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Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Aug. 80 (UP)- I'm
loading of early purchases by trad
ers who responded to stop loss sell
ing brought out by liquidation on
the part of several leading houses
forced wheat prices down TO new
lows for the season On the Chicago
board of trade today.
At the close wheat was u cent
lower to II cent higher, September
s104h, corn was unchanged TO 3
cents higher. September 97h cents,
and oats were unchanged to u cent
lower, September 1855 cents.
Wheat staged a sharp rally on
unexpected short-coyering in the fl
nal minutes which erased nearly
all of the early losses. Satisfactory
explanation for the sudden rush of
buying orders was lacking.
Reports of further rain and un-
settled weather in the Argentine
were the principal bearish influ-
ences.
Winnipeg followed the action
Chicago. Export sales were only mo-
derate.
Offerings 10 arrive were fair and
receivers booked $4,000 bushels.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
L. A. STOCKS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 80. CUP)-
Less than a score of issues figured
in the business of the Los Angeles
stock exchange today, with one Of
them scoring a new low in a slug
gish session.
The new bottom mark was reach
ed by Pacific Finance, when II cas-
ed off 1kto liz on sale of 100
shares.
other sales included: Transamerica
100 shares 15A. down Il. Bandini
old 200 shares 5h. up = :Richfield
Oil 200 shares 8k unchanged; I'm
ion Oil 200 shares "a, up 4 UniYer-
sal Con. Oil 100 shares 14$i. un-
changed.
Edison ommon was unchanged at
24h on sale of 100 shares, but the
per cent PFD dropped = to 277s
when 100 shares changed hands.
Southern Cal. Gas was down "a to
3OH On sale of 100 shares.
Approximately $500 shares cross
ed the board. with six issues up,
five down and eight unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
L. A. VEGETABLES

LOS ANGELES. Aug. so. UP)-
Trading was moderately active with
few price changes from last weeks
closing levels.
Asparagus: Local ex fey 12-13c lb.
Tips 3-31zc lb.
Cantaloupes. Local HB's STD 16S
TO 27S 40-40c. 36S 30-40c. Tiptops
STD 12S and los 5O-60c. 23S 3J-35c
Melog olds STD los to 12S 40-50c.
Lettuce: Santa Maria, Guadalupe
and Lompoc dry pack as $1.35-
S150. SIS S1.25-S1.35.
Melons: Local Golden Hybrid Ca
sabas S15.00-s $500 ton, local Honey
dews STD los to les 4O-50c. Local
Golden Honeydews $4,000 tom;
Local japanese melons STD. los to
les 6065c. Local Persians $500
$4,000 ton.
Peas: Best oceano and Guada-
lupe pole peas 5 Y &c lb Guadalupe
bush peas 4-412c. San Luis Obispo
SIC.
Squash: Local white summer 65
75c lug; Yellow crookneck 75-85c;
dark colored 50-75c. Cream 6075c.
Table Queen 50-60c lug. Few bana-
ma $500 ton.
Tomatoes: Local and San Diego
co. stones 4x5S 40-5Oc lug. 5x5S So
soc. 6x6S 25-4Oc 6x7S 25-30c. Pom
derosas 4x5S 45-5Oc 5x5S 50-65c 6x6S
35-4Oc lug. Red egg 25-3Oc tray.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
DRUNK DRIVER
GETS 81 DAYS

Robert Myron Duvall, %, was SEN
fenced to 37la days in the county
jail for drunk driving on Imperial
avenue Sunday He was unable to
pass a sobriety test.
Arresting officers had their at
tention called to Van R. Cary. Du-
wallis companion. by his intense
interest in getting back to the au-
tomobile Duvall had been driving
This led to a search of the car ano
the finding of a pistol and shells and
a quantity of shells for a gun of
calibre
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
MRS. SELBY
DESCRIBES HER
BIG INCOME

