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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
DEMOCRATS WILL
 FACE REAL TEST
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kC0htlnueu rom rage ~ the trade agreement dispute be- cause of Hull's position as Q likely compromise of Democratic presl- dential nominee if the president does not seek e third term, Rejee- ton Of tho Hull trade agreement plan practically would eliminate him from lo40 consideration, where. as It's extension would materially boots his campaign stock.
 Other notable ie40 expiration dates include:
 Frazier-Lemke Farm Mortgage Moratorium Act-March {.
 Municipal Bankruptcy Act - June 90.
 Central Statistical Board--July 2S.
 Chandler Railroad Reorganlxa. tl0n Act-July 2s.
 Guffey Coal Act--Decembe Sl.
 1887 Sugar Act-December 3i.
 Authority for the investigation of un- American activities undertaken by Chairman Martin l.. Dies, D. Texas, of Q special house committee expires December 3l, 1889. A reso- lution Is pending to appropriate si00,000 to continue tho inquiry through ie40. MT. Roosevelt and some of his cabinet have been con- slstently and caustically critical of the inquiry which, however, was continued through 1889. House Democratic leaders informed the White House that the investigation was too popular to stop. On Feb. ruary 3, 1889, the house voted 344 to 35 to continue 1t through this year.
 A budget of sharply controversial legislation Is held over from the last regular session. Here are some Of tho major bills which passed the senate but were not acted on by the house and which, therefore, still are pending:
 i. si,SiS,OOO,OOO spending lend- ing bill.
 ?. SsoO 100000 expansion of U. $. Housing Authority's borrowing power.
 3. Creation Of . flve.man rail- road reorganization court.
 {. Bankhead cotton crop insur. aBee bill.
 b. Lee bill for Insurance of long. term, iow.interest farm mortgages.
 Bills passed by the house but not by the senate ineluded
 1. Authorization Of munitions sales to Latin. America.
 2. Btricter immigration, deporta- ton and alien. detention powers.
 The long delayed house investiga. ton of the national labor relations board has begun to develop the evi- dence which critics of the legislation assert warrants amendment of the act and 0 shake-up of board per- sonnel. The house committee on ap. propriations is expected to report during the approaching session on It's investigation of the works pros jects administration. A senate eom- nlittee which has been Investigating unemployment and relief also Is scheduled to announce It's findings.
 As proposed by MT. Roosevelt, the Bpendings lending bill called for S3,- 060, 900 900 to Dc loaned over 6 per- tod Of years for municipal projects highways, railroad equipment, rural electrification, farm tenant aid, and foreign loans through the export- import bank. The senate reduced the sum to ei ,8ib, 100000. As report- ed to the house, the bill called for si ,0b0 100000, but the house re- fused even to consider 1t this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
Sale Of Fisk Co. To
 US. Rubber Held Up
Former Fisk Official Seeks Stockholders Proxies to
 Block Sale-Caims Price Not Equitable

New York, Dec. 26,--(Up)-The proposed sale of Fisk Rubber Cor poration to United States Rubber Company encountered new difiioul- ties today with the disclosure that Whitfield Reid, former secretary and counsel for Fisk, is soliciting stock holders proxies to block the deal,
 Tn letter issued to Fisk eom- mon stockholders, Reid urged that he be permitted to vote their shares in opposition to the sale when 1t comes up for ratification in Will mlngton, Del, on Friday.
 Reid, who Is chairman Of cons mittee lin favor of Q more equitable price for the assets" Of the Fisk Corporation, eontended that hold CTS of the latterS common shares are entitled to far more than U. &, Rubber Is offering,
 He pointed out that Fisk has a net worth of si3,37b, ,680 for which U. 8. Rubber Is offering se,827, ,S30 in cash in addition to shares of It's own common stock having c book value of $2,374,4s9.
 Reid said that eight out Of the 10 Fisk directors voted approval of the sale, and contended that five of these own no stock in the cor- poration.
 Colonel Charles n. Speaks, presl- dent of Fisk who refrained from voting ct the directors meeting which recommended the sale, has urged acceptance of the U. s. Rub- Der offer and will receive si00,000 in cash as termination allowance if the deal goes through, the com- inittee chairman said.
 Reid'S letter also stated that Kari Behr, another director who did not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

