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Evening star., 1934-03-18
Winter Which T1Uisted Map
NOrtte1st1Udrd Passes Soon
Queer Season Placed Washington in
Position of Albany, N. Y, and
Montana in Missouri. ~

Here are the records for 1912 in
Washington:
Temperature means-January, 249,
or 80 degrees below the all-time aver
age of 33.8; February, 30.5, or 40 be-
low the February average; March, 406,
or 23 below the average; April, 557,
or 81 above the average.
Something Of what this means may
be gathered from the fact that the
past February. which caused so much
complaint, actually had an average
temperature Of 36.S, or 81 above the
50-year average Of 347.
The mean temperature for the en-
tire year Of 1918 was 543-six- -tenths
Of a degree less than the all-time
average of SAG.
Looking back to the records of
1911. Washington Is due for a fairly
hot Summer The June average was
72.7, lust two-tenths Of a degree above
the mean. July piled up an average
of 1872. or IT surplus. The August
average was 1852. or i9 over the
longtime record for the last month
of Summer.
These records, It must be borne in
mind, are not to be taken too SER
ously. The chances are fairly heavily
IN favor of their repetition. accord
ing to DR.. Abbots findings. But
countless obscure things might hap
pen to throw the infinitely con1plt-
Gated meteorological machine out Of
gear.
That is why Dr. Abbot, fact finder
and not theorist, is chary Of pre-
dictions. But he has broken the only
thoroughly scientific paths yet known
into the difficult but rich unknown
Of longtime weather forecasting.
Evening star., 1934-03-18
MURDER TRIAL APRIL 9

Ell RENO, Okla, March II R.--
The trial of Virgil Brown, World War
veteran, charged with the murder of
his wife, Mrs. Marie Elmsley Brown,
formerly of Windsor, Ont, was set to-
day for April 9.
Mrs. Browns body was found along
side the highway, II miles West Of
El Reno, last Fall She had been
beaten to death. Her husband was
arrested month later at Shawnee,
and has been held in Jail here since.
w. A. simons, an itinerant, report
ed to authorities this week, after he
heard he was wanted as a witness.
Sirnons said the day the body was
found he heard woman scream. and
later saw man drive away from the
scene of the murder.
Evening star., 1934-03-18

representative in the recent Washing
ton negotiations, w S. Kundsen of
General Motors, left the Capital with
out putting any promises in Johnson S
hand.
Wide Repercussion Seen.
The recovery leaders we're cogni-
zant of the widespread ramifications
possible in an automobile strike.
A Government agency within the
last few days has compiled, for the
information of the industry and the
administration, data on the close in
terrelation of the automobile industry
to other basic industries.
Steel one of the greatest OF the
Nations industries. is vitally depend
ent ON the welfare of automobile
manufacturing Ill per cent of all
steel production going to the motor
car factories.
The list shows that S04 per cent
of rubber production goes into the
automobile trade. So per cent Of
the upholstery leather production and
43 per cent of plate glass. with a
dozen other industries concerned in
varying degrees.
The $4,000 to 10000 persons Amerf-
can Federation of Labor men esti-
mated would be involved in an auto
mobile strike-if one cane-Was, how
ever, only a portion of the number of
workers involved directly and indi-
rectly in the industry itself. Exclu-
sive of Ford Co. employees. estimates
of the number of automobile factory
workers range around 5000.
Evening star., 1934-03-18
POLITICAL HOLIDAY
IS URGED BY |CKES
BIames Lack of Business
Support If Recovery
Program Fails.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 17.-secretary
OF Interior 1ckes tonight urged q "po-
litical holiday" and said that If the
recovery program failed it would be
due to failure Of business men to
support it.
Give the administration d fair
trial to develop its policies" Ickes
said In an address before University
of Chicago alumni. you have to have
it for the next three years. Isn't 1t
sound logic to support the admins
tration even If you do not believe In
all it does?"
Business Is inherently selfish"
Ickes asserted, at is concerned with
profits and 1t does not have a social
outlook.
But we are not going back TO the
old order. We must adopt the kind OF
order which the President is trying to
establish or God knows what will re-
suit. If we don't pull out of the woods
on the road we are travelling we may
find ourselves mired in a morass."
1ckes also came to the defense Of
the brain trust" saying 1T is absurd
to deride the Government for calling
in the best brains for advice"
We should declare a political holi-
day and work together in the common
good for an improved social order"
President Robert M. Hutchins told
the alumni that As members of the
university faculty we're giving part
or all their time TO the Government,
Evening star., 1934-03-18
UNIONS ISSUE UKASE.
Say They Are Waiting Only for De-
cision of Companies.

