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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
Russian DiUers Busy

MOSCOW, March 9-In 15 years of salvage operations, Soviet divers have raised 435 ships, aggregating about 800,000 tons. Many of these vessels were sunk during the civil war years. One of them, British steamer, was said to be carrying $2,- 50O,000 in gold to finance the White armies; but when the divers got to it the gold was gone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
HEALTH, MINES DEpT5. BUDGETS
 CUT BY SENATE \ \
Most of Etonomizing Done
 in Two Departments -SiiII df Work

Senators really went to work on the general appropriation bill to- day, slashing items left and right in an attempt to get it down to size before midnight officially closes the 14th session
 Heaviest reductions were made in the offices of the Commissioner of Mines and Commissioner of Health, where economies totaling $50,000 were effected
 A move by Senator c. H. LaBoy- teaux, from the mining country of the Fourth Division, to strike from the bill all appropriations for the Mines Office was voted down, sew en to one, but Senators then went to work and reduced expenditures as follows:
 Mines Budget Trimmed
 Salaries of Associate Mining En- gineers. reduced from $21.600 to $12,000.
 Salary of stenographer, s4,200 stricken entirely
 Assistant in assay office, $4800 stricken entirely.
 Assya office contingent expenses, cut from $4,S00 to S2,200
 B. D. Stewart, Commissioner of Mines, was present during this dis play of Senatorial yielding, but protested in vain.
 Health Department
 In the Health and Sanitation col- umn, Dr. w. w. Council saw Senat- ors strike entirely appropriations as follows.
 Examination of school children, $3,000.
 Extnesion and improvement of maternal and child health service, i $5, ,00o.
 Salary of Sanitarian, $500.
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Travel of Sanitarian, $2000
 Laboratory supplies and equip ment, $900
 Salary and travel of laboratory techmcian, $l 900.
 Salary of dishwasher in labora- tory.
 Salary of stenographer $1 300.
 Health examinations for waitress es, etc, $5,00o.
 Other Economies
 Late this afternoon the axe fell on the $8,00o proposed appropria : ton for agricultural fairs and Topped the rescue and relief fund from $15,O0O to $1O,oOO and the emergency appropriation from sl0,- 900 to $5,0o0
 Senators were still busily at work at press time
 After the Senate is through with the bill, it will go back to the House, which will appoint a con- ference committee to meet with a similar Senate committee
 The real appropriation bill will be drawn up by these committees some time late tonight or early in the morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
SirapIess Swim Suiis Down To Lasf Inth

St. PETERSBURG, Fla. March g. Beach style critics this winter have decided that about the last spare inch of material had been shorn from milady's bathing costume with removal of the shoulder straps.
 Tn the place of the conventional straps, a contrivance of rubber elas- tic tape strung through the upper pleating holds up the top part of the suits. Wearers generally appear to be pleased with the strapless out fits, especially for sun bathing. No unsightly white line is left over each shoulder and the coat of suntan is general and even for display with evening clothes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
Garner Boom Is SizzIinq,
 Friends Say
Drive for Delegations to Start After Present
 Session Ends

WASHIN GTON, March g. Friends of Vice-President John Nance Garner, who lighted the fuse >of Presidential boom for him n Texas last December, said It IS sizzling nicely, but no word from Garner has been received on the subject.
 The Garner boom friends assert that several states are making ten tative plans to send delegations for Garner to the 1940 Democratic Ma tional Convention but formal drive will not be started until the pres ent Congressional session ends.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
AllirpIane A Is
 5tare-(row

DENVER, March 9-Airplanes are being used experimentally in an effort to exterminate crows in north ern Colorado.
 Tn the first trial more than 15,- GOO crows were flushed by a plane that swooped close to their roost- ing place near Erie, Colo. About 100 volunteer hunters, armed with shot, guns, were stationed nearby and slaughtered approximately 1000 of the birds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
tBy the U. S. Weather Bureau)

Forecast for Juneau and March Snow rain tonight and Friday southeast 
 Weather forecast for warmer south portion over Dixon Entrance and strong southery
 of winds along the Alaska strong southeast winds along the Entrance Friday; and Cape Hnchinbrook .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
BRITISH MAKING
 PREPARATIONS IN
 CASE OF CONFLICT
War Minister Tells Com mons Plans for txpan-
 sion of Equipment

