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Evening star., 1937-12-30
Little AUDREY,
Believed Lost,
Sho,us Up Safe
KnetU Where She Vas
Au the Time, 1t
Turns Out.

A Little Audrey" story had happy
ending last night when Audrey Cole.
S-year- old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Cole, 37l7 Kansas avenue
NV, came home after an absence Of
eight hours.
Little Audrey and her friend,
Eleanor snodgraSs, 10, were taken to
the Zoo in the morning by Eeanor's
mother, Mrs. r. E. snodgrass, 3706
Thirteenth street NV. Mrs. Snod-
krass left them, but returned several
hours later to find Eleanor on the
verge Of tears.
Eleanor told her mother that she
had gone into the Mammal House
while Audrey supposedly waited out
side. But Audrey was missing when
! Eleanor finished her tour Of the Mann
NAL House. Mrs. Snodgrass notified
the Zoo police and the hunt began.
At closing time. Audrey was still miss-
ing.
Audrey wandered into the snod-
graas home hours later while Mrs
snodgra1 was having frantic dis
cuxsion with the police. The lost
child couldn't understand what all the
excitement was about.
y knew Eleanor was going to 4
party" she explained to Mrs. Snod.
grass, 80 when I came back from
watching the seals and Eleanor wasn't
st the Mammal House any more.
thought she had gone home"
A policeman directed the little Cir
10 Q friends house 1t Sixteenth and
q streets NV. The friend put Audrey
IN . taxicab and sent her home
Audrsy's parents were out all day and
20 were kept in ignorance Of the hunt
for their missing daughter.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
Farley Greets
1900 Employees
In ID Minutes

Establishing something Of Z record
for streamlined handshaking. Post
master General Farley yesterday aft
ernoon extended best wishes OF the
season to approximately 1900 postal
employees in II minutes.
To do this 1t was necessary for Mr..
Farley to shake hands at the rate of
about S5 . minute. What is more,
he had = personal word Of greeting for
nearly 500 Of those In the long line,
calling . majority Of them by nrst
name.
The annual pre-New Year reception
took place in Mr.. Farley's private,
walnut-paneled reception hall adjoin-
ing his once.
Before the hand-pumping began Mr.
Farley made Z little talk in which he
thanked employees Of the department
for their support during the past year
Mr.. FArley's s-year-old son, James
A., jr, stood beside his father when
the handshaking began, but declined
to do any Of it himself.
Don't mind" the Postmaster Gen.
eral said to one Of those in line who
tried but failed to get 4 shake from
Jim. jr. Hes not in the handshakins
business"
Evening star., 1937-12-30

Walden Pond, small body Of water
near Concord. Mas, became famous
through the writing Of Henry David
Thoreau.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
Banks Advance
Money to U. S.
Free ofCharge
By the Associated Press.

Three times in the last month,
Treasury ofncials said today. some
banks have loaned the Government
money free Of charge.
The amounts have been small, but
the opportunity b almost unprece.
dented. Omciab attributed 1t to the
more than $1,000. .0c0, 900 OF lendable
money accumulated in the banks.
Rather than spend money to store
and protect idle funds, some banks
are willing to lend to the Government
for short periods for nothing.
The offers occurred when the Treas
ury asked for bids, as 1t does every
week, on Treasury bills-short.term
securities, usually maturing In about
80 days.
Treasury bills do not bear interest,
but are sold on q discount basis. In
other words. the Treasury asks the
banks "how much money will you
give US today If We pay you 500 three
months from nov?"
In three weeks during December
the high bids were 500 per 500 bill
and the average bid was about 500 OF.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
j. 5. TO CONTINUE
S|LVERP PURCHASES
To Buy Metal From Canada,
China and Mexico at Least
Through January.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary Morgenthau announced
today the Treasury had agreed to
continue buying silver from Canada,
China and Mexico at least through
January.
The Mexican arrangement for jan
uary had been disclosed earlier this
week. Secretary Morsenthau said to-
day the same treatment would be ex-
tended to Canada.
He also announced that the long
standing agreement by which the
United States promised to buy silver
from China with that nation buying
gold from the United States had been
extended until July /, 1888.
The Secretary said the Mexican and
Canadian agreements merely provide
that the United States will buy up to
fixed amounts Of newly -mined silver
from those countries at prices to be
determined next month.
In the last year the puce has been
IS cents an ounce, compared with
7757 cents an ounce the Treasury pays
for new silver mined In the United
States.
This domestic price expires to-
morrow night unless extended. by
President Roosevelt. The President
has said he would announce some
action before the deadline,
In the last three years the United
Evening star., 1937-12-30
WHEELER To MEET
WITH RAIL EXPERTS
Plans Conferences Designed
to Lay Groundwork for
"Rai|road Policy"
By the Associated Press.

