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Evening star., 1939-12-08

presidents, two to be elected, L. H.
Adams, G. w. Cooke, ]. w. Finch,
c. w. Gilmore and j. D. Northrop;
treasurer, Alice 8. Allen: secretary,
R. w. Brown and Herbert Insley.
and members-at-large Of the coun-
Gil, five to be elected, D. A. An
drews, r. c. Cady, Eugene Gala
CHAN, r. w. Goranson. G. B. Hunt,
j. p. Marble, c. B. Read, Gordon
Ritterhouse, H. e. Rothrock and r.
E. Stevens.
j. B. Mertie, jr., retiring presi-
dent, will become a vice president
in the Washington Academy OF
Sciences.
Evening star., 1939-12-08

sorority from the University Of
Maine.
Among those who have been in
vited to attend are: Mrs. Edward
]. Nichols Of State College, Pa, ex-
ecutive secretary; Mrs. Robert Tay-
lor Of Atlanta, district superintend-
ent for active chapters of the
Southern district; Mrs. Morris
Sheppard, wife of the Senator from
Texas; Judge Lucy Howorth of the
Board Of Veterans Appeals; Mrs.
George Baskerville and Miss
Rochelle Gachet Of the faculty of
Arlington Hall Junior College, and
Mrs. Oswald McNeese, lecturer.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
U. S. QUESTIONABLE Sent
Amateur Rodio Men

Amateur radio operators and own
ers Of amateur station licenses are
being canvassed by the Federal Com
munications Commission with view
to obtaining data needed in solv-
ing problems Of national defense
and neutrality. A seven-page ques-
tionnaire has been sent out to the
5000 station owners and operators
Information sought by the conf
mission includes the number of
transmitters each licensee uses, the
Evening star., 1939-12-08
AIpho Omicron Pi
Banquet Tonight

The Washington Alumnae Chap
ter and Pi Delta Active Chapter Of
the University Of Maryland will
celebrate the founding Of Alpha
Omicron Pi tonight with q banquet
in the Palm Room Of Hotel 2400
on Sixteenth street NV.
The guest speaker will be Miss
Marion Martin, assistant chairman
of the Republican National Com
mittee, and member of the
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Geological Society :
hominates J. I. Pardee

]. T. Pardee, of the Geological
Survey, Department Of Interior,
has been nominated president Of
the Geological Society of Washing
ton, it was announced today.
Mr.. Pardee was the sole nominee
for president put forward by the
Nominating Committee, which will
present its list of officers for elec-
uon at a meeting at the Cosmos
Club at 8 pm. Wednesday.
Other nominations are: For vice
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Laundry Owners
Discuss Security Act

Features Of the amended Social
Security Act affecting employers
and employees were discussed by
business men from Virginia, Mary
land and the District at the meeting
of the Laundryowners' Association
at the Willard Hotel yesterday.
w. L. Kilcoin, regional repre-
sentative Of the Bureau of Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance, led the
discussion. He explained that the
revised program affords greater
Evening star., 1939-12-08

frequencies most used and how much
experimental work they do.
The number of stations and op-
orators is growing, the commission
estimating that about SO applica-
tions for new stations being received
daily,
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protection to every community
against the loss of purchasing
power.
The best news for employers, he
pointed out, was the information
that the taxes are not to be in
creased in 1910.
Evening star., 1939-12-08
Beth ShoIom Services

Rabbi Max Glitter of Baltimore
will speak on Flaming Youth" at
the special Chanucka services at
the Beth Sholom Congregation, $40
Shepherd street NV, at $3.50 o'clock
tonight,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

'Cne ttelCn ana East Prussia.
President Ignacy Mosciki presided
at the meeting, which was attend
ed by Marshal Edward Smigly-
Fydz, head of the army, Foreign
Minister Josef Beck, high officers
of the army and members of the
cabinet.
The meeting decided that there
can be no relaxation of Poland's
present military defense measures.
The meeting voted at the same
time to continue Poland's recent
policy of attempting to achieve
friendly relations with all neigh
bors despite Hitler's denunciation
of the Polish friendship
and non-aggression treaty.
Beck will announce the decision
to parliament next week, combin-
ing proclamation of Poland'S peace
full intent with a formal mo" to
Hitler's proposals on Danzig and
the corridor.
The government is preparing an
exhaustive answer to the note re-
ceived from Germany yesterday.
which will be sent to Berlin next
week. 1t will not close the door to
future negotiations, however.
Continued on Page 8, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
MussoIini hurries
Military Growth
AS Britain Arms