'ConIinuod rom Page p
 ?. Wagner, D., N. r., and more con- Seryatiye estimates. It was expected that the president would suggest that the federal government as- Bume 100 per cent responsibility for the construction of hospitals in un- derpriyileged communities.
 It was expected also that MT Roosevelt sometime this week will formulate for presentation to eon- gress c factual and comprehensive description Of the United States re- iations with European belligerents and the infringements on the vest ern hemisphere safety zone, caused both by the incident of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spec, and the German liner Colum. bus. Both present serious questions as to how the United States as well as the 20 other American republlcs joining in the Declaration of Pan- aiiia of last October are to "quaran- tine" war from tilis hemisphere.
 The president attended non-sec- tariaii church services yesterday and heard Rev. O. F Blackwelder Of the Lutheran Church of the Re- formation proclaim that brute force and selfish hate can never triumph in this world. Only the spirit of Christ can triumph, he said. be- cause the forces of nature and the hope of nations arc on the side Of the manager child.
 The president was accompanied to church services by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt and members Of his family who were White House guests for the holiday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
WORKER FLEES
 FROM OPERATION

Boston, December 20. = (UP) - When physicians told John Rey- holds, 8, c WPA worker he must submit to an operation to have lis right hand, cut in 6 fall against 6 glass door, he fled from Q hospital last night.
 Later he returned after police had found him near his brookline home, Hosiptal attaches said today he was recovering after the operation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

to the front lines was uflberalded aild tilst not even the army officers knew Of it iil advance because he made tie trip "as a soldier" so that ne might observe Christmas among the front lite fighters,
 One stop was at a military air" port where the pilots were at iun- eFe0n in a big hail, gaiiy decorated for Christmas with evergreen, The FHehFer entered suddenly and sat with the squadron leader, The pilots
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
3s DIE IN N. E. STATES
 OVER HOLIDAY

Boston, December2G - UP ~= Thirty y-eisht persons were killed in New England during tBs holiday weekend, with motor vehicle aeGis dents accounting for more than half the toll.
 Massachusetts led tiie list uith t3 fatalities Connecticut was 6 close second with 12. Hundreds 6f lj6f- sons were h6spitalized with injuries
 Maine accounted for seven Of tie deaths and Vermont aid New Hofnpsiiif6 had three 6aGh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

vote on the sale, Is viee-president of Dillon, Reid & Company, a brok- craze firm which is to receive a sS0,000 commission for negotiating the acquisition,
 In view of these considerations, the letter concluded, Fisk share holders under no circumstances" should agree to 6 sale Of their prop critics on the "inequitable basis" proposed by their directors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
SWEAR OFF EARLY

Evanston, H., Dec. 26--(UP) Ida B. Wise Smith, president of the Wo- mems Christian Temperance Union, suggested today that this year tip- piers swear of" a few days ahead of New Years Eve. "Then," she said, "they can sec and know what they've been missing on previous New Yeark's Eyes,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

more pow e r'--
 shining jewel as seldom found as c Kohinoor or a J unk CTS -- has been pulled from under its bushel.
 It is the Con- ciliation Service of the Depart ment of Labor. At Q time when its labor policy gen. erally Is under fire, the govern- ment is l,egin- ming to realize that this quiet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
SENDS MESSAGE, DIES

Greenwich, Conn, Dec. 2e-(UP) After sending 6 telegram to his wife to scome home and take care of the dog" Arthur E. Mann, A, oil burner salesman, committed suicide by iniiaiing carbon faonoxide fumes hi his garage ChFistmas day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
CONSCIENCE BoTHERs

Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 20-(uP) An anonymous sib donation was received by the Portsmouth EllkS Lodge from "a friend" who said his ccnscience had bothered him since he sold c book of tickets for tho ore gAnization several years SEQ and faiisd to turn in the money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

