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Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
Nv UNITED PRESS

Mos; Of the United States, from
the Rockies to the eastern seaboarG
and from Maine to the southern tip
of Florida, was experiencing the
second cold wave of the winter
Monday.
The freezing weather followed a
double-blizzard over the Thanks
giving weekend which established
record November snowfalls and was
responsible for more than 100
deaths N the east and middle west.
New England, digging itself out OF
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
The Inventive Mind
o5 FAMILIES NOW
AT TRANSIENT CAMP

BRAWLEY. Nov. z6,-Ninety-five
families. approximately 400 indivi-
duals, low make their homes at the
federal labor camp here.
The camp capacity is 200 fam
lilies. LAST winter every tent site
was occupied during the late winter
months.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
Ince Scion Dies
In Motor Crash

OAKLAND, Cal, Nov %. up
A young millionaire, who preferred
the excitement of professional
motorcycle racing to social life in
the Hollywood movie colony. was
dead today in a tragic climax to the
200-mile Pacific coast motorcycle
championships
The youth was Richard K. Ince.
23-year-old son of the late pioneer
movie producer, Thomas II. Ince.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
Army Needs Beds
For Wanderers

Salvation Army headquarters IN
FL Centro cannot provide beds for
all the homeless transients who ask
for lodging. army officials announc-
ed Monday.
Army workers are compelled tc
turn wanderers away every night
as there are beds for only 18 men
and three women.
Those in charge appealed to the
public for more blankets and beds
to increase the capacity of the
place.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
New Cold Wave Sweeps
From Moine 10 Florida

.he record in the area covered by
the New Orleans weather bureau.
Sundays temperatures OF from
As to 80 in Miami we're expected
TO droo even lower
In parts Of Minnesota and the
Dakotas the temperature went be-
low zero.
storm warnings had been raised
along uhe entire eastern seabOard
The coast guard advised that nign
winds would be- felt from Malne
10 the Virginia Capea
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
Sparkling Streets. Gay Shop Windows
To Mark Advent of Xmas Saint Here;
Children Urged to Write Letters

Santa Claus will be in Ell Centre Saturday! ,
Absolutely and positively, the jolly Saint Nick vii
be in the CITY to receive letters from children who have
made out their lists of what they want for Christmas
Duke Johnson promised Monday Johnson, head of th
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
New Deal Going Into Red This Year
Twice as Fast as Last; Deficit
$50 Millions Each Month of Year

WASHINGTON Nov %. (UP) = Treasury figures
showed today that the government is going into the red
almost twice fast in the previous fiscal year.
Comparisons must be approximate because final re-
ports the first four months of the fiscal year will not
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
use Gets Rose Bow Bid
As For Western Team, 20
Name Own Opponent Soon
Texas Christian, Duke. tennessee Likely
Teams FOR Pasadena New Years Game;
Troians Meet Notre Dame Saturday

LOS ANGELES Nov %. (UP)-The University Of
Southern California football today selected to
represent the in the annual Tournament of Roses
football came in Pasadena January 2.
The Troians were voted into the bowl by teegraphc
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
.Kidnopers Blast
Woy Thru Gordon
Bio Roads
Two Farmers Held as Hostages in Flight
OfDesperadoes; Running Gun Battle
Ends With Officers Car Disabled

PAW PAW, Mich, Nov. % tUP)-State police blocked
southwest Michigan highways today in search for two
Kansas outlaws who kidnapped two farmers, stole auto
mobiles and engaged in running gun battle with officers
Fifty SQUAD Guarded roads around Kalamazoo
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28