ROME, April 30. (UP)-Premier
Benito Mussolini reported to the
cabinet today a program of stim-
ulated military preparation in an
sWer to British conscription plan.
An official communique disclosed
that Mussolini had outlined to the
cabinet new military preparations
to be taken as the result of a recent
extraordinary appropriation or
1868, 600 to be spent on arma-
ment over 10 year period.
At the same time, it was added.
he outlined decisions taken at a
conference Thursday with Gen. AL
berto Pariani, under-secretary OF
war ana chief of staff of the army.
and Admiral Count Paolo Thaon
Di Revel, finance minister.
AS the cabinet met, Mussolini
called additional air force reservists
into service.
All military airplane pilots of the
rank of captain and below. and
all non-commissioned officers, who
are in the special reserve list were
ordered to report for a 80 day
training period,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Bancroft Denies Associated Farmers
Pressure Group; Flags Relief Costs

wages than farmers can afford to
pay" Bancroft said. II don't blame
a man working on a farm for $40
month taking job as a WPA
musician for $50 or 500 a month,
but l do blame the people who
make it possible"
Questioned as to his views on
possible economies in the 1851, ,O00,,
900 state budget. Bancroft said:
I'VE must economize in all de-
partments and economize in the
way relief is handled. Unless
something is done, tens of thou>
sands of farmers will have to lose
their farms and go on relief them
selves"
Holmes Bishop, president of the
Associated Farmers, said the or
ganization was to"preserve law and
order and respect for law and or
der, and to tell the people what
Communism is
Bishop denied the Associated
Farmers accepted any money from
anyone not a farmer.
Bancroft was booed by the audi
ence when he declared "relief makes
it more desirable for men to loaf
than work" and "I We never seen
a WPA crew actually working"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Police Disperse
Pasadena Pickets

PASADENA, Cal, April 30. (UP)
Police today dispersed a group
of Is persons, mostly women and
children, when they attempted to
picket the home of Miss Eleanor
Miller, assemblywoman from Pasa-
dena.
The pickets, believed by police
to be connected with the Workers
Alliance, an organization of relief
employees, had planned the demon
stration to protest Miss Miller's af-
filiation with legislative economy
bloc in Sacramento seeking to slash
relief appropriations in Gov. Cul-
bert Olsons budget.
Police Chief Charles H. Kelly
instructed officers to inform the
demonstrators that picketing of a
legislators home could not be class
ed the same as picketing of an in
dustrial plant during labor strike,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Man Honored for
Savinu GirI'sLife

LOS ANGELES, April 30. CUP)-
A Newport Beach man who had
never swum more than 100 feet, to-
day was honored with an award of a
bronze Carnegie hero medal for saw
ing an l1-year-old boy from drown
ing.
James B. Hudson, 40 year-old
nurse of Newport Beach. saved the
life of Robert e. Riddle June %
1898, in the ocean off Newport
Beach.
While wading in the ocean. Rob-
ert lost his footing and drifted to
Is feet deep $50 feet from shore.
Hudson, who never had swum more
than 100 feet, Waded and then swan
and drifted 500 feet in an outward
current of two and a half miles an
hour to Robert, then brought him
to shore.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Navy Asks Bids on
MOSQUITO Ships

WASHINGTON, April 20. CUP)-
The navy today called for bids May
25 on the nine small high speed
mosquito" ships as part of the
national defense program.
The small craft were included in
the experimental construction pro-
gram voted last year by congress.
In the list on which bids will be
received are four SO foot motor tor
pedo boats, two 81 foot torpedo
boats, two ITO foot submarine chas-
ers and one ITO foot chaser.
The approximately 230 private
boat and shipbuilding concerns,
which have been interested in the
program, were notified of the navy's
impending action.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
War Hero's Widow
Mourned at ST.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. CU

SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. (UP)
Mrs. Margaret Lane Liggett, II,
widow of Lieutenant General Hun
ter Liggett. famed World war hero,
died late yesterday at Leterman
hospital in the preside.
Since her husbands death four
years ago Mrs. Liggett had lived
quietly at hotel. The Liggett post
of the American Legion had been
attempting to have her $50 monthly
pension increased to $100, Only
one relative, a sister in New York
survives. Mrs. Liggett will be bur-
led in the national cemetery at the
preside, with a special escort of
legionnaires.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Prominent BrawIey
Veteran Ends Life
With LefhaI Dose