outfit is an asset and there is talk of strengthening the Service. TO which it's New Deal director, John R. Steelman, says that while the Cancellation Service might like to be expanded bit, 1t doesn't want to be strengthened"
 "We don't want authority" he announces.
 EFFECTIVENESS LIES
 IN LACK OF POWER
 The Service has no power what. ever to intervene in any industrial dispute unless both sides 10 the dis- pute want 1t to intervene; and this very fact is the source of much Of its effectiveness.
 One veteran member of tie Serv- ice remarks.
 T go to q city where there's q strike and call on the industrialist involved. He looks Up and says, What authority have you got to mix up in this?" 1 tell him: None in the world. If you want me to-, Ill get out. just wanted to come iii and chew the fat with you and see If there's anything 1 can do to help
 "rhat usually takes him by stir~ prise.-t mean, just the idea that there's somebody fin Washington who isn't trying to make people do things--so we get to talking, and first thing you know we're talking about the strike, and before long I've got this man talking to the union people. And If you can keep 'em talking to each other long enough there's usually c settle- ment."
 KEEP THEIR
 TONGUES MOVING
 That's the theory the Coneilia- ton Service works on Keep 'em talking. No matter how far apart the parties on an industrial dispute may be. the conciliators have found that they can generally reach afi agreement if they can just be kept comforting.
 The Secretary of Labor's annual report shows how many strikes the Service settles fin the course Of 6 year. and gives elaborate statistics of working days lost through strikes. wages and profits affected, and so on. But an important part of tho Services work never shows Up in the statistics. It settles 6 lot of strikes before they happen-be- fore they even get close enough to happening to go down in the rec- ords as industrial disputes,
 Most of the 60-odd commissioners if1 the Service stay out fin the field,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
BULLET RIcOcHETs. KILLS

Mount Tabor, Vt, Dec. 28-(UP) --The second bullet fired from a Christmas gift rifle ricocheted from 2 tombstone and killed four.year- old Robert MeffoW,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
By BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrresp0ndent)

Washington, Dec. 26.-That rare gem of governmental bureaucracy, \ department that doesn't want
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26

Shanghai China, has c war on the hcaTding of essential commodities,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
PRESIDENT WORKS
 ON HIS MESSAGE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-26
.SCULLY NAMES
 HIS SECRETARY

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Evening star., 1939-05-23

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Evening star., 1939-05-23

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Evening star., 1939-05-23

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bow-tied belt of rayon gros-
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Paddle
Wheels
Racing
River Boats Ste am
Out Against Time
On Three Streams

SACRAMENTO, April %.
(UP) IT h e Delta Queen,
broa dhulled sternwheeler,
showed off for Treasure Is
land in San Francisco bay
today to. start a three-way river
boat race on the Sacramento, San
Joaquin and Mississippi rivers.
damned with state officials and
weekend merrymakers, dressed in
the pioneer garb of two generations
ago. the flat-bottomed Delta Queen
cast off its shore lines at 1925 am
She was given a 45-minute handi-
cap over the Delta King, which
left from Stockton on the San
Joaquin river.
A third boat, the Golden Eagle
Packet, was scheduled TO leave st
Louis, Mo-, on the Mississippi and
race against time to Cape Girar-
deau 125 miles down the river.
Winning boat will be determined
on a basis of comparative times.
All three must cover a distance of
approximately 1875 miles. The Delta
Queen and Delta King were to meet
late today at the Carquinez Straits
and make for Treasure Island
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Braw|ey Rancher
Shot During Row
Over Debt Of S5
Negro jailed After He
Repulses Collector
With Shotgun

Paul Benson, %, Brawley
rancher, is in the Ell Centric
hospital suffering from gum
shot wounds while George
Flenaugh, 35, Negro, is held
in the Brawiey Jail on charge of
shooting him during an argument
over SIS.
The shooting occurred late Fri
day at the Negroes home in BraW-
ley. Benson's face, arms, and legs
were spattered with shot from
Flenaugh'S gun. His condition is
said to be painful but not serious
Brawley police said the Negro
worked for the white rancher. The
rancher said Flenaugh owed him
S. and attempted to hold the
amount out of his wages. Flenaugh
went TO the labor commissioner
office in FL Centro with his COM
plant and Benson was prevented
from taking the sum from his
wages They continued their argu-
ment after they returned to Braw-
ley.
Benson went to the Negroes home
to attempt to collect the money
Flensugh said. and threatened him
with an iron pipe. Brawley police
confiscated a shotgun and an iror
pipe found at the scene of the
shooting. James DUNCAN, Brawley
police officer, signed a complaint
Saturday charging Flenaugh witt
assault with a deadly weapon.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Pioneer I.V. Bank
Executive Passes
At National City
o. X. Thomas Among 1st
Of Valley Business,
Civic Leaders

