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Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
SociaIifes Burn
To Death in Farm
House Blaze

TUXEDO PARK. N. Y, Aug. ..
tUP)-William T. Adee and his
wife prominent in eastern society
were burned to death early today
when flames enveloped their re-
modelled farm house in this FASH
ionable colony.
Sara Hention. 10, a nursemaid.
escaped by leaping from a second
story window carrying the Adees'
one year old son. She broke her
hand, but the child was unhurt.
Ray Huner. 3S, one of the first
persons on the scene, said the fire
apparently started in the wing of
the building where the Adees were
sleeping. He said Mrs. Adee was
at window when he and Anthony
Less, 40. arrived in advance of fire
departments from nearby commu-
mites.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Labor Protests
Force in Strike

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. CUP
Labors non partisan league an
nounced today that it would oppose
reelection of Democratic Gov. Mel
son G.. Kraschel of Iowa. 1t said
that his use of the national guard
to force settlement Of the May
tag company strike at Newton
should be warning to the Amer
lean people.
The league, political arm of the
Committee for Industrial Organi-
zation, asserted that "the problem
of the uses to which the national
guard is put is one of the graVest
moment to labor and believers in
Democratic principles anywhere, .
adding that 1T is a problem with
which congress will have to deal.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09

DENVER, Aug. 8. (UP)-Colora-
dos experimental $45 a month pen
sion plan for every person more
than so today plunged the state
into a bitter political controversy
overshadowing party nominations
and platforms.
A proposal to repeal the pension
will appear on the November cleo
ton ballot
Sponsors of the repeal plan pre-
dicted that nobody in Colorado
will care who is elected senator or
who is leading for governor on
election night"
Foes of the proposal, headed by
the national annuity league with
membership of 5000 pension re-
cipients, announced that $1,000
aged persons have completed plans
to visit every home in the state
this fall ito ask voters TO beat this
effort to rob the aged"
State Sen. Rudolph Johnson.
president of the Federation for
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
YMCA, yWCA
Held 'UnameriCan'

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9. tUP)-
The Y.M.C.A. and YW.C.A. today
were Jumped among organizations
participating in "Unamerican ac-
tiyities" in a series of resolutions
passed by the anti-epmmunistic
Federation of America.
Anti-Nazi groups, which had
picketed the federations conven-
ton the two previous days, failed
to appear the final day at the
Deutches Haus where the conven-
ton was held.
Among the resolutions voted at
the concluding session was one
which asked for an investigation
of the "Unamerican activities" of
'uominally Christian groups includ-
ing the Y.MCA. ana Y.WC.A."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09

able newspaper proprietor to be
found in America"
"In two years Gannett may be
president of the United States, the
Evening Standard said.
Replying to a question as TO what
would be his policies should he be-
come president the newspaper
quoted Gannett as replying:
I should reverse the Roosevelt
policy and compose a constructive
program to restore prosperity. bring
employment to the idle, lessen the
burden of taxation and encourage
business and the growth of abun-
dancy."
In a general press interview, Gan
nett said that IF Roosevelt went
to the polls now there is not the
slightest doubt that he would win
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Lie Detec ctor
Put on Corriean

BOSTON, Aug. 3. tuP)-Douglas
Corrigan is such a good liar that
it's all a lie detector can do to
detect his fibs, Professor William
Moulton Marston, formerly of Har-
ward university, reported today
The professor conducted lie de-
tector tests on the wrong-way flier
at a hotel last night as a feature
of the dinner that climaxed Bos-
tons rousing reception to the
Young Irishman.
Did you really start for Cali
fornia?' asked the professor.
Sure" answered Corrigan, grim
ming broadly.
Marston had to study lie de-
tectors graph for fully a minute
before deciding that this was a fib.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Hemorrhase Takes
Mrs. ChrysIer's Life

KINGS POINT, N. Y, Aug. 8.
(UP-The Chrysler family assem-
bled today at the bier of Mrs. Wal
ter P. Chrysler, ST.. who died of
cerebral hemorrhage last night. She
was IS.
Private funeral services were ar
ranged for Wednesday at St. Bar
tholomews church in New York
City.
Chrysler. who arose from a sick
S bed last Saturday after having been
confined two months with a cir
culatory ailment, and their four
children were present when Mrs
ChrySler died. She had not regain
ed consciousness after she was
stricken II hours earlier
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Debut to Cost
RipIeys $4,000

