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Evening star., 1939-05-14
Ladies' Aid
Entertained
At Manassas
Mrs. H. p. Baker
Hostess Thursday
Afternoon

MANASSAS. Va, May 13.-Mrs
H. P. Baker entertained the mem
bers of the Ladies Aid Society of the
Grace NJ. E. Church Thursday after
noon.
Mrs. James Colvin and her daush-
ter, Miss Carol Colvin, of Hartford.
Conn, are guests of Mrs. Colvin's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Beach
ley.
Mrs. w. D. Sharrett has returned
to her home near Manassas from
Stelton, N. j., where she was the
guest of her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, DR.. Dan Prescott and Mrs. Pres
colt.
Mr.. E. r. Conner will be host at
buffet supper tomorrow evening for
about IS guests at his home on
North Main street The guest of
honor will be Mr.. Thomas w. Ozlin
of Richmond. who is chairman of
the State Corporation Commission.
Announcements have been re-
ceived Of the marriage of Miss
Eugenia Rives, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Aston Rives of South
Carolina, to Mr.. Joseph Preston
Lyon, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
P. Lyon of Manassas. The wedding
took place Saturday, May s, in
Tulsa. Okla.
Among the delegates from Manas-
sas who will attend the fourth dis
trict meeting of the U. D. C. at
Woodstock this week are Mrs. E. H.
Nash, Mrs. E. D. Giddings, Mrs. w.
A. Newman, Mrs. R. L. Byrd, Mrs.
Annie Rector, Mrs. Joseph C. Kin
cheloe. Mrs. c. B. Thompson, Mrs.
Guy Allen and Mrs. Robert Hutchi-
son.
Mrs. Lipscomb Jamison is the
guest of her brother, Mr.. w. H.
Lipscomb, at his country place.
Raspberry Plain, near Leesburg, this
week end
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Sonora de Boyd
Luncheon Guest

Sonora de Boyd, wife of the Min
lister of Panama, was the ranking
guest at the luncheon which Mrs.
Clarence w. Grosner gave yester-
day at the Shoreham Hotel.
Other guests were Sonora de Re-
cinos, wife of the Minister of Qua
temala, and their daughter. Seno-
rita Laura Recinos; Sonora de Pas
toriza, wife of the Minister of the
Dominican Republic; Sonora de
Baron, wife Of the Cuban Charge
d'Affaires; Mrs. Thomas Cajigas,
Mrs. Robert E, Moran, Mrs. Edward
Conger and Miss Dolly Conger, Mrs.
Abner B. Drury, Mrs. Oscar Diez
Albertini, Mrs. Bryson L. Norris,
Mrs. Robert B. Patterson, Mrs. New
ton Brewer and Senorita Margue-
rite Montero.
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Emily Dickinson
To Be Topic at
Poetry Dinner

Nine Martha Dickinson Bian.
chi. niece of Emily Dickinson
and editor of her poems, will b
guest speaker at the annua
poetry contest dinner given b,
the Martha MacLear Poetry Clu
of the Washington branch of tn
American Association of Uni
versity Women Wednesday
7 pm.
Nine Bianchi, who is also
poet in her own right, will spea
on Emily Dickinson Face
Face"
DR.. Carrie Weaver Smit.
chairman, will preside. The COZ
test winners will be announce
and the poems read by MI
Richard Hogue The awards will
be made by Miss Ruth E. Hender-
son. leader OF the group.
Reservations should be made
at the club before pm. Tues
day.
Evening star., 1939-05-14

MISS ELIZABETH
HUTTO,
Daughter of Mrs.
Harold Ander s on
H utto, Who an
nounceS her en-
gagement to Mr..
MarDin L. FariS,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank E. Fdris of
Fremont, Nebr.
-HlrriS-E -Euin0
Evening star., 1939-05-14

hosts to II guests Thursday evening
at desert bridge party.
Mrs. Daniel N. Gage of Hartford,
Conn, is the house guest of her SON
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. A. Andretta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Meredith of
Charleston. S. c.. are the guests of
Mr.. Meredith's sister, Mrs. Holland
Huntington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Bull have as
guests their son and daughter in
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman G.. Bull,
and their granddaughter. Audrey
Elizabeth Bull of Wellesley Hills,
Mass.
Evening star., 1939-05-14
C0mdr. and Mrs. Nelson
Are Hosts at Chevy Chase
Parties to Precede Marriage Friday
On Miss Lucia Frances Hawley to
MIR. James H. Starkey, Jr.

