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Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-02
Voting Machine
Caught in Error

PHOENIX, Nov. ,. tUPl-An in
spection OF Mariccpa counry's vot-
ing machines was resumed here to-
day under direction OF the superior
court in connection with the prim-
airy election contest instituted by
James II. Kerby. secretary OF state,
and defeated candidate in the Dem
ocratic gubelnatorial race.
Inspectors. who last week discov-
ereo one machine which erroneous
ly tabulated votes. were scheduled
tC continue the inspection OF II
more OF the II voting machines.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-02
medium.price field.

The new Mercury 8 is the answer to that
desire. 1t provides the added size and lux
urv that extra dollars buy, plus something
this price class has never known before
traditional Ford quality and dependability.
Ii is made possible by the modern, pro-
gressive policies of the Ford Motor Com
pany and lis constant effort to give greater
value to widening circle of motorists.
The clean. flowing lines of the new
Mercury reflect the distinction of the
Lincoln.Zephyr V-l2-and, as every one
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-02
Boys Band Will
ehearse Tonisht

NJ Noysk. director for the Impe-
rial Valley Boys band, is to con-
duct a special band drill Wednes-
Gay night at 7:15 o'clock at the higl
school football grounds.
This practice is in preparation fcI
te Armistice day parade and those
boyS wishing to participate are tC
meet Wednesday. bringing their
music. If it is too windy the prac-
tice will take place in the Veterans
hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-02

For 1859 The Ford Motor Company presents
nm entirely ncic cm-The Mercury q. Out
standing features are streamiined beauty
rich upholstery and aPPointments-
95-horsepo,cer V-ype engine - hydranic
Understandable quiet and comfort
-II6-inch wheeibase-Wide bodies
exceptional room for passengers and luggage.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-02
4-Hleaders Map
Plans For Year

Four-H leaders in the Holtville
district mapped plans for the year
at meeting at the o. L. Walker
home Tuesday night, according to
Lee Landerman, club director.
Problems Of leadership and ways
20 attain best results we're outlined
for new leaders not familiar with
all details of the work. Landerman
said. f.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-02
Drive Sched duIed d
On Citrus Pest

BAKERSFIELD Nov. 2. UP)-
A campaign to eradicate the white
fly infestations which attack citrus
fruits was launched here today by
Works Progress Administration un-
der state department of agriculture
direction. 1t eventually will be ex-
tended to Tulare, Kings, Fresno and
Madero counties.
First step in the program will be
inspection of plants for the infesta-
ton, according to Earl Cannon,
assistant economic entomologist
with the department of agriculture
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-02
MEXICAN ACCUSED
OF PETTY THEFT

Bengno Beltrom, Mexican. will
face trial Thursday afternoon in El
Centre on a petty theft charge.
Beltrom was arrested Thursday. ac-
cuSed of stealing a wrench from 2
parked truck.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-02
PERMIT TOTAL INCREASES

Ell Centro's building permit total
for the year moved up to $347.31l
Thursday when a permit was grant-
ed to F. w. Zinn for alterations at
a homo at 32l Eucalyptus street.
Evening star., 1938-03-25

q warlike Polish ultimatum demanding
that relations between the two coun-
tries be "normalized"
Tubelis was named minister of aRri-
culture in the new cabinet, and For
eign Minister Stasys Lazoraitis, who
offered to resign Monday, remained as
acting foreign minister. Stasys
Rastikis became acting minister of
defense.
Minister Of Justice Stasys Silingas
also had offered to resign Monday
It was learned that at that time the
premier telephoned his resignation to
the President from Zurich. Switzer-
land. where he has been on q vacation
for his health.
Demands BY Coalition.
A coalition proclamation had been
circulated. demanding a new govern
menth on the ground that present
ofacials were Inundated by coercion"
and could not suitably defend the
country's interest
The proclamation demanded three
things:
l. Resignation OF the present gov
ernment.
2. Formation of q coalition govern
ment.
5. Adaptation Of the democratic
system OF government to the existing
needs of the country.
Evening star., 1938-03-25
Race
Continued From First PageD