LONDON, March 9.-British Min ister of War Hore BeliSha, an- nounced the preparedness program today which calls for expansion of equipment for the British Army for service on the European continent immediately on the outbreak of war. of Commons that solidarity of Great Britain and France require prepara- ton of use of a field force in eventualities of war on the conti- nent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
WEATHER SYNOPSIS
last 24 hours

There little change the distribution baromet today with of high still of northern Alaska southeast the Lakes trough of the southern
  2920 inches the Gulf of Alaska northeast Kodiak this morning Light moderate precipitation the Islands Kodiak from Prince William Southeast the and the the with weather prevailing of the field observation colder ths morning the of the Territory most other portions
 Juneau March 1O-sunrse, 6:32 sunset $50
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
NaZI STATEMENT

BERLIN, March 9.--A high Nazi official of the Foreign Office to- day said: Our western fortifica- tions are such that neither the French nor the British Division, nor both together, will ever be able to cross them"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09

Empire Classified Ads for results
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-09
Hollywood Sights And Sound5
|. e aebb;s Coess

HOLLYWOOD Cal, March s.-The blackface stood then the other moaning Did those dawgs of ache? Had he just had workout with that mad Russian the whip Ratoff Had he just made goading l2 pictures the last days?
 He Al Joson emphatic about that
 And I wouldn't again" vowed flor $8o000"
 talking his to films, after nearly four years Washington Square He came back he get ystemand he's amazed at the results results, elaborated
 Why, getting invited places again he explained funnywhen you're they want everywhere When pictures they don't Why I've even been dinner They've got to have me there happy Funny thing huh?"
 going 53 still has vitality and push of people he works with He talks with spous forth with gestures of white gloved hands.
 the he had just been doing the story relating the birth of the Al stage before audience of Garden Theatre and Hekler Cavanaugh giving him working over The exchange pretty nnybu not nearly so funny as Rato Star Jolson At these latter the extra told aughand Joon with audience supreme The cracks whip out sparkling
 eie best show eart was gbing at Al for
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osage batter You vait Allie until alter o'clock then you b funny all you like for these peope
 you keep here past seven and you buy en dinner-and you check! cracked Al
 Asked later first "stooge Al said Don't know doubt they had sooges long time ago even they called them plants Fact we're all stooges and the question S who'll be the ast!"
 fond of the restraints necessary to picture acting still of the he gets making His recent devotion to rado has ac rag off script in his hand and before the camera tougher to recte from memory lhen there's the mark for the cameahow can guy give got keep his feet on chalk mark?
 Al once signed Schenck the back of paper bag films forgot all about contract He'd working two weeks before the day they roed for his signature still didn't interest zanuck he'd do it and that was money? He's got enough and they take most o back anyway Why work? Well in my own home the greatest the wordRuby thinks anything do is great all of sudden after working the way years doing this so can justify real rest for myse-Pam Springs the Kentucky Derby I've never going off the air too, and what break that no more worrying jokes. Y
 prop brought chair and Meeser Joson sank down babving aching while Mee Ratof who had added insult to injury by taking" bet put his whip and out for phone call
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
New Dealer Named
U. 5. Comptroller

WASHINGTON. March 80. CUP
President Roosevelt today NOM
mated former Sen. Fred H. Brown
of New Hampshire. Liberal DEM
ocrat, to be comptroller general,
succeeding Republicans in that Of
flee who often have criticized New
Deal actions.
The comptroller-general passes Oh
validity of federal expenditures.
Browns nomination had been ex-
pected for several weeks, but was
believed to have been held up by
Mr.. Roosevelt until congress COM
pleted action on the government re-
organization bill. That measure was
sent to the White House yesterday.
Mr.. Roosevelts original reorgan-
ization proposal called for abolition
of the comptroller-general and sub
stitution of an auditor general who
would make a post-audit of all gov
ernment expenditures for submis-
sion to congress.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Inquiry Set Off by Musica Suicide
Ends with Indictments Against Nine

