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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-09-16
Skill Recorgnized

''How is Josh getting along with
the violin?"
"Better'n l expected" replied
Farmer Corntossel. "Time and
again it sounds like it was goin' to
pieces, but Josh always has the luck
to hold it together som chow y
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-09-16
Subtle Compliment

"Why did you put the sign over
your desk, This is my busy day'?"
ut makes good impression,
answered Senator Sorghum, when
an influential constituent calls"
"But it might give offense."
'Not at all. 1t adds to visitors
sense of Importance when l give
him a cigar and tell him want to
have long chat with him."
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-09-16
Major Repairs

Mani understand you had
slight operation?
Friend-That's what l thought l
had, but got the bill for it yes
terday, and I'm inclined to think
now that while l was under the
ether the surgeon gave me every
thing he had in stock.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-09-16
Something Varied.
Rdre in Crochet

An opportunity to combine ele-
gance without extravagance-a
all with your own nimble fingers
and crochet hook! These lovely
10-inch companion squares of filet
crochet, done in string, are hand
Evening star., 1937-12-14
PROGRESS HAILED
IN LUMBER TRADE
Increased Consumption in 1886
and First Half of 1887 Cited
by New York Trust.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-While the
general business recession has in
terrupted the recovery of the lumber
industry, increased consumption in
1885 and the first half of 1887 SAYS
the Index of the New York Trust Co.,
has brought about marked i'm
provement since the depression years.
Total value of all manufactures in
the forest products group rose to
81 1862. 600 900 in 1885, an increase of
almost so per cent over 1898. and even
with the current decline in orders,
total consumption since 1895 should
result in a further gain in the value
Of manufactures for 1887.
Resumption of the advance bv the
lumber industry" the Index states,
depends upon hating the recent re-
versal of these favorable factors and
especially, upon the course of new
construction in the field of residential
housing. This will always hold the
key to lumber production and con-
sumption, and only in so far as the
long delayed expansion in building
materializes. can the industry hope
to regain its pre-depression status.
For the long-term production OF
lumber will depend primarily upon
the manufacturing industrys sue
cess in meeting the competition OF
other materials and providing more
economical and satisfactory method
Of home building
Evening star., 1937-12-14
GAINS REDUCED
IN VARIETY CHAINS
1O-Month Dollar Volume
Holds So Per Cent
Above Last Year.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-variety
chain stores continue the upward
trend In evidence since 1882, accord
ing to a new study in Poor's Industry
and Investment Surveys.
Dollar volume of 10 leading units
aggregated $836, ATS, 900 1or the first
10 months OF the current year.
This represents an improvement OF
So per cent over sales reported in the
corresponding months Of last year and
assures new record for 1887.
Gains in recent months, however,
have been much smaller than earlier
this year, and in some cases actual de-
clines have been noted. The situa-
ton reflects the effects of the current
business recession.
Prom an earnings standpoint, 1887
results will be less favorable" con-
tinues the survey. In the aggregate q
small decline from last years level Is
expected. The explanation lies with
higher wages and smaller percentage
mark-ups on merchandise.
However, there will be several
chains whose sales gains will be suf-
ficient to counteract lower profit mar
gins and result in an improved income
showing. Whether or not 1888 will
witness more satisfactory results de-
pends, OF course. upon how far into
that year the present period of slack
ened business extends.
Longer term prospects indicate
moderately higher and characteristic
cally stable earning power Recognize
ing that further opportunities for ex-
pansion are limited, except at the ex-
pense of average store productivity,
the industry has turned its attention
to increasing sales volume OF existing
units. Early strides in this direction
have met with success, and chains
now are aggressively enlarging lines
handled. eliminating slow moving mer-
chandise and generally abandoning
price limitations. The last step is par
ticularly significant. as it facilitates
upward revision of retail prices COM
mensurate with wholesale price ad-
vances"
Evening star., 1937-12-14
WHOLESALE INDEX
CONTINUES DROP
Fertilizer Association Finds
Averaeg at 1876, Against
1877 Week Ago.

