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The Washington times., 1938-10-28
D. C. JURY CALLS
DR., SCAND|FFIO.
IN A. M. A. PROBE.
'Ousted' Doctor to Give
Group Health Facts

DR.. Mario Scandiffio, Washing
ton child specialist, who was
ousted from the District Medical
Association because he became as
sociated with Group Health, today
was summoned before the Grand
Jury that is probing the American
Medical Association on charges Of
violating the antitrust laws.
DR.. Scandiffio has appealed his
custer to the judicial council of
the ANA, and that appeal is now
pending. Nature of his testimony
before the Grand Jury was not dis
closed.
YOUNG WOMAN CALLED
A young woman laboratory tech
nician for Group Health also was
summoned before the Grand Jury
today.
A1LLlOuS1l GL1G AehUuAC VI NAAS WV
timony of the young woman. Miss
Mary Frances Stuart, was not re-
vealed, she is said to be one Of the
"key" witnesses in an incident
which it is believed, will become
one of the specific overt acts on
which the alleged conspiracy is
based.
FIGURED IN DISPUTE
She is reported to have figured
in a bitter controversy between
CHA and the local medical So
ciety during the early stages Of
the group health organization
when a local hospital refused to
permit CHA surgeons to perform
an emergency operation upon her.
The controversy was settled, it is
said, when a hospital surgeon per
formed the operation.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28

brary, themselves blind, keep the
records in Braille, fill requests for
books, and tranScribe books to
augment the supply.
TNHEN there is always binding
l. work and preparation Of the
Braille pages to keep them oc-
cupied. A transcriber, incidentally
gets 8 cents a Braille page for
his work. Not much, the library
people admit, but that's all they
can afford to pay out of their
income, which is almost entirely
dependent on private contribu-
tionS.
The Governments idea of doing
the handsome thing in this situa-
ton is to contribute $1,000
which just about equals what the
blind subscribers pay as active
readers at 50 a year. And to be
sure, the books go out and are re
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
Police Seize Number
Slips and $35 in Cash

Ten thousand numbers slips
and $35 in change fell into the
hands of Detective Sergts. George
Deyoe and William McEwen Of
the vice squad following an auto
mobile chase through northeast
Washington.
The two officers recognized a
numbers suspect driving along
near North Capitol and r Streets
and gave chase. They lost sight
of the car near the Union Terminal
Market, but found it later aban-
doned on a nearby parking lot.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28

Ladies with too much avoirdu-
pois grew streamlined, while 9TH
ers, like Mrs. PlemmonS, who is
in the bantamweight class, found
they gained weight.
Not only will they play hit-pin
baseball, Mrs. Plemmons said, but
there will be basketball and volley
ball games and calesthenicS-the
latter to music.
So-if you see a light in the
school gym next Thursday night
you'll know mother is kicking
again.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28

turned under the franking priv
ilege.
Some books are donated by the
American Foundation for the Blind
in New York, and some come from
the Library of Congress.
DUT the library could employ 40
ID more transcribers-who really
need the work, too, because they
are handicapped If the library
had the money.
And what do blind people read?
Well, "Gone With the Wind" is
an old book in Braille, now. So
is Anthony Adverse" also in
constant demand. The library
can't exactly compete with the
bookstores in the matter Of best
sellers, but they aren't far behind.
Standard works, Of course, are
always available.
1t costs about Is times as much
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
Seeing Only With Their Hands, This
Book Staff Displays Efficiency
By JOSEPH T. MOONEY

CUPPOSE, the next time you pick book you try shut
~ ting your eyes, keeping them shut The blank
ton that follows would rk you in less than minute Its
The Washington times., 1938-10-28

