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Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-29
ALL ARE WHITE
GOODS AT MARSH'S

Since the recent improvement In
their Qualification of used solvent,
all dry-cleaning is done in pure
white fluid, kept white continuously
as the garments are being cleaned.
If you wish to test this process try
Marsh's out on a blue with pin
stripes, or a shepherd-plaid. This
is just sample of the constant
improvement going on at Marsh's.
Telephone 435
Location: Barbara Worth Hotel
Building
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-29
Neus Items About
Valley Residents

Little Miss Ann Skinner was OPP
Grated on for appendicitis last week
end at the Mercy hospital III san
Diego. She is recovering nicely,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shaw enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. w. /. Green
of Brawley and Miss Jane Green at
dinner last Saturday night.
Miss Green is a senior student
at the University Of Southern Call
fornia.
Addison Carter and James Carter
of Los Angeles spent the weekend
in FL Centre. James Carter Is
student at the University of South
ern California.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-29
P. N. Van Slycks
Entertain

DR.. Louis Lesley of San Diego
state college and MIR. and Mrs.
Leonard Goedhart also of the col
lege were weekend guests of Mr..
and Mrs. p. N. Van Slyck of Ell
Centre.
DR.. Lesley and The Gocdharts
accompanied Phillip Van Slyck, a
student at San Diego State, to
Ell Centre last Wednesday for the
holidays and they returned to San
Diego Sunday
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-29

and George Kassen of Ell Centre.
The Grumbles have lived in I'm
perial Valley since 1903 coming
here from Mojave, Arizona. Their
anniversary was on November Il.
but the celebration was postponed
because of the family reunion plan
ned for the Thanksgiving holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grllmbles have
four children. Kenneth Grumbles
Mrs. Vesta Lehman, Mrs. Edythe
Martin and Mrs. Carolyn Brad
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-29
Walter Pockards
Visit Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Packard OF
Berkeley, former residents of Ell
Centre were visitors at the W. w.
Apple home Sunday night ell route
to Yuma.
When living in the valley, Pack
ard was the head of the Farm
Bureau Experimental station in
Meloland. He is now connected
with the federal government.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-29
OId-Tin1e Dance
Held Success

With the largest crowd in at
tendance this season, the Rural
recreation council held most sue
cessful dance Saturday night in
the Veterans Memorial hall, I'M
perial.
The guests enjoyed an evening
of old fashioned dances danced the
tunes of an old-time orchestra.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-29
Arts And Crafts
Will Meet

Members of the arts and crafts
section of the Ten Thousand club
will meet at 10 am. Tuesday. In
the tea room of the clubhouse.
"A tempting luncheon has been
planned by the hostesseS, Mrs. j. w.
Brem and Mrs. w. r. Roberts.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-29
Bridge Section
To Meet

Members of the advanced bridge
section of the Junior Ten Thousand
club will meet at 7:30 pm. We'd
Hostesses for the meeting will
nesday at the clubhouse.
be Miss Lucille Wells and Miss
Helen Walker
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-29
Teachers Chorus
Will Meet

The first rehearsal of the Rural
school teachers chorus will be held
at 7 pm. wednesday. Wilson school,
Both men and women teachers
may join the chorus.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
BUSINESS TAX
DEDUCTION SET

Certain businesses may deduct
the local gasoline tax and the
Federal levy on theater and other
amusement places from the Dis.
trict'S new gross receipts tax, it
was ruled yesterday by District
Tax Assessor Fred D. Allen.
Importers, wholesalers and re-
tail merchants may deduct the tax
on gasoline, Mr.. Allen ruled, while
theaterS, amusement parks, con-
cert halls and similar places will
be allowed to deduct the Federal
amusement tax.
According to Allen F. Brooke,
administrator of the new tax, busi-
ness men have claimed a variety
of reductions, with the result that
he asked Corporation Counsel FL
wood H. Seal for a ruling. Mr..
Seal turned the matter over to the
tax assessor, stating that it was
question of fact rather than law.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
READ, ON TRAP,
DENIES GUILT

MOUNDSV1LLE, w. Va. Nov. 6.
Standing on the gallows trap, Will
liam B. Read, 25-year-old -Four
Corners, Md, youth, protested he
was innocent just before he was
dropped to his death for the mur'
der of w. Earle Dollman, salesman
and former college football star,
last Thanksgiving Eve.
In a statement just before the
black cap was placed over his face,
Read said:
"As God is my judge, I am
innocent. And I forgive Kirby
and Gingel for condemning me
on the stand. I don't know why
they lied"
War Joseph Kirby and Law.
renee Gingell pleaded guilty to
participating in the murder and
were sentenced to life in prison.
They named Read as the killer
during the trial.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
HITLER CERTAIN
WAR END is NEAR

