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Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
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Political INT as
Session Nears
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ance bill.
5. Lee bill for insurance of long
term, loW-interest farm mortgages.
Bills passed by the house but not
by the senate included:
l. Authorization of munitions
sales to Latin-America.
2. Stricter immigration, deporta-
ton and alien-detention powers.
The long delayed house investiga-
ton of the national labor relations
board has begun to develop the
evidence which critics of the legis-
lation assert warrants amendment
of the act and Shake-up of board
personnel. The house committee on
appropriations is expected to report
during the approaching session on
its investigation of the Works Prof.
ectS administration. A senate COM
mittee which has been investigating
unemployment and relief also is
scheduled to announce its findings.
AS proposed by Mr.. Roosevelt, the
sepnding-lending bill called for
$3,060000,000 to be loaned over
period of years for municipal prof.
ectS, highways, railroad equipment.
rural electrification, farm tenant
aid and foreign loans through the
exportimport bank. The senate
reduced the sum to $1,615, 900 900.
AS reported to the house. the bill
called for 81 .95000O,000 but the house
refused even to consider it this year.
National defense appropriations
are likely to top $4,000, 100000 next
session and Mr.. Roosevelt is re-
ported to be considering income.
excise and estate tax increases to
cover some S50o000OO0 of that ex-
nenditure. A tax bill in a presi-
dental election year would be un-
usual, but the alternative of an up
ward trend in treasury deficit
figures probably you'd be equally
distasteful to the party in control.
whether Democrat or Republican.
The treasury is likely to reach
the limit of its borrowing authority
during 1910. The national debt was
near $4,000 100000 as of Dec. 20
and the statutory limit of national
Indebtedness is 000,000,O0O An
administration move to raise the |
unit this year was baked by con-
Servative Democrats led by Chair
man Pat Harrison, D.. Miss, of the |
senate finance committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
California Carries Biggest Cash
Deficit in History at End of Year

Unemployment relief jumped from
Sl8,149, ,23l in 1888 to SIG, ,739, ,467, an
increase of $1,590,236. Another item
adding to increased expenditures
was payment of $2,400,000 as the
first annual redemption change on
the relief bonds of 1884.
Collection of insurance company
taxes on an annual rather than
semi annual basis accounted for a
revenue increase of $3,556, ,085. Other
increases in revenue were sales and
us tax, $2,894,076; inheritance tax,
$1,115,660; liquor tax and licenses,
S176,487: motor vehicle license fees,
$l65.759; motor vehicle transporta-
ton taxes, $1i3,473; private car tax,
$6,243: and miscellaneous taxes,
$1O2, ,320.
Chief revenue sources showing
decreases were corporation franchise
and income taxes, $1,786,066, and
personal income taxes, $387,873.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
Christmas Tragedy
List IncIudesI I.V.
Automobile Death

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Withrow, were injured. They were
expected to recover.
Ignacio Leon, was near death in
the county hospital Tuesday. He
was injured Monday night when
car struck a guard rail on canal
bridge AZ miles east of Brawley at
1920 Monday night. Henry Navarro
was arrested by Highway Patrol
man Walter Walsh as the man sus-
pected of driving the car which
crashed.
Mrs. Mary Boyd, 528 Blair street,
Calexico, was injured at 1:30 am.
Tuesday when a car sideswiped
machine in which she was riding
north of CaleXico. Frank Contrero,
her son-in-law and driver of the
car, said he chased the car which
struck his and the driver deliber-
ately sioeswiped his machine again.
The first collision broke several
bottles of milk carried in the ton
neau and showered the occupants
with milk.
Two persons were injured five
miles east of Brawley this weekend
when an automobile missed a turn
and rolled over in a field Ora Sin
gleton, %, Pasadena, and Johnnie
o. Miller, %, Ell Centre, the injured
persons, were expected to recover.
Miller was driving the car.
Andrew Crawford, 81, pea picker,
1Dc @f hi lor
north of BraWley and the car left
the highway and rolled over in &
field. Crawford and Levin Great
house, %, passenger were slightly
injured
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
Lions Club Honors
Young Guests