Chairman Wheeler OF the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee initi-
ated yesterday series Of informal
conferences designed to lay the
groundwork for . national railroad
policy"
First on the list Of those whom Sem
ator Wheeler arranged to consult was
Joseph B. Eastman. member OF the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
former railroad co-ordinator. The
Senator said he would ask the advice
Of other commission members at sub
sequent conferences.
Financial aspects OF the railroad
problem. Senator Wheeler told report
ers. would be taken up with Chairman
Jesse H. Jones Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. when he returns to
Washington after the holidays.
Would Simplify Procedure.
The Senator disclosed rough out
lines OF new regulatory legislation
which he said he would introduce
early in 1898.
1t was designed. he said. to remedy
defects" in the present railroad bank
ruptcy law by simplifying procedure"
under which insolvent roads may be
reorgani1ed.
Also, he said, 1t would prevent
some Of the abuses" Of railroad
reorganizations of the past by giving
greater supervisory power to the
I. c. G. Need for such regulatory
power, he contended, has been shown
by the Senate investigation Of rail-
road finance which his subcommittee
has conducted.
Scandals Must Be Stopped.
There have been scandals in these
reorganizations and they have got
to be stopped" Senator Wheeler de-
clared. Why should the lawyers,
the railroad presidents and the bank
ers responsible for the collapse Of
the railroads have their full say ~
to how the railroads should be re-
organized?
ITO me, that's one reason why 1t
has been necessary to reorganise rail-
roads 70 many times. Instead Of
coming out Of reorganization with
less fixed charges, many have come
out with more than when they went
in"
Meanwhile. the Chesapeake d Ohio,
top money-maker in the railroad en-
pire founded by the late Van swer-
ingen brothers. received hnal Inter-
state Commerce Commission author
ization to acquire control Of the Nickel
Plate and Erie Railroads.
The I. G. c. issued its order after
the c. q o. agreed to acquire and
operate. II the commission should
SO order, two short-line railroads
the Chicago, Springfield a. st. Louis,
in Illinois, and the Middletown d
Unionville, In New York.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
CUTTER AND AIRPLANE
SENT TO GUARD DUCKS
Aid for Game Wardens Dispatch.
ed After Omcers Meet With
Armed Resistance.

Py the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 30.-The Coast
Guard cutter Calypso and an am
phibian plane from Cape May, N. J..
were directed today to aid agents of
the Biological Division of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture and Maryland
and Virginia game wardens in q drive
against illegal trapping OF ducks In the
Chesapeake Bay area.
Coast Guard oficials, In ordering
the Calypso and the plane into service,
said they are out on . law enforce
ment mission to give moral support
to the agents in case Of resistance and
to furnish transportation to the in
vestigAtors"
Game wardens and Federal agents,
accompanied by six armed boats,
destroyed 70 duck traps at Smith
Island yesterday. No arrests were
made. A previous raid was met with
armed resistance. one OF the ol1lciah
said.
Evening star., 1937-12-30

States also has purchased silver from
many countries other than those Gov.
cred by today's announcement, but
Secretary Morgenthau said no formal
understanding guided those pur-
chases. This was taken by some to
indicate . possibility that next months
foreign silver purchases may not b
limited to the three countries with
which Understandings have been ex.
tended.
The amount OF silver to b obtained
by this country under the extended
arrangement With. China vas not In.
dicated, nor were hsurss disclosed on
past purchases, since the Treasury
keeps its transactions in the metal
secret.
Original Understanding.
The original Chinese silver under.
standing was effected in May. 1895.
An extension Of this, including the
agreement whereby China would trads
the metal for this country's gold, was
announced last July by Secretary
Morgenthau and DR.. H. H. Kung,
Chinese finance minister, who was
then In Washington.
Their joint statement explained the
accord provided that the Treasury
would purchase silver aS . means Of
aiding the Chinese government to
augment its gold reserves, the gold
coming from the Treasury's "steril.
lied" supply set up 4 year ago to pre-.
vent gold imports from overexpand!ng
domestic credit.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
CHINESE WARFARE CUTS
SUICIDE RATE IN JAPAN

