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from this district under his direct
supervision. Local conveys were Or
ganized and escort cruisers sailed
under his direction through mine
infested waters, where enemy SUBJ
marines were known to be operat-
ing.
During the time from April l un-
til the signing of the armistice only
one transport missed the sailing date
set by the Navy Department, and
that was due to the non arrival of
absolutely necessary supplies. For
his services during the war he re-
ceived both the War and Navy De-
partment's Distinguished Service
Medals. Admiral Jones died at his
home in Washington, D. c., on
January !, 1888.
Another full name" destroyer is
the Charles F. Hughes, now under
construction at the navy yard, Pu-
get Sound, Wash. 1t was named in
memory Of the late Rear Admiral
Charles F. Hughes, who served with
distinction In both the Spanish
American and World Wars. After
the Titanic disaster in April, 1912.
Evening star., 1939-11-05

as granddaughters Of the late Ad-
miral Albert Gleaves, Miss Evalina
Gleaves Van Metre and Miss Clotilda
Florence Cohen. Admiral Gleaves
served with distinction in both the
Spanish American and World Wars.
During the former conflict he was
in command Of the torpedo boat
Cushing, which operated in Cuban
waters. In May, 1917, he became
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Marines
Continued From Page C-5)

courage and patriotism; men Of
honor on both sides.
With the withdrawal of Marines
from Nicaragua, our only potential
boiling point at present is China,
the unpredictable. We have main
tanned forces Of varying sizes there
for 40 years.
Other posts in which Marines are
on duty include Cuba, the Virgin
Islands, Panama, Cavite, Guam and
Hawaii-not to mention Samoa,
where there is an almost forgotten
one-man detachment.
This, then, is a short history of
q gallant unit Of fighting men; q
story Of more than a century and a
half compressed into brief epitime
Of what the Marines have actually
accomplished in every cline and
place" where they could take a gun.
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RADICAL CHANGES BEING MADE FAMILIES
Smaller Quarters, Canned Goods Use,
Reform of Eating Habits, Health
Rules Leave Their Marks

And it has changed the type of hogs
for market. In the old
days, heavy hogs were most in de-
mand. Now, the 200-pounder COM
mands the best price. The reason:
Lighter cuts are wanted.
And while meats and potatoes
show either declines or no upward
trend, such an item as eggs regis
ters an enormous increase. Why?
Because, again, eggs are quickly and
easily prepared. An omelette can
be mixed in a hurry even in the
smallest kitchen.
Staples Employed.
It is noted, too, that there has
been a great increase in the num-
ber of public eating houses, further
confirmation Of the trend revealed
by the consumption Of the various
staple commodities. Another inter-
esting sidelight is found in statistics
on cracker consumption. Tens Of
thousands Of different varieties Of
packaged crackers are sold annu-
ally. Less and less the housewife
Is doing her own baking.
The amazing influence Of the
health appeal upon ailing industries
is emphasized by Federal authori-
ties, who say that factor appears
to have rescued our citrus industry
from the brink Of serious distress
from overproduction. However i'm
patient we may become at the slow
progress made by some reforms, we
can find no fault with the speed
with which the population Is q
whole grasps the idea that orange
juice Is valuable In the diet, and
that it may be given to young chill
dren with perfect safety. How many
Of our own mothers would have
considered themselves little better
than murderers II they had admin
istered . tablespoonful of fresh or
ange juice toa child under 6 months
Of age?"
It Is stated that the average
housewife is guilty Of many illogi-
cal and extravagant habits Of food
selection. Many housewives, for ex-
ample, demand root vegetables
such Is carrots, beets and the like
with the tops on despite the fact
that usually the tops are thrown
away. Shipping costs and retail
prices obviously are much higher.
The consumer should learn, the
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commander of the cruiser and
transport force, Atlantic Fleet,
charged with convoy operation be-
tween the United States and Europe.
He developed an outstanding anti
submarine convoy and escort system
for the American Navy; was made
commander In chief of the Atlantic
Fleet as admiral in 1919 and retired
In 1922. He died in 1896.
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,fnce duties can prepare a tasty salad
Health Emphasis.