Comdr Harold J. Nelson. will
tea today from to O'Clock
farewell party before leaving the last
Mrs Jean H Hawley will
h nome on Jenfer street compliment
Frances HaWley whose marriage Henry Sakey r will
take place Friday
Miss Elizabeth Dougerty
will entertain Thursday
to Miss HaWley and Mr.. Starkey preceding
Mrs William Morley has sailed
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence r. Botkin
OF Arlington, Va, announce the birth
OF their son, Joseph Clarence, May
4 at Alexandria, Va. Mrs. Botkin
Is the daughter of the former in
surance commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia, Mr.. Thomas M.
Baldwin.
Evening star., 1939-05-14
Naomi Quigg Weds

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Quigg.
ST, announce the marriage of their
daughter, Naomi Sarah. to Mr..
Charles D. Mades son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin D. Mades, Sunday,
April 2, at Warrington, Va.
Mrs. Mades is a graduate of
Roosevelt High School. Mr. Mades
was graduated from Eastern High
School, and attended the Univer-
slty OF Kentucky. He is member
of Signma Nu Fraternity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mades are at home
at 1913 Allison street.
Be your brothers keeper. He may
forget to watch the lights. Warn
him.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
West Point
Continued From First Page)

where he bade good-by last night to
King George and Queen Elizabeth.
Brig. Gen. Jay l.. Benedict, super
intendent of the Military Academy.
met Mr.. Roosevelt at the gate and
rode with him to the armory be-
tween lines of mounted cavalrymen
at rigid attention.
AS the Chief Executive stepped
onto the speakers platform, the
cadet regiment snapped to a salute
and its band played Hail to the
Chief" and the national anthem.
After the exercises President
Roosevelt left at l pm. (E. S. t.
on a special train due in Washing
ton before dusk. Another 2l-gun
salute roared out as he left
Yesterday the 456 members of
the largest class ever to graduate
from the academy heard their last
sermons as cadets.
Surrounded by thousands of
friends and relatives who packed
two chapels, the shave tails to be-
attended worship in the morning
and, in the afternoon at the ira
ditional graduation parade, listened
for the last time to the command.
First class dismissed"
While solemn military mass was
celebrated for Catholic members of
the class in the Chapel of the
Blessed Trinity. first classmen of
other faiths were told in a sermon
at the cadet chapel that dictator
ships and authoritarian forms of
government may be the proper
forms of government for other coun-
tries, but for us the American way
is that of freedom and equality"
Col. William R. Arnold, Army
chief of chaplains, told the Cath
olic graduates that true patriotism
must and will come from true re-
Evening star., 1939-06-12
District Milk Hearings
Will Resume TODAY

With hearings on the District milk
situation due to be resumed at 2
pm. today, speculation centered on
what will become of the dictophone
records which police are reported
to have made at downtown hotel
during the milk investigation.
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown
denied he had the records or even
had seen them.
Capt. Floyd Truscott, who, with
Detective Richard E. Felber, was
assigned to aid the House District
Subcommittee at the request of
Chairman Joe Bates, would not dis
cuss the dictophone transcript which
is said to be in his possession.
Indications were that the sub
committee would demand the rec
ords, which are said to deal with
matters not directly affected by the
inquiry into alleged monopolistic
practices in the marketing of milk
here.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Navy Seeks Way to Best
Mud WoIIinq on SouoIus
BY the Associated Press.

