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Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
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To Lead to
Prosperity
BY ROBERT HAYS

According to M. o. King, chair
man of the FL Centre chamber OF
commerce better housing commit
tee. the Federal Housing Plan of
| building by which loans are guar
anteed by the government will not
only provide better homes for the
people of this country but their
construction Will 60 a long way
toward restoring nOrmalcy and nor
NAL living conditions in this coun-
try. Very naturally the cOmmun-
ity where this new building is 60
ing on, or where remodeling of old
residences is under way, will feel
more directly the benefit of this
building construction, King be-
lieYeS For that reason, the COM
mittee in FL Centro comprised of:
NJ. o. King, chairman, W w. Nc
Euen Mrs. A. B. Hanson, P. A. Mur-
ray, Chas. E. Sones, F. Everett Min
er, Cecil W Ashley, and Paul Jen-
kins, continues to urge the people
Of El Centre to take advantage of
the government plans for financing
new construction or the remOdeling
of existing dwelling houses.
A part of the program. the Better
Housing committee has secured the
services Of II. P. Davidson of the
National Housing Administration
who. each Thursday of each week,
spends the clay at the FL Centro
chamber Of commerce headquarters
to interview home owners and
would be builders and to assist them
in arranging for the governmental
plan of financing.
New Products
Recovery from previous major
depresSions OF the past said Chair
man King. has been marked by
the development Of new products.
new markets, new industries-not-
ably the railroads in the last gen
Grafton and more recently the au-
tomObile
In effecting present recovery
there is reason 10 believe that con-
i structiOn Of housing is the greatest
potential facor. In it are involved
not only the solution in part of I'M
mediate and emergency problems.
but a permanent contribution to
T American ideals Of home ownership
and higher standards of living. The
+ greatest business opportunity OF the
age is to provide more and better
+ homes for the average citizen
A marked increase i'm residential
+ construction has already occurred.
This should continue. The reeov-
err presents important opp0rtuni-
ties to the bu.ldiug industry to pro-
vide the home purchaser or renter
with a better product al lower
. price, King stated
THE revival of residential con-
structiOu and the accompanvina
popular interest in The housing
problem are decidedly euc0uraeina.
The interest and discussions are
equally important indications of a
growing public consciousness of the
bearing OF GOOD housing upon The
eommmltEs WCII-beiue and upon
! tie individual lamiIy's welfare. These
two constructive forces if intelH-
gently euided can make residential
construction AN even more import
ant lacOr i'm the economy of Fl Cen
/ tfo and the country than it custo-
m9rilV has been thereby prOudng
additional employment. and at the
same time contributing sub taatIal-
" to American ideals OF home own
er-hip and to higher standards for
those liEiua i'm rental properties. %
KIM said.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
King Store
To Get Air
Cool Plant

Installation of $4,000 air con-
ditioning plant, the most modern
and up-to-date manufactured, will
start Monday at the M. o. King de-
partmcnt store. M. o. King ST. an
nomced Saturday.
Engineers looked over the loca-
ton Saturday and Workmen will be
put on the job at once. The new
unit will be located in the store
basement and will cleanse and cool
atmosphere for the entire store.
Installation is expected to be COM
pIeted by April Is The plant will
be one Of the largest air condition
ing units in El Centre. The King
store is the first department store
in the city to invest in a cooling
system.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08

Centro area run into metropolitan
figures, thousands OF dollars, Moody
said.
Not only the homes but the furn-
ishings and fixtures, also, are of a
higher class. Expensive furniture.
rugs, electric light fixtures end ap-
pliances that several years aeo We're
ordered only by the few now are a
cOmmond demand.
The Federal Housing Act large
ly is responsible, but not wholly, for
he buying wave, Moody believes
FL Centro, greatly underbuilt and
undeVeloped in a housing sense
considering its size and per capita
wealth. must have now homes: anc
people are beginning to realize this
wact In addition. the lifting o.
the depression and stronger agri
cultural markets have brought =
greater feeling Of security TO Imper.
ial Valley folk, with attendant Ioos.
ening of purse strings.
From all indications, Imperia
VALLEY, at least. can anticipate q
steadily increasing building trade
not only this year but i'm tie nexI
decade.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08