tt ClG M@s.er-
Robbng the sports page, RR pick
ed thl, one up on the golf course
where Hans Merklein pulled shol
Sunday that would leave Joe Kirk
wood stumped Hans hit ball that
whistled past Andy Dillbeck, not m
turing him but taking the second
nand oil his watch.
o.
A EctdOWn--
Shuaks Chat E. in Red Bamards
initials doesn't stand for Ebenezer
after all It's Earl,
o
Two Days Late
You may get ahead of Phil
Knights once in awhile, but not
very far ahead. Don Davis, Phils
assistant. had a birthday Sunday
Now. RR learns, Phil too will have
a birthday On Tuesday.
Cats Out
When the peace officers an
nounced that their next meeting
would be for "officerS only and
wives would be barred, the wives
be3an TO be suspicious. They were
puzzled. chiefly because the meet
ing was to be in church.
To keep the peace, RR found out
why. Reason for the secrecy is that
the strong and silent FBI will show
a film on catching criminals, and
insists that the public stay in the
dark on the question.
o.
No Luck
Charles Smaller Just isn't lucky
In The PoSt-Press football game
guessing contest he sent in his
picks. but the trouble was he
nad clipped a list of games from
a paper Of the week before On
games that had been past history
for a week he got eight right fom
wrong!
Initiated
Dee Anderson ought to get ar
oleander, or maybe a pair Of goggles
as a reward. Sunday he rode in a
rumble seat for the first time.
Il still prefer saddle horse" ht
commented.
O.
The Inventive Mind
Ernie Willett has an idea thai
housewives might copy. At his place
in Heber Ernie uses oil cans fol
salt shakers.
Only trouble would be if yol
forget and oil up the generator or
your car with healthy squirt o.
salt!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28
No Luck
Initiated

lflltlottu--
Dee Anderson ought to get an
oleander, or maybe a pair Of goggles
as a reward. Sunday he rode in a
rumble seat for the first time.
Il still prefer saddle horse" he
commented.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28

Butter: Los Angeles. 30ci but
terfat. Imperial Nausy Lob. ranch,
grade A, 39ci manufacturing milk
31ci route gathered cream 2Sc.
l.. A. Ray. u. ;. No. 1. sl3.50i
L. 5. Nc. / leafy Sl5.50-16.00: No. 2
leafy S12.5O-I3.0O: No , siI-11.50.
Minneapolis flax. Dec. S1.75ie.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28

A Letdown--
shueks. That E. in Red Barnards
initials doesn't stand for Ebenezer
after all. It's Earl.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-28

WU UdYH h-ntC -.
You may get ahead of Phil
Knights once in awhile, but not
very far ahead Don Davis, Phils
assistant. had a birthday Sunday,
Now. RR learns, Phil too will have
a birthday On Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1938-04-01
Building Permits

Foxcroft, Inc, 55O-6s Oklahoma Ave.
n. E., dwellings, $4,000.
Louis Guglielmo, 2S25 Branch Ave.
8. E., dwelling, $4,000.
Louis Gregory. 3220 Pennsylvania Ave.
s. E., store ana apartment, no value
listed.
D. J. Sullivan. s741 st. s. E., dwell
ing. $3.50.
Frank s. Phillips. 1921 Forty-ninth St.
N W., dwelling, SIS, 600.
Joseph Bittoni, 1924 Conduit Rd. N. W.,
dwelling, $1,000.
DR.. Grant Hagen, 4s4S AIbemarle st.
N. W., dwelling, $780,
DR.. Cyrus and Edith Creseling, 1899
Monroe st. N. E.. dwelling, $14, 900.
Potomac Electric Power Company, 92T
. st. N. W., repairs, $500.
The Washington times., 1938-04-01
Fire Record

Twenty-four hours from 10 q. m.
SGarch 81 to 10 a. M, April /.
4:15 D. m.-Ambulance, 103 Eighth
OF. N. E., gas case.
G:3S p. m.-6412 Luzon Ave. N. W.,
cleaning fluid.
e:0s p. m.-Fourteenth and K SITS. 8.
E., false alarm.
1857 a. m.-Fourteenth and Harvard
SITS. N. W., false alarm.
6:07 a. m.-Rescue Squad, 3S0S
Georgia Ave. N W., erroneous alarm.
SIS a. m.-Rescue Squad, 300S
Georgia Ave. N. w., gas case.
Evening star., 1938-02-11

