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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15
LONG BEACH MESSENGER
ROBBED OF $4,000

LONG BEACH, N. Y, Aug. Is
CUPD-A messenger carrying funds
to a post office was held up by five
men today and robbed of approx
mately $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15
NorveI Johnsons on
Vacation Trip
To Colorado
CALIPATRIA NOTES

Joe Donner, city park caretaker,
has returned from vacation spent
at San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Norvel johnson
and daughter. Virginia, and Mrs
Bette Wagner of Los Angeles who
is Mrs. Johnson's mother, left Tu-
esday morning for two weeks
vacation most of which will be
spent at Durango. Colorado trout
fishing. On their return the john
sons will visit the Grand Canyon
and witness the Indian ceremonialS
at Gallup, New Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15
WEATHER

Southern CalifOrnia-Fair tonight
and Wednesday with morning fog
IN extreme. west portion; no change
in temperature; gentle northwest
wind off coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15

A baby boy weighing g.. pounds
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Crouch on August the 7th at the
BraUley hospital. The baby. which
is their fiSt. has been named
Norman Dale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Major are
the parents of baby girl weighing
IT, pounds which was born at a
Brawley hospital Wednesday after
noon. The happy parents have
not decided on a name for the
baby.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hightowel
left Friday on their vacation which
will take them as far north a
Washington. They expect to visi
Rays brother and wife. Mr. anc
Mrs. Marlin Hightower at Sants
Maria before returning.
Dennis Ford took a weeks vaca
ton and went TO San Francisco
| where he met Mrs. Ford who has
been attending summer 5choo
there. They visited the Fair anc
returned by way Of San Diego
where they visited Mr.. and Mrs
John Kepley.
Mrs. Paul Langley of Breckcn.
ridge. Texas, has been visiting hei
brother and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Lloyd Love. for the past week
Thursday she left for Cotton where
she will visit other relatives before
returning TO her home
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Spcrry drove
to San Diego Sunday for a few
days visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Franh
Sperry.
Ted Becker. who with his family
has been spending a month at Biz
Bear, returned home Tuesday. Mrs
/ Becker and the children and Mrs
Btcker's mother are ttaying al
Julian for the remainder of tin
| summer
DR.. w. d. CHATTER and Mrs
CHATTER and son, Wayne, are ex
pected home August Is from vaca'
ton spent at the home of DR.. Chat
fer's mother. Mrs. Nettie CHATTER
in Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. McKendry
Grove 70 Ocean Beach last Saturday
where Mrs. McKendry remained for
a weeks vacation. Mrs. Emma
Beale and children. Kenneth and
Naomi McKendry are spending the
week with her.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15

A pleasant afternoon at bridge
was enjoyed Thursday by Mrs. J. @.
Writ. Mrs Eddie Rademacher and
Mrs. C. A. Sperry at the home Of
Mrss. Guy Wood.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15

SELL farm produce through
Post Press Want Ads,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15

Miss Norma Parvin is acting as
book-keeper in the office of the
Nevada California Electric company
while Miss Cleona Clouse is on her
vacation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15

Worried about those delinquent bills
you incurred because of your vaca-
ton? You needn't be! Come IN and
tell us your troubles that's what
we're here for. Well loan you funds
to pay your bills and keep your
credit standing the way you want
it - without a blot!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-15

Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sperry drove
to San Diego Sunday for few
days visit with Mr. and Mrs Frank
Sperry.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Passenger, Mail, Ex-
press Service Ready
To Start Across At
lantic; A nti- J e w
Probe Pressed by un-
American Committee