Sy the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Dec. 30.-F'or the first time
In years Japan has = decline in the
suicide rate, and the otlicial report at
tributes 1t to the spirit attending
Chinese-Japanese warfare.
The 1897 suicide total was $50 less
than the 1881 recorded last year. Dou-
bic love suicides dropped from l39
TO e6.
Although warfare was credited with
decreasing the suicide rate, 1t was like
wise held responsible for many persons
taking their own lives, particularly
wives and mothers who wished to free
their husbands and sons at the front
from anxiety over dependents.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
BALANCED BUDGET.
PROGRAM DRAFTED
Ten Southern Democrats
in House to Submit Plan
to Roosevelt.
nIrYHROUNn

BACKGROUND
Present adnsintstration has been
operating at a deficit each year
since 1857. although President has
promtssd annually that spending
soould be brought into line Nth In
come. Apparently determined to
bring budget into balance this Utn-
ter, White House asked numerous
cuts IN appropriations, but new
slump In busness has etpsn free
spenders ammunition against cur
tatlments.
~ the Associated Press.
An economy bloc, composed Of 10
Southern Democratic Representatives,
It was learned today, Is drafting q
detailed budget-balancing program for
submission to President Roosevelt.
One member. who declined to be
quoted by name, said the legislators
had banded together to seek cuts in
Federal expenditures AL down the
line" and especially in agencies Great
ed during the last few years.
He said each member would report
to the group on . specific appropria-
tton before the President's annual
budget message is presented to Con-
sress next week.
The bloc Is considering demanding
drastic cuts in the Works Progress
Administration. Public Works Admin
istration and Federal highway aid.
Members recently discussed the pos
sibility Of asking that w. P. A. be
discontinued entirely and that an an
nual appropriation Of about $500, ,000,-
900 be substituted for outright pur-
chase Of food and clothing for needy
The relief appropriation for this year
was $500 0,00o,o 900.
Budget Views Differ.
Whether the 1882 budget can be
balanced u question which has
brought varying answers among
Federal ofncials President Roosevelt
has said he hopes to balance 1t, but
advocates Of increased relief spending
predict deflcit.
The budget submitted next week
probably will omit relief estimates, to
be filled in next spring. when needs
can better be determined. Mr.. Roose-
welt also has said he may make sup
Elemental requests for more naval
construction.
Chairman Taylor Of the House Ap-
propriations Committee predicted to-
day the budget would come reason
ably close" to . balance despite pos-
sible increased expenditures for na-
tional defense.
He declared. however. this achieve
ment might be rendered impossible by
selfish blocs" such q have organized
in Congress to flsht Mr.. Roosevelt'a q
proposed $2l4.000.000 reduction In
highway funds and . $4,000, 900 cut
for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
VIII Ask Budget Cuts.
Representative Taylor served notice
he would urge ali Appropriation Sub
committees to cut every supply bill
below the budget estimates"
From other sources 1t was learned
the bill carrying funds for more than
80 independent governmental agen-
cies. including the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Social Security
Board. Civilian Conservations Corps,
Veterans Administration and the
Tennessee Valley Authority, already
has been slashed s3,000,000 below the
figure recommended by the Budget
Bureau.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
DEATH ON YACHT
PROBED BY G-MEN
California Hotel Operator
Fatally Shot-Six on Dis
abIed Craft Saved.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SAN PEDRO, Calf, Dec. 30.-Gov-
ernment agents investigated q case
Of homicide on the high seas today
as the Coast Guard patrol boat
Perseus, carrying = dead yachtsman
and six survivors. towed the disabled
schooner Aafje toward Los Angeles
Harbor.
TO take charge until the yacht is
docked here some time after midnight,
The Federal Bureau OF Investigation
ordered Special Agent w. H. Osborne
to leave San Diego aboard the cutter
Az this morning.
Discovery OF the fatal shooting Of
the Aafje's owner. Dwight L. Faul-
ding. -. wealthy Santa Barbara hotel
operator, was told in meager reports
yesterday.
Navy Flyer Sighted Body.
His body, lying on the deck, was
reported sighted by = Navy flyer, who
had noticed sos" scrawled on q
sail.
Two Coast Guard amphibian planes.
dispatched to the scene. found the So
foot yacht, which sailed from San
Pedro December 20 on 4 two-day
cruise, with food, water and mainsail
gone and lacking fuel for an auxil-
1ary motor.
The Perseus took the Aafje in tow
100 miles south of here of the Mexi-
can Coast. Six persons and Mr.
Faulding's body were removed.
List Of Rescued.
The list Of rescued announced by
the Coast Guard was:
Mrs. Gertrude Turner and her
s-year-old son. Robert Tutor, Of Dos
Pueblos Rancho, Goleta. Calf.
Mrs. Jack Morgan. expectant mother
Los Angeles, and her registered nurse,
Miss Elsie Berdan.
Robert Horne, 20, West Los Ange-
les photographer.
George Spernak. Los Angeles.
Harbor men said the Aafje took
aboard provisions suficient only for 4
two-day cruise A heavy blow may
have accounted for her being far OF
course.
Mr.. Faulding, it was learned here,
made arrangements for the trip with
q man who identified himself as Jack
Morgan, Naval Reserve ensign, and
wanted to charter . boat.
No Mention Of Morgan"
No mention Of Jack Morgan" was
made in the Coast Guards list OF
passengers, although unverifed ad-
vices said he had been aboard when
the naval hyer first discovered the
disabled yacht.
Society circles in Los Angeles re-
Gently linked romantically the names
Of Mr. Faulding and Mrs. Turner.
For hve months he had been living
here aboard the Aafje. once owned by
the late Cliff Durant.
His estranged wife, the former
Eta Burnett, operates a camera shop
In Santa Barbara which she received
In . settlement two years ago when
they separated. He sued for divorce
but did not obtain . decree.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
RAVEL RITES HELD

