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Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
ham-Eggers Jeer
Governor S Name

LOS ANGELES. July S. dUP)-
Seventy thousand adherents to the
Ham and Egg pension plan gather
ed at zoopark yesterday to eat
not ham and eggs, but barbecued
beef and beans, and to boo every
time the name of Gov. Culbert ',
Olosn was mentioned.
Lieut.. Gov. Ellie E. Patterson, the
principal speaker, drew boos from
the crowd every time the governors
name was mentioned Patterson
asked the crowd to be patient with
the governor Don't ask for a re-
call OF you'll split the Democratic
party 100 ways"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05

the project the technical and pro-
fessional talent will remain on the
top bracket WPA pay of $85 to $94
per month, although no production
or rehearsal work Is contemplated.
The remainder of the workers will
be kept on the unskilled labor and
intermediate rolls at $55 to SOS per
month.
The actual effect of the new pro-
gram of longer hours for the same
wages will be that the workers will
put in more time to earn the same
monthly salary that they received
heretofore, and thus the hourly
rate of pay is reduced in all four
wage brackets.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05

WASHINGTON, July 5. (UP)-
Work Projects Commissioner F. c.
Harrington today ordered WPA
rolls cut from an average of 26OO,.
600 persons during June to 2,40O,OOo
by the end of July under the new
$1,755 100000 relief program.
The July quotas are the first step
in the plan to bring relief rolls
down to an average of 2,047 900 for
the current fiscal year ending June
80, 1910.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05

COr WIN neadquarUerS mere, III
augurated the new set-up under
orders from Washington. This re-
quires 1870 hours of work for the
same wages of from $55 to $94 per
month that were paid for 120 hours
before congress applied the economy
axe to President Roosevelt's nation
al relief program.
Federal theater project employees
still were on the WPA payroll to-
day, although congress already has
issued the orders under which the
project will be eliminated as rapid
ly as details can be worked out and
applied by national and local ad-
ministrators and their staffs.
Pending complete dissolution of
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05

tors plants would be affected until
the factories shut down."
The strike order followed break
down earlier this week of confer
ences between General Motors and
UAW-company officials in which
the unit had sought a supplement
tary agreement on wages and hours
for Tool and Die, Engineering and
Maintenance employees.
A union spokesman emphasized
that the walkout would be confined
to approximately 5000 skilled work.
ers engaged in preparations for
production of 1910 model automo-
bileS.
Walter Reuther, director of Gen.
eral Motors locals of the UAW-CIO,
said a strike had been approved II,
eight General Motors plants. Votes
will be taken in others, he said
and the strike may spread.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Poles Tunnel Out
Wartime Trenches
On Danzig Border
Tension Drops; Britain
Repeats Warning She
Will Meet Force

DANZIG, July 5. (UP)-
Polish troops and laborers
are digging trenches along
the Danzig Polish frontier
Nazis here charged today.
Work on the trenches near Aoppo1
has been proceeding for two nights
Tension over Danzig was conslo-
erably relaxed today, however. fol-
lowing a three-hour conference OF
Polish government chiefs at the
presidential palace in Warsaw.
1t was understood Poland's next
step had been decided and that this
step will not be drastic one.
This attitude was indicated by
definite lessening of tension in
the Polish press, which, for the
last three days has generally re-
Trained from comment, especially
withholding attacks on Germany
The press confined itself to reports
of the Danzig situation from Lon
don, Paris and Berlin.
In London, Prime Minister New
lille Chamberlain announced in the
House of Commons today that the
British government will take any
steps which may seem necessary
to make its attitude absolutely clear
on the DanZig problem.
The prime minister's statement
was taken to indicate that Britain,
if necessary, would issue direct
warning to Fuehrer Adolf Hitler
not to violate the status of Danzig
nor the independence of Poland,
Continued oil Page 6; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
wPA Chief Orders 100000 Dropped
From Relief Rolls by End Of July

Rolls during the 1899 fiscal year
which ended June 30 averaged
around 100000 under total relief
appropriations by congress for the
IL months of S2,25O, 100000.
The July quotas call for 1885, ,845
persons on straight WPA state pro-
grams, slightly over $4,000 in federal
white collar" agencies, and about
100000 employees in scattered fed
eral agencies paid from WPA funds.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
CaIexico Starts
Iron Lung Drive