Washington, May 19.-(AP)-
Congress sent the $773, 100000 naval
appropriation to the White House
today when the House accepted
minor Senate amendments to the
measure
The big defense bill carries funds
for continuing the expansion of the
fleet and the navy's air force, in
cluding money to begin construction
of two 45,OOO-ton battleships.
The Senate had passed the bill
yesterday, 81 to IA, after some de-
hate over whether the United States
had any need for such super-dread-
naughts.
Other developments:
The Civil Aeronautics Authority
has given permission to Pan-Ameri-
can Airways to establish trans-At-
lantic service for the transportation
by air of passengers, express and
mail Pan-America's certificate au-
thorizes two round trips a week at
the outset. Pan-American has an
nounced plans to start the first flight
from Baltimore tomorrow
The Senate passed and sent to the
HOUSE bill by Senator Byrnes,
Democrat, South Carolina, to put
President Roosevelt's two govern
ment organization orders into effect
on July l. The order otherwise
would have become effective June
&c and July 9
President Roosevelt nominated
John O. Rogge, Of Illinois, to be as
sistant attorney general in charge
Of friminal prosecutions in the Just
ice Department
The House committee on un-Ame-
rican activities, confronted with
testimony which Realistically linked
an anti-SemItic campaign to fears
Of revolution, set out to uncover the
whole story and tell it to the pub
lie. 1t issued subpoenas for George
Van Horn Moseley retired major
general; three others mentioned in
secret testimony yesterday, John
D. M. Hamilton, Republican ma
tional chairman; George Deatherage,
OF st. Adams, w. Va, and Felix
McWhirter, Indianapolis, and ord
cred agents into a hunt for a my
sterious waiter who witnesses have
said circulated "inside" informa-
ton he overheard in an exclusive
New York club
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
z Indictments
Returned In
"Murder Ring''

Philadelphia, May 19.-(AP)-
Three women and four men were in
dicted on murder and manslaughter
charges in the ir<urance mass murd-
Ell ring case today, clearing the way
for early trials. Three others al
ready were under indictments.
Those named in the latest true
bills were Mrs. Agnes Mudiuk, Mrs.
Josephine Romualdo, Mrs. Chris
tiana Cironne, Cesare Valenti and
David Brandt, Amedeo Muscelli and
Ralph Polcelli.
Meanwhile, stout, bespectacled
woman, arrested in New York yes
terday after long search for her
as a professional widow" in the
eastern insurance ring, was held
without bail for grand jury action
on murder charge
Judge Harry McDevitt refused
Rose Carina freedom on bail, but al
lowed it to three of her co-defend-
ants pending a further hearing.
Antonio Maestro, barber taken
into custody with Mrs. Carina by
agents of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, was held for another
hearing. Investigators had quest
ioned Mrs. Carina, whom they call
Ell the ''rose of DEATH" all night in
a secret place after she had been
brought from New York.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Huge Navy Spending Bill
Is Sent To White House
Roper Is Accepted
By King Himself

Ottawa, Canada, May 19-(AP)
king George VI, in an unpre-
cedented ceremony today, re-
ceived credentials of Daniel C..
Roper as United States minister to
Canada, and expressed "my sim
cere thanks for assurances of
friendship from President ROOSe-
Velt."
''The close friendliness between
my Canadian people and their
neighbOrs," he added, "makes us
look forward to the visit Ito the
United States) with particular
pleasure"
King George and Queen Eliza
beth came to Ottawa in a cold
drizzle to begin their two-day
visit in the capital of their lar
gest dominion.
In the first ceremony after they
left the royal train, the king ac-
ccpted Mr.. ROper's credentials.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
SAYS Streamliners
Will Become Curses
Without Safeties

Raleigh, May 19.-(AP)-C. M.
Kimball, executive representative of
the Southern Railway system, told
delegates to the tenth annual state
wide industrial safety conference to-
day that "streamlined machinery
will become a curse instead of a
blessing unless we streamline our
thoughts to safety"
Most industrial accidents, Kim
ball explained, need not occur, as
they are due to human failure
millions of persons" said the
speaker, "have been killed in such
accidents, and it is time we dedicated
ourselves to the proposition that
these people shall not have died in
vain"
The conference started yesterday
and will end late today
Judge John Gut1neckt, of the
Chicago traffic court, expressed the
opinion that the country. as whole
"has a pretty lousy traffic record -
and urged reform of the bench and
bar as a means of bettering the rec
ord. He condemned "ticket fiving''
in traffic cases, and said response
bility for better traffic safety rec
ord He condemned 'ticket fixing
and attorneys
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Philippine
Dot Of Land
Is Sinking

Manila, p. l., May 19.-(AP)-
Tiny Verde island, some 100
miles south of Manila, with a
population of 1000, was report
ed tonight to be quaking and
sinking fast into the sea.
Governor CaedO, of BatangaS
province, reported to govern
ment headquarters here that
persons on the island, only Is
kilOmeters square, were being
evacuated. Reports on exact
conditions were meagre, but it
was believed those on the island
were crossing the ten miles to
the Batangas coast in small
native boats.
Verde island, midway between
the islands of LuZOn and Min
dOrO, is in Verde island passage
connecting the China Sea and
the Sibuyan Sea.
Father M. Selga, directing the
weather bureau here, said there
was no cause to fear volcanic
eruption at Verde island, be-
cause the quakes were of tee
tonic origin.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Britain Ready To Meet Hitler
In Long ime Peace PROGRAM
Germany Must Re-
nounce in Convincing
Way "All Intention of
Aggression or Use of
Force" in Dealings
With Other Countries

