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The Washington times., 1938-03-14
CURRAN. ARTHUR PATRICK-on sul

CURRAN, ARTHUR PATRICK-on sun
day, March 13, 1888, at Georgetown
Hospital. ARTHUR PATRICK CURRAN,
beloved husband of Catherine Kramm Cur
ran. Funeral services will take place at
1928 Woodley Road Northwest on Tues
day. March 10. 1888. at 9 80 q. m. thence
to st. Thomas the Apostle Church. Twenty
where requiem mass will be said at 10 a. m.
1nterment Arlington Cemetery.
(Boston. Mass. papers please copy.l
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

March II, 1888. at her residence. 20S
First St. s. W. BLANCHE NJ WITHAM..
the beloved wife Of Charles r. Withan.
Funeral services from the W. W. Cham.
Eleventh ST. s. E.. on Monday, March IA.
1888, at 2 p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Interment in Washington Memorial Park
Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

: SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

NEWMAN, HENRY Won Saturday,
March 12. 1855 HENRY w NEWMAN.
Funeral from 436 Seventh Street South.
west. on Tuesday. March Is. 1888, at
10 80 a. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
1nterment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

NJ URPHY, JULIA C.-on Saturday.
March IL, 1898. JULIA c. MURPHY
T. Murphy and mother of Frank, Daniel
and Julia Murphy and Sister Mary Cert.
rude and beloved sister Of the late
Michael J. Salvey.
Funeral from her late residence, 13 T
St. N. E.. on Tuesday. March 15, at $50
a. m, thence to St. Martins Church
where High Requiem Mass will be said at
8 a. m.
Relatives and friends invited.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

WHITTIER, MARY M.-On Saturday'
March IL, 1888. at her residence: Cobb
Island, Nd, MARY NJ. WHITTIER, the
beloved wife of charles T. Whittier. ageo
so years, daughter of the late Capt. James
IN. Murphy. of Terre Haute,- Ind. and sis
ter of John NJ. and F. s. Murphy.
Remains resting at the Lee funeraI
home, Fourth Street and Massachusetts
held on Tuesday, March 10, at Q p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment in Glenwood Cemetery.
Terre Haute (Ind.) papers please copy.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

PUMPHREY, GEORGE LATHAM, sR.-
Suddenly. on SUNDAY. March 13. 1888.
Northeast, GEORGE LATHAM PUN
PHREY. SR.. father Of George L. PUN"
phrey< jr, Raymond T. Pumphrey and Mrs.
Va. and Mrs. C. Alice Purdy, Of Clin-
ton, Nd.
Funeral services will be held from the
W. w. Chambers Company Southeast fu-
neral home, SIT Eleventh Street Southeast.
Notice of time and interment hereafter.
The Washington times., 1938-03-14

WAKEFTELD, JAMES FREDERICk1 sH:--
On Sunday, March lS. 1885, a. Tpvn hls
ERICK WAKEFIELD, SR, beloved nus
James F jr. and Francis NJ. Wakefield.
Funeral services from the W. W. Cham.
bers Co. Southeast funeral home. 617 l1tn
ST s. E.. on Tuesday, March 10. at p. IN.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27

drills and speeches marking the
day, Mr.. Roosevelt reminded the
nation twice of the need for an
increased national defense.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27

The dedication ceremony will
start at 10 80 am. Saturday. Pres
ent will De Governor and Mrs.
Merriam, members of the Califor-
MIA highway commission, Earl Lee
Kelly, state director of public works,
and other state and county Off
cials. T. Leroy Richards, chairman
of the San Diego board of super
yisors will be master of ceremonies.
Frank G.. Forward of the San Diego
chamber of commerce highway COM
mittee is in charge.
Definite plans for the valley del
egations have not yet been made,
H. R. Anderson, chairman of the
Ell Centre chamber highway COM
mittee said Thursday. He predicted
delegations would be recruited from
all over the valley Other men,
bers of the Ell Centro committee
are: Elmer Heald, Roy Womack,
Robert Hays, Warren Currier, Wal
ter Havekorst, H. w. Fawcett, A.
Y. Preble, Hugh Osborne. Jasper
Travers, H. K. McClimans, Ben
Hulse, Russell Bailey, Paul Jenkins.
o. j. Bradshaw, Henry Harris,
Frank Birkhauser w. A. Tondro,
j, B. McNeece and w. j. Meagher.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
All Valley Areas Ready
aFor Boulder Park Fete
Beginning Highway Job