CALEX1CO. july 5.-An intensive
drive to collect funds to purchase
an Iron lung" was scheduled to
start here tomorrow under the SUI
perVlsion OF Mrs. Porter Brown.
The total already collected was
S26l, all voluntary donations.
DR.. Henry Forsher and Chief OF
Police Guy Echols are assisting IN
the campaign as committee mem-
bers. A house to house canvass will
be made.
The junior section of the Won.
ems Improvement club will give
dance at the De ANA hotel July
l3 to raise additional funds.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Border Business
Leader Dies

CALEXICO. July 5.-Manuel G.
Hernandez, 60, merchant and busi-
ness man of Calexico, Mexicali and
Tijuana, died here at am. today
Rosary was scheduled for the
Hens chapel at 8 pm. Wednesday
High mass will be said at the Cath
olic church at 7 am. Thursday
He will be buried at Mountain View
cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, SIX
daughters and a son.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05

The fire surrounded the Tulare
county prison camp at Cain Flat
last night, but by constructing dire
breaks. the 30 prisoners saved the
buildings.
One hundred CCC enrollees were
moved in by truck TO the fire line
today as requirements fol zen who
had been working since Monday
night without rest under the d.
rection OF State Ranger G, y. Met
calf OF Visalla.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
EXPERTS PREDICT
SHORT WHEAT CROP

CHICAGO, July 5. (UP)-A group
of private crop experts today pre-
dicted that the American wheat crop
this year would fall at least 200,-
100000 bushels short of the harvest
a year ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Committee Ignores Roosevelt Demand
For Neutrality Action, Delays Vote

house approved Bloom bill which
includes a modified arms embargo
The administration seeks removal
of all embargoes and substitution
of q general cash-and-carry plan
for arms sales.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Senate Republicans Level Sights
Against Renewed New Deal Drive TO
Restore Roosevelt Monetary Power

WASHINGTON, July 5. (UP)-Senate Republicans to-
day reopened their attack legislation to revive Presi
dent Roosevelts dollar devauation powers cOntendng
that the devauaton authority expired last Friday mid
night and be renewed by the conference report
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
More Work, Less PayProgram Goes
Into Effect on 400 Projectsin in
Southern California; Hour Rate Cut

LOS ANGELES July s. (UP)-The federal govern.
ents new program of more workless pay for men and
women of the WPA relief rolls became effective today for
515OO workrelief employees 400 projects in southern
California Herbert C. Legg southland WPA admnistra-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Fire Fighters Control Flames Racinq
Toward Valuable Timber in Sequoia
Park; Prison Camp Surrounded

VISALIA, Cal, July s. (UP)-Working faster than
the flames could spread 800 today succeeded in
crcing stubborn brush and timber blaze east of here
and checking its progress into Sequoia national park
Aided by fog which put damper the fire, officials
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Clio Issues Strike Order Ca|Iinq
Out Skilled Workers in GIN Plants
After Breakdown of Wage.Hour Talk

DETROIT, July s. (UP)-A strike order issued
today by headquarters of the United Automobile Workers
Union (CIO) to skilled workers in several" General Mo-
tors corporation plants.
Union officials refused to disclose which General Mo-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
County Escapes July 4th
Deaths for Second Year;
National Toll Near 700
Highway Patrol Campaign Keeps Traffic
Safe. Sane in Valley; Ca ptain Credits
Newspaper Story with Good Record

Imperial Valley celebrated the safest Inde
pendence Day in its history without violent DEATH serious
traffic accident recracker tragedy within it's borders
The valley resounded to the swish and boom of fire
works but check of hospitals Wednesday revealed that
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
Cracker Tossed
Into Stand Here
Stops All Traffic
Car with Real Compartment Shooting
Fireworks Roars About Field in Frenzy
As Driver Dodses Whizzins Rockets

The most elaborate and far reaching fireworks display
all Imperial Valley burst into impromptu splendor west
of Ell Centre Tuesday night stopped Highway 80 traffic
for half mile frightened of motorists and in two
blazing minutes consumed the stock of roadside fire
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
AMERICAN
NATIONAL