NEW YORK. r. l.. Aug. Q. (UP)
"A debutante coming-out party
reminiscent of boom years will be
held Saturday when Lesley Hyde
Ripley daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry B. H. Ripley. makes her
bow at a cost of approximately
$4,000.
A $4,000 ballroom is being built
especially for the party on the
Ripley estate, and may be torn
down afterwards. There will be
about 1000 guests.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09

their shells and are beginning to
look to future business
They're getting away from the
day to day outlook"
Government recovery spending 10
date, he said, could have had little
more than a psychological effect
on business. But he added, its dir
ect eff cts should begin to be felt
in the fall when the spending Will
be at a peak.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Queen Mary to
Seek New Record

NEW YORK, Aug. 9. CUP)-The
Queen Mary. new speed champion
on the westerward Atlantic route,
will try to break the record for
the eastward crossing if weather is
favorable when she sails at II am.
tomorrow. her master. Commodore
Robert H. Irving. said today.
The present record. held b. the
French liner Normandie, is ga hours
and seven minutes. 1t was set Aug.
last year with an average of 1920
knots between Ambrose Channel
lightship. in the New York harbor
and Bishops Rock. off the English
coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Sportsman, Shot
Acciden Dies

GRASS VALLEY, Cal, Aug. 9.
UP)-Charles E. Leasure, 81. San
Francisco, shot accidently while on
a vacation trip in Sierra county,
died at hospital here last night.
Sheriff,s deputies who journeyed
into the rugged mountain district
Sunday to bring the wounded man
out said LeaSure was shot when he
bent over to drink from a spring
and a pistol slipped from its holster,
discharging when it hit the ground
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Pickets Surround
Frisco 5 and 10

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. CUP)
Members of the CIO warehouse
mems union threw a mass picket
line around the Woolworth sand
10 cent stores warehouse here to-
day in a dispute over union charges
that "strikebreakers' were being
employed.
Eugene Patton. Warehousemen' s
president said a railway car half
full Of merchandise had been
shunted from the warehouse in an
effort to get deliveries to the COM
panys store on Market street.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Cabinet Ministers
In Cuba to Resign

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 8. OUP)-
1t was said in a usually reliable
quarter today that all members of
the cabinet had placed their resig-
nations at the disposal of Presi-
dent Federico Laredo Bru.
According to reports there were
differences of purely political
nature among cabinet ministers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Vivian Harper
Eneaaed to Wed

Mr. and Mrs. Guy Harper Of E.
Centre announced the engag ganent
of their daught r, Vivian. to War
rem Woody, son of Mrs. S. E. Wood '
of Oceanside. The wedding vii! take
place September at the Church
of the Roses. in Chula Vista.
Miss Harper has been active in
the Junior Ten Thousand club and
both she and h-r fiance were grad
uated from Central Onion nigh
Miss Harper is employed at thC
California Lands and Woody is con
nected with the Bank of America
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
Businessmen Warned Against Price
Increases as Activity Expands;
Concentration on Sales Urqed

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. up =
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Richard. C. Patterson. Jr. predict
ed today that recovery would be
accelerated this fall
He warned against price increas-
es as business activity expands, ad-
vising business and industry in
stead to concentrate on increased
sales volume.
1T is apparent from our report
from all parts of the country he
sadi that the Federal govern
ment's spending program has al
ready had a good psychological ef-
ect on business.
Businessmen are coming out OF
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
AGED AROUSED over EFFORT TO
REPEAL S45 A MONTH PENSION
FOR ALL over 80 IN COLORADO

Workable Old Age Pensions, INC,
which sponsored the repeal pro-
posal. said that his organization
would launch at once a three
months campaign ito present the
facts in this pension row to the
voters"
The repeal effort is based on a
contention that the present law
is throwing Colorado into bank
ruptcy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
TWO SENTENCED
IN POLICE COURT

Police Judge Lee Nuffer of FL
Csntro Tuesday sentenced Jerry
CoSgrove, IS, to six months in the
Imperial county jail for vagrancy.
and imposed a SIS fine, with an
alternative of seven and a half
days in Jail. on N. F. King, %. for
drunkenness.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
DWELLING PLANNED
BY Ell CENTRAN

A building permit on file at the
city engineers office Tuesday calls
for erection Of $4,000 dwelling by
Frank Padue, TAG Ell Cnetro ave
nue.. Other permits we're of a minor
nature.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
No Business in
Recovery,'Ga.

