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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
STEADINESS RULES
IN GRAIN MARKETS
Good Tone Shown Despite
EaSinesS Abroad.

By United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-Grain prices
on the Board of Trade were about
steady despite slight easiness abroad.
At the start wheat was a cent
lower to 4 cent higher, corn was
off = to IS cent, oats were a cent
lower to 4 cent higher and rye was
unchanged to p cent higher.
Bartlett, Frazier & Co. reported
Liverpool was dull and depressed on
account of discouraging foreign ad-
vices. The market opened lower, &C
cording to Broomhall, because of
easiness here yesterday. Argentine
weather generally was favorable for
harvesting.
The trade paid some attention to
reports of moisture over part of the
domestic belt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
CANADA TRADE VOLUME
IN NOVEMBER CLIMBS
Business Reaches Highest Level in
Last Three Years.

MONTREAL, Dec. 20.-The trade
volume in Canada during Novem-
Der scared to the largest point for
any month during the last three
years, according to R. R. Hanson,
minister of trade ard commerce.
The total volume in that month
amounted to $115,361 900, exceeding
all monthly record since 1881. An
other favorable factor in Canada is
that trade with other nations dur
ing the first eleven months of 1884
passed the $1,0OO,O0O mark for the
first time in the last several years.
The trade volume with other ma
tiOns in the same period of 1888
totaled 1898, 762, 900, compared with
1854 $4,000 in 1882. The increase
over the 1888 period amounted to
approximately Is per cent, it was
reported. Domestic exports in 1894
also show an increase of 81 per cent
over the same period of 1882.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
Stock Studies

The FireStOne Tire and Rubber Co.
is one of our big four" dbber COM
panies. and the second largest man
ufacturer OF rubber tires in this
country. The company, or its sub
SidiaueS. also manufactures rubber
boots. shoes and heels. as well as an
almost complete line of automobile
accessories. The automobile acces-
series business gives the company a
wider dlverSifcatlOn of output.
The company owns rubber plan
tations in Liberia and two textile
mills in New England. Products are
distributed IN this country through
200 branches to over 10000 dealers
and in foreign countries through
about 800 branches. Plants are
strategically located throughout
the world with main plant in
Akron. o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
CROP FIGURES
AFFIRM BASIC
ECONOMIC LAW
With ACreane Lowest in 80
Years, Farm Income
Spurted.

By United Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2O-The
Department of Agricultures year
end crop report affirms the law CT
supply and demand as it affects
the price of farm products. Har-
vested acreage of all crops was the
lowest IN 30 years: production was
but 63 per cent of normal, yet the
total farmer income increased 20
per cent over last year, the report
showed.
From figures supplied by 100000
Federal Crop reporters, it was esti-
mated unof1cially that the drought
and the AAA were about equally
responsible in retiring $4,000 900
acres from production.
Farmers harvested only 288 607.-
610 acres this fall about y per
cent below last year and 10 per
cent below the 1O-year average of
359,00O000 acres.
Output % Per Cent OFF
Total production was about % per
cent below 1888, the report said.
The department valued all crops
at S4,782 $4,000 compared to S4.114.-
265, 900 last year. 1882 1876 900 in
1882 and $4,1O2, $4,000 in 1881.
Officials explained "theSe values
should not be confused with cSti-
mates of farm income, for they in
clude the values of crops grown for
feeding livestock on farms where
produced and exclude livestock and
livestock products, some minor COM
moditieS not separately estimated,
and benefit payments"
Income Up Billion
1t is thus estimated the 1884 cash
farm income will approximate
$6,OOO,0OO,OOO or nearly 100000, 900
more than in 1888.
Prices of IA principal crops, the
department reported, averaged AZ
per cent higher on Dec. than on
the corresponding date last year and
140 per cent higher than two years
ago.
The reports include:
Corn-Production 1880 $4,000 bushels,
smallest since 1881: value. $l085, SIS, 900
compared to 1924, $50 600 for 2,35l $50 900
bushels last year
Production. 496, 469 600 bushels.
smallest since 1890: value. 1892 441 900
compared to s359,O48,00O for 528 975,OOO
bushels last year
Oats-Production 528 BIS 900 bushels.
smallest since 1881; value, S272. 1854 900
compared to S22l $1,000 for 731 500, 900
bushels in 1888
Standardization, 9,731 900 bales.
smallest since 1921; value, 602 3l4 900 COM
pared to $611, 743, 900 for 100000 bales
in 1888
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
Other Livestock
(By United Press)

