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Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-10
Pear Buck, Missionary Writer, Wins
$4,000 Nobel Prize Second Time
For Outstanding Literary Work

STOCKHOLM. Nov. 10. lUP)-Ihe Ig30 N0OeI PTAe
for literature has been awarded to Pearl 3 Buck Amef
can author il was announced officially today:
The prize is worth approximately $4,000 TINS year
Mrs Buck is author of THE Good Earth, which won
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-10

Benjamin Farber, one of the
victims of the kidnap gang that
confessed the abduction and
cremation of Arthur Fried of
White Plains, N. Y, leaves the
district attorneys Office in a car
after confronting Joe Sacoda,
who police say was trigger man
of the ring. Farber is Brook
lyn business man.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

blar a listed la misma tarde
que ocurri6 la tragedia, del o.
rigen de Maria.
70 estaba al corriente, CO.
mo caSi TODD ell mundo en- Ma
orld' de que la muchacha no
es ma nj descendiente de los
MO verde, que ustedes no son
Sus padres Y que NADIA Sc sabe
acerca de su origen.
NADIA !-repiti6 RodoIfo,
hacienda un gesto de pena.
-Yo saba ESQ. Pero mi a.
NOR por Maria era. mo, es,
tan grande, tan fuerte, que
nunca considere esta circuns-
tancia como un obstaculo para
nacerle mi esposa! La guerra,
Ia adoraba con todas las fuer-
Sas de mi vida, dsxda sisrnpgs,
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

NG6sz, Harry N. Carney, Joe
MuFs@ A. Simon y NJ. 1sro. d
rector: Jose Perez (Joche).
Centric Asturiano: Jimenez,
H. Guerra, B. Fernandez, NJ.
Fernandez, C. Castillo, j. Sua :
req, ]. Jordan, r. Fernandez, A.
Esp6lita, R. Rodriguez, NJ. Llau
get, A. Garcia, A. Acosta, M. Je-
rez, NJ. Fernandez, director.
Unione Italiana: J. Schiro, j.
Greco, Buggica, F. Grandio, J.
Gonzalez, L. Romano, R. Monto-
to, w. Paz, L. Rodriguez, T.
Scniro, J. Casares, M. Domfn :
gueZ, NJ. Traina, J. Canto. Di-
rector: F. Casares.
Los juegos senalados, hasta a.
gosto 7, son estos:
JUNO 10, Centre Asturiano
contra Cabalieros LeaIes y c..
Cubano contra Unione Italiana
JUNO &c, Centre Asturiano con-
ira Cfrculo Cubano Y Caballeros
Leales contra Unione Italiana /;
julio 3, Unione Italiana contra
Centre Asturiano Y Caballeros
Leales contra Circulo Cubano
julio 4, Unione Italiana contra
Clrculo Cubano y Caballeros
Leales contra Contra Asturiano
0ullo 10, Unione Italiana contra
Cabaaleros Leales y Centre AS
turiano contra Unione Italiana
julio II, Cfrculo Cubano contra
Caballeros Leales y Centre AS
turiano contra Unione Italiana
Julio "a, Centre Asturiano con-
ira Caballeros Leales Y Cfrcule
Cubano contra Unione Italiana
julio 81, Centre Asturiano con.
ira Circulo Cubano y CabaNeros
Leales contra Unione I~taliana, Y
agostO 7. Unione Ttaliana con
ira Centre Asturiano y Caballe.
ros Leales contra Circulo Cuba.
no.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18
LA "CIENCIA" EN- LOS
PUEOS

Jack Cuody dice que Jose
Luis le ha promet.do una peIea
"cientfica" para 81 dfa %, fren
ts al tsa36n .Sokmsl.ng.
81 negro estima que su habi-
lidad es mayor que Ia de Schme
ling y por 10 tanto acudira tam
bien a ia "ciencia" de los puios.
Ahora bien, alguhos de los ex-
pertos, entire ellos Gene Tunney
opinan que Luis debe atacar sin
misericordia, desde ell primer a.
saIto, desechando la "ciencia" y
vapulear a SD contrario de modo
que este caiga a la Iona entire Ell
36ptimo y Ell octave asalto.
Quiere este decir que Luis sc
"a derrotado 81 REQUIRE "a las
formulas cientificas'' en- contra
del ahijado de Adolfo Hitler?
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