S@@@
But if you had a lifetime of it.
And that precisely is what the
people who run the National Lii
brary for the Blind would have you
remember in their current appeal
for funds to carry on their work.
It's an impressive task to which
Rev. Paul Sperry and his handful
Of assistants have set themselves
In the hbrary's headquarters, the
White House garage at 1925
Twenty-first st. N. w.
There they attempt to meet the
needs of 1890 blind readers from
all parts of the country. On hand
are about 1900 volumes printed
in Braille. Thele is a smaller
amount of talking books"-344
titles in all-and there are 80 diff.
ferent periodicals. received regu-
1arly.
The eight employees at the L.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28

Threw his wife to the lions, Roman
style. Vladimir GOlea could tame the
beasts Of the jungle hut he couldn't
master his hatred for his wife. Who
was boss of the circus in which he
starred. Read this true story stranger
than fiction in The American Weekly,
the magazine distributed with next
Sundays Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
Fake Fire Alarm
Saunders Hunted

Police from the Eleventh
Precinct are seeking the per-
sons who have turned in three
false fire alarms from boxes in
the vicinity of the Burrville Ele-
School within the past
week. The latest was yesterday.
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
Group 10 Discuss
Aid TO Children

Members of the advisory COM
mittee on handicapped children
will meet. Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock in the Franklin Admins
trafiOn
The Washington times., 1938-10-28
Kick and Get Thin
Is Motto at Gym

From now on mother will do the kicking
CARRIED boomers bathing suit shorts she will kick
ba-and those surplus the Anacostia Junior
Senior High School gymnasium every Thursday night from
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
New Books
FICTION

FICTION
Blow For a Landing-Ben Lucien
Burman
Nobody's In Town-Edna Ferber
Bow Down to Wood and Stone
Josephine Lawrence
Marigold-Grace Livingston Hill
LutZ
The Two-Gun Quaker = Amos
Moore
To Sea In A Sieve-Ursula Or
ange
Plantation Murder-Christine N.
Govan
These Foolish Things - Michael
Sadleir
Mr.. Witt Among the Rebels
Ramon J. Sender
NON-FICTION
The Folklore of Capitalism -
Thurman w. Arnold
Amphytryon 38-S. N. Behrmaa
Dry Guillotine - Rene Belbenoit
After 1903 What-Robert Bench
ley
Strong Man of China - Robert
Berkov
Laughing Odyssey - Eileen Big
land
The Powers of the President-W
E. Binkley
Danger Is My Business-John d.
Craig
Out of Africa-Isak DineSen
How's Tricks-Gerald l.. Kauf-
man
Helen Keller's Journal
And Then the Storm-Sister NJ
Monica
r. F.. D-CharleS A. Smart
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14

nounced a very diversified pro
gram for the members of hi
physical Ed. classes during thr
next four weeks. His first per.o.
class has been learning the funde
mentals of ping pong and bad
minton during the past week and
are now planning on organizing !;
ladder tournament for the student
wishing to enter. If possible, th
two top ranking players will com
pete as part of the Public School
program
The fourth and l4th perio'
classes have been participating j.
a soft-ball tournament, with thC
winners in each class TO angag
IN an inter-class contest later il
the year. The winners in the tive
classes are the teams captained b.
willard Rosenbaum and Ray La
Bucherie These teams have gon
through the REGULAR season undo
feated
The softball team to represeu
the school at large Will be selected
in the near futur1 the boys who
will probably compose the team
are as follows: Bob Wyatt. Gastel-
lum, Rosenbaum, Kodama, l.. F..
Young, Robert Baker, Joe Moran
do, Louie Knetiz, Ray LaBucherie,
L. D. Hughes, Franklin Knight,
and Roy and Robert Richie.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
Peace Officers
Training School
Plans Discussed

LOS ANGELES, April "A up
Schools for California Peace Of
f.cers were discussed today at a
conference attended by District At
torney Earl Warren of Oakland;
Sheriff Eugene w. Biscailuz, Los
Angeles: and Clarence Morrill,, su-
perintendent of the State Depart
ment of Penology.
The three officers which Police
Chief william J. Quinn Of San
Francisco form the state board of
governors of the Department of
Penology.
Warren said the educational pro-
gram would consist of instructions
to peace officers in firearms, fin
gerprints, traffic safety. penal code
law and proper methods of con-
ducting investigations.
I'VE plan to divide the state in
to six educational areas" he said.
Each area will be headed by a
man considered an authority ON a
particular subject"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
Militia Officers
Will Map Program
For Encampment