When We mention mahogany We
mean GENUINE MAHOG GANY.
whether II Is used In connection
with other cabinet woods or used
exclusively. GENUINE MAHOGANY
grows ONLY in the West Indies.
Tropical America and m the West
Coast ef Africa. Woods commonly
known under !de name Of Philippine
mah"xanv ARE NOT PERMITTED
In our regular stocks.
Evening star., 1938-02-11

forwarded to Congress by Commits
sioner Hazen is expected to be laid
before the District Committees In the
House and Senate tomorrow. The bill
already has the approval Of the Secre-
taries of War and Navy. she said, but
that an "unrelenting fight" needed to
be carried on to secure its passage by
Congress Twice before, in 1924 and
1925. similar bill was passed by the
Senate, but the House took no ac-
ton.
Displayed at the meeting we're three
flags with District insignia. one of
which is used by the local unit of the
National Guard. brought by 1t. Ed
ward D. Mulvanity of the Guard. An
other was one made by Mrs. Clara l..
Perry, representing the Ladies' Auxil-
iary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, who used it in a parade
in Chicago last year when she learned
there was no official flag OF the Dis
trict. The other w brought by Will
liam E. Russell oe mt Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. No said
it was made during one of thu pre-
vious drives to secure a flag for the
District.
Included in those who expressed a
desire to see an emblem designated
were Mrs. Wilmuth Gary, George Fra
ser, Chevy Chase Citizens Associa-
tion; Mrs. Livingston Vann. jr.. United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Mrs
Harvey F. Baxter. Political Study Club:
Evening star., 1938-02-11

Harry Sommerville and Theodore I.
Coe. Board of Trade: Mrs. David D.
Caldwell. Daughters Of the American
Colonists; Mrs. Viola Hines Fones,
American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. How
ard L. Hodgkins. District Federation
Of Women's Clubs: Maj. Edwin S.
Bethlehem. jr, Military Order of the
World War: L. A. Carruthers, Fedora
tion OF Citizens Associations: Mrs.
Leslie B. Wright, Forest Hills Citizeng'
Association. ard Carl Miller, Stanton
Park Citizens ASsocia ton.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
SUPPORT FOR D. c.
FLAG IS PLEDGED
Representatives of Many
Organizations Approve
Movement for Emblem.

Deploring the lack of An official flag
for the District of Columbia. repre-
sentatives of patriotic, civic and busi-
ness organizations in the city gathered
last night in the boardroom of the
District Building to give momentum to
movement urging passage of bill
by Congress creating commission to
establish a design for the emblem.
Led by Mrs. William D. Leetch,
chairman of the Correct Use of the
Flag Committee of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. the assem-
bled representatives voiced whole
hearted approval of the movement and
pledged the support of their various
organizations.
Mrs. Leetch explained that bill
Evening star., 1938-02-11
WILL SEEK NEW TRIAL
Nebraska's Lieutenant Governor

Nebraska's Lieutenant Governor
Convicted of Embezzlement.
LINCOLN, Nebr., Feb. II (Pp.-De-
tense attorneys prepared motions to-
day for new trial for Lieut. Gov
Walter H. Jureensen of Nebraska,
convicted by a District Court Jury Of
embezzling $549 from Chester c.
Kaderli, Western Nebraska depot
agent.
Legal authorities here said the con-
viction does not disqualify Jurgensen
from Office until all legal moves in his
behalf were exhausted.
The penalty on conviction is l to
10 years in prison.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
RELIC B0ILS AWAY
Jawbone Clue to Prehistoric Man
Is Lost in CLEANING.

