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Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-23

Mrs. C. S. Justman, Phyllis nd
judy have returned from a sum
mer in Los Angeles, and Colorado.
They had pleasant vacation in
San Francisco seeing the new
bridges, and travelling over new
highways, and spent some time in
Colorado Springs and Rocky Ford.
Mr.. Justman will return later
Evening star., 1937-01-29

refugees streamed into the city.
Health hazards mounted. One out
of every ten refugees suffered from
sickness-infiuenza and pneumonia.
Weary physicians redoubled their
efforts. needing typhoid and other
vaccines into thousands who volun-
teered for treatment In the fight
against plague.
Five mothers and thirty-nine babies
were harbored in the Juvenile Court
Building. Ten expectant mothers
waited for their flood babies" IN an
other make-shift hospital.
Rehabilitation Speeded.
Meanwhile stricken communities in
Middle Western States pushed plans
for rehabilitation, aided by State and
Federal Governments, and the care Of
the homeless. These victims Of the
disaster numbered 1,O35 900, latest es-
Inmates said, with $50 dead. Property
loss estimates were 100000. 900.
Danger points along the l,000-mile
front between Cairo, ILL.,, where the
Ohio spills into the Mississippi, and
the Gulf Of Mexico, were at New
Madrid, Mo-; Hickman, KY, and Nell
wood, Ark, 80 miles below Helena.
Like a fort in military siege. 1000
men battled behind q 60-foot seawall
to save Cairo, Southern Illinois ship
ping center, from the oncoming flood
crest. Most Of the city's $4,000 popu-
lation had fled to safety.
Several days ago engineers pulled
the stopper" in the great 131 000-acre
floodway below Cairo to ease the pres
sure against the seawall. Last night
they dynamited another hole to re-
lieye the pressure on q setback levee
near New Madrid, Mo.
Thousands Of refugees who lived In
the inundated area camped along the
Missouri border hoping Cairo and
Southeast Missouri's boot heel would
be saved from engulfment.
AS 500 men labored to strengthen
the levee near Mellwood. Ark. evacua-
ton of 100000 threatened acres OF
farmlands was completed. Another
crew was at work repairing the levee
at Hickman.
Big Test Next Week.
The big test of the Governments
billion dollar food control system
along the Mississippi will not come
until next week. While the engineers
were prepared for any eventuality,
Mai. Gen. Malin Craig, United States
Army chief of staff. said qualifiedly he
expected Mississippi dikes would hold
He based his belief on the expectation
the levees will hold at Cairo and no
abnormal floods develop In tributary
rivers.
While some predictions were made
that the flood crest on the Mississippi
would be considerably under first ex-
pectations, Lieut.. Col. Eugene Rey-
Evening star., 1937-01-29
FLOOD
CRISIS PASSES
Inhabitants, Those Who
Have Not Evacuated, Tell
Tales of Heroism.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, JR.
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.


Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
PADUCAH. KY. January 2s.-With
half its population already evacuated
to high ground or distant commune
ties, this fiood-stricken city began
today for the first time to feel relief
from the ceaseless surge Of pressure
that has been its burden for q full
week. As thick fog hampered further
evacuation activity last night and
rescue boats crept cautiously through
the mists, the oy for the first time
turned to that mood Of vigorous rem
iniscence which invariably attends q
great disaster shared by thousands.
At concentration centers or its
spared homes, where in many in
stances husbands, wives and friends
were united for the first full-length
conversation In q full week, tales OF
heroism, disaster and humor were
exchanged. There was the story OF
the boat pilot, name unknown, who
rescued five adults and q child after
his craft had overturned on q SUBJ
merged automobile.
One man claims he saw Q certain
flooded corner where Is boats were
huddled atop one building and across
the street Q dozen cats crouched on
another roof-with neither faction
making q move.
There are fantastic reports Of
deaths by the dozens, all unfounded.
and the true story Of the woman who
gave birth to her first child in an
isolated house, and the baby died be-
fore q doctor could reach either Of
them.
"Hams" Wage Battle.
Perhaps the best story Of all Is one
that seems relatively insignificant now
that telegraph and telephone COM
munication has been re-establiShed
with the outside world. That was the
battle two local amateur radio opera
tors waged to contact relief agencies
when the city was marooned. The
regular radio station was out Of order.
All wires were down and the need
for aid was hourly more pressing.
The amateurs, Warren Middleton and
John Martin, began at / am. one
morning assembling q short-wave set.
For Is hours they labored. borrowing
batteries from automobiles, stringing
up everything from copper coils to
Evening star., 1937-01-29

