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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

governors 1857 100000 figure by the
assembly, but probably will not
approach the $3O,000O0O reduction
proposed by group of COP. SEN
ators.
Republicans have definite con-
troll of the special committee and
also of the senate itself, but the
principal hurdle TO be jumped is
the requirement of a 2/3 majority
in the assembly for concurrence
in any senate amendments to the
budget bill. The lower house econ
omy bloc was barely able to muster
the necessary 54 votes and then
only when the house yielded to
virtual exhaustion after four weeks
of pickering and transmitted the
fight to the senate. Additional con-
ferences between representatives of
the two houses will be necessary
before an agreement can be reached
that will draw 2/3 approval in both
the senate and the assembly.
Reliable reports are that the
committee will recommend against
automatic salary increases for state
employees called for in the civil SER
vice act. looping off $4,000 600 from
the budget estimates.
In addition, Senator Raw w.
Hays, r., Fresno, is preparing a
bill to cancel for the present raises
already granted by the 1897 legis-
lature. In this connection, Cover
nor Olson pointed out several days
ago that he should not be blamed
for budget increases provided for
by legislative enactments, suggest
ing that the legislature should re-
peal that clause of the civil service
act if the salary adjustments are
not desired.
The senate cuts are expected to
be more generally spread over all
funds than the assembly amend
ments, and the committee men,
bers believe their reductions will
be more wisely made, as the result
OF greater study.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
PosT-PRESS BUILDING SECTION
Builders
MoveAhead
OF '38 Pace

Aiming at a mark of IS homes
built at a cost of more than a
quarter of a million dollars in
1888, builders this week construct
ed their 35th job to boost home
building total to more than 100000.
The 1899 pace of 35 homes was
slightly anead of the mark in May
of last year and contractors and
materialmen indicated that the 1888
record may be surpassed.
Sones Lumber compny started
construction of a home for Roy
tohnstone on 7th and Ell Centro
Streets. Pete Lund is the contract
or
The Johrstone home will be a
two bedroom house and will be
featured by Johns -Manyille cedar
grain asbestos siding and shingles.
Aubrey Moody, builder. started
construction of a one bedroom home
for s. F.. Robinson at the McKim
bridge
Sones reported progress on the
c. G. SOneS home on He'll street
announced the c. A. Harper and
w b. Applegate homes IN Imperial
near completion.
Remodel jobs at the b. Jackson
home in Villa Farm area moved
ad of schedule, according to
mes. Two bedrooms, bath and a
new roof will be added.
w. p. Hamilton's home will be
retiniShed III celotex and the Bill
Holtsock remodeling job will add
three rooms to the present struc-
ture.
Builders Supply reported progress
on the Harrison job, the Joe Gold
en house and ON the Allen home.
The Harrison job is near COM
pletion, and is ready for inspection.
The Job, according to Hugh Lat
ham of Builders Supply was built
Under Title l loans and is one of
the finest small homes in the city.
Gavin Lumber, Whiting Mead
and Kaiser lumber reported little
activity but indicated new jobs on
the fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
FILA Loans
S250>000in
EI Centro

According to the quarterly report
of w. G.. Bingham, director south
ern California district, Federal
Housing Administration more than
$250000 worth of small home mort
cages on Ell Centro have been ac-
cepted for insurance since the be-
ginning of the operation of the
National Housing act in southern
California.
This represents 67 cases of which
81 for $199,050 involve construction
of new homes, and 16 for $50 400
cover purchase money mortgages or
refinancing of existing encum-
brances on existing homes.
While the volume for the first
quarter showed only 8 cases for
$31 300, this volume was far in
excess of the figure for the CORE
spending quarter of 1888 when only
2 mortgages were registered for
SO 400
1t is also interesting to note that
the year, 1888, showed a total of
35 cases for $l35 600, or an increase
of 50 per cent in number volume
over the combined total of the
three previous years of % cases for
1920, $50
Six OF the nine cases accepted for
Insurance during the first quarter
OF 1889 involved new construction
Which would indicate that rs per
cent OF the 23 building permits
issued by the City of Ell Centre
during the same period will carry
FILA insured mortgages.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Fire Destroys Two
Packing Plants

SANGER, Cal, May 10. CUP)-
Two large fruit packing plants
were destroyed and a box factory
damaged by fire today. Authorities
estimated damage at close to $780,
900.
The packing houses, one owned
by the Sanger Fruit Growers as
sociation and the other by the
Frankenthal company, burned to
the ground within two hours. The
roof of the Western Box Shook
Distributors plant across the street
was burned off.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Budget Committee
Overtime

SACRAMENTO, May 13 (UP)-Whe most members
of the legislature joined weekend unket to Shasta DAM
under construction the Sacramento river north Red
ding, special committee of nine senator's planned
all day todaY and tomorrow preparng draft of
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Contractors Assn.
To Organize Thurs.