BERLIN, Nov. 6 G.N.SO.-Con-
vinced that a settlement of the
Sino-Japanese conflict can be
reached by Christmas. Chancellor
Adolf Hitler went forward today
with his plan to mediate the dis
pute.
The fuehrer, it was learned from
official sources, is encouraged by
what he regards as a worldwide
constructive response" to his
mediation offer.
Information in reliable quarters
here said the japanese are ready
to withdraw from large portions
Of occupied territory, including
Shanghai, in return for control
over the five northern provinces.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Spib SparrOw's
Death Is Mystery

PEORIA, Ill, Nov. 6 U.N.SO.
The strange death of Spib Spar.
row, like that of Cock Robin, pro-
vided a mystery today.
The birds body, string around
its throat, was found dangling
from an awning in front of
barber shop.
Some thought the bird, dis.
couraged by cold weather ard lack
of food, had decided to end it all.
Others contended it sought
warmth in the awning and accL.
dentally Strangled.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06

:e has given since his arrival in
europe, insult said:
Il don't suppose I'll ever get
any privacy until I'm in a six
foot box under the ground"
In an attempt to avoid visits by
English and American business
men and newspaper reporters,
insult has left with the doorman
of his apartment house a list of
names Of his personal friends.
Only they are to be admitted.
Unwelcome publicity came to
him not long ago when a London
newspaper started a rumor that
he was going to make a comeback
in business in America or Eng
land
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Russian Envoy
Backs Arms Plan

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 G.N.SD,
Soviet Ambassador Alexander A.
Troyanovsky defends Russia's
armament policy, declaring:
Without our red army we
would have been crushed by the
most brutal forces which have
grown around u.s.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Ben Blues Wife
Asks Separation

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 6 G.N.SO.
Ben Blue, veteran stage and film
comedian. today was defendant in
a suit for separate maintenance
brought by Mrs. Mary Blue.
Mrs. Blue charged her husband
associated with other women.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06

Chen Kung.Po, chief OF the pub
licity department of the Chinese
government, was Immediately in
structed to fly to Germany and
contact Hitler.
CLOSE TO CHANG
Chen Is an intimate friend Of
China's generalissimo, Chang Kai-
Shek, is one of the biggest bosses
of the Kuomintang and formerly
was minister of agriculture. AS
such he did much business with
the Germans.
The Chinese hope that German
mediation might prove successful
as far as the japanese are con.
cerned, since, in the words of one
authority here, the Japanese trust
the Germans as much as they dis
trust America.
Meanwhile. Japan's military
pincers sank deep into Chinese
forces today as the japanese army,
making an extraordinary landing
along the fortified coast Of Hang.
chow Bay to the south. slashed
through two divisions at a speed
Of nearly a mile an hour.
ARMIES CONVERGE
This Japanese army now has
reached the south bank Of the
Whangpoo River. with the result
that this force and the other Nip
ponese host mopping UP around
Shanghai are only 20 miles apart.
At the same time, japanese an
nouncement Of their capture Of
Taiyuanfu in the north indicated
the Japanese had scored victories
on all fronts at the moment they
consider most important to i'm
press the nine power treaty con-
ference at Brussels.
AS a result the military situation
around Shanghai is rapidly devel-
oping into critical stage for the
Chinese.
The vanguard of the Japanese
force which landed at Hangchow
Bay. to the south, is now only
four miles from the nearby walled
town of Sungkiang, which recently
was reduced to ashes by hippo
nese aerial attack.
The first major objective of the
new Japanese drive is Sungkiang,
which will be used as a base for
further operations after it is cap
tured.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
insult Seeks
PriUdcy

LONDON, Nov. 6 I.N.S)-Tn
strict seclusion in an obscure
London apartment house, Samuel
insult, the one-time head of a
vast American utilities empire,
today bemoaned the fact that he
was once a public figure.
In the only exclusive interview
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
PROJECT is APPROVED

G.N.SD. President Roosevelt
has approved the $s,00O,o0O De.
schutes retaining project near
Madras, Ore, it was announced
today.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
B BETTELHEIM'S
DEATH CALLED
SELF INFLICTED
Theater Treasurer Had
Brother Here

