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The daily independent., 1936-10-14
Kiwanis Club Told
About Amendments

The five constitutional amend
mcnts to be voted upon by North
Carolina voters in the general ell
ection to be held on November 6,
were outlined before the local XII
wants club last night by j. Ken
yon Wilson, local attorney.
Mr.. Wilson urged the club
members to pay particular atten-
ton to the amendment increasing
the personnel of the state supreme
court from five to seven members,
an amendment which he termed
as being "sorely needed"
K!Wanian Howard Graul enter
tanned the club with a tenor solo,
the "Slave Song"
The Rev. H. I. Class was chair
man Of the program committee.
The business session was occu-
pied with discussions of the ap-
preaching Halloween celebration
and the CarO!lnaS DlStrlct hlWan-
is convention to be held in Green's
boro, October 20, 80, and 81.
President w. E. Griffin, w. T.
Culpepper and N. Elton Aydlett
were named as delegates TO the
convention, with Dal WalliamS
and Keitl. Saunders as alternatcS.
A good sized delegation is expect
ed to attend from here, since j..
Henry Leroy, a member of the
local club, will preside as district
governor.
1t is likely, too, that the local
club will invite the KiWanianS to
meet here next October.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
PRICE-FIXING
IS CHARGED BY
COMMISSION
Nine Electric Concerns
Cited In Complaint by =
Trade Body

washington, Oct. 13. - U.H -
Nine large electric and machinery
companies were charged tonight
in a formal complaint by the fed
eral trade commission with at
tempting to form a price-fixing
monopoly in the manufacture and
sale of turbine generators ard con-
denserS.
Those named were the General
Electric company, Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing COM
pany, iS-ChaimerS Manufactur-
ing company, Elliott company,
Worthington Pump and Machin-
cry corporation, IngerSoll-Rand
company, Foster Wheeler corpora
ton. c. H. Wheeler Manufacture
ing company, and Ross Heater and
Manufacturing company.
The committee issued a COM
plant also against the Heat EX-
change Institute, New York, a
trade association, which was al
legged to have been organized in
1883 to aid the respondent cor
porations in making their agree
ment effective.
The complaint said the COM
panies engaged also in colluSive
bidding practices. The respond
ents were alleged to have entered
a price-fiXing agreement in 1888.
The commission said that the
group is 80 powerful that they
arc abe to control the turbine
generator and condenser business"
of the country.
Principal purchasers of the
products are public utilities.
Under the alleged agreement,
the companies agreed to fix and
maintain uniform prices, adhere
to pricing sheets prepared by one
of them, submit identical bids and
discipline any which failed TO
abide by the provisions, the COM
plant charged.
The complaint alleged the COM
panieS sent out Identical per-
formance guarantees, which play
an important part in the cost Of
operation despite the fact such
data are unrelated to the actual
Of true theoretical performance"
of the various different types of
products.
Under the complaint, the re-
spOndcntS have until November l3
to show cause why a cease and
desist order against the alleged
practices should not be issued.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
Superior Court
Adj0urns Before
Week Half Gone

After granting five divorces and
dispoSing Of i dozen or two civil
cases, chiefly by entering judg-
mentS by default, non suits, writ
ing off the calendar suits in which
outside settlement had been made
or by continuing to the November
term, PaSQuotank county superior
court ended the first weeks civil
term Tuesday morning, before the
week had well begun. All remain
ing cases on the calendar have
been moved back until the sec
ond week of the term which be-
gins next Monday. with Judge
Clayton Moore presiding.
Extra civil term of superior
court naugurated here some
years ago when the calendar was
much CongeSted, have so far re-
duced the number Of causes
awaiting litigation that but as
cases were listed at the opening
of court Monday, whereas 200
was not an unusual number a few
years ago. Now that the conges-
ton, which in past years made
conditions so that it often requir-
ed two years to get a case to trial,
has been relieved, it is expected
that there will be a movement to
discontinue the extra terms in the
interests of economy.
Divorces granted at the Tuesday
morning session were as follows:
E. Leslie Hilbert from Nancy H.
Hilbert, separation.
William L. Brown from Evelyn
Brown, separation.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
EDENTONIANS RECALL
BURCLARIOUS SOUNDS
AFTER THIEVES FLEE

