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Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-29
10000
Landslide Buries
20 Schoolgirls
Under Debris

TOKYO, June 20. (U2)-
A typhoon struck Japan to-
day.. causing violent floods
and landslides and disrupt
ing railroad. telegraphic and
telephone service.
Ninety thousand homes in Tokyo
were flooded. Some were partially
submerged.
A landslide at Yokosuka buried
20 school girls. Two died, but the
others were rescued.
There were fatalities in other sec
tons.
Landslides halted railroad traffic
between Tokyo and Osaka.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-29


Friends Immediately began to
take sides Wednesday when Junior
Knudsen appeared with wavy hair
that was not Wavy Tuesday. Some
sided with Junior, who maintained
the sudden wave was the natural
result of shampoo. Others joined
the skeptics' camp and limited that
the fetching curls were the un-
natural result of something else.
Wednesday noon Junior was still
stoutly maintaining the shampoo
theory; the skeptics were still hint
Ing darkly. RR wavered between
the two. Only one dissatisfied was
Edward VIII who thought he had
q corner on the curl market in Fl
Centro until Junior blossomed
forth.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-29
An Epidemic

An Epidemic
RR hapnenedit to be driving north
between Ell Centro and Imperial
Tuesday night just as the midget
auto races ended. The stream of
cars moving south included some
drivers who, as daredevils, could
put the midget racers to shame.
Remember how, after seeing Bill
Hart 60 through his cowboy antics
Son the screen. one always wanted
I to play cowboy?
The Very Image
If only melon that was brought
into the Post-Press offices by E. E,
Wolfe could be preserved, no one
would ever need to make bronze
bust Of w. c. Fields.
Not even if the gentleman with
the expressive schnazzola (spelling
copyrighted) had posed for 1t could
the likeness have been more per-
ltCI. "A DlOlliDSl dIlCC, WlllCll SlOoCiy
resembled the Fields nose, emerged
from a melcn that even bore a
similarity to the rotund Fields skull.
However, melons don't keep as
well as the original, and this one
already was a bit ripe.
Racing Shades
Two lads Tuesday tried out a
home made contraption in Ell Cen
tro that would have made harness
racing men perk up and smile and
perhaps show envy, The two-wheei-
ed contraption was drawn by b
pretty little bay.
After racing saddle horse and
coming in a close second one of the
lads remarked:
WED have won, only we got 9
flat tire''
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-29
Sends Floods
Raging Over Japan
Peace Fills Hearts Once Throbbinu
To Blood Lust as Aged Armies
Gather Last Time at Gettysburg
Rebels And Damn Yankees Now Just Veterans
On Field Where Civil War Met Turning
Point With Gen. Lees Defeat

GETTYSBURG Pa. June 90 (UP)-Two aged armies
back to the battlefield at Gettysburg for the last
time today with the sound of dusty drums in their but
with peace in their hearts.
They came-veterans of the Grand Army of the Re-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-29

Butter: Los Angeles. 27ci But
terfat, Imperial Valley. fob. ranch
grade A, 35e; manufacturing milk,
29c' route gathered cream, 26c.
L. A. Hay, u. S..No. 1 S13.50-f4.
No. 2 leafy $13.-13.5O; No. ? 1900:
Minneapolis, flax May si.79ls.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

more uQSpSI1U- Lewis HaneY
ent; that the drift toward a Roose-
velt dictatorship has been def
nitely checked, and that local re-
sponsibilities will increase. This
is all highly constructive for busi-
ness.
First, I note that for two
months iron and steel production
has risen from the low June level,
and that blast furnace activity
has definitely turned up. In all
respects, the relative position and
behavior of the several indexes
indicate a cyclical bottom.
At the worst, some irregularity
and hesitation may interrupt the
recovery, because Of labor
troubles, the backwardness of
utilities and railways, etc. Steel
production is getting close to cur
rent requirements. The price of
steel scrap has rounded off, but
the automobile business, a big
buyer of steel, is picking up, and
the general recovery in the busi,
ness cycle insures increased de.
mand.
Non-ferrous metal figures more
than support this conclusion.
Stocks of zinc and copper declined
in August, as shipments exceeded
production. The untitled orders
for zinc declined, 1t is true, but
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
GROSNER HEAD
OF STYLE SHOW

