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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1935-02-15

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licenstvo laska", nedeli, dine
"a. t. m. v Sokolovne. Hru tu-
to, jfz sepsala B. Rajska-Smo-
lfkova, flditi Dude br. Jan Ka-
Spar. Obsazenf hry jest vyte6-
ne a jej1 proveden1 jiste uspo-
kojf kazdeho. V. H. V.
"Dedousek Mech" v So
kolovn6. Jiz tuto nedeli, dine
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me toho Liduska vyprosf u kra-
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rem. Tento koberec ma kou-
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ne? To Sc musfte prijfti podf-
vati ma nase male herce a po-
vzbuditi je svoji cetnou navste-
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Dude dcinkovati hudba sokol-
skeho dorostu. Zacatek je sta
noven ma 3:15 odpol. Vstupne
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ky. A. Cihlaf, ucitel.
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st. u Pennington avenue, I'VE
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nacf Tecf pod jmenem "Clara
Barton, pT~icinen1m sester sbo-
ru Ceske Zeny a Dfvky {. lot
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Vyboru ses. Alzbeta Lisz-Stroh
mayer, uvadeti Dude dine 10.
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Pittsburgh, Pa. a pfi te prize
zitosti zajede tez k nam by no.
YOU ratolest S pomoc1 sester
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a nasich mladickych sester sbo
ru Maryland e. 1876 J. G. D.,
slavnostne uvedla.
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a D1vky e. 107 J. G. D. V Curtis
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ru a proto sestry vsech dam
skych short j. G. D. i G. S. P. J.
jste srdecne zvany i zadany Sc
v hojnem poctu dostaviti. Pfi-
ved'te sve zname neb Sc mile
pobav1te ba~ zatancfte.
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poTadal Sbor Jaromfra velko-
lepe Card Party We prospech
sester ktere Sc dobTe vydaTily
tax re mGzem byti spokojeny
S vysledkem neb ~navsteva byla
pekna tax re 81 vsickni pohra-
Ii. Zaroven %oznamuji, re stast-
nou vyherkynf byla pf. Pavlik,
ktera vyhrala Electric Toaster,
druhou byla Lena Chelenka, ia
dOStala Table Lamp a tretl pl.
Vecera, dostala Bed Spread.
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tram cd druhych spolk6, vsem
pTatelGm a znamym i sestram
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pTicinovaly jak ktera mohla a
doufame re az budem priste
neco poradati re mas pocti svo-
il navstevou kterou my milera-
dy pTflezitostne oplatfme. Sr-
decnym ~pozdravem "a Sbor
Jaromira dekuje zab. vybor.
PTednaska o ruskem petiletem
planu.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
Alabama State Society
Hosts to Students Feb. 6

Entertaining in honor of the Ala
bama students enrolled in the various
universities and colleges of Washing
ton. the Alabama State Society will
feature University night" at its next
reception and dance, to be held on
February 6 at $3.50 o'clock at the
Kennedy Warren Hotel.
Mr.. Hugh Dowling, Ozark. former
student of the University of Alabama,
has been appointed general chairman
of this affair by Hugh G.. Grant, pres
ident of The society.
Mr.. Dowling will be assisted by
group of alumnae from the various
Alabama colleges and normal schools.
About 80 members of the George
town Glee Club will also attend as
guests of the society and will render
several selections during the program
which will precede the dance.
The reception will begin promptly
at $50 and last until 10 o'clock. while
dancing will continue until 1880
o'clock.
All members of the society and their
especially invited guests are urged to
be present for all features of the pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
DR.. and Mrs. Bird Return
To Sandy Spring Home