can't recall when there were more
inquiries concerning new homes OF
remodeling old ones"
Ell Centro's shortage of residence
buildings has led to at least one
new trend-toWard the apartment
house. Several are being cOnsid-
cred in the city TO take care of the
increasing number of new residents.
Another notable trend among
h0mebuilders is toward a better
class of homes Moody pointed out
During depression years, when the
building trade was hard hit, home
builders kept both eyes on the eX-
pense. taking style, architecture
and materials as secondary. Now
the picture has changed. instead
of extremely low-priced buildings
the buying public Of Imperial Valley
is invading the moro expensive
field.
These buyers want quality and
up-to-the-minutc architccturc-a and
they're willing to pay for!' Moody
declared
Homes now proposed in the FL
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
WHAT WILL YOU SAY
1.-TWO YEARS FROM NOW?

Farsghted families laying plans to buy land build
propaganda but serious founded fact
Why buying depression
parted prices values will increase
can bought year future
following could logically be conversation years
hence the year 1888
Brown: just bought that house for $4,000 of which only
$4,000 cash"
Smith eyes, and the whom you
1886 for $4,000 with only $500 profit
Too bad YOU weren't farsghted enough build
Fortunes made by forecaSng the That all
levels will with the return of conditions
evident the fact that already
what they year
Real estate prices will for other The
ment in Imperial Valley fundamental conditions
uaton here which -wel-figUre it yourself
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
Waiting Pays Says
Auto Club Chieftain

I'm spite of the concessions i'm car
design made to the impotence Of
the average motorist in getting m-
der way once the enqiuc of his car
is started IN cold weather. il is
much 10 the ADVANTAGE of the en-
ginc To wait until il is warmed up
thoroughly. states J.. q. Evans. dl-
rector of roadside service of The Ma
tional Automobile club The fact
is that automatic chocEes. auto
matte heat control devices and i'm
proved fabrication i'm later models
have not eliminated altogether the
problems arising from mder-l -lubr-
cation resulting from inadequate
Warming-up.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
SteUedoreS BaIk
At Work Orders

SAN FRANCISCO. March 7. UPD
Dollar Line officials said today
that striking lOngshoremen had re
fused to return to work aboard the
liner S. S. President Taft despite
orders of the joint longshore labor
relations committee.
The committee decreed that the
dock workers should resume their
jobs and handle sling loads of 35
eases OF timed goods Workers in
sisted that 80 cases be set as the
m5EImum.
Six longshorc gangs had been
discharged in the dispute.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
Goods Too Healthy,
Department Reports

TUCSON, March 7UR'-Thc health
OF freshmen co-eds at University
OF Arizona gave the Women's physi-
cal education department a head
ache today.
Annually the department. selects
from among the yearIing girls the
ore with the best health. This year,
there were 25 candidates and judges
We're able to eliminate but nine of
them
Instead of freshman health
queen this year it looks as though
it will be n freshman health team"
Physical Director Ina Cuttings COM
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
Scout Executive
Goes TO Council

Carl N. Helmick. scout oXccu-
tive, left Saturday for the national
training council for Scout exccu-
tives TO be held at French Lick.
Indiana, March l1-I8.
Over ZOO executives will be pres
ont for a week Of intensive train
ing, the first conference conduct
cd since 1923, and which will fea-
ture addresses by nationally known
speakers. Helmick is a graduate
Of the national training school for
Scout executives, New York city,
and of several camp leaders train
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
Lettuce Prices
Zoom to New High

With the local lettuce dead prac-
tically completed, and probably
only 125 cars remaining to be
shipped acool ding to local growers
estimates tue lettuce market has
sewdc5 compared 10 levels for the
". ,r".
Dcnaa9 is good and the market
stronger fob. cash track s. run
nfus rom $.73-$2 per crate. Yuma
hing tor S225 per crate
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
Engineers Hear
Talk on Power

Uses of electricity formed the
subject for the talk by c. f. Miles,
chief electrician, for the first meet
ing of the National Association Of
Refrigeration Engineer held Thurs
day at the local office Of The I'M
perial Ice and Development Co
Katherine Einderks entertained
lthe group of engineers, playing
several accordion solos Refresh
ments we're served after The pro-
gram.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08

of the National Automobile club.
One reason for it is that If the
glas we're not of excellent quality,
eye-strain, not to mention distort-
ed vision, would result from look
ing through the angled glass.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
Girl Gains Strength
Following Operation