Ell Centro Lions club members
played host Tuesday to 40 children
at their annual Christmas party at
the Barbara Worth hotel.
Gifts from the Christmas tree
we're distributed to the children af-
ter the youngsters enjoyed a tur-
key dinner and a glass of milk
apiece.
A balloon blowing up" contest
was staged among the youthful
guests by the party committee, Bert
Fawcett, chairman, Earl Brinnon
and Willis Carey.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
Reds Turn Guns
On Finnish City
For Bombardmenf
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Russian planes were shot down.
There was an unofficial report that
10 were downed.
Authorities ordered the immediate
evacuation of all persons who can
be spared from Viipuri. which ap-
parently meant that it would be
almost totally cleared of civilians.
The city, on the gulf of Finland,
normally has population of about
10000 but it had been reduced pre-
viously to 1000 persons. Tonight
trains were made up to take an
other 1000 persons from the CITY
Tho bombardment of Viinuri. one
Of Finland's LARGEST and most i'm
portant cities, had been carried on
by artillery and airplane for two
days. Soviet airplanes also ranged
elsewhere along the gulf of Finland
coast.
Over Christmas weekend, it was
stated in official sources, a total
of 40 civilian centers in southern
Finland were bombed. The inten-
sified Russian attacks seemed to
indicate an attempt to speed up the
drive toward Viipuri and Helsinki
by way of the Karelian isthmus.
But out on the fighting lines, the
Firms say that they are winning
new victories. They say that now
following up Russian retreat, they
have cut their way across the
frontier north of Lake Ladoga to
take the war, for the first time,
onto Russian soil, and to threaten
the Leningrad-Murmansk railroad
which Is the vital artery of supply
to the Russian far north army.
Three Russian tanks have been
destroyed, two field guns captured
and two companies of Russian in
fantry routed in latest operations.
Finnish communiques say, and Fin
nish coastal batteries have sheIled
the Russian 23,6OO ton battleship
Marat.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS. Ell CENTRIC. CALF.
Fl Centre Shows
Business Gains

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up eight per cent above last Decem-
Der and predicted that the total
would equal the largest month on
record, set in 1897.
Reports from smaller merchants
were equally bright, with many rec
ords falling by the wayside.
The last minute rush, that brought
an unparalleled late buying volume.
was due at least in part to the late
arrival OF winter weather. The
movement of heavy goods was de-
layed by warm days but the zero
hour turn more than counter bal
anced this, the survey revealed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
Pope Welcomes FIR
Envoy for Peace
In European War
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dent His Holiness profound graft
tude for the choice of the Honorable
Myron Taylor as the representative
of the president. :"
"The Holy Father desires to as
sure the president that his repre-
sentative will be cordially received
in a manner befitting the highly
important mission entrusted TO him."
the letter said.
"The Holy Father inyokes the
heavenly assistance of Almighty God
on the occasion of Christmas upon
the President of the United States
and the whole American nation" ="
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
Frank 6. Forward
Points Out Market

Imperial Valley ranchers should
cash in" on the market created
by the $4,000 population of Navy
men and the 100000 other residents
of the San Diego area, Frank G.
Forward, president of the San Diego
chamber of commerce said Tuesday,
while on a visit to Imperial Valley.
"The Navy market is a good one"
he said. "and the government pays
cash. The Navy demands the best.
1t seems to me that is one OF the
best and closest markets Imperial
Valley has
Forward was accompanied by
Thomas M. Hamilton, attorney and
vice president of the highway de-
velopment association of San Diego
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26

SACRAMENTO, Dec. &c. CUP)-
California neared the end of 1899
carrying a general cash deficiency
of $55,637,821, largest in history.
State Controller Harry B. Riley
reported today.
When the states books were tabu-
lated for the first five months of
the present fiscal year, ending Nov
30 the deficiency was $28,395, ,295
greater than for the same date a
year ago and $4,503,544 more in the
red than on June 30, 1899.
Only encouraging note in the re-
port was a slight upswing in rev.
enues, from SGT 1853 for the first
five months in 1888 to $73,289,919
in 1885, Expenditures rose corres-
pondingly. however, with $70,841 ,507
in 1888 and 1921 ,636 in 1899.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
Marcus |. Curtis
Rites So!enlnized