Next January's annual style
show for men to be held in Chi
cago under the auspices of the
National Association of Retail
Clothiers and FurniSherS will be
directed by Gerald D. Grosner,
head of the local Grosner firm
and nationally recognized au-
thority in the fashion field.
Election of Mr.. Grosner to the
associations style ommitt t e e
Craftsmanship was announced to-
day. The annual show will be
held as a part of the organiza-
tion's convention, January 1919.
Considered the leading source
Of practical style information for
the mems trade, the show is an
nually attended by experts rep
resentative of every leading mar
ket. Monthly style surveys, pre-
pared by stylists in every section
Of the country, also will be under
Mr.. Grosner's direction. A past
president of the association, Mr..
Grosner succeeds Peter B. Juster,
of Minneapolis, in his new post.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

LnrOugnOuC Cne WOTlQ. quotations
here could easily Skyrocket SenSa-
tionally.
On the other hand, while the
paralyZing chaos precipitated by
the start of the World War is not
likely to erupt should hostilitieS
burst forth, it would be entirely
logical, not a say inevitable, for
our security markets to suffer a
severe shock. When pandemonium
RACES, reason is thrown to the
winds. Liquidation is unloosed.
Panickyness breeds increased
panickyneSs.
1882 PRICES
We saw in 1914, in 1929 and
in 1882 to what depths even the
soundest stocks could and did
plunge.
Some of the prices reached in
1882 now look incredible-U. S.
Steel com mon touched 21A;
.Chrysler, S; Westinghouse, 1873;
General Motors, 77s; Montgom-
cry Ward, 31a; Johns-Manville,
10; Du Pont, %; U. S. Rubber,
1A: U. s. Rubber preferred, 3B;
Underwood -Elliott-F i isher, 73s;
United Fruit, 1OA; American
Smelling, 5b: Anaco onda, 8;
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

Bethlehem Steel, IA: Texas Cor
poration, ga; Sears Roebuck,
9B; Commercial Credit, 3B;
American Can, 295s; General
Electric, 8R; International
Nickel, 31a; Standard Oil of
N. j., 1873; Yellow Truck pre-,
ferred, IL.
No such give-away prices are in
prospect now. But conservatism
does not counsel carrying top
heavy loads of stocks under the
volcanic conditions disrupting Eu-
rope. Shrewd operators prefer to
keep on hand cash reserves at
such a critical juncture. Should
the market go up-well and
good. Should it collapse, advan-
tage can be taken of opportunity
for bargains.
NEXT WAR
We and all the world are wit.
Messing a demonstration of the
perils inherent in relationships.
An ex-paperhanger holds in the
hollow of his hand the power to
hurl the Old World into a war of
unpredictable magnitude and
savageness, a war which, as never
before, would entail the whole
sale numbering of women, chill
dren, non-combatants.
According to all reports, the
capital Of each warning nation
would be the first target. The
very though of the consequent
causes one to shudder
and shiver.
My own guess has been that Hit
Ter, emboldened by successive
hoped to bluff his way
towards still greater expansion of
his reborn Reich, still greater ex-
pansion of his military might.
But this time he has encoun-
tered obstacles not heretofore
raised against him. Until now,
the British government did not
feel prepared to cross his path
or, for that matter, Mussolini's
path-by force.
Copyright, 1888, by B. c. Forbes.)
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
MEETING HERE
SCANS FLEXIBLE
RATE STRUCTURE
Connection With Strike
Threat Denied

A small group of executives i.
ending a tWo-oay conference ir
Washington today that is almost
rs important to several thouSanc
American families as the posi-
bility Of a European war is to the
general run of the public.
These families comprise those
who for three generations, have
obtained the bulk of their invest
ment income from railroad Sc
curities.
Family fortunes founded in rail
road enterprises so years ago
have encountered perilous times
in recent years and there are those
who thought the world had ended
O few years back when some OF
the Oldest and strongest roads
In the country passed their divi
dendS.
INDEPENDENT AID
This group OF executives are
those of the railroad world who
have gathered here in the United
States Chamber of Commerce to
succor the transportation system
Of the country, independent OF
legislative aid, if possible.
Their plans, which will be sub
mitted to Congress, however, in
view Of the attitude taken by that
body during the last session when
the emergency railroad relief act
died in the legislative jam, include
those points which have never
been controversial and whic h
they hope will stabilize the indus
try and insure a fair return on
net investment.
Spokesmen for the group declare
that the conference has nothing
to do with the strike threat that
came with the announcement Oh b
possible Is per cent cut in wages
Of the 95O,000 railroad employees
and which would save the road
owners an approximate $50 mil
lion dollars year.
DISCUSS RATE-MAKNG
Instead, the transportation heads
will consider primarily rate
making rule, which would give
them greater latitude in fixing
tariffs according to the prevail
ing periodic economic condition.
In this connection, Congress
would be asked to take from the
Interstate Commerce Commission
the authority by which it alleg-
edly disregards the right of the
owner to a fair return on his in
veStment in fixing tariffs. In this
connection, they will go back to
the famous Esch- Cummings trans
portation act, which emphasized
this principle.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
STOCKS SPURT
up TO 6 POINTS
ON PEACE HOPE
Profit Taking Cuts Blue
Chips Gains