i Escuchame, Pope! Puesto
que tie encuentras mas sereno,
sera conveniente que me hagas
una confession en- toda regla.
Comprende Ia ansiedad Ell
que yo, Maria y mi esposa vivi-
mos desde anteayer, cuando tn
carta deshizo la boda que debia
haberse celebrado aver en- los
Jer6nimos, de Madrid.
Pope lie miro con una sonrisa
palida, parandose un instante,
y al fin respondi6:
isl, yo tambien tengo de-
secs de contarselo TODD! De es-
tie modo, listed podra juzgar-
me. Pero antes de hablar, i'm
pongo, sin embargo, una con-
dicion.
Dime. TIE Ia eoncsdo por
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

Necesito que usted, al menos,
conozca toda la extension de mi
dolor, de mi desgracia v de mi
pesadumbre, para tener la GER
leza de que alguien me disculpe
Y me comprenda...
Hizo adn otra pausa.
Rodolfo pudo yer en- los ojos
del joven, fijos en- la lejania, CO.
mo 81 inten6aran llegar hasta
Madrid, a traves de campos y
pu~blos, un ~relampago amari-
llento de desesperaci6n infini-
ia.
Y esper6, con loca ansiedad,
a que ell otro siguiera expli-
candole.
~-Yo tsnbisn pensaba~
coH6nu6 RAND Forido--ha-
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

para descargo de SD conciencia,
Y rog6 a Rio Verde que Sc SEN
taran a la sombra de los prime
roS pinos.
Ell aire cantaba aqui ana
cre6nticas estrofas y cantos Ii
tGrgicos, moviendo con suavi-
dad las ramas verdes de los ar
boles, que exhalaban un perfu-
me embriagador a resina.
De abajo, del valle, inundado
de sol Y de verdura Y del rebri-
liar de los regatos que bajaban
de la sierra, subia hasta los dos
hombres, de vez en- vez, envuelto
en- viento, Ell eco de las canciones
de los labriegos, q. iba realizan-
do las labores.
Isl, Voy a hahar-diio, NJ
fin Pepa tras un Ave suspiro->
La gaceta., 1938-06-18
"a temporada de la Liga Intersocial
en- Ell Parque de Cuscaden
JugarSn mahana los cuatro Clubs cue
integran ell ~circu;to

Empezara ma1ana, domingo
10, Ia tsmporada de Baseball In
~rersocial, en- ei parqae de Gus
caden.
Los dos primeros desafios del
campeonato los jugaran Centre
Asturiano contra Caballeros
Leales de America y Cfrculo Gu
bano contra la Unione Italiana.
Ell primer desafio comenzara
a Ia 1870 Y Ell segundo despues
de terminado ell primero, con u
nos poco5 minutes de diferencia.
Los arbitros nombrados son
los Sres. Burrough, en- 81 "home'
y Chico Hernandez para las ba-
SEES.
Alfredo Montoto es ell anota-
dor Official, como para que re-
cuerde otras temporadas Y otras
iigas.
La Liga, por medic del secre-
tario Sergio Berdeal, nos invi-
ia para asistir a los juegos de la
temporada, cortesia que agrade
cemos.
Los mayores pagaran diez cen
tavos, por Ell asiento, y los me-
nores de IL amos para abajo en-
traran de gratis.
Componen las cuatro novenas
los siguiente peloteros: Circulo
STANDARDIZATION Iglesias, En-
rique Lopez, Sacramento Dfaz,
Alberto Torres, Roberto Lon
val, Manuel Menendez, Mario
Mira, Gabriel Becerra, Onelio
Corrales, Juan Hip6lito y Ar
mando Dominguez. Director
Antonio Castro.
Caballeros Leales de Ameri.
ca: Amado Hernandez, Cuso
Garcia, j. White, E.. Contreras
JESUS Rodriguez, w. P. Brown
Roberto Perdomo, L. Britt, Au.
relic Varas, Pat Perez, Roberto
La gaceta., 1938-06-18
RETIRADOS LOS CARGOS
CONTRA LOS FUNOIONA-
RIOS ACUSADOS
Los Jugadores Procesddos
Serdn jazg1dos

