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Evening star., 1939-12-16
18th Century Living Room

A living room reminiscent of the
18th century has walls and wood
work painted white, emphasizing
the beauty of blue and beige un-
holstery and the antique furniture of
dark mahogany and light satinwood,
mingled. A soft blue rug covers the
floor.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Wople & james Bonus

The real estate Office of Waple &,
James, Inc, announced today that
81 500 in Christmas bonuses will be
distributed to its employees. The firm
stated that it enjoyed banner
year, in which 239 individual sales,
aggregating nearly 100000 were
consummated.
Evening star., 1939-12-16

lies must continue living in what they
consider temporary quarters, or un-
til they can acquire the means with
which to purchase a secondhand
property.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Program For District Rotary Meet
AT Bisbee Is Announced

The program of the Rotary dis
trict conference to be held in Bis
bee Sunday and Monday was an
nounced yesterday.
The meeting Sunday will attract
some 100 Rotarians to Bisbee for
for the first Rotary convention OF
any kind held there for nearly IA
years. 1t will be a Rotary presidents
anu ocrrc ctaries conference.
Registration will start at 10 a. nj
on Sunday at the Chamber Of Com
merce headquarters in the Copper
Queen hotel
Sunday afternoon the delegates
will be guests at the double-header
baseball game to be played il War
rem ball park. During the day golf
ers will be invited to play at the
municipal course in Naco.
Sunday Supper
At $50 Sunday night the Ro-
tarians will gather in the Copper
Queen dining room for a dutch
treat" get acquainted supper.
Monday at 1880 a. n. the presi-
dent of the 20 Rotary clubs of Ari-
zona and Needles, Calf, will gather
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
July Rainfall
ToDate 1888
Total rainfall here this month
up to 8 o'clock last night was
1888 inches.

Giving Nogales its first real
drenching Of the summer up to that
time, 81 of an inch of rain fell in
about an hour beginning at 1855
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The 81 made the total precipita-
ton for the month Cup to pm
Thursday ,2.38 inches, which is but
.38 less than the 2.76 inches total
for the entire 81 days of July a
year ago.
With nine days yet remaining
this month the July 1889 total is
expected to far exceed last July.
Rainfall in June this year was 10
of an inch, making the summer
total 2.48 inches up to 5 pm
Thursday. 4-
Rainfall last summer was as fol
lows: June .97, July 2.76, August
424.
Summer of 1897: June AT, July
SCI, August 8.16, the latter being
the greatest of any month the past
Is years.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Alto Group
OF Mines
ToBe Worked

For the first time in a quarter OF
a century, the Alto group of mines
IA miles north of Patagonia and
% miles north and east of Nogales,
are to be worked.
A silver, lead, copper and gold
property, it was recently purchased
from E. D. Morton of the Eagle
Pichr Mining Company by E. j.
Neuner, formerly of Kansas City;
w. F. Wrieden of Rutherford, New
Jersey; and John j. Darmody OF
Indianapolis, Ind.
Four men are now being employ
ed rebuilding a mile of road lead
ing to the property Following re-
ceipt of a shipment of machinery
within the next few days, two
shifts will be put to work under
ground.
Years ago the property was own
ed by the Tonopah Development
Company and in recent years 1t
has been under litigation.
Offices of the new owners are to
be established in Nogales.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
County Tax
Rate ToBe
Fixed Aug. Il

