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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-05-11

Dr.. Gustavo Fricke, Special Commissioner of the
Chilean Government, who is in this country
studying Ma terna1 and Child Hygiene and Medico-So-
Geologic Problems will speak at the School AUDITOR
iw Friday, Nay IL under the auspices Of the Green
belt 1th Association. The title Of his talk Is
MIA ternal and Child Welfare Under the Chilean Social
Security Program. Dr. Fricke is interna tiona11y
known medical figure and has recently returned to
America after an extensive medical survey Of Eng
land, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, hungary.
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium and Italy.
He has written politically the medioo-sooio-
logic problems confronting his country, and Is
regular contributor to "Presse Medicale" Of
the leading South American medical journals. Dr..
Frioke is Superintendent Of Vina del Mar General
Hospital Of the largest in Chile and provid-
ing $50 beds for in-pa tients and extensive outpa
tient and clinic facilities to the &c, 200 inhabi
tants in the city. The Maternal and Child Welfare
Programs Of valparaiso and Aconcaq Provinces one-
half million people) directly under his guild
and supervision. DR.. icne has been active
community leader for many years; he has been
Mayor Of vina del Mar; is Boy Scout leader, is
member Of the Rotary Club Of Chile; and Is promi-
nent in YIN. CA. affairs.
Dr.. ricke has promised to any questions
from the floor after his formal talk. 1t is hoped
that the people of Greenbelt will avail themselves
Of this unusual opport unity to hear Of the
rounding communities welcome.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-05-11
Council Proposes Rates for Pool Tennis Courts Boats
Dr. Fricke, Chilean Commissioner, Will Speak Here Frda.

The Town Council met in regular session on the
evening of May 8. The attendance complete with
the additi ona1 attendance Of Director Of Public
Safety Mbee, Assistant Town Eanager Fulmer, Rmn
Engineer Vincent.
The first order of business was the reading Of
the minutes wherein it indi ted that the Harry
land State legislature had incorporated various
changes in the Town Charter, in accordance with
recommended ons Of the Council. 1t was stated
however. that in setting up the tutory limits Of
7reenbe1t there is confusion at present to the
fact tina the Law delimi It's the juri on
ifications laid down by the Town Council but viii oh
are also incorporated in the law. There is
ing Law now in ext stence result Of this
legislation covering and restric citing the various
forms of construction permissible.
The Town Hospital. which is in operati on, n
tered into the discussion the result of motion
by the Town Council that the town tion and
town employees be commended for the exped on with
wic the hospital completed and for the general
excellence Of the job. Complimentary resolution
is proposed whereby the Council will ndi cate
its appreciation Of the volunteer elped
bring about the early openin of the Town Hospital.
Town Engineer Vincent advised that a Med zeal Adj
visory Board for the Hospital had proposed
the nominees had indi ted their acceptance. Of
positions offered. The three on the Board will
be DR.. A. B. Hooten, County Medical Officer, Dr..
Fred Mott, Of the Farm Securit and
DIR Hogue Of the United States Public Health Service.
Councilman East, seconded by councilwoGsn Taylor
moved for the consideration Of ordinance to be
drafted under advisement barring fireworks from the
town Of Greenbelt July except specifical
permit upon recommendation of the Department Of
Public Safety. His chief arguments for such
dinance were the in town of 1000 children
under school age and very Large number Of infants
Continued next page)
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-05-11
Softball League Inaugural Sunday

The Greenbelt Athletic Club Softball League will
officially open the season next Sunday afternoon,
Nay IA, 1889, at the Athletic Field Ridge Road.
Game time wi IL be $500 PEI.
The opposing teams in the opening game will be
the Cliff Dwe1lers Of Block NJ" chaupi ons Of last
year, and the Colts, the number team for Block
"c. Mayor protein Sherrod East will throw out the
first ball. and it Will be received by the Town Nam
ager, Roy S. Raden. Let's all got out and cheer
the boys to victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Stew Lures Runaway at Double Quick
After He Says He's Not lyeryl Hungry

I'm not hungry very was
the firm statement made by n 13-
year-old runaway schoolboy taken
from a freight train at FL Centre
this weekend.
The boy rubbed a grimy face
with a badly soiled hand and push
ed a man-size hat back on his
disheveled hair. His reluctance tc
accompanying Deputy Sheriff Rob
ert Parrish to Jail was overcome hy
the officers remark that lunch
was about ready"
He dumped a huge pipe, col
lection of partly smoked cigarettes
and Is cents on the counter at the
jail. He eagerly answered questions
and hurried through the barred
gate, his speed apparently caused
by the smell of beef stew
w A. Moore, the runaway was
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Noted Engineer
Leaves Wealth 20
Help Needy Aged