ofnce duties can prepare a tasty salad
In q hurry.
Health Emphasis.
But there is another important
reason. That Is the matter of health.
During recent years, much emphasis
has been placed upon the eating OF
greens, and all such vegetables, as
well as fruits and fruit juices, have
had a tremendous run" with folks
who have become vitamin- conscious.
With this the experts have no quar-
rel, but they do add that, in many
instances, the trend is toward ex-
tremes dictated neither by health
standards nor sound economy.
That we are In the era of green
stuffs is best proved by the fact that
carload shipments Of lettuce now
rank second only to those Of potatoes
"a situation which q generation ago
would have been thought unbeliev-
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Above The Yorktown OF the Napvs neUest and finest
aircraft carriers Such famous
important battles In early htstory
Top CENTER Raising the flag marked the official commission
ting the s. St. Louis accepted by
the Macy at ceremonies at Norfolk last May Cruisers
American cities
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20 Years. Service Given
To Exacting Research
Genealogical Information
Made Available to Guide
Departments Action
By James Nevin Miller.

Probably no other woman in America knows much about our Navy
office large white building Constitution
assembling genealogical information
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A|eghany Board 10 Map
T.. & 0. Plans al Meetino
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Directors
of Allegheny Corp. at a meeting
scheduled for late today, will de-
bate what steps to take to protect
that companys substantial stock
holding in Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
way Co. in the pending fight for
control of the carrier.
Robert A. Young, chairman of
Allegheny Corp, in correspondence
made public over the week end, dis
closed a split between himself and
George ID. Brooke, president of
Chesapeake g. Ohio, who was allied
with Young in a similar fight less
than a year ago which was settled
by "gentlemen's agreement" :"
Young said.
G. & o. directors meet at Cleve-
land tomorrow to consider a pro-
posal to increase their number from
II to II. Young termed the increase
unnecessary and wished to know
who sponsored the change.
Young also criticized the j. P.
Morgan-Guaranty Trust interests in
connection with the roads past
financing.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Stocks
shifted to the rear in todays mar
ket, leaders yielding to more than
3 points.
Except for one or two brief selling
spasms, dealings were unusually
slow after the opening. A little
buying occasionally cut down eX-
treme losses, but recovery signs were
scarce at the close. Transfers ap-
proximated 100000 shares.
Brokers said the days offerings
apparently were principally from
nervous holders who decided to
shelve commitments because of re-
neWed worry over European affairs.
Some traders seemed confused by
the presidential hints of threatening
developments abroad and the hur-
ried move of the British TO inaugu-
rate what may be the greatest
peace-time rearmament program in
the countrys history. In addition,
the speech of Maj. Gen. Arnold,
chief of the Army Air Corps, at
Washington. in which he advised
the Nation to arm for air defense
Immediately lest it be too late. do
nothing to allay apprehension.
A drop of IL points in this week.
estimated steel mill operations wa5
contrary to expectations.
Industrials led the slip-up, with
rails and utilities putting up more
resistance tha mother groups.
Conspicuous on the decline were
United States Steel, Bethlehem.
Douglas Aircraft, Boeing, Sperry.
General Motors, Chrysler, United
States Rubber. Westinghouse, Du
Pont, Johns Manville, Eastman Ko-
OAK, General Electric and Anaconda.
An exception to the trend was
American Stores, which stepped up
more than 2 at one time, when the
company obtained an injunction
against the Pennsylvania chain
store tax.
Considerable selling of America
stocks from Amsterdam was reportc'
in the first hour. but foreign liou.-
dation soon dried up. Most over
seas markets were relatively stead
Sterling was down 3-l6 of a cer
near midafternoon at S468 11-l6. b.
the French franc was unchanged
2645s cents. Guilders weakened.
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New York Bank Stocks
Rise to New Hiqh
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-New York
City bank stocks registered new
1899 high during the last week and
held close to this level at the close
of the week, according to records
compiled by Holt, Rose & Troster.
The aggregate market value of 16
leading issues on February 16
reached a new high for the year to
date of $1,387 ,632 900 and closed
February II at $1,378,531, 900. This
compared with $1,357 100000 at the
end of the previous week, an increase
of $21 1,341 900, or 1.57 per cent.
The current average yield of the
16 issues of 4.69 per cent, compares
with yield of 4.76 per cent on Feb
ruary 10. The current market val
ue is now SO per cent of the known
book value against 81 per cent q
week ago.
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Insurance Shares Go
Higher During Week