BRAWLEY, April 30. - Joseph
Dixon Weir, So, prominent Ameri-
can Legionnaire and BraWley resi-
dent for many years, committed sui
eide at his home here early today
by swallowing a powdered disin
fectant composed of cyanide.
In a suicide note written with a
colored pencil on small block of
wood, he said he was a failure III
life. Deputy Coroner Herbert Hughes
found the block Of wood in Weir's
pocket. Members of the Weir FAM
lily said he had been in i'll health.
was respondent, and had been Wor-
ryinG over finances
Marian Weir. Is, his daughter.
found the body lying in a pen in the
yard near the family home on East
| street at 7:30 am. Saturday.
The body was taken to the
Hopes mortuary. Funeral arrange
ments have not been made. His
survivors include his wife; two
daughters; brother Fritz Weir.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

service.
Verne Young of CaleXico, speak
ing before the group at the Bar
bara Wortn hotel, sketched valley
spur-line service and then said:
Compare this to Salt River val
Icy, that has six main line trains
serving it! If a tourist wants to
get to Imperial Valley by train he
has to make a determined effort. >
The resolution was suggested by
Charles Nice of BraWley. He urged
a committee be appointed to treat
with the railway company with a
view to obtaining main line SER
vice.
A resolution supporting Capt.
Frank O3Walt Ct the Imrer al coun-
ty highway patrol division in re-
qucsting six additional patrolmon
was passed after w. Fl. Rhodes OF
the safety committee said:
The suddcn increase in trafflt
accidents is alarming.
"At present there arc nine active
highway patrClmcn, whose job II
Is to cover the entire county, WnDch
means more than $50 miles of main
road. Only three can be on active
duty at one time. Captain oswald
has already requested six addition
al men so that the county can
have the protection afforded in
many other like sections"
Other resolutions included one
urging the county board of trade
TO purchase a copy of a film Life
in Imperial Valley filmed and ar
ranged by Paul Jenkins of the
Post Press. The film later was
shown, as we'll as one of Catalina
Island life. The valley moving
picture would be used in valuable
publicity work. it was pointed out
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attributed to the ring would have
to be revised upward. The toll had
been placed at 100 lives.
Detectives revealed that through
the confessions they had learned
of a double cross" plot in the
ranks of the ringleadern. One con-
spirator, they said, had been mark
ed as the rings next victim and
Mrs. Favato allegedly had made
efforts to obtain $4,000 life insur-
ance by mail from a California
concern.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

10, CalexlcO. Inc car Skldded 80
feet, turned end-over- end, and
landed on top One girl was thrown
clear of the Wreckage. Her six COM
panions were pinned beneath it.
Calra York, Is, member of a we'll
known Bard family, was thrown
clear Of the car. In spite of her in
Juries she pulled her companions
out of the wreckage before help
arrived, Calexico Police Officer
Fred Roberts and Highway Patrol
man Paul Brown said. She suf-
fered severe chest injury and
the flesh was torn from the upper
part of her right arm.
Almond Bosh, 20, Yuma, suffer-
ed a severe chest injury and Jep
Bracey, 81, Calexico, suffered back
injury.
The other passengers in the
coupe escaped injury. They were
Jean Miller, Is, Yuma; Troy Forbes,
20, Calexico; and Jack Gilliland,
23, also of Calexico. Davis also was
unhurt.
The young people from Bard
and Yuma, accompanied by Jim
York, brother of the injured girl,
arrived in Calexico to visit friends.
All of the visitors but Jim York
decided to take drive in Davis
car
Officer Roberts gave Davis traf-
fic citation charging him with reck-
less driving.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Fighting Ships Steam Into New York
Harbor as Fair S First Day Nears

The city already had begun to fill
up with visitors, thousands of whom
arrived yesterday. Many more
were expected today.
The expected opening day crowd
of 100000 may get to see President
Roosevelt, if they are lucky enough
to be near The court of peace where
he speaks at p. m. Anyhow, they
will see a 157,0O0,000 exhibition
from 35 states and go foreign coun-
tries, covering 1916 acres which
will require three days of fast
walking to get around.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Soviet
FIiers
Saved
Russian Plane on
Trip to New York
Forced Down

MISCOU PLAIN, N. B.,
April 20. (UP) - A rescue
airplane sent from Moncton
to bring out the stranded
Russian fliers landed safely
here this afternoon.
The rescue plane was piloted by
Joe Anderson, of Moncton, and car
ried Dr. L. s. Spector, of New York,
Peter Baranov, Russian embassy
official and a photographer.
Anderson was expected to return
to Moncton as soon as possible with
one or, if possible, the two Russian
airmen who crashed last night on
their Moscow-NeW York nonstop
flight.
Fishermen visited the Wreckage
which the filters had guarded all
night, and reported that Brig. Gen.
Vladimir Kokkinaki, the pilot, who
was injured in the crash, appeared
to be comfortable He had slept
on a Stretcher beside the Wreckage.
1t was believed that several of his
ribs were broken.
Fishermen carried a message from
MiScou Plains to Shippigan. 10
miles south of here, for Gen. Kok-
khaki. 1t was addressed to the air
ministry at Moscow but its con-
tents were not known.
The two fliers, who had COM
pleted 1000 miles of their projected
flight from the Soviet capital to
New York, waited disconsolately
beside their plane for rescuers. The
fuel tanks burst following the
crack-up and they refused to leave
the plane for fear that careless
smokers might set it afire.
In a strange country, surrounded
by fishermen and farmers whose
language they could not understand
neither flier would leave the plane
although one, believed TO be the
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