NEW YORK. March 30. CUP)-
The federal grand jury investiga-
ton started by the suicide of F..
Donald Coster- -Musica, ex-convict
president of McKesson S5 Robbins
Inc, resulted today in indictments
charging nine persons with mail
fraud, violation of the securities
and exchange act and conspiracy.
Three of those indicted are di-
rectors of McKesson & Robbins,
three others are the surviving
brothers of Coster-M Musica, two are
brothers of the drug firm presi-
dents widow. and the ninth is a
suspected blackmailer
Conviction on all of the Ia counts
in the indictment carries a possible
maximum penalty of So years each
in prison and fines of $4,000 each.
The directors named in the in
dictment are Horace B. Merwyn,
president of the Bridgeport City
Trust Co.; Rowley w. Phillips, head
of the r, F.. Griggs Co., investment
bankers; and John II. McGloon, of
Bridgeport, comptroller and vice
president of McKesson & Robbins.
The brothers of Coster-Musica
are George Musica, alias George
Dietrich Arthur Musica, alias
George Vernard, and Robert Musica,
alias Robert Dietrich. Mrs. Co.'S
ter's brothers, Arxe Leonard and
John Jenkins, while the blackmail-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

obscene language before woman
and with tearing down "Declar-
alton of Law and Order" posted at
the shed by the Associated Farm
ers of Imperial county.
The complaint was signed by M.
A. Gotfried, shed owner, Edna
OMeara and Frank Ferrone. They
said Howard was at the shed dur
ing discussions over proposed cut
in wages and became profane as
he tore the placard from the shed
wall The placard, they said, out
lined the farmers stand in wage
and labor disputes and apparently
irritated Howard
Howard, who had been in El
Centre while the NLRB conducted
a hearing, left town before a war;
rant could be served on him. He
was not in any of his usual haunts
in Los Angeles for several days but
finally gave him self up at NUM-
cipal court in Los Angeles and
made bail. He asked for a jury
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
MussoIini RuttIes Sabre
Over Mediterranean as
Ndzis FIoy British Act
English Drive for
Polish Alliance
Before Crisis

LONDON, March 80. (UP)
- Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain's oun ce-
ment of an important in
crease in British strength
was made coincident with new pro-
posals to Poland for military CO.
operation against German aggres-
sion, it was understood today
At the same time Berlin dispatch
es declared Nazis viewed Britain's
army increases as a direct anti
German move.
The cabinet met in emergency
session at No. 10 Downing street to
consider the European situation and
plans for increasing the territorial
army strength. Before the meet
ing Chamberlain conferred with Sir
Archibald Sinclair, Liberal party
leader, and Arthur Greenwood, a
Labor party leader.
Increase Of the territorial army,
corresponding to the American ma
tional guard, meant that Great
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

Ethyle Chenette, AZ, a circus rider,
as the man who kicked her down
on a Hollywood street last Thurs
day night. police said.
The attack occurred Ill the same
area where Miss Della Bogart, II
year-old actress ana dancer, was
slugged and perhaps fatally injur-
ed early yesterday. Mrs. Chenette
was walking home from the same
theatre that Miss Bogart had at
tended.
Police believe that the man who
slugged Miss Bogart is the same
who killed Anya SoSoyeya, 32-year-
old Russian dancer and singer, on
the Los Angeles City College cam
pus week ago.
Police said Bushane lives near a
construction job where the slugger
could have obtained the piece OF
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Garner President
Boom in Senate

WASHINGTON, March 30. (UP)
Vice President John N. Garner's
Democratic presidential boom
reached the senate floor today when
Sen. Tom Connally, D., Texas, sub
mitted a resolution by the Texas
state legislature endorsing Garner
for the 1910 nomination.
Garner left the presiding chair
when Connally rose, President Pro
Tempore Key Pittman, D., New, re-
placed the vice president and Con-
nally asked that the resolution of
the Texas house of representatives
be read by the reading clerk.
Before the clerk started to read,
Garner had vanished into the SEN
ate cloakroom.
Sen. Morris Sheppard. D., Tex,
seconded Connally, declaring that
he was lin hearty sympathy with
the resolution"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Sugar Beet Wages
Cut by Wallace

WASHINGTON, March 30. CUP
Secretary of Agriculture Henry
A. Wallace today ordered reduc-
tions averaging four per cent in
wages to be paid laborers in con-
tinental sugar beet fields by grow
ers who apply for government BEN
eft payments.
The wage determination. requir-
ed by the sugar act in 1887, will
apply to all areas except Califor-
mia. where minimum wages were
established last November.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

