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The Washington times., 1936-09-28

port up we'll Signs of covering
by shorts appeared at the close
On Saturday. too the action fairly good though nothing
to suggest immediate further boyanc The closed
higher than the opening however, and large majority of
the stocks traded in showed gains The active issues
decidedly higher and these made large percentage of the
total trading
1t has been obvious for time that several uncertainties
were checking the markets advance and one of these has been
The outlook for the French franc This uncertainty
largely removed At least now know that
l. The franc is off the gold standard, and that
2 Eventually it will be revaued in gold the basis of
lower ratio to the dollar and to the pound We also know
that there be further international gold movements
of Importance except supervised by political authorities
and that important loss of gold will be allowed here
think that we can be sure that there will be no such under
valuation of the as occurred in our when Roos
gold dollar nearly This fact together
the great uncertainty Of capital in France under the socasc
New Deal of NJ Blum makes it certain that repatriation of
French funds will be small does not threaten security
markets.
France driven off the gold standard by sociastic
policies debt which forced capital These
remain in the saddle Capital will stay out-unless
New Deal makes hotter for and investors than French
Socialists do.
Thus domestic policies and business become the
ing market factors Assumng the French parliament approves
the action taken the probability of early outbreak of
era European very small) Business news
earnings and dividends promise to remain favorable factor
for months at least Politics. however, remains uncertain
and getting therefore inclined think that
reaction likely from political fars-say
apparent swing toward Roosevelt.
In that event. my advice remains unchanged would main
tain buying good stocks such reactions
that of last Friday This cautious buyon dips policy
would follow until the averages break through the old highs
decisvely
This think they will do eventually The market has been
forming large triangle" with rising bottom lne which sug
ges higher level the end But the chief point is that
limited manufacture and of Government credit
checked, which means initiation
The abandonment the gold standard by France agns
her communstsocast dealers with the Roosevelt
Dealers using the IOUS of their nslvent governments
stead of money.
Gold held practically unchanged last week In rising
world deuge of credit gold only
for economic values,
The Washington times., 1936-09-28

AS l anticipated the market broke through
to new high on Monday. 1t promptly backed
away, however, and proceeded to fluctuate ir-
regularly, as French finances approached their
denouement. Then on Friday there was
sell-off in the morning, which quickly marked
typical stocks down about ~ points. Satur-
day brought an equally quick mark-up, with
leading stocks just about regaining Fridays
losses. Bonds were higher at the end of the
week.
Obviously, the Friday reaction was not
serious 1t nearly all came in the first hour, and
the total volume was by no means large. Sup
The Washington times., 1936-09-28
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... By LEWIS HANEY
Professor Of Economics, New York University

NEW YORK, Sept 28The stock market averages showed
little net change last week. closing only small fraction lower
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
ON
PIN AWARDS
COMMENCED

Clarence Hinderks of the Ell Gen.
tro Elks lodge, newly appointed
member of the service pin commit
tee of the California State Elks as
ISOLATION, Wednesday began survey
to determine which members OF the
lodge here will be available after
March of this year for pin awards
signifying 20 or more years of MEM
bership in the Elks lodge.
Hinderks appointment to the
state committee was coincident with
plans for observance by the lodge
here of it's goth anniversary.
Hinderks warned members that
the names of persons eligible for
the pin must be submitted to him.
self or to Secretary Henry Swanson
before Jan. %. A special lodge
session will be set aside during Feb
ruary for presentation of the SER
vice pins. The event will be an
annual one hereafter.
The service pin activity at pres
ent is confined to California, but
probably will be adopted by lodges
in other states in the near future
Glenn Dorsett, Pasadena, conceived
plans for the awards. Several lodges
in the state have already honored
their pioneers with such awards.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
ELKS TO START
ANNUAL BRIDGE
TOURN AMENT

Bridge enthusiasts of Ell Centre
welcomed with pleasure this week
the announcement that the Elks
annual bridge tournament will start
at TBS D. m. Thursday, Jan. 16, with
both contract and auction bridge
featured.
Both women and men who are
not members of the lodge are eligible
to participate in the tournament,
according to j. P. Eyer chairman
of the entertainment committee.
The bridge tournament annually
is one of the outstanding features
of the community's social life. 1t
has been held every winter since
1929, when the first tournament was
held at the suggestion of Henry
Swanson, now secretary ofthe lodge
Each year many persons take
part in the affair On one occasion
there were 1875 engaged in the tour
nament. Twenty-Five tables have
been obtained for use during bridge
play and often it has been neces-
sary to add to this number from
reserve stock.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
HIGH SCHOOL
PUPILS TAKE
AUTO CLASS