Three other Grand National winners
had been owned by Americans. but
only one previous winner, Rudio had
been bred in this country.
All but two of the Is tickets on Bat
tleship were held in the United States.
Eight other horses were running for
Washingtonians in the steeplechase
classic. but only one of them came
close to figuring in the big money.
She was Colleen, who ran fourth.
being beaten out of third place-and
100000 for its backers-by Workman
In one Of the closest finishes the race
has ever had.
Holding tickets on Colleen were
Henry Lewis and his sister. Mrs. Annie
Campbell, the Two Hopefuls," of 1856
wyoming avenue NV, and Frank +
Dopp, Kennedy Warren Apartments.
BY virtue of Battleship's narrow
victory over Royal Danieli, IA Ameri-
cans won $l50,00O each.
Eight other Americans, including
the Barrys as one, won $4,000 on
Royal Daniel. while Workman. the
third-place horse, brought $4,000
each to eight Americans. The total
winnings OF Americans reached 81
1916.
The ticket which the Barry women
shared was taken out in the name
OF their pet dog, Toby. All alone at
the home, Toby was being sought for
picture
FIRST news of the family's luck
reached Miss Barry while she was at
work at the Chamber of Commerce,
wnere she is employed as a clerk
typist.
Inc brother Of another girl who
Evening star., 1938-03-25
B. & o. IS UPHELD
IN PLEA TO R. F. c.
Permission Is Granted for Line
to Use Two Million for
Maintenance Paw Rolls.
Ely the Associated Press.

Ely the Associated Press. -s
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion approved an application by the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad today for
permission to use $2,233, 900 OF Recon-
struction Finance Corp. funds for
maintenance pay rolls during the sec
ond half of March and all of April
The r. F. C. several months ago
authorized loan totaling s8,233, 900
to the Baltimore & Ohio Of which
$2,233,0 900 was to be used to meet
equipment trust maturities. The rail-
road, however. did not use the equip
ment trust funds and recently asked
permission to use the $2,233, 900 for
maintenance pay rolls.
The commission also approved the
railroads application for permission to
use any unexpended balance of the
s6,0O0,000 previously advanced for
maintenance pay rolls.
Evening star., 1938-03-25
Chinese Reds Confident,


WITH THE CHINESE RED ARMY
IN NORTH CHINA, March 25 lP,.-
Gen. Yu Cheng-tsao. commander of
Central Hopeh Province Chinese Com
munist forces. has this to say of the
final outcome in China's war with
Japan:
The farther inland the Japanese
come the surer will become their ulti-
mate failure in China" q
10000 March in Review.
As he spoke 10000 farmer militia
men passed in review before him.
chanting anti-Japanese songs. Their
f1intlock rifles, spears and broad
swords flashed in the North China sun.
The nearest japanese garrison was
10 miles away.
This is only one of the many
peoples armies We are organizing to
harass the Japanese" Gen. Yu said
proudly
Except for brief salies. the Japan-
ese are restricted to the railway lines.
When they get away from them ave
strike. With our guerilla tactics we
frequently surround them and wipe
them OUT
Evening star., 1938-03-25

works in the same office heard the
outcome Of the race over the radio
and relayed the result to the office by
telephone.
Speeches. at first, Miss Barry, a
pretty blond. burst into tears and
sobbed: I'm so glad l didn't sell it."
She was referring to the ticket which
she and her mother got last January
from Carleton Walsh, another Cham
Der OF Commerce employe, described
by friends as Miss Barry's boy
friend"
Co-workers revealed that Miss Barry
had gone to New York yesterday to
inquire about a 400 offer which a
syldicate made for a half share in
the ticket. Doubtful about the in
tegrity' of the offer, however, Miss
Barry turned it down and came home
She likewise disregarded second tele-
gram renewing the offer last night.
In the restroom, where Nurse Mar
garet Fitzpatrick administered am
monia to calm her nerves, Miss Barry
So1A Silc lIdu JuSj started 10 lake
the ticket seriously" this week.
Monday" she said. Il took it easy.
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday
were terrible. BY today l had lost al,
feeling. l lost S pounds in the week
Now maybe I can start eating again"
Afraid the shock would upset her
mother, Miss Barry and her father,
Francis c. Barry, craftsman at the
Munitions Building, would not reveal
what hospital she was in. They said
the mother, who has been seriously
ill, is expected to be brought home
Sunday.
Sunday. This certai inly should help
her recovery" Mr.. Barry said when he
arrived home to arrange for Toby's
picture.
The BarryS we're too excited to con-
slider what will be deducted from their
winnings in the way of taxes. The
Treasury Department. not at all ex-
cited. figured each woman will pay
about S5,773 out of her share of 337,-
500. This was figured on the basis
OF a $1,000 personal exemption for a
single person. The tax would have
been much more had one OF the
women held the whole ticket.
Evening star., 1938-03-25
FINISH Is THRILLING,
Battieship First U. S.-Owned and
Bred Horse to Win.