London, May Prime
Minister Chamberlain offered today
to lay down definite, long-range
policy for European peace if Ger
many. would renOunce in a cOnvinc-
ing way the "intention of aggres-
sion or the further use of force" in
her relations with other countries.
Speaking in foreign affairs debate
IN the House of Commons, Chamber
lain said, however, that Britain was
not prepared to buy peace with
concessions which would only lead
tc further demands"
He was replying to David Lloyd
: George, wartime prime minister,
who had demanded speedy conclu-
sion Of an alliance with Soviet Rus
sia, and Clement Attlee, leader of
the Labor opposition, who had urg-
ed clear and firm foreign policy.
Chamberlain declared that the
German government itself was re-
sponsible for a lack of faith in it's
assertion of non-aggression inten-
tons, and added:
eff we could have such a re-
nunciation (of aggressive aims); if
we could have the conviction that
there is no intention of aggression,
or the further use of force in the
relations between Germany and
other countries, then 1 think we
would find we would not be back
ward in stating what is our view of
the line on which we would dis
cuss the terms of a permanent
peace"
Though he said Germany's de-
mand for her War-lost colonies un-
doubtedly would be involved in
such peace, he said that would
not mean Britain "will refuse to
discuss any method by which we
can satisfy reasonable aspirations :"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
New Threat Seen
To Exporting OF
American Tobacco

Washington, May 19.-(AP)-
A new threat to sale of American
tobacco abroad appeared today.
F. III. RawIs, assistant director of
the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, told con-
gressiOnal committee in testi-
mOny Just made public that for
eign producers were trying to
convince foreign users of tObac-
co that their leaf was better than
the American grown product.
eve need a trade commission
er who is we'll versed in tobacco,
one who knows the different
grades and one who can go into
the plants and point out to the
manufacturers that by using this
and that type of American tObac-
co for blending, they could eco
nOmically produce good prod
uct and thereby increase our ex-
ports of American tobacco"
RaWlS said.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
PaIestine's S
Jews Strike
At Britain
Launch Passive Re-
sistance Camp a i g n
Against Decision To
Civ e "Homeland"
Over to Arab Control; +;
Boycott British Goods

Jerusalem, May 19.-(AP)-Pales-
tines aroused JeWry resorted today
to passive resistance campaign-non-
cooperation and economic pressure
attempting to thwart British plans
to set up an Arab state in the Holy
Land with Jews in the minority.
Mass demonstrations that follow
ed announcement of Britain's new
Palestine policy Wednesday had
abated, leaving a British constable
dead and ia other persons injured,
according to an official rccapitula-
ton.
Observers expected no further in
cidents likely to lead to violence,
but Major General Robert Haining,
commanding Britain's Palestine
forces, warned that troops would
meet force with force, if necessary,
in any further disturbances Of the
peace.
Besides the slain constable, who
died of bullet wounds, the official
casualty list III last nights disorders
recorded:
An assistant police superintendent
(COntinued on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Balm Begins
Cleanup Of
Beer Dealers