EdCnton, Oct. 49, Thieves mo-
tOred into town shortly after mid
night this morning, surveyed the
layout carefully and decided the
proper place TO carry out their
labors was directly across the
street from police headquarters.
This view was confirmed as they
looked through the large plate
glass window at headquarters and
saw the night force busily reading
Mondays Dolly Independent,
while adjacent thereto j. Edwin
Bufflap, CTUdit2 local editor, was
bent over a Snappy editorial for
this weeks ChOWan Herald, and
J. Pugh Robertson. rabies inspec-
tor and police aspirant. could be
seen diSrobing for bed directly ov-
CT their goal.
So all things considered what
could be better, and they parked
IlISIl SclL WIIIl a llOl'DJ DdIh lIlC
at the side of S. Ganderson's hab-
erdashery, showed gently against
a door, with a croWbar, entered the
place, busted open the store safe
and crammed $100 in greenbackS
in their pockets and Loaded up 18
leather coats, 81 suits, 10 over
coats, 3 dozen nGcktiCS, % shoes.
one dozen hats. 3 dozen shirts, and
a half hundred belts and buckles
about $500 worth of Edenton ap-
parel. All this they carefully stor-
cd away in their awaiting sedan.
and then sailed merriiy off into
the twilight.
This morning at 8 the town
heard of it and was ablaze with
excitement. The cops remembered
the back fire. Bufflap had Won
dered what a car could be doing
out so late at night. Robertson
heard the noise below his boudoir
but was very sleepy. and Ben Gan
dcrSOn, young relative manager,
was mad about the stores loss. A
hurry call went all over the world
to watch for the robbers.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
Sacrifices Entire Family

Human sacrifice to a Hindu god,
involving the death of a whole fam
lily of seven persons has been car
ried out at Villupuram, India. The
police discovered the bodies Of a
man and his wife, together witt
those of five children, a: the foot of
a sacred hill temple. Before the
clay idol of the elephant god were
found broken coconuts, burnt cam.
phor and other offerings, apparent.
ly indicating that the family had
performed sacrificial ritual be-
fore offering themselves. 1t is
thought that the father killed his
family and then committed suicide.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
DR.. Butler Making
Name For Himself
In The Philippines

DR.. John Henry Manning But
Ter. one of Elizabeth CityS most
distinguished native sons. and the
most distinguished Negro in the
Philippine Island, has been added
to tie faculties Of both the Union
College of Manila and the Nation
al Teachers College Of The same
city.
DR.. Butler, who retired ScvCr2,
years ago from the Supcrin.cnd-
cncy Of sc,lcol in the Fhi!ipp. neS
is now Professor Of Educaticn at
each of the above named i'll
StitutionS.
Now CT years Old and in tho
Philippines for the Fast 35 years,
Dr.. Butler has made a wonderful
record and built up an cnviabic
reputation for himself.
He is a brother Of Frank But
Ter. of 116 Speed Street, this city.
After very light thought on the
matter, but after studying human
specimens, we are not 50 certain
that Mr.. Darwin was wrong.
First class mail doesn't always
make first class time.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
LEGION OFFICERS
TO BE INSTALLED
ON OCTOBER 23RD

Former candidate for governor,
A. H. Sandy" Graham will ad-
dress the local post of the Amer
lean Legion at the installation OF
1887 officers on October %, it was
announced last night by legion Of
ficialS.
According to Legionnairc J. P.
Mercer. the membership drive will
be fully underway by that time
and the post expects to hold the
installation meeting in the recent
ly completed Legion hut on Dyer
street.
A full course turkey dinner will
be served, Mercer said, with a good
musical program also on sched-
ule.
Meeting at the same time in q
ioint meeting will be the AEerI-
can Legion Auxiliary for installa-
ton of its officers.
Graham will be at WeekSViiIe
earlier in the day of the twenty
third, campaigning for the State
Democratic committee.
Officers TO be installed for the
Legion are: J. P. Mercer, COM
mander; Doll Jones Of South Mills,
vice-commander; Grover Jackson,
w. w. Upton and J. Kenyon Will
son, respectively second, third and
fourth vice-commanders; c. q.
Jones, adjutant; S. G.. Etheridgc,
finance officer; John H. Hall, ser
vice officer; Rev. J. l.. White,
chaplain; H. t. Grcen!eaf, child
welfare officer; J. H. Leroy, Jr.,
Americanism officer; George Wa
tcrs and John KambiS, sergeant
at arms; Fred White, historian;
l.. B. Belanga and c. 3. Jones,
athletic officers: J. w. Cox, guar
dianship officer: Grover Jackson
and Matthew White, membership
officers; Fred White, graves reg
istrar; r. L. Garrett, publicity
T. j. Boswell and C. c. Pritchard,
employment officers; William
Weatherly, Jr., Yves named chair
man of the Sons Of the Legion.
New directors for the Auxiliary
to be indicted into office at thc
same time are: Mrs. j. W. Cox
president: Mrs. RaynOr Pritchard
"irst, and Mrs. E. H. Krcienbaum
second vice presidents; MIS-. Vic
tor Fink. corresponding secretary
Mrs. C. M. GriggS, recording sec
retary; Mrs. J. 2. Mercer, trcaSm-
er: Mrs. Scott Parker, sergeant at
arms; Mrs. D. M. Love, chaplain
and Miss Shirley Richardson, his
tCrian.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
All Kinds of Prices For
Painting P.O. Fiagpole