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. O.k)-Prof.
Amos E. Neyhart, convinced that
65 per cent of motor vehicle fatali-
ties are attributable to poor driving
habits" is teaching a non-credit
course in automobile driving at State
College High School.
Offered students satisfying state
requirements for learners permits,
the course is not, however, expert
mental.
Seeking the cause of poor driving
habits, Neyhart found that drivers
tend to continue the driving prac-
tees of their teachers, and conclud-
ed that good driving habits could be
inculcated in learners as easily as
poor ones.
His first class of research stu
dents, taught as individuals, OBJ
tanned drivers license three years
ago and none has been involved in
an automobile crash or mishap. The
same record holds for a class of "a
high schoo! students ne instructed in
driving two years ago.
Neyhart is experimenting, at the
request of the Pennsylvania High
way Patrol, with means of detect
ing individuals who are unable to
judge the speed of oncoming cars
with relation to other traffic, on the
theory that lack of depth percep-
ton" is a contributing factor in
automobile collisions.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
PHIL SWING
TO ATTEND
GATHERING

Phil D. Swing, oldest surviving eX-
allied ruTer or II Centre Lodge No.
1925, Elks, who numbers among his
minor accomplishments those of
having been district attorney and
United States congressman, will at
tend Thursday nights meeting of
the Ell Centric lodge to celebrate its
Goth anniversary, he advised Secre-
tary Henry Swanson.
Swing, officially a resident of San
Diego, spends a large share of his
time between Ell Centre and Wash
ington for the Imperial Irrigation
District. He will make a special
trip here Thursday to attend the
anniversary meeting, he advised
Swanson.
Swing was the second person
elected exalted ruler of the Elks
lodge here. J. Stanley Brown, de-
ceased, was first.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
Braile Studied in
Preparation For
Days Of Blindness

Globe, Ariz. U.HAnticipating COM
plete blindness, DR.. John H. Lacy,
8O-yearold colorful Arizona pioneer
is learning to read Braille so that,
when blindness comes, he still will
be able to enjoy his favorate am
usement-reading.
DR.. Lacy, an Army and Indian
Service physician for years, and a
superior court bailiff for the past 10
years, began study of the Braille
system four months ago when he
began to have difficulty reading,
even with powerful reading glasses.
He still is able to walk about the
streets alone, however.
The aged physician came to
Arizona in 1885 from Virginia. He
then was physician in the army.
He later practiced privately in Ar
iona towns. He has been retired for
20 years.
AS boy, he learned to talk with
his fingers to inmates of a school
for the deaf and dumb near his
home. Later, while in the army, he
became an expert telegrapher.
He took his medical degree at
the College of Hampton Sidney in
Prince Edward County, Va, where
his grandfather was president of
the college 100 years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08

; The humans will take a large
part in entertainment features
Thursday, their secretary, L. w.
Alexander, revealed. Henry #.
Colman, past exalted ruler. will
recall the date 20 years ago on
which the Yuma lodge instituted
that in Ell Centre, and the events
since then in which the two lodges
have been affiliated.
Ben Giusti and Ira Whiting of
the Yuma lodge will deliver a
sketch on old Italy, assisted by
"Jocko". Wartime scenes are bar
red, Alexander said.
Membership of 297
The Yuma lodge, which had a
membership of 297 persons 20
years ago, now has SGT members.
Its officers are w. B. Under, ex-
allied ruler; Isaac Polbamus, loyal
ing knight; Paul Lipscomb, loyal
knight; o. r. Mcpherson, lecturing
knight; John Wadin, tiler; j. t.
Davenport, treasurer; Jack Gal
braith, esquire; Ersel Byrd, inner
guard; Plez Nance, chaplain; Ira
Whiting, organist; and H. F. Col
man, N. r. Adair and R. N. Camp
bell, trustees.
When Ell Centre Lodge No. 1925
was instituted Jan. 16, 1916, Off
GERS of the Yuma lodge were F. s.
Ming, exalted ruler; H. Wupper-
man (deceased) leading knight; d.
w. Maddox, loyal knight; A. M.
White, lecturing knight; J. r. Still
son (deceaseO secretary; E. H.
Tobias, treasurer; John Wadin, TIL
err; A. B. Ming (deceased, c. H.
Colman and A. N. Kelley, trustees;
c. B. Glasscock, chaplain; and H.
F.. Colman, inner guard.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08

BALL TO HAVE
ELKS' SUPPORT

In full sympathy with the chart
table purpose of the Presidents Ball
here Jan. 80, members of the Ell Cen
tro Elks lodge will support the af-
fair individually and as lodge, Elk
allied Ruler Mark Connolly said.
d. L. linn, member of the lodge,
is chairman of the Presidents Ball
committee in this community. His
fellow lodge members have offered
cooperation in arranging the ball,
and many plan to attend. In adj
dressing members oft he lodge, Con-
nelly said:
Remember it is in the interest of
philanthropic enterprise and we,
as good citizens and Elks, should
support it,"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
CALIFORNIA AUTO INJURY CASES
SOAR TO NEW HIGH DURING YEAR

SACRAMENTO = Crashing all
previous injury records and run
ming up a death total which will
approximate or perhaps exceed fat
alities for the preceding year, Cal
ifornia motor vehicle accidents
turned the states streets and high
ways into a veritable shambles
during 1935-piling up a toll of
48,449 dead and injured!
Ray Ingels, director of the State
Motor Vehicle Department, so an
nounced today in his official esti-
mate of 1885 traffic accidents.
Ingels' estimate of deaths and
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
Tribute Paid TO
Elks for Aiding
Needy Residents


Ell Centre Elks, in their lodge
publication, The Desert Herd, this
week paid honor to their fellows
who carried out the lodges annual
Christmas program for needy resi-
dents of the community.
The Desert Herd said:
Another enviable milestone has
been reached in Elkdom's Christ
mas charity work-the work has
been done; the big charity fund was
raised; many hearts were gladden.
ed; hundreds of Riddles were enter
tanned and made gay; all the boxes
were distributed and probably by this
time the tens of food has been con-
sumed-it's all history now and no
doubt you brothers have heard the
story.
"But, there is, in this connection,
an outstanding accomplishment yet
unSung. Right now, the Desert
Herd" goes en- record by offering
laurels to Leading Knight Les Rog-
ers and his able staff of assistants
for performing a good job. The eff
Gent way in which it was handled,
places this years Christmas charity
work on record as one Of the most
successful in the history Of the local
lodge. We say, we'll done, our good
and faithful brothers.
Telling the story in statistical
form it sounds something like this:
More than three and a half tons
of food and delicacies distributed to
the poor and needy, consisting of
1000 lbs. candy, SO boxes apples, 35
boxes oranges, 300 lbs. tangerines,
600 lbs. mixed nuts, 400 lbs. onions,
300 lbs. fresh pork, 125 lbs. COM
pound, 600 lbs. flour, 125 lbs. coffee,
200 lbs. beans, Is cases groceries.
Theatre parties were sponsored in
Ell Centric and Holtville."
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08

VIII pc helo thursday night, When'
members of the Ell Centre lodge
gather en- masse to entertain guests
from Yuma, Calexico, Brawley and
other Arizona and southern Cali
fornia lodges. More than 200 lodge
members are expected to jam the
club rooms here.
Yuma, mother lodge of the FL
Centre organization, will send its
members as guests of honor. Cal
exico and Brawley, baby lodges for
e. Centre, will aid their parent in
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08

injuries in motor vehicle crashes
for the year just ending, with
comparative figures for 1884, fol-
lows:
Deaths Injuries
1885 (Estimated) ..2,799 45,650
1894 ...............................2,805 As, 153
November-the last month of
1895 for which actual statistics are
available-was the worst motor ac-
cident month in the history Of the
state, Ingels said, with 295 deaths.
The worst previous months was
December, 1884, with 284 deaths,
and there is a possibility that when
final returns are in from December
of this year that the 1885 death
total will be greater than the prev
ious year.
Intensive enforcement and edu-
cational campaigns to reduce traf-
fic casualties apparently brought
results in cutting down the fire.
quency Of accidents, the 1885 total
showing 1929 less accidents than
in 1884. But although number of
accidents dropped, injuries increas-
ed by nearly 500 and virtually no
change was recorded in the ter
rifle highway death rate.
No tabulations have been COM
pleted for 1895 indicating accident
causes, but motor vehicle officials
declared that speed and drunken
driving were outstanding factors.
During 1884, it was shown that
speed was the chief accident cause;
that accidents caused by drunken
driving had jumped some 20 per
cent, and that 80 per cent of all
accidents between two or more ve-
hicles involved trucks, buses, or
other commercial equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
Social Credit Unit
Formed in Canada

Ottawa, Ont. W.H- Canada's Soc
ial Credit League, encouraged by
the election of Premier Alberhart,
leader of the worlds first Social
Credit Government, in Alberta, are
organizing on a national scale.
AS the first step, the Social credit
Bureau of Canada has launched
plans for the formation of a nat
ional advisory Council on social
credit to coordinate all social Gre
Git organizations in the country.
The next move, or the aims of the
council, have not been revealed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
Nuffer, Lemons
Fix Up Program

Sparkplugs in the Ell Centre Elks
lodge anniversary celebration
Thursday night will be Lee Nuffer,
VIVA has charge of the entertain
ment program, and Bert Lemons,
who will preside over the dinner
table
Dinner will begin at Z p. m, to be
followed by the lodge meeting at
who has charge of the entertain
ment program, which will be pre-
sented during the meeting, are kept
secret.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
Teachers Urged To
Take Icy Plunges

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI. WP-
F. Herbert Toyne, elderly chief edu-
cation officer of Brighton, Eng,
practices what he breaches.
After urging Charlottetown teach
ers to take daily cold dip, he went
to the harbor and plunged into the
icy waters.
Toyne, who toured Canada with
group of other educationists, had a
swim in every part of Canada he
visited.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
Calexico Lodge
Honors Ruler

Calexico Lodge No. 1882, Elks, was
host Tuesday night to other lodges
in Imperial Valley in paying honor
to A. George Fish, district deputy
grand exalted ruler, whose visit 10
the Calexico lodge was an official
one.
Several members of, the Ell Cen
tro lodge attended the meeting, as
did Elks from Brawley and Yu Ira.
Fish makes his headquarters in san
Diego
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08

celebrating its goth anniversary.
Business, entertainment and re-
freshment will be in charge of
Elks. The meeting will be limited
to members of the lodge, and will
: live up to all the implications Of
such a fact, according to Secretary
Henry Swanson.
Mark Connolly, exalted ruler of
the Ell Centre lodge, is in general
charge. D. L. linn is completing
plans for a parade to welcome
visiting lodge members,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
THIEF TAKES ONLY YEAST

TOLEDO, Jan. 8. (U.P)-Police
are chortling over what they be-
lieve the "strangest loot of the
year." A thief broke into G. H.
Kidd's parked automobile and stole
100 pounds of yeast.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
PUNCH BOARDS TEST 10

ELYRIA, O., Jan. 8. UP)-"I.
c." tests that look like punch
boards are getting the "play" by
Lorain county rural high school
students. Each student is given a
punch-pencil and a test book with
an inserted card. On the card, the
student punches out numbers cor
responding to those in the book IF
answers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
CRIPPLE EXPERT WITH KNIFE

PAINSVILLE, o., Jan. 8. W.P)-
An accident to James F. O'Moore's
back three years ago caused his
hands to shake constantly, Sc he
mastered use of penknife for
skilful Woodworking in defiance
of his crippled condition. His work
includes complete barnyard, with
animals and implements.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
YUMA ELKS TO PLAY
BIG PART AT MEET

Excepting only Ell Centre Lodge No. 1926 which will
be celebrating its goth anniversary the most important
Eks lodge Thursday nights meeting in Ell Centro will
be Yuma Lodge No. 476, r. P o. Elks known the
mother lodge of the Ell Centre group.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08
TWO HUNDRED ELKS
WILL GATHER HERE

Twenty years ago Thursday there came into existence
Ell Centre Lodge No. 1926, B. p. o. Elks.
The most elaborate gathering of the lodge since then
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08

Castles Become Monasteries
VIENNA. 0P)-Ancient castles,
once the strongholds of robber-bar-
ons, are being turned into monaster-
les ana converts in Austria.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-08

injuries in motor vehicle crashes
for the year just ending, with
comparative figures for 1894, fol-
lows:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
Liquid Smoke Art
Claimed by SaVant

solar forces which makes matter
cohesive) from the object in ques-
ton.
Losing its molecular cohesion,
the object is enlarged to the size
that the Entity" desires and, tax
ing the form of liquid smoke
similar to liquid air-becomes in
visible and electrically transmitta-
BILE.
Process Is Ended
The process of disintegratiou or
decomposition is ended when the
object has reached the destination
fixed by the Entity"
Refrigeration, which causes the
object to resume it's natural size
and shape, is very sinple-for
Professor Bellotti-who says 1t
consists in replacing the mysteri
Gus "fohat" in the formerly atom
lied object.
There is one condition which is
essential for the scientific occur
renee" to take place. The receiver
Of the object must have phycho-
physical faculties which empower
him to receive and transmit
thought waves, similar to radio
waves, which meet the object
floating through space!
This, Bellotti declares is why
the object can be transported with
the speed of thought.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
.ATCHMAN, IS,
F0UNDDEAD

