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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17
-, ROGER w. BABSON.
c..,,r,eb, 1899, Publishers Financial
Bureau, Inc.

Park. Mass. Nov IL
continues 10 gain mOmen-
week it is al Il new 1899
tncrmore. the peak has not
Mm reached. With record
Christmas trade, Deem
,.Hld see the highest level of
..-~ ACTIVITY since the boom
.... + decade ago Hidden in this
N.+,. d. good news is real story
-,..N ia how the railroads have
sted the graVe-diggers.
wears. economists have fore
tn.t u The railroads could get
T n41 the traffic they lost be-
...sso Iq2a and 1884, the industry
rs rescued Five years slipped
r.neler. and people lost hope.
yet. III me short space of four
aath- the long awaited traffic
aa~ finally arrived. Carload
re~ we're droning along at $4,000
week hit the end OF July. Today
.a.s He .5ore 900.000-closer to
.re l.an mark of 1929 than to the
hag- lion mark of 1884. This
~t-aa9 u story has been overlook
III IN The mass of phoney news from
one. false rumors from Washing
.~ .na ths "Ham-and-Eg bally-
hoo from California.
Bic Buyers and Employers.
The railroad renaissance is real
news. however. On the fortunes Of
.ae railroad industry depend the
livelihood. not only Of a few people
s. tew industries or of a few towns.
but the prosperity Of hundreds OF
industries. thousands Of communities,
and millions of iobholderS. The rail-
roads are among the nations biggest
yers Of GOODS Each year they
p.rehase millions of dollars worth
q. iron and steel, copper and coal.
-o5er and paint They give Jobs to
5000 people directly and $780,
0 Indirectly.
The carriers are our biggest single
-zpaTer Their stocks and bonds
he owned by more Main Streeters
-sa those Of any other industry.
Il re Institutions exist on the in
ca~e from railroad bonds than on
1ar other type Of secTitv. The rail
read business is entwined and inter-
ZEN throughout the entire bust
ness fabric Of the continent There
can be no real prosperity in America
without the railroads sharing.
Aiding Business Boom.
They are now participating fully
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17
HENDERSON, IN c) DAILY DISPATCH FRIDAY NovEMBER H. 1889

determine the effect of fertilization
on OlacK locusts, one Of the most
valuable species Of trees. Recent
measurements showed that applica-
ton Of superphosphate increased
the height Of the seedlings almost
double the height of untreated trees.
Eight hundred trees were planted
on an old field where the vegeta-
ton consisted mostly Of broom
sedge. Half Of them were certified
at the rate Of One-quarter pound Of
superphOsphate per tree, applied in
four-foot diameter circles around
the tree. All of the trees, including
those which did not receive any
treatment, were cultivated by turn
ing over the soil with a spade in a
fOur-fOot circles around each tree.
Of the 400 unfertilized trees, 1862
are now living, or $3.50 percent
survival. Of the 400 fortified trees,
373 survived, or 1926 percent. The
untreated seedlings have attained
an average height of "a feet each,
while the seedlings wnicn received
applications Of superphosphate now
average SIS :eet eacn in height.
This s good proof that "ertiliza-
ton will increase the growth of for
est trees, and that the practice
should be adopted with the better
enecios Of timDer,' ShOffner de-
clared
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17
Germany Is Indif-
ferent to FDR Act
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futile However, should President
Roosevelt ask both sides to disclose
war aims to him with a view to
finding some common yasis for
mediation, Germany would be most
likely to respond these sources in
4imated
(The President has indicated no
intention Of taking either step-of-
fering general mediation" or ask
ing the belligerents to outline their
war aims to him.
German guns will speak in an
unmistakeable manner in ensuing
weeks, it was limited.
The western front was quiet to-
day, however, A communique from
the army high command said: "In
the west, with minor local artillery
annoyance fire: no noteworthy
fighting activity"
An inspired announcement of
yesterday that Germany "must lib
crate Europe from the unbearable
yoke Of British rule of might" was
seen Of foreshadoWipg offensive ra-
Their than defensive war It was the
most specific statement of German
war aims in several weeks
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17

