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Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
Railroad Wants
Abandon Line

WASHINGTON, Sept. 81. (UP)
The Central Pacific railway to-
day asked the interstate commerce
commission for authority to aban-
don a 81 mile portion of its main
line in Shasta county, California.
The line, which has been operated
by the Southern Pacific company,
under lease, will be flooded as a
result of construction of the Shasta
dam. In a concurrent application
the Central Pacific asked authority
to acquire control of a 80 mile
line which the government is build
ing to replace the track.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
Arizona Lettuce
Men Cheered

PHOENIX, Sept. 81. UP)-Ari-
zona lettuce growers were cheered
today by reports that the Calf
ornia fall lettuce group would ma
ture ahead of schedule and hence
provide practically no competi-
tion for the local harvest.
Reports from Californias chief
lettuce raising area, the alinas
Valley, said the recent high tenn
peratures had spurred lettuce
growth and that harves here would
be completed before Arizona crops
reached maturity.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
biddIe 10 Remain
In France for U.S..

PARIS, Sept. 27. (UP)-The gov
ernment today authorized A. j.
Drexel Biddle, United States am
bassador to Poland, to continue his
diplomatic mission in France.
Biddle fled Poland ahead Of the
German invaders and he and North
Winship, embassy counsellor, es-
tablished a temporary Polish en-
bassy at the United States embassy
here. 1t was understood they would
follow the new Polish government
which is expected to be established
in some French provincial center.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
One Letter Makes
Lot of Difference

TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 27. UP)-
An expectant crowd gathered in
front of justice court here today
after reading the following sign on
court house bulletin board
Pima county home makers-love
making in justice court room
first floor"
Chagrined court house attend
ants dismissed the crowd with the
explanation that some practical
jokester had obliterated the letter
&c" on a sign advertising glove
making" class for housewives.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27

LONDON, Sept. 81. CUP)-Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer Sir John
Simon, presenting his supplement
tary war budget to crowded house
of Commons today, said that Brit
ain now is facing a total outlay
of nearly 2,0O00O0,O00 pounds ster-
ling tabout s8,08O,0O0,00O during
this financial year.
Simon said that he could not
guarantee that the recently voted
credit of 100000 pounds sterling
(about $4,000, ,OOO would cover all
to March 81, 1910.
Simon said it was impossible that
the whole expenditure for a war
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
hoIlander Says
Neutrality Safe

PHOENIX. Sept. 81. CUP)-Hol-
land will retain her neutrality in
the present European war, DR.. N.
Van Der Walle, Dutch bacteriolo-
gist, predicted today.
DR.. Van Der walle. in Phoenix
to confer with local specialists on
meteorological problems, said he did
not believe either the allies or Ger
many would violate Belgium or
Dutch neutrality.
I'VE are neutral" he said, in
tend to stay neutral-and I don't
believe other countries will violate
our neutrality"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
Valley FLA Boys
in Judging

FL Centre high schools Future
Farmer judging teams returned
from the Pomona fair this week
with the lions share of cups award
ed in livestock, dairy and poultry
judging contests.
The Ell Centro judging teams,
coached by Professor John Adams,
took first in livestock, first in dairy
and second in poultry. Adams point
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
NeW Books

At the Ell Centre Public Library
FICTION
The Brand Blotters-Robert Ames
Bennett
Dynasty of Death = Taylor Cald-
well
Magna-Zona Gale
Patricia = Grace Livingston Hill
LutZ
If We Only Had Money-Lee Ship
pey
Mountain Cat-Rex Stout
NON-FICTION
Powder River-Stru.hers Burt
Inside Asia-John Gunther
We Shall Live Again = Maurice
Hindus
Doctor Here's Your Hat-Joseph A.
Jerger, M. D.
Factories In The Field-Carey Nc
Williams
A Practical Cat Book-Ida Mellen
Wind, Sand and Stars-Antoine de
Saint Exupery.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
Howard Funeral
Planned Thursday