Funeral services for Marcus l..
Curtis, 10, rancher of the Seeley
area and director of the Imperial
Valley Asparagus Growers associa-
tion, were held in Los Angeles Tues
day.
He died in Los Angeles Sunday.
Curtis had lived in Imperial VAL
ley for 20 years and his ranch
northwest of Seeley, Curtis Gardens,
was considered a model of agri-
cultural development. His survivors
included his wife; and two sons,
Foster of Martinez, and H. j. of
Burbank.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
Mrs. Ray Johnson
Dies in San DIEGO

Mrs. Ray d. Johnson, so, wife of
an Ell Centro attorney. died in San
Diego Monday night, friends in FL
Centre were informed Tuesday.
Funeral services were scheduled
for the Bonham Brothers chapel in
San Diego Tuesday afternoon. She
had lived in Imperial Valley for 10
years prior to her death.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-26
Hull Defies Foes
OF Trade Treaties
ToProbe Results
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Dor.
THE groups responsible for this
failure we'll may be asked for more
convincing qualifications before they
are considered as lifted to instruct
those who are now seeking to re-
store the nation from the sorry
mess into which embargo tariff
policies chiefly plunged it."
Hull made his statement at
press conference after he had dis
cussed the Argentine negotiations
with President Roosevelt and the
chief of the trade agreements sec
ton, Henry Grady.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-04
LABOR DAY PROGRAM

The Labor Day Celebration Committee has made engagements for the following Labor Day Sep ember fourth
 This program sponsored by the following organizations
 MINERS UNION-Loca No. 2O3
 SAWNfII4L WORKERS-Loca No 2685
 JUNEAU LADIES' AUXILIARY-No. 34 INDUSTRIAL UNION-No S82
 COLD STORAGE wORKERS-No. 1-41
 INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE-W.
 K. Billings
 LONGSHOREMEN-L No 1-16
 TRANSPORT WORKERS-Local No 172
 CANNERY WORKERS-Local 269 All members of the aforementioned organizations urged parade other unions aternal organizations here, who parade cordially invited to participate All children urged to step into the parade
 PARADE TO form the square at the municipal dock at South Franklin Street starting from there promptly at ten o'clock A. Line of march, Up Franklin Street. turn ing left Front Street continuing on to Main turning right Fourth, turning right to Franklin turning right thence down to place where first formed marchers to be disbanded there.
 FREE SHOW FOR ALL KIDDIES at the Coliseum Theatre starting o'clock P. Following this show will be distributed at the Union Hall FROM 6:3O P. M TO TOO P. M a radio address will delivered KINY by Ducker. The topic "The Unity of Labor < AT TEN P M there will be dance at Union Hall free all members their families and their friends Sandwiches coffee will be served while the dance going
 EXTENDING OUR THANKS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE who has helped give this publicity and to those mentioned who have cooperated in any way help make this program success.
 Respectfully submitted,
 LABOR DAY CELEBRATION
 COMMITTEE
 JOHN COvICH Secretary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-04
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17
Landernan Tells
4.H Club Growth
At Center Meets

Growth of Imperial Valleys All
club work and progress made by
the organization. and separate mem
l9ers of the organization were out
tired at meetings oss the Jasper
and Pose Mesquite farm centers
this week.
Lee LanGerman, assistant county
agent and club director told Ill
persons at the Rose Mesquite center
Thursday night and a large turn
out at the Jasper center Friday.
that the present All club long
range program will develop progress
sive. dependable farmers who will
assure the future of this valley.
Club work. Landerman says,
starts the youngster farming. Small
enterprises at the present time pre-
sage property ownership in the
future. Property ownership is a
Euarartee that Imperial Valley will
continue to thrive as the nations
leading agricultural area.
Rose Mesquite Alters staged a
successful bazaar and Christmas
program highlighted activity at the
Jasper center.
Frank Beyschlag and l. G. Goar
we're featured speakers at a meet
ing of the Meloland farm center
Friday night at Meloland school.
Beyschlag outlined farm econo-
mics and Goar spoke on tile drain
age
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17
BY GEORGE WINWRIGHT
Assistant County Agent

