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into suit and he floats the surface.
being guided to the barge by the life line Mere he
lower eenter) just breaking through the water and
cropping for the rungs NJ the ladder to climb hack
the barge.
Hurry mp. Get off that helmet and suit its
heavy Then suit Off gear fixed In readiness for the
next dive Bacon boards speed boat which takes hin,
back 10 the main bridge company working dock 81 the
foot Of Sixth There deco1pre-s,on CHAMBER
aud Bacon II dover right about 10 enter H. The
chamber permits slow release Of pressure thus avod-
Ing attack of "ths bcnds form Of paralysis which
otherwise may suddenly affect deep divers.
Occasionally deep diver suffers soch attack
time after he IL through with his dive
while he 10 driving back to town. at movie In
store That's why they all big metal tag which
reads: "If found unconscious. 10 bridge
construction dock foot of Sixth 10 NOT
CALL DOCTOR OR SEND TO HOSPITAL That tag
designed to the life Of diver suddenly seizsd
with attack Of "tbe bnds The ordinar, us~d
by doctors to revive unconscious would he fatal
TO psrsI, h~d diver The on, the
chamber.
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Two men. driving q car
stolen from q Tacoma motor.
list. who attempted to steal 4
safe from n Portland ave.
service station, we're being
sought by Northwest law en-
forcement officers Friday.
w. ". Walker. who resides ~
1897 Portland ave. telephoned
pcl,oe headquarters shortly sessr
q a. m. Friday. relating ne had
heard the crash of glass At : Hetv.
los station next stoor. which II
oened by g. N. rrost.
rrowier Car offteefs } =. Lyons
and C. l., Adair were dispatched
to the address.
When the offlrsfs arrived they
learned from Walker that after
ne tciephoned headquarters. ne
watched the two men pssh roo
pound safe from under = counter
IN the service station 10 . window.
then pick II up and shove u
through the opening.
MISTAKES iaessity
The pair mast placed the ssfe
on tho ftopt of the stolen car.
between the right front fender AMI
tho hood. climbed In and started
away. just before thu police off.
GERS arrived. the car returned
Walker said he thought n 1ss
ths pfowier ear. 90 he opened
window IL HIS homs and started
to sddfess thu supposed effIesss.
The car. Walter related. backed
away and proceeded east on Fair
banks ave. A shasf distance away.
one ~ the men silshssa from the
vehicle and pusbsd the safe 70 tho
parking strip.
ag0e Was 1ssS6s
Lyons ard Aasir found the safe.
returned u In the service station.
where II ~ss being checked for
finxefpriBts IN an attempt 10
Identify tbs providers.
OffIeefs learned that rfost uss
confined 10 American Lake has.
piisI Russell cisty. iass ~. Nor.
ton st. operating the station dur.
ing his absence. said approximately
$500 was In the safe.
The car used by the Nouid.be
thieves ~as slglsa from " viii.
Jams at stfo ~. G II 80. q
black Olasuohlis sedan.
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MADE ISLAND GOVERNOR

WASHINGTON - PRESIDE I
Roosevelt announced today he viii
appoint Admiral William .. Leshy,
retiring chief Of naval operations.
as governor Of Puerto Rico 70 sue
coed Governor Bfsnson Wrnship.
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HOPES
SHIPS WILL Be
BUILT N CITY
Are to
Be Ready Soon,
Says Stevenson on
Return From East