oy VIC hsSOCldleu fTeSS.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 12.-
Navy technicians sought means to-
day to increase divers leverage 240
feet below the surface, to over
come wall of mud slowing tunnel
ing operations beneath the sunken
submarine Squalus with it's 26 dead.
Doctors aboard the salvage ship
Falcon meanwhile kept watch over
Walter Squires, 81, of Los Angeles,
first diver to suffer the bends
dread pressure ailment of UNDER
water workers-since the Squalus
sank May %.
Blown to the surface from 24O
feet Saturday, Mr.. Squires was pro-
nounced recovered after a night
spent in the decomposition cham
| ber. but he began to feel symptoms
of the bends yesterday after he had
been permitted ashore on leave.
Mates rushed him back into the
chamber for further treatment.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Czechs
Continued From First Page.)

NOoAAeAAOCo 1olll L IL SO dkC.J
police in Kladno last night to remind
some citizens to obey punitive orders
imposed for the Staying and close
their windows at 8 pm.
Followed Patriotic Impulse.
German officials said Miss Kopecka
was an imposter who had made her
false confession on patriotic i'm
pulses. She declared she took
responsibility for the Staying because
Il wanted to relieve the sufferings
of the Czech people of Kladno."
The protectorate government at
first threatened severe measures if
the slayer were not delivered but
later decided. against them. Czech
sources said that investigators of
the Staying apparently had reached
the stage where the name of one of
the alleged killers was known to
German police.
German and Czech police con-
Quoted a countrywide search and
all gendarmerie and frontier posts
received instructions to watch for
the suspected person. A post-morten
examination showed that Kniest was
killed by three shots from two diff
ferent weapons.
Tighter Control Looms.
Reports meanwhile were current
that a organization of Germany's
Bohemia -Moravia protectorate might
result from the Staying and the kill
ing Of Czech policeman, Johann
Mueller, in quarrel with German
police at Nachod, near the former
frontier between Germany and
Czecho-Slovakia.
The purpose of the tighter Ger
man control, it was persistently re-
ported in Prague, would be to
strengthen police regulations in
order to prevent clashes among dis
satisfied elements of the Czech
population and German officials and
residents.
Czech police of Kladno, who were
disarmed and interned in a school
building by Germans after the
Kniest shooting, were removed from
the city last night.
Police trucks, manned and guard
ed by German policemen. took the
Czechs to an undisclosed deStina-
ton. 1t was reported at Kladno
that they were taken to Prague for
questioning by the German secret
police.
Resuming Historic Mission"
The campaign of passive resist
ance" among Czechs is making the
German protectorate of Bohemia
Moravia an increasingly trouble
some region to govern.
Many of us, I suspect, are re-
suming our historic mission said
an ardent Czech patriot watching
trim German officers saunter down
Prague's Valavske Namesti-which
is the heart of Bohemia.
I'VE are Matching conspiracies, ~
he went on. "Once more we are
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Body Of Woman Taken
From Water Near Point

The body Of "a white woman about
IS years old, tentatively identified by
police as Mrs. Bessie Eattaile of West
Falls Church, Va, was discovered in
Georgetown Channel some SO feet
from the seawall near Haines Point
at $3.50 am. today by Park Police
man R. F. Selby
Pvts. Lemual Baliles and F. c.
White of the harbor police recovered
the body, which they said was fully
clothed and appeared to have been
in the water no more than IL hours
A pocketbook found with the body
contained 81. The tentative identi-
flcation was made by the homicide
squad.
Evening star., 1939-06-12

looking for another Masaryk." CDR
Thomas G. Masaryk was a founder
and the first president of Czecho-
Slovakia)
The Czech patriot, himself too
old to engage in any revolutionary
adventures, then described, with sur
prising frankness, the passive re-
sistance" to German rule, which has
manifested itself in the following
forms:
l. Damage to precision machinery
in some factories, particularly those
making munitions ,
2. Failure of factories to keep up
production schedules.
3. Delays in railway service.
4. Circulation of chain letters call
ing on Czechs to preserve their ma
tional identity.
5. Disappearance of able bodied
young men who according to popular
reports, are making their way into
Poland to join a so-called Czech
legion.
6, Word of mouth propaganda-a
whispered transmission of reports
which keeps Czechs well-informed
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Legislator DiscIoses
Complaint Against
Robert for Lobbying
No Reply to Letter
To Roosevelt Received,
Kennedy Says
By the Associated Press.