NEW YORK, Sept. Is GN.S).
The electrifying news Of Prime
Minister Chamberlain'S peace
mission to Germany brought .
sweeping rally in the stock mar
ket today.
Leaders jumped l to more than
points at the opening under q
wave of buying. Blue chips quick
ly extended their gains to more
than 6 points in Allied Chemical.
but the majority of the best
prices were set at the opening.
Profit-taking developed on the
bulge and prices receded about Q
point from their highs.
There were big deals at the start
including blocks Of 5000 shares in
U. s. Steel, 1000 each in Chrys-
Ter and New York Central and
General Motors. Trading quieted
down at the end of the first hour.
The uprush here was fore
shadowed abroad where markets
rose spectacularly under the
leadership of London.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
BUSINESS MEMS.
PARLEY WEIGHS.
TEN-PO|NT PLAN.
Tax Reforms, Rail Aid.
Is Proposed

PITTS BURG Sept. Is
GN.S).-A tentative 10-point pro.
gram calling for tax reforms,
better cooperation between Gov
ernment and business, and the
return Of the free-enterprise sys-
tenn was under consideration OF
delegates to the National Small
Businessmen's Association conven,
ton today.
Culled from 270 resolutions by
the delegates, the program will be
acted upon by the convention
tomorrow. Planks on labor issues
were omitted until after addresses
by labor leaders.
OPPOSE RECOMMENDATION
The program announced opposi.
ton to regimentation, urged &C
tive and immediate cooperation
between Government, business,
agriculture and labor; demanded
the undistributed profits tax act
be repealed; urged immediate non
political solution "of the present
deplorable railroad situation; ia.
vored Government reorganization
for purposes of Simplification and
economy; demanded a balanced
budget, and condemned "the
heresy of spending ones way out
of debt"
HITS RELIEF
On relief, the program urged
return of administrative duties to
the States with the States match
ing Federal appropriations. Social
Security was approved, but the
delegates suggested simplification
of forms and adoption Of a pay
as-you-go policy.
Federal licensing of business
was opposed as was the Federal
Governments invasion Of the
power industry.
OTHER CHANGES
Other changes demanded in the
program were: No further tax-free
securities be issued; all public en-
ployeS be subject to same taxes as
other citizens. broadening of the
income tax base. permission to de-
duct corporate and individual loss
in income tax returns; and a six
month breathing spell between
passage of a tax law before its ap-
plication.
The program also suggested
that means be provided for rails
ing capital and providing short
term loans for small business. with
less expenses and less restriction.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

in the latest week this trend was
reversed by a big jump in sales.
Building permits were down in
August, but that was entirely due
to gyrations in New York city
housing activity by the Govern
ment. outside New York there
was gain.
One of the most definite indi-
cations is found in employment
and payroll figures, and here the
evidence is clear. In representa-
tive New York State, factory EN-.
ployment increased much more
than usual in August. So did pay
rolls, the gain being over 7 per
cent.
Finally, the level of retail sales
is So high in comparison with the
value of industrial production
that we may be sure of a strong
upward tendency.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

at any moment.
The nervousness seething in
home and foreign security mar
kets is understandable, natural.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

politics" is a bit more subject
to prediction. At least, good
dope" can be attained. There is
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
Money Rates

NEW YORK, Sept. IS QN.S)
Bankers acceptance rates un
changed, with 30, go and 90-day
bills quoted at u to TIC per cent
four months at GIG to u per cent
and five and six months at 70 to
9-16 per cent.
Time money offered at 1Ka pei
cent for maturities up to 80 days
and 11a per cent for four, five
and six months maturities.
Commercial paper at "a to ]
per cent,
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

-
no S c lie n t i fic
certainty, b u t
political action
in this country
still depends on
mass psychol-
ogy.
AS a result of
recent develop
ments, we can
consider it hign-
ly probable that
the n a tion Is
becoming les S
radical; t h a t
the next Con-
gresS will be
nannn indnYnnn6-
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