S. M. Saunders, field representa-
tive for the southern California
contractors association, who has
been organizing chapter of that
organization in Imperial Valley for
the past three weeks, Saturday
called a meeting of all members
for next Thursday night at the Ell
Centro Chamber of Commerce.
Officers for the valley chapter
will be elected at Thursday nights
meeting, Saunders said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
Father Burns Boy
For Petty 0ffense

TORONTO. Ont. May 13. up
Charles Kinnee, 80, and Mary Nc
Kernon, q, were in jail today
charged with torturing his eight
year-old son with fire because he
took a few pennies and played with
matches.
Police said Kinnee, estranged
from his wife, set fire to newspapers
and scared his sons hands while
Miss McKernon, who lives in the
Kinnee home, held her hand over
the youngsters mouth to stifle his
screams.
Physicians at the hospital for
sick children said that the child,
Ronald might be crippled for life.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14

biennial state budget.
The group scheduled interviews
with heads of the various state
governments at half-nour intervals
starting this morning and conclud-
ing tomorrow evening. The five
Republicans and four Democrats
composing the committee have put
in long hours all week and expect
to have recommendation complet-
ed for presentation to the senate
Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
The total Of recommended bud
get cuts undoubtedly will be greater
than the $8,5OO,OOO Topped off the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
JUDGES SALARIES BOOSTED

SACRAMENTO, May 10. CUP)-
A bill by Senator r. w. Kenny. D..
Los Angeles, to increase the salar-
ses OF the 80 Los Angeles Municipal
court judges from $500 to $500
annually was passed by the assem-
bly, and sent to Gov. Culbert Olson
today for his signature.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
MASONIC CLUB MEETS

CALEX1CO, May 13.-The Jest
ers, Masonic club, were scheduled
to assemble here Saturday night
for a parade, dinner, and show.
Members of the order come from
! Imperial and San Diego counties
in California and from Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-14
MASONIC DINNER MONDAY

Ell Centric lodge No. 384, F. and
A. M, is sponsoring its annual fish
dinner for Monday night at 7 o.
clock to which all MaSonS, includ-
ing sojourning Masons, are eligible
to attend. The second degree of
Masonry will be conferred upon
a candidate after the dinner.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

the japanese, who at will can stop
incoming fcodstuffs or subject them
to monetary levies producing large
revenues.
In Shantung Province four coun-
ties around Chefoo have been with
out rain for eight months. Summer
heat has burned what crops had
started to grow. Winter threatens
to bring the severest famine in that
area for many years.
Last winter Northern Shantung
experienced acute suffering as a re-
suit of guerrilla warfare, but pros
poets for the coming winter were
Infinitely worse. In addition to de-
struction of cereals, the peanut crop
in that area has failed.
Manchuria Closed.
Shantung peanuts, normally
shipped to America in huge guam
titles, are the provinces money
crop from which farmers get cash
TO pay their taxes. This year only
a small portion of such revenues
is forthcoming.
Heretofore Shantung has turned
to Manchuria in time of food short
age, but this source is closed as a
result Of the war and Japanese eff
forts to prevent food from reach
ing the peasant-guerrillas who op-
crate in the province. A portion
Of the drought-resisting sweet po-
tato crop was hanging on, but at
best a heavy famine toll was ex-
pected before spring.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

chusetts in 1921 in celebration of
their first harvest, was repeated
in 1880, and irregularly until 1859
when it became an annual event.
The New England Puritans, who
froWned on an elaborate observance
Of Christmas as suggestive of
Catholicism, enjoyed themselves at
Thanksgiving instead.
Connecticut was the first State
to celebrate Thanksgiving regularly,
making it annual in 1647 after
celebrating it intermittently from
1899.
Some of President Roosevelt's an
cestors and the other New Nether-
landers instituted a Thanksgiving
day in the New York Dutch colony
in 1914.
During the Revolutionary War, the
Continental Congress proclaimed
Thanksgiving days.
George Washington. as Presi-
dent, set Thursday, November 26,
1889, as Thanksgiving holiday, and
repeated it in 1895.
Another celebration was observed
after the war of 1912 on the procla-
nation of President Madison, at the
behest of Congress.
BY 1858, governors of Is States
were setting Thanksgiving days, and
after Abraham Lincoln named the
last Thursday of November, 1864,
for the observance, every subse-
quent President followed suit.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Thanksgiving
Continued From First Page.)