In the spring Of 1880 the Agri-
cultural Extention Service started
a series of field tests to determine
silage varieties satisfactory from
both yield and quality basis as
there was considerable complaint
among dairymen that the silage re-
sulting from silage varities in use
up to that time was too sour and
many were interested in getting a
variety which would yield we'll
and yet furnish iced which would
not get so sour in the silo.
Farmers have cooperated in con-
ducting these tests in all parts of
the valley and during each of the
past ten years. The average Of all
tests for each variety are shown as
follows:
Atlas sorgo, 2769 tons per acre;
Honey sorghum 21.91 tons per acre;
Selected Hegari % tons per acre;
Mexican June corn 1870 tons per acre
Arizona dent corn 18 tons per arce
Early Sumac tons per acre;
Orange Prolific To tons per acre
The results appear to be con-
elusive in favor of Atlas sorgo or
Hegari, since the silage made from
honey sorghum gets too sour to be
desirable. The Atlas has the ad-
vantage of standing up better than
the Hegari and also is naturayy
tall growing variety. The Hegari
has tendency to grow shorter and
increase in grain yield unless seed
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17
First Center
Director TRAINING
ParIey Scheduled

A program to improve farm center
programs and in turn improve liv-
ing conditions in Imperial countys
farm homes will be outlined Tues
day night at a meeting of farm
center directors at training con-
ference, according to Lee Lander
man, assistant county agent.
Farm center directors interested
in the program will meet at the
English Village Coffee shop for din
ner and the first in series of
training conferences, Landerman
said.
A long range program to urge
moderni2ation of farm homes will
be discussed, Landerman said, be-
cause one of the first requisites of
successful farming is satisfactory
living conditions.
More pleasant surroundings for
ranch houses will be urged includ-
ing home Identification plans will
be discussed by the directors at
Tuesday nights conference.
A constructive program will be
worked out, Landerman said. Com
mittees in each center will work out
individual problems. Some COM
mittee already considered under
such a program are: Farm and
home committee, All club commit
tee, poultry, meat animal, dairy,
soils and field crop.
There is an unlimited field in
which to work, Landerman said,
and if center directors pitch in to
first improve their center programs,
then urge general improvement of
farming conditions in the valley, the
plan is certain to be a success.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17
determination on
Farm Changes
Rural Life

Mechanization of agriculture and
rural unemployment are swiftly
changing the pattern of farm labor
into a way OF life that does not
offer stability of residence, security,
adequate income, or wholesome en-
Vironment to hundreds of families
involved, according to w. w AL
eXander. administrator of the Farm
Security.
Reporting that during the last
fiscal year the FSA increased the
number of its camps for migratory
agricultural workers to meet pres
sing need, Alexander said:
Two current trends In Ameri-
can agriculture, mechanization and
rural unemployment, are swiftly
changing the pattern of farm labor.
This development means new way
of life for the agricultural wor-
ker, which so far does not offer
stability of residence. security, ade-
quate income, or wholesome en-
vironment.'
The FSA Administrator said that
since 1880 hundreds of farm ia
miles have been pushed off the
land" by drought, foreclosure, or
mechanization.
Most of these uprooted families,
he added, were forced to take to
the highways in search of work.
Few found work in industry: the
cities were already filled with the
unemployed. For the most part the
Jobs they found were seasonal day
labor in the only trade they knew
farming.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17
Valley Ships 80b5
Tons Of Hay in
3.Week Period

Hay shipments from the Imperial
Valley remained about steady dur
ing the past three weeks as hay
growers moved 8065 tons to the
Los Angeles market in that period
according to a report Saturday by
the Federal-State market service.
The Los Angeles markets were
steady to firm and the moderately
heavier receipts were absorbed puite
readily at prices largely unchanged
from a week ago. Prolonged drought
and the rapid deterioration of pas
lures in this area tended to stimu-
late sales during the forepart of
the week.
Market steadiness was due largely
to the comparatively strong holding
tendency of growers, combined with
a good outlet to livestock feeders, as
of october l, 1899 in nearby pro-
ducing sections were reported of
consideraly smaller volume than the
supplies a year earlier, with the
better quality hay this season of
unusually small amount.
A comparativel yfirm tone con-
tinued in nearby producing sec
tions due to strong holding ten
dency by growers, combined with
quite an active demand recently
from livestock feeding interests. Lii
beral tonnages of hay have been
taken by that class of trade dur
ing the past 60 days, which re-
suits in considerable reduction in
supplies of marketable hay. Mar
ketings of no. l alfalfa from gro
wers in the Antelope Valley were re-
ported very slow and of small ton
mage at less than $500 per ton
baled at the ranch from storage
piles. In the Imperial Valley sales
of no. 2 leafy alfalfa we're diff
cult to consumate at less than $3.50
to $500 per ton and similar grad
ing hay in the lower San Joaquin
Valley was being marketed very
slowly at less than $1,000 to $3.50
per ton baled at the ranch from
storage stocks.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17

