awkward bungling of Danny, allas
Nora the maid, played by Jack NC
Cotter. Trout, the pestiferous son, IN
terpreted by Carroll Meeker, received
his share of the laughs. Fred GllhulS
seemed to enjoy thoroughly his role
as Uncle Seth, died-in-the-wool TO-
bacco chewing farmer from Maine.
1
!. AS whole, the cast seemed wei
suited to their roles, and gave LIN
ished performance in the evening. Inc.
seemed free, also, from the nervousness
so common among amateur performers
The dance after the play was wei
attended and the dancers appreciated
as usual, the music of the Band or
chestra under the direction OF MI
English.
The net proceeds from the evening
entertainment will amount to abou
SAB. Approximately $57 was taken IL
$40 at the matinee, $32 in the eveninl
ST at the dance and So from the sa
of food and candy. From this amour
it was necessary to deduct about 81
for the expenses OF the production
the play.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-11-30
Mrs. George Chapel Is
Buried At White Bluffs

After an illness of many months,
Mrs George Chapel passed away
Thursday, November %, at her nome
near White Bluffs. She was cared Tor
during the last months of her life by
Mrs. William Schlicker. Mrs. Chappels
death was caused by a cancer OF the
stomach.
Her funeral services Saturday were
under the direction of Rev. II. "A. MOVES,
pastor of the Presbyterian cnurch OF
which she was member. Music during
the services was provided by Mrs. j. y.
I,eander and Louise Shinn accom-
panied by Lillian Shinn. They sang
Nearer the Cross" "The Ninety and
Nine" and "The Old Rugged Cross"
Pallbearers were: Ed Ponsat, II. ".
Martin. G.. G.. Stoddard, r. s. Reierson,
Shaun Kelly and j. M. Shinn.
Eta Ogle was born February IL, 1863,
and died November %, 1888, aged 81
wears. nine months and eleven days. AT
the time of her birth her parents re-
sided temporarily at Sacramento, Gail
fornia. during the building OF the
Southern Pacific railroad. When she
was three years of age the family re-
turned to their old home at Dawn
Missouri, where she spent the early
part of her life.
On MAY 3, 1890 she was married tt
, George Chapel To this union were
, born four children: Guy Lewis, o
Everett; Walter Allen, Of White Bluffs
: Mrs. Ed Lavoy, Of Everett; and Mrs
| O. E. Westling, of White Bluffs. Thes
!, four. together with eight grandchildren
, one sister, Mrs. Robert Ward OF Dawn
Missouri. and the husband, are left u
mourn the departure Of kind, lovin
mother, grandmother and wife.
The family resided in Missouri unit
Y 1908 when they moved to Kalispel
S Montana, where they lived until IN
:. year 1917. They then moved to Everett
Il washington, living there three year
before coming to White Bluffs in Ma.
: 1921.
r. Mrs. Chapel was baptized IN tn
Presbyterian church in her early III
S and remained loyal to the faith. 81
If was a great lover of her home, and tf
, greater part Of her life was spent
q looking after the welfare and comic
lie of her family. Her last sickness cor
1t tinued over long period and she WI
ID a patient sufferer with the faith tn
Of her Lord would take her where the
is no more pain or death.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
DENIES CHANGE OF HEART
Italian Boxer Calls
Dancers Claim
Ridiculous

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 81.
EMO Fiermonte today ceased play.
ing hospital Romeo to Mrs. Made
leine Force Astor Dick long
enough to make a vigorous denial
that he had ever sought the heart
and hand of Kay Roose, Broad
way dancer.
Fiermonte. who has been put
ting in many hours as bedside
companion since the widow Of
John Jacob Astor slipped on a
rock and broke her shoulder, de-
clared he had never met the little
dancer and he could prove it.
Two years ago. when the dancer
recently announced in New York,
she first met the Italian pugilist
and fell in love with him, Fier-
monte was in Italy, the constant
companion of Signora Tosca
Manetti Fiermonte, whom he di-
vorced recently in Reno, shortly
after Mrs. Dick was freed from
her second husband, he declared
today.
Then last January, when the
blonde hostess said he made ar
dent proposal, and was accepted.
EMO was in Palm Beach, he in
sisted. He added:
"The whole thing is ridicu-
lOuS."
With the deniel, Fiermonte re-
turned to the hospital. where he
repeated his assurance to Mrs.
Dick that there was nothing to
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
.139 ADMIT TED
To OHOSP|TAL