Commodity prices moved into new
low ground last week, according to the
index compiled by the National Fer
tilizer Association. Declining for the
twelfth consecutive week, this index
dropped to 1875 from 1877 in the pre-
ced.ng week. A month ago the index
stood at sl.1 and year ago at 82.3,
based on the 1926-1928 average as 100.
Last weeks decline was the smallest
recorded during the sustained down.
turn which began in September, and
for the first time during that period
there was some indication of leveling
off. Three of the principal group in
dexes advanced last week, but the ef-
feet of these increases was slightly
other groups.
Another decline in the index of food
prices took it to the lowest point
reached in more than year, with last
weeks recession due largely to lower
meat prices. The farm product price
average moved upward, with higher
quotations for cotton and grain more
than offsetting continued price weak.
ness in live stock
Declining prices for fbers. cotton
goods and cotton yarn resulted In an
other decline in the index of textile
prices, taking 1t to the lowest point
recorded in the last three years. A
reversal of the long downturn in the
price of steel scrap and slight in
creases in copper and tin resulted in
an upturn last week in the metal price
average. A fractional rise in the
building material index was caused by
small mark-up in lumber quotations.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
ADVANCE SHOWN
BY ADVERTISING
Average Gain Of More Than 600,.
600 Lines Per Week Is
Recorded.
Special Dispatcn to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. Dec. l4.-For the first
4s weeks of this year ended December
retail display advertising in 70 ma
jor cities is 3 per cent greater than
in the corresponding period last year,
Advertising Age, advertising news
paper reported.
A total of sSl ,263,6l8 lines ap-
peared in newspapers in the measured
cities, against 952, ,4s1 ,678 lines for
the corresponding period of 1886. the
gain amounting to 28,77l $40 lines.
or an average of more than 100000
lines per week.
In the seven-day period ended De-
cember 1. the publication reports
total of 25,573.312 lines for the meas
ured cities, against 27.7s2,385 for the
comparable week of 1896, a loss Of
2,209,073 lines, or 7s per cent.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
DETROIT TAX RECEIPTS
AHEAD OF LAST YEAR
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, Dec. l4.-Tax collec-
tions of Detroit as of November 30
amount to 1921 per cent Of the levy
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1888, according to a study of the
city's credit position made by Hipkins
& Topping.
The collections of 1921 per cent
compare with 50.41 per cent on the
same date last year and 1925 per cent
as of the same date of 1895.
The study indicates that Detroit
has at present cash position of
more than S25,000,000, as compared
with less than ST 900 900 on June 80,
1888. The survey points out that the
city has no large bond maturities to
meet for several years and has been
operating on a cash basis for a num-
ber OF years and therefore has no
floating debt.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
ASSOCIATED TELEPHONE
SHARES ARE OFFERED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Dec 14.-Financing
for Associated Telephone Co.. Ltd,
in the form Of bonds and preferred
stock, was carried out today with an
offering of $l,800,000 first mortgage
4 per cent bonds and 36,688 shares
of cumulative preferred stock, $125
series, through an underwriting
group comprising Bonbright. & Co.,
Inc; Paine, Webber e. Co., Mitchun,
Tully & Co. and Blyth g. Co., Inc.
The bonds were priced at 1922
per cent, plus accrued interest from
July /, 1887. and the preferred stock
at $22.50 per share, plus accrued
dividends from November l, 1887.
Net proceeds will be used to liqui-
date bank loans, amounting to $685.
l25, and for additions and better
ments to the company's plant.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
BROKERS WILL CLOSE
OFFICE AT WARRENTON
By the Associated Press.