bold, directing operations at Memphis,
went ahead with plans to protect
the levees against q flood Of water
the equivalent Of 81 feet on the Cairo
gauge.
Above Cairo the only possible threat
to gradual return to normalcy ap-
peared to be the weather. Rain and
snow was forecast, but 1t was not
expected to change the situation ap-
preciably and Walter Moxom, the
Weather Bureaus fiood-forecasting ex-
pert, said the worst Of the flood In
the Ohio Valley had passed.
100000 to Go on Relief.
A Herculean task was involved in
restoring the towns along the Ohio
water front from Pittsburgh to Cairo
and Government agencies developed q
broad rehabilitation program, with
provision for placing about 100000
persons on relief rolls.
The handmaidens Of disaster-hun-
ger and disease-caused concern in
many cities. Supplies Of food and
medicine were rushed into the area
and drastic measures were considered
to stop the spread Of disease. Soldiers
and police guarded against looting.
Louisville onicialdom stood on the
estimate Of 200 dead made four days
ago as the Kentucky metropolis strug.
gled with wartime fervor to care
for thousands Of the 100000 persons
driven from their homes.
Across the river, Jefiersonville, Ind.
its $4,000 inhabitants reduced to 800
sent word 1t was down, but not out .
The 800 survived the flood in q barri-
caded factory on the river front.
An alarming reduction In Cincinnati's
water supply caused the daily water
ration to be cut in half as the city's
disaster council MADE plans to have
10000 w. p. A. workers start q clean
up. perhaps by Monday.
The National Guard remained or
duty In the fiood-stricken towns ol
Southern Indiana to prevent lootlne
and aid in rehabilitation, which some
said might require years.
After surveying the damage wrought
by the flood, Gov. Martin L. Davey
Of Ohio proposed q conference be-
tween Governors Of the flood States
and the Federal Government to dis
cuss q long-range flood-control pro-
gram.
He said The State could not possibly
raise enough funds to meet the needs
for rehabilitation.
At Huntington. w. Va, the police
force was augmented by American
Legion volunteers to aid law enforce.
ment after one man was killed by
thieves seeking valus bles in the flooded
area. Skifis and launches were used
by patrolmen.
Evening star., 1937-01-29

clothes lines to complete the set-up
and finally whipping the mechanism
into working order.
After hours of fruitless calling to
other amateurs, signaling "CQ. urgent
flood relief; CO, urgent flood relief"
their station, W9CXD. received an
answer from q Leroy Hulyey in Gary,
Ind. They explained their plight to
him, asked him to telephone the news
to the Washington Red Gross, waited
while the call was completed, received
reinsurance that aid would be sent
at once. Then the local airwave
experimenters broadcast on the regular
wavelength Of the major station here,
bringing into the homes Of hundreds
of local citizens the first knowledge
that the world outside knew the Ohio
WIS boiling over its banks here. sweep
ing into homes. cutting on all intra-
city communication and leaving Pa
Evening star., 1937-01-29

ducah feeling itself the most forgotten
town in America
Red Cross Moves In.
From that point onward, however.
things began to happen. The Red
Cross moved in enmasse to take
charge. Coast Guard boats were sent
to aid In evacuation. National Guard
and C. c. c. companies reported for
patrol duty. And the operators Of
W9CxD went on working day and
night hooked in with the major circuit
to rebroadcast messages when that
plant opened up again. And still
functions on 24-hour schedule today,
even when Government short-wave
stations had been established.
All future developments depend on
the ability of the water company to
supply water to the downtown section.
The water was cut on for first time
here yesterday. II not renewed al
Evening star., 1937-01-29

families who have heretofore stuck
1t out on second floors of houses
will be compelled to move out. That
means complete evacuation, of course.
There has been very little looting
reported as yet. Health ofiicials Of
city estimate that at least three
weeks more must pass before the
entire city will be safe for occupation
under sanitary conditions, even II the
river recedes TO the 49-foot level, which
would be about 10 feet under its pres
ent height. There have been no oficial
statements regarding future care Of
evacuated. but it seems apparent it
will be necessary to ask the Army
to send in complete engineer unit to
set up refugee camp.
Evening star., 1937-01-29
Flood Relief
Fund
Money Received by
The Star for the
American Red Cross

The Star will continue to receive
and acknowledge funds for the Red
Cross flood relief. Make checks pay
able to the District Chapter, American
Red Cross. Mail or bring to the
cashier, The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1937-01-29
M0torist Wears Ice Skates.

