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Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-14

Throughout the state is a grow
ing interest In temperance activ.
tiles" declared Mrs. Eva C. Wheeler,
magnetic president Of the state
Women's Temperance Union, who
delivered two splendid addresses at
the county WCT.U.'s annual con-
vention Tuesday afternoon and eve.
ming i'll the First Baptist church
These talks, and the reelection
of all county officers were the high.
lights Of the meeting; Mrs. CIV.
Brockman was once again chosen
to head the county organization, a
tribute tC her many years of active
service in the cause; Mrs. Gladys
Ferguson of HoltYille, vice-presi.
dent; Mrs. Pearl Wagg0ner of Cal.
eXico, recording secretary; Mrs.
Birdie Fisher, CaleXico, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Ella Van Dyke,
Imperial, treasurer.
Mrs. Wheeler at the afternoon
session outlined her experiences at
the state legislature where she has
been working en- behalf of various
bills. not only those concerned with
liquor regulation but those which
have to do with various moral is
sues. She also described her visit
to the state penitentiary and in
conclusion outlined the state organ
jzation'S program for the coming
year.
Pays Tribute
Special tribute was paid to the
county organization by the state
president who declared their loyalty
TO the cause was more than proven
by their attendance at a convention
despite the warm weather. Many
remarked that the same might be
said for Mrs. Wheeler who made
a hurried trip from Sacramento
to attend this session and who de.
spite the heat was a picture of
what the well dressed woman should
wear In hot climate, looking as
cool and crisp as could be in her
| dainty pale yellow organdie frock
and picture hat. Pretty witty, en-
ergetic, and devoted TO the work
of the W.C.T.U., it Is no wonder
that Mrs. Wheeler has been re-
elected many times to the office of
state president
In the evening session, attended
by some 200 valley residents, Mrs.
Wheeler spoke to the topic. rs The
Enemy Alarmed?" Pointing out the
many things which the W.C.T.U.
Of
session of the legislature and the
measures which the organization
still hopes to put through. Not
only measures affecting liquor con-
troll and regulation but those in
regard to gambling dance halls,
salaciCus literature, moving pictures
for children are a part of the VIC.
T.U.S general interests Mrs. Wheel.
er complimented the state public
morals committee and the PIT. A.
for their work. She declared the
WCT.U. work to be the building
Of dams against the flood Of social
evils.
Musical Program
1nterspersed during morning and
| afternoon sessions was a program
Of excellent musical numbers; in
the afternoon Rebecca Severance
Warkentin, who possesses a beauti.
full and well trained soprano voice.
was SoloiSt, accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. S. P. Holiday.
IN the evening William F. North.
tenor, was heard in two splendid
numbers accompanied by his wife,
Zona Patterson North, while Dor
Cthy Bowling'S lovely contralto was
heard to advantage in two selec
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-14
Vacation Books Suggested For
Business Group by Mrs. Magee

Gibson substituted for Lola Taylor,
Mrs. Gibson, Lucy Adair and Ruth
Bennett singing a group of songs,
while the guitar trio, Ruby Barthel,
katherine Won Allmen and Mer-
cedes Wilson, with Mrs. Gibson,
played several selections.
Miss Evelyn Allen, new club pres.
ident, announced her committees
for the coming year at the business
session during which plans were
made for a pot luck dinner the
evening of July II at Miss Aliens
new home, 1913 Olive.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-14
Kiwanis Club
Party Friday

Kiwanis club members are an
ticipating their annual party at the
John L. Dubois ranch, scheduled
for 6:30 pm. Friday of this week.
The traditional fried chicken din
ner will be featured and afterwards
club members are putting on a
carnival with some IL booths plan
ned which will afford plenty of
entertainment for members and
their guests.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-14
Nurses S Hear Talk
By State Officer

Miss Stella F'riedinger. assistant
state director, discussed pending
legislation for the Imperial County
Nurses association, district No. 30
at the dinner meeting Tuesday
night at the Calexico International
club.
Miss Friedinger emphasized in
particular the bill in regard to
licensing of nurses which is now
before the governor for signature
and which the association has en-
dorsed.
Twenty-Five members were pres
ent for the dinner.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-14
Clubs
Society
Schools Clubs
Churches VI xI1LCICSL W w O111C11 Society
Calendar
WEDNE ESDAY

