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Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
COLD SHEATHS.
HALF OF NATION
IN ICY COATING
Six Deaths in 3 States
Blamed on Blizzard;
High Winds
By United Press

A driving blizzard, sweep
ing over the north central
states from the Arctic re-
gions, extended its force
eastward and westward today and
sheathed half the nation with Grip
pling ice and snow.
Mishaps caused by floods in the
middlewest and near zero temper
atures and drifts throughout the
Great Lakes region led to at least
six deaths in three states.
The blizzard, centered across the
upper Michigan peninsula, spent
it's fury westward into Wisconsin
and Iowa. Winds reaching veloci-
ty of so miles an hour piled 30
Continued on Page 2. Col. .
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
Special Defense
Message Slated
From Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. tUP)-
President Roosevelt prepared today
to send a special national defense
message to congress late this week
urging additional appropriations for
all branches of the armed service
1t was expected that he would
recommend an expenditure of about
5000. 100000 more than provided in
the regular budget estimates which
will run over ST. $l,000,000,000.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. CUP)-
The senate appropriations commit
tee today reported to the senate
the $549, ,227 .842 house-approved ma
val appropriations bill which pro-
videq approximately $l38,00O,000 for
construction of naval vessels.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26

discharged Workmen.
Pickets paraded in front of the
companys warehouse at CaleXico
and at several siphons and high
way structures near the border
town. Deputy Sheriffs Bob Par
rish and Bill Schofield were dis
patched to CaleXico as observers
by Sheriff Robert w Ware.
Striking Workmen included men,
bers of laborers, carpenters, iron
workers, plastererS, cement finish
ers and painters unions affiliated
with the American Federation of
Labor, said Louis Fabian, CaleXico,
business agent for the Central La
Dor Council in Ell Centro.
Demands of the strikers includ-
ed a wage scale of 62l2 cents an
hour for laborers which Fabian de-
Continued on Page 2, Col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26

90, which will be discontinued un-
der the proposal.
A. L. Seville, representative of
Brawley and of the associated
chamber of commerce. George R.
Kirk of Calexico and S. P Will
liams of Imperial, also accepted the
substitute service.
The bus system will save the
Southern Pacific more than S10,-
900 annually through the elimina-
ton of switching problems and
the elimination of the cost of oper-
ating trains 81 and 80.
The bus service will operate at
Continued on Page 2; Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26

C. E. Cooke, chairman of the farm
home department. Chairman Evan
T HeWes of the irrigation district
will preside, introducing Carmody
Muse will be furnished by the
Imperial Valley Boys Band.
Choice of Alamorio as site for the
celebration when the first pole is
put down was based largely on its
accessibility and the fact that park
ing space is available there for the
huge crowd expected to attend,
district officials said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26

CarmOdy VIII De principal sptak-
er at a county celebration at
Alamorio, three and half miles
east of Brawley, where the district
will set down the first pole in its
rural transmission system.
The festive spirit of the occasion
will be carried out in music, speech
es and a barbecue, district officials
said.
Viewpoints Of men and women on
the farm will be told by Charles
Wieman. president of the Imperial
County Farm Bureau, and Mrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
Banker CoIIapses in
FL Centro When He
Fasts Three Days

r. f. Loe. 68, reputedly wealthy
Oregonian, was in the Ell Centre
hospital Wednesday after a stroke
induced by lack of food, police
said.
Loe, who had been living at an
auto court here for three days
without food, was described by
police as prominent in banking
circles at the Dalles, Ore. A nephew,
Herbert ID. McNutt, telegraphed
authorities from Portland ordering
the best care for the aged man.
Another nephew, Wilbur l.. Nc
Mutt, lives at Forest Grove, Ore.
Reason for LOe's asserted self
starvation remained mystery.
Police were first notified of the
elderly mans condition when the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
RELIEF ROLL
OFF DESPITE
CHILL WAVE