One hundred and thirty-nine
patients were admitted to the
Montgomery County General
Hospital, Sandy Spring, in Au-
gust, according to a report by
the women'S board.
The report stated that the hos
pital performed 81 minor opera
tionS, 81 major operations, made
seven casts, treated % accident
victims, made 295 laboratory ex-
aminations and took 116 x-ray
pictures.
Proceeds from the annual hos.
pital supper were announced at
$1,435 to date,
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
women To HEAR
EDUCATOR

Miss Mary Stewart, national
educational chairman. Of the Ma
fional Federation Of Business and
Professional Women, will speak
tonight at $50 p. m. at the dinner
meeting Of the Arlington County
Business and Professional Women
at Powhatan Lodge, near BallSton.
Miss Stewart is assistant di-
rector of education in the Bureau
of Indian Affairs Of the Depart
ment Of the Interior and was a
pioneer in the vocational guidance
movement. She was one Of the
founders Of the national fedora
tion in st. Louis in 1919.
The meeting will be a vocational
guidance and educational one
under direction of Chairman Mrs.
Mamie Middleton.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
Drought CurtGiLs
Feed for livestock

This summers drought has
seriously curtailed the available
supply Of feed for livestock among
American farmers, it has been an
nounced by the Bureau Of Agri-
cultural Economics.
The shortage is further COM
plicated by the fact that the
number of farm animals has in
creased sharply. Estimates were
that the tonnage of feed grains
harvested this year will be about
2" per cent below last year and
10 per cent under the average
yearly production,
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
POLICE
CHECK RIOT
At NINE

UNIONTOWN, Pa, Sept. 81
U.N.SO.-Prompt action by State
police today nipped in the bud an
incipient riot at the Edenborn
mine Of the H. c. Frick Coke
Company, scene Of bloody clash
between striking miners and depu.
ties last week.
Rumors, which later proved un-
founded, that strikerbreakers from
. Pittsburgh were to be imported
this morning resulted in the for
. nation of picket line, 1000
strong, on the highway leading to
. the Edenborn operation, at day
break.
: Workman Is Cut
. Earl Batch, "a, employe Of the
> Warden mine near Elizabeth,
strayed from the picket line into
. "the patch" He staggered out, a
. few moments later, blood stream
; ing from knife wounds about his
.. face and neck which, he said, had
. been inflicted by several men in
: "the patch"
The picket lines at once began
AN advance toward the patch,
, where armed deputies awaited the
.attack.
. Only the arrival Of State police,
. who came in the run, averted
: what gave promise Of developing
!. into a, bloody riot.
Order Restored.
The State police quieted the
. .pickets, dissuaded them from ad-
.vancing on the deputies and re-
stored order within a few min
.utes Of their arrival.
=: Meanwhile, reports Of an Inn
pending invasion by the Penn
.sylvania pickets of the adjacent
West Virginia fields were met by
challenging reports indicating
that State police and deputies
are being modified just South Of
West Virginia line to prevent
interference with operations in
that State.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
j. Of VA. YOUTH
|ES|NC CRASH

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept.
21.-Norment Baker, student at
the University Of Virginia, and
son Of DR.. j. N. Baker, of Mont
gomery. Ala, was killed in an
automobile accident on the
Lynchburg Highway near Am
herSt yesterday.
Baker was a nephew Of Mrs.
F. w. Twyman, wife Of the Char
lotteSville mayor.
have been injured in the accident.
They were removed to q Lynch.
burg hospital.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
Duckett NOLU Heads
Governors of CLUb

Thomas Howard Duckett has
been elected president Of the
board of governors Of the Uni
verSity Club Of Washington. He
succeeds Charles A. Douglas who
resigned last month.
Mr.. Duckett Is chairman Of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, a member Of the
Maryland.National Park and plan
ming commission and vice presi-
dent and counsel for the Prince
Georges Bank and Trust Com
pany.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21

the story Of another romance. ,
So far the boxer Adonis ana
Mrs. Dick have refused to discuss
their future plans. He said ne
had laid his heart at the feet OF
the New York society matron, but
that she hadn't given him defin-
ite answer. He added:
"But 1 am happy-and hope
ful."
The Washington times., 1933-09-21
TWO GET COMMISSIONS

Morton M. Dodge, 1900 block
Of Good Hope Rd. S. E., and
Howard N. Sheffield, 1900 block
Of Sixteenth st: N. W., have been
given second lieutenant commits
sions in the Army Reserve Corps
by the War Department.
The Washington times., 1933-09-21


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Lansbugh
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
BAD WEATHER
 DELAYS BALBO