SANDY SPRING, Md, January %.
DIR. and Mrs. Jacob w. Bird have
returned to their home, Glen Mary,
Sandy Spring, Md, after having
spent their honeymoon in Florida.
Mrs. Milton Bancroft of Norwood
has left for New York, where she is
a guest for two weeks of her brother,
Mr.. Frederick Potts Moore. Mrs.
Bancroft will attend the operas at
the Metropolitan during her stay
with her brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Whitlock of
Crestleigh are spending several weeks
in Florida.
Mrs. Frederick L. Thomas left her
home, Tanglewood, on Sunday for
Rochester, N. Y, where she is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Carl Wilson, and
husband. On Monday afternoon Mrs.
Wilson entertained with an attractive
tea in honor of her sister. Mrs.
Thomas.
Miss Estelle T Moore. jr., left on
Friday for Wilmington. Del, where
she is being entertained by her uncle
and aunt, DR.. and Mrs Samuel Rum
ford. After weeks stay Miss Moore
will visit Mr. and Mrs. Morris Leeds
in Germantown, Pa.
Miss Lille B. Stabler has returned
to her home, Edgewood, efter having
spent two weeks at the home of her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Stabler in Georgetown,
D. c,
Evening star., 1935-01-27
Senator'S Club Reception
And Tea February

The Senators Club, organization of
Washington students at the Catholic
University, will conduct its second
annual reception and tea dance
in the foyer of the John K. Mullen
Memorial Library On the campus of
the university Saturday afternoon,
February 2, from to o'clock. Mr.
John M. Wigglesworth of 1858 Oak
street northwest, president of the
club, will head the Reception Com
mittee at the function.
Mr.. David F. James of 278 Fif-
teenth street southeast and Mr.. John
F. Monaharl of 3700 Thirteenth
street northeast constitute the Com
mittee on Arrangements for the affair.
The newly formed Alumni Chapter
of the Senators Club will be repre-
sented by the new president of the
group, Richard T. Glaser of 2749
Macomb street northwest.
Music for the tea dancing will be
provided by the orchestra organized
by a member of the club. Robert
Dunnington. Guests for the recep-
ton are the invited members Of the
university administration and faculty
in addition to representatives of the
other social units on the Catholic
University campus.
The Saturday event will mark the
final social function of the present
academic semester for nine senior
members of the Senators Club, in
cluding Mr.. Edward o. Barnes. Mr.
Arthur H Avignone, Mr.. Thomas j
DoWd. Mr.. Gerald D. MacKavanaugh
Mr.. Frank j. Murphy, Mr.. George P
Parton, Mr.. Harry ]. ScharnikoW
Mr.. william E. Schuyler, jr., and Mr.
John M. Wigglesworth.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
Sodality Union Bineo Party
To Benefit Charities

The Sodality Union Of Washington
will sponsor a benefit bingo party
Thursday evening, January 81, in the
Gonzaga High School cafeteria. 80
I street northwest, at $50 O'Clock.
The party is for the benefit OF the
Sodality Union Catholic Action
Program and the admission for the
entire evening is small. Many hand
some prizes will be given away, in
Guiding two door prizes.
The committee sponsoring the ben
eft includes Miss Mary Mattingly
Mrs. John E Stanton, Mrs. H. j.
Callahan, Miss Mary Broderick. Mrs.
Ray O'Meara, Mrs. Lula Johnson,
Mrs. J. C. Kraft. Mrs. j. Rossi, Mrs.
A. NJ. Mock, Miss Mary Keefe, Mrs.
J. Floyd Maley, Mrs. Raymond Muir
ray, Mrs. F. A. Knott Miss Elizabeth
Milovich, Mrs. John M. Connell, Miss
Margaret Kennedy, Mrs. Annie Burns
and Miss Alma Echterman.
1t is the charity work concerning
the District of Columbia in which the
Sodality Union actively participates
that will benefit by this MidWinter
bingo party, including the work OF the
Social welfare Committee. which has
under its jurisdiction the spiritual
welfare of 100 children in the District
Training School for the Feeble
Minded located at Annapolic juno
ton, Md. of which the Rev. Thomas
Werner Moore. o. S. B., is chaplain:
the Industrial Home School, on Wis
consin avenue. and a number Of
children in the Receiving Home, To-
Gated on Potomac avenue southeast.
The Moral Welfare Committee will
be another branch of the Sodality
Union that needs financial aid. This
committee has the official sanction
of Archbishop Curley Of Baltimore to
carry on the work of the Legion Of
Decency. under the direction of the
Rev. Joseph V. Buckley, spiritual di-
rector of the Sodality Union.
The Literature Committee. which is
engaged in conducting lectures, a
circulating library, book reviews and
spreading of good reading matter
home and abroad, is also in need of
help. The Rev William F. Strickler
is the lecturer for this group The
Catholic Educational Association will
also receive a portion of the proceeds.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
Personals of the Various
Washington Social Sets