Chilly weather, the time relief
rolls are expected to climb to new
highs, worked in reverse in I'M
perial county the last few days.
The relief roll total at State Re.
lief Administration headquarters in
Ell Centro dropped to 165 families
early this week after standing at
III families Thursday of last week,
About the usual number of ap-
plicants ask for aid, Robert Elliott,
director of the SRA in Imperial
county, announced Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26

railway commission at the court
house.
Examiner Hall will send a report
of the hearing to the commission
for approval. A decision will be
rendered within one month. Hall
said. Until that time present train
schedules will be continued.
Chamber of Commerce and city
officials met with r. S. Myers, at
torney for the Southern Pacific,
at a recess after preliminary tes-
timony had been introduced, and
reached the agreement.
Robert WhitelaW, who represent
ed Ell Centro and the Ell Centro
Chamber of Commerce, accepted
the substitute service on the con-
dition the new schedule provide the
same advantages as trains 81 and
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
NAVY OFFICER,
CADET KILLED

BELLEVILLE, ILL.,, Jan. 26. tUP)
"A naval officer and a cadet we're
killed at Scott Field today, when
their plane caught in a dirigible
mooring mast and crashed to the
ground.
The dead were identified as
Lieut.. Commander Emile Chourre
inspector of naval aircraft of the
Consolidated Aircraft corporation
OF San Diego. Calf. and Aviation
Cadet Michael j. Ola, of the U. S.
Naval Reserve, stationed at San
Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26

proprietor of a west city limits
auto court asked them to inves-
tigate his case. Officers escorted
Loe downtown Tuesday afternoon
and saw that he had food. They
took him back to the auto court
and asked physician to examine
him. That night he was taken to
the hospital, suffering from "A
stroke.
His condition Wednesday was
described as critical.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
Committee Approves
McAdOO Judge Bill

WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. (UP)-
The senate judiciary committee has
favorably reported a bill by Sen
William Gibbs McAdoo, D., Calf,
to provide for the appointment of
an additional district Judge for the
Southern District of California.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
REA Chief TO HELP
VALLEY CELEBRATE

Chief John NJ Carmody of the Rural Electrification
Administration will arrive in Imperial Valley Feb from
Washington to celebrate the beginning of construction
the Imperial Irrigation Districts rural eecrificaton
project first major project Of its kind in California.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
Blamed
On Police Chief
Head of Los Angeles Intelligence Squad
Charged With Attempt to Murder
Vice Crusade PrOber

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26. (UP)-District attorneys
officers today hunted Capt Earle E. Kynete chief of the
police intelligence squad, who charged with setting
bomb to murder investigator employed by private
citizens for crusade against vice Police Chief lanes E.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
Demand Increased
Pay Closed Shop
Discrimination Against Union Workers
Charged in Strike of As Men
On All American

Forty-Fve employees of the Lewis Chambers Construc
ton company along several miles of the All American
canal in southern Imperial Valley went strike at
Wednesday demanding closed shop, wage boost of
II IL cents hour for aborers and reinstatement of Is
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
BUS SERVICE
PLAN Q. KID
AT HEARING
Southern Pacific Outlines Stand ON
Train Abandonment; Expense of
Daylight Schedule

Bus service, proposed by the Southern Pacific Rail
company to replace day train schedules between Cal
eXco and Los Angeles accepted Wednesday by cham
bers of city council and other affected
izations at hearing before Examiner Hall of the state
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
The Perfect Alibi---

The Perfect Alibi-
Hugh MacKinnon, Calexico at
torney, wears a beatific expression
OF justified injury these days when
anyone questions the origin of the
black eye that glistenS darkly for
all the whole wide world to behold
in spite of a nifty gauze bandage.
After all, Hugh's safe where 1t
counts.
Il know you won't believe it"
he AYERS, but this is my story.
l ran into lamp post on Holly
wood boulevard. My wife had to
believe me. She was with me-"
And, after all, that's what counts
Rest For The Weary
A man and woman who have
travelled for years throughout the
United States (nameS withheld by
requesD, consider Ell Centro some
thing special in the way of hos
pitable cities. Ell Centro, the wife
explains, is the only city they have
Continued on Page 2; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26