LOS ANGELES. April IA. CUPl-
Maj Gen. Walter P. Story today
ordered 40 or more of the highest
ranking officers Of the California
national guard to report Saturday
at camp Merriam near San Luis
Obispo to discuss general training
matters and plan the 1888 militia
encampment.
Among those summoned were
Brig. Gen. Wallace A. Mason. Sac
ramento; Col Ray w. Hays. Fresno;
Col Otto E Sandman, Stockton;
Lieut.-Col Morris Draper, San
Francisco; Col. William B. Gra-
ham, Berkeley; and Col. R. E. Nit
telStaedt. San Francisco.
The encampment. drawing 5000
guardsmen, will run from July 10
to Aug. 7.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
Woman Detective Tells
How Client Was Caught

froW an adjoining apartment. On
fro man adjoining apartment. On
one occasion she said, she induced
Mrs. MacDonald's mother to ac-
company her to a movie, leaving
the divorcee in the apartment with
her Drother-in-law Warner and
Don Cook. his business manager,
were listening on the dictograph
when she left. She said when she
returned Cook angrily told her.
That blamed sap Warner has
gone in there and blown the case,
just as I knew he would
Without waiting for his sweet
heart and her brother r-in-law to
finish their conversation, he had
blundered into the apartment and
called the whole thing off, the wit
ness related.
He tried TO double cross us by
whispering to her so the micro
phone wouldn't pick it up, but he
was shouting so loud 1 could hear
without the dictograph," she quot
ed Cook as telling her. He told
her that his father and me were
trying to double cross him and
told her TO get out Of her apart
ment.'
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
Pigs Execution
Echoes in Claim
For Compensation

SAN FRANCISCO, April IA. CUP)
"A test of the states new lethal
gas chamber, in which a pig was
executed as the first victim, had an
unusual aftermath today in the
application of Robert P. Hegeboom,
AZ. state prison employe, for COM
pensation for injuries suffered in
the test
Hegeboom said that in carrying
the squirming, squealing pig to the
gas chamber in San Quentin prison
March % ne suffered a strain
which produced a serious abdomi-
nal injury.
The prison employe, who had
participated in executions for l8
years without suffering as much
as a scratch, said he would have
to undergo an operation as a re-
suit of the injury.
His application was referred to
the state industrial accident COM
mission.
YOU haven't read ALL the news
until you Eave read the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14

You haven't Read All the News
Until You've read the Ads
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14

LOS ANGELES, April IA. up
middle aged woman detective,
who was hired by young Thomas
Warner, jr. to find out if his
sweetheart loved him for himself
alone or his fathers millions, tes-
titled in court today that ne had
blundered into the trap she set
FOR his lady fair
Warner. son Of a Pasadena mil
lionaire. is suing Mrs. Pearl Anti
bus. The detective for an account
ing OF the $1,000 he paid her to
investigate his sweetheart, MI.
Jean Macdonald. a pretty divorcee
He alleges he was vastly over
charged
Ms. Antibus. whose counter-suits
for damages against the elder War
ner are still to be heard. told Of
installing a dictograph in Mrs Mac
Donalds apartment so that Warner
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
.DUOCONFESSES
OPIUM CHARGE
AT BAY CITY

SAN FRANCISCO, April IA up
Two members of the crew of the
U. S. navy transport Chaumont ad-
mitted attempting to smuggle $50
900 worth of opium into the Unit
ed States from the transport. Unit
ed States treasury officials an
nounced today.
This treasury quoted Robert Pin
son. baker aboard the Chaumont,
as saying that he and Andrew Ho-
varth. a boatswain'S mate, had been
engaged in narcotic smuggling
since 1885.
The Chaumont shipment, seized
by federal agents in a cafe where
PinSon and Hovarth met after the
vessel docked. was intended for
two distributors here, the an
nouncement said.
Shortly after the confessions
were revealed. customs agents OBJ
tanned 4 warrant for a man they
named as Rosey Bastida. alias
Paul Castro but they refused to
say why they were looking for
him. Police said Bastida had been
arrested several times since 1929
but had never been convicted on
a narcotics charge,
The treasury disclosures made no
mention of Rose Ogle, %, arrested
in a taXicab outside the cafe where
Pinson and Hovarth were seized,
Held under $4,000 bail, the woman
said that the S2,400 found sewn
in her clothing represented her life
savings which she carried with her
because she was afraid of banks"
Agents contended the money was
intended for Hovarth and Pinson
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
Spears Entertain
At Dinner Sunday
ALAoUTOS NOTES

Mr. and Mrs. Basil Spear daugh-
ter Chrystle. entertained at din
ner last Sunday evening Mr.. ana
Mrs. Ben Robinson, Henry Wood
Of Sunset district. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Candill. son Percy of Tue
son. Arizona. Monday evening the
Spears. Candills and M. and Mrs.
Calvin Bishop and children were
guests al a turkey dinner at the
Robinson and Wood home.
Mrs. LOYAL Whitmer was hostess
to a birthday dinner wednesday
noon N honor Of her mother Mrs.
l. A. McKinnCn. Those present
were Mrs. Dave Williams. Mrs.
Edwin Nilsson. Mrs Burton McKin-
non Mrs. Ella McKinnOn. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frazer Alldredga. Mr.. and
Mrs. I. A. Mex .nnOn and the hos
tess and host, Mr.. and Mrs. Loyal
Whitmer
Mrs. Hans Thams entertained at
her home last Thursday theWon-
ans Council Of the Methodist
curch. It was an all day meeting
Miss Olga Ming Of Sunset dis
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
News of Valley
Communities

trict was an overnight guest OF
Miss Paula Mathis last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loyal Whitmer, son
and daughter in-laW Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Whitmer their two children
Of Imperial motored to Escondido
Sunday spending the day with Mr..
and Mrs. Jodie Whitmer and baby
daughter Betty Jo Another son
Richard of Huntington Park spent
the day with his parents at his
brothers home.
Mrs. Hans Thams and daugh-
ter Mary were two characters in
the play Bringing Up Sadie" Civ
en- by the Holtville Literature club
at the Holtville Union high school
last Wednesday afternoon. Miss
Mary Thams played the part of
Sadie.
Ed Prccton of Long Beach came
down last Tuesday he Will visit at
the Basil Spear, Luther Hughes
and Barney Englet homes.
Mrs. Falls spent last Wednesday
in Holtville with ne. daughter
Mrs. John Harris.
Mr.. and Hrs. Frazer Alldredge
M. and Mrs. Edwin Nilsson. son
Carroll visited at the Basil Spear
home Sunday evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
Notes from Central

With the date of production
definitely settled and with ths
cast selected. rehearsals on the
junior play, Apron String Revolt
are progressing rapidly. Following
the custom of past years, d double
cast has been selected for all the
femme characters. This creates a
wider sphere Of interest in the play
and at the same time offers dra-
matte opportunity to larger
group.
Neya Dowd and Elrosc Marquar
viii share the feminine lead Will
the leading male role will be por-
trayed b. Tom Daniels.
The play will be presented at
the FL Centre high auditorium on
Friday and Saturday nights, Nay
13 and a.
with the annual public schools
week scheduled for the final week
in April. the various departments
Of Central are undergoing a
Spring CLEANING" in preparation
for the event
In addition to an open house"
the pupils will present an interest
ing program in the auditorium
one night during the week. The
program will be presented by the
various departments Of the school.
Coach Laurie Hanson has an
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
u. 5. TO CONTINUE
SILVER PURCHASES