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-01-27

Mrs. r. C. Rennie of Toronto, Can
ada; Miss Agnes johnson of Wash
ington and Mr.. Humphrey OBrien of
Baltimore. Progressive bridge was
played followed by character readings
by Mrs. Brant. Later the guests at
tended the races at Hialeah Park.
Mr.. William C. Flaherty Of Roches-
ter, N. Y, is visiting his son and
daughter -in-law. Prof. and Mrs. Will
liam c. Flaherty of SIP Connecticut
avenue. Prof. Flaherty Is member
of the faculty of Georgetown Uni
versity.
Mrs B. Scott Young has returned
from New York and is temporarily
stopping at the Mayflower. The last
of this week Mrs. Young and her son.
Dean Schuyler, will occupy their
apartment at the Argonne.
rr. and Mrs. L. D. RI bertson left
tie Capital last week for Dallas, Tex,
where they will spend the rest OF the
Winter.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
,Woodside Opera Company
Presenting "Pinafore

The Woodside Opera Co. will pre-
sent the weil-known Gilbert and Sulli-
van operetta H. M. S. Pinafore"
Tuesday night at the Takoma Park
Community Hall for the benefit of the
flower fund of the Takoma Park Pres
byterian Church.
Mrs. George M Park is chairman
of the affair and is being assisted in
the sale of tickets by Mrs. Guy Good
man and Miss Marian Crittendon.
The company, under the direction of
Harlan Randall of Washington, pre-
sented a successful performance a
month ago in Silver Spring.
DR.. Clyde E. Shade of Takoma Park
will be the guest artist of the evening.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
rest of the Winter at Daytona Beach,

rest Of the Winter at Daytona Beach.
Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Fitzsimmons,
who spent several days in Washing
ton, are in New York at the Waldorf
Astoria over Sunday on their way
back to their home in Newport.
Mrs. George Irving Adams of Tus-
caloosa, Ala. who has been visiting
Princess Der Ling In New York City,
is now the guest of Miss Anna Bur-
chard at 3403 Lowell street northeast.
Mrs. Charles A. Palmer and her
family of Webster, NJ Y, are spend
ing a few days at the Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Morris are at
the Shoreham for several months
from their home in Memphis, Tenn.
Mr.. Morris is assistant publisher of
the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Mrs. D. r. Hooker and Mrs. Mildred
K Geare of Baltimore are among the
guests at the Dodge this week end
attending the Eastern regional con-
ference of the National Woman'S
Party which is meeting in the Capital
with headquarters at the Dodge
Hotel.
Mrs. Stacy T. Noland. who has
been in Baltimore for the past few
days visiting relatives, returned to her
home on Glen Carlin drive, Ballston,
Va, yesterday.
Miss Annie M. Gorse of Needham
Heights, Mass, Is at the Dodge.
Mrs. Fielder Flynn and her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Ralph Gibson, of Mackeys
Hill, Va. have gone to Miami, Fla,
for the Winter season.
Mrs. Hazel Cameron -Menk, we'll
known local artist, has been invited
to exhibit in the third annual national
exhibition of paintings, sculpture and
etchings at the Palm Beach Art
Center, Palm Beach, Fla, which
opens on January 30 and closes
March 26. Several of Mrs Menk s
oil paintings will be included in this
exhibit.
Eight prizes will be awarded by a
jury of awards which includes such
well-known persons as Frank Gair
! Macomber, Albert Aureli. Frank c.
Won Hausen, Henry Gambler and Lu-
cille Dingley.
DR.. and Mrs. w. D. Horne of Beech
Creek, Pa. are at the Dodge for an
indefinite stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Courtney c. Thayer
/ formerly Of Maryland Courts, Wash
ington, entertained recently at their
home, 319 S. w. Eleventh avenue
| Miami, Fla. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Tawes, Howard Tawes
Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs. Lee San
ford. Washington; Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Lamb and Mr. and Mrs T. F.
Hardy of Hackensack. N. j.; Mrs
John w. Brant. Whitby, Ontario;
Evening star., 1935-01-27

Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Dunno OF Nor
wich, N. Y, are spending few days
at the Shoreham while in the Capital
to see their daughter, Miss Virginia
Dunno, who attends Trinity College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunno will spend the
Evening star., 1935-01-27
Mrs. Estabrook's S Pictures
Still on View atL. A. p. w

The exhibit of water-color paint
ings by Florence c. Estabrook, well
known artist of Washington, which
were shown Thursday in the head
quarters of the District of Columbia
branch of the League of American
Pen Women in the Burlington Hotel
Thursday, will again be on view this
afternoon at the league from TO
6 O'Clock.
Evening star., 1935-01-27
Mrs. Byrns to Attend
Celebrity Breakfast

Mrs. Joseph w. Byrns, wife of
the Speaker of the House, will be one
of the guests of honor at the cele-
brity breakfast to be given by the
National League of American Pen
Women at the Willard Hotel Febru-
ary 2. Mrs. Byrns is keenly interested
In literature and the allied arts and
Is especially enthusiastic regarding
the work the National League of
American Pen Women is doing.
Evening star., 1935-01-27

Continued From First Page.)
can Bar Association. They will be
away 10 days.
Mrs. F. C. Vause of New York, N. Y,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
Moser at their home in Sligo Park
Hills. Md. Mr.. Moser Is head Of the
Washington Bureau of the Brooklyn
Daily Eagle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Forbes Of VIII
nette, Ill, have taken an apartment
at 2lO9 F street. Mr.. and Mrs. Forbes,
the latter formerly Miss Rosalie
Budiner, were married January 5 In
Wilmette. Mr.. Forbes is the brother
of Mrs. John Herrick, better known
through her writings as Genevieve
Forbes Herrick, who with Mr.. Herrick,
occupied a house in Alexandria.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B, Peirce, jr, OF
Baltimore are in town for few days
accompanied by their young son.
Brooke Peirce, and are occupying a
suite at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Mrs. Edmund Burke Ball of Muncie
Ind, is at the Shoreham for the week
end, having come to see her daughter
Miss Janice Ball, who is student at
Mount Vernon Seminary. Mrs. Ball
has been visiting in Philadelphia. and
expects to sail Friday from New York
on the Brittanic for Panama to spend
several weeks with Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Walter S. Crosley.
Mrs. Alexander Bentley has gone to
New York. and is at the Savoy-Plaza
for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Detwiler OF
Pittsburgh, who have been in st
Petersburg. Fla, are at the Shoreham
on their return trip, having stopped
over in Washington to see their daugh-
ter. Miss Gene Detwiler, who attends
Mount Vernon Seminary.
DR.. Amy M. Gilbert of Elmira Col
lege at Elmira. N. Y, is at the Dodge
for short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Chipmar
of Baldwin. Long Island, are spending
some time at the Martinique.
Mrs. Gaylord Stone has come from
Fort Worth. Tex. to make an indefi.
mite stay, and is at the Wardman Parl
Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Treacy and Mis-!
/ Julia Treacy have come from Fal
Rockaway, N. Y, and are at the
Shoreham for few days. Miss Mar.
, garet Treacy, another daughter, anc
Mr.. Hubert Treacy. jr., attend Trinity
College and Georgetown University.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Hobbs Of Orange
N. j, have come TO Washington Il
spend several weeks and are at thu
Martinique.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph w. Bierer o.
Binghamton, N. Y, are in town for
visit and at the Wardman Park Hotel
Mrs. Claire D. Lake of Binghamtor
is with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H Dunno Of Nor
Wich, N. Y, are spending few day.
at the Shoreham while in the Capita
to see their daughter. Miss Virgins
Dunno. who attends Trinity College
Mr.. and Mrs Dunno will spend tn'
Evening star., 1935-01-27
Societies of St. Andrew
Join in Benefit Dime,