Pardon 1t, Please!-
We never thought before what
a terrible thing it could be, but
now that Secret Operative Z-l3
has reported remote contact With
a telephone operator who had the
hiccoughs, we're aghast We're just
a little bit sorry too, for all the
nasty things we've said about tele-
phone operators. Imagine tele-
phone operator with the hiccougha
trying to tell another operator
that she had a long distance call
for Winnemucca, Nevada!
Horse And Buggy Days
A youngster, quite modern in all
respects, was inspecting the hitch
ing post in front of the country
court house.
There's no sense in havin that
thing here" he commented after
a while There's only one horse
in toWn-and the sheriff rides him
up and down the streets
We've an idea he was referring
to Frank Smyer, the mounted po-
liceman)
OF course, the youngster wasn't
up ON national affairs sufficiently
to connect the name of the ediflce
the COURT house-with a. late
lamented remark about horse and
buggy days
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26

Butter: Los Angeles. Bic; but
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade a. 42c; manufacturing milk
38c route gathered cream 34e.
L. A. Hay: L. 5. No. $1,000
s17.OO; No. 2 leafy sl5.-15.50. No.
= S13-13.50. Mpls. fax. May S2.06A.
". Lettuce fob, CT. Is. 5s 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-26
BANK DEBTS

TUESDAY
S374,321.94
BUILDING PERMITS
TO DATE THIS YEAR
S6,827
Evening star., 1938-01-19

0CO fC IVA. C1 .
ris Of George M. Ferris & Co., was
elected treasurer, succeeding Chaun-
cey G. Parker, jr., of Auchincloss,
Parker & Redpath. who asked to be
relieved Of the duties on account Of
pressure of other work.
Three new members were elected
to the board Of governors, w. w.
Spaid. Harold c. Patterson of Auchin-
Gloss, Parker g. Redpath and Edison
B. Olds, jr., Of Brown. Goodwin &
Ol6s.
Members Of the board whose terms
have not yet expired are Y. E. Booker
Mr.. Johnston, an ex-ofiicio member;
w. w. Mackall and George M. Ferris.
c. H. Gockeler, who has been on
the board Of governors for many years,
a former president and one OF the
most enthusiastic members of the ex-
change, declined reelection. stating
that he felt the younger members
should be accorded the honor.
Following the election, the board of
governors organized for the year by
re-electing Y. E. Booker, head of the
investment firm bearing his name,
chairman.
The attendance at the annual meet
ing was unusually large. During the
trading session Capital Traction SIS
sold at 683s. new high for this year.
Washington Gas preferred moved at
80 and eight sales Of Mergenthaler
LinOtype were registered at % Other
issues sold at recent levels.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
PEOPLES LIQUIDATING
PAYS 3 PER CENT
B: = Stan Correspondent of The Star.

B: Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
POOLESv1LLE, Nd, Jan. 19.-An-
other distribution Of per cent to
holders of certificates of beneficial in
terest in the Peoples Liquidating Corp,
liquidating agency for the defunct
Central Trust Co. Of Frederick, was
being made here today at the Pooles-
vile branch Of the Farmers Bank g.
Trust Co. of Rockville.
The distribution brings the total to
25 per cent for former depositors of
the Central Trust Co. The payment
was available also at the following
banks: Frederick, Myersville. Nom
rovia and Middletown accounts at the
Western Maryland Trust Co. at Fred.
erick; Walkersville accounts at Walk
ersville Bank; Ellicott City accounts
at Commercial q Farmers Bank. e.
licott City; Union Bridge accounts At
Union Bridge Banking b Trust Co.:
Thurmont accounts at the Thurmont
Bank; Emmitsburg accounts at the
Farmers State Bank, Emmitsburr:
smithsburg ind sykesville accounts at
the Sykesville State Bank.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
FOREIGN EXCHANGE,