Funeral services for James A
Howard, rs, Imperial Valley pio-
neer who died Tuesday, will be held
at the Lemons chapel at 1890 am
Thursday.
The Rev. Mr. p j. Smith, pastor
Of the Seeley Community church,
will officiate at the rites. Burial
was scheduled for Evergreen ceme-
terry.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
King Carol

just value, subordinating them to
spiritual value, the crisis which has
been tormenting the world for so
many years cannot be surmounted.
If men heed the pope's warning
only then will true and just peace
once again shine throughout the
world"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
INTEND TO WE'D

An application for a marriage Ii
cense was filed at the county clerks
office Tuesday by P. D. Ware, 90,
and Dorothy La Beau, 81, Brawley
residents.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-27
LICENSE ISSUED

LICENSE ISSUED
Joe Zumstein, 23, Holtville, and
Paula Mathis, II, Ell Centre, OBJ
tanned a marriage license from
County Clerk w. j. McClelland
Tuesday
Evening star., 1939-01-21
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improved, but will also stay that
way for many a day to come.
Did you ever stop to think of how
nice it would be to have small
gas heater in your house which you
could turn on independently of the
main plant, and still have an ample
supply of heat for most of the es-
tablishment?
A handsome unit is now on the
market which does just that and
also supplies complete humidifi-
cation. air circulation and deodor-
izing facilities. Housed in a ma
hogany- finished steel cabinet, it
can either be placed in the living
quarters of the house or it can be
set up down in the cellar and
connected with metal ducts.
The heating end of the job is
done with a cast iron heat ex-
changer in back of which is located
a six-bladed propeller fan, and the
various gas valves for automatic
operation, thermostatic controls and
other accessories are all inclosed
under the same compact case. The
humidifier is of the pan type and
will satisfactorily humidity the en-
tire house, according to the manu-
facturers
A major feature is the ionizing
deodorizer which will dissipate
odors from tobacco smoke and cook
ing. This idea is quite new in units
of this sort and should certainly
prove a very important adjunct to
any household, large or small.
Evening star., 1939-01-21
Maids Room Usually
Can Be Included

In planning q new home, the
prospective owner should make pro-
visions for a maids room If the
family needs demand a servant.
The minimum room space per-
mitted in homes built under the
insured mortgage system of the
Federal Housing Administration can
be sufficient for comfortable maid S
quarters. Built-in furniture is par
ticularly adaptable to a room of
this type and serves to make the
greatest use of small amount of
space. Even the bed may be built
in, and further economy in space
can be achieved by placing drawers
for storage underneath. A desk,
bookshelf, and drop-leaf table may
Evening star., 1939-01-21
10000 Families
Expected 10 Burn
Association Liens
Estimate for 1899
Involves Mortgages
Made in 1927

At least 10000 families will make
the final payments clearing of the
mortgages on their homes during
1899, the United States Building
and Loan League anticipates, from
its survey Of the contractual pay
ments savings, building and loan
associations are likely to get from
their borrowers this year. Clarence
T. Rice, president of the league, says
that the great majority of these
loans were made in 1927, the average
savings and loan mortgage at that
time being arranged to run for II
years and months with monthly
repayments.
At least 10000 to $4,000 mortgage
loans consummated before 1927 will
be paid off this year, as a result
of having been reflnanced by the
associations during the depression
to help the borrower carry through.
These debts are being settled any,
where from IL to II years from the
time they were incurred, Mr.. Rice
pointed out
Closes 100000, 900 Obligations.
The league head estimates that
this wiping out of debts will clear
away about $50 100000 of mortgage
obligations. In addition he pointed
out there will be a reduction of some
S570000,000 in all remaining home
mortgage Indebtedness through
monthly repayments on younger
loans: S360000,0O on those held by
building and loan associations,
$l65 000,0 900 to $4,000, 900 on those
of the Home Owners Loan Corp,
and $45 100000 to $5O,OOO,O0O on
those Of financial institutions max
ing their monthly repayment loans
with F. H. A. mutual insurance.
The year probably will see net
increase in the amount of mortgage
loans outstanding on peoples homes
because we are again on the up
swing in real estate and mortgage
lending activity" said Mr.. Rice.
Since 1881 the amount paid off or
otherwise liquidated on the exist
ing home mortgage debt more than
offset any new debts incurred each
year, but it seems likely that around
ST 900 100000 new debt will be added
and when the amount repaid is sub
tracted from that, We still have a
margin to add to the total existing
Evening star., 1939-01-21
Realtors Schedule
OF PurIeys Completed