The 1889 county tax rate will be
fixed by the board of supervisors
on August 81.
The new rate is expected to be
$3.O4, an increase of 34c over last
years rate.
Speaking of the new rate, Su-
pervisor Louis Escalada, yesterday,
said:
1.-The increase in rate is due to a
decrease in assessed valuation
caused by the new law governing
assessment of automobiles which
cuts more than 100000 off our val
uation, and the taking over by the
city of property for delinquent paw
ing assessments.
"These two items combined causes
a reduction in our assessed valu-
alton of more than $161 900. If it
we're not for this the rate would
be the same as last years.
I'm this new rate we are paying
for emergency levies asked the past
year for WPA projects and care
of INDECENT sick which amounted
to more than $4,000.
Commenting further on tax mat
tiers Mr.. Escalsda said:
"All of the county bonds are now
completely refunded and after this
years budget the amount that will
have to be budgeted for bonds will
at no time ever exceed $4,000 per
year. We're budgeting this year
$35 900 for bonds" And he added
that $4,000 worth of outstanding
warrants were picked up the past
year so as to put them up to date.
New City Rate
The new city rate is expected to
be $2.1O. Last year it was $1.98.
The new state rate will be around
$125. Last year it was IT.
Nogales school district rate will
be about SLOT. Last year it was
$146.
Total rate to be paid by Nogales
taxpayers is expected to be $7.46.
Last year the total was $500.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Bells Speaker
At Rotary Meet

A very interesting talk on the
duties of the department that he
represents was given by Charles E.
Bells of the U. S. Plant Quaran-
tine Service at yesterdays Rotary
meeting.
He said the fum1gation building
Just north of the civic building will
fumigate IA cars at one time, cost
is $4 a car, and gas used for fumi-
cation is the same kind as used in
executing murderers at Florence
prison.
DR.. A. L. Gustetter of Tucson
was a guest at yesterdays Rotary
meeting.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Seek Reduction
In Farm Property
Assessments

PHOENIX, July 21-O.P0-The
Arizona State Farm Bureau Fedora
tion has petitioned the state tax
commission for a reduction in farm
property assessments, a k n g
equal reductions with other In
dustries.
A resolution sent the commission
after a recent meeting of the fed
Grafton board of directors asked the
commission "to make reductions in
assessed valuations for agriculture
and livestock equal to at least any
reductions made for other indus
tries of the state"
Drouth and poor market condl-
tions place heavy burden on agrl-
culture and the livestock industry,
the federation pointed out.
The federation plans to employ a
full-time executive secretary.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Worst Flood
Here In
Nine Years
$50 Inches OF Rain Falls
Here In Less Than
Two Hours

A cloudburst striking NOgales
at 7:15 o'clock last night gave
the city its worst flood since
the night of August !, 1880 when
several persons were drowned.
Rainfall from 7:15 to 8 o'clock
was one and one half inches
and it was still raining at 10
o'clock.
The peak of the flood occurred
about $3.50. Morley and Grand ave-
nues in the business area were rag
ing torrents, with water running
from curb to curb, numerous cars
were stalled and many business
houses were flooded on both sides
of the line. In Nogales, Sonora,
several adobe homes were reported
to have caved in.
SCOUTS MAROONED
Eight Boy Scouts of Troop 81
and Scoutmaster Frank l.. Shaefer
were trapped in the civic building
opposite the Methodist church for
about an hour when flood waters
jumped the bridge in front of the
building and swept through the
structure to a depth Of about two
feet.
| The scouts were in their meeting
room on the second floor of the
building and parents became frantic
when they began to realize there
was a probability the raging wa
ter might undermine the structure
There was much rejoicing when
Firemen Clyde Baldwin, Policeman
Lewis Fleischer, AL Camerlin, Jr.,
w. H. Lytle and L. B. Randel
finally managed to enter the build
ing on the east side of Grand ave-
nue. and lead the scouts out to-
safety.
Chet Rosenstern, on the opposite
side of the street from the build
ing and unable to ford the stream,
yelled at the boys who could be
seen in an upstairs window and
cautioned them not to try to cross
the raging torrent.
Eight other scouts had left the
building before the flood reached
depth of several feet.
CAR IN ARROYO
A car belonging to Alfonso Aviles
was swept into the arroyo across
the line and reports circulated that
several persons we're in the auto at
the time. After police and firemen
had made all preparations for res
cue work these reports were found
to be false. The car lodged against
a bridge.
Last nights rain is said to have
been general in this part OF the
state and according to arrivals from
the north it rained all the way to
Tucson.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Rural Retail
Sales Higher
Thar, In 1929

In the current issue of the An
nalists, D. w. Ellsworth, the edi-
tor, remarks that while retail trade
in general has not yet regained its
level of the late 20s, rural retail
trade ''makes a most favorable show
ing" He cites the fact that the
Department of Commences index
of rural retail trade, which stood at
124.9 in 1929, reached 121 in the
year 1887 and in May, 1889, climb
ed to 1892.
The substantial expansion of rural
retail trade, Mr.. Ellsworth finds,
even more rapidly than cash farm
income, is partly due to benefit
payments from the Federal Govern
ment and partly to the fact that
various forms of Federal assistance
on mortgages and other farm debts
have left the farmer larger pro-
portion of his income to spend on
consumer goods.
In commenting on the Ellsworth
article. the Baltimore Sun con-
cludes: Certainly, when we con-
slider that prices are about cne-
fifth lower than in 1929, the fact
that the dollar volume of rural re-
tail sales is higher than it was ten
years ago suggests that the farmers
are really much better off than
they were then"
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
COLLEGIAN TO KNOW MONDAY
ON WHAT DATE HE is TO DIE
FOR KILLING AUTO SALESMAN
Jury Finds Robert Burgunder Guilty On Second
Ballot; Youth Continues Reading And Seeks
"SOme Hard Candy" And Quiet

dav found him guilty and on the
fifth fixed his penalty at death m
the Arizona lethal gas chamber. He
will be formally sentenced next
Monday and taken to the prison.
His divorced parents, their COM
bined effort to save Bob from the
gas chamber failure, returned to
their separate homes.
Mrs. Ruth Burgunder. attractive
writer, was driven to Alhambrax,
Calf, by her former husband,
Robert M. Burgunder. who will con-
tinue on to Seattle to resume his
law practice broken when his son
was arrested May z for the mur-
der of Peterson and Ellis Koury.
The mother and father were di-
vorced nine years ago but met here
in a vain fight to win a life SEN
tence for the boy who murdered
the salesmen after they had been
robbed and tied.
Young Burgunder continued read
ing in his Jail cell. He was tired
from the long trial and once more
morose. All he wanted was "some
hard candy" and quiet.
C.. T. Mckinney, appointed by
the court to defend the college
youth, will file an appeal for a new
trial and for an arrest of judg-
ment. The Arizona supreme court
has only once reversed the death
penalty.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
NeU Home
Construction
Highest In 9 Years

New home construction in both
volume and value, in 80 leading
American cities, reached the high
est level last year "in more than
nine years. as shown by the an
nual e-building survey of In
vestors Syndicate in Minneapolis,
released June 80. Also the average
cost per person provided with new
housing was the lowest in four
years"
1.-The average cost per person
housed in the 310 cities in 1888 was
1912. 80, the lowest per person since
1884, when the cost was $874.26," }"
according to the announcement. The
cities included in the survey, located
in Al states and the District of Co
lumbia. have total population OF
49, ,957, GIG, or nearly three-fifthS OF
the entire population of the country.
1t was significant that the per capita
costs of housing in this group OF
cities not only showed decline OF
9.27 per cent from the 1887 cost
but also were 1854 per cent below
the per capita cost in 1880.
Last year, for the third success
sive year." the report continued,
new residential building in these
cities exceeded their estimated an
nual gain in population, which rose
318,746 in 1888. New homes provid-
ed for 345, 1886 more people than the
estimates increase in these cities
during the year.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
G.. Michaels A
Human Barometer

BISBEE, July 21-Bisbee has an
unofficial weather prognosticator
with real ability, it was demon
strated Monday.
G. r. Michaels, chamber of COM
merce secretary, was commenting on
the weather when he looked up at
the sky and said, "Boys, it's going
to rain at 3:12 p. m. today -
Skeptical listeners laughed, and
waited.
Gus Michaels missed it but by &
few minutes, the heavy clouds
which gathered over the city break
ing out with rain at about 3:17 pm.
in the Bisbee district.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Dove Season
Opens On Aug. |

The U. S. Geological Survey has
advised State Game Warden VIII
liam H. Sawtelle that Arizona Hunt
ers will be permitted to shoot white
wing doves from August l to Sep
tember Is.
Although no regulations we're an
nounced, Sawtelle said he assumed
shooting would be permitted from
7 a. m. to sundown and with shot
guns no larger than 12-gauge and
holding not more than three shells.
The bag limit, Sawtelle surmis-
ed, would be Is birds a day or in
possession, the same as last year.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Ranchers Kill
Two Wolves

Robert Bergier and ST Swyers,
ranchers of the Patagonia district,
reported this week killing a male
and female wolf which, in the last
IS days, have destroyed an esti-
mated 1,5O0 worth of heifers and
calves.
Three weeks were spent hunting
and trapping for the pair. Five
neighborhood ranches suffered from
their depredations, Swyers, vet
eran Arizona rodeo performer, re-
ported.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Factory Payrolls And Farm Incomes
Larger Than A Year Ago

THE steady movement of distri-
button and consumption is shown by
the rise of railway freight car load
ing to a new high and by retail
sales that on the whole are good.
Sales of household equipment are
active, which also is reflected in or
ders reaching the electrical COM
panies. The mailorder houses are
doing exceptional business.
The foregoing comment is not
from Washington but is only a por-
ton of the optimism expressed in
the latest monthly economic re-
view of the National City Bank OF
New York, thoroughly anti
Roosevelt institution.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
New Boy At
J. H. Barbee Home

Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Barbee OF
Patagonia road now have pair OF
boys. Robert Carlton Barbee, y
weighing seven pounds, arriving at
their home at 1920 o'clock Tuesday
night.
The Barbees other boy is Joe, "
three and one half years old.
Mrs. Barbee was Miss Velma
Greenwood. Her mother, Mrs. B.
P. Greenwood, is here from Phoe-
nix getting acquainted with her
new grandson.
Mr.. Barbee, the proud father, is
manager of the Charles c. Boice
Ford Agency.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22

Factory payrolls and farm in
comes are larger than a year ago
and in addition will buy more due
to lower prices. The Government il
supporting construction and relief
work and spreading purchasing pow
er at an average late of $3.50, 1000, 600
or more a month.
Conservative buying policies have
kept the markets orderly :. inven-
tories in distributors and manufac-
turers' hands present no problems,
hence the present level of business
is well supported. Monetary influ-
ences are all of kind to support
business and industrial costs are not
rising.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
TWO KILLED, ONE INJURED BY
LIGHTNING AT ALAMO RANCH
SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF CITY
Jose Martinez, co. And Carlos V. Mansanedo, Is, Well
Known Ranchers, Meet Death Under Oak Tree;
Leopoldo Haro Injured

Standing under an oak tree
for shelter from the most severe
storm of the summer in this dis
trict, Jose Martinez, 60, and
Carlos v. MansanedO, rs, well
known ranchers, were killed by
lightning at o'clock Thursday
afternoon at Rancho del Alamo,
about seven miles south of No
gales, Sonora.
A third man Leopoldo Haro, 81
was slightly injured.
The bodies of Martinez and Man
sanedo were brought to the Morale
Mortuary in Nogales, Sonora, at
o'clock Thursday night. Martinez i
a son of Roberto Martinez an'
Mansanedo a son of Leonardo Man
Nogales international., 1939-07-22

Viewing Nogales as a region rich
in natural resources and advan-
tages, the full development of which
should bring increased prosperity
and population to the border coun~
trv. secretary James Girand o. the
Arizona Municipal league, wht al
so is Phoenix city engineer, Sts
specific projects in a compreheiiz'yt
survey of all sections of the Stat
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Secretary At
Coast Meeting

Mrs. John Phillips, secretary oi
the Santa Cruz County Chambet
Of Commerce, left yesterday to at
tend the western conference fol
commercial and trade executives al
Stanford University, July 1928.
She will return to Nogales about
August 18th and while in Califor-
MIA will attend the San Francisco
fair.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22

Sanedo.
The place where the two men
were killed is just over the hill and
the ranch is owned by Raphael Mar
tineZ.
Leopoldo Haro, the injured man,
is a brother of Mrs. G.. l.. Robin
son, Jr., 800 Noon street, whose
husband is employed by the Hal
stead Lumber Company in Nogales,
Arizona.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
Another ''Deal'' Being Dished
Together Behind Scenes In Europe

a notoriously bad temper - that
means that Poland will be the bat
tleground Of the next war, provided
Hitler wants a war But Germany
is sure that Danzig can be taken
without a struggle And the peace
ful' seizure will come between mid
August and the first of September,
if all signs point Alright.
There will not, however, be an
other Munich, for that would mean
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Nogales international., 1939-07-22
6.O6 Inches Of
Rain At BiSbee

BISBEE, July 21-Bisbee got its
first big rains of the season over
the weekend, and the 2.30 inches
of precipitation which fell on the
district Saturday and Sunday was
augmented by more rain Monday.
The rainfall increased the seasons
total to 6.06 inches.
Nogales international., 1939-07-22
(By THE FOREIGN OBsERvER)

Prime Minister Chamberlain S
anxiously awaited Statement on de-
filming England's guarantee of Po-
land, seen in retrospect can only
confirm what has long been fear
ed-another deal is being dished
together behind the scenes. Appar-
emily, England's pledge to defend
Poland hinges on Warsaw's willing
ness to resist" Hitler. And if War
saw "reSiSts and the Poles are in
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in the blue room for breakfast.
At the same hour the secretaries
will gather in another room for
breakfast.
At $50 a. m. the first business
session will open in the Elks hall,
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Nogales international., 1939-07-22
MORALES Viewed As Region Rich In
Natural Resources And
Advantages By James Grand

For Nogales, he suggests:
Devalop irrigation on Santa Cruz
Rive
LIE lop hydro-electric power on
so4c
pr ue additional domestic wa
!. r city.
elop tourist trade by trips into
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Nogales international., 1939-07-22

PHOENIX. Ariz., July 21-CU.U)
Robert Burgunder's family was
divided again today as the college
youth sat in the Maricopa county
Jail awaiting sentence of death for
the murder of automobile salesman
Jack Peterson.
On its second ballot a jury Tues
Evening star., 1939-05-07
ITEMS IN THIS COLUMN ON SALE AT
lIO6 G STREET STORE
CHAIRS ~s

$1,000 z-piees Geossien Suite in, blue broco-
teIIe with solid mahogany tronne - $4,000
$4,000 2-pieee English cored Group in red
moth-proof mohor --~ $lleo0
$1,000 virsinio Soto. solid mahogany trone,
covered in fine figured topestry $3.50
$4,000 2-peee Group. 9th Century style, COW
cred in blue velvet, knuekle-om design $500
$1,000 Soto, Charles of London reproduction.
Grand Ropds moke, covered in fine
Sl5e.00 chippsndoIe Soto. Chinese influence,
solid mahogany frone, down cushions, covered
in plum broeoteIIe $l2s.o0
Evening star., 1939-05-07
Bar Group Will Hold
Meeting Wednesday

The international and comparative
law section Of the American Bar
Association will hold its annual
spring meeting at the Mayflower
Hotel Wednesday.
The council of the section, meeting
in the morning, will consider reso-
lutions to be passed upon at the
association convention In San Fran
cisco in July.
Frank J. Hogan, president of the
association, will be one of the speak
ers at the luncheon, arranged jointly
with members Of the Federal Bar
Association.
Among the members of the diplo-
matte corps who have accepted invi-
tations to the luncheon are DR.. HUI
Shih, Ambassador of China; Senor
DR.. Don Diogenes Escalante, Ambas-
sador Of Venezuela; Ralph w. Close,
Minister Of South Africa; DR.. A.
Loudon, Minister of the Netherlands,
and DR.. Ellie Lescot, Minister of Haiti
Other speakers will be Dean Her
bert F. Goodrich Of the American
Law Institute and Judge Fred K.
Evening star., 1939-05-07
he grave Of the mother Of the flrst

the grave Of the mother Of the flrst
President.
The memorial association, its work
unending, continues caring for the
monument and the plot Of ground
surrounding 1t. Directors Of the
association include Mrs. Fairfax
Harrison as incorporation and presi-
dent, succeeding Mrs. Eleanor
Washington Howard, for many years
president Of the association; Mrs.
De Couray Thorn of Baltimore, in
corporator and vice president; Mrs.
Stanley Reed, second vice president;
Miss Maud Lee Davidge, Miss Vic
toria De M. Emory and Mrs. Eliza
beth Wilson Lee, incorporators;
Chester B. Goolrick, secretary; Cor
coran Thorn, treasurer; Walter D.
Davidge, counsel, and Blair Lee.
Evening star., 1939-05-07
Mrs. Reed Will Leud
Chest leuoue

Mrs. Stanley F. Reed, wife Of As
sociate Justice Reed of the United
State Supreme Court, has accepted
craftsmanship of the Community
Chest League, according to Coleman
Jennings, president of the Com
munity Chest.
Mrs. Reed will assume leadership
of the leagues spring program i'm
mediately. Two projects demanding
her attention are the seminar for
Community Chest board members to
promote increased knowledge of the
services of Chest agencies, and an
exhibit featuring recreational and
health-building opportunities ac-
corded children by Chest affiliates.
Although dates have not been an
nounced, both of these events are
scheduled for this month.
Evening star., 1939-05-07

other things Of historical impor-
tance. in the foundation Of the new
structure.
The monument was dedicated on
May, 1894, with President Cleve-
land as the chief speaker. Then,
los years after her death, a suit
able monument stood at last over
Evening star., 1939-05-07

ferred to trustees for the use Of
the National Mary Washington Me-
mortal Association.
Work then progressed rapidly. The
cornerstone of the new monument
was laid on october 81, 1893. The
cornerstone of the old monument
was placed, with its contents and
Evening star., 1939-05-07
Construction Worker
Held in FutuIity

Robey 8. Whitfield, n, 4 con-
struction worker Of the $500 block Of
Georgia avenue NV, was held by .
coroner's jury yesterday for grand
jury action In connection with the
death Thursday night Of q 42-year-
old fellow employe during what
police described as friendly scuffle.
The dead man, Hildren B. Wilder
Of 474 Massachusetts avenue, sue
Evening star., 1939-05-07

cumbed before physicians arrived
after his head struck : sidewalk
near the Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge over the Anacostia River,
where he was employed as = watch
man for construction work.
Evening star., 1939-05-07

Nielsen Of oeorIsto~n University
Law School.
Evening star., 1939-05-07
MAPLE FURNITURE

new Plymouth oil finish - $685. 90
$3s.s5 Maple Freme Studio Couch, covered i,
rust and beige ----------$ $3.50
$24.so MepIe Knse-HeIe Desk :- $3.50
$3.50 Club Choir, nnopie frame, green topestry,
spring cushions i SASS
S2.25 FootstooIs, assorted chintz and topesty
covers 95e
S2l.50 MepIe Bookcase, shelves, sturdy con-
struction, adjustable shelves Sl7.50
$3.50 MepIe Seeretory. drop-eof desk, beve'ed
lid and drawers - .'- $3.50
$3.50 MopIe Low Chest with three drowers,
center drawer guides - ---- $u.95-
$500 Meple Buffet, ook interior, Eory Aneri-
con style --- - S2450
S47.50 Mepis Server, console type 49, $3.50
$3.50 Mapls Buffet, New England odopto-
ton S3450