PEORIA. Ill. P.-Alfred Hudson,
10. exhibited something new in mo-
torists' footwear when he was ar
rested for speeding. He stepped from
his car wearing ice skates.
Evening star., 1937-01-29

The United States was China's best
customer and supplier of products
in 1896.
Evening star., 1937-01-29

Two thousand motor omnibuses IN
Germany are driven by alcohol derived
from wood.
Evening star., 1937-01-29
Flood

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1937-11-17

plea Of the railroads for higher freight
rates and that favorable result will
be almost Immediately followed by in
quiries for cars and locomotives.
"In the construction field there is 4
fair amount Of public work, but private
projects have almost disappeared.
Efforts at Washington to reassure busi-
ness and to check deflationary tenden-
cies may be almost Immediately helpful
If directed toward tax revision The
steps that are being taken toward a
building revival will require months
before the steel and related industries
could possibly benefit to any large
degree.
Export buying offers more promise
50 far as volume Is concerned, as some
American mills lower their prices to
meet foreign ideas. Concessions from
IS to SO from domestic prices have
been given on some recent orders.
There is a modest revival OF interest
in pig iron from European buyers.
and a possibility that Japan may
come back into this market
American scrap dealers have booked
orders for 100000 tons of steel scrap
for the European scrap cartel for flrst
quarter shipments. The reported price
is $3.50 free alongside ship Amer
ican ports. IS ton below the large
transaction a few months ago.
The Trade Journal reported that
Southern Pacific awarded 35,332 tons
of its 75,000ton rail order, 20, ,406 tons
going to Tennessee Coal Iron Il Rail-
road Co., 1882 tons to Bethlehem
Steel, and 1924 tons to Colorado Fuel
& Iron.
Evening star., 1937-11-17
COMPANY RESTRAINED
FROM ISSUING STOCK
B, the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, Nov. l7.-Al-
leging that the issuance OF certain
stock by the Farmers Dairy Products
Co., Inc, would constitute 4 fraud
on him, Joseph Dorahoe. an original
stockholder, has obtained e court Or
der temporarily restra ining the cor
poraticn from issuing stock.
Mr.. Donahoe cited yesterday that
10 years ago he and three others pur-
chased all outstanding stock Of the
corporation. On October S, this year,
Mr.. Donahoe alleges the Board Of Di-
rectors agreed to the sale of 16 more
shares Of stock to persons within the
company. The price was 1894 q
share, he AYERS, and his complaint
states that a fair price for the stock
would be more than $1,000 a share I"
He cites that within the last year the
company has had negotiation for a
sale Of its business for $4,000.
Evening star., 1937-11-17