Bids received for restoring the
halyards and painting the flag
pole atop the federal building here
are supposed to have established
something like a record for diver
sity of the prices put upon the
same job. The contract was award
ed to John Smith for a price of
$500. The two other proposals
were for S27.5O and $4,000 respec-
lively. The contract was awarded
to Smith who is at work on the
job now.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
Local Boys Elected
To High Offices In
The Louisburg "Y"

LouiSburg. Oct. 13.-Of to a coed
start for the present year. the
Young Mems Christian association
CT Louis burg college ha selected
its officers for l936-37 and has al
ready determined upon major OBJ
jectives for this year.
The new president is Oliver
Guard. of Elizabeth City; and the
new vice president is B. B. Turner,
of Raleigh. Roger Shannonhouse Of
Elizabeth City. was also selected as
secretary and treasurer.
The program committee is COM
pCs.d Of Carol Chauncey, Of Grit
ton: r. w. Rainwater. Of Rocking
ham and Max Rhyme Of GaS,onia.
Guard is lX-ofdcio chairman OF this
committee.
Major objactiveS outlined for the
year include a Christmas party for
the underprivileged children Of the
town of LoluSburg; the sending OF
delegateS to the state convention
and to the summer retreat in the
Blue Ridge next Summr; the con-
ducting of weekly program to be
10th discussion and visiting speak
cr. organi2ed with monthly themes
or topics, such as I ligion and the
human body; religion and commun-
tty relations: social diseases; reli-
gicn ard the young people. Speak
ers from various parts Of the state
ara 10 be asked to appear before the
group: and occasionally speakers
from out of the state will make
appearances before the group.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
CONGRESSMAN WARREN
AT SHILOH TONIGHT

Camden Democracy is cx-
pected to overflow Shiloh high
school tonight at 1880 O'Clock
when Congressman Lindsay c.
Warren speaks at the schedul-
ed rally.
Recently Republican nOmi-
nccs for Congress and for the
governors seat spoke in behalf
of their own and the Landon
candidacy in a big G. o. p. raj
Iy at Tcxaco Beach, and Cam
domains are relying on Con-
grcssman Warren to rally their
county safely under the Demo-
cratic banner in the November
election.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
Local Guardsmen Get
Orders for Sea Duty

H. B. DickerSon, yeOman 1St
class, and John LuliC, yeoman End
class. for the past eighteen
months attached to seventh dis
trict coast guard headquarters
here, have been ordered to sea
duty and will join the cutter
Modoc at Wilmington. DiCkerSon,
will report for duty on the 18th
and Lulic on the 10th.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
SOrccry Thrivcs i'm Africa

Louvain, Francc.-U,R)- Despite
efforts of Europeans, sorcery still
exercises great power in North
Transvaal regions of Africa, 800
missionaries attending a confer
enCe here to study the problem of
WitchcrafJ. reporter
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Dan Williams and Miss
Margaret Heath, both of this city
have gone home.
This weeks admissions to date
are: David Smith, city: Mr.. Bate
man. Edenton; Master William
JORDAN, Tyner; Mrs. C. =. Cart
wright, Route Three, City; Mrs.
Meppie Umphlett, city, and Fleet
wood Spence, colored, of Shiloh.
Mrs. E. r. Zimmerman gave
birth to a baby boy and mother
and child are doing nicely.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14

Life has many problems and the
wise man DOESN'T attempt to answer
al Sf +han
The daily independent., 1936-10-14

Holmes & Edwr:, /
"SoTethins Hsu I,.:,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03
KNOCK KNOCK!
WHO'S THERE?
BANG! BLAM!

Juan Castenada's failure to in
quire who was knocking at his
door before he fired pistol
through it, proved to be an un-
fortunate for him and for the man
OH the other side of the door.
The Brawley man complained of
receiving threats from as yet un-
identified residents of the north
end city, so he armed himself with
a revolver and went to bed. About
midnight he was awakened by a
knock st his door. He told Brawley
police that he set up in bed and
fired through the door, thinking
it was those who had threatened
him.
Juan Casaras had just arrived
in Brawley and was searching for
the home of friends when he
knocked at Castenada's door. The
charge fired by the Portuguese
went through one of Casara's legs
and penetrated the other a dis
tance of quarter inch.
Casaras is in the hospital and
Castenada is in the county Jail
charged with battery and unable
to furnish S10O bail. He was ar
raigned in Brawley Thursday and
taken to the county Jail Thursday
by Deputy Sheriff Frank Raney.
CaaaIas signed the complaint.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03
Nance Proposes
Boys Be Sent To
Preston School

E. A. Nance, county probation
officer, has recommended commit
ment to the Preston School of In
dustry for William Richard Priest,
James Walter Jones and Lewis B..
Crandall, the three juveniles who
stole a car in Mexico and attempt
ed to escape from Fred Elliot, depu-
ty sheriff, as he was taking them
to the county Jail on Nov. Is.
Nance said that in justice to the
boys, their previous records have
been good, Judging by letters sent
from parents. relatives, employers
from Hawthorne, where the three
lived. However, in view of the SER
iousness of the offense, Nance felt
he could make no other recommend
alton
Final decision will be made by
Judge Vaughn N. Thompson of the
Juvenile court on Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03
OF BIDS
FOR WORK ON
CANAL NEAR
Nearly All of Big
Water Route
Contracted

Only construction of the
huge New River siphon for
the All American canal will
remain uncontrolled within
a few weeks, officials be-
lieved Thursday following an
nouncement that, bids will be
opened at the Yuma office of the
United States reclamation bureau
Dec. % and 20 on construction
of canal structures in southern
Imperial Valley.
Bids will be opened Dec. % for
laying of six miles of drain pipe,
Is to 80 inches in size, along either
side OF the canal from the Gen.
tral Main canal to the railroad
tracks west of Imperial avenue.
The drains will prevent seepage
and provide drainage for farm
lands three miles on either side
of the canal.
SiphonS to carry canal water un-
der the Calexico-Y Yuma highway,
the Calexico-El Centre highway
and the Calexico-Seeley highway
will be constructed after approval
OF bids called Dec. 20. Bids will
be opened at the same time ON
construction of another siphon to
carry water under the Southern
Pacific railroad tracks.
After bids are opened they will
be sent to Denver for approval,
then to Washington, where an
nouncement of the contract award
will be made. Work must start. the
contracts will provide, within 80
days after the contractor has re-
celved notice that his bid has been
accepted.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03

refusal to testify before a house
investigating committee.
The indictments, returned many
months after the elderly doctor
stalked angrily out of the COM
mittee's hearings. named Town
send, DIR. Clinton Wunder and
John B. Kiefer.
The latter were directors of the
New York and Chicago regions of
old age revolving pensions, Ltd,
the Townsend organization. They
refused to answer committee sub
penas after Townsend instructed
them to ignore the investigation.
Assistant District Attorney Harry
L. Underwood said no bench war
rant would be issued for arrest of
Townsend and his lieutenants.
Word of the indictment will be
communicated to Townsend's attor-
ney, former Sen. Thomas w. Hard
wick of Georgia who has agreed, it
was said, to produce his clients vol
UNFAIRLY for arraignment.
The three men were indicted un-
der a law which gives senate and
house committees power to make
investigations and subpoena wit
nesses. Failure to answer summons
or refusal to testify after appearing
before committee is punishable
by fine of $100 to $1,000 or i'm
prisonment of one month to a year,
or both, on each count of the indict-
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03
Bishop Enthroned
As Archbishop in
Elaborate Rites