Possibility for the eonstruc-
ton of merchant marine ships
in Tacoma il indicated by a
report made by T. A. Steven
son. secrciary-manaaer Of the
Chamber Of Commerce. today
following his return Thursday
night from a two.weck visit 10
Washington where he attend
ed the convention Of the Ma
tional Chamber.
stevenson said he learned srees-
flcations for new merchant marine
ship. viii r~ issued June | and
bids viii he opened iaiy Is,
They are gosnr right ahead on
their program 10 halld 500 ships
IN 10 years" he said rsisty-feur
are now under construction and
ono IL completed Tho board IL
hoping to have more ships built
or tn. west coast
Move for Methesd
stevenson also reported that
Mechord field will get another
81 3oT 500 out of the money Just
appropriated nv eongtrs. Tor svi.
alton expansion. Total espensii.
lures at the field ~ tt.1sp 600 10
now provided In the present pro.
gram, with another a.sos. 600 rS-
pcnditure enstsionrd sy aviation
authorities for = total outlay Of
over $500. 600
The civil aeronsuties authority"
reported stevenson, believes Ts-
coma should have an airport. even
though We may not expect servics
from the large passenger ships,
They see local service which will
supplement service Of large plsnea
making few stops. They also fore
see big development IN small
planes. "
Financial aid for q local airport
/ Ia possible. as the authority u
asking congress for a 800 600 .00o
appropriation for this purpose,
Stevenson said there was hope
that hills introduced by senator
Bone and Congressman Coffee pro
viding for purchase 81 the Y. =
rstoma hospital property from th'
PuyaIlup Indian tribe would ~
through.
Other Information brought back
BY Stevenson ipchidsn
Assurance that large quota Of
wsrships viii be here for the
Golden Jubilee celebration.
Proposal ~ the maritime COM
mission that Puget Sound and Co
lumbis river business interests get
together on one Amstican-owned
and operated steamship line to the
Orient 10 serve both points, rather
than 10 demand two subsidized
services from tho Northwest.
Move Approved
Approval af the entire Washing.
ton delegation in congress 81 Rep
coffees efforts 10 have the gov
eminent take over the national
park eompsny's facilities at Hai'
nisr.
Work on the new federal build
ing will not start for quits some
time" but the chamber has assufs
snee that Northwest building ma
teriaIs will be used M far a. pos
sible.
The PwA treasury is dry" sns
further appropriations by congress-
will be necessary before funds a.
available for some pending high
school projects in the county.
Need Anfi-Airessu
The army urges that Tacoma 20
after more aail-slfetsft defense 10
the Northwest, both for the ma
tloasi guard and the regular army
such development ia assured !
sufficient pressure Ia brought Il
hear
stevenson attended the meeting
Of the q. =. Chamber u Csmmsfes
with y ". Dsmafsss. who Nss re
elected 10 the board. and J. T. 4.
Lyle. who VAS national councillor
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BASE BALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE
nreeLI,s -. cor 100 oSt--s ~ q
Boston go. sso sSs iss---1 IN 4
iiamiin. Hutchinson I'll. Poffen.
berger ~ and Phelps. Casey
pusslsl ana Lopez
rhlisssiphls ise Ses isz-~is ~ .
ssw York ezf loo e0x--- . ~ /
Henry. Johnson 49,. Nas.&fsy
~ and Miles. ysnasnhefE. coff.
man 49,. h.iye isl. Lynn 90 and
banning
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland ITO ees sps--s 10
Chicago. 100 0ye 0fs~-s 10 7
AlIsn. Dot~on 80 and f.ytisks
hiEnsy. Brown ist and Trr~b.
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WEATHER AND TIDES

Fair tonight and sun. Temps. I:
High, ~; low. ~. sun rises ASS:
sets 1855.
Tides Tomorrow
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World>Famed "Cho Che, the
Circus Clown" SnccnmbS
Prince Olav Will Race on S. F. Bay; Russian
Filler Who Hoped Pole Is Killed
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS TODAY

The loss OF his leg three years ago brought death at
Oakland. Cal, William Lea who Cho Cho. The Circus
Clown. toured the world than so years Lea died pen
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BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma .>...Ax........t7ys si 80
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12
IS Trucks, Tractors, TraiIers
36 Used Tires - Auto Acces.
SO. 4TH ST.
WRECKING YARD

Used Parts-Trucks, Auto. Tractor
Used Tires and Tubes
Glass Installed
TRAILER AXLES
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
AMENDED ASSESSMENT

Notice is hereby given that on
the 9Th day of September, 1899,
report and amended assessment OF
that certain land within the City
of Ell Centro hereinafter described
has been duly filed with the City
Clerk of said City by the Superin-
tendent of Streets thereof, that
said land was and is contained
within the assessment district Gre
ated under and by virtue of Resolu-
ton of Intention Number 1856, and
that said land has, subsequent to
said original assessment, been duly
and regularly subdivided and that
in and by said report and amended
assessment said subdivisions of said
land have been respectively assessed
All persons interested are hereby
referred to said original assessment
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12
Many Others They Can Serve You Too

proceedings and to said report ana
amended assessment, including map
or plat thereof, for further parti-
culars as to said land and said
amended assessment thereof.
Further notice is hereby given
that said City Clerk has and does
hereby fix the 4th day of October,
1899, at seven thirty o'clock PM.
of said day at the Council Chamber
in the City Hall in the said City
of Ell Centro as the time and place
for the hearing of any objections
or protests against amended assess
ments: and that all persons inter-
ested in said original assessments
or in lands affected thereby or In
the Bonds secured by issuance
thereof may at the time Of said
hearing or at the time to which
said hearing may be continued.
appear before the City Council and
protest against the same.
Said land Is further described as
follows: West $50 feet of the East
300 feet of Block So, Addition Num-
ber One to Ell Centric.
r. j. TOMBSTONE,
City Clerk of the City of Ell Centre
s. IL, 19
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12