DETROIT, March II (P.-Assert-
ing that the question of a strike
among automobile plant workers is
definitely serious" and that the mat
ter rests with the Government and
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson" William COL
lins, American Federation Of Labor
representative, returned from Wash
ington today to consult with other
leaders in the automobile strike sit
uation.
"The situation, although tenn
porarily in allegiance, is definitely Sc
rious," he said. The officers of the
union locals represented before the
National Labor Board have voted to
strike Wednesday unless their demand
for recognition is met by the industry.
Unions "Just Waiting"
"The matter rests with the Gov
ernment and Gen. Hugh S. Johnson,
We expect to know the outcome by
Tuesday. We're just waiting"
Collins returned with so delegates
from the locals Of the United Auto
mobile Workers of America, represent
ing plants in Detroit, Flint, Pontiac
and Lansing.
Collins said officers of the locals
represented favored strike on Mon
day, but that he told them good
impression" had been made on the
public and the Government, with the
result that they agreed to withhold
action.
Everything depends on the atti-
tude the manufacturers take at the
meeting of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce in New York
Monday" Collins said.
Meetings on Today.
A series Of meetings of locals have
been called for tomorrow when the
employees will be told of the decision
to strike Wednesday unless some def
mite accord has been reached. In
Flint, union representatives an
nounced today that members of
Fisher Body Plant, No. 2, and Buick
Motor Co. will vote tomorrow on
strike action.
In Flint, 1000 employees of the
Chevrolet Motor Co. voted this after
noon to join the strike Wednesday,
unless a satisfactory settlement of
the labor dispute was reached. 1t was
the first time Chevrolet employees have
appeared in the dispute. Chevrolet
has about $4,000 employees there.
Evening star., 1934-03-18
PARKING GROUP TO MEET
Engineers Will Address Session
Thursday Night.

A mass meeting on the parking
problem" will be held Thursday at 8
pm. in Reno-Esther Hall, 1923 Wis
consin avenue, under auspices of the
Association for Adequate Parking Fa-
cilities Among Government Employees.
E. B. Rhine and w. l. Swanton of
the American Association of En-
gineers will speak.
There will be dancing and music by
the Capital City Choristors,
Evening star., 1934-03-18

The question as to whether a strike
in the automobile industry, involving
more than 100000 workers, shall or
shall not occur on Wednesday morn
ing. March 21, rests with the auto
mobile manufacturers. Their decision
will decide the question.
The cause of the strike is directly
traceable to the attempt of the auto
mobile manufacturers to impose COM
pany unions upon their workers and
to force them to accept them.
The attempt to force the company
unions upon automobile workers fol-
lowed the enactment of the national
recovery act.
Employers Plan Refused.
The workers, believing that section
IA conferred upon them the right to
organize without interference. re-
straint or coercion and to be repre-
sented in negotiations with employers
by representatives of their own choos-
ing, refused to accept the company
union presented by the employers to
them with a demand that they vote
to accept it at an election fixed by the
employers.
They believed that section IA of
the national recovery act conferred
upon them freedom of choice in self
organization and that it meant just
what it said-that they were free, in
the fullest sense of that term, to
establish their own union.
The automobile workers ask first
Evening star., 1934-03-18
WILL DESCRIBE PARKS

Randall Jones Of Cedar City. Utah
will give an illustrated lecture Thurs
day at pm. in the auditorium of the
Interior Building, under auspices of
the National Park Service. He will
describe the beauties of the Zion and
Bryce Canyon National Parks and
the north rim Of the Grand Canyon
This is one Of series of lectures
being given during the year on the
great national parks of the country
Mr.. Jones will be here until April is
and will tell the story of the parks to
various organizations. The lecture
Thursday night is open to the pub
lie
Evening star., 1934-03-18
NEBRASKAN CONVICTED
Jury Prevents Death Sentence fo1
Father-in-Law's Staying.