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 9. CUP)-
The Georgia public service commits
sion today hears a petition of the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad for
abandoning its station at Recovery
Ga. The reason: There is no busi-
ness in Recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
FORMER HUSBAND
OF ACTRESS DIES

NEW YORK, Aug. 9. CUP) -
Clark Twelyetrees, "a, actor and
former husband of Helen Twelve
trees, one time motion picture star.
died in Bellevue hospital today OF
a fractured skull. He had fallen on
a sidewalk three days ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
u. S. TO CONCENTRATE
AIR MIGHT AT [. A.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. (UP)-
Acting Secretary of War Louis
johnson announced today that the
army air corps will concentrate the
greatest force of modern fighting
planes in U. s. history at Los An
geles Sept. 20 for the American
Legion national CONVENTION.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-09
FIVE MEN CAUGHT
WITH DYNAMITE

OAKLAND, Aug. 9. (UP)-Police
reported today they had arrested
five men after finding 10 sticks
Of dynamite in the automobile in
which the men were riding.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
ARABS BOMBED
IN JERUSALEM.
II DIE, 40 HURT

JERUSALEM, July IS Q.N.sJ.
Death toll in the intermittent
Arab-Jewish rioting in the Holy
Land was increased by IL today
when bomb was thrown into a
crowded bazaar in David Street in
the interior of the old city of Jeru-
salem.
At least 40 others were injured
when the bomb exploded in the
midst of a group of Arabs.
The blast was heard over a wide
area and aroused great excitement
throughout Jerusalem. The dead
included women and children and
it was feared seven of the most
seriously injured would die.
The bazaar was crowded at the
time of the explosion with scores
Of Arab peasants who had come
into the city for the usual Friday
devotional services at the city's
mosques.
Agitated crowds collected in the
main thoroughfares and police
were posted at all main intersec-
tions to prevent reprisals. Guards
in the Jewish quarter were re-
doubled.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
AAA tOCut
Wheat Area

Q.N.S) The AAA this after.
noon will announce the 1899 ma
tional wheatacreage allotments, it
was learned today.
The allotments, which the Agri-
culture Department hopes will re-
store the topheavy wheat supply
to normal, probably will total
about 55,0O0,OOO acres. This would
constitute the most drastic single
slash in wheat acreage in the ma
tons history.
Breakdown Of the total acreage
the AAA will ask wheat farmers
to seed in individual State, county,
and farm allotments will be an.
nounced later this month.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15

Immediate withdrawal was de-
manded.
Compile a t ons in which the
Kwantung Japanese continentaD
army might be compelled to inter-
vene were feared, according to a
Manchu foreign office spokesman,
unless the "intruders" are with
drawn.
Site of the military occupation
is near Possiete Bay.
TOKYO, July IS G.NSO-Oc-
cupation of an important hill on
t h e Korea-Manchukuo-Sibe
border by Soviet detachment was
confirmed today by the Japanese
foreign office spokesman.
Manchukuo, he said, regarded
the act as an invasion"
In a revival of the dangerous
poroer disputes Wh1ch frequently
have had Japan and the Soviets
at sword points in the last several
years, it was officially charged
that Soviet soldiers penetrated
Manchukuo and began to fortify a
mountain position commanding
the frontiers.
Japan, although so deeply en-
tangled in the Chinese war that
she had to cancel the 1910 Olym-
pic games, was incensed to a point
of belligerency over official dis
patches from Hsinking.
They charged the Soviet de-
tachment crossed the border near
Hunchun Tuesday and penetrated
two miles into Manchukuo terri
tory.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15

raging, with airplanes roaring and
artillery laundering. Nationalist
reports said the advances were
made through orchards strewn
with corpses Of the fallen Loyal
iSt militiamen.
Government advices from Bar
celona confirmed the magnitude
of the CaStellon battles, but said
the government lines were hold
ing against the most intense pres
sure by troops of General Franco.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
StOCkSGQin:
SteelS Lead

Stocks moved up easily after a
slow start on the New York FIX
change today, to register gains of
two or more points on reports
of impending wage developments
in the steel industry.
Steels and motors registered a
general 2-point advance in quiet
trading. Oils registered lesser
gains. Rails ran up a point, as
did copper, while utilities were
mixed.
U. s. Gypsum rose in the build
ing shares market, which was
otherwise quiet. Amusements and
aviation stocks displayed strength.
Fajardo Sugar equalled its high
for the year.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Dead Litter Orchards
As Nati0naIiSts Gain

H HENDAYE, French-spanish
Frontier, July is GNsJ.-With-
out pausing following the capture
of Sarrion the forces of Gen.
Jose Varela today redoubled their
offensive and gained several more
miles along the Teruel-Sagunto
highway in a drive against govern
ment positions.
On both fronts in CaStellon
province, tremendous battles were
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
HugheSTeuS
WhyFight
WQSMQ