FOR SALE 9x12 Rug, Maytag
Washer, Norge Refrigerator. Call
221 day time, 559-W after S pm.
Gle
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
AMENDED ASSESSMENT

Notice is hereby given that on
the 9Th day of September, 1899, a
report and amended assessment of
that certain land within the City
of Ell Centre hereinafter described
has been duly filed with the City
Clerk of said City by the Superin-
tendent of Streets thereof, that said
land was and is contained within
the assessment district created un-
der and by virtue of Resolution of
Intention Number 327, and that said
land has, subsequent to said original
assessment, been duly and regularly
subdivided; and that in and by said
report and amended assessment said
subdivisions of said land have been
respectively assessed.
All persons interested are here
by referred to said original assess
ment proceedings and to said re-
port and amended assessment, in
cluding map or plat thereof, for
further particulars as to said land
and said amended assessment there
of.
Further notice is hereby given
that said City Clerk has and does
hereby fix the 4th day of October
1899, at seven-thirty o'clock PM.
of said day at the Council Chamber
in the City Hall in the said City
of Ell Centro as the time and place
for the hearing of any objections
or protests against amended assess
ments; and that all persons inter-
ested in said original assessments
or in lands affected thereby or in
the Bonds secured by issuance
thereof may at the time of said
hearing or at the time of said
hearing or at the time to which
said hearing may be continued,
appear before the City Council and
protest against the same.
Said land is further described as
follows: The East 450 feet of the
West 48O feet of Block So, Addition
Number One to Ell Centro.
R. J. TOMBSTONE,
City Clerk of The City of Ell Centro.
S. 1919.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12

LARGE ROOM, nicely furnished.
Adjoining bath. Teachers or busi-
ness ladies preferred. 545 Wensley.
Ola
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12
Rooms for Rent

ROOM FOR RENT with private
bath. Gentleman preferred. 535
WenSley. 9-5tf
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12

WANT ROOF OR HOUSE repairing
and remodeling. No job too small.
Experienced carpenter. R. E..
league, 672 Orange. Phi. 1890.
9-19
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12
36 Used Tires - Auto Acces.
Buy Now!

We carry a complete stock OF
Generators, Starters, Fuel Pumps
at a real saving.
Save - at
CARTER MOTOR & SUPPLY
1868 Main Phone SO
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12

WANTED NURSING by practical
nurse. Or other work. References.
319 No. 9Th st. 9-l3
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12

I3 Business Opportunities
BARBER SHOP for lease in ia
cumba. Only shop in town. Sleep
ing quarters included. Write Mrs.
S. E. Reed, Jacumba, Calf. 9-15
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12
81 Wanted Miscellaneous

PAY UP TO $40 for your old type
writer on a new portable. 521
Main. 9-25
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12

ROOMS, single and double for rent.
Also flat. 7O4 State. 9-7tf
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12
20 PaSturage

100 ACRES Alfalfa pasture for dry
stock. Lots of shade. Price reas-
enable. Cozy Corner, 6 miles
east of Holtville. 9l6
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-12
FOR. SALE

BARGAINS-Goo used ice refri-
gerators. New suitcases, 89c up
Lockers $3.50 up. Motors, blades
coolers and supplies.
DEL LOZIER FURNITURE EXCH.
Evening star., 1939-04-24
Ace Conciliator Tries
To Break Deadlock
In Coal Farley
IF SteeImon FoiIs.
Three-Mun Bourd
Will Be Considered
By the ASsocia ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 24.-Con-
cerned over developing fuel scare
ity, the United States Department
Of Labor sent an ace mediator today
before a deadlocked conference Of
Appalachian soft coal operators and
union officials.
John r. Steelman, chief Of the
United States Cancellation Service.
entered the dispute as Government
mediator as the shutdown that has
kept more than $4,000 miners idle
since April went into its fourth
week.
His assignment by Secretary Of
Labor Perkins to attempt a settle
ment reflected growing anxiety by
the administration over dwindling
soft coal reserves Of Government in
stitutions, public utilities. railroads,
municipalities and private industry.
3-Man Board Planned.
1t was learned the Labor Depart
ment planned to appoint a special
three-man mediation board in a few
days should Mr.. Steelman fail to
bring the warning operators and c.
I. o. President John L. Lewis pow
erful United Mine Workers Union
to terms.
A possibility existed President
Roosevelt would intervene directly
as last resort.
Mayor La Guardia has appealed
twice for presidential Intervention,
declaring two Of New York City
Evening star., 1939-04-24

