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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-28

chairman of the House District
Committee, urging immediate
passage of the taxicab liability
insurance bill.
1t was voted to oppose the en-
actment by the Commissioners Or
Director of Traffic of regulations
that would further restrict pa
ing in the downtown section.
URGE TRACK REMOVAL
The Capital Transit Company
was petitioned to remove all aban-
doned street car tracks in George
town.
Last nights meeting was held
in Ebenezer Church, Twenty
seventh and o Streets Northwest.
Suffrage for the District will be
the principal order of business
before the Conduit Road Citizens
Association, at tonight's meeting
in the Palisades Field House.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL A.
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Capt. ShOrey Ends
Long U. S. Service

After 81 years service, Captain"
G. Leyburn Shorey retired from
the Commerce Department today.
Starting as a clerk in 1907, Cap.
tain Shorey became captain Of the
watch two years later. He re.
linquished the office in 1916, but
retained the title so far as his as.
Eociates were concerned.
Captain" Shorey has worked
in the office of the chief clerk for
the past eight years. He and his
wife live at 1909 Iowa Ave. N. w,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-28
ORPHANS TO SEE.
SAWYER MOVIE

Five hundred Washington
orphans will have the time of
their young lives Saturday when,
as guests of The Washington
Times and the Loew's TheaterS,
they will witness the movie of
Mark Twain's celebrated boyhood
classic, Tom Sawyer"
For any business firm or per-
son who wishes to aid in spread
ing a little sunshine among the
unfortunate youngsters, there's
still time to be of assistance.
The problem of transporting
the children to and from orphan
ages and the theater is still I'm.
solved. Anyone with buses avail
able, may aid in making the party
a success by telephoning the
Orphans Party Editor at The
Times, Republic 1884.
And what a party it's going to
be! In addition to witnessing the
movie-an ideal treat for children
the youngsters will be treated
to ice cream and cake.
The cake is being donated by
the Holmes Bakery. The ice cream
is the combined offering of the
Colonial, Southern Diaries, Carry's
and Fussell-Young ice cream
firms.
To aid in the transportation
problem, the Greyhound bus line
and the Holbrook Farms Dairy, OF
Brentwood, Md, have placed
buses at the disposal of the party
sponsors.
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IdpQ1 Claims Wide Gains

SHANGHAI, April % G.N.S0.
Japanese gains on far-flung battle
fronts in China were claimed to-
day by the Nipponese high com
mand in Shanghai.
Along the 150-mile front in
southern Shantung province, where
the Japanese are driving against
the vital Chinese Lunghai Rail
way, it was claimed the invading
forces registered a considerable
advance and that one column was
within striking distance of Sub
sien. Another captured the town
of Yencheng.
A Nipponese communique also
claimed that IN renewed fighting
for possession of Hangchow, about
$50 miles southwest of Shanghai,
japanese troops captured HohSien.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-28

were laying seige to Hanshan and
had routed Chinese armies near
Shuangkichen, west Of Hangchow.
Chinese troops also were driven
from Tunglingchen south Of HUI
chow, 1t was asserted.
Japanese claims Of success IN
South Shantung were hotly dis
puted by Chinese advices from
Hankow, which said Generalissimo
Chang Kai-Shek's troops were
holding their Shantung positions
despite furious Nipponese bonn
bardments.
In one counter-attack, Hankow
announced, the Chinese gained an
entire mile after Chinese ma
chine-gunners moved down wave
after wave Of Japanese .1isa@
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Autos to Carry
Voters to Polls

Members of the Marshall
Heights Civic Association who wish
to vote on suffrage for the Dis.
trict Of Columbia will find auto
mobiles waiting at Fifty-third and
ID Streets Southeast to take them
to the various school buildings
where ballots may be cast, Mrs.
Mary Booker, president, an
.nounced today.
The cars, Mrs. Booker said, will
be there all day. All members of
the association are urged to vote
on the referendum.
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Famous Authors
Lecture Writers

BOULER, Col, April 20 Q.NSO
Featuring host of world famous
authors as visiting lecturers, the
annual Summer Writers Confer.
ence will be held at the University
of Colorado here July Is to August
IL, it was announced this week
by DR.. Edward Dawson, professor
of English literature and director
of the conference.
Authors, wellknown in the liter
airy world, who will attend the
conference. include Hervey Allen,
Howard Mumford Jones, Erik Bar
now, Elmer Rice, Paul Engle, Carl
Sandburg, Eric Knight and Doug
las Bement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-28
VOtingRules
For District
PLebiscite