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. W.p)-Los
Angeles was raised to the rank of
a metropolitan see and Bishop John
Joseph Cantwell was enthroned as
its first archbishop in a ceremony
of medieval splendor today.
A mixed choir of 200 singers lift
ed their voice in the TIE Deum as
His Grace was seated in a throne
before the high marble altar in old
st. Vibiana's cathedral and 500
members of his clergy bent their
knees before him in token of their
obedience and in respect to his
new office.
Outside the cathedral. hundreds
Of devout laymen stood in the
street, unable to get inside where
the 2200 seats overflowed into the
aisles with the greatest gathering
of Ecclesiastical dignitaries ever
assembled on the Pacific coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03

tailed .16 of an inch with the
greatest amount, IL of an inch,
fell on the twenty-fourth. Thunder
storms occurred on Nov. 20, and
81, and hail fell in some sections
of the valley on the twentieth.
The greatest daily range in tenn
perature was 46 degrees. Minimum
temperature for the month was
36 degrees on Nov. 4, 5. and q. The
maximum was 80 degrees on Nov.
10, II, and l8. The mean temper
ature for the month was 62.5 de-
grees. Out of a possible 3l4 hours,
sunshine prevailed for 294 hours,
said EmmonS.
The Colorado river discharge for
November at the Grand Canyon
was 100000 acre feet. The amount
for last November was 100000 acre
feet.
At Parker, below the dam, the
discharge was $4,000 acre feet.
The estimated storage behind
Boulder dam was 9,575,000 acre
feet December /.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03
MEETING TO BE
HELD ON FUNDS
FOR ROAD PLAN

Funds for Strengthening the
curves in Mountain Springs grade
will be sought from the Califor-
MIA highway commission at a
meeting in Sacramento Friday by
a delegation from Imperial and
San Diego counties. The commits
sion is preparing its budget for
the next two years.
The plan for improving the
main travel artery between San
Diego and Imperial Valley would
require an expenditure of S5O0,000
inin Imperial county and $400 in
San Diego county, it was estimat-
ed.
1t is proposed to have the COM
mission include the Mountain
Springs grade Improvement in
their regular improvement pro-
jects to be completed in the next
two-year period. This plan covers
only that section of the road lying
in the mountain area, it was ex
planned
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03
FARM OUTLOOK
REPORT MADE.
BY HARR|GAN

A campaign against coyotes is be-
ing carried on by the state depart
ment Of agriculture in conjunction
with the local officer, B. A. Harri-
gan, agricultural commissioner,
stated in his monthly report to the
board of supervisors.
Poisoned bait has been placed at
various stations with satisfactory re-
suits, the work being carried on in
various sections of the valley.
Lettuce is of good quality and the
season exceptionally early the first
car going out of Brawley Thanks
giving day.
Grapefruit is moving steadily and
shipments to date are ahead of last
season with considerable fruit yet
to move.
Pea harvest has been marked by
improved quality and good yields
this month with fair market condi-
tions, the frost of the last two
mornings having done considerable
damage.
Hay shipments for the month
were well above those of a year
ago and the market still remains
good.
Heavy shipments of feeder cat
tie and Sheep to the valley are be-
ing pastured on milo stalks and al
falfa. The mild fall weather and
longer growing season have provid-
ed abundant green feed for thous-
ands of head.
Asparagus shipments for the fall
deal were approximately double
those of last fall with prices and
quality good
Milo maize harvest is now in full
swing, heavy shipments indicating
that growers are obtaining a good
yield from less acreage than last
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03

~ WIN PSAASN'
Frost occurred In this area
Thursday morning to do addition
al damage to the pea crop. The
anticipated frost on Friday will do
little additional damage, according
to Fred ]. Baughman, meteorol-
ogist for the United States frost
service.
M in i m UNI temperatures for
Thursday morning were approx
mately the same as those on We'd
nesday morning.
General frost all over the val
ley is indicated, Baughman said,
with a little increase in cloudi-
ness.
Maximum temperature in Nov
ember was 79 degrees and the
minimum was 46 degrees, accord
ing to the monthly report pre-
pared by Howard Emmons, United
States weather bureau observer in
Ell Centre.
Twenty six days were clear and
but four were cloudy. The pre-
cipitation during the month to-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-03

at luncheon IN MS nOnor our
ing a brief pause at his festive
Uruguayan capital, invited his
host and Sonora de Terra to visit
Washington soon. Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke before sailing at 4 p. m,
aboard the U. S. S. Indianapolis.
1T is of the utmost Importance
that the nations of the new world
have found it possible under vigor-
Gus leadership to find the answer
Ito changing conditions) within
the spirit and the framework of
constitutional government and
democratic processes Mr.. Roose-
welt said.
"We have not completed our
task. In accordance with the OBJ
jectives and the theory of Demo-
cratic government, that task is
a continuous one We must