- NEW YORK. Jan. 10 0R.-solution Of
French political dithculties. although on
what most traders considered . shaky
basis. was found .reassurine In foreign
exchange circles today after recent imam
etal and governmental uncertainties.
Discount Of the 9O-day forward franc
narrowed to .11A Of . cent from IL Of .
,strenKth in the French unit carried
other European cuIrencies forward over .
broad front In terms Of the dollar The
pound gained y Of . cent. the belsa .O1 Of
the guilder .O3 Of a cent.
Noon rates follow:
ossss ssIt:in: d s.eefss In essiss: sias:
mand. 3.36A; cables. 3,36H: italy, de-
Mand. 5.26A cables. 5.26h.
Demands-Belgium, 16.9ah: Germany,
free. 40.29: registered, q 80: travel. $500:
Holland. 66.73: Norway. 25.12h: Sweden,
26.78: Denmark. 22.321: Finland. 2:22:
fsisS:s d..sbs.|s;.f's
5.sS; Austria. is.ein:I I aun1.ry.s III rys0isxe: 1880:
Aumania, rs: Argentina.. 33. .33n: Brazil
Sfres, t.30n: Toxic. 2e.O8: SHANGHAI.
2e.91; Hong Kong. 81 "a: Mexico City.
ESQ; Aontresl n Nsw York. 10000;
n-NominRl
Evening star., 1938-01-19
NEWSPRINT INQUIRY
TO BE TRANSFERRED
Federal Trade Commission, Which
Has Subpoena Power,
to Get Case.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Attorney General Cummings has
ordered the Governments investiga-
ton Of the newsprint industry trans
ferred from the Justice Department
to the Federal Trade Commission.
The change will be made as soon
as Antitrust Division attorneys can
assemble data on recent price in
creases by Canadian and domestic
newsprint mills, officials said.
The primary reason for the trans
fer, one official asserted, was the
Justice Departments lack Of authority
to subpoena witnesses and take testi-
mony under oath. The Trade Com
mission has both subpoena power and
authority to issue cease and desist"
orders against unfair business prac-
tices.
The Justice Department began an
investigation of the newsprint indus
try last July at the request of Presi-
dent John H. Perry of the American
Press Association. Mr.. Perry sug-
gested that the price increase an
nounced by Canadian and domestic
manufacturers for 1897 might consti-
tute a violation Of Federal antitrust
laws.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
L|GGETT & MYERS co.
REPORTS ON EARNINGS

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. l9.-Liggett IL
Myers Tobacco Co. reported today
earnings for 1887 had declined to
2l,375,560 equal after preferred
dividends, to $6.34 a share on the
combined common and common "B"
stocks.
In the preceding year net income
was $24.207, ,632, or $725 a share on
the combined junior stocks. Latest
earnings were after loss of $4,000
caused by Ohio River floods last
spring.
Despite the decrease in net profit,
sales for the year were s242, ,448.565
an increase of per cent over the
$236, ,888,8l3 in 1896.
Directors declared the regular quar-
terly dividends Of 81 share on the
common and "B" shares, payable
March to holders of record
February Is.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
PROFITS TAX HELD +
FACTOR IN SLUMP
Present Business Decline
Laid to Shortage of
Working Capital.
Special Dispa teh to The Star.