With announcement of the date
for the New England Regional Con-
ference, the National Association
of Real Estate Boards completes
the schedule of major real estate
conferences for this year. The New
England meeting will be held in
New Haven on April 7 and 8.
The conference of the Central
Atlantic region, which will include
realtors from the District, Mary
land and Virginia and other States
In the area. will be held in At
lantic City on May II and 13. Other
conferences scheduled follow: South
Central region, Dallas, Tex, Janu-
ary q and %; Great Lakes region,
Cincinnati, March 20 and 81; South
east region, Hollywood, Fla, April
81 and %; Northwest region. Seat
tie, June 9 and 10, and North Cen
tral region, Duluth. June Is and 16
The national convention will be held
this year in Los Angeles the week
of october %.
Evening star., 1939-01-21
BY LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

Does your house suffer from ef-
florescence of the walls? Many
houses with brick walls have bad
cases of it, AS the name implies, it
means a "blossoming forth" and
you know your house has it when
you see large splotches of white
all over the brick interior or places
where the paint decoration is crack
ing off.
Of course many people like this
effect of age, particularly on small
Colonial houses, but if you happen
to want the brick work. stucco or
cement on your house to look spic
and span it is now simple matter
to correct this ailment. In the past
it has been a difficult job to take
these spots off in the first place
and an even more difficult task to
keep them from coming back. Some
people have washed down the walls
with zinc, sulphate solutions, or
murlatic acid. but these have all
been corrective measures after the
damage has been done.
Engineers have now found the
cause of the trouble and an easy
cure, according to leading paint ex-
perts. They say that the white
patches are caused by water getting
into the walls where it diSsolves
the salts which are present in the
brick and mortar. The water then
brings the salts to the surface where
the sun and wind dry them out
and leave the eff1orescence. Any
paint which may be on the surface
is promptly pushed off by this &C
ton, and sometimes it combines
with the oils in the paint to make
soap which runs down the walls and
makes another type of blotch.
An answer to the problem is to go
over the walls with a solution made
up of new chemical and kero-
sene. Kerosene is used because of
its great penetrating power and slow
evaporation. and the chemical is
thus carried deep below the sur
face. This chemical is not a sealer,
but instead arrests the capillary ac-
ton which goes on beneath the
surface, thus preventing the action
of the moisture which would ordi-
narily deposit the white patches on
the outside
Because of the fact kerosene is
used in this process it is not pos
sible to use ordinary oil paints for
the final finish, but a special syn
thetic resin paint is applied which
effectively seals the walls against
the ravages of the weather. In this
way you can be sure that the ex-
terror of your home will not only be
Evening star., 1939-01-21

mortgage debt. This will repre-
sent an about-face in the Nations
general process of a declining pri-
vate debt"
Many Cleared in Depression.
Mr.. Rice said that this years
anticipated cancellation Of mort
cages will bring the total of homes
paid out of debt to building and loan
associations since 1890 up to 800 900,
several thousand having cleared The
title to their homes even during the
worst years of the depression be-
cause they were able to keep up
their contractual payments.
The savings, building and loan as
sociations which always have made
their loans on basis of monthly re-
payments of the principal, made
some 100000 mortgage loans in 1927,
the year when most of the loans be-
ing paid off this year originated, 1t
was pointed out. The league head
estimates the fate of those advances
roughly as follows: $4,000 have
been paid according to the original
contract and will be settled by the
time that was in the original mind
of the borrower, lie. this year; 200,-
900 of them were refinanced by the
savings, building and loan associa-
ton sometime between 1931-1935,
providing for smaller monthly pay
ments and therefore longer period
for paying out; 125,000 were paid off
in a shorter period Of time than the
11l2-year average term of the build
ing and loan association, since many
loans at that time were also made
for about 6.s years duration; some
10000 of the loans were refinanced
by the Home Owners Loan Corp.
and thus their time for repayment
extended for Is years; on about So
600 titles reverted to the association
either through voluntary act OF the
borrower or through repossession.
Evening star., 1939-01-21
Extension Of F. H. A.
Urqed by Lumber Body

Pointing to the deplorable condi-
ton of so per cent of American
homes, as revealed in a recent sur
vey of 100000 dwellings conducted
by the Works Progress AdminisIra-
ton, the National Retail Lumber
Dealers Association today urged the
extension of title l of the National
Housing Act-the property improve
ment credit plan-after its expira-
ton July /.
The need for this legislation,
which enables property owners to
borrow up to $4,000 for the renova-
ticn and modernization of homes
and business establishments, is
forcibly demonstrated by the find
ings of the Government survey,
Spencer D. Baldwin. chairman Of
the associations Legislative Com
mittee, declared.
only 40 per cent of the houses
reported on. representing 2O3 urban
communities. are listed by w. P. A.
as in good condition." Baldwin
said. Sixteen per cent were rated
in the w. P. A. report as unfit for
use
When title ! was in effect origi-
nally-from the fall OF 1884 through
April, 1937-more than s56O.000, 900
worth Of property improvements
were financed under the plan. 1t
was allowed to expire, however, and
was not reinstated as an activity
of the Federal Housing Administra-
| ton until February of last year.
Since then approximately 100000
900 in property improvement work
has resulted through private flnan-
cial institutions lending funds un-
der F.. H. A. insurance"
Renewal of the law permitting
F. H A. to insure these loans is
considered of such vital Importance
to members Of the National Retail
Lumber Dealers Association and
the $4,000 lumber and building ma
terial retailers affiliated through its
% regional and State associations,
that 1t is being made a part Of vir-
tually every convention program at
the annual meetings of these groups
in ali parts of the country during
the first quarter of this year.
Evening star., 1939-01-21
Color Styling in Kitchen

Color styling has reached even the
kitchen furniture which now moves
into the limelight with improved
styling and attractive finish. accord
ing to style reviews of the furniture
market. For 1899 important color
notes will be blue combined with
white, gray with white and yellow
Pastel tones also will rank highly
If furniture is waxed after painting.
incidentally, the finish will be more
easily preserved and will keep clean
longer.
Evening star., 1939-01-21

be built in to complete the neces-
sary furnishings. Pastel shades may
be used in decorations to reflect the
greatest amount of light and give
an added feeling Of spaciousness.
BY exercising extreme care in
planning. the home builder should
be able to include in a small house
a room that is adequate and attrac-
tive yet does not infringe upon the
space required for family use.
Evening star., 1939-01-21

The Netherlands will take steps
to stimulate business in the middle
class trades.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-31
:
Britain And
France Are
Much Upset
Molotoff Calls Mu-
tual Aid Proposal In
adequate, but Leaves
Door Slightly Ajar;
Russia Will Defend
Outer Mongolia to
Bitter End

Moscow, May 31.-(AP)-
Premier and Foreign Minister
Molotoff tonight rejected as in
adequate the latest British
French mutual aid pact propo-
sal, but left the door slightly
ajar in case London and Paris
are willing to meet Moscow's
position.
Skeptically and caustically,
he described British-French eff
forts to build a block of nations
as insufficient and ineffective,
and said: "It is impossible to
think now whether they want
to end aggression"
At the same time, he made clear
that Russia is not rejecting in ad-
vance any effort by Berlin for more
normal Soviet-German relations.
Trade negotiations with Berlin, he
said, "may be resumed"
He outlined Russia's position in a
long-aWaited speech on foreign af-
fairs to the Supreme Soviet or Par
lament
Molotoff declared that Russia must
be vigilant and remember Joseph
Stalin's warning "about pulling
chestnuts out of the fire" (for Bri-
tain and France).
He announced the Soviet Union
would defend the frontiers of Outer
Mongolia "as firmly as our own.''
Among those listening to his ad-
dress were the entire diplomatic
corps and-seated among the depu-
ties of the Supreme Soviet-former
Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff.
Molotiff said that the largest Bri-
tish-French offers showed that "the
principle of reciprocity with Russia
in any mutual aid agreement had
been accepted, but modified by
many clauses, SO that it may be only
formal"
He said no progress had been made
with regard to the small countries
on Russia's borders. Britain and
France, he stated, only think Of those
whom they have guaranteed. The
Soviet Union is not what it was in
1921" Molotoff continued eve are
compelled to remind the world of
this, for it seems that even our neigh
bors forget it. 1t is time to under
stand that we will not tolerate viola
ton of our frontiers. aas
''NoW about Outer Mongolia. Ac-
cording to our mutual assistance
agreement, we must help guard her
Continued on Page Four)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-31