NEW YORK, July 24.--Owing to unfavorable weather, Gen. Italo Balbo and his armada of 24 sea- planes, delayed departure today until tomorrow on the return flight to Italy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
POST BREAKS
 RECORD, TRIP
 AROUND GLOBE
Solo Flier Circles World, l66 Hours 4oLz Min utes Elapsed Time
FRENZIED CROWD GIVES
 AVIATOR BIG WELCOME
Declares Flight Can Be Made in Four Days
 Has Bad Weather

NEW YORK;. July 24.- Wiley Post shot down from the darkness at II o'clock last Saturday night, Eastern Standard Time, complet- ing his world solo flight for a new record. He arrived one hour ear Her than expected.
 As Post taxied along the field the crowd became frenzied and about 5000 persons broke through the lines of policemen and pushed toward the spinning propeller.
 Post was forced to stall the mo- tor.
 The plane Winnie Mae was talk en to the Administration Building, Post still in it.
 Post stood up in the plane and waved as the cameras clicked, then dropped back in his seat apparent ly exhausted.
 Phenomenal speed
 Post made phenomenal speed from Edmonton; where he took off at 9:41 o'clock last Satur day morning, coming southeast across Canada then across the midwest and Eastern states.
 Major J. Nelson Kelly, Superin- tendent of the field, who recorded Posts takeoff at 4:10 am, Eastern Standard Tsirua an Sunday .I,lv '15, clocked his return officially at 10:59:3 80 pm.
 Posts official elapsed time was 186 hours 4915 minutes for his journey of approximately l5,40O miles.
 Record Broken
 It was officially announced that Post broke the Post-Gatty record by 21 hours IF minutes.
 Posts arrival surprised the air. port staff and resulted in much confusion as 1t had been expect ed he would circle the lights over the field but instead, he came straight in.
 Post seemed weary after facing the line of cameras and was whisk- ed away to a hotel where a lunch and bed awaited him.
 4-Day Trip
 At the Hotel Post talked about
 Continued on Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ALASKA TO BE. HAD SHORTLY
Secretary Ickes Advises
 Troy Authorization Ex- pected Immediately

While no public works program for Alaska has yet been definitely announced by single Federal office here, funds for it should be available with little further delay, according to an announcement made today by Gov. John w. Troy based on telegraphic advices re- ceived by him from Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of Interior.
 At the Forest Service it was announced no word had been re- ceived from Washington on the program submitted by it last week
 Secretary Ickes wire to Gov Troy said:
 Public Works Administrator is pushing transfer of funds for Fed eral projects as rapidly as pos sible. Expect immediate authorit- ies for one million dollars for the Alaska Road Commission"
 It is believed that funds for all of the other Federal projects in the Territory will be authorized at the same time. These include the Alaska Railroad. airports. light house reconstruction, Bureau of Fisheries vessel repairs. Forest Highways and trails, and schools for the Office of Indian Affairs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
IS
 TO COME HERE
 IN SHORT TIME
Dimond Informs Conn ors President Will Give Him
 Recess Appointment

Early appointment of George F. Alexander, Portland, Oregon, at torney and former United States Marshal of that State, to be United States District Judge for the First Division of Alaska, is indicated in telegram received late Saturday by J. J. Connors, Democratic Ma tional Committeeman for Alaska, from Delegate A. J. Dimond.
 Saturday evening a radio news broadcast said the appointment had already been announced by President Roosevelt but this had not been confirmed today.
 MT. Alexander was nominated for the position last Spring by the President. A protest was file d against him by Delegate Dimond on the ground he is not a bona fide resident of Alaska, and oppo- sition was reported to have devel- oped among members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
 When the special session of Con- gress adjourned, MT. Alexander's nomination had not been reported by the Committee and it thereby automatically returned to the White House. Delegate Dimond's telegram to Mir. Connors said the President would give him a recess appointment in the near future.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
BERNARD DEATH
 IS EXAGGERATED, NOT EVEN HURT
Authentic Re- port Proves to Be Fig
 ment of Imagination

Reports that swept over Juneau Saturday night and Sunday that R. l.. G,os) Bernard, wellknown local resident, had died at Wrang- ell as result of an accident, like Mark Twain once. said of simi- lar report about himself, were greatly exaggerated. MT. Bernard wasn't in any accident, so far as can be learned, and as he made personal appearance in the Signal Corps Radio Station at Wrangell shortly before 6 p. m. Sunday. it wasn't possible for him to have died Saturday evening as reported.
 AS many as three accounts of the reported demise were circulat- ed here over Sunday. All of them were purported to be authentic and it wasn't until about 6 p. m. that authentic denial could be had
 An operator of the local Signal Corps station was informed by the Wrangell operator about that time that MT. Bernard had been in the Signal Corps office just few min utes before and that he was in the best of health.
 The reports are said to have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
NEW RULES FOR
 GRAIN TRADING
 ARE ANNOUNCED
Establishment of Minimum Price Is Announced
 by Sec. Wallace