SANTA BARBARA. Calf, June
;. CUP)-Henry Howard Webb, 86
year old internationally known
mining engineer who died at his
home here over the weekend, was
reported today TO have left an es.
tate of more than a million dollars
to establish a fund for aged per,
sons following the death of legatees
who first shared in the estate.
The will of the noted California
born engineer provided that rela
tives, the principal one of whom is
Louis Webb, brother of the deceas.
ed, shall enjoy funds from the cs-
tate during their lifetime but af
terwards the money goes to the
Grace Cathedral corporation OF
San Francisco, corporate group
which administers funds Of the
EDiscopalian church of that city.
To the church group Webb left
the admonishment that it must
recognize no race or creed in the
use of the fund to help elderly men
and women. Webb designated that
the Bank of California act as trus
tee for the estate.
Webb was born in San Francisco
in 1853 and was one of the early
graduates of the University of Cali
fornia. He studied mining engin.
eering in London and Freiberg and
was an associate of Cecil Rhodes
and John HaYS Hammond in So,ItI,
Africa during the Boer war era.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

The mysterious rifleman stalks
his victims at night, they said
creeping close and firing from am
bush. Many of the community
believed he was a lunatic who had
taken refuge in the swamps.
None of the four who heard bull.
let's whining past them sighted the
assassin. They said he seemed to
come from nowhere" and vanish
without trace.
There was talk of "han' IT'S but
Sheriff R. P. CLANCY said mo one
really believed such a thing"
This is a flesh and blood crit.
ter, a mean one CLANCY said. He
has a sharp shooting eye and a
twisted mind. He's been slick so
far, but we'll catch him."
The sheriff said he would well
come help from the governor. At
Jackson, Maj. T. B. Birdson said
he was cooperating" but he did
not say how.
The first man slain was Sam
Gregg, 81, storekeeper. A few
nights later a Negro woman was
wounded. Then Ben Rogers, Negro
farmer, was killed.
A few days later, Vincent and
John Gregg and F.. C. Barnes we're
fired upon. Three nights later F.
Paraino was a near victim.
I'VE want the governor to re.
lieve this awful fear" Vincent
GREGG said. IT'S not safe to leave
the house. None of us knows
which will be next"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Governor viii Commute Sentence of
Editor Convicted in Feud Staying

degree murder the following July
and the same jury found he was
sane at the time of the shooting,
Both his mother and McCrack-
ems widow, Mrs. Frances McCrack-
en- Gillispie, since remarked, plead.
ed with Gov Olson to commute the
death sentence. The state supreme
court upheld his conviction last
February, overruling French's claim
that he was insane.
The feud between McCracken' s
Modoc Times and Mail and the
French familys Modoc County
Times was reminiscent of wild and
woody journalism of the last cen.
tury when editorial personalities
usually featured the news.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
4-H Summer Camp
Plans Completed

Registrations were under way
Monday for the Al summer camp
in San Bernardino county for I'm.
perial Valley All members. Lee
Landerman, assistant farm advisor,
visited the Calipatria club Monday
and expected to contact all valley
groups in the near future, explain
ing the itinerary and taking regis.
trationS.
Present plans provide mass trans.
pOrtation to the camp from the
valley. Camp opens June 81 and
will close June 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

GERS concluded today.
A week ago Sallander was re-
moved to the rest home. His son
was visiting him late yesterday and
when a nurse, Mrs. N. B. Wallace,
left the room, he shot his father
through the head, then laid down
beside him and killed himself with
a 30 caliber rifle.
The younger Sallander, an un-
married World war veteran, was
described as a great pal" of his
elderly father, who was stricken
two years ago.
Mrs. Wallace gave Deputy Sher-
iff one possible explanation for the
death pact. She said the elderly
man appeared despondent Saturday
after a meeting with his three chill
dren. MY children don't want to
have anything more to do with me, :"
she quoted him as saying.
She said she understood there
had been an argument over divi-
sion of the fathers property at a
conference attended by the three
children-Robert, DR.. F.. w. Sal
lander of Visalia and Louise Sal
lander of San Francisco. He had
executed will two years ago nam
ing his daughter as Administrative.
DR.. Sallander said his father
seemed we'll satisfied with being
moved to the rest home and denied
insinuations of family trouble over
property division. He said his bro
ther had cared for their father
since he was stricken two years
ago DR.. Sallander could not re-
concile the remark attributed to
his father by Mrs. Wallace.
Deputy Ripperdan said he found
two notes written by the dead son.
Both referred to funeral arrange
ments and gave no motive for the
tragedy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

SACRAMENTO, June 5. CUP)-
The death sentence Of Harry A.
French, 13, convicted of Staying
Claude l.. McCracken in news,
paper feud' in remote Alturas coun-
ty, was expected to be communted
to life Imprisonment today by Gov.
Culbert l.. Olson.
French fired five shots into Nc.
Cracken's body on March %, 1887,
eliminating three years of news.
paper feuding. McCracken's paper
was the Modoc Times and Mail.
French's mother, Mrs Gertrude
French, published a rival paper in
AlturaS
French was found guilty of first
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Southerners Ask Stute's
Help i'm Tracking Down
Mod Phantom Of Boyous'

METCALF, Miss June 5. CUP).
The so terrified residents of this
community asked the help of ma
tional guardsmen today in tracking
down mad phantom OF the bay.
Gus whom they blame for killing
two men. Wounding a woman and
sniping at four other persons.
The citizens, mainly small farmers
appealed to Gov. Hugh White to
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Boys Blame Cat
For Their Crime

A black cat led three Calcxico
Juveniles into a life of crime, they
told juvenile court authorities,
I'VE saw a blac kcat on a roof, "
they said, and wanted to catch it.
The cat ran into a window. We
went in, too. Then we took some
money out OF some gum and c.gar-
cite machines. We divided it. We
had $1,30 apiece. The cat hid so
we left"
The three youngsters confessed
To- burglarizing the Calexico Elks
club. They were made wards of
the juvenile court,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

found riding in a san Diego and
Arizona box car as the train travel
ed through the mountains west Of
FL CenLro. The train crew put the
little traveller into an improvised
bed IN the cabooSe. He was turned
over to Juvenile court authorities,
who will arrange 70 return him TO
his nome in Long Beach.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Year-0Id Charqe
Surprises Negro

Richard Kennedy, %, Ell Centre
Negro, thought he had but one
charge against him when he was
arrested this weekend on war
rant charging him with failure to
provide for his family
A warrant dated a year ago show
ed that he was also wanted to
a4swer a charge of battery. Both
charges were brought by his wife,
Deputy Sheriff Robtrt Parrish said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Youths Arrested
For rL.V. Thefts

Three youths arrested in Los
Angeles county late last week are
held in the Imperial county Jail
while juvenile court officers in
vestigate their reports of thefts in
BraWley.
The boys confessed to taking
tires, flashlights, and gasoline from
service stations and cars in Braw-
Joy, They are Harry Albert Mitch
Ia, Frank Allen Mitchell, 10,
IN of Santa Monica, and Marvin
Raymond Brady, 10, of Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

relieve the fear that is driving our
people mad"
They said that for the past sew
eral weeks they had been afraid
to leave their homes at night, that
they slept with guns and knives
at hand, and that families huddled
together near windows, afraid to
burn lights.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Drinking Cited in
Divorce Complaint

After ID years of married life
Ethel Irene Phillips filed a divorce
suit against Edwin j. Phillips.
She said he drank to excess and
spent money for liquor when he
should have paid household bills.
They were married in Long Beach
Sept. Is, 1925, and separated May
H. 1899
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Man Injured in
Row Over Woman

John Young, 25, Calexico laborer,
was treated for a head cash Sun
day afternoon after a fight in a
rural saloon southeast of Ell Centre.
The fight started, witnesses told
deputy sheriffs, because Young
paid too much attention to Mrs.
Tex Clayton, wife of the saloon
proprietor. Clayton emphasized his
resentment toward Young, the Of
flcers said by striking him with a
bottle.
Young had cash an inch and
a half long over his eye.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED HERE

Two marriage licenses we're issued
by County Clerk w. J. McClelland
this weekend. Harold Rogers. Is,
and Mildred Hale, 10, Calexicans,
received one license and f. T.
Thompson 81, Imperial. and Mar
garet Dawson, 20, Beaumont, the
other.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
GRAPEFRUIT GROWERS
MEET HERE THURSDAY