observe the day on the last Thurs
day of November.
The Plymouth Board of Selectmen.
In special meeting. prepared a state
ment to send to President Roosevelt,
saving: "+ We would be sac
rifcing the real significance of the
day for the purpose of satisfying
commercial interests.
"An event that has occupied a
place in American history since the
administration of Abraham Lincoln
is, in our judgment, too important to
be so lightly regarded"
Gov. George A. Wilson of Iowa
said that if he had anything to say
about it, the date would remain No
vember 80. He's Republican.
On the other hand, Gov. William
II. Vanderbilt of Rhode Island, an
other Republican, said there ap-
pears to be some common sense in
the idea"
Others unopposed to the change
were Cows. H. R. O'Conor of Mary
land, R. l.. Cochran of Nebraska
Burnet Maybank of South Carolina,
Homer Holt of West Virginia, j. W.
Bricker of Ohio and A. H. James of
Pennsylvania.
A third Republican Governor,
Ralph L. Carr of Colorado said
President Roosevelt's action seems
rather arbitrary" and continued:
He has the power to make this
Nation thankful, if he would, by
improving the lot of its people He
could better speed the time for
Thanksgiving in that way than by
changing the calendar"
Two more dissenters were Gov.
Lewis O. Barrows of Maine and
Gov. julius P. He'll of Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

innocent fellow -employe of Parks to
act as go-between.
The eXtortionist instructed that
the go-betWeen be sent to the claim
Office of the railway in Chattanooga
where he was to pick up the money.
This was done, and the go-between
received the package-under the
eyes of G-men-and returned to
Cleveland.
From the extortionist the 60
between got instructions to deduct
his expenses from the money he had
received and to hold the rest until
he received further instructions.
But meantime the F. B. I. labora-
tories had been examining the let
ters and G-men had moved ilro
Cleveland to make their study of the
typeWriters there When they To-
Gated the typewriter on which the
letters had been written. they re-
ported they discovered that Parks
was the last person to leave the
office the day the original was written.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

Both said they would retain the
November 80 date
Gov. George D. Aiken, Republican,
OF Vermont indicated Thanksgiving
Day might be observed this year on
the same day as usual and that the
New England Governors might re-
fuse to change the observation date,
while in Michigan Gov Luren D.
Dickinson, Republican. said, Il don t
see that it makes much difference
personally, I shall be just as
thankful on November % as on No.
vember 30"
A Democrat, Gov A. Harry Moore
of New Jersey. decided "one day is
as good as another"
But many a football coach failed
to agree, and from many parts of
the country came expressions of
varying perturbation.
Maj. John L. Griffith, commits
sioner of Big Ten athletics, said the
decisions would not make any differ
ence in that conferences schedule.
of course, we'll be violating our
rule requiring us to end our season
the Saturday before Thanksgiving,
he said, but that rule is based on
Thanksgiving being the last Thurs
day in November"
I'm ready to eat turkey any
time, chuckled Coach Babe Hol-
lingbery of Washington State.
Most produce men agreed the
change would have little effect on
the supply of turkeys available for
the Thanksgiving market, although
one said. "A week can make a lot
of difference" Denver commission
men said Colorado turkeys are de-
earlier than last year and
will be ready for the earlier date.
P. A. Carver of Harrisonburg. Va,
turkey dealer in the Rockingham
County market which will raise 30O.-
900 birds this fall, said producers
could fatten turkeys a week earlier
without detriment.
A variety of merchants and COM
mercial men agreed a week would
make a difference to them-a favor
able one by allowing more time for
Christmas shopping.
Calendar makers, ready to man.
ufacture for the 1910 trade. were in
a quandry. They couldn't decide
which Thursday to print In red ink
to signify next years Thanksgiv-
ing.
Leverett Saltonstall, Republican
Governor of Massachusetts,, said: Il
shall hesitate long time before
make a change lin the Thanksgiving
date. To move Thanksgiving for
ward week seems to me to be more
upsetting than advantageous. Think
also, how tremendously disturbing it
would be to school and college vaca-
ton schedules which have already
been made up for this year.
History Of Thanksgiving.
The first Thanksgiving day OBJ
served by the Pilgrims in Massa
Evening star., 1939-08-15

The shortest way home may be
across the middle Of the block. Are
you sure you can make 1t?
Evening star., 1939-08-15
STAR, WASHINGTON c. TUESDAY, AUGUST 49, 1885,
Famine Threatened
In -Four Conquered
Chinese Provinces
Hunger Riots Feared
As Shanghai Rice
Stocks DwindIe
By the Associated Press.