BY tDe Associated Press.
Representative Martin j. Ken
nedy, Democrat, of New York, made
public correspondence to President
Roosevelt today in which he con-
tended that L. w. Robert, jr., secre-
tary of the Democratic National
Committee, "was active in lobbying
for certain legislation"
I'm view of the drive that Attorney
General Frank Murphy is making
against corruption in high places"
Representative Kennedy wrote, it
would seem to me that the Demo-
cratic National Committee may we'll
be challenged by the Republicans
on this lobbying issue, for while Mr..
Robert is not an office holder and
cannot be considered as having done
anything corrupt. at the same time,
as secretary of the National Com
mittee, his unofficial activities SUBJ
JectS the administration and the
party to all sorts of criticism.
Gas result of his party posi-
ton, he yields tremendous in
f1uence in Democratic legislative
circles"
The letter, dated June 10. assert
ed that a previous communication
on this subject from Representative
Kennedy to the White House had
been referred to Postmaster General
Farley as National party chairman,
but that Mr.. Farley had made no
reply.
Representative Kennedy said,
therefore, he felt it was his duty
to bring the matter to the atten-
ton of the Chief Executive again.
The earlier letter, dated March
8, said Mr.. Robert was chief lob
byist' for legislation proposing that
Congress rather than the Inter-
State Commerce Commission fix
railroad freight rates.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
British Guard Envoy
To China Against
Assassination Plot
information About Plan
To Kill Diplomat Is \
Reported Received y
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, June IL. - British
diplomatic authorities tonight dis
closed receipt of information of a
plot to take the life of British Am
bassador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
A heavy police guard was placed
about the Ambassador residence
and Offices. An authoritative Brit
ish statement said the information
which is considered authentic and
accurate" indicated the plot "is of
a grave nature and threatens Sir
Archibald"
Those concerned in the plot were
not named.
BulletproOf Car Provided.
International Settlement police
both Chinese and British, took ur
stations at the Ambassador resi-
dence and office Added precautions
to guard Sir Archibald while travel
ing included provision of a bullet
proof automobile and an escort cal
carrying a squad of police.
There were unconfirmed reports
that the Ambassador had been per-
suaded to wear a bulletproof vest
when outside his quarters.
Machine guns were stationed Al
the corners of the garden wall sur.
rounding Sir Archibald's residence
in the western portion of the Inter.
national Settlement near Japanese.
controlled areas.
Entrance was forbidden except tt
those with British Embassy ere.
dentials.
Reports on Identities Vary.
At the Embassy Office downtown
guards were stationed at entrances
and halls and in waiting rooms anc
other rooms near Sir Archibald'
Office.
There were conflicting unofficia
reports on the identity of those con
cerned in the reported plot. On,
version was that Chinese hae
threatened the Ambassador becaus,
they feared he would bow to Japan
/ ese and order the surrender by au
thorities of the Tientsin British
concession Of four Chinese accused
Of terrorism.
Another version was that the plo
was Japanese inspired.
Evening star., 1939-06-12

Igious thought and practice, and
true patriotism kindles defense of
the government which respects and
protects mans inalienable rights"
The Rev. H. F.. Butt, academy
chaplain, in his baccalaureate SER
mon, exhorted the graduates to be
especially conscious of twin loyal
ties-your loyalty to your country
and your loyalty to your God"
Democracy cannot long prevail
without freedom of worship and the
incentive Of religion" he said.
Every powerful machine needs a
governor. Let God be the governor
in your life"
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Girl, Is, and Woman
Drown in Baltimore
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, June 12-TWo per-
sons were drowned yesterday as high
temperatures and humidity COM
bined to drive holiday crowds to the
water.
One OF the victims was Thelma
Hopkins, Is, drowned while rescu-
ing Thelma Brady, IA. The girls
were bathing when the younger one
waded over her depth. Miss Hop
kins dragged the screaming girl into
shallow water and bystanders
brought her to shore. Meanwhile,
Miss Hopkins had disappeared. BY
the time her body was recovered,
she was dead.
The other victim was Mrs. Lerene
fireman. 25, who was thrown into
the Patspsco River with four COM
panions when a sailboat overturned
near the city airport.
Mrs. fireman sank after her COM
panions got her to within rs feet
of shore. Her husband, S. Michael
fireman., was taken from the water
by Pan-American Airways launch
which was awaiting the arrival OF
the Bermuda clipper.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
DR.. Wilkinson to Speak