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-Insurance
stocks in the New York City market
continued to improve during the
last week, with small gains being
registered at the close, according
to records compiled by Holt, Rose
g. Troster.
The aggregate market value of
20 leading fire and casualty insur-
ance issues on February II was
$500. .242,0 900. compared with $685.
$4,000 at the close of the previous
week, an increase of $4,408 900, or
OTIS per cent.
The current average yield of the
20 issues is 3.91 per cent, compared
with a yield of 3.94 per cent on
February 10. The current market
value equals Ill times the reported
liquidating value unchanged for the
week.
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Clearing House Issues
Report at New York

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-The week.
ly statement of the New York Clear
ing House today showed:
Total surplus and undivided
profits, unchanged at s918, ,89s 900.
Total net demand deposits (aver-
age) decreased s9,861 900.
Time deposits (average) in
creased $5,112,00O.
Clearings. week ending to-day
$3.042 ,667 585.
Clearlngs, week ending February
II. $3093, ,04S, ,623.
Five days.
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Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE. Feb. % CP-Wheat No
z red Winter. garlicky. spot, domestic 10
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Metal Market

NEW YORK. Feb. 90 P.-Copper
steady; electrolytic spot. .25: export.
1910 Tin steady; spot and nearby, As 90;
forward, 45.42Ha Lead steady: spot. New
York. 4.15; East St. Louis. $50. Zinc
steady; East st. Louis spot and forward,
sylvania. 22.OO; Buffalo, 21.OO; Alabama.
100. aluminium. virgin 20 per cent,
Quicksilver. Sa.5O-Q3 90. Platinum. pure,
$500. Chinese wolframite. 19OO.21 90
nominal.
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Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20.-An advancc
OF wheat prices that amounted t.
as much as =. cent at times toda;
was based largely on reports of i'm
proved milling demand and forecas'
Of a cold wave in parts of the sof
wheat belt.
An increase of 10 cents a barre
IN the export flour subsidy on ship
ments from Atlantic and Gulf POI
was announced just before the clio
Wheat closed 1s-5s higher tha'
Saturday; May, 685a-a.; July, 68
- corn. "a. up: May. 49a,; Ju
81: oats unchanged to !. down.
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New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-Cotton fu-
lures f1uctuated within a 3-point
range today. Buying of nearby posi-
tions was credited to spot houses and
trade interests, while offerings came
principally from New Orleans and
Bombay. A considerable amount of
price fixing in May at 8.08 took
place
Midafternoon prices were l point
lower to higher and March, in
which there was a scarcity of con-
tracts, traded at 8.45. unchanged
from the opening level.
El,tn cc1o
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Visible Grain Supply

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 P).-Visible
supply of American grain showed
the following changes from week
ago Tin bushels: Wheat decreased
l.1l7000, corn decreased 225 900.
oats decreased 207 900, rye decreased
$4,000, barley decreased $4,000.
Evening star., 1939-02-20

Chicago Cash Market.
- Cash wheat. No. 3 red. 13l. corn. >
3 mlved; 4S-iSi1 ,: No. 4 l1-4aia: No
yellow. 40 4-'2: No 3, 4s-fo: No. 3 VIII
22o'4; sample grade white. 44-4S: o
No. 4 mixed IS: No :, white 32l,-3,
) 3o-3. q: sample crade white. N1a.-
Soy beans. No. yellow. S37. No 3 s.
timothy seed %.S5-3.l5. nominal .
clover seed. 3 O0-l 4 90, nominal; red 4,
9.25-.5, nominal
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Steel Rate 10 Drop
III Points 10 ST.
Per Cent Mark
Institute Report Cites
30.4 Per Cent Level
In Period Year Ago

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20-Operations
in the steel industry for the current
week will decline IL points to 53.7
per cent of capacity. compared
with 548 per cent last week, the
American Iron and Steel Institute
estimated today.
A month ago operations were at
the rate OF 51.2 per cent of capacity
and a year ago 304 per cent.
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| u. S. Rubber Co.
To Boost Tire
Quotations
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-United
States Rubber Co. will advance tire
prices on an average of 2l2 per cent,
effective February %. or roughly the
same advances as were made by
Firestone Tire & Rubber last week,
the company announced today.
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New Orleans Prices.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb 20 (P-Cotton
futures traded within a range of ] 10 Z
points here today and at mid-session were
] point net higher to ] lower
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rim bankruptcy recelverShlp
Bankruptcy Act or securities assumed companies
Rates Of
based the
Unless otherwise noted
xd Ex dividend Ex a o Pad
Declared paid so far this
laredt ~N~'-' '-~
Evening star., 1939-02-20