Ell fiscal especial, J. w. Hun
ter, anunci6 aver que no acusa-
ra q los funcionarios p1blicos
que Ell gran jurado procesara en-
relaci6n con ell juego prohibido;
pero ST acusara a los jugadores
que ell mismo ORGANISING procesa
ra. Il
Antes de sail rayer de Tam
pa, ell fiscal proces6 a cinco de
Ros jugadores, inctuyendo a
Charlie Wall, notificando al
juez Hines.
A Pedro Ramos Sc le acusa de
operar una loteria y encuanto a
LaRussa, 81 septimo procesado,
Sc resolvera mas. tarde 10 peril
nente
La fecha del juicio sera Sc
nalada en- fecha pr6xima.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

perfumes aldeanos.

Cruzaron los campos de Guilt
vo, Y pronto comenzaron a es-
calar las asperas faldas de una
sierra, a traves de I'm Sendero
cortado por los zig-zag de un
torrente de aguas purfsimas
que corrian entire piedras blan-
cas-, como pedazos de nieve que
lutheran caido de los picos de
Ia cordillera.
Al fin, una soledad Y un silen
clio majestuosos, Ell silencio Y la
soledad de las montanas, comen
20 a envolverles.
Rodolfo crey6 llegado ell mo-
mento de hablar.
Y echando I'm brazo por enci-
ma del hombro de su amigo, en-
peg6 q decir de esta manera:
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

hBFs%E%
Jack Blackburn, ell famoso en-
trenador, dijo aver que ell esta-
do fisico de Jose Luis es perfec-
to. "No cream ustedes los rela-
tos sobre que Ell entrenamiento
de Joe ha sido equivocado 0 ex-
cesivo. Luis esta en- la c1spide y
de ella no lie bajara Schmeling."
Luis Sc descuid6 en- la prime
ra pelea con Schmeling, agreg6
Blackburn, pero esta sera otra
cosa."
Joe habia acabado de veneer
a Primo Camera y Max Baer y
tenfa excesiva confianza. Sc des
Guido algo..-.. pero en- este COM
bate va veran otro cosa distin-
ia, porque no habra nj 10 mas mi
nina porci6n de negligencia.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18
anticipate.

anticipate.
-Es precise que listed guar
de absolutamente reserva sobre
10 que 70 voy a decirle, sobre
TODD, con Maria.
Crey6 Rodolfo que Pope iba a
confesarle, al fin, que TODD 10
ocurrido, a pesar de su desespe
raci6n de anteanoche, habia 81
do motivado por imposition de
su amante, Y dominando sus ra-
bias infinitas, contest6 con aeon
to solemne:
70 tie 10 juro! Nj Maria nj
nadie, sabra NADIA.
Pope reanud6 la Marcia.
Habfa querido hacer una leve
pausa antes de comenzar a con-
fesarSe con este hombre, al que
le urgia darle una sxplicacidn
La gaceta., 1938-06-18
CON los EIIANTE
asaltos; paro asi y todo resisti6
los Is y venclo.

asaltos; paro asi y todo resistio
los Is y vencio.
para Ia pelea del % pasede
probarse que Schmsl;ng no per-
tanece 4 Ia clase de LUIS. Joe es
ia lsto y &hora m:smo pud;era
eoitarlo en- IN ring" Sohne-
ing, dandoselas de intelligence a
lo "nazi'', cree que 81 es el uni
60 en- ei mundo -ue We las cosas.
10 he preparado a tres cam
peones, temin6 diciendo Black
burn, y la historic ahf esta. Sc
nombran Bud Taylor, de los Pc
sos bantam Y puma: Sammy
Mandell, peso ligero, y John
Henry Lewis, peso complete Ii
zero. De todos los buenos boxea
dores que han tratado de desa-
rrollar campeones, yO he sidO Ell
dnico que 10 he logrado.
"Yo creo en- la ciencia del
"ring'', como cualquier ingenie-
70, ciruano 0 arquitecto cree en-
10 que e. hace. Els por este que
Luis boxeara cientfficamente, Ell
microbes, y vencera a Schmel-
ing"
Luis boxeara hasta poner ell
n1mero de puntos a su favor y
despues lie acostara.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