The vestry of st. Andrews Epis-
copal Church in conjunction with the
Rector's Aid Society is giving a turkey
dinner Wednesday, February in the
newly decorated parish auditorium.
Mrs. Arthur w. Day, the newly
elected president of the Rector's Aid
Society, is in charge of the arrange
mentS.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
BAUER : DEATH
HELD JUSTIFIED

Edward Bauer came to his death
from gunshot wounds inflicted by
officers in the performance of their
duty, while deceased was attempting
to escape from these officers, was
the verdict reached by coroner'S
jury at an inquest held in Calexico
this morning. The inquest did not
disclose the name of any individual
officer as firing the fatal shot. 49,
Bauer, who had escaped from an
automobile near Imperial Saturday
afternoon while being brought to
the county Jail to serve a 60-day
sentence imposed on him by Judge
Gruble of Calipatria following his
trial on a charge of burglary, was
shot by officers in field south
west of Brawley Sunday evening. He
had eluded pursuing officers until
cornered by them in the field.
When ordered to halt he refused
and swan an irrigation canal and
attempted to escape again. Officers
fired toward him to bring him to
halt, one of the bullets striking
Bauer in the head.
AT the county Jail comparison OF
his fingerprintS with records at the
state bureau of Identification show
ed that the man had long record
of arrests in many cities of the
country on charges ranging from
theft to burglary.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Filipino Slayer
In Prison, Fight

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calf.
Feb. 81. U.P)-Two life term mur-
derers, Lenardo Rengor, 20, and
Frank Gonzales, 25, started fight
in the San Quentin tailor shop to-
day.
Prison officials said Rengor, I'M
perial county slayer, attempted to
stab Gonzales, Santa Clara lifer,
with a pair of shears. Gonzales
was unhurt and Rengor was sent
to the dungeon.
Lenardo Rengor, also known as
Plantation Rengor, was sentenced
to life Imprisonment from here on
January 18, 1888. He was arrested
in San Jose following the murder
on November 10, 1882, of Bran
Singh, near Calipatria. Rengor, in
companion with Gabino Manzino,
Provedencia Rondaris, held up
Singh and a companion, Sham
Singh, robbing them OF a payroll
and also injuring Sham Singh.
Manzino was later arrested in the
Hawaiian Islands and also received
a life term, Rengor being brought
back from San Quentin prison to
testify against him.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
PA AND MA
D|ONNE HOME

CALLANDER, Ont, Feb. 81. W.H-
Olivia and Mrs. Dionne, parents OF
the quintuplets, were 'back home"
today after theatrical tour of mid
western cities.
Both expressed keen desire to
"see the babies" and resume their
normally quiet life on their little
farm at Corbeil.
At Toronto, where they stopped
eff between trains last night, the
famous parents took time to issue
sweeping denials of reports they
were taking steps to secure a more
direct control of their five small
daughters.
Olivia Indignantly disclaimed he
and his wife had complained Of
brusque treatment at the Dafoe hos
pital, home of the quintuplets.
Speaking for the parents, Leo
Kerwin, Oliva's manager, admitted
an unsuccessful attempt to get some
of the money had been made "a
while back" but said nothing was
being done about it now.
Neither Olivia or Mrs. Dionne
would admit they had retained a
Windsor, Ont, lawyer in an effort
to secure a more satisfactory allo-
cation of funds, or for different
method of caring for the famous
five" girls.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
PREACHING
DECISION BY
j. 8. J j D GE
Formation Of Employees
Unions Held Legal According
To Courts Interpretation
BLOW TO LABOR UNIONS
Case Considered Test OF Many
Other Phases Of NRA Legis-
lation Affecting Industry

WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 81. U.p)
Federal Judge John P. Nields to-
day denied the governments petit
ton for an injunction against the
Weirton Steel company, holding
that section IA of the NRA was
unconstitutional and could not be
applied to the company.
The government charged the COM
pany violated section IA by per-
hitting formation of an employees
representation plan in its mills in
stad of the workers joining an out
side union.
Judge Nield's opinion said his
conclusions from the evidence were:
Manufacturing operations con-
Quoted by the defendants in various
plants do not constitute interstate
commerce.
THE relations between defend
ant and it's employees does not af-
feet interstate commerce.
Manufacture is a cooperative
enterprise, production in quantity
and quality with consequent wage
salaries and dividends depends upon
sympathetic cooperation of man
egement and workmen.
"a relation acceptable and salts
factory to both workmen and man
agement is an essential feature OF
the enterprise. If satisfactory, court
will not disturb it."
Action Opened Last May
Interpreting section 7-A as pro-
hibiting employees representation
plans-commonly called company
unions-the government first sought
temporary injunction against the
steel company last May.
Judge Nields denied the petition.
basing his ruling on an act provid-
ing for open hearings in court before
injunctions in labor disputes could
be granted.
The hearing ON the petition for
permanent injunction opened Oc-
tober 2 and continued seven weeks.
Tn chief witnesses for the govern
ment were representatives of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin workers and charged
the company had refused to permit
organization of workers in its plants.
Employees from other plants tes-
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
Lindbergh Ransom
Money Rur71or False

BOSTON, Feb. 81. U.R)-Depart-
ment of justice officials today pro-
fessed to have no knowledge of any
local investigation relative to Lind
bergh ransom money.
81 don't know where all these
stories come FROM" a department
official told the United Press in
commenting upon a published re-
port that about $3.50 of the ransom
money had been passed in Boston
within the past year.
Clarence D. Mclean, chief of the
department of justice in Boston, was
cut of the city. McKean's exact
whereabouts or the purpose of his
trip were secret.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27
VALLEY GETS LATE FROST AGAIN
Some Damage Done To Melons AS Cold Tempera-
lures Are Reported

Another frost was experienced last
night by Imperial Valley, although
the official temperature for Ell Cen
tro. as reported by Howard EN-
mons, local observer for the U. S.
weather bureau, was one degree
higher than the minimum yester-
day, being 81 today.
While the frost service officially
ends on February Is, so few frosts
occurring after that date that the
bureau does not feel able to MAIN
tain the service, the usual frost war
nings on the present frost were
broadcast over KXO and KNX and
warning sent growers through The
Press by Fred A. Baughman, local
representative. Should there be dam
ger of serious frost, the service
would be maintained, but none is in
Imperial Valley press., 1935-02-27

prospect, states Baughman, whose
next duties will be in Washington.
Some damage was done early mel
ons according to information sent
the agricultural commissioners Of
flee, but the extent is not yet known.
Alfalfa and some of the new growth
on grapefruit trees was nipped
slightly also.
Records in the agricultural COM
missioner's office supplied by j. B.
Norton show that in 1922 in the
first three days of March the valley
had freezing temperatures. Last
year the last frost was on January
26; on February 16, in 1882, on jan
uary 26 in 1881.
Ordinarily the frost period runs
from the middle of November to the
middle of February.