NORTH PLATTE, Nebr, March II
P.-Laclede Stevens, 37-year-old
bakery proprietor, was convicted by a
District Court jury today of second
degree murder for the Staying of his
father-in -in-law, City Commissioner
John De Rolf.
The State had demanded the death
penalty, but under the jury's decision,
life Imprisonment Is the most severe
punishment that could be imposed.
Stevens also faces trial for the slay-
ing Of his estrauged wife.
Evening star., 1934-03-18
ROOSEVELT BACKS
NEW LOANS PLAN
Approves Proposal Submit
ted by Federal Reserve
Governor Black.
Continued From First Page.)

to do directly what 1t was now doing
indirectly through cumbersome
method of lending to mortgage COM
panies.
He said it was not proposed the
r. F. c. would do "a tremendous
amount" of such lending, but that it
would simplify and speed up its pro-
cedure I'VE would get full and ade-
quate security in every case," he
added.
Asked why banks could not per-
form the function, Jones said the kind
Of loans the r. F. c. would make were
border line cases" He explained they
were long, rather than short-tern
risks which the Government could af-
ford to take, but banks properly could
not handle.
S6,OO0,OOO Granted.
Applications for loans Of $50, 1000, 900
Of this kind to mortgage companies
have been considered by the board.
/ Jones said, but only little more than
S6,O00,000 have been granted. Alto
gether, he added, applications for
loans totaling $3.50 100000 have been
received by regional Offices, of which
Sl00000,000 have been forwarded to
Washington.
Fletcher announced the F.. F. c.
and Federal Reserve proposals would
be considered Wednesday and hear
lngs probably would be held on the
plans for loans to industry.
He said the committee had held up
the r. F. c. plan for financing for
eign trade through direct loans to ex-
porters or Government-owned banks,
to study whether 1t was necessary IN
view of the existence already of sew
eral export banks.
Under the bill which the committee
approved. subject to amendments
later, the r. F. C. would be empowered
to accept new securities in adjustment
or compromise of existing claims in
connection with railroads in bank
ruptcy or in receivership in Federal
courts.
The r. F. c. urged this provision
to facilitate reorganization of some
of the railroads with "topheavy" cap
ital structures.
Other sections Of the bill would
permit the r. F. G. to extend loans,
make additional advances to projects
already partially financed, and pro-
vide fund of $100 900, 900 instead Of
$50 100000 for loans to drainage and
irrigation districts.
Evening star., 1934-03-18
GIRL is INJURED

Run Down by Auto-Driver Is
Detained.
Dorothy Deane, 5, colored, Of the
1900 block of First street southwest,
was critically injured late yesterday
when knocked down by an automobile
a block from her home. She was
taken to Providence Hospital. where
it was found she had fractures of
both legs, cuts on the back of the
head and over the eye.
Wesley Jackson, %, colored, Of the
1400 block of First street southwest,
who police say was driving the ma
chine which struck the child, was de-
tanned by officers pending the out
come Of the girls injuries.
Evening star., 1934-03-18

The full statement yesterday Of
William Green, president OF the
American Federation OF LABOR, re-
garding the strike OF 100000 auto
mobile Uorkers, follotDs::
Evening star., 1934-03-18
Hidden Shells Found,

Twenty shells, at least half Of which
were live, were found recently in q
rubbish heap in crowded tenement
district In Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng
land
Evening star., 1934-03-18
Turn to Dairyiug,

Farmers in the north Of England
are turning from blowing to dairy
ing. and farms of from so To IS acres
are in demand.
Evening star., 1934-03-18
AUTO PLANT PEACE
PUT Up TO FIRMS
Green Says Com panic IS
Must Accept Union Mon.
day, or Start Strike.

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-03-18
RAILWAY WORKERS
ASK WAGE RETURN.
Reject Presidents Appeal
for Continuance of 10
Per Cent Cut.