De modo que ell director del
negro no cree en- ell consejo de
Tunney y pondra en- acci6n to-
dos sus recursos "cientificos".-
Despues que agote la "~ciencia"
Luis acoStara al "nazi'.
La ciencia Sc extiende y va Sc
necesita ser cientifico hasta pa
ra tirarle de la levita a los pro-
minentes.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18
Noticias de Pelota
LIGA NACIONAL

Las Abejas vencieron dos We
ces a los Cubs, mientras los Ro-
JOS de Cincinnati hacfan 10 mis-
mo con los Dodgers.
La doble derorta fue I'm serio
contratiempo para Ell Chicago,
cargando con la desilusi6n los
pitchers Lee y French. Bate6 Ell
Chicago cinco "jilotes," en- Ell
primero, y otros cinco en- el es-
gundo. Las Abejas descargaron
cinco en- ell primero y ocho en- el
segundo. Turner gan6 ell primer
partido y tanning Ell segundo.
Jim Weaver dej6 a los bod :
gers en- cuatro hits y tres carre-
ras. Ernie lombard bate6 un
jonron en- ell noveno.
wal Goodman bate6 Ell decimo
quinto ''jonron" de la Temporal
da.
Chicago DC, 5h, De; Boston 1c
5h, lie.
Chicago &c, 5h, 2e; Boston &c
8h, lie.
Cincinnati 4c, 8h, lie; Broo-
klyn &c, All, De.
Cincinnati 12c, 18h, De; Broo-
klyn 10c, 14h, Be.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

Los Senadores ganaron Ell pr
mer juego con dos Tigres y per-
dieron Ell segundo.
Washington 12c, 18Th, De; De
troit loo, l3h, lie.
Washington Sc, ION, De; De-
troit DC, 8h, lie.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

Los Gigantes vapulearon a los
Cardenales, dirigidos por Hank
Leiber y Joe Moore, con 16 hits.
ESta nueva victoria da a los
Gigantes una ventaja de tres
juegos en- ell primer lugar de la
Liga.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

cago. Fue la octava consecutive
derrota, en- Chicago, de Ia move
ma dirigida por Jimmie Dykes.
Boston SC, ION, De; Chicago
1c, Oh, lie.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

Contra ell ingles Tommy Far,
Blackburn, da la excusa de la
mano lastimada. Luis Sc lastim6
la mano derecha en- los primeros
La gaceta., 1938-06-18
Folletin No. Sc

con esa claridad que tiene en-
dos wales de las alturas.
SOnaban cencerroS de ca
bras y de ovejas, de bueyes y
de vacas, y los excmsionistas
ne encontraban como envueltos
eada vez que sus pies hollaban
Ies haarbas que festoneaban al
eawino. ca upa strn6zesra de
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

CHIVAS LECHERAS, Nubian
Kids y Cerdos. Venta a bajo
precio para rapido comprador.
K. Tattee, Chelsea esquina a
56th St.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18
LIGA AMERICANA

Johnny Allen do la victoria
a los Indios, dominando a los
Atleticos. Earl Averill, Ell jardi-
nero de la tribu, pogo tres hits
en- cuatro veces al bate.
Filadelfia 1c, 5h, 2e; Oleve =
land &c, l2h, Zoe.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

Dos pelotas NAL tiradas costa
ron a Hollingsworth una victo-
ria sobre los Piratas. La segun-
.da pelota la tiro NAL en- ell deci-
mo inning y permiti6 a Hadley
anotar desde tercera.
Pittsburg &c, Oh, De; Filada-
fla &c, 12h, De.
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

San Luis Sc, Tn, lie; N, York
Toe, l6h, lie,
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

Los Medals Rojas, con VIII =
son de pitcher, vencieron al Chi
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

Victoriano Manteiga, Editor
La gaceta., 1938-06-18

Subscription semanal: 20 cents
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-17
By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, March 17.-To your Uncle Sam, this spy business is an over inflated old world cus- tom. He recalls that the Babylon ians and the Israelites had some espionage "smothies.' He also knows spies never have been a serious threat to this country.
 While G-men recently got a lot of publicity by arresting a U. s. army deserter. an American soldier and a German girl on espionage charges, seasoned military men will tell you that:
 1. About 95 per cent of the so- called military secrets" that spies obtain. and try to peddle for a nrice are available through regular channels of unguarded military in formation = published reports and articles in service magazines.
 ?. Vital information is so guard ed that it's 100-to-1 shot your average spy can't get within shoot ine distance of it. These secrets are not accessible to lower rank or ficers. Few copies of important plans are made, the officers in pos session of them give receipts ana there is a constant check on theIr safe-keeping.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-17
uVII AT TT ME lNSSPYING ON AMERICAS DE- " HI II eMLHl'D TENSE SECRETS

sired who in the World War wheedl- ed information from allied officers she had vamped, was not a great spy. Her crude tactics and her pas sion for display made detection by the French military intelligence comparatively easy.
 Even Belle Boyd, the darling of the Confederacy, who daringly car- ried important military informa- ton through the Union lines, would have been up against a different proposition in the World War, where the counter-spy system was highly developed.
 In wartime, military spying is regarded as a highly honorable profession, providing, of course, the spy is working for his own coun- try. It has been estimated there were 10000 spies in Europe during the World War but military men say one-tenth of that nu m b e r would be closer to facts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-17

Ethiopian excursion. But the facts are not public.
 A Deep Secret
 Still a deep secret among mlll- tary men were the results of the bombing" of the battleship Utah by army planes last year, several hundred miles off San Franciscos $ Golden Gate. They were impress sive. Dropped from an average of l2,OO0 feet, water bombs" pep pered the deck and the water near the vessel.
 The army argued that the direct hits with real bombs would have sunk or crippled the Utah; that aear-hits would have opened her seams.
 The answer to the planes ac- curacy was new, secret bomb sight.
 It is all theory, of course, and the rebuttal of the navy adds up to an equally logical conclusion that for offense, the airplane is as effective as a gnat on an elephants hide
 Battleship Protection
 Modern battleships, they point out, are armor- plated above the water line and that bulges or "blis- ters' below it absorb the shock of explosions.
 Even the value of torpedoeS against modern men-of-war is ques- toned. At Jutland the warship Marlborough was torpedoed, but not disabled.
 The Spanish Insurgent battle ship Espana was sunk by chance hit down a funnel. The gunboat Panay, sunk in China, was meager- ly equipped for combat.
 Alone among high navy officials, Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval operations, has conceded publicly that an airplane might be able to sink a battleship. 1 Let's enter a hypothetical war. An enemy is approaching our shores. A warning has been sound- ed.
 The Carriers Brood
 Ashore are the Air Corps heavy looming planes, the largest cap able of flying 1,50O miles, unloading several thousand pounds of eggs and returning without refueling.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-17
British Cabinet Now Faces Graue Crisis
Arms Race Reuiues Debate --- BOn,bers Versus Warships;Can An Airplane Sink BattleslIp?
 Yes, Says Army Officers; No, Replies Macy
By DEVON FRANCIS AP Aviation Editor

If an airplane can sink a bat tleship, defense of Americas coast lines would appear to be a simple matter. If it can't, a lot of energy is being wasted on that argument again.
 While the navy's battle wagons conduct their annual maneuvers in the Pacific, tidy plan for stop ping an invading fleet in it's at tacks is being evolved by the Army Air Corps.
 Beth Make Good Cases
 Army bombers, as a new first line of defense" would wing far to sea to engage the fleet. At best, the invaders warships would be sunk or disabled At worst, they would be put at disadvantage.
 The Air Corps makes a good case for itself.
 But so do champions of the war ship; insistent that the navy still is the nations first line of defense.
 Little has been added to avail able knowledge in the Battleship- vs.-Aircraft argument by the Ethi- opian, Spanish or Sino Japenese wars. No modern bombing plane has been tested against a modern warship.
 Partisans of the airplane say Italy won the first air war in his tory without firing a shot = by threatening to sink the British fleet in the Mediterranean if the Suez Canal were closed during the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-17
Income Tas Collectors Get
 Theirs in Different Ways:
 Humorous, Other Incidents
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Prob- ably income tax collectors would develop headknocks if it were not for the letters and comments of taxpayers who get tangled in their returns.
 Take this one:
 A lady wrote in to the. Bureau of Internal Revenue asking if she could claim $500 exemption for her two darling dogs" since they were wholly dependent upon her. Be- sides, she added, "one of the dogs is a facsimile of my husband.
 A Maryland farmer got break when tax agent dunned him for taxes on the income from his ac- count in a bank. It was the first time the farmer had heard that his mother had deposited $10,000 for him in 1900 She had died without telling him. Interest, compromising through the years had swelled it to $3O000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-17