meals so he'll have time to eat.
But while the communicants are
in a dither over the prospect of the
visit of royalty, Mr.. Wilson is TAX
ing it with clerical calm.
A tall, angular, middle-aged man,
who has been President Roosevelt's
rector for ten years, he told report
ers with a smile:
eve realize it is a great honor
that our church will be the only one
in the United States at which their
majesties will worship. It will be
historic But then the church is
already rich in history"
All the $50 eligible parish mem
bers want to be on hand, and hun
dreds Of other persons. But the two
sections Of pews, separated by red
carpeted aisle, will hold only 200.
And 80 seats have been set aside for
the parties of the British rulers and
the President
Members of the church who attend
most regularly will be allotted seats.
Others must stand on the law and
gravel drives and walks outside.
Each, whether he goes in or re-
mains outside, must have a ticket
bearing his name
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-31
Deckhouse
May Be From
Missing Boat

Manteo, May 31.-(AP)-A United
States coast guard flier from Nor
folk, Va, aiding a search for three
crewmen for the Belhaven sloop
Carrie Mears'', missing since Sun
day, reported today sighting green
deckhouse afloat two and a half
miles south of the Chicamacomico
station.
The station, 20 miles south of here,
quoted the flier as saying he saw
men on the deck house. The cross
trees of the craft also were visible
above the surface, he said.
Boats from the Oregon Inlet and
Ocracoke stations have been patrol
ing Pamlico Sound since yesterday,
when apprehension was expressed
for the safety of the three men, Cap
tain Eddie Keech, Leslie Edwards
and Cecil Roberts, all of Belhaven.
The 60foot sloop, owned by Bel
haven hardware firm, was last re-
ported seen Sunday afternoon trying
unsuccessfully to reach port at Hat
teras, across the sound, in heavy seas.
A power boat was dispatched from
the Chicamacomico station to the
spot where the deckhouse was seen.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-31

Divers Place
Connections
On Submarine

Portsmouth, N. H., May 31.-(AP)
Navy divers, toiling on the task of
raising the sunken submarine Squa-
lus and her rs dead, descended 240
feet below the surface today, to at
tach connections with which to build
UP air pressure in the submarines
Water-free forward compartments.
The operation was one of the pre-
liminaries to the salvage plan, which
called for attaching heavy chains
and pontoons to the sunken craft
forward and aft, and raising her
little at the tin~e, gradually moving
her to shallowar water. Once in
water 100 to 12O feet deep, salvage
officials said, the problem of bring
ing the submarine to the surface
would be greatly simplified.
Building up of air pressure in the
forward compartments, which were
not flooded when the Squalus sank
May %, was necessary, they ex-
planned, to support not only the
hull, but especially bulkheads now
resisting water pressure of 100
pounds per square inch. The sal
v1ge workers are counting upon
maintaining the buoyancy of the
forward section in the task of rails
| ing the Squalus to the surface.s
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-31
Conviction
Durham Negro
Is Sustained

Raleigh May 31.-(AP)-The State
Supreme Court upheld today death
sentence imposed in Durham county
on Ed Aston, Negro, convicted OF
the murder of jamie Wilkerson, 1O3-
year-old NegresS.
The court decided % cases and an
nounced it would meet June 16 to
hand down opinions again. 1t has 81
undecided spring term cases.
Chief Justice w. P. Stacy wrote
the opinion finding no error in the
trial of Aston before Superior Court
Judge S. }. Erwin, Jr. The opinion
said the defendant failed to contend
at the proper time ION the prelim-
mary inquiry as to competency that
an alleged confession was involuntary
The court also found no error in
the judges charge in respect to a
possible manslaughter verdict AL
ston robbed the aged Negress after
hitting her in the head.
The decision said sets Alston's
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