Grapefruit men of Imperial Val,
ley will meet Thursday night at
7:30 in the courthouse to discuss
the future of the industry, B. A.
Harrigan, agricultural commission
er announced Monday. Growers
were expected to discuss a market,
ing program for next season.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Painters Picnic
AT Manzanifa

Members of the Painters Union
Local No. 313 and their families
enjoyed a picnic Sunday at the
home Of Don Cooper at Manzanita,
More than so Imperial and San
Diego county residents we're present
for the chicken dinner and program
of games and sports events.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

.. Because it's our business to
see that you get the money you
need quickly and without un-
necessary red tape. Borrow what
you want to meet delinquent bills
or meet some unexpected emer-
gency. Then pay us back as cas-
lily as you earn in small payments.
Don't go on stalling your credi-
tors. Keep your credit good and
pay those bills now!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

He earlier had been active u
the development Of the Comstcai
lode in Nevada and the Sulliva.
mines of Couer d'Alene, Ida.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05
Son Kills Invalid
Father, Commits
Suicide in Pact

. REEDLEY, Call June 5. (UP)-Faced with spending
tine rest of his life in rest-home, victim of paralysis
H-year-old A W. Salander entered into suicide pact
with his Robert P. Saander, 48, and it carried
out in ReedeY santarium last nght Investigating off
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

GET In tO=ch with opportunity
through Post-Press Want Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

A bouncing eight-pound boy is
born to Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish
Aim actress. She is the wife OF
John Farrow, a film writer. The
baby Is the Farrows' first child.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-05

White or blue in Hood tennis
shoes for women-a few novel.
ties included in this group.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-20
COLORA

Louis Taylor and Street e. Riley,
ST., were in Baltimore, Tuesday.
Mrs. Lewis Ewing lately returned
from a visit with relatives in New
York.
Miss Bertha Balderston is patti
ent in the Maryland General Hos
pital, Baltimore, where she had en-
operation last week.
william G.. Reynolds, Rising Sun,
has been quite i'll from an infection
of his face, caused from an infection
pimple on his nose. He is improving
at this time, altho still confined to
bed.
William Virgins and family have
moved from near Zion, to a house
at Porters Bridge.
1t Is rumored there will be a
few changes in this vicinity in the
Spring.
DR.. Candee, of Wilmington,
preached at West Nottingham
Church Sunday Morning.
Mrs. Carroll Cameron and Miss
Louise Worthington, are Hostesses
to the meeting of the Missionary
Society of West Nottingham Church
this Thursday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Cameron, Rising Sun. De-
votional leader, Mrs. Harold Jones
National Missions, Mrs. Isaac Yo-
cum; China, Mrs. Mary Cherry.
Don't forget the chicken pot-rie
supper to be served by the ladies
of Mt. Pleasant M. e. Church in
Nesbitt Hall, Port Deposit, this
Thursday evening from $3.50 to 8
o'clock.
Quite a number Of people from
this vicinity attended the funeral
CT Mrs. Ernest Hambleton last
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Howard Touchton, Of Zion
and her mother, Mrs. Clyde Dren-
men, were recent callers at the home
of the Clinton and Norman Ways.
Mrs. w. N. Wilson spent few
days in Philadelphia.
Mrs. John Thompson, has return
ed to her home at Newark, Del,
after a visit with her son s. w.
Fitzgerald and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Boyd, of
Elkton,- visited their son Davis and
wife on Sunday.
Mrs. Hazel Dewitt and Mrs.
Maude Murray, of Elmhurst, Del,
were guests of the Fitzgerald fami-
ly and Mrs. s. E. Riley, Sr., last
Thursday
Mrs. Roland Garvin is spending
some time with her home folks the
Willard Bannisters, Liberty Grove.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-20

culosis Association. sit shows that
the people of Maryland ere aware
of the seriousness of the tubercu-
losis problem and are determined to
do something about it.
Dissemination and cooperation
with the public health agencies on
the part of the people will bring
about the final downfall of this anci-
emit enemy.
"If those who have not yet paid
for their Seals will do SO, fine
anti-tuberculosis program can be
made available to the whole state"
Mr.. Matthews continued. 1T Is hop
ed that the final returns will war;
rant expansion Of the present actiyi-
ties and adoption of others. all Of
which would help to reduce more
rapidly the amount Of tuberculosis
illness and death In Maryland
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-20
Automobile Fatalities
During 1888