Delegations were arranged Thursday from virtually
every valley community for representations Saturday at
Boulder Park, where Gov. Frank Merriam will dedicate
the Mountain Springs grade project.
In plea for representation Phil Knights, cochairman
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
REPUBLICANS
CONFER IN
CALEXIC0

Otto Bradshaw, Republican leader
of Ell Centro was in CaleXico Mon
day afternoon in conference with
the local campaign committee. The
committee decided to open head
quarters on Second street in Cal
exico with Mrs. r. l.. Glasby in
charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Smith of Los
Angeles returned to their home
Monday after spending the weekend
with Mrs. Smiths mother, Nancy
Gray and family.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
Federal Grapefruit Program Without
Effect to Valley Growers Because
Of Greater Harvesting Costs

Plans OF the national government to purchase 10
boxes of surplus grapefruit which threatened gut the
citrus market at Is cents per box will not aid the industry
in the desert growers of Imperial Valley reported
Thursday Harvesting costs higher than 15 cents per
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
George Harris
Confined By
Illness
IMPERIAL NOTES

George A. Harris has been home
for few days with a slight illness
He is expected to be back 81 worl.
soon.
Miss Miriam Moss spent the past
weekend in Los Angeles with hor
mother.
Leverette House and M. M. Dir
ney were hosts to a General Petrol
cum meeting of saIesmen Tuesda,
evening. The meeting was held at
the municipal hall A Dutch lunch
was served at the end of the eve
ming. About Is men from Yuma
attended the meeting.
Miss Madeline Paddock returned
Monday morning from Los Angeles
announcing her engagement to
Lieutenant Fred L. Shine Of Clare
mont. The engagement was an
nounced aS tea given Saturday Ill
her Los Angeles home.
Miss Evelyn Hicks is spending a
lew days in Los Angeles on va
cation.
Mrs. d. S. Anderson is home now
after months stay in the Iona
Linda Sanltarium where she under
went a major operation. Mrs.
Anderson is feeling fine and re-
covering very rapidly.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
Roosevelt leads Navy Day Fetes

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. (UP)-
President Roosevelt as commander
in chief of the U. S. Navy led the
nation today in its annual observ-
ance of Navy day.
The celebration, one of the most
extensive ever planned, was held
in the midst of preparations for
a rearmament program with spe-
cial emphasis upon naval equipment
and forces,
On the eve of the maneuvers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
McCabe Center to
Study Farm Plan

McCabe farm center members
will discuss the present farm pro-
gram of the national government
Friday night at McCabe school. ac-
cording to Rudolph Miller, club di-
rector.
d. B. Roberts will discuss amend
ments which will appear on the
November ballot and Mrs. F. o.
Rosenbaum will outline the import
ance of recreation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27

OF IIle Ell CenIro Chamber OF
Commerce highway committee,
said:
Imperial Valley owes it to the
state and to itself to have a large
delegation present when the gov
ernor sets off the first blast in
building the new road. 1t is only
natural that the states interest
in other projects affecting the VAL
ley will be in proportion to the in
terest the valley itself shows. This
project is not all San Diegos. 1t
is part ours, and therefore we
should make every effort to sup
port it."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27

congress, western division, here to-
day.
Sen. Pittman said he proposed
that the 13,4OO,OOO-b bale output of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27

ever aid growers in Texas and in
Florida, j. E. Harshman, grower
explained. Harvesting costs are
much lower in those areas.
The local situation may be solved,
however, by the establishment of
a minimum selling price to dealers,
Harshman declared.
A minimum price established by
local grower marketing group
would eliminate chiseling, Harsh
man pointed out, and would aid in
the moving of the product.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
Migratory Camp
Opens at Shafter