FOLSOM, Calf. (P).-There may
have been a Folsom man rivaling the
Piltdown man or Peking man in the
history OF the early human race, but II
appears science will never know.
Prisoners excavating for new
building unearthed q jawbone which
some anthropologically minded Off.
cials recognized as a prehistoric hui
man relic. Placed in some boiling
water for cleaning. the bone was for.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Lincoln State
Papers Sealed
Till July, I947
Hvthe Associated Press


Although 73 years have passed since
the death of Abraham Lincoln, it will
be nine and half more before
historians and Lincoln admirers will
see his White House papers.
The famous collection of state papers
will not be unsealed until July, ls47.
The late Robert T. Lincoln, the
great Presidents son. decided the
papers in 1922 to the Library Of Con-
gress as their custodian for the Amer
ican people with the stipulation that
they not be made available to in
vestigators for 25 years.
The library is preparing the collec-
ton for preservation and is carefully
filing and indexing the various docu-
ments. including letters from the
martyr President to members Of his
cabinet. various executive officers and
others high and low in the life OF the
Nation during the troublous Sixties.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
"A STENOGRAPHER
SAYS"-

At my desk all day and exercise very
little. To guard against constipation ]
take ESpotabs regularly. They cause
no gripping, distress. or Inconvenience,
and help to keep my complexion
clear. Is cents at any drug store. For
Free Sample write Dill Co., Room
1911. go w. saith ST., New York.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
gotten. When the pot boiled dry the
relic was reduced to dust.

Syracuse University Is planning =
re-enactment Of the constitutional
convention Of 1887, with students wear
ing costumes typical Of the period.
Evening star., 1938-02-11
Miss Blakeslee to Speak.

Miss Ruth Blakeslee Of the Social
Security Board was to speak at
Evening star., 1938-02-11

meeting Of the Committee on Services
to the Blind of the Council of Social
Agencies at the Young Women's Chris
tian Association this afternoon.
Evening star., 1938-02-11

More than 50 persons were burned
to drath in Tokyo. Japan, last year.
Evening star., 1938-02-11

Solid Honduras Mahogany
s drowers Z small ores OF TOP
and 4 deeper drowers, full
dUstproof drawer construction.
81 inches wide, SO inches toll.
Evening star., 1938-05-08
MAN FOUND SLAIN
IN PARKED AUTO
Police Make Discovery of Body
Half Hour After Reported
Phone Call to Wife.

Halt an hour after telephoning his
wife that he intended to lend it
tonight" according to police, Harry
L. Dunbar, 46, of 4238 Wisconsin
avenue NV. was found shot through
the head last night in his car, parked
by an open lot in the 4200 block
Of Nebraska avenue.
He was found by Policemen T. r.
Stewart and j. T. Ensor of the eighth
precinct housebreaking squad slumped
down in the front seat of his sedan
with a .32-caliber pistol in his left
hand. The bullet had pierced his
left temple and gone on through
to shatter the glass in the rear door
Of the car.
they cruised down Nebraska avenue
by two women who had been at
tracted by the shattered glass and
blood dripping from the car as they
walked by. Dr. William J. Stanton
400 Nebraska avenue. was called and
pronounced Mr.. Dunbar dead.
Mrs. Dunbar, who operates a beauty
parlor at the Wisconsin avenue ad-
dress, identified Mr.. Dunbar as her
husband, police said. and told of re-
ceiving the phone call from him. The
couple had been married about 1S
years. but had been separated for
about two weeks, she said.
Mr.. Dunbar had been employed
for about 20 years as q clerk with
. railway express company.
Evening star., 1938-05-08
T1UO Women Die
In Plane Diue
With Explorer
BY the Associated Press.