Bred Horse to Win.
AINTREE, England March rs tP.-
BY the narrow margin OF head, the
United States scored its first American
owned and bred victory in the lOO-
year history of the Grand National
Steeplechase today when Mrs. Marion
Dupont Scott's Battleship, a son of
the famous Man O War. led IS rivals
over the difficult miles and 856 yards.
seventeen-year-old Bruce Hobbs,
youngest of England's steeplechase
riders, booted the little American
jumper home with only the narrowest
Of margins to spare over H. c. Nc
Nally's Royal Danieli, while a crowd
of 25o,00o thrilled to the sight of the
closest finish in recent years.
Sir Alex MacGuire's Workma n
nearly even with the two leaders at
the last fence. dropped far back in
the final drive but held third place in
front of James v. Ranks Cooleen, one
of the favorites.
Precedent Is Set.
Only one other American bred horse
Rubio, ever won the jumping classic,
but he carried the silks of an English
man to the front in 1908. Three
other American-ownedh horses-Mrs. F.
Ambrose Clark's Kellsboro Jack,
Charles Schwartz's Jack Horner and
Stephen Sanford's Sergeant Murphy
have won the race but they all were
bred in England.
Hobbs. son of Battleship's trainer,
Evening star., 1938-03-25
COLONIAL CLAIMS
OF NAz|S DENIED
Need for Raw Materials
No Justification, Says
Father Ryan.

Only an Insignificant fraction of the
raw materials needed in the German
economy could be obtained from her
former colonies. the Right Rev. John
A. Ryan of Catholic University told
delegates to the Conference on World
Economic Cooperation last night.
Father Ryan made the statement
to support contention that Germany,
as well as Italy, cannot use its need
Tor raw materials as justification of
their colonial demands.
so far as Germany and Italy are
concerned" he declared, their de-
mands for colonial territory seem to
De based only upon the desire for ma
tional aggrandisement. national pres
tige and national glory. The fealist
rulers OF both these countries must
be aware that no appreciable quantity
of raw materials can be obtained from
any available possession in Africa"
Far Eastern Conflict.
Turning to the Far Eastern con-
f1ict, Father Ryan expressed the be-
lief that if the United States, Great
Britain and two or three other coun-
tries would yield sufficient share of
their textile markets to Japan, that
country's raw materials problem would
become considerably less acute.
The speaker declared that until
Adolf Hitlers demand for the return
OF German pro-War colonies is some
how met and satisfied, it will consti-
tute threat to the peace of Europe.
Urges U. S. Call Farley.
Walter w Van Kirk, director Of
the National Peace Conference, who
also spoke last night, declared the
time has come for the United States
to convoke a world conference to con-
Evening star., 1938-03-25
L|THUAN|A GIVEN
NEW GOVERNMENT
Army Chaplain Mironas Is
Premier in Reaction
to CapituIation.
BY the associated Press.

BY the associated Press.
KAUNAS. Lithusnia, March 25.-
Resignation Of the Lithuanian cabinet
amid widespread bitterness over the
nations capitulation to Poland was
announced officially last night.
President Antanas Smetona accepted
the designations Of Premier Juozas
Tubelis and his ministers and Chief
Army Chaplain Mironas formed a new
government.
Mlronas Is good friend of the Presi-
dent. All new ministers were members
OF the government party.
Under Fire Since Saturday.
The government had been under fire
since last Saturday, when It Welded to
Evening star., 1938-03-25