NEW YORK, Nov. GNSO.
Spencer B. Bethlehem, treasurer
for Sam H. Harris productions and
a widely known theater man, com.
mitted suicide by firing a bullet
through his right temple, authori.
ties said today.
The tragedy occurred in the Of.
fices of the Lyco Realty Corp, just
above the Lyceum Theater where
an audience was witnessing a per.
Torrance of the comedy, Having
Wonderful Time"
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
DOUBLE SHIPMENT

United States exports of chemi.
Gals and related products we're
valued at $122.OOO,OO0 during the
first eight months of this year,
double the value of 1888 ship.
mentS.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
Chang Speeds Aide
To Talk With Hitler
On Eastern Conflict
China Accepts Germdny's Offer
To Act as Mediator
By H. R. KNICKERBocKER

News ssrvce)
SHANGHAI Nov 6-Despte Chinese preference for Presi
dent Roosevelt instead of Chancellor Hitler mediator of
the Far Eastern war; the Chinese today speedily
embraced chance to gain advantage from the Naz
Fuehrers reported mediation offer.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
SPAID TO HEAD
DISTRICT GROUP
IN JOB CENSUS.
Names AZ Members
To His Committee

n NOllllllloolOll6L kOIllIluJJG6 Ol
the National Unemployment Cen
sus to cooperate with the national
afency was named today following
appointment of w. w. Spaid,
member of the Board of Public
Welfare, as chairman.
Mr.. Spaid. appointed by Dis
trict Commissioner George E. Al
len, announced 43 citizens as his
committee, which will start func.
tloning at ameeting Monday at
4 p. m. to stimulate local interest
in the project.
MEMBERS NAMED
The committee, which, on rec.
ommendation of John D. Biggers,
administrator of the national
agency, is representative of the
varied interests of the community,
follows:
Newspapers: Mrs. Eleanor Pat
terson, publisher of The Time and
Herald; Newbold Noyes, editor
Star; Lowell Mellett, editor, News,
and Eugene Meyer, publisher,
Post.
Mrs. w. A. Roberts, president,
Washington Council of Social
Agencies; Gen. F. r. Keefer, chair
man of the D. C. Red Cross;
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of Schools; Lieut.. Thomas Mason,
jr., District commander, American
Legion; Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper,
president, American Legion Auxil-
ary; Miss Gertrude H. Bowling,
director, Visiting Nurses; Mrs.
Walter B. Fry, president, Parent
Teachers Association; L. w. De
Cast, general secretary, Y.M.C,A.;
Miss Hetti Anderson, general sec
retary, Y.W.C.A.; Brig. Gen. James
Asher, Salvation Army.
BURKE ON LIST
Vincent C. Burke. District Post
master; Frank Sobers, regional di-
rector, CIO.; William H. Savin,
Family Service Association; Rev.
DR.. Lawrence Shehan, Catholic
Charities; Marcie L. Sperry, presi-
dent, Washington Gas Light Co.;
E. D. Merrill, president, Capital
Transit Co.; Miss M. Alice Hill,
director, Public Assistance Divi-
sion; Walter B. Clarkson, vice
president, C. & P. Telephone Co.;
Otto Cass, deputy administrator,
D. C. WPA.
Norris Klass, Jewish Social
Service Agency; Mrs. Mary Steele,
director Women's Activities and
Professional Projects, D. C. WRA;
John Locher, president Central
Trade and Labor Union; Clar-
ence Phelps Dodge. president Com
munity Chest: Harold A. Brooks,
PEPCO.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
TREASURY CONDITION

UNS). Treasury balance No
vember 4: $2,67I,957, 1853 .46; Inter
nal revenue, $13,577,875.o4; Gus
toms receipts, $4,153,099.45.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
BROTHER HERE

Mr.. Bethlehem is a brother Of
Maj. Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr. who
maintains offices here at 1900
st. N. w. The Majors wife ad.
mitted her husband was in New
York but she refused to comment
on her brother-in.law'S death.
At the Majors office it was
learned that Mr.. Bethlehem had
visited his brother here about
two weeks ago and that he had
apparently been in perfect health
at the time.
Major Bethlehem left for New
York last night.
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
"WRIT IN WATER"

Keats, when dying, requested
for his epitaph Here lies one
whose name was writ IN water"
The Washington times., 1937-11-06
WAR VERETAN