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-03-18

present notice served by the railroads
with respect to basic rates Of pay
shall be postponed until January J.,
1895:
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-04
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
THE FARM BUREAU

Congratulations, several of them, are
in order for the Imperial County Farm
Bureau.
The first is for its wisdom in retaining
as its president, C. 0. Hoober, whose one
year term has demonstrated that he is
admirably fitted to lead this organiza-
ton. With all due respect to the many
fine presidents who preceded him, Mr..
Hoober stands out as an able, efficient
and hard working executive, who has led
the way successfully during particular
ly trying time. The farm bureau is in
deed fortunate to be able to have him at
its head for another year.
The second cause for congratulation is
the exceptionally fine financial condition
of the farm bureau. Dependent entirely
upon dues of members for its support,
the farm bureau is completely solvent
and has all its bills paid up to the first
of the year.
Certainly bouquet is due Scotty
Foulds, the efficient secretary-treasurer
of the organization, who has been an able
assistant to the president and without
whom the farm bureau Just wouldn't
seem natural.
Cooperation of the other officials of
the organization cannot be too highly
commended. To single out any of them
would be unfair to others. Reading over
a list Of them one finds men who stand
high in Imperial Valley in every respect;
men who do things and who are unself-
ish in lending their efforts to the welfare
of the farmer and therefore to Imperial
Valley.
Lest what we have written cause those
mentioned to develop any unseemly pride
we hasten to assure them that the big
gest, the best and the finest bouquet we
have doesn't go to them. We give them a
certain amount Of credit for the fine
work the farm bureau is doing, but we
give most of it (and the big bouquet) to
the Women's Farm Home Department,
without which the farm bureau would be
like bread without butter or ham with
out eggs.
If it wasn't for these women the farm
bureau would be ''just another mems or
ganization'-a terrible thing to contem-
plate, and we'll argue the matter with
Mr.. Hoober, Scotty Foulds or any others
who are looking for trouble.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-04

rights as they are conscientiously op-
posed to bearing arms.
The courts decision held that there is
no infringement of the principle of re-
igious freedom guaranteed by the consti-
tuition by requiring students enrolled in
land grant colleges colleges which de-
rive some support from the federal gov
ernment) to take the prescribed military
training.
In giving its decision the court has on
ly legalized the opinion held by many
unprejudiced persons-that students at
tending a college should abide by its
rules and If unable to do so they should
seek their education elsewhere.
y. C. l.. A. is a public institution sup
ported by the taxpayers and its curri-
culum includes a course in the Reserve
Officers Training Corps. The students
must have known that when they en-
rolled in the college. In trying to avoid
the course they were seeking to circum-
vent the rules of the college and so were
those who backed up their attempt to es-
cape military training.
Conscientious objectors to military
training are conceded the right to hold
such opinions, but they should not place
themselves in a position where such opin-
ions go contrary to the established rule.
The opposition to military training of
youngsters is greatly overemphasized.
Military training as it is conducted in our
schools and colleges is not by any means
militaristic in the accepted sense of the
word. On the contrary it is a training
which should be highly beneficial to any
youth receiving it, whether in college,
high school or elsewhere.
The training in self-restraint and
obedience to constituted authority, which
is a part of any military course, cannot
help but be beneficial to youths. We have
had some glaring examples of college
students and those of like age but not
in college, who have perpetrated afro
cious crimes. 1t is not held that a mill
tary training would have prevented these
crimes but we doubt if a case can be cit
ed wherein a youth committed a crime
because of the military training he res
ceived.
The nation at large deplores the wide
spread lawlessness among those who
come under the head of "young men,"
Various reasons can be cited for this con-
dition, but they will all simmer down to
one cause, lack of training in obedience
and respect for authority. Far from
hampering any institution which seeks to
instill such training in youths, it should
be the aim of all good citizens to encour-
age it.
Too many of our youngsters get not
such training in their homes and we must
look to our educational institutions to
supply it, at least until the time when
many of our parents will recognize the
duty they have been Sinking and give
their children the proper training.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-04

motor vehicle act.
Besides cooperation with the
state police in these drives. Mr.
Traweek urged motorists to equip
their cars with new tires that have
plenty Of non-skid for stopping on
wet, slippery streets. The four most
dangerous driving months of the
year are ahead and every precau-
ton should be taken for safety, the
tire chief declared.
Motorists who find it inconven-
lent to drive their cars in for free
brake and headlight tests may, ac-
cording TO Mr.. Traweek, phone the
Firestone service dealers closest TO
them for free pickup and delivery
service and the owner will receive
complete report of the exact con-
dition of his braking system, and
if the brakes have met state spe-
cifications, an official state brake
certificate will be issued, also with
out charge, and returned with the
car.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-04
UNCLE wIGGnY's NEW HORN