SbS~AoA 1AobobSA W j Nc 6J2I.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1o.--The present
recession Of business Is due to a
working capital shortage caused BY
undistributed profits and associated
taxes, according to Alexander Sachs
IN the current issue Of tho AnnAlist.
Mr.. Sachs analyzes the balance
sheet and income account items of
26 corporations from 1888 to 1896
and Of 16 through June, 1897. He
offers figures showing that "the work.
ing capital position Of leading cor
porations had become substantially
impaired during 1886 and deteriorated
further in the first half of 1897. The
net working capital Of the 26 cor.
porations was IL per cent less In
1896 than in 1928. or $l,e808 mil
lion. as against $l,913.7 million. In
deed, there is concrete evidence that
by the middle Of 1887 the liquidity
impairment had gone 50 far that the
velocity Of trade accounts payable
had slowed down, and they were no
longer being settled in the Gus
tomary periods.
"The conclusions that emerge from
the analysis may be summarized as
follows:
With the progress Of recovery Q
crucial situation developed. This was
due in the first place to the delay In
the reopening Of the new capital
markets and the obstacles interposed
to their effective functioning. It
was also the result of the strains
caused by the undistributed profits
tax, which had been imposed without
regard to the pressing need Of Ameri-
can industry to replenish its working
capital in order to meet the demands
Of recovery and prosperity.
Business activity and profits at
tanned levels last summer that were
vulnerable to the rising and cumu-
lative effects of the new tax burdens.
The undistributed profits tax, the
capital gains tax and the distortions
of the capital market mechanism
thereupon arrested the process of
capital formation, checked the fiow
Of the economys saving not only to
the further improvement but even
to the maintenance of existing pro-
duction and employment levels. and
thus rendered synthetic depression
inevitable"
Evening star., 1938-01-19
PROFIT ASSURANCE
HELD TRADE NEED
Current Low Interest Rates Not
Enough, Guaranty Trust
Head Says.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 19-Business
men cannot be induced to borrow
money from banks at current low
interest rates unless they have con-
fidence in the future and reason
able expectation of profit" William
c. Potter, chairman, and W. Palen
Conway, president. of the Guaranty
. Trust Co., told stockholders at their
annual meeting today.
Whether banks generally will be
able to increase their commercial
loans, the executives said, will de-
pend upon business conditions and
business requirements.
Earnings of the Guaranty for 1887
were $13 3,660,8l0, against sl3. .409, ,158 in
1886.
At the annual meeting of Irving
Trust Co. stockholders Harry E. Ward,
president, and Lewis E. Pierson, chair
man, criticized the Federal Govern
ment fiscal policies directed toward
the control of interest rates.
If progress is to be made in
strengthening the banking system as
a whole" the officials stated, the
policies of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn should be geared to the same OBJ
tectives as that of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp. Easy money policies
may serve useful purpose when busi-
ness is severely contracted and there
is real need for credit expansion, but
experience clearly indicates that alb
normally abundant credit and alb
normally low interest rates If long
continued are likely to create more
problems than they solve"
Irving Trust Co.'S operating profits
for 1887 were reported at $3,646, 400,
against $3,60o,S52 in 1896.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
Wool Peg at Bic
Being Planned by
R.F.C.F C.FundGrOllp
BY the Associated Press.