NEW YORK, July IS 0.N.SD
Howard Hughes issued the follow
ing statement today in question
and answer form as he left to joir
the parade up Broadway in hi
honor:
II have written this out be-
cause I am afraid I might get
nervous and not say just what
I want 70. You may be assured
no one has written it for me.
am not very good at speeches
and I have consented to make
this one only because there is
one thing about this flight that
would like everyone to know.
NOT A STUNT"
"It was in no way a stunt.
It was the carrying out of a
careful plan. It functioned be.
cause 1t was carefully planned.
we who did 1t are entitled to
no particular credit. We are
no supermen.
Anyone of the air line pilots
Of this nation with any of the
trained Army or Navy naviga-
tors and competent radio engi-
neers in any one Of cur modern
passenger transports could have
done the same thing.
"The air line pilots of this
country, who in my opinion are
the finest fliers in the world,
face much worse conditions
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-07-15

az hd1l lpOod OIONc LUZ luuCus
A small crowd of tourists pro-
vided the welcoming committee
at a small flag-bedecked station.
AS the President nears the con-
cluSion of his transcontinenta
tour he found himself enmeshed
in a red-hot political primary in
California which promised to pro-
vide him with some embarrasS-
ment before he boards a Navy
cruiser tomorrow for a months
cruise.
Several months ago Mr.. Roose-
Continued ON Page 4, Col. y
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Mrs. Peyser Loses
$500 Diamond Pin

Loss Of a platinum bowknot pin
containing 81 diamonds and
valued at $500 was reported to po.
lice yesterday by Mrs. Miriam Pey,
ser, wife of Col. Julius Peyser,
prominent Washington attorney
Mrs. Peyser, who lives with her
husband at the Wardman Park
Hotel, said she lost the pin while
walking from there to the thea.
ter.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Bus, Truck Collide,
Woman S Leg Broken

WEST FALMOUTH, Me-, July IS
UN.s0.-Miss Margaret Columbo,
Cleveland, Ohio, suffered a frac-
tl.red leg and IA other passengers
of a Boston and Maine Railroad
passenger bus were shaken up to-
day when the bus collided with a
trailer truck.
Miss Columbo was thrown to the
floor as the bus swerved off the
road after the crash, and careened
into a field. She was taken to
Maine General Hospital at Port
land.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Fair, Cooler. Days
Due, Says Bureau

Very preSentable weather is
coming up for the weekend, the
Weather Bureau forecast with
some satisfaction today. Tonight
and Saturday will be fair and
somewhat cooler. The thermometer
will stay in the eighties today,
with relatively low humidity.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15

The invitation was sent in a
telegram by Commissioner Melvin
c. Hazen. The wire read:
THE Commissioners of the
District of Columbia send con-
gratulationS on your history
making flight and extend an in
vitation to you and your crew to
visit the Nations Capital"
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
WELCOME TO. Indy
RIVALED BY GOTHAM
IN PAYING HOMAGE
Thousands Pack
Streets; Cheers
Deafening
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, July IS
G.N.S.). Amid a swirl Of
ticker tape from sky-scraper
windows, blaring automobile
horns and the deafening cheers
of the multitude, How ard
Hughes and his four round-the-
world record breaking fliers to-
day were acclaimed as heroes
by New York.
The reception, climaxed by
an official welcome from
Mayor LaGuardia at City Hall,
was the most enthusiastic
homage paid by Manhattan
since Charles A. Lindbergh
came home II years ago after
his epic nonstop flight from
New York to Paris.
|. Hughes and his gallant crew.
who circled the globe in the annaz.
ing time Of 3 days, 10 hours and
IA minutes. rode up lower Broad.
way in modest triumph from The
Battery to City Hall Plaza to the
accompaniment Of reverberating
applause from the dense throng of
men, women and children who
lined the canyon of conquerors."
Festive Air
Lower Broadway. with its stone
forest of skyscrapers, presented a
festive, holiday air as flags and
bunting flapped in the breeze from
windows Of the tall buildings.
Large welcome home" signs
dotted the line Of march.
The weather was bright and
sunshiny, after an early morning
rain.
Mingled with thousands of Amer.
lean flags were many orange, blue
and white Worlds Fair banners.
5000 Police
Three thousand police were on
duty over the comparatively short
route from the Battery to City
Hall. Bluecoats marched and
countermarched and bright red
motor cycles carrying police Off
GERS dashed about, amusing the
crowd as it waited for the pro.
cessional of Worlds Fair automo-
biles to pass.
Hughes spent the night at the
Drake Hotel. He awoke at 9:40
a. m, ordered copies of all the
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Hughes, Crew Invited
Here by D. C.. Heads