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30. UP
Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, mother of
the silent screen star, Miles Minter,
told the court her own income as
a business manager for her daugh-
ter and others was big enough to
pay S2O,5OO income tax in 1921 and
s17,5O0 in 1923.
Mrs. Shelby's statement was made
from the witness stand in defense
of the suit launched against her
by her other daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet Fillmore, for recovery of $48,-
$50 in cash and the deed to a La
guna Beach residence.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30

bne leutral hurricane warning SyS'
tenn reported. and was believed
to have moved inland from thai
point.
Damage appeared to be relative
iy slight. A few houses were un-
rooted at Daytona Beach and New
Smyrna. - s
Residents of the area had been
advised of the storms approach in
advance, and had battened down
in preparation for the blow. No
injuries were reported
The warning system report that
the center of the storm was unu-
sually small The coast guard sta
ton Daytona Beach, adjacent to
Ormond Beacn. reported wind ve-
locity of so miles an hour and 6
barometer reading of 29.38 inches
DS AtlEidl llNl ANdAiC NoAAhAS
system forecast gales along the
coast as far north as Savannah,
Ga. 1t reported the tropical storm
was "very near" Daytona Beach,
Fla, where winds already had
reached the 40 mile an hour level.
Several houses were unroofed and
trees were blown down at New
Smyrna, Fla. one house was un-
rooted at Daytona Beach, where
the wind increased from 40 to so
miles an hour within an hour.
Residents of coastal communities
took cover to await the blow, which
appeared to be following an erratic
northwest or north northwest
course just a short distance off
shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
QUIT
SAN DIEGO TO
GO TO CHINA

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 80. CUP)-Out-
fitted for battle, wearing steel he'll
NETS and full ammunition belts,
1900 marines of the sixth regiment
were headed for China today aboard
the transport ship Chaumont, to
protect American lives and prop
erty in the Sino- japanese conflict.
The Chaumont was conveyed by
the cruiser Marblehead, which car
ried another 100 men of battery F,
the anti-aircraft and machine gun
company.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
L. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES. Aug. 80. UP)-
Hogs 100, mostly steady. Grain fed
1.75-12.25. Some held higher. Locals
11.60.
Cattle 200, slow TO steady Fed
steers 975-10. Grass and short fed
s.50-9. Medium feeders 7. short
fed heifers 7.50-7S5. Cows 5.50-6.50.
Cutter grade 3.75-5.25. Bulls unsold.
Calves 1.200. slow to steady. Light
calves 9.0O-950. Few Yealers 10 10.
Range calves $3.50.
Sheep $50. fully steady. Good
wooled lambs 1925. Shorn ewes
2,25-4 so. $50
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
GETS
APPOINTMENT

Devon Ellsworth, vicar of the
Episcopal church in Ell Centre and
a first lieutenant in the Reserve
Officers association, recently was
appointed chaplain reserve.
Information of the appointment
was received from the first reserve
area headquarters in San Fran
cisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
COUNTY BRIEFS

Drunk Driver Sentenced - j. L.
Powell, 80, was sentenced to rs days
in the county Jail for drunk driv-
ing. Sentence was pronounced by
Police Judge w H. Lorenz of Cal
exico
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
CASH FLAX
L. A. HAY
90

Los ANGELES. Aug. so. UP)-
No. J eNsra ~ssry 5000 90
u - Na ieafy ........S S16450-17
I :. No, a good mixed. S1b.b0-16
tThese prices represent wholesale
quotations. Retail prices generally
run tI.o0 higher))
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30

NEW YORK. Aug. 30 up
Charles Jimmy, the legless athlete
who swan las miles from Albany to
New York. developed a congestion
of the lung in Harlem hospital to-
day and physicians reported his
condition very serious.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
Markets At
A Glance
Nv United PRES,

Stocks higher under lead of L. S.
Steel.
Bonds irregularly lower: L. s.
government issues irregularly lower.
Curb ST ocks moderately higher.
Foreign exchange firm.
Cotton futures easy on loan un-
certainties. .-
= Grains closed irregularly higher; /;
corn unchanged to cents higher.
Rubber futures barely steady
after easiness.
Silver unchanged in New York at
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
Storm Lashes
Florida Coast

MIAMI Fla, Aug. 80. (UP)-A tropical storm swung
inland from the Atlantic today ashing the Florida
coastne with winds high 80 miles hour and send
ing small craft SURVIVING to shelter The center of the
storm passed Ormond Beach, Fla, at mid-mornng
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30

To Conduct Funerl-Funeral ser
vices for Alberto Hates. II, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Juan Hates of West
orland, are scheduled for the
Catholic church in Brawley at 2
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial
will be made in Saint Fancis church
at Brawley. The boy died Sunday
after a brief illness.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
L. A. GRAINS
L. A. BANKS

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 30. CUPl-
Security First NatI p. o35a h6sS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30

Reports Theft-Clyde Gambold on
the new Calexico- Brawley road
asked deputy sheriffs to search for
tent flaps and wiring stolen from e
place he had leased near his home
The theft occurred Sunday morning
90
Announce Examinations = The
United States civil service announ-
ces open competitive examinations
for miner drill operator and helper
Vacancies occur in the position OF
miner at rs cents an hour and in
the position of chuck tender at 81
cents an hour for duty at Yosemite
National park. Information may be
obtained from the civil service, fed
eral building, San Francisco.
To Attend School Il DR.. M. c..
Garfield of Ell Centro left Satur-
day for Rochester, Mimi, to at
tend school conducted by Mayo
Brothers clinic. He was accompa-
MED by his family. They plan to
be away from Ell Centre until Oc-
tober l.
Returns From Vacation = Miss
Winnie Trudell returned to Ell Cen
tro Monday after having spent her
summer vacation at Pine Valley.
Intend to Wed-Raymunio Dava-
los, %, and Maria Ignacia Burrola
%, Monday filed a notice of inten-
tion to wed, according to records
at the office of County Clerk w. j
McClelland.
Vacation Ends - Mr.. and Mrs
Charles G. Halliday returned to I'M
perial Valley this weekend after a
three-week vavcation in Yosemite.
Tahoe, Lassen National park. the
redwood country and San Francisco
They were accompanied on Their
trip by Mrs. Halliday's mother, Mrs
@. j. Edwards of San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30

NEW YORK, Aug. 80 CUP)-
Charles Jimmy. 46 year old legless
swimmer, rested today in Harlem
hospital after completing a six day
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30

Southern California - Fair to-
night and Tuesday, but morning
fog near coast; no change in tenn
perature; moderate northwest wind
off coast.
Los Angeles and vicinity - Fair
tonight and Tuesday; overcast night
and morning; little change in tenn
perature; gentle to moderate wind,
mostly southeast to southwest.
The wheat crop of the east side
of Tulare county is the largest in
many years.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30

Still Fire Alarm-El Centro fire
men answered a still alarm at 5
O'Clock Sunday afternoon to ex-
tinguish flames in an automobile
on Sixth street
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
COTT0N
L. A. BUTTER & EGGS

LOS ANG ELES. Aug 80. UP)-
Butter: Extra SO; prime first SAC;
standards 33h: undergrade 3lc.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-30
WEATHER

Local Temperatures
data compiled by Howard Em
mons. observer for the official
United States weather bureau sta.
lion at Ell Centro.l
Evening star., 1937-05-15
SINGERS SOUGHT
BY OPERA CHORUS

THE newly organized Columbia
Light Opera Co., now in rehear-
sal for a performance next month
of Victor Herbert's "Sweethearts,"
desires a few more voices, particu-
larly tenors, for its chorus. The COM
pany now numbers so and has been
rehearsing since early last month.
RehearsaLs are held twice weekly, on
Mondays at Central High School and
on Fridays at Thomson School, meet
ings opening at 7:45 pm.
The following singers have been
cast in principal roles: David Man.
ley as Lieutenant Karl. Howard Moore
as Prince Franz, Donna Moore as
Sylvia, Frances Jackson as Paula,
Edith Hoffman Jones at Lame, Ken
meth Burgess as Caniche, Howard
Severe as Petrus Van Tromp and
c. M. Barnes as Mikel The mu-
sical direction is in the hands Of
Ethel Manning.
One role remaining to be cast is
the tenor part OF Slingsby the Eng
lish fop. Additions are held at 1880
on rehearsal evenings.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
CANADIAN TO PLAY
ON FAMOUS VIOLIN

HENRY GERARD RAINVILLE,
the young French Canadian vio-
linist, son of the distinguished Cana
dian statesman, the Hon. Henri B.
Rainyille will make his recital debut
in Washington at the Congressional
Country Club tomorrow afternoon at
S O'Clock, on which occasion he will
have the association OF Stua Ross,
pianist, who for the last IL years has
been pianist on tour with Rosa Pom
selle.
Mr.. Rainville arrived from Europe
on the Italian liner Rex on May after
a season of engagements in Central
Europe and along the Riviera, where
he was held over for additional en-
gagements at Nice, Cannes and Monte
Carlo. With him he brings his superb
Antonius Stradivarius violin, made in
Cremona, Italy, by the great master
in 1897, on which he will play his re-
cital tomorrow.
Stuart Ross will play two groups Of
solos on the program.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Concert Schedule
TOMORROW.


Henry-Gerard Rainville, vio-
linist, Congressional Country
Club, 5 pm.
Winifred Michaelson, pianist,
music hour, Y. w. c. A., 5 pm.
MONDAY.
Dorothy Seegar, soprano, Co.'S
tune recital, Wardman Park
Theater, 8:45 pm.
Edwin Orlando Swain, baritone,
recital, Women's University Club.
Cremona Quartet, Pierce Hall,
8:l5 pm.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, l:30 pm.
Marine Band, 5 pm.
Army Band, pm.
TUESDAY.
Lovette Choral Club, Eva Whit
ford Lovette, director, Willard
Hotel, $50 pm.
Elena de Sayn, violinist; Thora
Hinshaw Seaton, Lecturers;
Tschaikowsky program, Barker
Hall, 3 pm.
Peggy Norris Hutson, soprano;
Richard Hill, tenor; Marvin
Gardner, baritone, assisting,
Pierce Hall, 8 pm.
Margaretta Eckloff, soprano;
John Hall, tenor; Robert Ewing,
baritone; joint recital, st. An
drews Parish Hall, 8 pm.
Army Band, Walter Reed Hos
pital, $50 pm.
Soldiers Home Band, band
stand, 7 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 11:30 am; bandstand,
Navy Yard, 7:30 pm.
THURSDAY.
Piano Teachers Forum, Mount
Pleasant Christian Church, 10:45
am.
Recital, students Robert Ruck-
man, Barker Hall, 8 pm.
Navy Band, Naval Hospital, 3
pm.
Army Band, $3.50 pm.
Soldiers Home Band, band
stand, pm.
Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra, Marine Barracks, 8 pm
FRIDAY.
Helen Spasoff, piano recital,
Washington Club, 8 pm.
Dorothy Raynor, song recital,
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, $50 pm.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 1870 am; Veterans Hos
pital, Mount Alto, $50 pm.
Marine Band, II am.
SATURDAY.
Army Band, 1890 am.
Soldiers Home Band, band
stand, 7 pm.
Evening star., 1937-05-15
P. E. O. COSTUME
SONG PROGRAM

A COSTUME ons recital by Peggy
Norris Hutso:, soprano, assisted by
Richard Hill, enor, and Marvin
Gardner, BARTON, has been arranged
by Chapter o, >. E. o. Sisterhood,
for Tuesday eve.ing at Pierce Hall
at 8 o'clock Ms Charles L. Vale,
member of Chaptr o, will be the ac-
companist.
Mrs. HutSon'S program has been
arranged in -four parts, including
group Of songs oy American COM
posers of the twntieth century and
group Of old hglish numbers, in
cluding selections from the opera
Martha Song of the old South
will be preSentedin two groups, spir-
ituals and baAds. The program
will close with elections from light
operas, solos andduets For the Eng
lish group, Mrs Hutson will appear
in an old Engih peasant costume.
and a hoopskir costume of Civil
War days will beWorn for the South
ern group.
Savannah, Ga, was Mrs. Hutsons
childhood home, and it was there
she made her de'ut as a singer at
the age OF S, wen she sang solo
parts in black-ace minstrel She
was determined tc become a concert
pianist, and it VS. while acting as
accompanist for avoice teacher that
her decision was nade to become a
singer. To Secur, dramatic train
ing she spent two years with a dra-
matte stock company in the South.
She went to NV York City for
further study uner Edith Olandt
and after a monti was selected as
prima donna in "hughty Marietta"
for one of the companies that toured
the East. Following that she was en-
gagged for the prim donna roles in
all Of the Victor Herbert musical
productions.
Alter two years musical stock
and repertoire companies she re-
turned to New Yor for additional
study under Frank "a Forge. Dur
ing this period sh, filled engage
ments for concerts aid radio broad
casts, solo and qurtet work in
churches, directed msical plays and
glee clubs and was ssistant super
visor OF music in puHc schools.
Evening star., 1937-05-15

men" on Friday evening with the
Columbia Opera Co. of New York
at the Maryland Theater in Baltimore.
Miss Sellars is a scholarship student
at Peabody Conservatory of Music,
Baltimore, ard former student OF
Helen Turley of this city.
The third Of series Of piano re-
citals by pupils Of Katherine Frost
took place Sunday afternoon at Studio
House Of the King Smith Studio
School. l708 s street northwest, when
Jane Allen, Jane Ellison, Virginia
Spencer, Anne Rogers, Betty Tolbert
and Suzanne Marshall played a pro-
gram which incl,ded several two-piano
arrangements of classical works.
Miss Frost will present her junior
students this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Patricia Benedict Josephine and Flo
ranne Henderso, and Gladys and
| Anne Watkins will give recita. of
short works by Bach, Grieg, Chopin,
Schubert, Beethoren, Gluck, Brahms
and several modern composers
The Piano Teachers Forum will hold
its May meeting rext Thursday morn
ing at l0:45 odock in the Mount
Pleasant Christian Church, Park road
west Of Fourteenth street, when Alice
Burbage Hesselmch will speak on
Credits in Muse for High School
! Pupils Taught b. Outside Teachers"
| Vocal solos will De given by Marjory
| Wilson. This is the last meeting Of
the season and al members are urged
to attend. Parking space will be found
in rear of the c1urch.
| Thelma Callahln presented a group
OF her pupil in tWo-piano recital at
| her studio, sos Taylor street north
west last Monay. Those playing
were Sibyl Gre.nleaf, Jean Oliver,
Genevieve Billhiner, Dorothy Rudy,
| Olive FeWell, Paul Cramer, Annette
Sutton, Elizabeth Cramer. Gwendolyn
Sutton, Virginia Baker, Marian Bona
vita, Fred Powell, Ann Filgate, Har-
irson LETTER jr.; Frank Herman, Jean
Macy, Virginia Perrin, John LETTER,
Olive Rickard, Margaret OMeara,
George Filgate, Leon Briggs and Jean
Sherwood Thy were assisted by
pupils OF Mary eta Callahan, Peggy
johnson, Betty Louise Heider and
Dorothy Werntz
Thelma La DIV, dramatic soprano,
was soloist last thursday for the Fed
eral Club OF tn, United States Gov
ernment Departments, which is COM
posed Of the chefs of each depart
ment. Dean Brdley Thomas was at
the piano and yave, besides accom-
panying the singer, several solos of his
own.
The Washington Opera Guild will
give the third il its series of twilight
musicales tomorrow a. the home OF
the director, Nm Gurle Luise Correa,
The artists will be Thelma La Dow
and Margaret Shaw Miss Shaw gave
song-recital diring Music week at
the home Of Mrs M Horgan. and was
soloist on Thurday evening for the
Chesapeak & Poomac banquet at the
Hotel La Fayettt
Evening star., 1937-05-15
Choral Club
To Present
Its Program
Soloists Engaged in
Spring Concert Of
Lovette Group.