This total vote for the State does
not include approximately 100 votes
which were challenged due 10 gro
wers voting in communities other
than their residences,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17
War in Europe
Cuts Down u. 5.
Export Trade

War in Europe has caused eX-
ports of farm products from the
United States to be smaller than
they would have been if. the war
mad not started, members of the
agricultural advisory council were
told Saturday in a special report
prepared by the Bureau of Agri-
cultural economics.
The report to the Council states
that little change in imports of
agricultural products has been oc-
casioned by war during the first
three months of the conflict. Taking
a forward look, the report con-
cludes that if European war con-
tinueS through the current mar
kening year:
Imports of farm products will
not be greatly affected.
The tonnage of United States farm
products exported will be somewhat
less than it would have been had
Europe stayed at peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17

northern California in 1881 and Lee
Tandernen WIS anpointed assist
ant 10 Beyschlag. Other assistants
who served were RAYMOND Ellis, ar
Toe Hertel. Ellis was sent to the
valley in the early 20s when the
valley growers planted a large
ac~eage Of grapes.
Rodent control was one Of the
earlv problems with which the ex-
tension service was forced to deal
as it was one of the areas most
serious farm problems. Demonstra-
tons in rodent control were staged
to show farmers newest methods
Agricultural Commissioner Harrigan
joineo in these demonstrations.
Other earlv projects of the ex-
tension service, some of which have
been carried down through the
aes. were silage demonstrations anc
drainage discussion meetings.
Todav's staff is composed OF
Frank Bevschlag. farm advisor
George Winwright and Lee Lander
man. assistants. and Miss Florence
Glenn. home demonstration agent.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17

The yield of Silage secured on the
fields from which these records
were taken was 16 tons per acre
making a cost of $1.36 per ton for
growing the crop. The total cost OF
harvesting and delivering the crop
into a trench silo was $1.25 per ton
making a total cost of $2.61 per
ton for silage.
This cost represents trucking
charge for hauling the silage Sc
veral miles from rented land which
could be reduced where the silage
was produced on the farm and also
under q system of livestock farm
ing where the manure was returned
to the land larger yields than that
shown in these records have been
secured.
The feeding value of silage indi-
Gated by the total digestble nutri-
ents in the analysis report given is
somewhat above one third that of
alfalfa hay and when the other
feed used is dry the value of this
succulent feed is often greater than
that indicated by the analysis
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17

SUOTN OF the lmperlaI county ag-
ricultural extension service told in
its annual report.
It was in 1916 that Paul Doug
hertv, Imperial county's first farm
advisor. took over a small office in
the old court house building on Main
street between Sixth and Seventh.
DouEhert~'e problems were only
eliphtlv different from those of the
extension workers today. He spe-
cialized in dairying demonstrations
and organized, with the aid of the
farm bureau. the imperial County
Cowtcsting association.
Late in 1917 f. c. Sullivan was
cent n the valley as an assistant
to Douehertv and he became the
farm advisor in 1917 when DOUGH
erty resigned to ioin the army w
o. Johnson became assistant to
Sullivan and became farm advisor
when Sullivan resigned in 1918.
Johnson served urtil 1920 when
Td GargtLvaite who had been as
sistant farm advisor. took over
Gargthwaite served until 1926 when
Vernon De Tar was appointed farm
advisor and Frank Beyschlag as
sistant.
Beyschlag became farm advisor in
1929 when De Tar was transferred
to northern California. George Win
wright and D. E. Creighton were
appointed assistant farm advisors.
Creighton was transferred to
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-17
Argentina Reduces
Grain Acreage

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. l6. CUP)
The agriculture ministry, in its
first crop report of the l939-l940
season. forecast Argentine wheat
production at 100000 metric tons,
rs compared with last years total
Of 5I50.000 tons.
F7axseed production was estimat-
ed at l25o.000 tons. a decrease of
10000 tons from last years pro-
duction.
Production of oats was forecast at
100000 tons. barley at 10000 tons
and rye At $4,000 tons. The fig
ures for oats barley and rye were
above last years production for
those Grains.