Importance was shown at the Ell
Centre chamber of commerce Of
fices prior to the directors meet
ing.
1T is the most comprehensive
and attractive film ever made down
here" B. A. Harrigan, county agri-
cultural commissioner, commented.
"A marvellous production" H. R.
Anderson, chamber president ad-
ded, speaking for the prominent
businessmen present.
The film, edited and arranged
by Paul Jenkins, publisher of the
Post-Press, has been in the MAX
ing for Ia months and shows viz
tually every phase of valley activi-
ty. 1t follows the harvesting OF
every one of the sections varied
agricultural products. Peas, car
rots, alfalfa, squash, asparagus,
tomatoes, citrus, flax, sugar beets,
are shown in the fields, during har-
veSting and as they leave for mar
ket.
Also tying in with the agricul-
tural theme, are pictorial reviews
Of dairyjng and bee keeping, sheep
and cattle pasturing.
In the industrial field the film
touches upon businesses linked
with agriculture, as we'll as inde-
pendent industries. Shots of scenes
in valley cities are included, show
ing residential and business dis
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
District, Nev-CaI
Release Figures in
Power Contest
Dowd Claims Big Rise in
Public Line Customers
Since Service Started

Figures on the extent of
a struggle for power GUS
toners between the Imperial
Irrigation district and the
Nevada California Electric
corporation in Imperial Valley
were released Thursday by both
concerns.
M. j. Dowd, district chief engin-
eer, announced:
I'VE have passed the 5000 meter
mark, after starting the year with
l700 A graph of our increase shows
a steady rise, without dip"
In rebuttal, r. p Moore, New
Cal president, declared:
''After three years of competi-
ton in Brawley, the Nev-Cal, ac-
cording to latest figures, has 57.3
per cent of the electric meters =.
Since competition started in every
town outside Brawley, the New
Cal has held 1913 per cent of the
business"
Other sources divided up the dis
trict's more than 5000 meters about
this way: Brawley, 1900, Ell Centre,
over 800, Calexico, $50, non-compet-
tive (REA lines in areas not pre-
viously served by electricity 1900.
The same sources estimated dis
trict business outside Brawley at
% per cent of potential competi-
tive field.
"El Centre has been the bright
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Halliburton Lost,
Seamen Fear

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 30. CUP
Fears were growing today that
Richard Halliburton, adventurer-
writer, and his crew aboard the
Chinese junk Sea Dragon may
have met with disaster as we'll as
adventure on their projected trans
Pacific trip to the San Francisco
worlds fair.
1t was feared storms in the area
from which the junk last reported
its position six days ago may have
disabled or possibly sunk the 75-
foot craft with it's crew of 10 Am
ericans headed by Halliburton, and
four Chinese.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Irish Sweepstakes
Probe Launched by
U.S.. Grand Jurors
LOS ANGELES. March 80. CUP)

LOS ANGELES, March 30. (UP)
United States District Attorney
Benjamin Harrison today subpenaed
all southern California winners IN
the recent Irish sweepstakes to ap-
pear before the federal grand jury
for questioning.
Harrison said approximately Is
subpenas had been issued.
He said the move was part of a
widespread investigation into the
sale of sweepstakes tickets and the
dissemination of news concerning
the lottery in the United States.
Harrison said between $8,000,000
and $9,000,000 was collected an
nually in southern California for
bonafide and faxed" Irish sweep
stakes tickets.
Most of the Is persons subpenaed
we're small prize winners in last
weeks Irish sweepstakes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Body Of Girl, 3.
Found by Searchers

ANGELS CAMP, Cal, March 30
(UP)-A four-day search in the
rough mother lode area for three
year-old Victoria Amaya was over
today after two horsemen came
across the tiny child's body be-
tween two trees on a densely thick
eted hillside less than a mile from
her grandmothers home.
The riders were Bob Nelson, Salt
Spring Valley farmer, and Bill
Gregson, Tower ranch employe.
They joined party of so officers
and volunteers in searching for the
child. who disappeared Saturday
after leaving the home of her
grandmother Mrs. Louise Dutil, to
walk to the home of her aunt Mrs.
George Dutil, quarter of mile
away.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Assets
Faults
Civic Leader Urges
Constructive Talk
About Community