Prudent owners
of stock and
s p ecul a tive
b o n d s. have
been reducing
their holdings.
Some risk is,
Of course, in
volved, because,
S h o Id the
storm now rag
/ n g suddenly
blow over, i'm
menSe relief +
doubtless would
be exhibited on
all S t o c k
e x C h a n g e S
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
Steady dyRecOUe1.y
Is Seen byHN,ey
August Statistics Are Cited to Show
Increased Industrial Activity
BY LEWIS HANEY
Professor Of Economics, New York University

NEW YORK, Sept Is. War probabilities only be
guessed For example, despite all the excitement and market
gyratons Europe is still but threat and the socaed
ultmaums not at all ultimate There grave ear but
certainty and LloYds won't insure.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
Rail Executives Seeking Ways Succor Carriers and Restore Dividends
Market Caution
"WiSeSf Course
Possibility of War Causes Prudent
Bond Owners to Reduce Holdings
By B. G. FORBES

During all the alarms coming from Europe in recent
this writer consistently counseled calm Trips to Europe
strengthened this attitude
But conditions very different today Continental Europe
has become vast crater of dynamite may be touched off
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
Treasury Condition

G,N.SD.-Treasury balance as
of September 13, $2,17O.452,219.35; !;
miscellaneous internal revenue.
$2,672,778.24; customs receipts.
$12,152,61279; receipts, $979,-
117,035; expenditures, $1,740,-
690,123.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-20
FROST SLATED
FOR VALLEY
AREA TONITE

Frost is expected to visit the cold
pr regions in imperial Valley to-
night for the fourth time this VIM
ter. Woodrow c. Jacobs, meteorolo-
q + announced Thursday.
A slight snowfall at Laguna and
still lighter one as far down the
m0untains as Jacumba Wednesday
night, Jacobs said, sent the thermo-
meter down to a minimum Of As
degrees in the valley. A brisk breeze
waited the frosty air across the val
ley. A heavy rain in the Jacumba
area early today washed away all
traces of the snow. Motorists stop
FED beside the highway in the
mountains because the heavy rain
made visibility poor
The temperature at noon Thurs
day was 66 degrees. The sky was
spangled with low hanging clouds
driven before a wind from the
northwest.
Maximum wind velocity Wednes-
day was 81 miles an hour reached
at 7:55 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-20
RUNS.
DOW N YOUTH
IN EL centric
Leg Amputated
After Motorcycle
Accident

Roger Webster, jr., II
year-old Ell Centro Youth,
was ground under a truck
which struck his motorcycle
at Broadway and Imperial
avenue Thursday morning and
dragged the motorcycle and its
rider 81 feet before stopping.
The boy, son of an Ell Centro
garage operator, was between life
and death at the Ell Centre hos
pital Thursday afternoon. His left
leg had been amputated. His right
leg was broken in several places.
Doctors feared he had suffered
internal injuries.
Melvin Strickland, 40, Negro
truck driver. was held at the coun-
ty Jail pending outcome of the boys
injuries. He was booked at the Ell
Centre police station on suspicion
of reckless driving
Police credited DR.. George Hol-
leran, Brawley, with saving Rog-
er's life. The physician happened
at the scene Immediately after
the accident. He applied a tourni-
quet to the left leg ana admins
tered other first aid. His task was
almost complete when police ar
rived, and he had finished by the
time an ambulance came.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-20

The officers, Capt. Earl Kynette,
AZ, and 1t. D. M. Draper, 36, both
members of the squad, were held
for investigation for conspiracy
to tap a telephone wire
Kynette and Draper were re
leased from custody several hours
later on a writ of habeaS corpus.
They posted bona of $4,000 each.
The district attorneys office
claimed there was evidence to show
that the intelligence squad had
tapped Raymond's telephone for
several weeks prior to the explo-
sions that wrecked his automobile
and wounded him seriously.
Night Of Quizzing
District Attorney Buron Fits
earlier ordered the pair in tech
nical custody after he questioned
them and other members of the
squad through most Of the night.
Fits said he had information
that policemen had been spying on
Raymond from a rented house
near his nome, and that the rent
ed house suddenly was vacated the
day before the bombing.
The crusading district attorney
took over the case with dramatic
suddenness last night. He had the
homicide squad bring in the intel
ligence squad for questioning.
Capt. Earl Kynette and 13 of
his force of 81 intelligence men
went to Fits office. Several of
Raymond's neighbors were present
Fits said the neighbors pointed
out eight OF Kynettes men as the
ones they had seen go in and out
the rented bungalow court.
Neighbors saw the men string
wires near Raymond's house, Fits
said. They told the neighbors they
were radio men,. Fits said his
own Investigators found a dicto-
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-20