District police officials and AS
sistant Coroner Christopher j.
Murphy were at loss today to de-
termine the cause of the death yes
terday of William Newton Web
ster, 65-year-old Waterman en-
ployed by the Charles H. Small
Contracting Company, $50 New
York Ave-, N. w.
According to police reports,
Webster was found yesterday
by Raymond Heeter, of 205 Ninth
st. S. W., lying prone in the
front room of a new build under
construction at 100 R st. S. E.
He was pronounced dead upon
arrival of Casualty Hospital at,
PENDANTS. A coroner's autopsy
performed by DR.. Murphy dis
closed evidence of a sharp blow
on the head in addition to
scratches on the face.
Webster, whose home was at
300 Valley St., Maryland Park,
Md, was discovered by police to
have had 1901 in his pocket. There
were no signs Of scuffle and the
theory that Webster may have
received a blow through fall on
the hardwood floor was advanced
In the meantime, however, police
are investigating possible murder
clues.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15

VENICE, Italy U.N.S0.-Phil-
osopher, chemist, student Of occult
sciences, Luigi Bellotti has or
thinks he has one of the most val
liable collections of antique art
treasures in existence.
He does not buy these treasures,
he Says-he receives" them in
the form of liquid smoke" which
flows through the walls of his
apartment!
In Bellotti'S small, mysterious
house on a dark, gloomy ditch far
from the gay Grand Canal of
Venice, ancient objects from the
Orient and the Far East, known
to historians only through legend,
suddenly comes to light. At least
so it is claimed.
He Can Explain"
Bellotti, professor at the Vol.
taire University, claims that he
can scientifically explain the
strange phenomena and has
formulated a theory based on the
"disintegration and refrigeration
of matter"
When an object loses its ma,
terial form such as size, shape
and solidity, it can be easily trans,
ported through space, he says.
Some unknown power" which the
scientist calls the Entity" causes
this disintegration by eliminating
the "Fohat" Zone of the three
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
TO EXTEND
SECURITY ACT
TO BANKS

Extension of the benefits OF the
old age security plan to include
thousands of bank employees now
excluded from the Social Security
Act is provided for in a bill filed
today by Representative James L.
Quinn CD, of Pennsylvania.
The bill was filed in advance
of the opening of the new Con-
gress on the recommendation OF
the clerk of the House that bills
be filed early to avoid the usual
rush and confusion at the begin
ming of the session.
Representative Quinn's bill
would amend the Social Security
Act to include employees Of ma
tional and state banks and trust
companies who now are considered
Government employees and there
fore. under terms of the act, in
eligible for the old age benefits.
Mr.. Quinn said:
"There are thousands Of these
people who cannot by any
stretch of the imagination be
called Government employees.
The fact that the banks for
which they work may be affili-
ated with the Federal Reserve
Bank is supposed to make them
Government employees, but as a
matter of fact they are not"
Government employees are ex'
cluded from the old age benefits
because of the retirement plan in
the Government service. Bank EN-
ployes are not included in this
plan.
Representative Quinn's bill fur
ther provides that banks and trust
companies may be exempt from
the provisions of the Social Sc.
curity Act if they have an old
age benefit plan in operation.
Any such plan, Mr.. Quinn slip.
ulated in his bill, must meet with
the approval of the Social Security
Board "as to the stability of the
said corporation, national bank,
State bank, trust company or say
ings bank, and as to the adequacy
of the provisions of its old age
benefit plan"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-12-15
7 GAS DEATHS
HELD SUICIDE

Certificates of suicide were is
sued today by Coroner A. Ma
gruder Macdonald in the deaths
Of two persons who yesterday end
ed their lives by inhaling gas.
Angus B. Harris, As, was found
dead in the kitchen of his rooming
house, 1882 Trinidad Ave. N. E., by
his landlady, Mrs. Clara c. Bur
CESS. Four jets of the gas stove
were open, police said, and all win
dows of the room shut.
The other death was that of
Mrs. Ludwina He'll, So, of 1925
Fourth st. N. w. She was found
dead late yesterday by her daugh-
ter, Marie, seated before a stove
in the kitchen with several gas jets
open.