SHAFTER, Cal, Oct. 81. CUP)-
Nine families moved today from
their tumble-down shanties into
newly completed permanent homes
built by the federal government to
house migratory laborers and their
families.
The remaining 30 homes are ex-
pected to be filled within a few
weeks. The three room structures
ouilt in line with a federal pro-
gram of improving housing condi-
uonS among farm workers, rent
Tor only $3.50 a month and are
equipped with gas and electricity
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27

cotton find market at 1873 cents
pound through his method of
financing, but that the government
claimed it would be a heavy loser
under the plan.
''They (the administration as
sert that, if the world price of cot
ton is cents a pound and the
government accepted silver at its
coinage value of $1.29 an ounce
and paid the cotton producer 1928
cents a pound, the government
would take a heavy loss," Pittman
said.
THE loss is estimated in this
way. The government could buy
the silver for 43 cents an ounce
whereas it is to accept the silver
at $1.29 an ounce, thereby causing
loss in. seigniorage of 86
cents an ounce. Then, on the other
hand, the cotton planter would
only profit by such transaction to
the extent of 40 cents a pound
or 49 cents on the ten pounds
exchanged for the ounce of silver.
"The government asserts that it
is seeking to pay the cotton planter
1873 cents pound for his cotton;
and, if the government does pay
such price through losses on loans
and through bonuses, then the
total loss under the program
would be 81 cents on every 10
pounds of cotton or on every ounce
of silver that is handled"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
YOUR dollar buys more i'm
POst-Press Want Ads.
Why Get Up Nights

Its Natures Danger Signal"
Make this 4-day test. Your Csc
back if not pleased. Get juniper
oil, buchu leaves. etc, made into
green tablets. Flush the kidneys as
you would the bowels. Help nature
drive out waste and excess acids.
This helps soothe the irritation that
wakes you up, causes frequent or
scanty flow, burning, backache or
leg pains. Just say ,Bukets to any
druggist. Locally aty
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27

Meat g. Vegetable Prices Are
Effective Through Sat, Oct. 20
Grocery Prices Are Effective
Through Wednesday, Nov. 2.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
3rd Horse Show
Planned Nov. &

The third annual Imperial VAL
ley Horse Show will be held Nov.
6 at the fairgrounds at Imperial.
Members of the committee promis-
ed one of the finest displays of
horses ever shown. Events are slat-
ed in riding, jumping, racing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27

pay for the fruit, B. A. Harrigan,
agriculture commissioner pointed
out
The fact that desert area grape
fruit controls the Pacific coast
market would also prohibit the in
crease of the market price of grape
fruit on the coast.
The government plan will, how
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-27
Cotton Market Collapse Coming If
New Deal Continues Opposition
10 Silver Plan, Pittman SAYS

LOS ANGELES Oct 27. (UP)-A total collapse of
te COTTON industry snevitable because the administration
objects to his proposal that the government accept one
ounce OF silver for 10 pounds of American with the
primary idea of finding market, Sen Kew Pittman d.
Evening star., 1938-06-26

back. 1t had ground-looped. He
then dropped the nose-wheel model,
minus the tail wheel, in every pos
sible way. Each time 1t landed as a
plane is meant to land, even when
dropped straight down.
THAT is the theory behind the
nose-wheel. that it can be flown
into the ground" the brakes jammed
on, If necessary. and stay right side
up. Nose-wheel use has begun on
smaller planes, and is successful on
such jobs as the Timms Tricycle..
Vance Breese, here to see the excite
ment, a famous test pilot in his own
right, tells me: Il flew the Timms
and stopped it on landing from 10
miles per hour in $50 feet"
Speaking of test pilots. and to
them, Benny Howard of United Air
lines and racing fame is a principal
spectator, since he will be the second
man to command the DC4 testings.
We discuss the responsibility of being
first to take off the ground q Job
that has cost only slightly less than
100000 since the idea for it was
conceived. Benny, his dark, keen face
alive with amusement, his black eyes
sparkling, SCOTS at the general ideas
about hero stuff. Nevertheless, he
watches with some anxiety as the big
ship trundles out onto the field.
Evening star., 1938-06-26

concrete have taken the place of the
old winding dirt roads which led to
camp. The railroad has been
abandoned and motor boats no longer
carry campers and supplies. Automo-
biles, buses and trucks do the work
now In the camp cabins have re-
placed most of the tents, although
Scouts who prefer may still sleep un-
der canvas in one of the troop camps
located in various sections of the
reservation.
THE new building, named "Corrin
Strong Hail." in honor of the
donors son, has dining hall 30 by 80
feet, with huge fireplace at either end,
making it an ideal place for dramatics
and all kinds of indoor recreation.
However, the hall will always win its
greatest fame as the place to eat. 1t
is we'll known to camp operators that
no matter how. poor the program may
be, good food. well served, will always
make the camp great success to
boy.
An electric dishwasher in the new
kitchen will bring Joy to the young
sters who serve as kitchen police Po-
tato peeling is usually synonymous
with punishment for misdemeanors,
but at Camp Roosevelt there are so
many interesting things to do that
transgressors are notably absent. In
view Of this fact an electric potato
peeler has been installed.
In little room above the old mess
hall the camp medical department has
had its headquarters for years. Now
Evening star., 1938-06-26

The ship itself was a shock at first
sight, no previous estimate of 1t being
preparation for the finished monster
Size, of course. is entirely relative.
The now-dwarfed DC3 that rested
nearby ready for the cameramen had
once been a sky king.
More difficult still to adjust was
the difference in contour OF the new
plane. Where the Three sat, tail
down on the ground in the familiar
slanting stance of routine models, the
Four reared its mighty triple rudders
high up, on a line with its nose.
Twenty-four feet up, in fact. The
Three presented its dual motors in
normal wing position; the Four wore
its quadruple units two on a side. in
board and outboard. port and star
board, with the outer units slightly
aft of the inboard to give better
streamlining.
There was also the nose wheel.
One day in his Office at the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics,
DR.. George w. Lewis had demon
strated to me two tiny plane models,
one with the ordinary arrangement
OF two wheels under the foreward part
Of the cabin and a smaller tail wheel.
He dropped this on the floor several
times. Nearly always it landed grace
fully, but once it tilted over on its
Evening star., 1938-06-26

shape and size from a pinhead 10
inches, which is the largest on record.
The teeth have been used for neck
laces and bracelets and tie pins and
other ornaments. Scouts from Camp
Roosevelt have carried them to COL
leges all over the Nation, where they
occupy prominent places in museums.
But the greatest use of Camp Roose-
velt sharks teeth and their greatest
distribution was during the jamboree,
when they were "swapped" for almost
every conceivable thing from Texas
horned toads and Florida alligators to
pieces of bark from the Oldest living
tree of California
Camp Roosevelt is open this year to
Scouts of the National Capital Area
Council from today to September 4,
a period of 10 weeks.
Evening star., 1938-06-26

Eric Nelson, who back in 1928 took
of from this same field as a member
Of the Army's flight around the world
Clarence Brown and Victor Fleming,
ardent private flyers and movie di-
rectors, join him. Fleming, who di-
rected TEST Pilot" is kidded good
naturedly about the sand bags that
slipped in the bomber of that picture
The DC4 weights are lead, bolted down.
At JUST before 4:so some one says,
There go her motors!" Once. she
taxis down the field and back. Then
she rests in position, nose into the
wind, while the crowd waits, breath
less. Suddenly she is moving again
there is shout, the nose wheel comes
up and almost Immediately the other
wheels follow. With . great roar of
$500 horses in action. she Is flying.
Hats are in the al; men are hugeins
Evening star., 1938-06-26

Prof. Arthur L. Klein, under whose
joint supervision with DR.. Clark B.
Millikan the 1,100 hours of wind tun-
mel tests were made at the California
Institute of Technology on scale
model. contributes some unexpected
information. He speaks of the two
midsection wheels and the load they
carry. "Thirty-two and half tons
apiece-that's the same as two six
wheel trucks carry" He compares it
with Pullman car The cabin Is
II inches wider and the seats are
wider, with a narrower aisle The
ship itself will sleep about 20 per
cent more. passengers than Pullman,
yet complete with its power plant.
fuel, cargo and passengers, it will
weigh only half as much on 1000
mile flight
IN SOME manner the grapevine has
been at work. All around the edge
of the field crowd has gathered, esti-
mated now at 10000 persons, with q
family circle" of mothers and babies
in arms or in carriages at the far end.
Maj. Carl Cover, vice president of
the Douglas Co., who has been chosen
to do this first flight, comes out Of
the hangar and climbs up broad
wooden ladder into the cockpit. His
four companions, Johnny Vable, Co
pilot; AL Reed, flight test engineer;
Jack Grant, chief mechanic, and STAN
ley Beer. electrician. follow him, and
the mechanics who have done the pre-
paratory work climb down. They stand
about with the watchfulness of nurses
around royal baby.
Cover and his crew defy Hollywood
traditions-they are dressed in ordiz
nary business clothes. They are engi-
neers, not actors. Mrs. Carl Cover Is
in the waiting crowd, but there are
no Mysteries.
Donald Douglas white-haired father
arrives to watch his sons great ex
pertinent come to life. And, although
everything Is ready, Cover waits until
AIS pm, when work stops in the
factory, and the men who have had a
workers interest in the ship are re-
leased. It Is . very human bit Of cour-
tesy.
One Of the last arrival, = beamins
Evening star., 1938-06-26

each other. Down some faces tears
run unashamedly. An aerial flotilla Of
big and little planes takes the air IN
her wake. as escort and to give the
photographers chance. Her initial
take-o1 time was Is seconds, at less
than two-thirds of the 1900 foot run
way A few minutes later A. E. Ray
morid, chief Douglas engineer. who is
standing above us in wooden tower
maintaining radio communication
with the ship, tells us she is coming
back. Low above the field she passes,
huge and strange. like a great liner
putting out to sea. The aerial hotilla
follows, tugboats trailing lady in the
air.
Whatever her future, she has this
day made aviation history. One Of
these days. II Washington has a new
airport, she will dock beside its now
mythical passenger way and show vs.
her PAGES.
Evening star., 1938-06-26

Corn Strong Hail. Modern Building With Dining Hall and Huge Fpces
Mess Hall Built 1914 Land Ship
Cruise Study Part Progra

a new $4,000 medical building. fully
equipped and including an isolation
ward, has been added to camp i'm
provements. This building, together
with several others, has electricity, but
the old oil lanterns are stu used in
sleeping cabins. g
The program at Camp Roosevelt is
geared to boy psychology and owes its
success primarily to this fact. All the
activities are carried out in manner
appealing to discriminating boyhood
On the waterfront. swimming is
made game in which the buddy"
system helps to make the safety factor
paramount. Before he may 60 into
the water. each scout must have
buddy" whose numbered tag is placed
with his on the buddy board" When
the big bell rings, which it does every
few minutes. and the lifeguard shouts
buddy up" if there is any swimmer
who cannot account for his buddy,
the manhunt is on. There has never
been a drowning at Camp Roosevelt
ard while this is due partly to the
gradual slope of the shore and the
shallow water, every precaution is
being taken to maintain this record
ELEVEN canoes, 27 rowboats and
three sailboats are used by the
Scouts under the direction of experts.
Chesapeake Bay in the vicinity Of
the camp is noted for its fine fishing
and many a good breakfast results
from the angling ability of the
campers.
Sea scouting is promoted at the
camp under the most favorable condi-
tions. A land ship, the S. S. Theodore,
has been set up along the shore and
Sea Scouts camping in this unit follow
the regular ships routine and sleep
in hammocks. At least one cruise on
board large schooner is scheduled
as part of the Sea Scout program.
A large handicraft building provides
opportunity for Scouts to indulge in
the manipulation urge. Tools and
machinery are there to help them con-
struct a great variety of things.
Scouts interested in nature lore may
camp together in a special unit under
! the tutelage Of an adult naturalist.
Evening star., 1938-06-26

Writer Watches Test Pilots and Engineers
as Two.Million.D Dollar Ship TaF~~
Air at Glover Field.

unaccustomed shape onto the short
runway here at the field named for
one of the earliest American flyers.
Scientific interest was at peak since
this ship represented a drastic de-
parture in design and its engineers
hopes for its performance were
anxiously debated. Several days
earlier. it had emerged for the first
time from the hangar where it had
been built-a hangar which in itself
was major achievement with its
250-foot open span.
From all over the country aeronau-
tical experts and writer's had gath
cred to see the test flight. Because
of the strict secrecy surrounding many
of the military craft under construc-
ton, visitors were admitted by pass
only. No word had been given out
before as to the exact time of flight.
new ships being tempermental and
test crews unwilling to go aloft un-
til every possible source Of trouble
was eliminated.
Two years ago this writer went for
the first time to see the cradle OF this
plane-a small room where q wood
and-paper model stared over the edge
of its temporary scaffolding at the
handful of men who were creating
1t from the original blueprints.
Three separate times since then
visits had been made for The Star to
watch the growth to completion. In
January its duralumin fuselage was
nearing that point in the jiggs. with
wing structures rising in similar con-
flnement nearby.
COMING this time through the
greatly enlarged factory, where
row upon row of present type DCss
are in production, side by side with
bombers, amphibians and some smaller
craft, the first sign of what was
waiting was the roar Of engines re-
volving at tremendous speed out
doors. Four horsepower Pratt
& Whitney Hornets were giving voice
simultaneously to their desire for
flight. Human speech became difn-
cult before those majestic tones.