THE annual Spring concert OF the
= Lovette Choral Club will be held
on Tuesday evening at $50 at the
Willard Hotel Eva Whitford Lovette
will conduct, assisted by Francis Bass
Wilson, assistant director. Elsie Gran
mer, club accompanist, will play the
entire program.
William T. Cameron, harpist, Is the
assisting artist, and Carolyn Schultz,
lyric coloratura soprano, will be pre-
sented by the club as an artist mem
Der. Miss Schultz will include in her
songs composition by DR.. Thomas S.
Lovette, in whose memory the club is
named. Hazel Bergstrom Cake will
sing incidental solos in two Of the
choruses
Washington composers whose names
will appear on the program are Mrs.
Alfred S. Gillett, Dorothy Radde
Emory and William Cameron.
The complete program is as follows:
Choral prologue. "salutation."
Samuel Richards Gaines
dedicated to the National Federation Of
Music Clubs,
1.-THE. Seasons Swedish folk songl.
Arranged by Samuel Richards Gaines
Spinning Song" German folk song)
Arranged by A. Aslanof
dance) Arranged by Manney
The Lovette Choral Club
"Lasciatemi Morire"- -Monteverde
'Tarentella" --Panofka
Carolyn Schultz, soprano.
THE Heavens Are Telling Beethoven
The Choral Club.
"Pavanna"
Unknown Composer. 10th Century
"Chaconne" --- Durand
Prayer Mrs. Alfred S. Gillett
William T. Cameron. harpist.
"Dedication" ------------ Robert Franz
''Elf1n Dance ------ Edward Grieg
The Choral Club
lntermission.
winds to the Silent Morn
Evening Prayer in Brittany" Chaminade
Incidental solos: Hazel Cake and Fran
else Bass Wilson.
The Choral Club.
Heart of q Rose" Thomas S. Lovette
'Voci di Primavera" Strauss
Spirit Flower" - Campbell-Tip
THE Sleigh Kountz- Baldwin
Francise Bass Wilson, assistant director.
The Choral Club.
Dance of the Gnomes' '------- Rogers
"Fraicheur" Salzedo
LA Desirable ------ Salzedo
Romance ------ Gamer on
..n William T. Cameron. -, .,
incidental Solo. Hazel Cake.
Song of the, Danube" tales from the
Vienna woods Johann Strauss
The Choral Club
Evening star., 1937-05-15
POLITICAL STUDY
CLUB BREAKFAST

THE musical program at the annual
breakfast OF the Political Study
Club will be given by Martha Byrd,
soprano, and William Moran, tenor.
The breakfast will take place We'd
nesday at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Miss Byrd will sing Ardittis n
Bacio" and "The Last Rose of Sum-
mer," while Mr.. Moran's numbers will
be the aria from Balfe's Bohemian
Girl" Then You'll Remember Me-"
and Grosvenor's Il Garry You In My
Pocket" The duets Love Me To-
night" from "The Vagabond Lover"
and will You Remember" from
"Maytime," will conclude the program,
which has been arranged and pre-
sented by Mrs. George Oliver Gilling.
ham, chairman Of music. Edith Vir-
den Smith will accompany the singers.