An ardent plea for Impe-
rial Valley residents to boost
instead of knock the valley
was voiced by Jno R. Rob
ertson Wednesday night at
a meeting of directors of the Ell
Centro chamber of commerce.
He stressed the fact that Impe-
rial Valley has more valuable as
sets than any other community its
size in the United States but VAL
ley residents have forgotten it in
their worry over their problems.
every community has prob
lems,' he said. I'VE solve ours
successfully and shall continue to
do so. We have let our shortcom-
ings predominant in our thoughts
and conversation over our yalua-
BILE assets, possibilities for growth
and improvements. We have
greater margin for pride than any
community I have ever known"
Directors answered his appeal for
boosting by arranging to provide
businessmen and their employees
with lists of Imperial Valleys as
sets.
A two-hour discussion of meth
ods for electing directors ended in
committee being instructed to
prepare two resolutions, one pro-
viding for election of one-half OF
the directors each year and the
other for electing one-third each
year. Directors plan to change
their policy of electing an entire
new directorate each year.
Directors decided to confer with
representatives of other valley
communities in an effort to get
larger appropriation in the state
budget for construction and re-
construction of highways in I'M
perial county. The present budget
item for this purpose is $307 900
for the next two years. The aver
age expenditure for a two year
period is $1,200,000.
Action on letter proposing that
The chamber Of commerce use I'M
perial Irrigation district power was
postponed until the meeting next
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
wage-hour Rule
Revision SOUGHT

WASHINGTON, March 80 CUP)
--Chairmen of the senate and
house labor committees began a
drive today to relax the provisions
of the wage-hour law as applied to
high salaried workers and employees
Of small semi-agricultural indus
tries.
Chairman Elbert D. Thomas, D..
Utah, of the senate education ana
labor committees will introduce the
proposed changes in the senate to
day. His bill will be companion
measure to that introduced in the
house yesterday by Chairman Mary
T. Norton, D., N. j., of the labor
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

her eyes wide and said, Oh. :
1.-The reason" the young man
said, that I am waking you up
is that l am robbing you"
Miss Cribs, a registered nurse.
sat up in bed and explained that
she was just a working girl and
hardly worth robbing. She sug-
gested they talk things over.
The young man sat down and
they talked for an hour and a
half
Miss Cribs said she thought she
was not in the proper attire to
receive young man and that she
, was sure her visitor would not put
his own sister in such an embar>
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

: Praising the defeat of Bolshe-
vism" in the Spanish civil war and
the role Italians played in 1t, Mus
solini said that Italy was ready to
stand up for her claims.
Speeches are only words II they
are not accompanied by facts" he
said.
Then, in what his hearers took
as reference TO Frances attitude
on his aspirations" Mussolini
pounded his right fist on the stone
railing of the government building
balcony from which he spoke and
said:
"PactS or no diplomatic pacts, wo
will never resign ourselves TO re-
naming prisoners in the Mediter-
ranean."
Mussolini arrived this morning on
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Jews Flee Danziq
In Fear of Nazis

DANZIG, March 30 CUP)-Jews
are fleeing from Danzig in fear
this free city of 100000 population
and 600 square miles will fall into
the hands of Adolf Hitler.
The Jewish community today is
negotiating to send group of so
children to England as the next
step in evacuation of the entire
Jewish population except aged men
and women.
Almost $500 have left since 1888
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Dairy Sale Brings
Good Price Level
For Valley Cattle

A substantial price level was re-
ported Thursday for the first dairy
sale of the spring season in I'M
perial Valley, held Wednesday at
the Manuel Lopez ranch, six miles
northwest OF Ell Centre.
Average price for the entire herd
Of 33 was $6770," Walter Havekorst.
who clerked, announced. THE high
price, paid by a coast buyer, was
sos" Most of the buying was from
valley men. Milton and Forrest
zinn handled sales.
Adding a new complication, sell
dom encountered, a COW sold to A.
Moline dropped dead an hour after
she was sold. Moline took a SO
per cent loss.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Roosevelt Urges
State Cooperation

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala,
March 30 (UP)-President Roose>
velt, in a brief speech before stu
dents at Tuskegee Institute, called
today for closer cooperation among
the states.
Alabama cannot hoe its own row
any more than can my own state
of Georgia." Mr.. Roosevelt told
several students of the famous Me-
gro educational institution.
I'VE must work with the other
fellow"
He declared that no state can
be self-contained and aloof as was
possible 30 years ago. He paid
tribute to the accomplishments of
Tuskegee for development of the
Negro in education.