Bethlehem, a World War vet
eran who was wounded and gassed,
had complained recently of severe
pain around the heart as a result
of the gaSsing. He had told
friends that he did not believe ne
could stand it much longer.
Bethlehem was president of the
Lyco Corp,
The Washington times., 1937-11-06

International Photo
MORRIS COLDS Qeft) in automobile with detective
on way to Jail in New York city following his indictment
as slayer of William Snyder ruckmen union leader three
years in the presence of 13 persons an East Side
taurant Colds brought as result of the
pagn by Thomas E. Dewey special prosecutor named to
eradicate rackets.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
Banks and Security
Markets

Efficient operation of the stock ex-
change is essential to the American
banking industry-an industry whose
welfare is of the utmost moment to
every citizen with a job, a savings
account, home or any other stake
in America.
Speaking at the annual convention
of the National Association of Super
visors of State Banks, Frank X.
Houston. President of the New York
BANKERS Association, said: IF the
time ever comes when the stock
market cannot function freely, it
might stop functioning at all. That
the New York Stock Exchange be
maintained as free and broad mar
ket is of the greatest importance to
the whole banking structure"
Recent drops in security values
have been serious because of the
surplus capital destroyed. They have
been serious in that they have dis
closed that the market today is
dangerously thin. A few years ago
thousands of shares of stock had to
be sold to materially force down the
price. Today the sale of a few hun
dred shares may produce a similar
result. The market is no longer
liquid.
What this means to banks. large
and small, is clear. To quote Mr..
Houston again, when | say broad
market l mean one where the value
of securities can be had in any rea-
Sc nable volume in a reasonable time,
whether in lots of 5000 shares or
more, as is sometimes the case when
a bank has to sell for a customer"
To dump thousands of shares of
stock on present thin and illiquid
markets causes ruinOus drops In
prices.
Experts believe that the main rea-
son for the present state of the mar
ket is excessively high margin re-
quirements coupled with unneces- /
sarily stringent regulations COVER
ing brokers and floor operators. The |
law prevents those who formerly ,
took up the slack in thin markets /
from doing the same thing now. Con-
gress could do no greater service to /
industries and Individuals |
than to restore essential freedom to .
the stock market.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
Protein In BroiIer Mashes
Greater Than 4 Years Ago

While protein Analyses OF broiler
nlashes guaranteed by the maHufac-
turers have changed little during the
past four years, a study of recent
report by the State laboratory OF the
Delaware State Board Of Agricultur-
ture reveals that the protein actual
! ly found In broiler mashes during
the past year is greater than 1t was
four years ago, according to A. Il.
Tomhave, animal husbandmen and
research poultryman at the Univer-
sity of Delaware.
THE situation as revealed by the
report is to the advantage of the
broiler producer because the amount
of protein In the ration determines
to great extent the rate of growth, I"
Tomhave said. THE keen competi-
tion between feed dealers in the
broiler area is probably responsible
for the spread between the actual
protein content of the broiler mashes
and the guaranteed analysis. The
higher protein content of the broiler
mashes produces faster growth in
broilers and this, after all, is what
interests the broiler producer, pro-
vided the feed is not too high in
price," he pointed out.
This increase of the actual pro-
tein content of broiler mashes has
not taken place in one year." Tom
have stated. "A study of the reports
frcm the State laboratory for the last
four years indicate that this increase
in protein content of broiler mashes
has been gradual development"
The average protein guarantee of
ten broiler mashes sold in Delaware
in 1884 was 17.10 per cent. The act
ual analyses determined by the State
laboratory was 1929 per cent or 1.19
per cent greater than the guaranteed
analysis. In 1887 the protein guar
antee of the same ten broiler mashes
averaged 1855 per cent as guaran-
teed by the feed companies. The ac-
tual analyses of the ten broiler
mashes was found to be 1888 per
cent, or nearly two per cent greater
than the guarantee of the feed COM |
panies. In the years 1885 and 1886 !
the average guarantee of the broiler |
mashes under consideration was |
1929 and 1873 per cent respectively, |
and the actual analysis was found to
be 1851 and 1886 per cent. These /
fiures show a gradual increase from |
year to year in the protein content of
broiler mashes sold in Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
WARWICK