SEATTLE, May 1.-Two women
were killed late today when seaplane
piloted by Bradford Washburn, jr.,
Harvard geographer and explorer, fell
into Lake Union. Mr.. Washburn
escaped.
The victims were Mrs One Daiber
and Miss Dorothy Mathews of Seattle.
James Borrows, another passenger,
also escaped. The plane was attempt
ing to alight on the lake
The women's bodies were recovered
from the submerged cabin of the
plane.
Borrows and Washburn fought free
of the plane as it sank. and were
picked up by passing craft.
Washburn was visiting here en-
route to Valdez, Alaska. where he
planned an attempt to climb 1920
foot Mount st. Agnes. Last summer
he and Robert Bates, Philadelphia
we're the first persons to scale 1850
foot Mount Luciania.
Washburn's Alaska trip was spon-
sored by the National Geographic
Society.
Evening star., 1938-05-08
fPicture on Page Az

The United States Navy has not
gone into the bargain counter busi-
ness. but this story might be cap
toned Naval Secrets for Sale
Cheap" without doing too much vio-
lence to the truth.
That, at any rate, seems a fair in
ference to draw from the indisputable
fact that any one who is interested
can now buy from the Government
an official sketch of the new battle
ship North Carolina, supposedly being
built in great secrecy, for the nomi-
nal sum Of so cents.
The publication of the sketch, of
course, was not matter of deliberate
policy. but appears to have been one
Of those disconcerting slips that at
times seem to defy the most rigid
censorship.
The sketch, which gave a good
many OF our own naval officers their
first conception of what the new
warship will look like when COM
pleted. appeared in the little-known
publication, History of the Con-
struction Corps of the United States
Navy" now being offered for sale
to any one for so cents by the super
intendent of documents.
The sketch shows side view of
the North Carolina, supposed to en-
body the most modern design in
fighting craft. The ship IS now under
construction at the New York Navy
Yard and will be completed in about
four years.
Although the History" gave nc
explanatory details, naval authorities
Evening star., 1938-05-08
Secret Battleship Sketches
On Sale for 50 Gents by U.S..
Publication Apparently Unintentional Slip, but
Many of Navy's Officers Get First Ideas of
the North Carolina From It.

expressed surprise that the sketch
should see the light now, when this
Government is taking great pains
to keep its military secrets inviolate.
The understanding is that the
publication failed to receive the usual
Endorsement of the Office of Naval
Intelligence. which advises" on such
matters, but instead was sent directly
to the Government Printing Office
Some officers on duty at the Navy
Department received their first in
formation about the sketch when it
appeared in printed form.
The foreword to the History" was
written by Rear Admiral William P.
Robert, retired, former assistant chief
of the Bureau of Construction and
Repair, Navy Department.
The sketch was republished yester-
day In the semi official Army and
Navy Journal
James Fighting Ships, a British
publication concerning naval craft
regarded as authentic in naval circles,
says that both the North Carolina and
her sister ship, the Washington, which
is being built at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard, will be of $4,000 tons
standard displacement. That publica-
ton asserts that each vessel will be 750
feet long, will carry nine 16-inch guns,
Is five-inch, 35-caliber guns, and have
three aircraft.
James says it learned unoficially
that the battleships will be equipped
with geared turbines, with a designed
speed Of % knots, with 80 knots ex-
pected. It adds that watertube boilers
Of . new pattern will be furnished and
oil fuel used.
Evening star., 1938-05-08
ACCIDENT is BLAMED
FOR MASS SWOON|NG
Intense Humidity of the Day
Shares in Report on Why
100 Students Collapsed.

BY the Assc ciatet Press.
WILMINGTON, N. c., May T.
The fainting of more than 100 STU
dents at the New Hanover High School
here was attributed today in an in
vestigating physicians preliminary re-
port to the combined result of seeing
a girl student struck by an automobile
and the intense humidity of the day.
The physician, DR.. John T. Hog
gard, chairman of the New Hanover
County School Board, said, however,
that DR.. A. H. Elliot, health officer,
would continue the investigation
which DR.. Hoggard announced earlier
today would be done thoroughly"
DR.. Hoggard said that none of the
victims of the mass swooning, touched
of yesterday by the collapse of five
cadets Immediately after a r. O. T.
c. dress parade. showed today the
slightest after effects" School au-
thorities yesterday suggested that a
wave Of hysteria" was the cause of
the attacks.
Evening star., 1938-05-08
O'CONNELL CALLS OFF
ATTACK ON HAGUE AS
$4,000 MASS IN JERSEY
Lawmakers Are 'Heartbroken,'
But Consider Retreat Strateg egic
Cancelled Talks to Save Lives of
Innocent Citizens, They Say.
Pledge Ne,U Offensive.