Composers and Musicians at
Service in Brothers Home.
PARIS, Dec. 80 R.-Simple fu-
neral services were held today for
Maurice Ravel, the composer, who
died Tuesday 1t the age Of 81. A
number Of composers and musicians
attended the private service ut the
home Of his brother, Edouard, which
was followed by . ceremony 1T the
cemetery. Jean Zay, French minister
Of education, represented the govern
ment.
Evening star., 1937-12-30
Road Worker Crushed

CENTREVlLLE, Nd. Dec. 80 P.-
William Hope Morris. an employe Of
the state Roads Commission, vas In
stantly killed yesterday when he was
crushed between his truck and 4
heavily loaded gasoline steam shovel.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-25
Smallest Member
Of Highway Patrol
Is Stationed Here

When w. H. Hendrix was given
Coolidge, Casa Grande and Flor
ence as his beat" by the chief Of
the Arizona Highway Patrolmen
who knows" Coolidge and Deputy
Sheriff Asa Gardner, remarked to
Patrolman Hendrix:
81 feel sorry for you, Asa Gard
ner has all he can do every Satur-
day night and he'll be unable to
look after you"
Patrolman Hendrix is not a large
man in averdupois, but there's more
to him than one might reckon at
first sight. He has made good in
Coolidge, both officially and social
ly, but with the CHEEKY smile and
fine blue suit he wears if some
good looking dame does not get
him involved in a meal ticket-for
life episode, The Examiner will be
surprised.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-25
Pioneer Citizen
Of State Dies

Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday at Florence for Sam
Houston Hinton 72-year-old pioneer
Arizona peace officer, who died
Monday night at his home here.
Coming to Arizona in the early
days, Hinton was first a cattleman.
Later, he served II years as peace
officer in Graham county. Ending
this service, Hinton went to Flor
ence and was a guard at the state
penitentiary for 13 years.
Hinton and his family moved to
Coolidge two years ago. He was
born in Llano county, Texas, Sept
Is, 1865. Surviving are his wife,
a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Ellis, Coo
lidge, and two sons, Tee, Fort Thorn
rs and Jay, Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-25
Single Family
Homes Receive
Bulk Of Fund

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 25.-
Ninety-three percent of all mort
cages insured by the Federal Hous-
ing Administration since the be-
ginning of it's program have been
on single family houses.
A study of insured mortgages
also revealed that over half, or SO
percent of these homes, are valued
at less than $4,000 and 33 percent
of the total are valued at less than
$4,000.
This study, according to the Fed
eral Housing Administrator shows
the popularity during the last two
years of lower priced homes. Humid
reds of families have found
moderately priced dwelling accom-
modation through the facilities of
the insured mortgage program and
it is to this large portion of our
OpulatiOn-perSOns and families of
the lower income groups-that the
insured mortgage system offers ex-
cellent opportunity for home owner
ship. e'-
An analysis of mortgages on
single family dwellings,, classified
by Housing Administrator property
valuation, showed that 1911 percent
were valued at between $4,000 and
$3,999; 1873 percent at $4,000 to
$4,999; 1873 percent at 5000 to $5,-
999, and 11.3 percent. at $4,000 to
$2,999.
An analysis of Federal Housing
Administration insured mortgages
on new construction projects show
ed that 95.4 percent called for the
building Of single-family dwellings,:
80 percent for two-family dwell
ings; a percent for three-family
dwellings and 1 percent for four
family dwellings.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-25
AMERICAN LEGION AUX
ILIARY ENTERTAINS
DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT

Mrs. Allen Sawyer. Department
President, paid her official visit to
the William David Hood unit last
Thursday, Feb. 1S. She was enter
tanned with a luncheon at the YAH
Ki-Inn, and fourteen members were
present to welcome her and listen
to her interesting address. Mrs.
Sue Steward unit president intro
duced the speaker and guest of
honor, Mrs. Sawyer. In her address
Mrs. Sawyer said that auxiliary
members should help clean up the
health situation in Arizona with the
aid of the mobile health unit, every
one is urged to help contact all
children's parents especially those
in remote districts and obtain
their consent for the tuberculin test
OF all children of any age, the test
is free. This mobile health expects
TO be IN Coolidge in the Spring and
all children in the surrounding
country should be brought here for
the test.
Mrs. Martin Talla, Central Dis
trict committeewoman was the next
speaker.
Mrs. Doris Burt in behalf of the
Coolidge unit presented Mrs. Sawy-
er with memo book having
beautiful hand carved cover of
wood typical of the Southwest. All
members present were asked to
sign the memo book.
Those present were: Mesdames
Sawyer, Steward, Talla, Burt,
Estes, Hobby, Sasser, Hudson,
Short, Anderson, Moxley, Preece,
McEwen, Fisher.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-25
Julian Farm To
Increase Cotton
Acreage In 1887

Four hundred fifty acres will be
put in cotton at the J. R. Julian
rancE four miles west of Randolph,
this year. and increase of 100 acres
over the acreage sown to cotton
last year, according to Mr.. Julian,
who said he has leased the land to
H. L Holland.
At present so acres of new land
is being cleared and cotton ready
for the tractor and discs; a new
pump is being installed in a 1877
foot well and there is another we'll
on the ranch 3O4 feet in depth that
is being pumped now
Mr.. Julian and his wife came to
Casa Grande in 1910 and soon
thereafter bought the land they
now reside on and are cultivating.
MI. Julian stated that he owned
the tract "a 1-2 years before he ever
tried to cultivate it. At the time
Of purchase the land was studded
with unusually large mesquite
trees. 1t is one of the prettiest
tracts Of land in this section. Grow
ing crops are irrigated with water
from the wells on the place,
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-25
LIONS CONVENE
IN THEIR Den

In true lionistic fashion, Lions
from 5 Arizona clubs devoured
large quantities of turkey and dress
ing with trimmings at the local
Lions Den Tuesday night.
The occasion for the meeting,
aside from being a regular meet
ing of the local club, was the visit
of D. G. Doc Stults from Phoenix.
After introductions and fun provid-
ed by Spzerinster "Wally"
pensinger of Phoenix, Doc Stults
introduced members of the Douglas
club, who told of the April con-
vention in Douglas. Those present
included:
Phoenix-E. c. Slultss D. G.
Eagle Drug Co.; John F. Quinn,
President Phoenix club; c. w.
Pensinger, President Phoenix Com
munity club; John S. Fuller. State
Junivile officer; B. R. Fulbright.
KTAR; VIM. K Kuhn, Doris Hy-
man.
Douglas-B. w. Hoopman, J. C.
Penny, manager; Evert J. Jones;
w. X. Meloy. President Douglas
Club.
Casa Grande-Forest T. Rainey,
Deputy, R. g.; Melvin Gammage,
President Casa Grande club. Caude
R. Miller. R. S. Williams; Curry H.
Love, Minister; w. Myron (Tim0
Mccoy; Russ Margrave; Fred
Nussbaumar.
Florence-S. B. Hannah, Minister,
President Florence club; C. c.
Nolan U. S. l. S., Secretary; Ronald
G. Ellis, Attorney; John J. Bugg.
County School Superintendent; Earl
Weaver; A w. Gressinger; w. E.
Mcfarland, Judge.
Coolidge-KenyOn Harris, Man
dell & Harris, manager; w. c.
Ketchersid, FoXNorth-Galbraith
manager; w. R. Elliot, U S. |. S.;
Max Williams; Harry Block, Tog-
gerry; K. ]. Payne, Natural Gas
Service; Ray Linderman, New San
Carlos HOTEL Clinton NJ Mangun,
Principal, CUHS; Ben Mckinney,
Valley National Bank; Bill De Lao
U. S. l. S.; Coy G. Hamilton Hamil-
ton Lumber Co.. Glenn E. Smiley,
Minister, President Coolidge club.