WESTON, W. Va, March T. U4
Teresa Hawkins, 18-Jear-oid non
or student in business college.
who underwent an abdominal op-
Grafton after she had laughed ia
termittently for nine days gained
strength rapidly in the weston
State hospital today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08

nome west Of Imperial avenue in
tha Eucalyptus school district is
a striking example Of what can be
done with q new addition on an.
old home.
The home of Mrs. Virginia Shaw
at San Dia is another example Ct
rcmodeling that is bringing aston
ishna results. q 25-year old home
is being turned into q modern, up-
tO-date residence.
With the use OF a new type II
insulation board for inside walls.
interior effects can b. changed
almost completely The board re-
sisJs heat and cid and helps main
tain even temperatures. When
painted It resembles plaster
Anc5her attractive new homo be
ing constructed is O. l.. McMicKles
at Alvarado heres where a new
composition shinalc siding is BE-
in2 used. the first time on any
nome in Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
BETTER WINDSHIELDs

The sharply-raked windshield of
your new model is of the very best
grade Of plate glass, remarks L. c..
Evans, director of roadside service
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-08
New Building Wave
Sweeps Over Valley

More building projects under way being planned
in Ell Centre this than at any time the past decade
according to A A Moody Of Whiting Mead company.
"1he building industry is definitely the way back"
Moody declared "particulary in the residence field
Evening star., 1936-11-04
ROOSEVELT WINS
SHOW STRAW VOTE
President Leads 3l2 to ! in
Unofficial Ballots at
D. G. S. Exhibition.

"Voteless Washingtonians last night
favored President Roosevelt more than
81, to over Gov. Landon in an un-
oficial ballot cast by visitors at the
District Grocery Stores food show in
Calvert Hall, 270l Calvert street, op-
posite the Shoreham Hotel.
With only a small percentage OF
the patrons voting, total of 445 bal
lots were cast for Roosevelt. against
l24 for Landon. The crowd evidently
was Democratic, judging by the loud
applause which went through the large
hall when the result was announced
by the master of ceremonies.
To make 1t a thoroughly Democratic
evening, a contest held on the stage
to see who could come nearest to
initiating an elephant or donkey
the major party emblems-was won
by Claude E. Arnold of Bethesda, Md,
who initiated donkey.
Arnold, who received loud applause
as he tried to initiate donkey
through microphone, later modestly
explained that his imitation was due
to practice. Il own a donkey and
have been trying to initiate his cal"
Arnold said. He was given a S.
award.
Baby Show Is Held.
Voting under unusual circumstances,
the show patrons were served coffee
and sandwiches while waiting for an
nouncement of results after they had
cast their votes.
Yesterday afternoon at the first OF
q series of baby shows being staged at
the food show matinees, Joan Nichols,
IA months old, 5000 Sixteenth street,
was awarded first h0nors and $3.50.
She was judged the winner by re-
ceiving the loudest applause while
standing on the stage alone, facing
the audience. Her mother. Mrs. E. c.
Nichols. stood in the audience during
the contest.
Last night a modern radio was pre-
eented to Mrs. Thomas c. Pearce, 29l0
South Dakota avenue northeast. An
electric toaster was awarded another
visitor. Yesterday afternoon an elec-
trio mixer was given to Mrs. H. Boehm,
1439 Massachusetts, avenue.
AS an added attraction at last
nights show, Miss Connie Caruccio,
18-year- old gymnast and member OF
the United States Olympic team at
Berlin last Summer, entertained by
appearing on the stage and answering
questions regarding her trip to Ger
many.
Santa Claus" Due Again.
This afternoon the regular food show
matinee will open at pm. and con-
tinue to 5, with baby show at pm.
At 4:45p.m. Santa Claus will again, as
at yesterdays matinee, present souVe-
Mrs to every child in the audience
under years Of age. Tonights show
will begin at 7:30 o'clock.
A varied assortment of aluminium
ware will be awarded a customer at
today's matinee. Tonight gifts to go
to visitors include set of imported
china and an electric mixer.
On the stage tonight fat womans
hop, step and jump contest will be
held. The winner, to be judged by the
audience, will be given $5 award.
The show management also an
nounces that variety of gifts of food
will be presented at both this after
non and tonight's performance. Last
night large crowd surged around the
stage while similar gifts were being
made.
Evening star., 1936-11-04