By the ASsOciated Press.
WARRENTON, Va, Dec. 1.-THE
local branch of Guide, Winmill & Co..
New York brokers. will close on jan
uary /, Chafiraix Lelong. manager,
said today.
"The security markets are 10 re-
stricted and the volume Of business
so small" he said, 'it is impractical
to continue the Warrenton branch
The ONCE was established here nine
years ago.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
BUILDING EASES
AGAIN IN MONTH
Sharp Drop in November
Keeps Total Below
Levels Year Ago.
Special Dispatch To The Star.

6ptClAl DlbVAtCH 70 nv 6thT.
NEW YORK, Dec. IA sf1arp
drop in the volume Of building per-
mits during November brought the
total under the similar 1885 figure
for the third successive month anc
also marked the NTH time in the
past six months that building opera
tions have failed to equal their 1896
comparatives. Moreover, the decline
from the October level was consider
ably more than seasonal.
Total value Of permits for 2l5 cities
OF the United States, as reported to
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. amounted to
s6s,567,549 during November, de-
crease Of 233 per cent from the Oc-
tober figure of $s0,674,7s3 and a drop
Of 7.9 per cent under the SITS SOC, ,623
in November a year ago. Last months
total, with the exception of January
1887, was the smallest since February
1896.
The New York aggregate for No
vember at $l9,388,948 compared with
s30,05l. 1853 in the preceding month, a
loss of 355 per cent. The October
total was unduly swelled by permits
for three large building projects. An
increase of 80 per cent, however, was
shown over the November, 1885, figure
of $l7,80l ,006.
Outside of New York November per-
mits shrank to s50,l78,60l, the lowest
recorded since February, 1886. This
compared with s60,623,015 in October
a decline Of 172 per cent, and with
$57,705,6l7 in the corresponding
month year ago, or a drop of l3
per cent.
Group totals Of building permit
values for 2l5 cities for November this
year and last are shown in the follow
ing table.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
COLD LIKELY TO CURB
TOBACCO OFFERINGS
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 14-Light
offerings were expected on Virginia to-
bacco markets today because Of cold
weather and icy roads
Despite bad weather the Abingdon
hurley market enjoyed its best day of
the season yesterday, when 47l.545
pounds were sold at an average OF
s23.72 per hundredweight.
Sales at other markets for which
omcial figures were available included:
Bright leaf - Danville, 93S,187
pounds, $l6.0l average: South Hill,
1886, $l7.s3; South Clarksville. 23-
276, sl5.s6; Kenridge, 33,e34, $3.50
Dark fired - Lynchburg. 235.447.
slol0; Blackstone. ll5,7OS, sl0.36;
brakes Branch. 34.43e. sl2.17.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
TREASURY BILL PRICE
IMPROVES MODERATELY

b the Associa ted Press.
Secretary Of the Treasury Morgen-
thau announced last night the weekly
sale of $50,000, 900 worth of Treasury
bills brought slightly better price last
week than the week earlier.
The average discounted price was
80 96S. equivalent to an interest rate
of 124 OF per cent. In the previous
week the average accepted bid was
80 964, equivalent to .129.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
1,50O MEN DISMISSED
BY WHEELING STEEL
By the Associated Press