NATIONAL
New York ...... lib 900 204-ll l6 l
Boston ........ 22O O2l OOO-- 7 IL 0
Gumbert. Lynn, Hubbell and
Danning; Turner, Lanning, Sulli-
van, Erickson and Lopez.
Philadelphia 80 100 900 OOO-l 8 4
Brooklyn ...... O30 O4O OOx-7 u 0
Higbe and Coble; Fitzsimmops
and Phelps.
Chicago ........... 900 600 O0l- l 0
Pittsburgh w 007 900 30x-lO IA 3
Root, j. Russell, Lillard and Hart.
nett, Garbark; Bowman and Muei-
Ter.
st. Louis .......... 900 0l0 Ol0-2 4 o
Cincinnati ,. l0l 002 20x-6 9 /
Sunkel, Bowman & owen; Wal
ters a. Lombardi.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05
D AABl|NG
NEPORTER

A BusinesSman-
Jerry Handy was selling fire
crackers at an Ell Centro store
Tuesday. Outside an incessant bar
rage of the peppers sounded like
Hitler had moved into Danzig.
Doesn't that noise bother your
q customer asked.
mo" Jerry replied. That's my
outside man, Turing more customers.
Maybe He's Right
Noticing that almost 700 persons
were killed in the United States
during the July Fourth holiday, a
citizen who was visiting the sher-
ifs office remarked OH the heavy
mortality rate.
Dee Keesee draWled rebuttal.
"When you figure how many
burned fools there are in this coun-
try" he remarked. "that amt such
a big percentage"
Anyway, It's Done
Donald Dyer, who welded Meta
Lord, came back from honeymoon
ing to their home in the Acacia
district. The old place didn't look
the same. A bunch of Donald'S
friends, just by way of surprise,
had pitched in with job OF in
terror decoration that was quite ef-
fective, if not very artistic. Being
a married man himself, RR's willing
to guess that what Donald said was
nothing to what Mrs. Dyer thought.
Whose?-
The huskies of the sheriff's office
were glaring at one another sus-
piciously Wednesday.
A snood Clarinet to you), found
on the floor of the sheriff's office
was soon dangling on the bulletin
board. With it was note:
"Raney
Lott
"Burritt
"Is this yours?"
Badge of Peril
Little Maxine Womack startled
the neighbors on Euclid avenue
Wednesday morning when she ap-
peared swathed head, foot and mid
die In cleaning white bandages.
Aha! A fireworks casualty,
thought the neighbors. Investiga-
ton proved the fallacy of the the
ory.
Maxine tumbled out of her par
ents' automobile late Tuesday, and
the bandages resulted.
BY Wednesday the pain was dis
appearing and Maxine was becom-
ing the envied one among the
youngsters of Euclid avenue.
Remember how you used to cap
italize on a cut finger?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-05

Butter: Los Angeles, 26ci but
terfat. Imperial Valley fob. ranch.
grade A, Csc; manufacturing milk.
27c; route gathered cream. 24Isc.
L. A. Hay: U. s. No. I. s14-1450i
U. s. No. 2 leafy $I3-I3.5O: u. s. No.
2, S11.50.12. MINI flax. July si.61.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-The Q'Oyly Carte Opera
Co. in Trial by Jury" and Pirates
Of Penzance": $3.50 pm.
Earle-"Blackwell's Island" John
Garfield goes to Jail: $50 am, IL,
2:35, $40, 7:45 and 1920 pm. Stage
shows: 10:45 am, 1:20, 3:55, $50
and 9:05 pm.
Capitol Sergeant Madden" WAL
lace Beery gets brogue and joins
the force: II am, AS, 4:30, 7:15 and
1905 pm. Stage shows: 1910, 1925,
6:15 and 9 pm.
Keith's-"Love Affair."" and a dra-
matte one with Charles Boyer and
Irene Dune: 11:15 am, 1:20, 3:25,
$50, 7::35 and 9:45 pm. March Of
Time: l, sos, $40, 7:15 and 9:2o
pm.
Palace "Cafe Society,"" social
glamour girl meets reporter: II am,
1:05, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Columbia "Pygmalion," screen
translation of the George Bernard
Shaw comedy: 11:15 am, 1:20, 1925,
$50, TAO and GAS pm.
Metropolitan-"On Trial." melo-
drama in the courtroom: Hiss am,
1855, 3:55, 5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
Little-"The Lady Vanishes," sus-
pense by its master, Alfred Hitch
cock: II am, 1910, 2:20, 4:15, 6:05,
1855 and Gas pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts; con-
tinuous from 10 am. .- b.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Half of Program
By ALICE EVERSMAN.