o. X. Thomas, Imperial
Valley pioneer and long
identified with business and
banking interests in the val
ley, died suddenly at his
home in National City early Sat-
urday.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later
He arrived in Imperial Valley
prior to 1903 and was employed III
the Varney store in Imperial and
later in Brawley. He was city coun-
Gilman in Imperial in 1909 and
served as city treasurer from 1911
to 1914.
In early settlement days he was
associated with Leroy Holt in the
First National bank at Imperial.
Thomas was instrumental in start
ing the First National bank at Cali
patria and was. one of the banks
officials for many years. After leav-
ing the valley he lived in Garden
Grove and National City.
He is survived by his wife, who is
a sister of Mrs. w. o. Hinderks OF
Ell Centro, Mrs. Clarence Hinderks
of Pasadena, and Otto Conser OF
Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Al Capone Loses
Fight for Release

LOS ANGELES, April %. CUP)-
AL Capone received the bad news
in Terminal Island federal prison
today that his plea for release on
writ of habeas corpus has been
denied, and he must serve until
next November, at least.
Federal Judge Harry HollZer rul-
ed that the time Capone spent in
the Cook county Jail of Chicago
awaiting disposition of his appeal
should not be allowed as time serv-
ed on the sentence for income tax
evasion that has kept the racket
king behind bars since 1881.
The court held it was Capone's
own fault that he delayed serving
his sentence, and chose to remain
in Jail instead of the Atlanta peni-
tentiary until exhausting all legal
appeals.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23

foreign ministers, Ildu COllltilfu ioi
two hours.
The officials met at Grand hotel
and at the conclusion of their con-
ference, Jugoslav quarters confirm
ed reports that Italy showed early
signs of success in its efforts TO
swing Jugoslavia into close support
of the Rome Berlin axis.
Cincar Markovitch and Ciano
were expected to complete details
and reach an agreement on the
Hungarian Jugoslav agreement
during a meeting Sunday morning,
They were expected to leave i'm,
mediately for Berlin TO confer with
German Foreign Secretary Joachim
Won Ribbentrop.
The agreement was expected to
be signed formally sometime in
May.
Jugoslav reports said that Ciano
was prepared to agree TO reduce
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Lamour Believes
Divorce Best Bet

HOLLYWOOD. April %. (UP)-
Dorothy Lamour. who makes pas
Sionate love every Sunday night tc
Edgar Bergen's dummy on the ra-
dio. gave real life romance a new
twist today when she said she ex-
pected TO like her husband better
than ever before-now that he's
sued her for divorce.
La Lamour'S husband Herbie
Kay, the orchestra leader, charged
her with desertion in Chicago. He
filed his suit at about the time she
would have been giving birth to a
child. had she followed her original
maternal program.
The beautous Dorothy, wearing
tears in her big black eyes and a
dress-instead of the South Sea Is
land sarong which made her famous
said she was only fooling when
she announced a year ago that after
a few more months in the imita-
ton jungles OF the sound stages she
would retire and have baby
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Defense to Wind
Up Kidnap Case

YUBA CITY, Cal, April % (UP)
Attorneys for Robert Grimes, "a.
and his brother Ollen. 30, on trial
for the kidnapping last September
Of Mrs. Norma Meeks, indicated to-
day the defense would finish taking
its testimony Monday.
District Attorney Lloyd Hewitt
said he probably would, call one
more witness before resting. It was
expected the case would go to the
jury of four men and eight women
by the middle of next week.
AS the trial went into weekend
recess, Ollen Grimes was identified
by Mrs. Ethel M Taillefer as the
person who had purchased supply
of cheese and cigarettes at her
country store a few miles from the
ivy y-thicketed ravine where Mrs.
Meeks was held captive for three
days.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Olson Asks Probe
OF State Utilities

SACRAMENTO, April %. (UP)-
Gov. Culbert Olson today asked
the state railroad commission to
make a thorough investigation into
expenditures of the Pacific Gas and
Electric corporation and all other
public utilities corporations operat-
ing in California.
The request was announced by
Executive Secretary Kenneth I. Full
ton, who made public a letter to
the commission asking an inquiry
into all expenditures of the P. G.
and E, and other utilities since 1884
which would tend to Influence
legislation or political elections"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Tyrone Power Will
Marry Sunday