DR.. Garnett c. Wilkinson assist
ant superintendent of public schools
will be the guest speaker at the
final meeting of the season of Barry
Farm Citizens Association tomor-
row at BIS pm. at 2846 Elvans
road Sc. Music and refreshments
are to be provided.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Funeral Rites Held
For 1t. Col. Trumbo

Funeral services for 1t. Col
George A. F, Trumbo, 81, Cavalry,
U. S. A., retired, who died in May
wood, Ill, Thursday, were held to-
day in Arlington National Cemetery.
Chaplain Walter B. Zimmerman
offlciated. Burial was with full mil
itary honors.
Col. Trumbo was native Of Tyn-
dali, S. Oak. His widow, Mrs. Olive
Wilson Trumbo, is among survivors.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Graduate at Boston u.

Mary c. Duffley, Elmer Leroy
Kimmell and Helen Louise Sparks,
of Washington. were graduated to-
day from Boston University.
Evening star., 1939-06-12

England has banned the posses
sion or sale Of plovers' eggs.
Evening star., 1939-06-12

Many historical and propaganda
films are being produced in Russia.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
L Hurt in Clash
Of Pickets at 6. N.
Plant in Saginaw
Entire Police Force Is
Modified in Flint
As Factories Operate
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Internal diSSention last 1Dinter
split U. A. w. into t1Do factions,
c. /. 0. and A. F. of L. Strike
In Briggs Detroit plant 1DaS called
on May p By c. /. o. group and
settlement ,DdS reached last
Wednesday. On Thursday HON.
er Martin OF A. F. of L. faction
called strike in Flint and Sag
inaD plants OF General Motors.
c. I. O. officials said their men
Uould pass through pickets and
enter plants.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
/. v. ContoIoupes
First to Hit
Bic Markets

Second only to lettuce crop of cash return-and
sometimes ahead of letuceis the Imperial Valley har-
vest of cantalOupes.
In 1888 cantaoupes shipped from Imperial Valley
tOtaled 8028 for monetary return of S5434,956
In 1887 the total shipment was 9968 for a return
of 81 38O,732.
In 1886 It was 6485 for cash comeback of S5099390
In 1885 the valley produced 6,055 carloads valued at
$4484 333.
Six million dollars the total for the 1888 crop,
1900 for the 1882 harvest and grand total of more
than TWELVE MILLION in 1880!
cantaloupes represent expensive
crop They quoted author
iavy paper s85 Brush covered
plants considerably
preparation lettuce but addition
covering protection from
cold.
loading costs about S82 cents crate
yield will be $50 crates to the
the than in the early brush
crops 200 TO the not un
heard Of then
Imperial Valley cantaloupes are the first to hit the
market The valley usually starts shipping late in
April and early in May and shipments continue, pos
siby up August l. The valley is alone in the
field until the Yuma valley deal starts. Then comes
Phoenix and the Salt River valley followed by Texas
and Bakersfield and Colorado.
Prices vary all the way from $3.50 crate to so
cents Some early flats Of nine to 10 cantaoupes will
bring fabulous prices of $3.50 and Sc Size of crates
also vary from Standards (45 melons to crate) to
Jumbos with 36 in crate.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
FACT NO. z
Enormous Sums
Reaped i'm Past
From Lettuce
I.ettuce is the "monev crop"