For his recital yesterday afternoon
at Constitution Hall Josef Hofmann
brought with him a special piano
with his newly invented resonance
board. Those present may have no.
ticed that the top was widely open
and held by two supports in place
of the customary single one. In the
lid of the piano lies the peculiar
mechanism that amplifies and sus-
tains the tone. Mr.. Hofmann has
used the piano for concert perform
ances eight times, the present in
strument having been built by the
Steinway people after the model
which Mr.. Hofmann constructed
himself and which is the outgrowth
of his experiments with an electri-
cally operated amplifier.
The noted pianist's recital closed
the season of concerts sponsored by
Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey and drew
a near-capacity audience. The pro-
gram was an all-Chopin one, with
only slight pauses between the
groups of numbers and, as is usually
the case in Hofmann concert, many
delightful encores at the end.
Climax Of Pianistic Gifts.
Mr.. Holman has a way of put
ting himself more and more In the
mood of his music as the program
progresses and Of loosening his tech
nical powers so that the end of the
recital is in reality . climax of his
great pianistic gifts. This may have
been the reason why the first group
OF numbers held nothing excep-
tional. either as to delivery or inter-
probation. Among the five numbers
of this group, including "Polonaise
Fantasie," "1mpromptu in A Flat
Major" "Mazurka In F Sharp Min
or" "Mazurka in C Major" and the
"Ballade in G Minor" it was the
"Mazurka in c Major" that was most
imbued with spirit and idea.
1t may be that the new resonance
device did away somewhat from the
brilliancy of the piano tone in softer
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Children's Theater
In Fairy Tale

"The King Of the Golden River"
John Ruskin's only fairy tale, which
is to bring the current season Of
the Children's Theater Of New York
to q close Saturday morning at the
National Theater, will have an all
star cast Of grownup professional
actors.
The part of little Gluck, youngest
Of the Brothers Black, is to be
played by Phillip Harmon, remem-
bered here for his performances last
year as Nat in Little Men" and as
Auguest in THE Nuremberg Stove" I"
In addition to being convincing
young actor, Phillip Harmon is a
talented yiolinist, as those who saw
him in these two plays can attest.
George Thornton is only a little
over 4 feet, but to Children's The
ater audiences everywhere he is
mighty important. Here he is at
last risen to high estate as 1.-THE
King Of the Golden River" Last
year he was the leader of the dwarfs
In the Children's Theater produc-
ton Of Snow White and the Seven
DWarfs."
Still another favorite to return
In this play Is Kenn Randall, a
veteran actor, although still young
IN years. He has played with count
less famous stars in his 18 years in
the theater.
Tickets are still available for this
play at the Office of the Children's
Theater, 1884 F street NV.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

ing, the other a Waring arrange
ment of THE Night Is Young" It
is the idea of Waring that what
choral groups need is a variation
from the traditional glee club fare,
an idea which a lot of people would
like to share with him If he does
not mind-and he doesn't.
X X X \
That comedy role, the madcap
heiress, which Madeleine Carroll Is
playing in "Cafe Society,"" is the
first of its kind for her The oh
SO beautiful Miss Carroll was so
lovely no one ever thought Of letting
her play a comedy part But
they will think of it again, you can
bet The picture which earns
the judgment Of being better direct
ed than Love Affair" can be fairly
sure of an Academy award when
Hollywood doles out the next set
of Oscars Right now Mr.. Nc
Carey's work is an excellent bet for
any one willing to bet on anything
so whimsical as how the movie
colony will vote.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Courtroom
on
Met Screen
Margaret Lindsay
And John Litel
In On Trial.

Courtrooms, being the focal point
Of a respectable percentage of the
human drama, no doubt will be ever
with us in the cinema. That court
room which seems to be one of the
permanent sets out on the Warner
lot, in fact, apparently has a buster
docket than some Of the country's
leading divorce mills. Latest adven-
ture to take place in it is the murder
case described in "On Trial." the
new picture at the Metropolitan.
"On Trial" has had a long and,
for all we know, distinguished
career. A couple Of decades ago it
was a play by Elmer Rice and twice
before it has emerged in cinema
form. This third film version of it
proves that not only the critics can
wrong Mr.. Rice. 1t is interesting, of
course, because there Is always q
possibility that some motion picture
jury will some day ignore the script
and return a verdict of guilty, send
ing the hero to the chair right before
your eyes. But it Is also ever 50
ordinary.
You know full well that his de-
fendant is going to be freed, even
though he did shoot the man he
thought was making love to his wife,
for there are, in such case, moral
aspects which transcend the law.
It is q bit tiresome, waiting for this
to be pointed out to the jury. There
are, however, two schools Of thought
(or maybe two schools of indiher-
ence) about the degree OF boredom
produced by hackneyed story. The
synopsis supplied by the studio pub
licity department says: From this
point complications come thick and
fast. Surprises follow each other IN
breath-taking rapidity 80"
1t is surprising, of course, to find
that Margaret Lindsay and John
Litel keep up a spirit to be envied
and 60 on and on, being ever con-
vincing, no matter what the script
writers and the casting office do to
them. But it is not exactly breath
taking, and neither is Janet Chap
man unless you do not feel the same
way we do about her, but who are
we to go around saying nasty things
about innocent 6-year-old girls,
HIM.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Film Society Ends
Season With Greed