Washingtonians may yet get a
peek at Howard Hughes, record
holding round-the-world flier.
This was indicated today in an
invitation sent to Hughes by the
District Commissioners, inviting
him to pay the District of Co
lumbia Q visit,
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Girl InUOIUed

Police say the bandit is only 10
years old, and they believe he may
be accompanied by his 16-year-old
sweetheart, for whom he stole per.
1ume from a drug store.
The youth, who leaves q rose
behind after staging a robbery, is
wanted for q series Of holdupS
and robberies in the Potomac
Heights section of the city,
Detectives say he is responsible
for at least eight robberies re-
Gently, and in the drugstore raid
he dropped six roses as he fled.
Began as Lark D..
A relative of q Washington
gambler now serving a prison SEN
tence, the youth is believed to have
started his career Of crime as a
lark. But police are not inclined
to regard it so, and Major Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent OF po-
lice, issued a curt order.
Get him."
Major Brown assigned the en-
tire pickup squad to the job of
capturing the youthful bandit,
while all detectives in the Seventh
precinct are also under orders to-
concentrate on this one case.
Press Asked to Aid
Fearful that her son will be
killed in battle to escape cap
alre, the frantic mother appealed
to newspapers to publish a request
for the youth to come home and
surrender.
To police she begged that they
stake him without hurting him"
But in view of his threats, detec-
tives fear this may be impossible.
With the deviltry of a Robin
Hood, the Rose bandit recently
staged a raid on a drug store, but
left without taking some $500 loot
because he knew the druggist, po-
lice disclosed.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Plane Kills I
MASylum

BUENOS AIRES, July Is
Q.N.SJ.-One inmate of q
BuenOs Aires institution for the
aged was killed and 1S injured
today when a Pan-American
AirwayS plane bound northward
to Rio de JaneirO crashed
shortly after taking off from
Moron Air Field,
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Hope Abandoned
For Paul RadeI

HOLLYWOOD. July IA Q.N.S0.
AS he continued to sink under a
complication of diseases, hope was
abandoned for the life Of Paul
RAIDER, so, internationally known
evangelist. RAIDER formerly was
director Of the Chicago Tabernacle
and pastor of the Moody Memorial
in that city.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
SHOOT-TO-K|LL.
ORDER DEFIED.
BY ROSE BANDIT
Youth Disregards
Mothers Plea

A fearful mother today voiced
"a appeal to the elusive rose
bandit" to surrender to police
rather than face death from the
guns of the special squads now
combing the city for him.
The bandit, whose identity is
known to police, has threatened
that he will never be taken alive"
and it was this threat that urged
his mother to make her appeal
that he surrender and face the
penalty of the law rather than
"shoot it out"
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Beg Pardon

IN THE first edition yes
l. terday, The Washing
ton Times published a pic
ture of Howard Hughes
plane as it poised for the
take-off on his round-the-
world flight. The caption
writer misunderstood the
instructions of the picture
editor and assumed he was
writing a caption for the
plane after it landed at
Minneapolis.
The mistake was dis
covered just after the
presses had started to roll,
and an immediate replate
with the correct caption
was sent to the press room.
The misleading caption
appeared in only a small
part of the first edition.
Everybody makes mis-
takes.
Those who don't make
mistakes never make much
of anything else.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Elliott Roosevelt
Seeks No Office

FORT WORTH, Tex, July IS
G.N.SD.-Elllott Roosevelt, son of
the President, has no political
ambitions, he declared yesterday
in spiking rumors that he intends
to run for United States Senator.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Treasury Condition

Q.N.SO Treasury balance July
13, $2,039, ,977, 1853; internal reve-
nue., $5,011,853.07; customs re-
ceipts, $8,734,748.64; receipts,
$13O. 1858, ,44S; expenditures. $401,
$50, ,252.
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
California Battle
Snags Roosevelt
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

Ell PORTAL, Cal, July Is QNS.)-President Roosevelt
arrived here early today to spend the day Yosemite Ma.
honal Park He remained aboard his special until 10
and then embarked alday motor tour with stop
at Marinnsa for l11nnh
The Washington times., 1938-07-15
Invasion by Soviet
Draws Jap Threat

HsINKING Manchukuo July Is N.S.)-Threatening pos
be action by the Japanese army Manchukuo today strongly
protested the occupation of important military hill the
ManchukuoSiberia border by 40 Soviet soldiers.