Rules governing April 80 suf'
frage referendum as issued by the
board of election supervisors:
Polling places will be open
from 9 a. m. until 9 p. m.
2-All persons over the age of
81 years who live in the District
of Columbia are eligible to vote,
whether or not they maintain a
voting residence elsewhere.
3-All persons must vote in the
precincts in which they live.
Each voter must register
with one of the registration Of
ficers before he receives or casts
his ballot.
5-No person shall be permitted
to cast ballot for another per
son, and no person shall be per
mited to vote more than once.
6-Ballots are to be marked
secretly.
ballots will not be signed
and will not in any way disclose
the identity of the voter.
S-The only authorized election
officials will be the registration
officers and the election clerks.
9-Ballot boxes will be sealed
when filled and at p. m, or as
soon thereafter as all persons actu-
ally within the polling places and
waiting to vote at 9 p. m. have
cast their ballots.
10-All ballot boxes will be de-
livered to the Board of Election
Supervisors Immediately after the
closing of the polling places, and
will be taken to 1917 H st. N. w.
and there counted.
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Directing his appeal especially
to the colored residents of old
Georgetown, in which the associ-
alton is organized, DR.. Marshall
revealed that the pastors of every
colored church in that area we're
cooperating to get out most sub
stantial vote, to convince Congress
that the people are in earnest, in
paving the way for the grant of
suffrage to the votelesS residents.
PASTORS AIDING PLAN
Emphasizing the Importance Of
registering a large vote, it was
pointed out that taxation without
representation must change to
meet the will Of the people.
Pastors cooperating are the
Revs. J. T. Bailey, Ebenezer A. M.
E. Church; Augustus Lewis, JeruS-
alem Baptist; w. A. Jones, Rock
Greek Baptist; A. Hall Whitehead,
Mount Zion Baptist, and Mar
cellus Newsome, First Baptist.
Charles Turner was named
precinct captain, with Mrs. Al
beretta Butler, Clarence Warren
and Charles w. Greene as tally
clerks and assistants.
FOR TAXI INSURANCE
Resolutions were adopted and
ordered sent to Senator William
H. King, chairman of the District
Senate Committee, and to Repre-
sentative Vincent Palmisano,
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SMASHING CAIN
AT TERUEL TOLD
BY INSURGENTS
Catalan Drive Halted
Says Barcelona

HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Bor-
der, April 20 Understanding
nationalist advances on the battle
front north of Teruel were claimed
in Spanish advices from Sala-
manca today.
A communique issued by Gen
eralissimo Frances headquarters
stated the nationalist Castillo
army corps, fighting bad weather
as well as government, had cap
tured several important positions
and advances beyond Dostorres,
Ladrunan, Villalbalta, Orios and
Escorihuela.
ATTACKS REFUSED
At the same time, it was an.
nounced, nationalist Galician
troops repulsed a number of
counter attacks near Cuevas de
Vim Roma, inflicting losses on the
government forces numbering an
estimated 1000 men or more.
At Barcelona, the Spanish
government announced the ma
tionaliSt Catalan offensive had
been halted and the government
had taken the offensive along the
Ebro and Segre Rivers and in the
PyreneeS Mountains sector.
A government communiQue ad-
mitted the nationalists, supported
by aircraft and six men-o:war,
including the warShips Canarias
and Almirante Cervera lying just
off the eastern coast, had violent
ly attacked the Alcocebre sector.
SEA BATTLE BALKED
Three government cruisers and
a number of destroyers, sum-
moned to the scene by radio,
arrived after the nationalist war
ship fleet had departed for the
Ballearic Island of Majorca, it
was stated. They attempted to
pursue, but bad weather pre-
vented a sea battle.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
TREASURY CONDITION
G.N.S0. Treasury balance as
of April &c: $2,782, GAS, 794.35;
internal revenue, $3,765 1865 "a;
customs receipts, $20,917,9 00.05;
receipts, $5,050, 220,931; expendi-
lures, $685., 804,1S2.
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Jefferson Pupils
Back Vote Drive

The suffrage campaign re.
ceived new backing today
from boys and girls who
won't get around to voting
for from six to seven years,
but who believe in the right Of
representation.
Members of the Student
Council and Honor Society
at the Jefferson Junior High
School, pledged themselves to-
day to distribute 10000 SUI.
frage campaign leaflets.
The project is under the
direction Of J. T. GalIahOrn,
faculty member.
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Sealed Planes
Reduce Sickness