Raleigh, May 19.-(SpeciaI-
Backed by Governor Hoey, other
high state officials and the organiz-
cd Sl5,O00,O0O beer industry Of
North Carolina, Col. Edgar H. Balm
started out here today to "clean up
Or close up' the Objectionable places
among the States licensed retail
beer outlets
"A survey Of the State undertaken
by the United Brewers Industrial
Foundation," said Col. Balm, as he
oocned his new offices in Raleigh,
shows that the great majority of
Inc retail beer outlets operate in an
ORDERLY manner. That is what we
want.
1T is toward the small percent
age Of outlets that flout the law and
disregard public sentiment that we
will direct our program. We want
the beer industry to operate in the
same way that the food or cosmetic
businesses are run-100 per cent
clean"
Col. Balm within the next few
Gays will begin tour Of the 10 dis
iiIcts Of the State in which self
regulatory committees, composed of
local distributors, will report on out
lets where law violations or anti
social conditions are permitted or
overlooked.
As a result of his swing around the
State, Col. Balm with enforcement of
the laws regulating sale and use of
malt beverages. If conditions war
rant Col Balm will ask for revoca-
ton of licenses or will request all
North Carolina beer distributors to
discontinue sale of beer. to the Of
tending outlets
Before beginning his meetings
with the district committees, Col
Balm will confer with Attorney Cen
eral Harry Mcmillan on the policy
81 the new brewers and North Caro-
Ina beer distributors committee TO
shut off supplies of beer to retailers
VINO tolerate abuses in their estap-
Ishments and thus offend pubic
sentiment.
Governor Hoey in his message to
state Director Balm, said:
Il believe your acceptance vii
assure the success of this movement
IN North Carolina"
In a telegram to Col. Balm, Cutlai
Moore, chairman of the State Boarc
Of Alcoholic Control, asserted:
will recommend your organi-
.%llon as a valuable ally in the
cause of temperance and law en-
Continued on Page Three)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
FDR Denies
Information
Of Proposal
Being Put Into Shape
for Roosevelt's Atten-
ton, However; Presi-
d e mt Says He Is
Against Using Treas
ury Sterilization Fund
for 1t

Washington, May 19.-(AP)
president Roosevelt, discuss
ing reports that a new spend
ing-lending program was being
studied in some administration
quarters, expressed emphatic
opposition today to using any
part of the $2,OOO,OOO,OOO sta
0ilization fund to finance aids
to business.
Questions regarding the re-
ports were raised at the Presi-
dents press conference. He said
he had never heard that a new
spending-lending plan was un-
der consideration.
When it was brought out that the
heart of this plan provided for uti-
lizing part of the stabilization fund
to finance new federal helps to
business, such as purchases of rail-
road equipment, Mr.. Roosevelt said
he was opposed to monkeying with
the fund
The program has not yet taken
definite form, it was learned, but it
is being put into shape for submis-
sion to President Roosevelt, and
possible transmission to Congress.
AS tentatively outlined, it would in
cTude:
Release of $500, 100000 of the
Continued on Page Six)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Drizzle OF Rain Marks
Royalty S Ottawa Visit
Vast Crowds Shiver in
Cold, However, T o
Greet British Mon
archs on Arrival In,
Dominion Capital

Ottawa, Canada, May 19.-(AP)-
King George and Queen Elizabeth
came to Ottawa in a cold drizzle to-
day to begin their two-day visit in
the capital Of their largest dominion.
The blue and silver royal train
rolled into temporary station on
the southern boundary of the city at
10 a. M, and the sovereigns stepped
out to the cheers of the crowd and
the booming of a 21-gun salute.
The welcome was marked by the
first unpleasant weather Of the tour,
which is to take them across Canada
and to the United States. Cold rain.
with sleet, had fallen for two hours
before the arrival.
The king and queen reached their
North American capital after a night
aboard their travelling palace" such
as no other British king and queen
ever have experienced.
The Northern Lights, glowing and
dartng like celestial fireworks an
late May-could be seen in the
heavens.
AS the train moved under the long
finger-lke illuminations, the skies
continued their pyrotechnics of the
welcome Montreal had given earlier
last night. The northern lights were
double-arched, but haze obscured
any change in colors.
Natives said the great aurora
might mean change in the wealth
er, and daylight brought a cold rain
streaking the windows of the royal
train. The festive character Of the
arrival in Ottawa was somewhat
dampened, but the crowded city pre-
sented its people bundled in rain
coats, overcoats and umbrellas, handy
as in rainy England.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
By ROGER w. BABSON
Copyright 1889, Publishers Financial
Bureau Inc

New York City, May 19.-One of
the toughest jobs in the financial
world today is the protection Of
money and property. The yield on
money is lower than ever and the
risks and taxes greater than ever.
Consequently, bankers and investors
are scared to death. They do not
know what to do. They feel that
whatever move they make will be
wrong. They have never been so hard
pressed before-not even in the abyss
of the depression.
The only securities which now
meet with favor here on Wall street
are government bonds. Capital has
been retreating into these issues for
the past five years Because the five
year notes are tax-free, they meet
with an artificial demand. From one
end Of the earth to the other, United
States government bonds are consid-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Bankers Are Financing
Government Spending
Yet Most of Them Hate New Deal Sincerely;
National Sitdown Strike Against Taxes Pre-
dicted by Babson if Burden Grows Much More