Lettuce Is the money crop
In 1898 the Imperial Valley crop of 1900 cas- was
valued at S5219,S00. -
In 1887 the harvest of 1O,070 brought S10sO511O.
In 1886 the crop of 9,62l brought S60SO472 and
i'm 1885 cars totang 6356 reaped S4493.692
Other years bring similar figures, many higher IN
financial return In 1881 there 1897 shipped
in 1880 l3 342 cars 12,608 in 1929 20 ,035 in 1928
from the French actiS or mix re-
ferring to the milky juice sf however has
changed so that would hardly know it.
The iceberg type valley famous merely
means firm head suppanted the old Boston cuey
variety
Imperial valleys every year late November
depending upon weather extends well into the
field pack and ice pack
nearby markets The latter
IS packed n the haus TO the east.
Fabulous returns in cash frequently heard of,
depending upon market conditions. The average lmpe
rial Valley yield per is $50 crates This means 100
heads of lettuce Prices vary all the way from & to 80
turns
Quite frequently land shoots way beyond the aver
age production and growers have reported much as
800 crates a FULL CARLOAD, to acrei This, on
moderate price of 81 crate, would mean return OF
$640 acre.
Lettuce takes from early plants
generally clhnaX long elaborate
preparation steps blowing floating bordering flooding
splitting bedding planting gang thinning and
hoemg preparation well all other
about $50
Imperial Valleys between Arizona deals The
chronoogcaly this order Salinas. Phoenix
Imperial Salt Valley and then Salinas again
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Million
In Peas

From late in October
through December, January
and February come an aver
age of more than a million
dollars in peas from Impe-
rial Valleys northend fields.
Harvesting starts during
the last days of October and
is slowed by nothing except
chilly weather. Given an av-
erage break with Jack Frost
the fall crop comes through
with a minimum of damage.
In 1888 the valley crop was
valued at 81, ,018, ,740. The
cars shipped totaled 660. In
1887 the shipments were 751
valued at 81, ,138, ,766 and in
1888 they were l,0S9 valued
at S1,784, 900.
Prices Oh peas averaged
SLIGO a hamper III the fall
and $1.7S a hamper in the
spring in 1897. AT 651 hamp-
crs to a car the fall product
was valued at $1,042 a car
and the spring at 81, 1,480 a
car. Average prices will be
around So a hamper.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

tons).
Following closely on the heels OF
the first cantaloupes, watermelons
start going out about the middle
of Nav and continue through June
into July. Most of the shipments
go to the coast markets and to
the northwest. Competition comes
from Riverside, Hemet and San
JOAQUIN areas, although Imperial
Valley watermelons are generally
first in the field.
In 1898 the valley shipped a total
of 1852 cars for a total valuation
of $6l3,776. In 1897 the shipments
totaled 4,5O8 for return of ST.
224, ,208 and in 1886 the figures were
1864 cars for return of Sl,090,584.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
/. v. Acres Yield
One to II Tons
WotermeIonS

II would take 200 pckannnies TO devour the product
of one average acre of Imperial Valley watermeons!
This is taken at the rate of one 15-pound watermelon
per pckannny with average yield Of nine tons per
Naturally in many the per yield goes we'll
beyond nine tons. 1t has gone than carload Q2 y
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

Other large yields include 1930s
81 GAS 900 return on 4600 cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Combined Melon
Deul Shadows
Lettuce Cash

Frequently in size of shipments and also in amount
of money return melons" will oveshadow lettuce IN
Imperial Valley Although cantaloupeS are pointed 70
as the main melon produced nevertheless honeydews and
honeybas have grown to be considerable item and
combined with cantaoupes they give an Impressive total
In 1898 shipments of hOneydews and honeyballs and
mixed melons amounted to 3,476 cars valued at ST.,
14l304 Combined with cantaloupes this gives a total
melon return of $757626O.
Combination totals for other years give this analysis
1937-15393 cars-$11, ,829342
l936-10961 cars-$ 7994,668
l935-10904 cars-$ 7,493,z2O. ~
In 1880 the total reached the enormous sum OF $751;
544,797