COttonSeed OIL.
Bleschsble cottonseed oil futures closed
to 9 higher. Sales. :}69 contracts March,
6.s6b May. 7.O7; July, 7.1fb; September,
1.26b October. 1.27b. b Bid
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-07

Voluntary contributions, rather
than the way of the dictator
were urged Wednesday afternoon
by Judge Vaughn N. Thompson,
chairman of the El Centre Com
munity Chest drive, speaking before
a luncheon meeting of campaign
workers.
Civic responsibility is the price
of democracy" he declared. "1n
the face of what is happening in
Europe it behooves every American
citizen to guard our American in
stitutions. 1t is the American way
to carry on welfare work by vol
untary contributions ~
Workers made their first reports
of progress Team No. l, Earl Vol
berding and Chester Irving, re-
ported their solicitation 100 percent
complete. Team No. 5, with John
Raymond, chairman, and the city
employees committee headed by Phil
knights also were complete.
George Woo and H. S. Kong re-
ported for Ell Centro Chinese and
are over the top with $197, repre-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-07
New Prizes Spur
Christmas Lights
Contest in City
Six New Awards Boost
Total to $133 For
Outstanding Displays

Make El Centre the City of
Christmas Lights.
Fresh impetus was added
to the Tournament of Christ
mas Thursday as II. l.. (Joel
Bush of El Centre topped off an
already amazing list of prizes with
six new ones!
Bush agreed to donate six prizes
OF ST each to be the fourth place
awards in the six Christmas Light
ing divisions!
That makes a great total of $133
in awards that will go out shortly
before Dec 25 for the most in
genious and imaginative lighting
arrangements on Ell Centro homes
There will be 25 separate prizes,
topped by the S25 Chamber of CON-
merce grand award.
Start your planning right this
minute and figure out which one
of the six divisions your display
will fit into. The divisions are,
best decorated and lighted Christ
mas tree in front of home; best
decorated bush, shrub or vine; best
decorated window in home; best
Christmas scene; best decorated
doorway or porch; and best miscel-
laneouS display.
In each division will be prizes
of $40, S., So and 81. Beside Bush
and the chamber of commerce, dom
ors are Imperial Irrigation district,
Nev-Cal Electric, Sears Roebuck &
company, Sones Lumber company,
Tom Allen, E. w. Riggs, Otis Hin
son, Edgar Bros. company, and I'M
perial Hardware company.
Think of that! twenty-five awards
totaling $133! It's worth going out
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-07
Reds Using Poison
Gas Against Foes:
Finn Line Intact
RepOrt Declares 5000
'Decimated' as Firms
Launch Quick Attack
BY UNITED PRESS

In the Soviet-Finnish war
Thursday:
Finland charged that Rus
sia had reverted to use of
poison gas, but denied that Soviet
troops had broken through the IA
nous Mannerheim defense line, as
claimed at Moscow.
Foreign ministers of Norway,
Sweden and Denmark agreed at
Oslo to do their utmost to make
possible peace negotiations between
Russia and Finland through the
machinery of the League of Nations.
Telephone -adyices to Copenhagen
from Haparanda on the Swedish
Finnish frontier said that 5000 Rus
sian troops had been 'decimated"
in a surprise Finnish attack in
the eastern section of the Finnish
province of Uleaborg.
The Swedish newspaper Aften-
bladet at Stockholm reported from
Helsinki that the GPU, or Soviet
oCClC1 poiiOC, Woo iCpoi CCo W ildNC
executed Il Russian pilots for
sabotage or refusal to obey orders.
Moscow dispatches to the same
newspaper said large numbers of
Russian troops are being concen-
trated along the Rumanian border
and the Black sea. The account
estimated RUSSIAN mobilization at
100000 men and said. Russian
diplomats are said to be developing
feverish activity
Finnish army headquarters charg-
ed that the Red army was firing
poison gas shells on the eastern
front and reported Finnish troops
fighting back strongly against Rus.
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-07
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE

Three months ago, when the war
between Germany and the allies
started, the neutral nations be-
lieved it could be confined to those
three countries.
The hope is fading. World war
No. Two" may be close at hand.
CONSERVATION is spreading among
the neutrals, and they are all
grimly and reluctantly laying their
plans, realizing that whoever first
called it an "unpredictable" war
was 100 per cent right.
First the neutrals became passive
ly part of the war with the dis
ruption of their trade by block
AIDES.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-07