The Film Society of Washington
closes its season Wednesday night,
presenting Greed" Eric Won Stro-
helms much discussed perturbation
of Frank Norris novel, "McTeague. "
Greed" made in 1923, was ac-
claimed by critics the world over,
but 1t still rates as Hollywood's big
gest box Office failure. Before 1t was
finished the producers knew they
could never hope to regain the
money spent in its production. With
fine scorn for the cost, Won Stro-
helm set himself to make an utterly
faithful transcription of this novel
demonstrating the dehumanizing in
fluence Of money. He insisted on
filming every scene against its orig
inal background-buying up whole
blocks of houses and knocking out
walls. Not a scene was filmed In
studio.
When the picture was finished
Won Stroheim cut it to 20 reels, but
refused to cut 1t further. The pic
ture was taken away from him,
given to June Mathis, who cut it to
10. Won Stroheim never saw Greed"
in its final form.
Zazu Pitts, Chester Conklin and
Jean Hersholt play leading dramatic
roles. The picture made Aim his
tory.
The Fi1m Societv is snoh1ad tn
show Greed" through the co-opera-
ton of the Film Library of the Mu-
scum of Modern Art of New York.
It is the final showing in the series
Of 10 unusual pictures, which the
Film Society has brought to WASH
ington this winter. Admissions for
this showing must be obtained In
advance at the office of the Film
Society, 1884 F street NV.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Holman Closes Recital
Series on Pleasant Note
Concert by Noted Pianist Reaches
Stirring Climax in Last
Half of Program

passages, at least from our vantage
point, but the real Hofmann did
not enter into his playing until the
final movement of the Sonata In
B Minor. Op. 58." Even the scherzo
movement did not come across with
any great sprightliness or delicacy
of effect, but in the finale Mr.. Hof-
mann fell into his accustomed pow
erful stride and the climax was
stirring one.
Played With Brilliancy.
From that point on he played
with great brilliancy and with emo
tional feeling the "Polonaise in C
Sharp Minor" the "Grande Valse
Brillante," the "Nocturne in E
Major" and the "Scherzo in c Sharp
Minor" The valse was exception
ally sparkling in its swift tempo
and easy execution, while the "Noc-
turne" was poetic in the extreme.
The brilliant scherzo, played with
abandon, brought a storm of ap-
plause. after which Mr.. Hofmann
graciously began the series of en-
cores. 1t is a pleasure to feel that
Mr. Hofmann enjoys playing and
that adding to the program is not
a burden. but something that he
delights in doing as long as his en-
thusiastic listeners wish to hear
him.
In spite of the spirit of the artist
being slow to catch fire, his superb
technique gave the superior polish
to every number for which he is
famous. His easy command of all
dexteral difficulties, his fine sense
of line and shading and his subtle
use of the pedal, were all something
to marvel at. and when the proper
mood was attained its influence was
felt In the added depth and rich
ness which glowed In the music.
1t was hard for the audience to tear
itself away and the clamor for more
continued even after the lights were
lowered. In this pleasant manner
the season of artist recitals in Con-
stitution Hall closed for this year.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Repeat 'Bluebird'

Maurice Maeterlinck's "The Blue
bird" will be presented April ~ and
% by cast of 62 from Rose Robi-
son Cohen's Children's Studio OF
the Theater.
The group originally intended to
present Daddy Long-Legs," but
plans were changed when a de-
mand developed for a repeat per-
formance of 1.-The Bluebird," which
the children presented in 1887, the
first time it was seen locally in IA
years.
Proceeds from the ticket sale will
be used as nucleus for funds to
establish a summer camp for under
privileged crippled children.