Note that today, based OH traffic
volume, railroad STOCKS are cheaper
Inan az any tnne III the past uecaue,
ana that means at any LIme IN MS
tory. CarlOadlngs are sIignly nigner
than In 1886 al this time, While rail
stocks are 50 per cent lower. The
same is true OF bonds. Zen $1,000
tombstone each of the ten most I'M
pOrtant bankrupt railrOads-can be
bought for a total OF 81 600 today
These same ten bonds would have
cost $500 in 1887. Yet the railroad
picture is much brighter today than
1t was then.
Doubts Fair Treatment.
Most investors are convinced that
the railroads basic problems are still
with them: Competition, labor, taxes
and politics. | am sure that the rail-
roads will never again experience the
prosperity that they enjoyed in the
1920's. Yet, through efficient man
agement and fair level of general
business, tWO-thirds of the mileage
could earn enough to pay big taxes,
good wages, interest on bonds, and
small dividends-if government and
labor give them half chance. De-
VelOpments in connection with the
Old Colonial Railroad in Massachu-
etts make me doubt this, however.
With the type of political leader
ship we have now, with the publics
unfair attitude toward private pro-
perry, with our short sighted labor
leadership, l would not advise any
one to put railroad securities in the
babys bank On the other hand,
believe that tWo-thirds of all rail
road securities are today under-val-
ued on the basis Of current traffic
and earnings. Investors should hold
their rail securities for a market rise
and then clean out the rotten ones.
Meanwhile, manufacturers, jobbers,
and statesmen should find railroad
purchasing agents in buying mood
Moreover, some people now out of
work should find Jobs with the roads
themselves or with their suppliers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17
Cotton Planters
May Qualify For
Government Loan

College Station, Raleigh, Nov. H.
Farmers who have had or who
plan to have, One-variety cotton
clasSed in connection with the one
variety cotton improvement pro-
gram in North Carolina will qualify
Tor cotton loans from the Com
modify Credit Corporation without
having their cotton recalled, It. was
announced today by Ralph Raper,
assistant Extension cotton special
lst of State college, "By merely ore
senting their cards, growers will fur
nlsh sufficient proof Of the grade
and stapel Of their crop for loans"
he explained.
Under The 1939-40 cotton loan
program, just announced q Zee Of
ID cents per bale is collected 1or the
CHASING Of samples other than
thoSe entitled to Gree CHASING
through the Smith-Doxey Act,
Which set up the one-Variety pro
gram.
Raper said that the cotton M
rrovement program met with graft
flying success this year, but that
riany farmers VINO Joined 0ne-va-
rlety community organizations nave
not had their cotton classed This
IS an opportunity to take advantage
Of the free service to which you are
entitled, and to save you money in
qualifying for cotton loans, the
specialist told growers Of cne-va-
rlety cotton.
The basic middling white 7-8 inch
loan rate in North Carolina is from
925 to $50 cents per pound, de-
pending upon the location Of the
county. Twenty-three counties of
the State have the $50 cent rate
and "a have the 9.25 cent rate The
$50 cent rate is the hi~hest in the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17
Seedlings Given
Fertilizers Grow
At Faster Speed

College Station, Raleigh, Nov. IT,.
Many trees are like Topsy, they
''just groWed' But it, is possible to
rake trees do more than Gust
grow, lays e. W. Shoffner, farm
management specialist Of the State
College Extension Service in charge
Of the IVA demonstration arm
program in the State.
He said that the Department Of
Forestry Relations of the Tennessee
Valley Authority established ex-
perimental plots in April 1887 TO
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17
Iiailroad Volume Highest
Since The Fall OF 1890
Business Upswing Aiding Carriers, Which
Spring Surprise on Nation by Their Come
back: babson Doubts Fair Treatment.

IN the present upsWing. They have
gwen out thousands of Jobs to take
care OF then increased business. The
sensational jump in volume of traf-
nc this Iall has taxed their FREIGHT
car ana locomotive facilities. AS a
result, more orders for equipment
have been showed through in the
past two months than in the entire
year 1888. Millions of dollars are
being spent on rail requirements
dressing up depots, repairing present
rolling stock and impriving road
beds.
The vertical upsWing in railroad
earnings does not mean. however.
that the railroads have suddenly be-
come healthy and robust. The in
duStry has simply been crossed off
the danger list and is now convalesc-
ing. There are still many individual
roads which are facing major opera
tons. AS a whole, however, the in
dustry is temporarily in the black.
That means that it is paying its bills
and its taxes and is earning the in
tereSt on its bonds for the first time
in months.
Traffic VS.. Prices
Railroad traffic today is higher
than it has been in any fall since
l93O-higher even than in 1867.
Here is a comparison of carloadings
for the mid-november week for each
year since 1929. To show how sour
investors are on the industry, I am
giving the average price Of 80 lead
ing railroad stocks on the same date
for each Of these years:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17

nation, and parts Of Western Texas
and New Mexico have a rate as
low as $40 cents DER pound.
Loans will be available until May
/, 1910 on cotton produced in 1899.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17