WASHINGTON, April ID. CUP)-
Secretary of Treasury Henry Nor
genthau jr., indicated today the
United States will continue pur-
chase of spot silver offered by Mex
leo or any other country despite
suspension of its arrangement to
buy 100000 ounces of newly mined
Mexican silver a month.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
SHIP EXPLOSION
KILLS TWO

SAINT JOHN, N. B., April IA
(UP)-The two master schooner
Laura S. was destroyed by an ex-
plosion and fire 20 miles east Of
here today Her captain, r. Hat
field. and a member of the crew.
Roy Winters. were injured.
You Haven't Read All the New
Until YoP'vp Read the Ads
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14

trict was an overnight guest of
Miss Paula Mathis last Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
ExtOrtiOn Notes
Traced by G-Men

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI, April ID.
UP)-Federal bureau of investiga-
ton agents today were reported
tracing two extortion notes, one
Threatening to kidnap w. P. Kenney,
president of the Great Northern
railroad, if he failed to pay 100000.
The other, demanding $1,000 on
threat of abduction of the victims
wife, was received by William Figge.
head brewmaster in a st. Paul
brewery.
YOU haven't read ALL the news
until yOu have read the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
MORALS CHARGE
is DISMISSED

Charges of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor were dis
missed against Ophelia Harrison,
Brawley Negro, IN Ell Centro JUS
tice court Wednesday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-04-14
SIS Reward

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and Callouses. 35c at Clements
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Evening star., 1938-02-23
WILD SEAS DELAY
AID FOR 4 SHIPS
Relief Vessels on Way to Assist
Disabled Freighters Slowed
by Storm.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Feb. 23.-Storm- tossed
seas delayed relief vessels speeding
today to the aid of four disabled
freighters in the North Atlantic.
Two vessels, the 2,357-ton Nor
wegian freighter Victo and the 5588-
ton American cargo boat Azalea City,
had lost propellers.
The steering gear of the 2.404-ton
Latvian freighter Everhope was car
ried away 800 miles off Capt Race,
Newfoundland, on her way from
Antwerp to New York. and the 1900
ton British motor ship Lycia was
disabled by engine trouble 75O miles
east OF Bermuda.
The Victo, bound for European ports
from Norfolk, Va, fought heavy seas
near the Azores while awaiting the
arrival Of the Dutch tug Sea Foam
from Horta
The Azalea City, owned by the
Waterman Steamship Co. OF Mobile,
Ala. and operating between Gulf
ports and Europe, wallowed in a gale
1875 miles southeast of Cape Race
awaiting the salvage tug Relief from
New York. The Coast Guard cutter
Chelan and the Halifax salvage tug
Foundation Franklin stood by, the
cutter still unable to get a tow line
aboard the freighter
The Lycia and the victo reported
they were in distress last night. The
motor ship was bound for Phila-
delphia and Norfolk, Va, from Fowey,
England.
Evening star., 1938-02-23
ROOSEVELT NAMES
9 GENERAL OFFICERS
President Sends Nominations of
Army Chiefs to the
Senate.

President Roosevelt today sent to
the Senate several nominations af-
fecting high-ranking officers Of the
Army
These included the following:
To be major generals. Brig. Gen.
James A. Woodruff and Brig. Gen.
Frank w. Rowell; to be brigadier
generals. Coils. Joseph M. Cummins.
infantry: Richard c. Moore. Corps
of Engineers; Karl Truesdell. infan-
try. and Fulton @. c. Gardner, Coast
Artillery Corps.
Col. Emory Sherwood Adams to be
adjutant general with the rank Of
major general, succeeding Maj. Gen.
e. T. Conley, retired.
Col. John K. Herr to be chief Of
cavalry with the rank Of major gen.
eral, succeeding Maj. Gen. L. B.
KRONER. whose term expires.
Col Robert M. Danford to be chief
of field artillery with the rank OF
major general, succeeding Maj. Gen.
Upton Birnie, whose term expires.
Evening star., 1938-02-23
SOuiets Reveal
Execution of
2 Navy Chiefs
By the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Feb. 23.-The secret ex-
ecution Of two former commanders of
the Soviet Navy was disclosed today in
published versions Of a speech by Com
missar of War Klementi E. Voroshiloff
The two were Admiral Vladimir r.
Orloff, who was ousted as commander
in chief of the Russian Navy last year,
and Admiral A. K. Sivoff, who had
been replaced as admiral of the Baltic
fleet.
Voroshiloff. speaking last night on
the eve Of the Red Army's Goth ami
versary. named Orloff and Sivkoff in
group with the executed Marshal
Mikhail Nikolaevitch Tukhachevsky
and half dozen others as Fascist
bandits. traitors and spies" who have
been wiped of the face of the earth"
Evening star., 1938-02-23
PERSH|NC BETTER
AFTER A RELAPSE
Son Flies to Fathers Side.
Condition Held "EntireIy
Satisfactory"
BY the Associated Press.

6y tHe hSSOCldteo fTeSS.
TUCSON, Ariz. Feb 23.-Physicians
attending Gen. John j. Pershing said
today, following a lengthy consulta-
ton, that the 77-year-old World War
leader lis definitely better
A statement issued by DR.. Roland
Dawson after he and 1t. Col. S. u.
Marietta had completed an examina-
ton said the condition of his heart.
which caused considerable anxiety yes
terday and last night following a sud-
den relapse. lis entirely satisfactory"
Col. Marietta and myself have
just completed an examination of Gen
Pershing." said the bulletin. There
is very definite improvement in his
condition since the last bulletin issued
last night.
His lungs are perfectly normal.
His blood pressure is definitely better
The condition of his heart is entirely
satisfactory.
He had a much better night and
is entirely free from pain. He ate a
good breakfast and is mentally alert"
Son Rushes to Side.
DR.. Dawson said the next bulletin
would be issued around 7 pm.
lE. S. t..
Gen. Pershing. Ill more than a week
from rheumatism and heart compli-
cation. was removed from his hotel
quarters to the desert sanatorium yes
terday afternoon after he suffered his
first relapse. and Col Marietta. heart
specialist, was ordered here by the
War Department as a consultant.
Shortly before midnight Col. Mar
rietta and DR.. Dawson ended their
first consultation with the announce
ment that they were mot entirely
satisfied with his heart" but express
ing optimism over his general condi-
ton. They said his condition was
serious merely because he is getting
on in years"
An only son, Warren Pershing,
boarded plane at Palm Beach, Fla,
this morning to rush to his fathers
bedside The generals sister, Miss
May Pershing, also remained close
to the general.
Went to Bed Week Ago.
Col Marietta, Miss Pershing and
George A. c. Christiancy of New York.
an old friend of the generals, were
quartered in nearby rooms at the
desert sanitarium 4 miles east of
Tucson.
Master Sergt. c. G. Shaefer, the
generals secretary, chauffeur and
travelling companion for a number of
years, also was on hand.
Col. Marietta and Sergt. Shaefer
were the only military men admitted
to the bedside of Gen. Pershing, one
of only six men in history to hold the
rank of general of the armies of the
United States for life
The general, spending his sixth
winter here, was ordered to bed in his
hotel suite a week ago when he COM
planned of rheumatic pains as he pre-
pared to attend charity ball with
Miss Pershing. He was reported to
have been making steady progress
until the first relapse yesterday.
Evening star., 1938-02-23
FRENCH DEFENSE READY
Indo- China Prepared for Any In
,vasion, Says Buhrer.

MARSEILLE, France, Feb. % R.-
French colonial defenses were declared
today by the staff of 1nsp. Gen. Jules
Buhrer to be "all ready" in the event
of any invasion Of Indo-China by
foreign powers.
Gen. Buhrer, recently named inspec-
tor general Of all conial troops, ar
rived here from Saigon, Indo- China,
to report to Defense Minister Edouard
Daladier on war preparations In
Frances Oriental Colony.