BS tTlS ASSOCIHteu PTeSS.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio. Dec. II
Fifteen hundred sheet mill employees at
the Portsmouth works of the Wheeling
Steel Corp. were dismissed today by
General Manager George w. Moore,
who said % sheet mills would be
abandoned because of obsolete equip
ment.
Moore added in a letter to the en-
ployes that new hot and cold strip
mills might be added under an i'm
provement program costing many
millions of dollars" when 1.-The present
financial situation is much improved, -
but he advised them to seek other en-
ployment now.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec 14.-Further SELL
ing in secondary rails and industrials
contributed to ragged bond market
today, but liquidation generally was
light.
Many traders were hopeful the mar
ket had regarded stability and soon
would benefit from maintenance of ex-
tremely low money rates. With busi-
ness news showing continued recession,
however, buying was restrained.
Around midday, losses Of fractions
to more than point We're recorded in
Allegheny SIS of 1850, Armour of Della
ware IS, Erie SIS, International Paper
IS, Missouri-Kansas-Texas SIS and
Nickel Plate 4i2s. Up little were
American l. Foreign Power 5s, Column
bia Gas l. Electric SIS and Pacific Gas
3%s.
United States Government and for
eisn bonds were uneven and narrow.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO Dec IA R.-Poultry, live.
81 trucks. easier: hens IA pounds UP. 90:
plymouth Rock springs, 81: Geese. is.
Others unchanRed
Dressed market. steady: young tom tur-
Keys rs pounds up, 251a: under 16 pounds.
Butter. 400. steady: prices UNCHANGED
BNss. 32Sb. frm: extra nrsts, local, 2Si2;
fresh srsded hrsts local. ~; current re-
standards 30: nrsts. 1914. Others un-
Evening star., 1937-12-14
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. Dec. IA QPi.-Butter. ~.
@1b steady; creamery. higher than eytr.:
4oA-41: extra t92 score). 40; firsts (ss.
e1l. 34-39; seconds ts4-S7). $685.
Cheese, 35S.940; Arm. Prices un.
Eggs, 20,s16; firm. Mixed colors. spe.
cial packs 31-311a; standards. 3O-3OIa
grats 26.26l2;. seconds. 2@ia-:4fs: me.
dlums and dirties No. I. 2O-22: average
CHECKS. 1920: refrigerator. special pacfs
21-24: standards .OB: frsts. afs-oO:
seconds, lSh-19h; mediums. small ano
dirties. 1S1a-19.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
FREIGHT LOADINGS.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA R.-Revenue
freight carloadings on railroads report
ing today for the week ended December
IL included:
Year
Dec II. Prey. Wk. Ago
Rock Island - e3,2S6 23,5s4 26,427
o.. Paul - 25,912 1924 3O.I33
Evening star., 1937-12-14

Union Twist Drill Co-Declared an
extra dividend of rs cents share and
regular quarterly dividend of Is cents
. share on common stock, payable
December "A to holders Of record De-
cemher 40. 1887.
Evening star., 1937-12-14

Total U. 8. $50, ,567, $40 SIS. .5O6,623
New York City s1a,3ss.a4s S17sO1 .Oo6
Outside N Y. C. 5o.17s,6O1 57.705.61 7
For the first II months of 1887
permit values aggregated s1,0l1 $780,
260. against 1896, s,552 for the like
period of 1896, or a rise Of 1873 per
cent. In the similar comparison for
the first five months of this year the
gain was 40 per cent. Increases for
the 1l-month period, as compared
with year ago, we're shown for all
geograp phical groups, except the South
Central.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
BANKERS ACCEPTANCES
INCREASE IN NOVEMBER

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec 14.-Total bank
ers' acceptances outstanding November
80 stood at s348. .o269e3, an increase
Of sl,780,336 for the month, but a de-
crease for the year of s1,o26.497, the
New York Federal Reserve Bank re-
ported.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
U. S. TREASURY POSITION
By the Associated Press.

The position Of the Treasury on De-
sem5er II: Receipts. S33.11s. S95 So: ex-
mi %'342 q: customs receipts for the
Receipts for the fiscal year tsince Jp,v
u. $2.62O.55O,l15.39 expenditures S3..
$50 534 .s5O74. including S923343,3S5 81
OF emergency expenditures: excess of ex-
penditures $13a.aS4. 1856: gross debt.
az, l16, SCI. 45633, an increase Of S3'
e2l ,37415 abovs the previous day: sold
IS csssa sos Slc2754 AZ s.7;i22 49, including ST.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
PAINT EXPORTS SOAR,