# the c. I. O., and officials Of the
Hudson County League
Outside of the rooms sat more than
a score of reporters and photographers
while through the doors drifted fire.
quent loud voices, angry voices.
Mr.. Marcantonio, emotional little
flrebrand and once prominent among
the liberal bloc in the House, was the
first to emerge.
Gentlemen" he announced, there
will be no trip to Jersey City by the
two congressman. For three hours
have insisted they should not go as
We received constant reports of vio-
lence in the waiting in Jersey City.
These men wanted to 60, they insisted,
As president of the International La
Dor Defense, which invited them to
tSee CONFERENCE, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1938-05-08
FLEET OF BOMBERS
ROUTED IN GAMES
Simulated New York Attack Is
Failure as Defense Guns
Meet Raid.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May IA fleet OF
powerful bombing planes was re
pulsed" in a mock attack on New York
City today as United States Army
forces warmed up for their war games
next week.
AS the bombers roared toward Man.
hattan's skyscrapers in a demonstra-
ton for reserve officers, a mass of the
Army's complex new million dollar
defense equipment was thrown into
operation at Fort Totten on the city's
outskirts.
A group of 3-inch anti-aircraft can
non rearer toward the sky and blasted
an inaginery salvo at the distant ''fy-
ing fortresses." Searchlights swept the
air and huge hornlike 'ears" detected
the drone of the planes long before
they came over the horizon. The
imaginary gunfire was regulated by Sc
cret robot" apparatus.
Other aerial detachments at several
Long Island airports continued their
familiarization flights along the
northeastern coast.
Evening star., 1938-05-08
R0OSEVELT'SSH|P
STOPST0G|VEA AID
Surgeon Sent to Attend Hurt
Seaman on Norwegian
Steamer.
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. May THE
cruiser Philadelphia, bearing President
Roosevelt back here from a vacation
turned mercy ship" in the South
Atlantic tonight. sending a surgeon
over the side to attend an injured
sailor aboard the Norwegian steamer
Marathon.
A radio received at the Navy Yard
from the Philadelphia said the Mara.
thon. Montreal to New orleans, sen,
out call for help. the message being
intercepted by the escort destroyer
Tanning.
The ships Immediately changed
course southwark and at 8:l5 pm. the
Marathon was sighted Half an houl
later the cruiser nut over a whaleboa'
in a choppy sea with Comdr. Oscal
Davis, the ships surgeon.
Party Was at Movies.
The President and his party were
attending the movies when. the. mes
sage reporting an injured seaman was
received. They went forward to the
bow Of the cruiser and watched the
whaleboat 60 to the Marathon. It was
not known whether the change in
course would delay the arrival of the
President here tomorrow evening
scheduled for around pm.
The Marathon. Secretary Mcintyre
reported to the Navy Yard, was only
the third vessel sighted by the Presi-
dents ship on the entire cruise to the
West Indies and back. the Philadel-
phia having followed a course clear
of the beaten lanes"
Presidents Boat Used.
Another message from the Phila
delphia, received here at 10 pm, sale
the President himself ordered the IRE.
sponse to the SOS call" and it was
the whaleboat he personally uses fol-
fishing that was used to take the
surgeon to the Marathon.
The doctor stated he had removed
steel splinter from the injured sea-
mans eye and had left medicine ano
instructions for treatment until he
reached port" the later radio stated