b tATAY 556EGa Bee 29 ;s 5Sg
lbs. $50; 22O250 lbs, s6.15G go; 2OO-22O
lbs. ,s6G $40: 10000 lbs. s5.75d 585; 100
1870 lbs s5.45 $50; pigs, IS down: roughs.
S5.75 down; calves soc lower. $3.50 down;
Western lambs, 25c higher: SIPS down;
native lambs steady $3.50 down.
higher: 250-300 lbs. $685. 225-250 lbs
$500: 200-225 lbs $50; 10000 lbs. $500;
160-180 lbs. S5.65: 300-350 lbs. Sc: 150-l6o
lbs. SAYS: 14O-15O lbs $3.50: 13O-14O lbs.
SAILS; 120-l30 lbs. 1855: l00-120 lbs. s3.I5;
roughs. s5.25; stays. s3.25. Calves, $50;
(By Times -speciall
LOUISVILLE. Dec. 20.-Ca ttle-225. sup
ply light. demand fairly broad; market
active, fully steady with Wednesday.s
and heifers salable at S3.50d AS: load
$50 lbs, heifers held upward Of So. bulk
beef cows. s2.25d2.75: good kinds eligible
higher; low cutters and cutters mostly
81 q IS: sausage bulls mostly s2.85 down;
best heavy kinds quota bic So: stockers,
mostly better Hereford calves salable $3.50
a s., calves 800. including los stock calves;
market steady. bulk better vealers. $3.50
n $50: strictly choice. So. medium and
lower grades. 81 down. hogs. 700, includ-
ing 81 direct: mostly 25c higher; pigs
steady: TOP and bulk desirable 100000
bsl S6.40: 200-225 lbs. S6.25: 305 los up,
SIS o5: 160-l90 lbs. S5.65: 160-175 lbs. S495
140-l55 lbs. s4.45: l20-135 lbs, $3.50: cows.
S465: sheep 100. steady. bulk medium TO
good lambs s5.75G SIS; choice ouotable
higher; bucks. mostly S4.I5 2 5.25. common
light throwouts. "a: better fat ewes. $3.50
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
ACCEPTANCES DECLINE
Best ShOwings Made in Domestic
Warehouse Receipts.


NEW YORK, Dec 2O-Banker's
acceptances outstandings as Of Nov.
so totaled 1851 .380,541, compared
with 1851, 601,752 on Oct. 81 and
S758,212,O98 on Nov. 80, 1888, ac-
cording to a report by Robert H.
Bean executive secretary Of the
American Acceptance Council.
The best showings were made in
domestic warehouse credits, which
rose to s187, O99, 1926 from S176,725 ,266
in the previous month. Bills for
export transactions amounted to
s148,479,O 1852, against s146,796.539 in
October, but bills for imports were
down to s89 .421 $50, compared with
S93, 424.800.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20

merry-go-round in
which the courts
in all sections of
the country play a
seemingly inded-
mite part.
Washington dis
patches state that
the heads of three
important utility
companies h ave
been in conference
with the President
during the last
week on the sub
iect of rates. and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
BY United Press

CHICAGO. Dec 20-Apples-M Michigan,
Mcintosh. bu. s1.75a2; Jonathans. $50
lis. Beets-ulinois. bu-. 35d 40c. Beans
Florida bu. Sreen. s2M4. Cauliflower-
California. crate. Sldl2 Is. Lettuce-Cali-
toTnia crate so ! Ca 6oa Wisconsin
Illinois. bu SOc0Si Onion market So
u. sacks MickiSan vellowS. 7Sc 81: west
ern veiloWS sac q 81 05. Illinois and In
diana. 65Nssc. idaho whites. Sis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
Wall Street
BY RALPH HENDERSON, -
Times Special Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Recent
L developments indicate that the
long disputed and trouble-making
question of the proper basis upon
which to establish utility rates may
be approaching a definite and final
settlement. President Roosevelt ap-
pears to have crowded the issue into
a corner where it has become a
man-tO-man discussion instead of a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
On Commission ROU

prices being offered to BUYERS by local
commission dealers.
Fruits ~ cranberriss. Care Cod. late
iornia Emperors. 27-ib. box. s. 40. Per-
Pgshsl. s. Bananas; 54o'sco 10; AP,PIes,
81 IS l.s5. Melons. California Honey
Dews. 81 IS. Lemons. Sunkist. 360s. So $50:
+22s $3.50. GRAPEFRUIT. Texas. seedless.
$ so Lines Mexican. per carton. rs. 25c;
Bvram. .seedleSs. per hundred. So. Cali
fornia rhubarb. 81 80 box Pears. oregon
SIS So so; 42s 50 so.
FegetableS-Cab bage. Northern Dan
lsh Sob. bag. Csc: red. Sob. bag. GOO.
New Cabbaee in crates. s2Q225. Onions,
s5o Michigan Se 9I51s' med @'H iolb 'G Bag
CSC; western white. 50-lb. bag. 81 IS; Mich
tains. iO0-l6. BAG. 81 So: noTthern round
white. 10o-lb bag. sl.l0; Ohios l00-lb bag.
s. 90. Idaho R9ssSetS loo-lb- bag. 50 New
diana JERSEYS. bushel. slS5; tennessee
s.Tinsless. hamDeTs 81, Celery, Michigan.
hearts. bunch. SIPS Cuc1mbeTs' dozen.
s. southern Iit o yo So Endlye dozen soc
Es S p-a sIo st:c eoze9 rails VFgi MIR
basket coo: California Iceberg head let
tuce. S. Manages, Florida. crate. SIS. Mint.
R5m1ers S. spnscb R0Tse sSE b4o sa
least bushel. 81 Is. Radishes. dozen. 75c.
Tomatoes. dollhouse: s-lb. basket. 81 IS.
6ins. dozen. 81
Miscellaneous-Coc Jamaica. IS
Tor Sl-oO. Oysters; Stanoards. gallon. 81 so.
selects. gal!lcn. sls5. Chestnuts. italian.
lon. Csc. Black walnutS. 50-lb. bag 81.
Cider. gallons 10 case SO HaH-gallons.
Q % case. 81 -. quarts. y 70 case. 81 go.
All quotations subject to change. up or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
M'IFLLAN SALES RISE

CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-SaIes re-
ported by Mcclellan stores during
the first eleven months of the cur
rent year amounted to $16,232,002,
compared with $14,5O3,946 in the
same period of last year, it was re-
ported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
SHORT INTEREST DROPS

NEW YORK, Dec. 20-Short in
terest in stocks listed on the New
York Curb Exchange on Nov. 80
amounted to 1880 shares, COM
pared with 22.956 on Oct. 81, accord
ing to the exchange.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
PIT CLOSES MONDAY NOON

CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-The Chicago
Board of Trade will be closed at
noon Monday to give members and
employees full benefit of the Christ
mas holiday, it was announced to-
day after a directors meeting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED

BIZ TIMES Special
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-The
resignation of Amos L. Beatty. New
York, as chairman of the oil in
dustry has been accepted by the
Planning and Co-OrC nation Com
mittee. it was reported today. !. D.
Collette, TT. Worth, has been chosen
as his successor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
Other livestock
NV limited Press)

600. Including - 600 directs; slow 1O@ 15c
higher thar Wedinesday Weights oGo O9 9T6
lbs. s6Gs 4o 10000 lbs, $3.50 $40; light
z25; packing sogs. ssasi5 light Lights.
iightweigHts. 10000 lbs, good and choice
good ana choice, ss@655; heayySeights.
5s2G 9 2oxs zO2 25 ?5S b medium
choice. s5250 6.25; slaughter pigs. 100-l30
lbs. good and choice. SO n 435. Cattle
2001 commercial. 100 Government; fed
steers and yearlings fully steady, but I'll
grades weighty steers getting better action
than light kinds; comparatively little beef
in run due largely TO scarcity OF long year
lings and steer scaling 1900 lbs. upWaro
best .weighty steers. $40; yearlings' SO -;
lower grade stores fairly well cleaned up
at So down to 81; other killing classes
steady to strong 9oo 6 c Sood eng eng
CHOICE S675@S.7s: iioo-lsoo l6s.. good and
choice, s675g 10 25; I300-l50o lbs. good
and medium s2506675; heifers. 550-750
lbs, good and choice, IS. so q $50 common
and medium. g 5oa 5. 50: COWS, g6oood $3.50
low cutter and cutter ocws $3.50 225;
bulls. yeaElings excluded, good beei. $50 4
cutters. common. and medium, g 25a 40;
So 50G475. Gull and choice. s3d3 so
Stocker and feeder cattle. Steers, 550-l050
lbs. good and choice. S3.7504.75; common
ana medium S225d4 Sheep-Receipts
u 900; fat lambs in fairly broad demand;
bids and sales fully steady: asking l5d Csc
and more. higher; few sales. STD. toppy
lambs little changed; slaughter sheep and
lambs Lambs. 80 lbs down. good and
choice, s7.15d5; common and medium,
CHOSE HSS s2.35Gs'5o; all weighs common and
medium, S2G2 go; feeding lambs, 50-75 lbs,
good and choice S5Q6
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
Hides and Skins

sac fat; green. country bulls and CLUES.
Eides-GEeen country COWS and steers.
3izc fat. Green country bulls and CLUES.
&C fat: green country calf hides. 4izc:
fiat green country kip. Size; o. / large
horse hides with fun heads. Shanks. names
and tails So so meSiG~a size So All No.
2 grade horse hic-s 60 rs: Clues and
ponies half price cred tallow.
4I4l@c. 70 How grease,
sGslsc: dark grease. 2ss63o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
OMAHA OPPOSES MIRA
Commerce Chamber Votes Against
Continuance After June, 1885.

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 20.-.The
Omaha Chamber of Commerce has
gone on record as opposing continu-
ance of the NRA, it was learned to-
day. At a special meeting this week
members cast their ballots in favor
of termination of the NRA in June,
1885, and against enactment by
Congress of new legislation to re-
place the act beyond that date.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
Money and Exchange
TREASURY STATEMENT

by United PreSsl
WASHINGTON. Dec 20-GoVernment
expenses and receipts for the current fiscal
year 10 Dec. 10, compared With the cor
responding period of the previous fiscal
year.
This Year. Last Year
Expenses S3.374 236. 1872 so s2.328 84l. 345 90
Receipts. | 1852 222 928 90 1887 1914. 6O7 "a
Defcit l .622 Ola 004 so GAL DAG, 738. 08
Cash Bal 2 522 e52 ,09427 1924 1872, SCI 26
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20

JGCG Ol IdUcSy anu
that they have shown a disposition
to come to some sort of definite
agreement as to what is fair and
proper
For the last year or more the
Chief Executive has been crack
ing down" on the utilities in an
effort to secure lower rates in the
interest of general industrial re-
covery. He has backed up his drive
in that direction by placing the
Government into direct competition
with them in the case of the Ten
nessee project. That he has soft
ened up the utility executives to
point where he can make just
about any sort of agreement he de-
sires is generally conceded.
n
OPINIONS have differed for
~ years on the basis upon which
utility and railroad rates should be
established Some have maintained
they should be made to yield a
reasonable" return on the money
invested in them. Others have said
that reproduction costs should be
the deciding factor. Still others
have held that the capitalization
of the concerns furnishing the serv-
ice should be taken into consider
alton, and, in Government quarters,
the ability of the public to pay and
the general economic welfare have
been injected as important factors
So long as there were so many
conflicting views on the subject, and
SO long as the courts were handy
as hiding places when the going
got rough, little progress in rate
making was made. The railroads
have taken their orders from the In
terstate Commerce Commission, and
the gas and electric and telephone
companies have battled it out with
the various local regulatory bodies.
The carriers have Jared rather bad
ly, but the others seem to have
been quite prosperous.
THE Government at the present
i time would appear to be in a
position where it is more or less
obliged to do something for the
transportation companies in view
of their poor financial condition,
generally speaking, and in view of
the fact that their securities are
held by so many banks and insur-
ance companies. At the same time,
it desires to bring the utility COM
panies to heel. But what it does
in the case Of the one may be re-
garded as precedent upon which
the other may attempt to base a
case.
President Roosevelt apparently
has forced the utility companies to
give up their ideas of court actions
in support of their rate positions.
His attack has been through threat
ened and actual Government COM
petition. The courts might rule
that a given rate was fair, but such
a ruling would mean little if a
Governmental owned plant were to
provide the same service at a lower
rate. It has been charged that
such procedure is unfair, but few
can deny its effectiveness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
LOCAL CASH MARKET

City grain elevators are paying SO cents
for No. soft red wheat Other grades
on their merits. Cash corn No. yellow
80 cents and oats 48 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
Retail Coal Prices

The following prices represent quotations
from leading Indianapolis coal dealers
25-cent carrying charge DER ton will be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20

A PETITION has been filed in
"A Federal Court at Chicago ask
ing reorganization of the Drexel
Park Cumberland Presbyterian
Church under Sec. 77-B of the
amended bankruptcy law This is
probably the first church in the
country to seek reorganization in
this manner.
Liabilities Of the church we're
placed at $4,000 and assets at the
uneSumated value Of the property
and good viii of the church. Cor
poratiOns have almost a uniform
policy of writing down the item
of good Will TO the nominal value
of 81. A church being a vastly diff
ferent organization, it will be in
tereSting to learn just what fair
estimate of goOd will would be for
such an institution.
The DreXel Park Cumberland
Presbyterian Church has one ether
claim to distinction. 1t is the insti-
tuition in which at one time one Of
the largest mems Bible classes in
the city was taught by John Balm,
who later headed a chain of twelve
defunCt banks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20

A n interesting commentary on
n this situation was recently
made nv the Bank Of the Man
haitian ca This institution pointed
out that a year ago the average re-
turn on It's loans and investments
was under 81 per cent and today
this return IS less than 2is per
cent. a reduction Of a full l per
cent. This comparison aptly dem
onstrates the dilemma confronting
such institutions.
Quite a few evidences Of the
trend toward lower interest rates
have come to light in the last few
months. An earlier development
in the insurance field pointing this
way was the action Of some COM
panies in regard 10 new annuities
policies. Several units have in
creased their rates, some Of them
have made adjustments in cOnnec-
ton with certain forms of annuitles
and others have discontinued the
policy with retirement benefits.
Only this week the Federal Re
serve Board and the Federal De-
post Insurance Corp. in a joint
announcement declared that be-
ginning Feb. l the maximum inter-
est payable on time and savings
deposits Will be reduced from 3 to
% per cent. This action only
served to establish a maximum in
terest rate. as many institutions
throughout the country already
have pared their rates to pc and
2 per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20

Metropolitan Life
Announces Cut
i'm Interest
BY VINCENT :. LYONS :
Times Financial Editor

A ENCOURAGEMENT has Just been
"A made by the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. the nations
largest company IN the field. that
IL VIII slash the interest rate for
computing premiums and reserves
on new ordinary policies from 81
to 2 per cent. In effect. this change
viii mean an increase Of about 6iz
per cent in premium rates.
In other words. a policy which
now costs 500 under the 81 per
cent rate VIII cost approximately
Sl0650 under the interest adjust
ment which has been announced.
However. this change applies only
TO policies written IN 1885 Holders
Of policies now in effect Will not
have % pay higher premium as
their net cost Is not affected by
this action
This development is one more
instance Of the national trend
toward lower interest rates on cap
itaL Institutional sources. such as
insurance companies and banks,
have been forced TO lower their in
tereSt rates on policies and bank
deposits as a matter Of economy.
The rates they pay TO individuals
can not safely be maintained IN
these times when the institution
itself is hard pressed finding an in
vestment outlet for It's funds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20

Latest Stock, Bond and
Commodity Quotations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20
FINANCIAL DATA

As of Oct. 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-20

Al Allie. s' SSen BE- 1854 isss is
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-20
AAA FAVORED
BY FARMERS

Valley farmers favor retention
of the AAA corn-hog control pro-
gram as a result of the referendum
held this week. A series of meet
ings have been held in various
parts of the community in which
growers were asked to vote on two
principles. the results to guide the
AAA in It's plans for next year.
The first question was concerned
with carrying on the present corn
hog contract in 1885. OF the con-
tract-signers. 80 voted yes, and
five, no. Two non-signers also
voted, one voting yes and the other
no.
The second question was as TO
whether or not the growers want
single blanket contract, including
all livestock and feed under one
contract.
OF the contract-signers, % voted
in favor of this blanket contract
and IA against it. One non-signer
voted against it.
The AAA is conducting this ref
erendum throughout the nation
and the control program will be
continued another year. only II
growers as a whole wish 1t.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-20
YUMA FREES
THREE MEN
TAKEN HERE

Pierce Gillette, Lycurgus Straits
and Manuel Fernandez, all of Oak
land who were taken into custody
here on Wednesday on suspicion of
being implicated in Yuma school rob-
berry, have been released by. the au-
thorities there, according to infor-
nation received here.
The men we're halted by local
officers on a description from Yu-
ma that they we're wanted in that
city. Gillette IS name was given at
the time as Pierre Gellitch.
Yuma officials were notified OF
their detention and came here to
question them. The men empha-
tically denied they were connected
in any way with the Yuma crime
and readily agreed to accompany
the officers back to Arizona, waiv-
ing their rights to demand an ex-
tradition hearing.
a charge of carrying concealed
weapons was dismissed when they
were arraigned before Justice of
Peace E. A. Freeman at Yuma.
The school robbery has not as
yet been solved and Yuma police
are working on it.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-20
SERA Officials
At Conference

w. J. Sterrett, county SERA
director with Miss Dorothy Foote,
case supervisor for the county and
j. B. Porter, SERA engineer, left
for Riverside last night where they
are to attend SERA conference
today.
DIR. Livingstone Porter, supervis-
or of Americanization and literacy
education of the state department
Of education under the emergency
educational program was in El
Centre yesterday to confer with
SERA officials here relative to a
program Of adult education in the
county and other projects which
would come under the PTWW di-
vision of the SERA.
B. c. Evans, FL Centre, is now
a member of the local SERA en-
gineering staff and will be associ-
ated with B. E. Doll, project en-
gineer. Evans has been in the gen.
eral contracting business and also
worked for the local irrigation dis
trict.