verse. 1t was discovered all alone
by two Swedish astronomers last
year. The near ultra violet spectrum
is a trifle shorter than in other
dwarfs studied by DR.. Mohler, the
weight of which can be checked by
the gravitational pull. The differ
ence indicates that it Is about eight
times heavier.
The Bureau Of Standards physicist
can study the atmospheres of the
white dwarfs only in their extreme
upper limits. Within a relatively
short distance, because of their
great heat, point is reached where
there is no hydrogen spectrum be-
cause there is no hydrogen. 1t has
all been split up into protons and
electrons.
Shell of Rare Gas.
Like suit of light armor, shell
of rare gas about miles thick
surrounds the world and shields
the crawling life on its surface
from the killing bombardment of
ultraviolet photons from the sur
fact of the sun.
Penetration by means of un-
manned balloons almost completely
through this shell were reported
to the academy by Drs. w. w.
Coblentz and R. Stair of the Bu-
reau of Standards. 1t is the So
called ozone layer, composed of
triple atoms of oxygen in distinct
ton from the double atoms found
near the earth's surface, which has
the capacity of absorbing the short
wave-lengths Of solar radiation.
This layer starts. the Bureau Of
Standards physicists found, about
II miles above the earth's surface,
is thickest at around IS miles and
begins to grow thin at is miles
Below this point, they believe, lies
about 10 per cent of the shell. 1t
was the greatest elevation reached
by their rubber balloons carrying
robot recorders and radio operators
whose wired brains sent back to
earth records of their stratosphere
explorations.
At Is miles they were recording
ten-fold the ultraviolet lombard
ment received at the surface. This
would be far too much for living
things to endure. An unprotected
human being would get killing
sunburn in a very short time.
Evening star., 1939-04-24
Academy of Sciences Hears
Recordings Made by Robot
Electrical Voice Is Able to Mimic
Human Conversation Like an Actor

range is controlled by the analyzer,
just as for the vocalized tones"
Another device, already on exhibi-
ton at the San Francisco worlds
fair, operates on a somewhat simi-
lar principle, it was explained. but
requires an operator lingering a
keyboard. 1t is essentially device
that enables man to talk with his
fingers. This one requires no key
board but can talk by itself"
Records of Robot Speech.
DR.. Dudley played phonograph
records made from the speech of
his remarkable robot. AS he ex-
planned:
This mimicking speech is made
to reproduce the original sometimes,
and to alter 1t at other times, as
when normal speech was converted
to a whisper or to a monotone
chant. and when the original voice
was changed to low-pitched one
and then to high-pitched one"
Uses for the machine have not
been definitely worked out. It is
believed DR.. Dudley said, that some
value will be found for it in secur-
ing privacy on radio circuits and in
narrowing the frequency range re-
Quired for transmission.
Lone stars can be weighed with
waves of light.
A new tool for astronomers seeking
to solve the mysteries of the heavens
was reported to the Academy by DR.
Fred L. Mohler of the U. S. Bureau
Of Standards.
It may be especially applicable te
the mysterious white dwarfs, stars
the size of the earth but weighing
more than the sun, which have beer
found careening through space with.
in few score light years of the solar
system
DR.. Mohler's specific contribution
is a way of measuring the "electror
pressure" of their atmospheres
When gas is heated it's atoms tenc
to become ionized. That is, one OF
more of their outer electrons are
stripped off and become free atmo.
spheric particles. The hotter the
gas the more of these free electrons
are produced. Mathematicians car
calculate what proportion of an at.
mosphere is composed of free elec.
irons at various temperatures. Fol
temperatures from about 5000 te
$4,000 degrees centigrade, which l.
about the range of the outer atmo.
sphere of most of the stars, the ratio
of electrons to other gas particles Il
approximately one to five.
Atmosphere Of Stars.
The atmospheres of stars are
luminescent gases, the chief con.
stituent of which is hydrogen. Tn.
Evening star., 1939-04-24
Bridges Urges Senate
Hear Unorganized
Labor on Act
100000 Non-Union
Members Should Have
Voice, He Soys
BY JOHN C. HENRY.