~ the hsSoclateo ffesS.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 15.-A food
shortage threatening to develop into
hunger riots and famine became
apparent in large parts Of Japa-
nese-occupied China today-a by
product of more than two years
of war.
Floods, drought, crippled trans
portation facilities and Japanese
trade and military restrictions caused
the shortage, which was evident
here and in Shantung, Hopeh, Ho-
nan and Anhwei provinces.
In drought areas Chinese Chris
tians prayed for rain. Other Chi
nese carried idols into the parched
fields so that they might see with
bronze eyes the woe that had be-
fallen the peasants.
International settlement author
tiles in Shanghai viewed with con-
Germ an impending rice shortage.
Rice Stocks Dwindle.
Rice stocks are dwindling fast.
Prices are skyrocketing. Offlcials
have been unable to keep more
than few weeks ahead of the
needs of the 100000 Chinese in
this tiny neutral island who are
dependent on them for the staple.
Efforts of settlement authorities
to obtain rice from surrounding
Japanese occupied territory have
met with little success. the invaders
saying it is very difficult" to trans
port grain from Wuhu and other
Yangtze Valley concentration points.
Because of the slump in the value
of the Chinese dollar the Settlement
has been unable to finance purchases
OF foreign rice from Saigon or other
shipping centers. Authorities recall
the brief cereal shortage here dur
ing the 1887 fighting. Then mobs
stormed rice trucks and grain ware
houses the moment their rice was
not forthcoming.
increasingly Shanghai's food sup
plies are falling under control of
Evening star., 1939-08-15
{. |. 0. Moves 10 Unity
Maritime Unions for
Bargaining, Lobbying
Rank and File to Get
Plan to Coordinate
Activities Over u. S. =,
~ the Associated Pres!

~ the Associated Press.
The c. I. o. Maritime Committee
took its first step yesterday toward
unifying C. I. o. maritime unions
for legislative, bargaining and Or
ganizational purposes.
Joseph Curran, president of the
National Maritime Union on the
East Coast and head of the COM
mittee, announced the group had in
dorsed plans for banding unlicensed
seamen, licensed officers and other
marine groups into national unions
co-ordinated through National
Maritime Federation.
The plans will be placed before
the rank-and-flle membership of the
existing organizations. he said.
The proposal is part of general
plan for bringing East and West
Coast unions into closer partnership.
At present, separate organiZa tions
exist on each coast. and unions on
each coast have maintained separate
r legislative officers in Washington.
Curran said it was too late to
undertake national bargaining with
East and West Coast shipowners
on contracts expiring September 80,
but that the c. I. o. unions on both
coasts would maintain a united front
in the negotiations by supporting
each others demands.
He added that the committee rec
commended a conference of repre-
sentatives from both coasts at San
Francisco September 20 to consider
the progress of negotiations for re-
vised contracts and to lay down a
national policy.
Mr.. Curran said there was a
tendency on the part of the ship
. owners to renew without change the
existing contracts affecting some
100000 maritime workers.
But we want some revision of
wages, overtime pay and working
conditions on ships" he said. I'VE
are not willing to let the agreements
60 on without revision in some re-
spects"
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Train Wreck
Continued From First PaQe)

agents to the case and that Mr..
Hoover was giving the request every
consideration"
The two G-men already here were
operating under authority of the
statute giving the Federal Govern
ment jurisdiction in cases involving
violence in interstate commerce.
Most investigators were of the be-
lief that the wreck was plotted by
a man with expert knowledge about
railroads. as they said the perpetra-
tor removed A spikes from % ties,
removed the supporting angle bars,
moved 30-foot rail weighing
nearly a ton 4 inches inward then
spiked the rail down again. All this
was accomplished, the investigators
said, without disturbing the block
signal electric cable between the
tracks which would have warned
Engineer E. F. Hecox that something
was wrong.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Roosevelt Arrives
At Halifax, Nova Scotia

ABOARD THE U. S. S. LANG
Aug. Is (P.-President Roosevelt
arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, at
1910 am. tE. S. t. today aboard
his vacation cruiser, the U. S. S
Tuscaloosa, as guns roared 2l-
gun salute.
During the afternoon the Presi-
dent planned to receive a group OF
Canadian officials aboard ship. The
callers will include A. S. Macmillan
acting Nova Scotia Premier: A. S
Barnstead, deputy provincial secre-
tary; Mayor Walter Michel of Hall
fax and military and naval officers
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Lost Survivor Of First
College Grid Come Dies
BY the Associated Press.