CAMBRIDGE, April % G.N.S).
Elimination Of air-SickneSs among
passengers and more rapid ascents
and descents of airliners cruising
at attitudes of $4,000 feet and up
can be brought about through
sealed airplane cabins that main
tain sea level pressure at great
heights, according to Prof. Ross
A. Mcfarland, of Harvard Bust
ness School.
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HOPES FOR BIG VOTE
FLEMING JOINS MOVE

Fleming stated the hope that
the poll taken on Saturday, April
80, will be Of sufficient size to give
a true test to the sentiment Of
the people who reside in the city
of Washington"
Meanwhile, the fight of local
citizens for the vote was urged
along by pledges of support from
the Washington Board of Trade,
the Argo Lodge of B'nai Birth,
and radio talks which featured
an address by Senator ]. Hamil-
ton Lewis of Illinois, who warned
residents of Washington:
This referendum is not an
adventure. It is @ test of gov
eminent, not to be taken light
~. It is a serious test to decide
what kind Of government YOU
want"
STRONG APPEAL
The coauthor Of the Lewis-Ran-
dolph resolution which would give
the District representative form
Of government spoke over station
WRC last night, after discarding
at the last q prepared speech, in
order that he could make a
stronger plea.
Charging that Washington was
the only national capital in the
world without some form Of self
expression in local government. he
placed the fight for suffrage up to
the citizens themselves. Summon
ing District residents to the polls,
he warned that they must act now
or expect little cooperation from a
Congress unconvinced Of their in
terest.
"Your vote on Saturday will
be a direct command to us, the
Congress, the Senator said.
Organization support of the
drive to get out the vote which
was climaxed at meetings Of the
Board of Trade and B'nai Birth.
where backing of the campaign
was urged, also found plans Of the
Junior Board of Commerce for
torchlight prediction para d e
nearer completion.
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Marshall Pleads
For Full Turnout
In Suffrage Vote
Rock Creek Civic Association Hears Appeal
To All Citizens to "DO Duty"
By A. J. DRIsCoLL
Citizens Associations Editor
BY A. J. DRIsCoLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Regardless of political affation color creed occupation
Herbert Marshall last night told members of the Rock
Creek Civic Association that it the duty of every District
citizen in nebsc SATURDAY. Washington suffrage
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SENATE URGED
TO Give DC. VOTE
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the District, the reasons pre-
sented by the Senate District
Committee in 1922 in support of
this same cause.
II earnestly believe that the
residents of this city should be
given a voice in their govern
ment."
FLEMING JOINS MOVE
Asserting that the people of the
District should be given the right
to vote, Robert V. Fleming, presi-
dent of the Riggs National Bank
and long listed as an opponent Of
local suffrage moves, today
charged citizens of Washington to
take "the necessary interest in
their community to express them
selves at the polls in the re.
ferendum of April 80"
Pointing out the necessity Of
maintaining the Federal status of
the city as the seat of the national
government, he stated his views in
an interview with The Times.
SEES ADJUSTMENT
II am confident that with the
cooperation Of Congress this
matter could be satisfactorily
adjusted so that the status of
the Nations Capital as Federal
territory would remain intact,
while at the same time our citi-
zens could be given the right to
express themselves and have a
voice in their own affairs" he
said.
In explaining his change of
sentiment in regard to the suf-
frage issue, Fleming pointed to
the record of the citizens of this
community "as to their particlpa-
ton in the nations defense in
time of war, their contribution to
Federal revenue in taxes paid, and
their participation in all national
campaigns"
1T will be SEEM" he said,
that in view of our present
size, the record of our citizens
just mentioned, and in the light
OF economic conditions every.
where, it is necessary that the
people of this city have the
right to say how they shall be
taxed and governed"
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EVERY CR0WN-UP CAN LEARN FROM A CHILD