If a pretty girls face is her for
tune, as they say, then the way some
cover theirs under cosmetics it
amounts to buried treasure
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-17

The Minister of Overseas Affairs
is member Of the cabinet in Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
Plane PIunlnets
Mile. Kills..
After Collision
Sideswiped Ship Damaged
Continues to Airport
After Accident

ROUND Lane, N. Y, Aug.
9. (UP)-One of four air
planes en- route in formation
for my maneuvers in
northern New York sideswip-
ed another 5000 feet up today and
crashed in a meadow, killing two
air corps filters.
The victims were Lieut.. Morris
E. Thomas, st. Petersburg, Fla,
and Private Anthony R. Gerrity,
Scranton, Pa, both of the 9th
observation squadron, based at
Mitchell Field, NJ Y, according to
air corps officers.
The sideswiped plane, piloted by
Lieut.. Marshall Prince, was forced
down at Saratoga Springs airport
by the damage The other two con-
tinued to Platsburg.
Jerome B. Pitney, airport owner.
said that it was remarkable" that
Princes plane was able to land.
He said one of its wings was crack
ed, the propellor's three blades were
bent, and the motor was loose in
the fuselage.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09

ing of one Chinese indicated that
the British blueiackets had taken
an active part in defense.
A dispath from Hong Kong con-
veyed the official announcement
that at the request of the British
consul, the TenedoS had landed a
bluejacket party at Swatow to pro-
tect the British consulate Monday
It was asserted that a Japanese
controlled" Chinese mob threatened
the consulate, entered the consul
late grounds, threw stones and
shouted anti-British slogans. A
japanese domei dispatch from
Hong Kong said that the japanese
consulate at SwatoW had demanded
that the British consul admit that
British sailors were involved in
the riot that compenSationS bt
paid for a Chinese wounded amidst
the rioting" that Britain apologize
and punish the sailors involved
and that Britain guarantee thai
there be no further incidents
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
Gov'tLeaders
Directed 10 Cut
Cost
Roosevelt Says Savings
Can be Effected Under
Better Administration

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.
(UP) = President Roosevelt
today directed heads of gov
ernment departments and
agencies to survey their oper-
ations to find what savings could
be effected under improved ad-
ministration.
In letter to heads of depart
ments, independent establishments
and other government agencies, Mr..
Roosevelt said he believed that
substantial savings can be effected
in the cost of government
He added that he wished to see
such savings REFLECTED in the ap-
portionment of appropriations for
the current year and in the sub
mission of estimates for the fiscal
year 194l."
Mr.. Roosevelt said that passage
of the government reorganization
act and subsequent transfers and
consultations would result in a
more efficient and a more economi-
cal conduct of governmental Oper-
ations."
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
Doctors Aghast as Infant Lives
Although Pu|sating Heart Exposed

MANILA, Aug. 0 up
Swaddled in sterilized linen,
with glass medical jar cover
protecting her exposed pulsat-
ing heart, tiny Maria Corazon
lMary Heart Rafael slumbered
peacefully through her 5Oth
hour of life today.
Unmindful of the furore
caused in world medical circles
by her abnormal birth-a larg-
er than normal heart protrud-
ing from her chest and covered
only by thin pericardial tissue
little Maria seemed no differ
ent in other respects from the
thousands of babies born anual-
ly in the slums of the Tondo
tenement district.
Doctors were amazed at the
vitality Of the child despite the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09

Captain Keegan, head of the
Portland detective force, said he
had never been employed by the
U. S. bureau of immigration, or
used by it.
Neither the U. S. department of
labor, or anyone else ever asked me
to investigate Harry Bridges" he
testified.
He said he had never worked with
Harper Knowles, American Legion
investigator or subversive activities
on the Bridges case.
First interest of the Portland po-
lice in Bridges was in 1887, when
the Marine Federation of the Pacif-
ic held a convention in Portland,
he said.
I'VE had a bitter experience in
the 1884 maritime strike" Captain
Keegan explained. 1--WE had not
been prepared to adequately police
the waterfront. When the conven-
ton was held in 1887, 1 wanted to
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
Great Britain
Plays at War
In Defense Test
Entire Nation Takes Part
In 'BlackOut' Against
Enemy Airplanes