ranked In 1880, ranked 37th and 4lst,
respectively. with valuations OF $685.
667 and $l77,o23.
In the sweet potato division, Acco-
mac County, which headed the Ma
tion's roll in 1880, dropped to sec
ond place in 1885 with . crop Of L.
463, 900 bushels.
In the cabbage classification North
ampton County rose from 23d place
in Che 1880 census to 20th in 1898,
with an increase Of 1905.
Despite an Increase in its tomato
acreage, Westmoreland County fell be-
hind in this classification from 37th
to S0th. Its 1885 acreage was 1886.
Accomac County's 28,74l acres in
white potatoes put it in sixth place
in the 1885 list, two notches below its
1880 rating. Northampton, with a.
212 acres, dropped from fifth to ninth
position.
Evening star., 1937-11-17
RISING AUTO SALES
SEEN AIDING STEEL.
forthcoming |. c. C. Ruling
on Freight Rates May
Boost Buying.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Prospect.
for early improvement in demand for
automobile steel were cited by Iron
Age today in its weekly summary Of
iron and steel trade conditions.
so drastic has been the drop in
steel operations it may furnish its own
correction" it said The automobile
industry, although proceeding more
cautiously than had been expected, is
experiencing an increase in sales,
which II continued will bring higher
production, provided new threats Of
labor trouble do not materialize.
The small takings of steel by the
automobile manufacturers indicate a
rapid reduction of inventories which
may result soon in replenlshing puy-
ing"
Steel ingot output was estimated BY
the trade journal at IS per cent OF the
counry's capacity, lowest since 1884,
excepting one week Of July, 1885. Last
weeks average was Al per cent.
The belief persists in the steel
trade continued the summary, that
the Interstate Commerce Commission
will render speedy decision on the
Evening star., 1937-11-17
MACHINE SALES
CONTINUE TO LAG
Domestic Business Slow.
Some Foreign Orders
Help Factories.
srecisl Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Nov. l7-U the ma
chinery and machine tool industries
had to live on domestic business for
the rest of this year, their pickings
would be rather slim, says American
Machinist.
Many manufacturers of equipment
have profited from foreign orders
which they have been able to book
partly because the drying up of domes-
tic business has permitted them to
quote reasonable deliveries. Backlogs
In the factories are still appreciable,
but they do not help distributors very
much. Many buying programs that
had been expected to close this year
have now been put off until 1898, so
that buyers can see what Congress does
before they place orders.
While there was some improvement
IN business placed during the last two
or three weeks in New England. DIS
tributors there expect very little in the
way of orders until after the first Of
the year.
A few individual orders have been
placed in the metropolitan district and
one or two companies have gone ahead
with programs that had been planned
earlier in the year. Otherwise the sit
uation is very quiet.
Philadelphia does not expect any,
thing of the rest OF November and all
OF December, but is hopeful that con-
gresSional action will loosen things up
for the first quarter of 1888
Speclalties and heavy equipment ,t
doing fairly we'll in the Pittsburgh ter
ritory, but business in standard equip
ment has been at standstill and
promises TO stay that way
Cleveland expects nothing but poor
business for the rest of the year. al
though inquiries are fair and occa-
sional orders are being placed.
Detroit is decidedly pessimistic about
the next six weeks because hold-ups
and cancellations are beginning to
come in. New business in sight will
not be closed before 1898.
Inquiry has also been active in To-
ledo, but actual buyins is practically
nil
In indianapolis both inquiries and
orders are coming in at a fair rate
and local manutactur RS do not seem
to be particularly worried Business
Is still quiet in St. Louis, but loca
opinion is to the effect that better
times are ahead if Congress acts con-
structively.
Evening star., 1937-11-17
VIRGINIA COUNTY
LEADING ALL j. s.
PIttsy|vania Tops Nation in
Value of Farm Garden
Products.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 17.-Pitt-
sylvania County lead all counties Of
the United States in the value OF farm
garden products, AZ checked in the
1888 agricultural census, Henry M.
Taylor, statistician of the Federal and
State Agriculture Departments, said
yesterday.
-Four other Virginia counties were
ranked in the Nations first so coun-
ties in this respect, Mr.. Taylor said.
The value Of Pittsylvania's farm
garden products was given as s425,-
73s in 1885. The county placed fourth
in the 1880 census.
Halifax County, ranking 23d in
1880, jumped to eighth place in 1895
with its farm garden products valued
at s244,68l.
Albemarle County, unlisted in 1890,
ranked 25th in 1885 with a valuat ton
Of S202,432.
Augusta and Mecklenburg, un-
Evening star., 1937-11-17
W. C. POTTER is ELECTED
BY NEW YORK RESERVE

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-William c.
Potter, chairman Of the Guaranty
Trust Co. has been elected class A
director of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York. 1t was announced TODAY.
Mr. Potter succeeds George w. Davi-
son, chairman OF the Central Hanover
Bank l. Trust Co., whose term expires
December 81.
Thomas j. Watson, president OF the
International Business Machines
Corp. was reelected a class B di-
rector.
Evening star., 1937-11-17
Lose Bad Breath
Keep Your Friends
1hisgentle bile.producer might help

In spite of all that has been written
about bad breath, thousands still lose
friends through this unpleasant fault.
Yet sour stomach with its resultant
bad breath is frequently only the re-
suit of constipation. Just as it can
cause loss of appetite, early weakness,
nervousness, and mental dullness.
So keep regular. And if you need to
assist Nature, use DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets. This gentle laxative can help
bring relief. Extremely important, too,
is the mild stimulation it gives the flow
of bile from the liver without the dis
comfort of drastic, irritating drugs.
That's why millions use this laxative
yearly. All druggists, 15t, 30t, 60t.
tYour liver secretes from 20 to 80 ounces Of
bile ererv day to aid in the digestion OF fats and
stimulate muscular action OF the intestinal
system. DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. besides
helping keep you regular, contain an ipgre-
diept which definitely assists in the secretion
Of bile. That is one of the reasons why Olive
Tablets have unsurpassed efectiveness.
Evening star., 1937-11-17
55-CENT DIVIDEND PAID
BY NATIONAL TRANSIT