MILK FOR WEIGHT
CONTROL
10 reduce, drink q
gloss Of milk before
msoIs. II helps 10 keep
W your energy end
cuts down your Gpps.
ute for fottenins foods.
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no YOU envy a child's bOundless
- energy, his smooth skin and clear
eyes? Don't forget that pure, whOle-
some milk contributes much to child
hoods glowing health. Drinking milk
regularly helps grOwn-ups, too. Because
milk supplies fresh energy for each
day. Milk is rich in prOteins which are
SO necessary for adult health. Milk
contains calcium which helps to pre-
serve strong bones, sound teeth and a
healthy skin. And it contains valuable
vitamins which tone up your system
and help you resist disease.
Every day-drink three glasses of
our pure, rich milk the milk that
meets the standards of quality and
purity set up by the Sealtest System
of Laboratory Protection.
Order from our milkman, ask at
your favOrite store or telephone US.
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VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 30
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
Second Imperial
Valley is Dream
South Of Border

tC3At.nusI from Pace Ona1
governors figure atop one Of his
half dozen saddle horses. eanter-
ing past the barracks. is a fami-
liar sight.
He drives his men nearly as hard
as himself; hut they seem to like
il. for the face of each lights up
with pride at the mention of his
name. The only objection to the
driving hours might be from their
stomachs. for they often miss
meals
Although only a single year has
passed since he took office, the
governor already knows his pro-
vince as few men know it. By auto
ana by horse ne has visited the
remote back country, mingled with
the poems and watched the growth
Of the Agrarian centers. On thest
he pins his hopes for a second
Imperial Valley
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
Feminine Finery
Cause of Arrest
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try to pin it on me. Why?'
Authorities did not have an ac-
emate or complete list of the con-
tents OF the three bags taken from
Mrs. and Miss Frome after they
had been murdered. For that rea-
son the bag Ferguson had and its
contents may have to be sent to
Berkeley. Cal, the home of the
Fromes. for definite Identification.
Ferguson was sullen when queS-
toned by McCamey authorities and
refused to account specifically fof
his movements during the past
week. He was not questioned eX-
tensiVely. the authorities there pre-
ferring to await the arrival OF
state police who were due today.
Jackson said that the mans
handkerchief which was found
clutched in the dead hand of Miss
Frome was initiated IF He said
that some Of the clothes found in
the bag which Ferguson was try
! ing TO sell, had been purchased
/ III Los Angeles The F'romes were
in Los Angeles in January and
went there frequently.
Sheriff William Fowler at Nc
Camey said he had asked F'ergu-
son had replied that he and his
wife We're hitch-hiking east from
California and that his wife de-
serted him. leaving her clothes
behind Fowler said that letters
found on Ferguson indicated that
ne and his wife had been separ-
ated for several years.
Ferguson carried also a glad
stone bag that contained work
clothes. Wrenches, and other tools
i Several match books carrying adj
Vertisements of places in FL Pas
and Holtville, Cal. were in the bag
with the Womens clothing.
Frome, the husband and father
vas aboard a Southern Pacific
train with the bodies en- route tC
Richmond, Cal, where funeral ser
vices for the victims will be helc
Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
r. NANCE GET
PROMOTION, TO
LEAVE VALLEY

Russell L. Nance. district man
ager for tie Coast Counties Gas
and Electric company since 1885.
Wednesday announced his promo
ton to Service Supervisor for tha
entire company. Nance VIII work
out of Santa Cruz il his neN posi-
ton.
E. B. Mason Of Watsonville. vino
has been travelling auditor for the
company for six years will replace
Nance as district Manager. Mason
has made several trips to tEa val
ley.
Mason vii arrive in ii Ceatfo
on Monday. Nagee sid and Nance
will report TO Santa cruz the lol-
lowing week.
Nance, who mace an outstand-
ing record in the valley. has been
with the Coast Counties Gas and
Electric company Tor nine years.
He succeeded r. L. Hayden as
district manager in 1885. Hayden
had served in the valley since 1890
when the company opened Offices
IN e. Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06

partments. and the federal maritime
eommissien-have filed confidential
reports with the house merchant
marine committee stating that the
proposed new canal through Central
America IS not economically advis-
able at this time and that It's na-
tianal defense advantages. # any.
would not be worth the cost.
The reports say that President
Roosevelt and the budget bureau do
not approve Of such a huge under
taking during present economic con-
ditions anj desire careful and COM
prehenSiYe research first 10 deter
mine its value
Izae's Bill
The canal Is authorized N a bill
by Rep. Ed Y. lac. D. Calf. which
Is pending before the merchant
marine committee. Izac mas Won
much support from those who fear
that in event Of var enemies Of
the United States would try To
bottle up the fleet b. blocking the
Panama canal.
The reports revealed that the ten
tative Panama canal program en-
braces a new lock an3 dredgineS
and other Improvements which
would allow the canal 10 accom-
modate larger ships This VAS con-
sidered significant naSmuch as the
administration has announced It's
intention Of laying down the Worlj's
biggest battleshiDs.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
One Jailed in
Fight al Camp