The pupils In this district attend
ing Millsboro school will enjoy a
days vacation while teachers are at
tending the Teachers Institute this
week.
The Swan Creek Apple Company
Is busily engaged in the packing and
trucking of the Fall apple crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Rust and daugh-
ter, Miss Helen, we're recent Sunday
guests with Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Hick-
man near Harbeson.
Mrs. Sallie Burton spent Tuesday
of last week with her sister, Mrs.
Gertie Corbitt and mother in George
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Short and
family were recent Sunday guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph johnson near
st. Johns.
Edwin Hudson spent part Of last
week with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony Hudson in Georgetown.
Mrs. Edwin Hudson, Of Oak Or
chard, spent several days of last
week in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Downes and
family were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John Rogers at Riverdale
Park.
Mrs. ]. ID. Warrington has returned
home from the Milford Hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
Planting Poor Crops May
Lead To The P0orh0Hse

Planting poor crops continuously
on poor land may eventually lead to
the poorhouse, according to Soil
Conservation Service men. Soils
subjected to continuous cropping of
corn, cotton. tobacco, and other
clean-cultivated crops are impover-
ished by erosion, become thin from
the standpoint of fertile. topsoil, and
often are unable to produce profit
able yield. When this happens, far
mers are apt to try the next best
thing.
They choose a less desirable crop
and try to make at least something
off the land. Usually this is the first
step in a downward cycle. Usually
it is not long before the impoverish-
ed soil fails to produce anything.
That's when farm lands are aban-
doned and when soil erosion is al
lowed to complete the ruin. The
remedy for excessive cropping is to
retire the badly eroding areas to
grass before the damage has gone
too far.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19

Theodore Burton, Jr., Miss Elizabeth
Jones, Mrs. Howard Bramhall, Mrs.
A. c. Smoot, Mrs. Harold w. T. Pur-
nell, Mrs. Leroy Dennis, Mrs. Ralph
|. Richardson, Mrs. Cora Locates.
Miss Richards for years has been
interested in Red Cross Work, and
has been very successful as head Of
the local unit,
j. Edgar Jones, Dead
]. Edgar Jones, aged So. widely
known farmer, Northwest Fork Hun
dred. died Tuesday morning at his
home on the ge-Federalsburg
highway from a heart attack. He
had not been well for several months.
He was a son of the late Henry Jones
and was well-known in the western
section of the county.
He is survived by his wife and
three daughters, Mrs. William Jones
and Misses Mildred and Catherine
Jones OF Bridgeville.
Mrs. Ethel Matthias Dead
Mrs. Ethel Matthias. 56. widow Of
Jerome Matthias, for many years a
electrician here, died
in a sanatorium, near Will
mington, where she went for treat
ment for tuberculosis during the
spring. She had been in falling
health for several years. but 1t was
not until few months ago that her
friends succeeded in getting her con-
sent to go away for treatment.
She is survived by one brother.
lanes s. Campbell. prominent rail |
road man living In Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
EXCELSIOR PLANT AT
4 ELLENDAbE BUSY PLACE

Located on the outskirts OF Ellen
dale, Del, is thriving new industry,
in the form of an excelsior plant.
Established in June 1887, the plant is
now giving work to is men in the
plant proper and another 15 are en-
gagged in bringing the raw material
to the factory and in disposing of the
finished product. The manager and
part owner of the plant is David N.
Sills, of Milford, formerly OF Balti-
more, others interested in the busi-
ness are former Sheriff Robert Glen
daniel and Roland C. Paist Of Phila-
delphia.
According to an interview given
the Chronicle editor, the plant has a
capacity of 10 tons of excelsior a
day, requiring 10 cords of pine
wood to produce the same. The
grades of excelsior produced are
wood wool, which is the first cut, the
next is Ak and the last grade pro-
duced 2X.
Power to run the cutters is fur
nished by steam driven engines, the
fuel for which is mill waste. The
plant according to Mr.. Sills is the
only one of its kind on the Eastern
Shore, at present there are over 500
cords of pine wood in the process of
being cured, the curing or drying
process is accomplished by placing
the wood in ricks which allow the
air to circulate. no green wood is
used in making excelsior and it must
be perfectly dry. Mr.. Sills hopes in
the near future to increase his dry
ing ricks to such a size that full
supply of cured wood will be on hand
to meet any demand. The biggest
consumers of excelsior at the pres
ent time are the big retail merchan-
disc houses, such as Montgomery
Ward, Sears-Roebuck Co., The Phila-
delphia Drug Co.. also large mat
tress houses. Other large consumers
are poultry growers who find that
excelsior provides 4 the perfect bed.
ding. is easy to remove and costs
little