Henry K. Pasma, pastor Of the Rock
vile Presbyterian Church, conducted
the services and burial was in Rock
Vile Union Cemetery.
Six nephews Of the former judge
acted as pallbearers. They were
Edward and Vinson Peter, Thomas L.
Dawson and Brownell, Reuben and
Lowry Riggs. Members of the Mont
gomery and Frederick County Bar
Associations attended in a body.
Evening star., 1936-11-04
STRUCK BY AUTO

Michael Schmidt, 72, of 522 Kenyon
street was in Garfield Hospital today
in an undetermined condition while
police sought the hit-and-run driver
whose car struck him yesterday as he
crossed Georgia avenue in the 5000
block.
Schmidt suffered fractures of both
legs, cuts OF the scalp and shock.
Evening star., 1936-11-04

from Friday at the school. Study
groups interested In making an analy-
sis Of the economic growth of pro-
ducer and consumer co-operatives are
being organized in connection with
the meetings.
Evening star., 1936-11-04
MRS, MARKELL DIES
STAN Correspondent OF The Star.

Stan CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, November A.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Florence
Markell, SO, widow of George E..
Markell, who died yesterday at her
home, 217 Wolfe street, will be held
ct 2 pm. tomorrow at the residence.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Bessie Tennyson of Washington.
Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery
here.
Evening star., 1936-11-04
Cash After December /.

OKLAHOMA CITY R.-G. B.
Arlington. manager Of the State
Capitol cafeteria, where State House
capitol cafeteria, where State House
credit. posted this notice today:
"Due to the fact that the Legisla-
ture will be In session soon, we will
60 on a cash basis December l."
Evening star., 1936-11-04
CONSUMERS TO MEET
Southeast Branch of Club to Hear
of Co-operation,

Miss Dorothy Houston, adult edu-
cation organizer here, will be the
principal speaker at q meeting Of
the Southeast Branch Of the WASH
ington Consumers Club Friday at
1880 pm. at the Hine Junior High
School. Seventh and G streets south.
east. Projects in consumer co-opera-
ton will be the subject Of the meet
ing.
The same group will meet q. week
Evening star., 1936-11-04
FUNERAL RITES HELD
FOR JUDGE R. B. PETER

Six Nephews Act as Pallbearers
at Funeral Conducted in
Rockville.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, November A.
The funeral Of Robert Brewer Peter,
former associate Judge Of the sixth
judicial circuit, who died Sunday night
of heart attack, took place from
the home here this morning. Rev.
Evening star., 1936-11-04

Can Grow New Head.
An earthworm can grow q new
head or tail If the one he has is cut
of.
Evening star., 1936-11-04

Yes-when you need a laxative DO
AS DOCTORS DO-and take no
chances. DR.. C.. E. B. of Indiana
says: II have prescribed Pluto fire.
Evening star., 1936-11-04
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Evening star., 1936-04-03

Finally came the break; our official
was taken to bed with fine case Of
nerves. In his delirium he fancied
himself out on broad Western plains
in the moonlight. Unexpectedly he
came upon a high knoll which he
climbed wearily. There stood two
splendid unclothed figures in the
moonlight. One had long and elegant
beard and he recognized him as his
employer. the honorable, the Secretary
Of the Navy. The other had a growth
of shaggy hair. and he knew that 1t
was the honorable Secretary of War.
Between them rested a tall pile of
purple-tinted stationery.
There were no psychoanalysts in
those days to diagnose our officials
delirium, Sc he recovered, and today
is one Of the white, shaggy-haired ones
himself.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