The Commerce Department says
October exports Of $l.993,00O worth of
paints, pigments and varnishes were
the third highest for any month in
recent years.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
Failures Mount
To Highest Level
Since Early 1886
- the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE highest
number of commercial and industrial
failures in the United States for any
week since the one ended January 2l,
1885. was reported today by Dun d
Bradstreet, Inc, for the week Of De-
cemper 8.
The total for the latest week, 234,
also marked the ninth consecutive
week the figure was larger than its
1896 comparative.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
BANKS DISCLOSE
INCREASED LOANS
Advances to Brokers and
in u. S. Bond Purchases
Boost Volume.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board said
loans and investments OF representa-
tive banks increased last week for the
first time since October 13 and by
the largest amount since June 16.
Reports from banks in 10l leading
cities for the week ended December 8
showed a net gain of s1O8, ,O00, 900.
mostly in loans to securities brokers
and dealers and in purchases Of Gov
ernment securities. Brokers' loans.
which have fallen off steadily since
stock market prices broke, advanced
$70,000,000. The banks added S5O,-
100000 worth of Government securi-
ties to their portfolios New York
banks led both movements.
Business and agricultural loans.
however. declined seasonally by So
100000. The pre- Christmas trend also
showed up in an increase of $685.
100000 in demand deposits. while time
deposits dropped $5l.0O0,000.
The boards condition statement
gave the following summary of assets
and liabilities on Dec. 8, together with
changes for the week and with the
same week last year, in millions of
dollars:
Evening star., 1937-12-14
RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK. Dec. IA GP,.-Crude rub.
Der futures opened easy IL to % lower
December, 15.0Ob, March. 152S-3O, May.
1539-40. Bid.
Evening star., 1937-12-14
MONTREAL SILVER.

| MONTREAL Dec. IA R.-siIyef fu-
MAY, 60.A0,
Evening star., 1937-12-14
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Dec. IA tP.-Over-the.
counter market bank and trust companies
opening bid and asked prices
Evening star., 1937-12-14
FEDERAL LAND BANKS

NEW YORK. Dec. IA OP.-Federal Lane
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-16
DEATH
TOLL UP TO
SEVENTEEN

Summer heat and alcohol joined
forces late Saturday to take the
life of Frank Arenas, 42. Imperia,
Mexican laborer. a prisoner in the
FL Centre city Jail.
The death Of the Mexican brought
the heat death total for Imperia.
Valley to II since May l.
Arenas was arrested for being
trunk at 2:15 o'clock Saturday after
noon by FL Centre police officers
after residents complained because
he was crawling on the Sidewalk
IN the 400 block on Main street He
was alive at 4:35 o'clock Saturday
afternoon when the city prisoners
were taken TO dinner by officers
When they returned 35 minutes
later. the Mexican was dead He
was sitting on a cot with his head
Gaming against the jail wall. Off
GERS said Deputy County Coroner
Herbert Hughes said no inquest will
be held.
Funeral services for Arenas were
scheduled for the Catholic church
at FL Centre at o'clock Monday
afternoon. Burial was to take place
at Evergreen cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-16
GIRL JUMPS
100 FT.. LIVES
FEW SECONDS

BALTIMORE. Nd, Aug. l6. (U,P)
-Eighteen-year-old Harriet Poole
jumped 100 feet from the top OF
Baltimore's Washington monument
in a suicide attempt today and liv-
ed to tell about it.
The girl gave Attendant A. Ruley
Is cents entrance fee and hurried
up the stairs to the top of the
184-foot shaft.
Ten minutes later Robert Mac
Cubbin, a taxi driver, saw her ap-
proach the breast high coping at
the top, climb over it and jump
She landed on her feet on the
stone roof at the base of the monu-
ment, approximately $50 feet from
the place where she jumped.
She was alive when MacCubbin
reached her side,
did you jump or faB," he asked.
Il jumped" she murmured.
"Why?"
'Why?"
Il came here to do it"
She could talk no further and
died in Mercy hospital short time
later.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-16
FATAL CRASH
CLAIMS IT'S
4TH VICTIM

The fatal truck collision 10 miles
north Of Indio Thursday claimed
its fourth victim Saturday morning
when Benny Lee Northan. 36. FL
Centre Negro. died in the Coachele
Valley hospital of injuries suffered
in the accident.
Northan. who lived at 104 South
Third street, El Centre. and was one
of 13 FL Centre Negroes injured in
a head-on collision between two
trucks.
Ernest Edward S. Davis, %. son
of Rev. Fred Davis of FL Centre
and Joe Berry, 25. Negro vegetable
worker. lost their lives in the acct
dent as did a white truck driver 0!
Hollywood. The accident occurred at
4:45 o'clock Thursday morning as
the Negroes drove toward Fresno I,
obtain work in vegetable harvest
Their truck and a Phoenix trans
port truck met heaedon.
Funeral services are scheduled for
the Lemons funeral chapel in E,
Centro at 2 o'clock Tuesday after
noon. Burial will be made at Ever
green.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-16
Black Approved
By Senate Group
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page j
the retirement act, Austin and
Burke contended that Black is con-
stitutionally barred from taking
the post because the congress in
which he served indeased the
emoluments Of the office by pass
ing the supreme court retirement
act.
Burke, Austin, Sen. Styles Bridges
r.. NJ H., and possibly Sen. Royal
S. Copeland, D.. N. Y, who has so
far remained silent on the nomina-
ton, were expected TO carry the
brunt Of floor debate against con-
firmation Of Black.
Senators voting to report the
nomination faYorably on Neely's
motion:
Nicely, McCarran. Van Nuys, Lo-
gan. Dietrich, McGin, Hatch, Pitt
man, Conauy, O'Mahoney, Hughes,
Borah, Ashurst.
Those voting against the favor
able report were King, Burke, Aus
tin, Steiwer.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-16
air Wanted in
Last Object Of
Search In Valley

A man and woman wanted in
Hazslhurst, Mas, on felony charges
sre the objects Of q search conduct
d by Imperial county peace officers
this weekend at the request Of
Massachusstt officers.
The woman assisted her husband
70 escane from iail. The two de.
parted in a stolen automobile and
re believed to be headed for Mex
lco By train and plane. A 500 re-
ward is offered for their capture
Albert KararaHas william Mas
cv William Tule White. 81, Assyr-
m six feet TOLL weight rs pounds
american eagle and scrcIl tatooec
IN riaht arm. hair line mustacht
aomprisad the description of the
nan telegraphed Chief of Police
Sterling Oswalt of El Centre.
Gertrude Callahan, 25. five feet
four inches in height. 125 pounds
reddish brown hair blue eyes, dia.
mond solitaire rings, diamond wrist
watch. fractured arm, was the des-
cription of the woman.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-16
TWO WOMEN
WE'D IN RENO

RENO, New, Aug. IS. UP)-
Married in Reno as man and woman
N Aug 81, 1895. Ivan G. Orloff anc
Edna Joseph Of Oakland. Calf.
are both women. Reno police were
in formed today.
A message received from OAKLAND
said the couple vas being held there
With no charge preferred pendino
word from Reno The Reno dis
rict attorney was TO be consultce
later today TO determine Just what
law was allegedly violated officer
said.
Oakland officials said the two
wonnn secured an interlocutory
divorce decree there on Sept. q
1886. with the husband" listed as
B. Ivan.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-16
Officer Identifies
Clothes of Slain
Inglewood Girls

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16. UP)-
F. B. Dickerson, veteran deputy
sheriff, cried unashamed on the
witness stand today as he identified
clothing last worn by the three
little Inglewood girls, for whose
murder Albert Dyer, 80, is being
tried
When Dickerson had placed the
last piece of clothing worn by
Melba and Madeline Everett and
jeanette Stephens in the hands Of
william E. Simpson, chief deputy
district attorney, he drew his hand
kerchief from his pocket and wipeo
his tears away.
After he left the witness stand
Dickerson explained his emotion
had been due to the fact he has
boy and a girl about the same
age as the slain children.