slider action for economic appeasement
and political security" =
He called for a unified American
peace movement which would blot out
any "isolationists" and world col
lectivists" and would work for eco
nomic and social justice throughout
the world.
Mr.. Van Kirk said there is more
hope for America in q unified peace
movement than In participation in
an arms race which can only lead to
chaos"
Evening star., 1938-03-25
CHINESE EBULWARK
10(EM|LE DEFENSE
Reich Trained, Mechanized
Units Are Reinforcing
Counter Drive.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, March 25.-Chinese de-
clared today that strong German
trained reinforcements. including
mechanised units. were bulwarklng
their defenses as new counter of :
fenSive stretched the battle along the
-Pukow Railway for hundred
miles.
They claimed a signal success in
the counter-offensiv in Shantung
Province. with occupation of Ningyang,
100 miles north of where Japanese
have been trying to cross the Grand
Canal
Through dense fog the advance
guard made surprise attack with Gen.
Ii Tsung-je personally commanding
Previous Attack Near Yenchow.
Previously the Chinese had attacked
japanese units at the outskirts Of
Yenchow, slightly south, and in the
neighborhood of battered Tsining.
where the fighting has surged back and
forth for three months.
1t was from Yenchow that the Japa-
nese IL days ago launched their costly
drive down the railway toward Su-
chow, junction point with the Lunghai
Line. only to stall at the canal.
Chinese said another flying column
had crossed lake west of the Tient-
sin-Pukow and was strangling the
Japal ese supply line
Slmulta neo,lsly. Chinese said. re-
peated attacks were being made on
Yihsien. east OF the railway on a
feeder line.
Chinese Retreat in South.
On the southern end of the line
where japanese have been advancing
northward from Nanking toward Su-
chow, Chinese admitted withdrawing
from Changpaling and another vii
lage behind the japanese Army. after
having destroyed tracks and bridges
Shensi Province cavalry under Gen
Bo Chu-kuo crossed the Yellow River
after an artillery duel. Chinese re-
ported. and recaptured Hoku in North
western Shensi Province.
1t was from this point. fay from the
Grand Canal battle. that Japanese
had threatened to launch an invasion
Of the stronghold of Communists in
Shensi.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
Annual Wheatley
Banquet Hears
Chicago Speaker
By w. M. Smith

Phyllis Wheatley's annual din
ner brought together 200 people
of Minneapolis and st. Paul, Tues
day evening, February 9Th.
The program presented a vivid
and straight thinking, as well as
outspoken prepayment Of interracial
relations, the Rev. DR.. Harold M.
Kingsley, pastor of the Church of
the Good Shepherd, Chicago.
In addition there were musical
numbers by Edward Stallings, a
brief review of the past years
work in Phyllis, and an introduc-
ton of new board members and of
new additions to the staff person
mel by Mrs. Ruth Gage Thompson,
president of the board.
A telegram of congratulations
from Miss W. Gertrude Brown, re-
tired head resident now in New
York, was read amid applause.
Mrs. Frances Duncan, president
for several years, who was sue
ceeded by Mrs. Ethel Williams
presided. Mrs. Williams presented
the program. The musicians who
furnished the music during the
dinner hour gave a pleasing touch
to the exercises.
Mrs. Louise L. Bromley, the new
head resident, was introduced and
many favorable comments upon her
charm and personality were heard
throughout the audience during the
evening.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
Mother Cox Dies;
Was Beloved
Pioneer Citizen

Mrs. Leonora B. Cox, SGT Rondo
Street, died early Sunday morning,
February 6, at her home. Mrs. Cox
had been in failing health for the
past five or six years, but had been
able to work daily as matron at the
Pioneer Building, where she has
been employed for the past nine
teen years.
Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan,
about sixty-five years ago, she
came to st. Paul to make her home
in 1906. She has been known to
hundreds for years as Mother
Cox" due to her winning person
atty.
Survivors include a daughter,
Lorena Griffin Harris, of Kalama-
zoo, Michigan; a grandson, Jimmie
Griffin, of West Virginia; and two
sisters, Mrs. George Prioleau and
Mrs. Anna Bond, of Los Angeles
California.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday, February 9, at IL a. m.
from the Neal Funeral Home, Inc.
545 Rondo Street, with Father Al
fred H. Lealtad, rector emeritus o.
st. Philips Episcopal Church, off
ciating. Interment was Thursday
February 10, at Kalamazoo.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
Youth & Education

Unitarian minister at the Unitarian
Center in Minneapolis, will speak
on the religious phase of the sub
ject.
Scheduled for Tuesday at 1890
at the Minnesota Union on the
University of Minnesota campus is
an open luncheon forum at which
C. w. Washington, Urban League
secretary, will be presented as the
speaker. His subject, "The Negro
and Organized Labor" will cover
some of the labor problems that
the Negro in America is facing at
the present time. This is an open
meeting and all those finding the
time convenient should be present
at this meeting.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
Ann Albright
Heads Duluth
Interracial Week