stacks of letters from small bust
neSsmen, a number of names. Those
selected will be asked to come to
Washington for conferences sup
plementing those already held
with the nations leading industrial
executives.
The conferences will be part of
the broad picture Mr.. Roosevelt
is now assembling in an endeavor
to form a program against recess
sion.
The president conferred yesUer-
day with members of the business
advisory conference of the COM
merce department. FRI m that con-
ference a plan for creation Of a
national planning council develop
ed. aimed at guiding the country
out of the present economic slump.
Meantime the administration is
preparing data for Mr.. Roosevelt's
message to congress on business
reform. 1t is expected to deal with
a limited category of holding COM
panies organized for financial man
ipulation or to concentrate wealth
in few hands. The president will
propose strengthening of antitrust
legislation to curb monopoly He
was reported to be contemplating
revision of patent laws to prevent
monopoly based on long term ex-
elusive control of new devices and
methods.
1t was learned that Mr.. Roose-
velt has not begun work on his
anti-monopoly message to congress.
The ground work of such a mes
sage, it was indicated, probably
would be laid within the depart
ment of Justice
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-20

cial church communication from.
Bishop Maxon, who has been i'll
and was not advised until recent
ly that the dean had embarked
upon a fast designed to prove that
man can be immortal on this side
of the grave.
The bishops suspension order:
MY dear Dean:
For the first time, I am today
we'll enough, though still confined
to my bed, to be advised of what
has transpired during the past two
weeks
AT the outset I wish to say that
7 am writing this letter in all
kindness and love. a.
Il regret to advise that it is
convincingly evident to me that
you be removed as. dean of St
Mary's cathedral.
The manner of living and re-
ligious activities Of the dean nat
urally carry the connotation of
representing the whole member
ship of the Diocese. Feeling there
fore that your present manner of
living and expressions of religious
convictions are foreign to the views
of the majority Of the member
ship of our church and to its his
tory and traditions, I am con-
strained to take the step above in
dicated. I do not think that you
are at presen your normal self
are at present your normal self
tunity to return to your normal
self when you will be able to eXer-
else the abilities and spirituality
which you so abundantly possess
in the spread OF Christ's kingdom,
Il am taking this occasion also
to urge and beseeeh you to discon-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-20
GUNFIRE BLAST
DESCRIBED IN
w RIGHT TRIAL

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.
(UP)-The blast of gunfire
that kille d Mrs. Evelyn
Wright, %, and John B.
Kimmel, 35, was described
today at the trial of Paul A. Wright.
49, for the white flame murder
OF his wife and his best friend
Two neighbors told of hearing
the shots early on the morning
of Nov. and seeing Wright leave
his Glendale home, hatless and
in his shirtsleeveS, and walk down
the driveway of his home to await
police officers whom he had noti-
fled after he shot his wife and
Kimmel.
He told police he saw a white
flame of rage" when he discovered
them in a compromising situation
in his home, and shot and shot
and shot"
Miss Litane McClusky, who lives
directly across the street from the
Wright home, testified she was
awakened by the first shot and
turned on the bedroom light and
looked at her watch before going
to investigate the sound, 1t was
exactly 4 am, she saIu.
She said there was considerable
lapse of time after the first shot
before she heard a fussillade
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-20
Children Clear
AnderS

liam w. Mattson whose 10 year old son, Char
les, was kidnapped and slain more than year
ago. said today his other two children had seen
and exonerated Peter Anders as their brothers
abductor.
Dr. Mattson asked intervewers not to "put
me on the spot on this thing" but said re-
had viewed Anders face to face and cleared
him was true.
William Mattson jr., Charles older brother,
was back in Stadium high school today. Muriel,
sister of the slain boy was attending classes
again at Wright seminary. William and Mu-
riel flew to San Francisco to see Anders, con-
Continued Page g. Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-20

to withdraw its daylight service to
the valley, pointing out of the
hardships such a move would work
on the community.
The Southern Pacific originally
planned to discontinue its daylight
service Jan. Is, but rescinded the
order pending public hearing
before the state railroad commits
sion in Ell Centro next Wednesday,
The state railway commission
Thursday announced a hearing in
regard to the request Of the South
ern Pacific for permission to dis
continue day train service from I'm
perial Valley to Los Angeles.
The plan of the Southern Pacific
company to discontinue day train
service met with vigorous resistance
in the valley,
The hearing will be at the Impe-
rial county court house Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock