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Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
Cleveland, Ohio, recently.

Cleveland, Ohio, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs Denney Morris,
Mrs. Amanda Vaughn and c. w.
Hickey were recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Elliott Melvin, at Hartly.
Mrs. Laura MacNamee and son,
Crawford, of Chester, visited rela-
tives here last week.
George Tribbitt visited his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Luff here last week.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
FROM CONGRESSMAN
GEORGE S. WILLIAMS

The final week of the first ses-
sion of the 18th Congress witnesses
two decisive defeats of two Admin
istration measures, the Lending
Spending Bill and the Housing Bill.
The Senate had already authorized
the United States Housing Author
ity to issue and sell it's obligations
in an amount not to exceed $780,
600, 900, with annual contributions
of S45, 100000, but the House re-
jected the rule to consider this leg
islation by vote of 191 to 169.
This authority already has author
lied capital of S800,000,000, most
of which has been utilized in slum
clearance and building projects for
low-income groups. Last Tuesday,
by vote 1913 to 166, the House re-
fused to consider the Lending Bill,
which also had been approved by
the Senate, including S1,615, ,0O0,-
600. AS reported by the House
Committee on Banking, the Ad-
ministration's Lending measure
provided authority for RFC to
make loans totaling S2,O5O, 900, 900
for roads, railroad equipment, rural
electrifcation, farm tenancy and
export-import bank. The Senate
had included s9O,OOO,OOO for re
clamation projects, but the House
bill did not contain this provision,
and thus was not directly involved.
In some instances, at least, this
session of Congress has been a
"rcord breaker" On July 81 while
considering the Consent and Pri-
vate Calendars, the House passed
and sent to the Senate 244 bills out
of nearly 400, this being an all-time
record. Up to August /, total of
20,92S bills had been printed and
introduced into Congress at this
session, compared with 10,864 for
last year. This coupled with the
$4,000 pages of the Congressional
Record which have been printed
this session has kept the Govern
ment printers working overtime
and also required the constant at
tention of the legislators.
The President on August 2 sign
ed the Hatch Bill, which now legal
ly puts an end to pernicious polit-
ical activities and places a law on
our statute books to preclude CO.
ercion by governmental employees
of relief voters and others similar
ly situated. The new law will also
stop many governmental officials
from attending the Democratic
convention as delegates, and will
also require them to relinquish po-
sitions in party ofhcialdom.
Congress last week passed leg
islation authorizing construction of
an additional set of locks for the
Panama Canal, to assure the vital
artery will remain open for quick
transit of the fleet in time of war.
The additional locks would cost an
estimated S277,000,000 ~ nearly
equaling the original cost of the
Canal-and would take six years
to build. Fifteen millions would be
spent next year, under terms of the
measure.
The House last Saturday passed
the fifty set Of alien restrictions to
receive approval at this session.
The Smith bill would outlaw efforts
to undermine the loyalty of Army,
Navy and Coast Guard personnel;
add to the list of deportable aliens
those who help smuggle aliens, for
eign spies, violators of state mar
cotic laws, and possessors of cer-
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Washington will be closed and L
will be at my home in Millsboro,
Delaware.
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egates and alternates to the state
firemen's convention at Rehoboth
Beach, September 18th and 14th:
Arthur B. Hope and Vincent S.
Cats, Sr., delegates, and Frank
Neeff and Henry Patenaude, alter
mates.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

Announcements were received
here Wednesday of last week of
the marriage Tuesday, August 1 of
Miss Margaret Elizabeth Jefferson,
daughter Of Mrs. Jefferson and the
late Harry F. Jefferson, to Omar
Derotheus Crothers, Jr., Esq. The
ceremony took place Tuesday
morning at Old Saint Anne's
Church, Middletown, Del, with
only a few members Of the families
and friends present. Mr.. and Mrs.
Crothers will be at home after Oc-
tober 1, at 34O9 Greenway, Balti-
more Md
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE Pfi PENINSULA
|. j. News Items Of People
D. - Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
vpoM OUR EXCHANGES

:. stronghold All Club OF St.
\ georges ars picnicked At RiVerVie"
y kssaoS, s,sat \. = Friday.
d ,.,ouncement has been MADE
~ Robbins Hose Company
] l.rar y II that more than $4,000 was
Dove, aa IN the recent carnival. The
clsnle somDany will pay off $4,000 on its
Indebtedness
- y undetermined origin de-
.sd rns The barn, farming imple-
',s w. and a quantity of feed for
NJ III Il the farm Of Isaac P. West
.ar MillyIle, the loss amounting
N hundreds Of dollars.
police are investigating a rob-
s.rv if the Bayard Wharton gar-
' 1sss At Milford Monday night OF
~ H.. week Only a small portable
frsdio was taken although a metal
z+ire locker had been tampered
with.
Sussex county canning plants
ssve started to pack the lima bean
eron which rapidly IS maturing.
grhe crop will not be as profitable
q in many former years because
j the fire-week drought and other
,lnfayorable weather conditions II
i indicated.
The annual reunion of the
Wbeatley family, one of the larg-
ut families on the peninsula, will
be held at Wheatley's Church, near
f,alestown, Nd, on Thursday, Aug
LIST II. Several hundred members
M the clan gather each year at
Sthese reunions
The eighty-ninth annual reunion
scf the Marvel family was held Sat
|lrday at the home of Mrs. Harriet
Ia. Wilson, widow of former State
Insurance Commissioner Thomas
III Wilson, on the highway leading
Afrom Milford to Rehoboth Beach,
ID Prime Hook Neck.
q Government employees are en-
tagged in repairing the pilings
along the steel bulkheaded harbor
at the canal entrance at Delaware
City. The pilings rising two to
three feet above the ground at in
tervals of approximately Is feet,
are used by boats to tie to.
Good progress is being made in
the construction of the new admin
ktration class room building and
he addition to the Memorial Ii
brary at the University of Della
ware. 1t is expected both will be
Completed and the buildings occu-
pied by the end of the year.
Rain Tuesday morning of last
Teek relieved the 21-day drought
toI farmers Of the Houston-Har-
fngton district. Although the
many crops were aided, growers
paid the cantaloupe crop will be of
httle value. Several trees were
rprooted by the wind storm on the
Wildwood road.
4 President John w. Spicer, Jr., of
N Delaware City Fire Company,
pas appointed the following as del
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

Samuel w. Elliott, Jr., 25, of Re
hoboth Beach, was sentenced to Is
months in the Sussex county Jail
on a charge of involuntary man.
slaughter in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer at Georgetown. A car
driven by Elliott collided with a
machine driven by E. B. Golfer, 48,
on October 10, resulting in the
death of Mrs. Jessie Ennis Lingo,
Mr.. Golfer, and his wife, Mrs. Flor
ence Golfer.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

Delaware's automobile toll
mounted to 40 recently, with the
death in Delaware Hospital, Will
mington, of Howard w. Pusey, 20,
of Princess Anne, Md. He was in
jured in an accident at Middletown,
July %. His brother, Lawrence M.
Pusey, %, Washington who was
hurt in the same accident, died
Thursday morning in the hospital.
The poultry denomination team
of the Newark Chapter, Future
Farmers of America, took first
place at the Worlds Poultry Con-
gress in Cleveland, Ohio, recently.
There were 39 teams competing in
the finals, it was reported by F.
Thaddeus Warrington, the boys
coach. Members of the local team
were William Swan and Alfred
Patterson.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

The annual reunion of the
wbeatley family, one of the larg-
III families on the peninsula, will
u held at Wheatley's Church, near
t,alestown, Nd, on Thursday, Aug
,,st II. Several hundred members
M the clan gather each year at
Sthese reunions
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

Sussex county canning plants
bova started to pack the lima bean
|crop which rapidly IS maturing.
m crop will not be as profitable
u IN many former years because
y the fre.week drought and other
s,,,favorable weather conditions, it
IL indicated.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

The eighty-ninth annual reunion
sof the Marvel family was held Sat
Eurday at the home of Mrs. Harriet
IA Wilson, widow of former State
Insurance Commissioner Thomas
II. Wilson, on the highway leading
from Milford to Rehoboth Beach,
ID Prime Hook Neck.
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poliee are investigating a rob-
|s.rv II the Bayard Wharton gar
E = j Milford Monday night OF
East G week. Only a small portable
. 'rsdio was taken although a metal
IT, locker had been tampered
with.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

Government employees are en-
tagged in repairing the pilings
Along the steel bulkheaded harbor
III the canal entrance at Delaware
City. The pilings rising two to
Three feet above the ground at in
tervals Of approximately Is feet,
are used by boats to tie to.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

Good progress is being made in
The construction of the new admin
ktration class room building and
ne addition to the Memorial Ii
brary at the University of Della
ware. 1t is expected both will be
Completed and the buildings occu-
ped by the end of the year.
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rire Of undetermined origin de-
I'd rn the barn, farming imple-
|s..UtsN sots and a quantity of feed for
sus asus Il the farm of Isaac P. West
|rsar Millville, the loss amounting
II hundreds Of dollars.
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,.ro,,ncement has been MADE
~ Robbins Hose Company
Dy N tbat more than $1,000 was
Dover - III recent carnival. The
clsa-ST s0naDanv will pay off s2,5Oo on its
Indebtedness
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

urHold 4-H Club of st.
The 0to .;cLad at Riverview
ssssch, N. 2, Friday
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
IS Motor Vehicle
Offices Closed

SACRAMENTO, July II. (UP)-
The state department of motor ve-
hicles announced today that Is tenn
porary registration offices will be
closed.
The department last week order
ed closing of all border stations and
three branch offices of the highway
patrol. Acting Director Frank W.
Clark gave as the reason for the re-
trenchment a cut of $1,500OOO made
by the legislature in the depart
ment's budget for the next two
years.
Registration offices affected by the
closing order are IN Monterey, Co.
alinga, Paso Robles, King City.
Watsonville, Gilroy, Whittier, La
Jolla, National City, La Mesa, Re-
dondo Beach, Torrance, Coronado,
Oceanside and Escondido.
Most of the ID operate only dur
ing the first three months of the
year, during the annual automobile
licensing period, employing a total
of 100 employees at the peak.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
Vacation Notes on Valleys
Summer Cominss and Goings

they will visit the Carlsbad Cav
erns ane c-s-ler places of interest
They will return early in August
by way of San Francisco, where
they will visit the fair and spend
a few days in Fresno.
j. r. Fahs returned last weekend
from San Francisco where he at
tended furniture market week. Mrs.
Fahs and Phillip are spending the
summer at La Jolla.
Miss Arlynn Hartzell of Ell Gen.
tro Is spending her summer vaca-
ton in tour of scenic resorts in
Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur j. Kalstrom
and family returned to Ell Centre
Tuesday after vacation spent at
Long Beach. Kalstrom is connect
ed with the immigration border
patrol.
Mr., and Mrs. John Kelly of Ell
Centro were scheduled to leave late
tuesday for two-week vacation in
the High Sierras. Kelly Is a men,
Der OF the liquor control division
OF the state board of equalization.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
Roosevelt Approves Names for New
Super.BaffIeships of u. 5. Navy

WASHINGTON, July II. up
The navy's two new $4,000 ton
-battleships will be named the
Iowa and the New Jersey.
The navy department announced
that President Roosevelt has ap-
proved these names for the big
boats-which will be the worlds
mightiest fighting craft-along witt
those for 81 other warships to be
constructed under the current nava.
building program.
One of eight new destroyers un-
der construction will be called the
U. S. S. Swanson in honor of the
late Secretary of The Navy Claude
A. Swanson who died Friday. An
other will bear the name U. s. s.
Edison in honor of the assistant
secretary.
other destroyers will be the WOOL
sey, the Ludlow, the Ericsson, the
Wilkes, the Nicholson, and the IN
graham.
The super -dreadnaughts, which
will be constructed in the New York
and Philadelphia navy yards as
soon as plans are completed, are
expected to cost more than $90,-
100000 each. They will mount To-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
Summer Schedule
AtHoItviIIe Church

A summer schedule of hours has
been approved by the First Metho-
dist church OF Holtville, and be-
ginning next Sunday services will
begin with church school at 8:45
and preaching at 9:45, closing at
10:30.
MidWeek services are held We'd
nesday at 7:30, closing after an
hour of song and self help. at $3.50.
l. v. STAMP AND COIN CLUB
The I. v. Stamp and Coin club
will hold its regular meeting We'd
nesday evening at the ice plant at
7:30.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
Fite Family
In Reunion

Mr.. and Mrs. B. G.. Fite, and
their house guest, Mr.. Fite's sister,
Mrs. Miles Reed of st. Louis. Mo-,
attended family reunion Sunday
at the home OF a sister, Mrs. M.
Gray, in San Diego.
Special guests of honor were Mr.
Fite's father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. G. Fite, who had the pleas
ure of being with "a members OF
their family gathered together for
the turkey dinner served at the
home of Mrs. Gray on Front Street
in San Diego.
Present were Mr.. and Mrs. B. G
Fite, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Fite, MI
and Mrs. M. Gray, Mr.. and Mrs
r. T. Peck, Mr.. and Mrs. D. 6
Fite, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Alley
Mrs. Miles Reed. and members OF
their families.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11

inch guns and have high-speed and
long-range cruising facilities
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
Japanese Open Fire On
MonqoI- -Russiun Batteries

WITH THE JAPANESE ARMY,
Manchukuo-Outer Mongolian From
tier, July II. CUP)-Japanese artil-
lery opened heavy fire today against
Soviet batteries across the river
Harha. .-#
The batteries had been hamper
ing mopping up operations by the
Japanese on the Manchukuan side
of the frontier.
The Japanese supreme commander
in this area told correspondents
that maximum of 200 of the
enemy are on this side of the river,
with the possible exception of few
Soviet tanks and some cavalry on
the river between the Nomanhan
district and Like BUR.
The commander said the present
operations will cease when the III
vaders are driven out or annihilat-
ed, as the japanese have orders not
to pursue them beyond the river.
The Soviets have approximately
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
Negro jailed as
Result of Fiqhf

Willie Johnstone, FL Centro Ne
gro, was sentenced to 80 days in
the county jail for disturbing the
peace and Patsy Mcclure received
30 day suspended sentence Tues
day morning in Ell Centro police
court, following fight between the
two in east Ell Centro Sunday night.
In the only other police court
case R. Huerta, El Centre Mexican.
was entenced to five days in the
city Jail for drunkenness.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11

100 cannon, field guns and howitz-
ers placed on the opposite bank
of the river and the Japanese will
reply to any fire from them.
. A group of Russian prisoners in
terviewed by correspondents indi-
Gated unsatisfactory morale among
at least part of the Soviet troops
They said they were reservists re-
called to the colors at Perm, Siberia
on May 20 and were told that the
purpose of the call was for man.
euvers.
Speaking directly to a French
correspondent who knew Russian
the prisoners criticized the Soviet
regime and its care of the troops
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
POSTMASTER Club
Honors Outlook

Members of the Ell Centre Toast
Masters club, who defied hot wealth.
er customs by deciding to meet
throughout the summer, assembled
in full force at the California hotel
Monday night.
Bill Duflock's Nonsense Verse
earned him the title of the best
speaker of the evening. Robert
Elliott's delivery of Society Of
Friends" caused members to vote
him the speaker showing the great
est improvement.
The list of speakers included
Henry Jones, Bert Hamburger, Rus
sell Richmond and Fred Iltner
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11

and told with evident satisfaction
how they had surrendered as soon
as japanese machine gun fire be-
came heavy in their vicinity
Japanese control of all but a
small segment at the confluence OF
the Harha and Holstein rivers, Illus
trated usually by the commander
at the interview, which was held
within sight of the Harha river
about three miles from the conflu-
ence. Correspondents are permitted
to move freely in the immediate
vicinity of the front lines.
There was a fierce airplane en-
gagement over the frontier last
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
Pot Luck. Bridge
AtFIuke Home

A group of friends gathered at
the T. K. Fluke home Saturday
night for pot luck. supper and
game of contract. Winners were
Mr. Fluke and Mrs. Colon Barrett.
Other guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
George King. Les Blackman and
Colon Barrett.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11

Miss Anita and Helena Vinfrido
left Saturday for New Mexico where
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
INDIAN SENTENCED
AS TRAFFIC VIOLATOR

WINTERHAVEN, July 11.-How-
ard Escalante, 43-year-old Indian,
will spend 100 days in the county
Jail for violation of two traffic
ordinances here this weekend. He
was sentenced by Judge T. E. White
for drunk Griving and failure to
have an operators license.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11

daughter Ethelina left Monday for
an extensive trip throughout the
Pacific northwest for the month of
July. In August they will board
ship at Seattle for trip to Skag-
way. The Fair at San Francisco
the big trees and many points of in
terest in both Washington state and
in British Columbia are included
in their itinerary.
Miss Lillian Shawley, daughter
of Mrs. Don c. Paulus, and Emo
gene Blackard, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. F.. Blackard, left last week.
end for Los Angeles. They plan
to spend some time at Catalina,
and will complete their fortnight's
vacation at the San Diego beaches
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuzzy Davis plan
to leave this morning for Dallas,
Texas, where they will visit rela-
tives and friends throughout the
state. They will return to the valley
early in August.
Following a six-week vacation In
Oklahoma, where they visited rela-
tives, Mrs. Jesse Wadell and son
j. w. returned to Ell Centro Monday
morning.
warren Currier was one of the
visitors at Rockefeller Center, ac-
cording to word received from Time
and Life library in that building.
Currier is in the east where he re-
Gently attended the Shrine conven-
ton. Mrs. Currier and Warren III
are in La Jolla for the season.
Mrs. Margaret Hedrick returned
Monday from San Francisco where
she attended the N.E.A.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.. Jones are en-
joying visit from their daughter.
Mrs William Bell of Los Angeles.
Mrs. Bell, who is teacher in the
Orange county schools, also attend
ed the N.E.A. She will remain with
the Jones while her husband, Lieut..
Bell is in San Diego with the Mar
inc Corps reserves.
Rev. and Mrs. D. w. Simpson and
family of Holtville are enjoying a
two weeks vacation in Live Oaks.
Places of interest In Arizona and
New Mexico will occupy two weeks
of the vacation of Mr.. and Mrs.
Aaron Gonzales who left Ell Gen.
tro Saturday. The rest of the month
they will spend in California, visit
ing the fair and relatives n Santa
Ana.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Duke plan to
leave Friday for San Francisco
where they will enjoy a months
vacation.
Lester Perrier spent the weekend
at Manzanita with his wife and
her mother, Mrs. Don Cooper, who
have taken a cottage there for the
summer. Other visitors at the Per-
rier home were Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Davis.
Mrs. Merrill C. Cole spent a few
days in the valley last week. The
Coles are at their summer home in
Live Oaks.
Brs. Guy Beynon and son Tom
my have taken an apartment in
Jacumba for the rest of the. sum-
mer. The other members of the
family will JON them over the
weekends.
Mrs. M. H. Gavin left Saturday
for San Diego where she will join
Mrs. w. r. Waltrip, formerly of
Heber, and together they will drive
to Fort Worth, Tex. They plan to
spend some time at Carlsbad Cav
erns ard other places en- route, and
later Mrs. Gavin will visit Mrs. F..
w. Fishburn in Missouri.
Mrs. Fred c. Smith and her faith
er, L. E. Rippy, returned this week
from Texas where they visited rela-
tives in Dallas, Fort Worth and Mrs.
Smiths family, the D. H. ShopshireS
of Alvarado.
Miss Anita and Helena Vinfrido
left Saturday for New Mexico where
n D..
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
TWO COUPLES APPLY

Two applications for marriage
licenses were filed with County
Clerk w. j. McClelland Monday.
Lionel Albert Sampson, Is, Ell Cen
tro, and Carmen Maria Mercado,
%, Holtyille; and James Bellwood
Whitehead, "a, and Irene Torok,
l9, Brawley residents, filed the ap-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-11
Calendar

TUESDAY
1. v. Gem and Mineral society
7, court house.
Legion, 8, Veterans hall.
WEDNESDAY
L. V. Stamp and Coin club, 1880.
Ice plant.
Eagles, 8, $50 Broadway,
Evening star., 1939-03-23
EccIes Challenges Congress
To Try Budget Balancing
Suggests Trial, but
Fears Step Would
Mean Disaster
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Chairman Mariner S. Eccles of
the Federal Reserve Board sug-
gested today that If Congress be-
Ieved balancing the budget would
restore prosperity. it should act ac-
cordingly without delay and with
out compromises for the benefit of
any special groups"
This would not be my program"
Mr.. Eccles told the Senate's Special
Silver Committee. but if, as would
appear. it is the program of the
majority, they should assume full
responsibility for it."
Reading from a prepared state
ment, the Federal Reserve head said
1t appeared that a majority of busi-
ness leaders were convinced the
Governments expenditures com
pete with and discourage private in
vestment in existing and in new
enterprise
"A majority in both Houses of
Congress have indicated they also
hold this view," he added.
while I am convinced that such
a policy Of retrench ment under
present conditions would have dis
astrous results, we live in a democ-
racy and, therefore, I believe that
Evening star., 1939-03-23

Of Oklahoma could not take part
IN the proceedings, his ofnce report
ed, because he had q prior engage
ment to attend q session of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors CONGRESS,
Two other members, Representatives
McGehee, Democrat, of Mississippi
and Bates, Republican, of Massa-
chusetts, are not In Washington.
The remaining two members,
Representatives Schwert, Democrat,
og New York and Dirksen, Republi-
can. Of Illinois, were said to be at
tending more important committee
meetings.
No date has been fixed for the
next hearing.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
BY ]. A. OLEARY.

Early agreement in conference be.
tween the two Houses on the modi-
fled Government reorganization bill,
the Senate passed yesterday, 63 tc
%, was predicted today by some Of
the House members in charge of the
measure.
The battle over the bill virtually
ended earlier in the day, when ad-
ministration forces mustered a mar
gin of two votes to strike out the
Wheeler amendment, which was de-
signed to preserve the right of both
branches Of Congress to approve
Presidential regrouping plans before
they take effect.
Both branches are now on record
for the House procedure to au-
thorize the President to outline con-
solidations Of bureaus performing
similar functions, which would &c
into effect 60 days after submission
to Congress unless both the House
and Senate pass a resolution of dis
approval in that time.
Cite Power of One Branch.
In fighting to substitute affirm
ative action, through the Wheeler
amendment, a coalition of Senate
Republicans and Democrats con-
tended the House plan of. negative
action is equivalent to allowing one
branch to make a reorganization
(See REORGANTZ1TT0N Paoe 7-37