Cooperating with the defense fleet are the navy's slower, heavily armed patrol bombers. On cruisers and battleships of each fleet are nests of scouting and observation planes, and on aircraft carriers are several hundred combat obServa- ton, and light bombing machines.
 The usefulness of the carriers broods can be discounted beyond 300 miles from their base. Excep- tionally vulnerable to attack, the carriers will remain far behind the zone of battle.
 With the enemy still a thousand miles out, a dozen Air Corps bomb bers take off to meet him.
 But, the navy interposes, how is the army going to find him? Well, runs the answer, the Utah was found in a search of 9G,000 square miles of ocean; to find whole fleet should be easy.
 All right, says the navy. The enemy has been spotted, but the enemy also has spotted the army, and a swarm of fighting planes is rising from every ship.
 A curtain" of anti-aircraft shells is being thrown athwart the bomb CTS line of flight.
 A New Idea
 Not so fast, says the army. CD Enemy observation units are off on missions and the surprise is complete; CD Only few enemy combat planes are in the air, and the rest are being launched too slowly to worry about; (3) The carriers, looming like the broad side of barn, can be dispatched quickly; (4) Anti-aircraft fire is innocuous at 10000 to 12,000 feet
 Very well, retorts the navy with deadly finality, but the airplanes cant sink the battleships; and as for "harassing" the enemy, sub marines and torpedo boats can do better job.
 The Air Corps recently pulled q new idea out of it's sleeve. How about laying down blanket of deadly gas, it asks, and let the elaborate ventilating systems of enemy ships suck in the fumes? The navy, which can give as well as take, will have an answer to that one soon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-17
NEGOTIATIONS
 NOW STALLED,
 WAGE SCALES
Canneries in West Alaska District May Not Be
 Opened This Season
OPERATORS OFFER
 REJECTED BY UNION
Packers Explain Why Re trenchments Necessary
 at Present Time

SEATTLE, March 17.-Com- plete suspension of salmon fish ing operations in the West Alaska district, with a possible spread to the entire industry, involving 25,000 men, is threat ened as wage negotiations are stalled between operators and the union fishermen.
 Louis Mostad, Alaska Fisher mems Union agent, announced that the union has rejected the operators offer which he said called for a 10 percent cut in the monthly wages and 10 to 20 percent reduction in the fisher mems percentages of the catch.
 Arthur I. Ellsworth, Secretary of the Canned Salmon Indus try, said today that many pack CTS are considering closing down for the season in the West AL aska district, and are taking similar action in other districts if the fishermen take the same stand.
 Mcstad said the union is ask ing for the same catch per- centages and the same wages as last year except for S10 a mon h increase for captains and engineers on tenders, net foremen, hammermen and pile driver foremen.
 The representatives of the packers said the salmon market has suddenly dropped and a large inventory made retrench- ments necessary.
 Early movement to the north of men and equipment is held up pending outcome of the dispute.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-17
} MEN NAMED TO INVESTIGATE
 RAIL SITUATION
Condition of Carries Said to Be at Critical
 Stage

WASHINGTON, March IT, White House officials describing the railroad financial situation in the United States as critical, today an- nounced that President Roosevelt had named three members of the Interstate Commerce Commission as a special committee to formulate recommendations for immediate Congressional action.
 Chairman Walter Splawn and Commissioners Joseph B. Eastman and Charles D. Mahaffie were named to the committee as con- ference attended by railroaders laborers, financiers, and President Roosevelt.