A complete report including Bal
timore City and the Counties shows
that. during the year of 1898, Four
Hundred and Seventeen persons
were killed by motor vehicles, as
compared with Five Hundred and
Ninety, during the year of 1887,
One Hundred and Seventy-Three
less, a DECEASE of 1913 percent.
A very significant fact the sum-
mary has developed is that fifty-two
percent Of the persons killed during
the year OF 1898 were pedestrians,
twenty-seven percent were passeng
ers, three percent were bicyclists.
and eighteen percent were the opera
tors themselves. There were LOG ac-
cidents in Baltimore City resulting
in lot deaths, while there were 287
accidents in the Counties resulting
in 80 deaths. There was no County
in this State that did not have two
or more fatalities during the year
of 1898. Baltimore and Prince
Georges County respectively, head
the list of most deaths, with Charles,
Queen Anne, and Talbot Counties
having the least number.
Most of the fatalities involved
passenger cars with apparently no
defects, operated by White Males,
sober, during the hours of P. M,
to 8 P. M, a resident of one of our
Counties, and between the ages of
20 to 20, with five years or more
operating experience. Most fatalities
occurred during clear weather, on
straight, dry roads of concrete con-
struticn, and mainly on Sundays
and Saturdays. Most of the COLI
sions between two or more vehicles
were right angle collisions. In .
number of the accidents improper
driving is classed as operating too
fast for conditions. Most of the
pedestrian accidents involved per
sons in normal condition, and were
struck crossing not at the intersec-
ton, or between intersections and
intersecting roads. According to cur
summary 457 operators involved in
these fatalities, 2O3 operators were
exonerated from all blame, Al cp
orators were dismissed due to the
fact that an inquest was deemed un-
necessary, ga operators the verdict
was accidental death, As operators
the decision was unavoidable ac-
cident, ~ operators met their death
thru own negligence, 33 operators
were held for Grand Jury action, Is
operators so far have been convict
ed of Manslaughter. Unfortunately,
26 were Hit and Run drivers.
1t is very gratifying to note that
the year of 1898 ended with DE-
CREASE in motor vehicle fatalities,
and we trust the year of 1889 will
show a still greater decrease.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-20
FATIGUE AND DRows1NEss

Are you fat1gued, or merely
drowsy, when your driving begins
to fall to pieces?" asks the Key
stone Automobile Club. either may
make you an unsafe operator, the
Club points out, but there is very
considerable difference between
drowsiness and fatigue. This is en-
phasized by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which has done consid-
cradle research into the various as
poets of safe driving.
On the difference between fatigue
and drowsiness, the Ice. is quoted
by the Club as follows:
"The type of driver fatigue refer
red to as drowsiness is to a large
extent caused by the monotony of
driving, accumulated by the effect of
the hum of the engine, the lights of
passing cars at night, or bright sun
sshine, all of which tend to make
driver inattentive. The condition
of the driver, apart from fatigue,
also is factor. A driver, not other
wise fatigued, RECEIVERS from dro VS.
mess of this kind after short rest
period which enables him to alight
from the vehicle, walk around
stretch his muscles, and perhaps
take smoke and refreshments"
The interval Of such rest periods,
the commission goes on to say, may
vary from just few minutes to half
an hour. Taken frequently enough
these rest periods will enhance the
safety of driving far more than the
average motor tourist realizes.
Advice of the /. G. c., which aim
ed at the truck and bus drivers, ap-
plies equally to those who operate
passenger cars. 1t may prove a
good thing to remember on your
next onger-than-average journey,
Keystone officials assert.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-01-20
HOLLYWOOD COMPANY ASKS DIS
MISSAL OF PROCEEDINGS

Pennsylvania Water and Power
Company has challenged the juris-
diction of the Federal Power Com
mission over the company's Holt
wood dam on the Susquehanna river.
The commission had no authority
over the project, built ten years be-
fore the creation of the regulatory
body, because the dam was on an
unnavigable portion of the Susque-
hanna, said officials of the Company.
The plant is between the federally
censed Safe Harbor Water Power
Corporation plant and the Como
wingo plant of the Philadelphia
Electric Company.
Company counsel asked dismissal
of the proceedings after examining
rs exhibits submitted by the COM
missions attorneys in an effort
claims the river was navigable and
subject to provisions of the Rivers
and Habors Act of 1899.
Attorney Charles Marley said the
evidence was irrelevant, immater-
ial and incompetent to support the
claims"