3, the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-National
Transit Co, an oil pipe line operating
principally in Pennsylvania, an
nounced dividend of 55 cents a share
on the capital stock, of which 20 cents
IS homecoming income, payable De-
cember Is to stock Of record November
80 In June the company paid Is
cents.
Evening star., 1937-11-17
LIQUID CARBCNIC CORP.
LISTS S1.e55.866 NET

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17-Liquid Car
bonic Corp. for the fiscal year ended
September 80. reported today net in
come Of sl,655,S66 after the Federal
undistributed profits surtax, equal to
$236 common share. against ST.
106,823, or sl58 share in the pre-
eeding fiscal year.
The company, which manufactures
and distributes soda fountain supplies.
inclding carbonic gas. has plants in
principal cities throughout the coun-
trT.
Evening star., 1937-11-17
Relief For The
Itching of Eczema

It's wonderful the way soothing. cooling
zemo usually brings relief to itching. burn
ms skin. Often in severe cases itching
Is relieved when Zemo touches tender and
irritated skin. To comfort the itching Of
Simple Rashes, Rinsvorm. Eczema and
Pimples. always use clean. soothing Zemo.
1t should be in every home. Insist on
genuine Zemo. Approved By Good House,
keeping Bureau. 35c. 60c. 81. All
druggiSts'.
Evening star., 1937-11-17

Designed and executed
In the same manner as
Dads" Black and
brown. Sizes ! to 6, B
and D widths. It's the
tops" for boys.
New Shoe Dept.-Main Floer
Evening star., 1937-11-17
PENNSYLVANIA POWER
PAYS $1.5O DIVIDEND
nv tbs As.aeiatAd Dra.s

- the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 1.-THE Penn
sylvania Water IL Power Co. declared
. dividend OF $50 per share on the
no-par common stock for the current
quarter. Previously 1t has paid 81
quarterly.
A quarterly dividend Of $1.25 was
declared on the IS preferred stock.
Evening star., 1937-11-17

Reading Co.-Common share earn
ings, nine months ended September
30, were S2.38, against $1.70.
Evening star., 1937-11-17

The British Royal Air Force has ~
new armament training stations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-08

modelling of the stores in Oxford
Rockingham, Farmville. Marion
",ooiesVllle ana brownsville, all in
North Carolina; Franklin. Va and
Newberry, S. c.
Moved to new locations and much
arger buildings have been the stores
at Mullins, S. c., Martinsville, Va. and
Hartman, Tenn.
At Whiteville, the store that was
destroyed by fire about a year ago
mas been reopened in a much larger
and more modern building.
New stores opened have been at
Fairmont and Canton, N. c., and
Franklin, Tenn.
business IL Percent Up
The company's business in 1897 so
Tar has been II percent greater than
TOT the first eight months of 1886, and
OFFICIALS of the store are anticipating
perhaps the greatest business this fall
IN the companys history.
AS is known to virtually everv one
in Henderson, the Rose chain had ito
origin in this city. The first store was
opened here in the spring of 1915 by
n. Rose. A year or two later the
o'OAc was opened as NO. and
Loulsburg followed shortly thereafter.
Gradually year after year new stores
were added, and in the past three or
four years the chain experienced it's
greatest expansion. Stores outside
North Carolina were first opened in
Virginia, then South Carolina and
after that Tennessee. First stores were
opened in Georgia in 1885, and thew
have proved some of the best in the
organization.
Officers and Executives
Mr.. Rose, the founder of the bust
ness is president and treasurer. An
only brother, T. B. Rose, Jr, is vice
president and secretary. R. w. Bruin
and H. P. Butcher are directors and
buyers, and Mr. Bruin is location exc
cutive, while Mr. Butcher is personnel
manager.
A large staff of additional buyers
are required to carry on the work.
In addition to the home offices, the
local store and other properties, the
company owns a large warehouse to
the rear of it's main building, and that
covers nearly half an ordinary block
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-08

From this establishment vast quanti-
ties of merchandise are shipped daily