LONDON, Aug. 9. (UP)-
Great Britain put the 1873
warships of it's formidable
fleet reserve on active SER
vice today and prepared for
the biggest "blackout' test ever
held in peace time as the country
swung into the second day of a
gigantic preparedness test.
King George spent the day re-
viewing and inspecting the reserve
fleet off Weymouth. Thus the ships,
newly conditioned and manned
with the aid of 10000 specially
called reservists, were put on active
service.
Twenty million people in % Eng
liSh counties made ready for an
air raid blackout test TO start to-
morrow night. 1t was postponed
from tonight because of bad flying
weather. Hundreds of thousands of
civilian volunteers were ready to
take their posts when the warning
comes, at midnight. that an "ene-
my" fleet of 500 planes is crossing
the coast
The preparedness test had started
last night, when enemy" planes
of "Eastland" first crossed the coast
to be met by 800 defending planes
in a mock fight over southeastern
England.
Compete success of this first test
a preliminary to tomorrow nights
blackout, was indicated by an all
ministry communique:
"All aircraft which crossed the
coast were detected and reported by
listening posts to other observer
corps"
Four men at least had given theil
lives to the country in this first
air drill. A big bombing plane crash
ed near Tollerton and it's gas tanks
exploded. -Four men were killed;
the fifth in the crew escaped with
| cuts.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09

Deputy Sheriff Frank Raney raced
to the scene of the accident, where
Highway Patrolman Walter Walsh
was already busy. A search of the
nearby desert was under consider
alton.
Then a man with scratched face
and bloody clothes stumbled up to
the car He was Tennison.
II was sleepy" he said. I'D driven
from Visalia without stopping. 1
remember hitting something, then
can't remember anything else
until I woke up under little bush
out there on the desert. It's hot
out there
Walsh escorted Tennison to a
doctors office at Brawley, before
asking him about the automobile S
registration. 1t was believed the
machine might be borrowed one,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
IfsUp to- Jury
# Johnnie Did
Him Wrong
Valley Negro Testifies He
Didn't Know Checks
Would Bounce

1t will be up to a jury in
superior court to determine
whether his Johnnie did Har-
line Masters wrong, as he
charged in a preliminary
hearing in justice court when he
and Johnnie Mae Thomas, both
Negroes, were ordered held for trial
on forgery charge.
Masters told Judge j. E. Simpson
that one check he passed at the
Meloland store, and several more
found in his possession, were writ
ten by the woman, and that she
told him to cash em, I need some
money He thought the checks
were good. he testified.
The woman, however, testified
that Masters asked her to write
out the checks for him, saying he
needed them as forms" to go by.
She indicated she did not know
he intended to pass them.
Judge Simpson. in ordering the
pair held for trial under $1,000 bond
each, pointed out that twice john
ME Mae left Imperial Valley to go
to Fresno, and each time her de-
parture followed Immediately after
she had written and handed several
bad checks to Masters.
Masters testified that, on each
occasion, she had questioned him
about his recent employers. and
had gone into another room. return
ing in a few minutes with the
checks. The first time she wrote
eight checks. none of which he
attempted to pass, Masters said.
The second time. following her re-
turn from her first trip to Fresno,
she wrote three more. Masters pass
ed one of these, which led to his
arrest.
Asked why he did not attempt
to pass the second series of checks
in Calexico where he received
them from the woman, Masters re-
piled that he thought. since they
were drawn on a Holtville bank,
that they might not be good out of
the banks "deestrict."
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09

absence of breast feeding which
was forbid because it would
necessitate moving her. DIR.
Guillermo Del Castillo, who as
sisted at the birth, said that
slight fever which followed
birth was subsiding.
God only knows how long
the child will live" DIR. Castillo
said.
DR.. Javier said he favored
an early operation to place the
organ within its natural rest.
the thoracic cavity. Del Cas-
tillo. however, believed such an
operation was out of the ques-
ton because X-rays showed no
trace of the opening to the
cavity where the heart should
be.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
Treasure Missing
As Divers Reach
Sunken Liner
Single Silver Bar Found
Where Searchers Hoped
To Find a Fortune