Duluth, Mimi, Feb. 9.-Mrs. Ann
Colby Albright, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Colby, and wife
of the journalist, Joseph F. AL
bright, is chairman of the Inter
racial Committee of the Y. w. C..
A. of Duluth. She is planning sew
eral interesting things for Inter
racial Week, beginning Sunday,
February Is, with a play entitled
"a Little Leaven," to be presented
at the Central Y. w. c. A. at the
regular vesper services at 4:3O
p. m. Five white and one colored
girl, Miss Louise MINIS, are in the
cast, also a Chinese boy, Tang
Chinn. A social hour will follow
the Interracial services, when tea
will be served.
Mrs. Albright will give a short
history of the work accomplished
by the Interracial Committee.
DIR. Karl H. Pfrietze will speak
on Race Relations at the Univer-
sity of Life of the First Methodist
church, Sunday, Feb. 13.
Preparatory to Interracial Sun
day, discussion of Race Relations
was held over Station KDAL
Thursday at 6:15 p. m. by Mrs. E.
Hawkins, Mrs. B. Simons, Mrs. j.
Macmillan and Mrs. Albright. This
discussion was sponsored by the
PTA Association.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
Young Peoples
Club HOnOrS
MOthers-Fathers

Two groups of Minneapolis
young people, the senior and junior
clubs of the Minneapolis Socialites,
gave their first annual Parents
Banquet Saturday night, February
9Th.
The affair was held at Minnesota
Union, University of Minnesota
Campus, Minneapolis.
Presiding at the speakers table
was Robert Shoffner, popular "U"
student and president of the Senior
Socialites. Speakers included
Claude Mason, retiring president;
Cecil Newman, newspaper publish
err; Rev. J. H. Thompson, rector of
St. Thomas Episcopal Church;
John F. Thomas, government en-
ploye and former boys worker;
Bobby Marshall, famous old-time
Minnesota football great; Robert
Mallory, ST., and others.
Each of the speakers praised the
clubs for their thoughtfulness in
paying honor to parents.
Members of the Senior Socialites
are: Christine Carter, James Car
ter, Sylvester Carter, Tyler How
ell, Burton Lewis, Barbara Nc
Clure, Barbara Mallory, Robert
Marshall, Hilda Moses, Jewell
Mann, Harvey Pittman, Donald
Session, Richard Session, Donald
Strawder, Lillian Tyler, Robert
Wallace and Pearl Schofeld. Off
GERS are: Robert Shoffner, presi-
dent; Marjorie Carter, vice presi-
dent; Juanita Wallace, secretary;
Marlyn Bell, treasurer; Mary
J Lewis, corresponding secretary;
Norman Bell, sergeant-at-arms,
and Claude Mason.
The Junior Socialites are headed
by Robert Mallory, president;
Dorothy Carter, vice president; Ell
sic McMoore, secretary; Chester
Johnson, treasurer; Kenneth Ma
son, sergeant-at-arms; Patty NAL
lory, corresponding secretary.
Members include Lawrence
Brown, Francis English, Marvel
Johnson, Lorraine Harris, Robert
Murray and Carl Wade.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11

Dynamic principal of Palmer
Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N. c.,
who has for thirty-five years striv-
en- to transplant ''the culture Of
New England" in the Old North
State. Reared and educated in
Cambridge, Mass, DR.. Brown has
built an institution "of beautiful
campus, refined and dignified stu
dent body, and we'll trained and
cultured teachers" Palmer Me-
mortal is now regarded as a 'fin-
ishing school for teen age Negro
youth from Junior High through
Junior College" On the national
scene, DIR. Brown is a noted advo.
cate of racial unity, and a cham.
pion of civic and social progress.
calvin Service.)
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11

You've heard people say, in
speaking of their weekly commu-
nifty paper, There's never nothing
in this little old paper" HAVE
YOU EVER COUNTED THE
OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF
YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPA-
PER?
Health & Hygiene by DR.. W. D,
Brown.
Here & There by the able W. M,
Smith.
Inquisitive Sal by Helen Scott.
Beauty & Romance by Marie
Downing.
The Spotlight by Jimmy Lee.
Sunday School Lesson by Rev.
Harold L. Lundquist.
Twin Town Talk, gossip par ex-
cellence.
Truth Visions by Able Wallace.
This World by Cecil E. Newman.
Weekly Cartoons by Jno. Cassell,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-02-11
Valentine Dance
Monday Night
Norway Hall

The Valentine dance to be given
February ID by the Twin City Di-
vision of the Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters at Norway Hall,
Chicago Ave. near Lake Street, is
expected to be gala affair.
Those expecting to celebrate st.
Valentines day in fine style should
being making their dates to
meet the Brotherhood Monday
night. Rock CAM and his boys
will furnish the music in their own
swing style.
B. L. Morris and Carl Cockrell,
co-chairmen of the entertainment,
anticipate a large attendance.