areas.
The suit was filed in the Cook
county circuit court on behalf OF
Frank P. Giard, so, public ac-
countant and income tax specialist
He said he learned of the alleged
conspiracy while doing accounting
at Washington and Chicago.
Defendant companies are the
Dairy Products Marketing associa-
ton; Land OLakeS Creameries,
Inc, which operates in Wisconsin
and Minnesota; the Illinois Pro-
ducers Creameries, Inc, and the
Dairy and Poultry Cooperatives,
Inc, which operates in Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri.
The suit named as co-defendantS
John Brandt, president of the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

NEW YORK, April 30. CUP)-
A fleet of 28 fighting ships, some
CT them the navy's newest and fin
est, steamed in today to participate
in tomorrow's opening of the New
York Worlds fair.
The first section of the fleet to
arrive consisted of seven deStroyers
followed by five light cruisers. The
rest of the flotilla were strung out
in the outer harbor and further
1t was the first visit here of any
considerable section of the fleet
since June 1894.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
City Officials Go Before Highway
Commission in Behalf of Underpass

A delegation of two FL Centro
city officials was expected home
late Saturday after appearing be-
fore the state highway commission
meeting at San Francisco in be-
half of Ell Centro's State street
grade separation project.
Mayor H. w. FaWcett and P. w.
Knights, city engineer, appeared be-
fore the commission Friday, accord
ing to United Press reports, and
asked that funds for the State
street program be included in the
next biennial highway budget. The
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Hitler
PuctS
Democracies Move
To Meet Terms
In Nazi Talk

PARIS, April 20. (UP)-
France moved with Britain
today to line up the Euro
pean n a ions S friendly to
them in an anti-aggression
bloc to offer agreements to Ger
many which would preserve Euro
pean peace.
1t was understood that Britain
may ask France to cooperate in
offering individual guarantees to
Germany, as suggested by Adolr
Hitler in his Reichstag speech yes
terday.
A foreign office communique in
dicated that Rumania already had
been brought into the picture after
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

commission took the request under
adviSement.
FaWcett and Knights left early
this week for the north and spent
at least day in Sacramento con-
ferring with state engineers, before
going to San Francisco,
Although not formally made pub
lie, the highway commissions re-
commendations were believed to
include State street. The project,
however, was believed to have so
many projects ahead Of it that
federal funds would net reach. Eff
forts centered oh moving the pro-
iect higher on the list
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

SdIu, anu dItBtuIy JOIu OF pUTVty-
ing "witchS brew and arsenic
solution that sold for $500 a pinto
the rings customers
Rafaele Polselli, 55, now living in
Washington, who surrendered, also
was questioned throughout the
night and police Said confessed to
three slayings. Police said that he
named himself, Mrs. Carina Favato
and Petrillo as the instigators of
the poison profit syndicate.
With the confessions, police in
dicated that the number of deaths
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
SAN FRANCISCO, April 90. cUP)

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30. CUP)
Philip Bancroft, legislative rep
rescntative for the Associated
Farmers in Sacramento, today de-
MED before the state senate COM
mittee investigation lobbying in
terests that his organization is a
pressure group"
The former Republican candidate
for U. S. senator said there is a
movement under way to keep peo-
pie on WPA."
"WPA workers are paid higher
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

the visit here of Grigore Gafencu.
Rumanian foreign minister. The
communique said:
THE conversations permitted
broad study of problems interesting
to French -Rumanian relations and
more generally to the maintenance
of European peace. The ministers
Continued on Page 8, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

DPMA and Land O'Lakes creamer-
les, Inc: P. l.. Belts, Chicago rep
resentative of the Dairy and Poul-
try Cooperatives; Harold Ennis.
director of the DPMA; and Carl
Horn, vice president of the dairy
and Poultry Cooperatives, Inc. and
secretary treasurer of the Dairy
Products Marketing association.
The suit charged the defendants
with having created huge pooi
to establish prices without regard
to supply and demand; failure 10
comply with Illinois laws; and un-
lawful control of the purchase price
of butter from producers and the
selling to consumers through loans
totaling $37,000,000 from the federal
government.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Rain Breaks Heat
Wave in Arizona
BY UNITED PRESS