WASHINGTON, July 24.--Estab-. lishment of minimum prices in trading in wheat, corn and other grains until further notice, was announced late last Saturday by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace after approval by President Roose- welt of hastily drawn up program designed to prevent further col lapse of commodity prices.
 Trader Caught
 Secretary Wallace disclosed that a trader, whose identity is kept a secret, was long on 13,OO0,O00 bush els of corn and several million bushels of wheat and other grains when commodity prices began to precipitate the decline last week. The trader was caught in the fall of prices and his large holdings have occasioned the wheat crisis, which in Wallace's opinion, necessi- tated him to resort to a minimum price fixing authority for the first time in recent market history.
 Market Regulations
 Secretary Wallace announced that as a result. the Chicago Board of Trade agreed that when it opened today it would allow no trading below the closing prices of last Thursday and restricted fluc- tuation in any one day to five cents a bushei for wheat and other grains, in proportion.
 Both restrictions remain in force until either they are released en- tirely or the program of market reforms is put into effect.
 Other grain markets in the United States are expected to take similar action today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
UNEMPLOYMENT
 MOVE LAUNCHED BY PRESIDENT I
Sets Aside $20,O ,OOO, ,O0O for Subsistence Home
 steads in South

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Presi- dent Roosevelt has set aside s2O,- 100000 to buy southern land to re- locate CCC camps for the winter and assigned Secretary Ickes as Administrator of the Subsistence homestead' section of the Public Works law by which it is proposed to make a surplus of unemployed in cities self-supporting on farms.
 The specific purpose is to set up families of unemployed in rural areas where they could raise crops for their own living purposes but not contribute to the agricultural surplus by commercial farming.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
WEALTHY OIL
 MAN ABDUCTED
 IN 0KLAH 0MA
Is Taken from His Home, While Playing Cards,
 by Gunmen
ANOTHER VICTIM IS
 DEAD, BULLET WOUND
Young O'Connell Not Re- leased Yet -Negotia-
 tions in Progress

CHICAGO, H., July 24.- Kidnapers, struck again and with a new captive to add to the growing list to mark the trail of terrorism.
 Charles Urschel, wealthy oil operator, was abducted from a bridge game in his Oklahoma City home by gun men. No trace has been found and the family awaits word from the abductOrs. The members of the family are ready to talk ransom.
 At Philadelphia, a kidnap- CTS bullet cost the life of Frank M c Cla h y, aged 55 years, real estate man. He was Kidnapped Wednesday and shot when he offered resist ance.
 The O'Connell family, at Albany, N. r., continued ne- gotiations with the kidnapers but there is no indication of immediate results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24

from radio news broad casts. KGBU, Ketchikan, is said to have announced Saturday even- ing that Bernard had died at 10 o'clock, repeating the announce ment twice A similar report was said to have been heard over KOMO, Seattle.
 Locally, one report had it that he had slipped and fallen from a dock to a scow below, and his head triking on winch, had broken his neck. Another said he was killed in gasoline explosion aboard small boat. "A third report declared he had slipped and fallen into some machinery in the can nery and had been so badly cut up he lived but a few hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
SILVER AGREEMENT AT
 LONDON MEET
Countries to Cease Debas- ing White Metal-Use
 More Small Coins

LONDON, July 24.-Representa- tives of silver producing and hold ing countries attending the World Economic Conference have signed an agreement regarding the use of silver.
 When the accord is ratified by the home governments the agree ment will be effective.
 The resolution, adopted by the Monetary Commission, makes an agreement to cease debasing silver coinage and increase the use of the white metal for small pieces of money when feasible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
Women to Act, Making ". K. 4. Effectiue

CHICAGO, H., July 24.- Women of the United States belonging to member clubs of the National Council of WOm- en, are to organize vigilance committees to see that the Ma tional Recovery Act is effect i've under a provision adopted by the International Congress of Women.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-07-24
MRS. w. c. PETERSON HAS
 MAJOR OPERATION TODAY

Mrs. w. c. Peterson underwent a major operation at St. Ann's Hospital this morning. She is doing nicely according to Dr. w. w. Council, the attending physi- clan.