on a basis of a highly accentuated
rhythm, the powerful pulse of the
work and its richly harmonic nature
being almost primitive in its appeal.
Shostakovich has revealed the ex-
treme opposite Of mood in his
Prelude" the tragic atmosphere of
which is pictured briefly with a mas
terly use Of dynamic effects. The
prelude" is one of "a for piano pub
lished last year, DR.. Stokowski choos-
ing the E minor to transcribe for
orchestra.
Rimsky- -Korsakoff's Russian East
err" with its musical description Of the
religious observances and the festivi-
ties of this great Russian feast day,
concluded the program in a vein ap-
propriate to the season. After the
rendition of each number pro-
grammed, the enthusiastic audience
could not demonstrate its appreciation
sufficiently to both the conductor and
his men. On his last return to
acknowledge the applause. Dr. Stokow-
ski made short speech. Referring
to the music just played, he spoke
of the symbolic meaning underlying
the Greek Orthodox celebration of
the Eastertide and likened it to the
meaning of music. The future of
music is in the hands of the youth
of this country. he said, richly
talented youth that is forging ahead
on new lines. To be prepared to assist
the coming developments, he will de-
vote the next year to research and
study, which is the reason he has
asked the management of the Phila-
delphia Orchestra for a year of re-
tirement. During his absence his
place will be taken by Eugene
Ormandy, whom he designated the
most gifted of the younger conductors.
On April 6, 1887, DR.. Stokowski will
return to conduct the final concert of
that season by the orchestra in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1936-04-03

three hours in the public library
looking up evidence. Then he wrote
to his sweetie: Abraham Lincoln was
rail splitter, Herbert Hoover a
waiter, Charles Lamb a bookkeeper,
DICKENS label boy in backing fac
tory, Bernard Shaw q paid writer of
patent medicine testimonials, Musso-
lini blacksmith. Ramsay Macdonald
farm hand, Will Rogers a cow
puncher /" ."
The list continued through more
than a hundred famous names, and
ended: Your favorite, Kate Smith,
used to be wrapper girl in the stock
room of a Washington news COM
pany."
BREAKDOWN.
EVEN before the New Deal 1t seems
Government employees were some
times made light in the head by the
pomp and ceremony of routine duties.
One official who has survived through
the years recalls the early days Of his
Government servitude, days when the
Supreme Court was a thing of virtue,
and cabinet members kept their proper
places.
At that time he was lowly typist
and his duties consisted in writing un-
momentous letters for one cabinet
member to another, all on the purple
tinted Government stationery which
was in vogue at that time. The salu-
tations and endings of these letters
followed quite closely the regal style
set up by number of the then current
courts of Europe For the meat of
Evening star., 1936-04-03

euptTD playing anu SuCu uidStcIlt
musicianship has rarely held a
crowded Constitution Hall spellbound
1t was unforgettable music, in which
the inspiration of great composers
found an equally great interpreter
The first part of the evening was
given over to excerpts from Wagner's
"Parsifal," "The Prelude" the Good
Friday music and the music from the
third act which Dr. Stokowski had
arranged for orchestral presentation.
Dominating the entire reading was
the crystal clear idea of the leader
whose analysis of the score has left
no detail unnoted. With the hypnotic
power of his hands, he drew from
his orchestra whispering pianissimos,
amazing crescendos and swelling VOL
ume that reSounded through the
hall with thrilling power.
The nobility of this great work of
Wagner's and the significance which
1t clothes, spoke through the direct
ions of the conductor whose sympa-
thetic understanding was strongly
projected Reverence of deeply relig-
ious character prevailed the superb
Intervening and development of
phrase, yet shining with fulgent light
was the glory of the theme. The
means by which the full purport of the
music was extracted by DR.. Stokowski
was a manifestation of scholarly
knowledge of orchestral descriptive
ness and of the puissance of artistry
combined with intellectually.
After the intermission, two numbers
by the young Russian composer, Shos-
takovich, whose first symphony has
been heard here several times, were
played, the entr'acte from his opera
Lady Macbeth of Mzensk," being
followed by his prelude in E Flat
minor" The originality, freshness
and vigor of these numbers confirmed
the opinion of this young genius,
formed when his symphony was first
heard. He has written the "Entr'acte"
Evening star., 1936-04-03
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Evening star., 1936-04-03
FATHER SEEKS CUSTODY
OF TINY FILM ACTRESS
By tho Associated Press.

By tho Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April "a legal
tug-of-war began yesterday over tiny
Patsy Doris May, 2-year-old movie
player who earns 5000 a week in a
profession her father declares will
rob her Of natural sweet simplicity"
The father, James Dittemore, a steel
worker, and his dead wife's parents,
are the disputants.
Mrs. Dittemore's parents, Ross and
Clara May, adopted Patsy.
Dittemore disappeared after his
wife's death, the Mays declare, and
they heard nothing from him until
after Patsy Doris received an "Our
Gang" comedy film contract.
The father asserts in an action to