A drought and heat wave Of
nearly month in Arizona was
broken Saturday by cloudy skies
and intermittent thundershowers in
most of the east and central sec
tions.
The rain touched Phoenix, Tue
son, Casa Grande, Stafford and
Globe, but overcast skies gave
promise of more downpours in
other regions needing moisture on
rangelands. Farmers expressed
hope the rain would alleviate a
serious shortage of water on the
elevated areas where it is stored
for use in the irrigated valleys.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
ENGINEER DIES

LOS ANGELES, April %. IUP)
= James Mum, "a. nationally
known construction engineer, died
today in his home here, apparently
from an attack of heart disease.
His body was discovered in bed
when he failed to appear from his
room in the morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
RUMANIA OFFERS
DEBT SETTLEMENT

BUCHAREST, Rumania, Apru
20. (UP)-The government has
informed American Minister
Franklin Mott Gunther that it
proposes to open negotiations
imn ediately for a definite set
tlement of governmental and
private debts to the United
States, ii was made known to-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Baseball Results
BY UNITED PRESS
NATIONAL

Philadelphia :. 900 600 0OO-O 7 |
Brooklyn ....... 100 100 03x-5 8 2
Mulcahy and Miles, Davis; Wy
att, Todd and Phelps.
New York ...................... 900 900 OF
Boston ............................... 900 O4O 13
Schumacher, Lohrman and Dan
ming; Turner and Lopez.
Cincinnati ...... Oil 20l 000-5 7 I
Pittsburgh ........ 010 ITO 0OO--3 3 2
Walters and Lombardi; Tobin,
Swift and Berres.
st. Louis ...... 900 900 ll0-2 7 0
Chicago .......... 900 900 000-O l
Warneke and Owen; Lee and
ManCuSO.
AMERICAN
Washington ......... 300 900 0OO-3 9 0
New York ..........0l0 900 000-1 8 2
Chase anG r. Ferrell Gomez,
Murphy and Dickey.
Boston ................................00 020 90
Philadelphia ...................... 900 100 10
Grove. Wilson. Ostermeyer and
Desautels; Ross, Parmalee and
Hayes.
Cleveland ............................. 300 400 O
Detroit OO1 600 o
Feller and Pytlak; Rowe, Trout
Harris and Tebbetts.
Chicago .................................. 600 20
st. Louis ..................,..............220 10
Rigney and Silyestri; Kramer and
Glenn.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Three Injured in
Spectacular Nv.
Auto Acc ent
Bard Girl Thrown Clear When Machine
Lands on Top; Six Companions Pinned
Under Wreckase; Driver Arrested

CALEXlCO, April 29.-Two young men and 15-year
OLD girl were seriously injured here early Friday night
when convertible coupe overturned with passengers
while the driver forced the through series of fame,
circles and spins The driven by Grady E. Davis
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Murder Merchants Confess S|ayinq
W11 More Victims for Insurance;
Death Toll Reaches Above Hundred

PHILADELPHIA, April 20. (UP) Authorities re-
veaed today that two more members of huge merchants
of murder" syndicate had confessed to II slayings
Herman Petrillo, convicted of murder as a leader of
the syndicate admitted completely in eight slayings police
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Poles Gather in Military Defense
Paney. Answer Hitler Demands
With Blunt No. Ask Friendship
Leaders Call Meeting to Consider Reply To
German Request for Return of Danzig;
Reaffirm Desire for Friendly Relations

WARSAW, Poland April 20. (UP)-Polands leaders
held military defense meeting today and under
stood to have decided flat rejection of Adolf Hiters
demand for the return of Danzg and German extrater
rOral highway through the Polish corridor connecting
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Associated Chambers Ask Main Line
Service from Southern Pacific on
Basis of Arizona Comparisons
Tourist Needs Hardihood to Reach Valley by
Rail, Calexico Man Tells Civic Leaders;
Group Also Backs Highway Patrol Plan

comparison of railway service in the Salt River val
ley the railway service in Imperial Valley resulted FIJI
day night in resolution passed by the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce. meeting in Ell Centre, providing de-
mands the Southern Pacific company for improved
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Suit Charges Big Chicago Combines
Fixed Butter, Milk Product Prices
In Conspiracy TO Control Market

CHICAGO, April 20. UP)-A Chicago accountant,
acting in the interest of consumers asked permanent
injunction today against four milk marketing firms which
he accused of conspiracy to fix butter and other milk
product prices in the countrys principal milk producing