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 9.
(UP)-The Italian treasure
ship Falco has cleaned out
the baggage room of the
sunken liner Merida without
finding the small fortune. in silver
bullion and gold certificates which
went to the bottom of the Atlantic
with the ill.fated Ward liner in
1911, 1t was learned today.
The Falco returned today from
the scene of operations, so miles
off the Virginia coast, and reported
that search of the baggage room
and its contents yielded only one
small bar of silver valued at about
$720 instead of the % tons of silver
bullion which the searchers hoped
to find.
The treasure ship, completing its
second season of underseas salvage
work on the sunken hull of the
Merida, will put to sea again to-
night to drag the sand under the
ship in hope of finding the silver
Cat. Luigi Faggian, commander
of the salvage expedition, said the
sand dredging operation could be
completed in about 10 days.
For two years the Falco's crew
concentrated on reaching the bag
gage room where the silver bullion
and the gold certificates were stored
at the beginning of the voyage
from Mexico to New York that
ended on a foggy May night when
the Ward liner Admiral Farragut
rammed the Merida.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
Two More Jailed
Two Released in
Yannatoda Case

Raul Mateus. special Ell Centre
police officer and Dick Yoshida of
Ell Centro, were released from the
custody of federal agents on $4,000
bond Wednesday morning as FBI
agents arrested two more Lodi Jap
anese for investiga ton in the in
volved Yamatoda case.
Investigation in the Yamatoda
case will be completed by Aug. 81
unless indictments are filed at the
federal grand jury hearing ON that
date. it. was learned Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09

high bush on the desert half a
mile from the wrecked machine.
At GAS am. the sheriff's office
received a report that the driver
of sedan wrecked on the Los An
geles highway near Truckhaven had
been seen at unup running away
from the wrevkage across the des-
ert, The sedan rested on it's top
and inside it we're bloodstains. The
ground nearby was stained with
blood,
Hospitals from Indio to the bor-
der were notified to report i'm
mediately if anyone showed up for
treatment of injuries which might
have been received in an accident
A letter addressed to Ernest Col
Inns, Visalia, was found in the. car
A teletype message from Sacra-
mento reported the machine was
registered to Lolo Gonzales of Visa
liza
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
Leap from LA.
Bound Train
Fatal 10 Woman

VENTURA, Cal. Aug. 0. UP)--
A woman identified as Mrs. Jane
Grubb, about 35, of Olympia, Wash.
leaped to her death from Los
Angeles bound train near here last
night, Southern Pacific officials re-
ported today,
Members of freight train crew
found the woman's body this morn
ing at Seacliff, between Ventura
and Santa Barbara.
Southern Pacific officials said the
conductor of the train broke open
the door Of womens dressing
room on the train and found Mrs.
Grubbs purse. 1t contained note
saying the woman had been double
crossed"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
Harvest Crew Avoids Work by Reporting
Corn Stolen from Valley Field

The dislike a Mexican crew had
for work sent Deputy Sheriff Bob
Parrish on chase Wednesday af-
ter thievs who supposedly stole a
crop of head corn from a 20-acre
plot a mile and a half southwest
of Ell Centric.
Parrish, perspiring freely from
his agricultural investigation, re-
turned to the sheriff's office to
report that no corn had been stolen.
The original theft report was
filed by S. H, Lennon. The corn
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09

bills still awaiting signature or veto.
These include the final deficiency
bill carrying s119.000,OOO to enable
the Commodity Credit corporation
to continue operations in support
of crop prices, and the Social Secur-
ity revision measure.
Mr.. Roosevelt plans to dispose OF
all pending bills before Friday night
and leave the summer White House
here Saturday morning for a vaca-
tion aboard the u. S. S. Tuscaloosa
off the coast of Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
Council Fails 10
Meet. Majority
Out of Town

With only two councilmen avail
able, an adjourned meeting of Ell
Centro's city council failed to ma
terialize Tuesday night. Mayor H.
w. Fawcett and Councilman P. l..
Moore were in town, but others
we're vacationing or on business
trips.
Gordon Scriven was called back
to San Diego Tuesday afternoon
for medical attention,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09

was ON land owned by Jim Arner.
Lennon, who had contracted with
Arner to harvest the corn on a
share basis, took the word of a
Merican field crew he hired that
somebody had stripped the field.
Arner, notified by Parrish of the
supposed theft, investigated.
THE corn's still there" he said.
The Mexicans just thought it was
too hot to work, so they told Lem
mon it was gone"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-09
DIETRICH TO PLAY
IN WESTERN ROLE

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. Q up
Nate Blumberg president of Univer-
sal films, today announced that he
had signed Marlene Dietrich to
play opposite James Stewart in
"Destry Rides Again." a $l,000,0O0
western production In which the
famous German actress will play
the role of a dance hall girl.