Senator Schwartz, Democrat, Of
Wyoming said today the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corporation, co-operat-
ing with wool producers and dealers,
was completing plans to set up a
$l0,000,0 900 corporation to peg at 81
cents a pound the Boston delivered
price Of secured wool.
Schwartz with congressman from
Colorado, New Mexico and Texas has
been comforting with r. F. c. OFF,
cials. He said the proposed corpora
ton would be capitalized at $lO,000,-
900, Of which the r. F. c. would pro-
vide 100000. Wool dealers and
producers co-operatives would furnish
the remainder of the capital by set
ting aside $2,000,000 worth of wool to
the corporations credit.
When the wool price drops the
corporation will come into the market
and stabilize. through purchases, the
price at the import-tariff-p Of
81 cents" Schwartz said. He ex-
planned this price was figured by
adding the Australian and Argentine
price of Is cents, plus 2 cents for de-
livery in Boston, plus a 34-cent
tariff.
The corporation would not make
loans to ranchers.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. Jan. - up Omitted State.
iDep9alItment OF Asriculture) .-Hogs. $4,000,
including 11.000 direct; market uneven,
vsqasa strong to mostly 10 higher than Tuesdays
l5o-2l0 pounds; s.4O-65; .22O-o50 pounds.
..I5-s25: S60-325 pounds. 72O-65: bulk
or better. VI
Cattle, 1000: calves. 1900; not much
sales medium to choice grade steers steady
70 70 outsiders but eeneral sentiment weak
moSa ai,m dscline; s,aha early top: 1l.5O. On me
In N. eagnr, steers: sprinkling at 800
Seins Ses o. rtb i5oR ,d dunspld good share Of run
steady to 25 lower; light kinds hoidin9
st stteesdy COWS COWS scarce steady: bulls active
On n dn neht offerings: choice weiehty offerings,
Sheep is. 600. including 700 direct: ,.t
lambs l9n very slow. eeneraiiy asking around
Std. sSstedsoy With Tuesday and refusing 25 lower
sQ0-25: now firmly held At upWsrd TO to
800 800. and above; indications lower on
Evening star., 1938-01-19
HUTTON CASE HINGES
ON DELVING RECORDS
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The Securities Commission has given
its counsel permission to make an
examination Of the New Yock Stock
Exchange records to determine
whether further testimony In the w.
E. Hutton & Co. stock manipulation
case should be taken.
The examination will seek to test
the accuracy of previous testimony, it
was said by officials.
Partners Of the Hutton firm were
charged by the commission with ma
mpulating the stock of Atlas Tack Co.
1t was the first case brought by the
commission alleging manipulation Of
stock on the New York Stock Ex-
change.
The Hutton firm recently made .
motion to introduce new evidence.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
PITTSBURGH COKE PROFITS.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10 R.-Ihe
Pittsburgh Coke & Iron Co. reported
net profits Of $so6,o79 in 1887. The
amount-almost twice that Of 1886
was equal to S4l.o0 . share On 1888
shares Of preferred stock or $l.2a On
6oo. .341 shares Of common, after pay.
ment Of preferred dividends.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
INDEX FOR WHOLESALE
PRICES RISES AGAIN
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The National Fertilizer Associations
index Of wholesale commodity prices
advanced last week, for the second
week since a three-month decline was
arrested. The index rose from ITO to
1875. A month ago 1t was 78 and q
year ago 855.
The building material index was
the only one in the group to decline,
falling fractionally because Of lower
paint material quotations.
Evening star., 1938-01-19
Yukon Gold 2

In bankruptcy or receivership or being
reorganlzed under the Bankruptcy Act. or
securities assumed BY such comnanies.
Rates OF dividends In the regoing table
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or semi-annual declaration.
Unless otherwise noted special or extra
dividends are not included,
Also extra or extras. eDeclared or
paid so Tar this year, no regular rate.
Payable IN stock. gPaid last year:
Cash or stock. k Accumulated dividend
paid or declared this year. Wv with Var-
rants. XIV Without warrants. war war
Evening star., 1938-01-19
FEDERAL LAND BANKS
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, Jan. 10 LF, Omitted States
Department Of Aericulture) .--.Potatoes.- 50:
SUPPLIES liberal: old stock weak: demand
Rusbsnas Bur o. Ns IL 13o-aS; a6,,oC Colorsdo
few sales 1.4O-55; North Dakota Bliss
TTiumphs, 30 per cent o. 8. No. /. LOO:
Wisconsin. round, whites, o. g. No. 1,
1.O0-05; Michigan Russet Rurals. q. s.
No. l.. 1.1O: new stock. Florida Bliss
Triumphs U. 8. No. l. bushel crate. 80
1k 4 crate
Evening star., 1938-01-19
FOREIGN MARKETS.

.. LONDON, Jan. 10 R,.-Followine the
prices steedied but trading remained re-
sfL1Sted. sfisSts. British funds were marked down
sSnsntiy IN anticipation of selling from
the reduction in the American price for
omat oni., me- metal 1ndustrials and oils were
brazilian bonds moved up / to points and
Shl Ghermal and French liens were about un-