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was Jones, released from the coun-
ty Jail early in the day. He was
arrested April 2 and held for inr
vestigation after he was found IN
a car which had no registration
certificate.
Jones was arrested just as he
ran from a relatives tent IN the
labor camp. Lloyd Jones. brother
of the accused, is held fer ques-
tioning. Witnesses to the stabbing
and relatives of Clark and Jones
were questioned by Deputy Sheritts
Frank Raney and Robert Fsh
and BraWley police.
Jones was taken to Clarks bed
side in the county hospital. Clark
identified him as the man who
stabbed him. The accused lives IN
a tent two blocks from the camp
with three OF his brothers, Lloyd.
Ray, and Jude.
officers are seeking the cause
of the fight which as yet has not
been revealed by the principals.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
Seed
Group Meet Set
For Thurs. Night

Imperial county's Calapproyed
seed committee will meet Thursday
night at 6:30 at the California hotel
to discuss committee problems II.
Lee Landerman announced We'd
nerday
Plans for the Agronomy Field
day at the Meloland Experiment
station will also be discussed. Calap-
proved seed will be featured at the
field day conference.
Landerman pointed out. in his
announcement, that the Calapprov-
ed group last week made a first
inspection of valley field growing
Calapproved seed.
All fields were approved by the
inspection group Two fields of
white federation wheat, one field of
Vaughn barley. one field of Cali
fornia marriott barley were visited
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
HOME PROGRAM
ON UPGRADE IS
BANKS REPORT

Except Tor home building. the
trend IN almost every line OF bus
mess in southern California IN
March was downward. according
Ia the Summary G. Business Con-
ditions for April issued by the
Research Department Of Security
First National Bank.
Preliminary reports indicate that
further contraction occurred in
industrial output. employment and
payronS Farm income likewise
mo- ed 10 lower le12l II the
face Of these influences retail trace
Increase over February BY about
the usual seasonal amount. As had
kean expected. building activity
registered pronounced gains aad
IS unqaestiouably the bright spot
IN the present picture
In excess o. 30o0 applications Tor
F. II. 4. 1oans we're received n the
local office III March. This figure
compares With about 1850 in Feb
ruarF and a previous high in 151l
in March 1897 Although below the
peak daily volume Of February ap-
Eaafions continue, TO BE- filed at
a relatively high rate This is a
favorable indication for the weeks
10 come
The March building permit fig
Gres reflect only in part the re
Spouse 10 the new program since
commitments were limited in mum
ber during tbs first half OF the
period. Nevertheless. permits We're
issued in Los Angeles for 873 fam
ily capacities rs compared with
Gs9 in February and l082 a wear
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
SNOW FALL SETS
RECORD IN SIERRAS

SACRAMENTO, dal., April 6.
oUP1-SnoWfau at Norden near
the summit of the Sierra range
during the 1878 winter estab-
lished a new record. registering
801 inches to date, the weather
bureau reported today.
The previous high mark was set
in the winter of 1890 when the
seasons total reached 1873 inches.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
Defense Stiffens
In Two War Zones
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japanese dispatches asserted that
advance units had crossed the
Shantung border into Kiangsu pro-
vince and had laid siege to HUI
shan. about 80 miles northeast of
SuchoW. and a few miles south
of TaerhehWang. where a two week
battle took the lives of thousands
on both sides.
Spokesman for both sides again
claimed possession of Taierhch-
wang, which was in ruins from a
savage battle still in progress.
A Chinese spokesman said the
Chinese were holding the south
ern half Of the city; the Japanese
the northern half.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-06
BANK RECORDS
USED IN TRIAL

Bank records. copies OF notes,
checks. and official ledger sheets
were used by L. r. Peck, BellfloWer
bank official, in giving testimony
in Paul P. LaRue,s trial on a
charge of failure to make good Is
checks given Imperial Valley hay
ranchers
The second day of the trial was
devoted to Pecks analysis Of fl
nancial transactions with LaRue
and the company he represented.
He pointed out charges made by
the bank for overdrafts he said
occurred in the accounts of the
Eureka company LaRue is saij
TO represent.