HOLLYWOOD, April %. tUP)-
Tyrone Power. youthful screen star,
and his fiance. Annabella. French
film actress. today announced they
would be married tomorrow after
noon at the home of Powers
mother.
The actor said the marriage would
take place early in the afternoon
at the Bel-Air home of his mother
Mrs. Patia Power. He said the
wedding would be a simple home
ceremony performed in the living
room by Superior Judge William j.
Palmer,
Don Ameche, film star and close
friend of Power, is to be the best
man while Mrs. Charles Boyer, the
former Pat Patterson of the screen
is to be the matron of honor
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23

to the hoppers, overcast skies and
cold winds slowed their march into
farm lands and lowered the rate
at which additional insects are be-
ing Matched out.
All available manpoWer was con-
centrated ON a 50-mile battle
front" as ranchers sought to make
the most of weather conditions In
hating the march of the grass
hoppers into 10000 acres of cotton,
flax and grain in the Pleasant Val
ley area.
Fire and poison were used IN
western Kern county areas rs miles
to the south after reports that the
hoppers were infesting cotton and
potato fields in the Edison and
ButtonWillow districts. Fields were
burned over and poison mash spread
in their path. Kern grasshoppers
were believed to be several weeks
behind those of Fresno county in
growth.
A new movement was noticed by
experts today as the army which
for several days has been converg-
ulS llOlll oil ullCCOiOllS Oll
Valley began spreading to the north
and south. More hoppers appeared
near Avenal in Kings county on
the south and Dos Palos on the
north. .....
An organized campaign directed
by State Entomologist Stewart
Lockwood took the place of spor-
adic attempts Of individual farmers
to save their crops. All poison mash
was being mixed on one ranch-the
Conn holding-in borrowed cement
mixers and moved by truck to the
various sections of the front.
Lockwood spent today in Fresno
arranging to send additional sup
plies and manpower to Coalinga.
Mixing of the poison in one
central place by machine meant the
release of more men for the work
of spreading the mash.
Already the hoppers had infested
nearly 1000 acres of cotton, grain
and flax which they were devouring
ravenously. Heading for the same
fields, vast hordes of additional in
sects crawled and hoped over a
strip of Semi-desert foothill and
valley land 100 miles long.
County, state and federal author
tiles hoped to stop the invasion be-
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Child Falls from
Foot Bridge, browns
In CaIexico Canal

CALEXICO, April 22.-George
Avila, 4-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jose Luis Avila, drowned in
the AlamitoS canal five miles
northeast of town early Saturday.
The child apparently fell off a
little footbridge near the family
home, Deputy County Coroner Her,
bert Hughes said. His parents
missed him about 6 a. m. They
Waded down the canal short dis
tance and found the body submerg-
ed in three feet of water. A ply
sician and the fire department pull
motor squad were unable to re-
vive the boy.
He will be buried in Mexicali.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Instructor Arrested
For Drunk Flying

MARYSVILLE, Cal. April %.
(UP)-Glenn Danley, 90. listed as
flying instructor" was held today
for operating his airplane while in
toxicated, police reported and later
creating mischief in Jail.
Officers said Danley took his
plane up, flew around over muni-
cipal airport and tried to land in
the dark. The undercarriage of the
ship struck a fence and the plane
crashed.
T. In jail, Danley caused consider
able commotion, police said, and
jammed the cell lock with matches,
necessitating services of a lock-
smith to remove him.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Mexicans Face
Burglary Charge

BRAWLEY, April 22.-Rene Ba-
cnelier and Felix Subio, arrested by
police here Yesterday with large
amount of mems clothing in their
CIR. were taken to Los Angeles early
today 10 face charge of bur-
glary.
The Mexicans abandoned their
car and fled when Brawley police
asked them if they had license
TO peddle Los Angeles police said
they had burglarized a store in that
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
Father, Five Children Perish When
Exploding Stove Sets House Afire

one month, suffered burns.
Mrs Helmick and two other sons.
william, 20, and Wayne, II, es-
capped injury
The children were asleep up
stairs when the fire broke out after
a kerosene explosion, assistant fire
chief, Sam Russell, said. He under
stood that two of the other children
were downstairs trying to start a
fire in the stove.
ice and Max Helmick were burn
ed critically and were not expected
to live through the day.
The father perished when ne
went upstairs to try to rescue the
children.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-23
The Bill Passed :

SACRAMENTO, April %. CUpb-
The assembly was discussing fire
works--so somebody furnished at
mosphere.
During argument over a bill to
forbid sale of fireworks, a string
of firecrackers was set off in the
rear of the chamber. The bill was
paSSed