cred the strongest investments that
can be bought. A number of factors
have boosted these bonds to the high
est price level in history so that GER
tain issues yields less than one per
cent.
Why Governments Are Favored
These government bonds are parti-
cularly favored by managers of in
stitutional and trust funds. Such peo-
pie believe their primary job is to
maintain the principal of the funds
committed to their care. Income, is
a secondary consideration with them.
Whereas ten years ago a conservative
investment fund might yield five
per cent, today, it yields but two or
three per cent. Bankers prefer United
States governments because they
are evchangeable into dollar bills at
any time. A banks only obligation
is to pay depositors dollars" regard
less of what the purchasing power Of
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19

CC1 IQlll dlllOOllL VI
authority to its ut
terances. What it
says is recognized
as, in effect, Off
cial. An editorial
by the newspaper
Izvestia, in Russia,
by Herr Goebbels,
in Germany, or by
Signor Gayda, in
Italy, is accepted
by the State De-
partment as i'm
plicitly as if it
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Charlotte Bank Is
To Merge Shortly
With Wachovia

Charlotte, May 19.-(AP)-
Directors of the Charlotte Ma
tjOnal Bank approved today
plan for merger with the
WachOvia Bank e. Trust Com
pany of Winston Salem. The di-
rectOrate authorized call for a
stockholders meeting May 20, to
take action on the recommends
tiOns, President John Scott said.
Scott said officers and person.
mel of the hank here would con-
tinue in their present position,
and that the management would
be local.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
SCHOOLS CLOSED BY
FEAR OF PARALYSIS

Dillon, S. c., May 19.-(AP)-
Chairman w. HI. Muller, of the
Dillon board of school trustees,
announced today that the first
four grades of white schools
and the first seven grades of
Negro schools would be closed
as a precautiOn against infan-
tile paralysis. No cases of the
disease had been reported here.
Muller said the closing would
bring the school here to an end
a week ahead of commencement
time. Commencement will not
be held.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Hitler Lauds
Italy Out OF
Actual Needs
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumniSt

washington, May 1y.-EnsIaVed as
much of the European press is, the
very fact that it is enslaved gives a
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19

were formal declaration by Die
tator Stain, Fuehrer Hitler or Duce
MuSsolini.
French journals may not print
everything that Premier Daladier
Continued on Page Six)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
Justice Men
Take Hand In
Harlan Area

Washington, May 19.-(AP)-At-
torney General Murphy announced
today that Brien Mcmahon, assis-
tant attorney general in charge of
Justice Department criminal division,
would go to Harlan county, Ken
lucky, to determine whether there
have been any violations of civil
liberties in connection with the coal
mine controversy there.
Mcmahon will be accompanied by
Henry Schweinhaut, chief of the
criminal divisions civil liberties suit.
Both will leave by plane today.
The Justice Department has had
two agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation in Harlan county for
the last 80 days.
CONCILTATORS SEEKING END
TO STRIFE IN HARLAN AREA
Harlan, Ky, May 19.-(AP)-Op-
timistic federal and state conciliators
began conferences today to end diff
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
nloathQA

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Mostly cloudy tonight and
Saturday; occasional thunder
showers in mountains Saturday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-19
SEEKING END
TO STRIFE IN HARLAN AREA

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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-04-10
Jasper Hicks
Member OF
Unity Board

Jasper B. Hicks, Henderson attor-
ney, is a member of the commission
from the Methodist Protestant
Church to the Uniting Conference of
the three branches of MethodiSm in
the United States, and will go to
Kansas City the last week in this
month to participate in the delibera-
tons of that body The work of the
gathering will be to effect perman-
emily the actual merger of the three
branches of American Methodism,
which will become a reality after
that session.
The convention is to last two or
three weeks, and will concern itself
with all branches of the unification
task.
Mr.. Hicks is a former lay leader
for the Methodist Protestant Con-
ference in North Carolina, and has
been delegate to two general con-
ferences Of the denomination in the
United States. He is recognized as
one Of the leading laymen of his de-
nomination in this State.
Also attending the Uniting Con-
ference in Kansas City will be DR..
j. E. Pritchard, of High Point, presi-
dent of the Methodist Protestant
Conference in the State, and Rev. S.
W. Taylor, of Asheboro, a former
president, both of whom are former
pastors of the Methodist Protestant
church in Henderson. They are Of
tlcial delegates as clergy.