When Uncle Wiggily hoped out
of his bungalow one morning his
wife noticed that he had something
hidden under his fur coat. He had
buttoned his coat over whatever he
was hiding and he held in place
With one paw so it wouldn't slip
down.
What is Mr.. Longears carrying
out so secretly?" asked the lady
rabbit of Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuZ2y.
Its something he didn't want the
children to see" said the muskrat
lady houSekeeper.
But what?" asked Mrs. Long
ears.
Nurse Jane looked around to
make sure none of the little rabbits
was near and then she whispered,
IT'S the old Christmas horn.
Uncle Wiggily is going to to music
store to get new horn so it will
play better on Christmas morning
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-04

to Germany. has been trying to get
a couple OF Americans out OF Nazl
jails and protesting over Germanys
treatment of American bondholders.
All is quiet in France and Italy.
Ambassador Robert w. Bingham
shook the British lions paw in Lon
don the other evening. William
Bullitt Is on his way back from
Moscow, disappointed over slow
progress of the Soviet debt negotia-
tions.
Ruth Bryan owen, the only femi-
nine minister, is proceeding back to
Copenhagen, after spending the
summer here on a chatauqua tour,
much as her celebrated father used
10 do Nelson T. johnson, the
minister to China, is back home
taking a belated honeymoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-04

same service on headlight testing.
According TO c. E. Traweek, Los
Angeles district manager for the
Firestone Tire and Rubber COM
pany. there will be no need for any,
one to be delayed in police brake
or light tests or TO be caused en-
barrassment by citations.
We have Is Firestone dealers
fully equipped and qualified to rem
der complete service, the Firestone
executive declared.
Brake and headlight certificates,
which are issued only by official
state authorized stations, pass a
motorist around these tests. Car
owners with these certificates save
the delay Of waiting in line for
tests, which will no doubt be con-
Quoted at important highway inter-
sections. The certificates also sig
Nifty that the brakes or headlights
are in good shape AID meet the
state specifications set forth in the
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-04
BED TIME STORIES
BY HOWARD {. GARRIS
Copyright 1884 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndlcste

side their throats, as you have, to
make a sound with.
Uncle Wiggily put the old horn
back under his coat. thinking to
take it to the music shop to show
the cat lady there what sort of a
new horn he wanted. And, as he
was hopping away, the rabbit
gentleman saw an old squirrel
gentleman sitting in a tree, look
ing very sad.
Reason For Sadness
why are you sad, Mr.. Cracker?"
the rabbit asked the squirrel.
Because" chartered Mr.. Crack
er. the squirrel, who was thus
named, after a nut, II am grow
ing deaf. I watched you blowing
that Christmas horn and I couldn't
hear any sound at all. That shows
I am deaf and 1 am very sad. Oh,
dear. 1t is dreadful to be deaf"
Yes, it is. But you aren't deaf"
said Uncle Wiggily, laughing. The
old broken horn won't make a
sound no matter who blows it. No
sound came out, SO of course you
couldn't hear anything. Wait until
I come back with the new horn.
You'll hear that all right" The
bunny was soon back with the new
Christmas horn. And when he
blew it out came the jolly sound:
"Ta-rah! Ta-rahl Ta-rah!"
oh. I heard that! I heard it"
shouted Mr. Cracker. I'm not
deafl Hurray!' He was very hap
py and SO was Mr.. Longears. Now
If the alarm clock will ring its bell
and call the knives and forks to
supper I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily's soft bed.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-04
FREE BRAKE
TEST OFFERED
BY F|RESTONE

During the statewide check-up
of faulty brakes, FireStone service
dealers in all parts Of metropolitan
Los Angeles will test brakes on
their electric dynamic brake ma
chimes and issue official brake cer-
tificates TO all motorists whose
brakes comply with state regula-
tions.
Those stores, which are official
headlight stations, also will give the
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-04

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