by tne associated Press.
FLEMINGTON, N. j., Aug. Is
Former State Senator George H.
Large, 88, last surviving player of
the first intercollegiate football
game in America, died today of
arterio-sclerosis at his home here.
He was. member of the New
Jersey Bar since 1875, a State SEN
ator for four years, but proudest of
all--he was one of the Is side
Whiskered Rutgers College youths
who beat Princeton in 1869 in the
first intercollegiate football game.
His face was aglow with the pride
of victory last November when he
looked on from a seat of honor in
Rutgers new stadium at New
Brunswick and saw his alma mater
defeat Princeton again. for the
first time since he took part in
the game that inaugurated the
sport.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Maryland Opens Fight
To Control Pneumonia
By the Associated Press,

By the Associate Press
BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.-A drive
against pneumonia, fifth largest
cause of death in Maryland, was
announced today by the State De-
partment of Health.
DR.. r. H. Riley, director, said the
newest methods of treating the dis
ease, which last year caused 1881
deaths in $3.50 cases, will be demon
strated and explained to county
health officers, public health nurses
and laboratory workers in Balti-
more September o.
The course is being arranged by
the Pneumonia Control Committee
of the State Board of Health oper-
ating with funds appropriated by
the last Legislature.
France reports the world is will
ing to pay more for watches than a
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Threot
Continued From First Page)

fessed writing all the extortion let
ters. The arrest was made yesterday.
The first extortion letter was re-
ceived on July and demanded that
the $4,000 be paid in IS. $40 and
$40 denominations. 1t instructed
Mr.. Norris to put an advertisement
IN a Chattanooga paper Special
agents of the F. B. l. complied with
the instructions and designated an
Evening star., 1939-08-15

Upper CoATS-Weothermos-
ter-AlI Weather and Duocoots in
tweeds, cheviots ond fIeeces Of
medium and dark shodes. Zip the
lining in its on overcoot-
out it's a topcoot, either woy
d roincoot. ldeoI eoot for Wosh-
instons unpredietobIe weather.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Rites Held for Z Flyers
Killed in Bomber's Crash

Funeral services for two Army
Air Corps second ieutenants who
died last Thursday in the crash of
bombing plane near Langley Field,
Va, were held this morning in Ar
lington National Cemetery. The
men were Homer M. Mackay and
Thomas L. Butner.
The Rev. Paul K. Buckles officiated
at the military burial.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
SAVE AS MUCH AS 1925

ToPcoATS-Worumbos, Harris
Tweeds, Cyril Johnson's fomous
Covert Cloth and imported Che,-
lots. Every eoot is weother-
proofed. THE ovERcoATs ore
DURoLUx full silk lined garments.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

A campaign against Sunday foot
ball has been started in South
Africa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-21
CHAPTER XIV

Jeff asked eagerly, How do you like the publicity? That's my idea, urging the gals to profit by your experiences. Later l have in mlno a radio program, Sven putting you throueh your paces. We'll call 1t, prhe Susie road to beauty Maybe, if there's enough response, you can sponsor a question and answer col ann in the paper" His voice was rich with enthusiasm.
 "Quite a program" Susie oo- served. Certainly lot more to 1t than meets the eyes" She laughed good-naturedly. Do you know what I remind myself ofP"
 "No. Tell me"
 q knew little boy who re- ceived a guitar for Christmas. He was crazy about cowboy yodeling on the radio and begged for a guitar night and day. When he got it he went for his first lesson and what do you suppose the poor youngster thought? He thought one lesson was all he needed, that the teacher would show him how to play and - presto - he'd play"
 q get it." Jeff laughed. You thought someone would show you how to be beautiful and - presto you'd be beautiful"
 She nodded. Jeff was an un- derstanding person. She liked him. Odd how easy it was to tell him things. Remembering how Dick had smitten her dumb she thought 1t extremely odd.
 Out of her thoughts she asked, 'Do you know Dick Tremaine, Jeff?"
 'Yeah," he said, wheeling the car into his stall in the garage. T used to know Dick well. Hes sev- eral years younger than l am, but we went to the same summer camps when we were kids. Have mt seen much of him recently. My father lost his money and Dick did- u't. It makes a difference"
 T just wondered" Susie mur- mvred. They went in the em-