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 7 UP)-
A close guard was kept around
DR.. w. G. Judd, husband of Winnie
Ruth Judd, today in hopes that
he might be bait" in attracting
the mad murderess who escaped
from an insane asylum Sunday
night
He left his sick room in the
Sawtelle veterans hospital at Los
Angeles yesterday and came here
to aid the hunt and to comfort
his wife's elderly parents, the Rev.
and Mrs. j. J. McKinnell. They
feared Winnie Ruth would commit
suicide rather than surrender, if
she has not already died of eX-
posure.
Authorities believed if she is
still hiding within the city she may
have an opportunity to read the
newspaper headlines and learn
that her husband is in town. When
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-07
Heber in Favor
OF MIGRANT Camp

HEBER, Dec. 7-Heber residents
were approximately 100 per cent in
favor of establishment of federal
mobile labor camp in their CITY,
a straw ballot revealed Thursday.
Of the so signers of petitions cir
culated Wednesday only four regis
tered opposition to having such a
camp in Heber. In house-to-house
canvass, residents said, a little op-
position to the plan was encoun-
tered.
Heber residents marked time until
federal camp officials appeared for
a conference expected to take place
Friday or Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-07

ing 10 FlnlanQ, IL was SAID III WE'LL
informed quarters, from all over
Europe in an effort to aid her in
a fight against Soviet Russia and
the spread of Communism.
Finnish Minister G. A. Gripenberg
said that other Finnish orders for
British war materials had been
placed since the start of hostilities
with Russia. Finland, he said, well
comes foreign volunteers to fight
against the Red army and already
has received letters from former
members of the Spanish Inter-
national Brigade asserting that they
we're outraged by the Russian in
vasion of Finland.
Finnish arms contracts are being
given priority treatment by British
producers. Although even before
the outbreak of war foreign nations
had difficulty in securing deliveries
from Britain, British factories now
are making every effort to fill Fin
nish contracts.
1t was understood that the Firms
are likely to obtain more than the
20 or 80 planes already reported
to have been shipped from Britain
1t was expected that Britain's
readiness to help Finland also may
be demonstrated further when the
League of Nations meets at Geneva
this weekend.
Arms and munitions have been
sent or are being sent to Finland
from Great Britain, Italy, Germany,
Jugoslavia, Hungary and Sweden,
and France is expected to start
sending them soon.
1t was believed that cold, snowy
weather and foreign supplies might
enable little Finland to hold out
for months.
The European war had entered
a new and critical stage with the
Russian attack on Finland. Growing
uneasiness was plain in Scandinavia
an countries. The Balkan powers
were bracing themselves for tests
with Russia or Germany or both.
The Italian fascist grand council
meets tonight at Rome to discuss
Italy's attitude-one of the most de-
termined opposition-to any Russian
expansion in the Balkans.
Informants said here that British
firms were exporting considerable
numbers of planes, arms, munitions
and other materials to Finland. Be-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-07
Ruth judd S Husband Bats Trap to
Lure Trunk Murderess Out of Hidinq

she escaped the first time six weeks
ago she said she wanted to see her
parents and her husband. But
she gave up before seeing him.
DR.. Judd expressed fear that
four days of living in the open as
a hunted woman would kill his
wife. "I feel quite certain that
Winnie Ruth received no help" he
added. Il don't know of anyone
who would help her, and l don't
know what she hopes to gain by
running away and hiding"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-07

'WclIlcSudy.
The picture was drawn by Gov.
Culbert l.. Olson, who spent several
hours on the witness stand; Prof.
Paul Taylor of the University OF
CALIFORNIA; department of econo-
mics, and Henry H. Fowler, chief
counsel for the committee, who
pointed out that agricultural labor
strife in California is out OF propor-
ton with the rest of the nation.
Olson took occasion to serve no.
tlce, to employers and employees,
and in particular, to local law en-
forcement agencies in the rural
counties" that California intends
to maintain not only civil liberties
but the public peace.
Fowler showed by charts that the
number of agricultural workers IN
volved yearly in strikes ranges from
81 to 96 per cent of the total for
the entire nation, and that the
state was the scene of from 80 to
so per cent of the countrys strikes
involving canning, preserving and
sugar refining.
Prof. Taylor presented two long
statements analyzing California S
past and present agricultural all
ments and technical discussion of
the displacement of the tenant far
mer with the power farmer.
The five factors underlying agri-
cultural labor conflicts in the state
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.