Caustic foe Of the National
Labor Relations Board, Senator
Bridges, Republican, Of New Hamp-
shire, today called on the Senate
Committee on Education and Labor
to hear the voices of 100000 900 un-
affiliated American workers in
support of "vitally necessary" re-
visions Of the Labor Relations Act.
Complaining that the committee
thus far has heard an excess OF
testimony from the Labor Board
and from proponents of the act,
the New Englander warned:
There is a feeling among many
people. including myself, that to
date those who are considering
amendments and revisions to the
National Labor Relations Act are
getting only the viewpoint of the
great labor unions themselves and
of subordinate parts of the great
union. of the heads of industry,
and the members of the National
Labor Relations Board which is, of
course, vitally interested. There is
one group, however, that is larger
than all of those put together, that
is the general public whose welfare
is essential to the Nation. Certain
ly part, and a large part, of the
general public is the American
worker.
100000 UnaffiIiated.
I'VE have gotten SO that when we
speak Of American labor we auto
matically think Of the Congress of
Industrial Organizations and the
American Federation of Labor. As
a matter of fact, there are over 40
million American workers gainfully
employed who are unaff1liated with
any union. These should have the
right to be heard. No amendment
or revision of this act can lie
honestly made without taking into
consideration the feelings Of so
many American workers. Their
right to be heard as citizens and as
interested parties is certainly as
deserving of protection as are the
other civil liberties of all free
Americans
Board Chairman J. Warren Mad
den returned to the stand later in
the morning to continue discussion
of the subject of employer domina-
ton and the boards authority to
order disestablishmen of company
dominated groups.
At one point he read excerpts
from an editorial in The Evening
Star of last September 81 containing
clear rebuke to Collector of Internal
Revenue Magruder of Baltimore for
allegedly telling his employees that
he intended to vote for Representa-
tive Lewis instead of Senator Ty-
dings in Marylands Democratic
senatorial primary.
Such exertion of influence and CO.
ercion, called undesirable in the
instance cited, is equally undesirable
in the case of employees choosing a
bargaining representative. he said.
Senator Taft Disagrees.
Senator Taft Of Ohio Immediately
disagreed to say he felt employers
should have the privilege of advis-
ing their employees and that The
Star was being very unreasonable"
in the case cited.
Senator Holt. Democrat, Of West
Virginia. questioned Mr.. Madden
closely on its exercise of the author
ity to order disestablishment of com.
Evening star., 1939-04-24
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

The machine that talks like a
man with its own throat and tongue
made its debut here today through
recordings.
Perhaps the oratory of robot
6enators with brains of brass will
resound through the halls of Con-
Eress denouncing the opposition
party OF 1000 A. D.. or prima donnas
newborn and beautiful from the
porcelain factory will move opera
audiences to tears.
For the present no such exalted
roles are proposed for the talking
mechanism from the laboratories
Of the Bell Telephone Co. 1t was
described to the National Academy
of Sciences at the opening session
of its annual meeting by DR.. Homer
Dudley Of the company's staff.
It is an electrical voice. It can
mimic ones conversation like an
actor. It can lad lib" in its mimicry.
It Is in no sense an instrument for
reproducing any kind of record
ing, but it synthesizes actual speech
itself, mechanical embodiment of
the ability which hitherto in all
creation has been exclusively human.
It can talk about as we'll as a man,
but Of course somebody has to tell
Il what to say.
Two Basic Sounds.
It Is based on the fact that all
human speech can be reduced to two
basic sounds-one the vowel sound
that comes from the throat and
one an "unvoiced sound" which in
cludes most of the consonants
These can be expressed by buzz"
from an oscillator, and hiss from
q vacuum tube.
when one says 'a-a-a-ah,'" the
description of the device asserts,
''his vocal chords give off a funda-
mental tone, the pitch in singing
and a series of overtones, whose
relative amounts make the differ
ence between the various vowel
sounds. After a microphone con-
verts the 'aah' to electric currents,
these are analyzed by wave filters
into 10 groups. The power in each
group is measured and the frequency
of the lowest tone is determined
This information, expressed in the
form of II electrical currents, con-
Irols the pitch of the buzz tone and
the amount of its various overtones
mot all the sounds of speech are
vocalized. The group which includes
8 and sh is based on kissing sound.
For this a gas filled vacuum tube
furnishes a mixture of all frequen-
cies. The amount in each pitch
Evening star., 1939-04-24

high death toll which is said to
have accompanied hurried expansion
of air forces abroad.
There will be no short cuts that
affect the safety of flyers" Assistant
Secretary of War Johnson said.
Germany, turning out airplanes
by the thousands, has had an ac-
companying accident rate which,
although numbers have been with
held, is said by American aviation
officials to have been "appalling"
A series OF British Royal Air Force
crashes has resulted in thorough
investigation. France lost 20 airmen
in three crashes within the last
week.