WEDNESDAY
I. v. Stamp and Coin club, 1880,
ice plant Eagles 8, $50 Broad
way
LO.O.F. No. 4O8, 1880, Brawley
THURSDAY
Rotary club, Barbara Worth
20-3O club, 7, 566 Brighton
Townsend club No. 2, 1880, court
house
B.P.O.E. No. 1925, 7, Elks club
RAM No. 109, 7:30, Masonic
temple
Rebekahs, 1880, 535 Olive
DOwd- Moore recital, 8, 523 Holt
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Britain Urges Caution
On Reports From Toxic

LONDON, July % (R.-The Brit
ish foreign Office spokesman said
today that Toxic reports concerning
Britain's attitude in negotiations
with Japan on China policies should
be accepted with caution.
Specifically the spokesman de-
clared that there is no foundation
for the belief that Britain will with
draw support from Chinese cur
rency."
One of Japan's primary demands
is that Britain cease all aid to the
Chinese government Of Chang Kai-
shek. Two big British banks, with
government backing, advanced half
of a $46,0OO,000 stabilization fund to
support the Chinese dollar.
The spokesman said no report
had been received from Sir Robert
concerning his talk yesterday with
Arita.
He said that Prime Minister
Chamberlain probably would make
a statement on the British Japanese
negotiations in the House of Com
mons early next week and mean
while Britain was in close contact
with the United States on all Far
Eastern questions, including Chinese
currency.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Fair Gets Old Boxwood
From Washington Home
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
NEW YORK, July 22.-"Gardens
on Parade" at the New York Worlds
Fair included an old English lockwood
from the home of Mary Washington
today as a contribution from Fred
ericksburb in celebration of Fred
ericksburg day" at the fair.
The lockwood was dug and shipped
to Gardens on Parade" through
the courtesy of the Virginia Asso-
citation for the Preservation of Vir-
ginia Antiquities, which owns the
Mary Washington house.
The Virginians presented a brief
pageant depicting Washington bid
ding farewell to his mother before
leaving for New York to take the
oath as first President The pageant
was directed by John Ferguson.
Grover Whalen, president of the
fair, addressed the visitors, includ-
ing Virginians living in New York
members of the Virginia Society,
Dixie Society and Kenmore Asso-
citation.
The Fredericksburg delegation.
headed by Mayor Marshall w. King
included Claude PARCEL, president
OF the City Council; George l..
Hunter, Jr., members of the Council,
and l.. j. Houston, jr., city manager.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Antiques Stolen
As Robberies Net
Loot Of $1,100
Eighteenth Street Shop
Loses 81, 900 Worth
Of Valuable Pieces

Robberies and housebreakings in
volving more than s1.10O in cash
and property were being investi-
gated today by Washington police.
Columbus w. Thompson, so, man
ager Of the Washington Laundry, at
2l50 P street NV, said a colored
man armed with a pistol robbed
him of $50 last night and escaped in
Rock Creek Park.
A colored youth threw Sarah
Fraction, 14l4 Twelfth street NV,
to the street on Vermont avenue be-
tween N and o streets NV. early
today and fled with her pocketbook
containing S. She did not require
hospital treatment.
Theft of more than $1,000 worth
Of antiques from a shop at 1906
Eighteenth street NV, owned by
the estate of Rudolph De Zapp, who
died recently. was reported by Mrs.
Helen j. P. Starr, executrix.
The missing articles include two
French Empire vases of bronze,
chinaware and a number of Persian
and Kashmir shawls. The shop.
which takes up all the four floors of
the building, has been entered sew
eral times within the past few
days. Mrs. Starr told police. appar-
emily by some one with a duplicate
key
The old envelope trick netted
thieves total of $95 from two vic
TINS yesterday. Nora Robb, 718
Sixth street NV, was taken for
$40 by two colored women at Eighth
and I streets NV. while Robert C.
Scott, colored. of 1113 Seventh street
NE. lost $25 to three colored men at
Seventh and I streets NE.
John L. Heneck of Silver Spring,
Md, told police that two colored
men, armed with a pistol and a
razor, robbed him of So at Fifth and
L streets NV. last night.
Three colored men fled with Sam
uel Motten's pocketbook, containing
$24, after an unsuccessful attempt
to get him in card game at Thirty
first and M streets NV. last night.
They asked for change for IS bill
and when Mr.. Molten took his wal
let from his pocket, they snatched
it and ran. The victim lives at 2414
Virginia avenue NV.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Northeastern States
Facing Forest Fire
Threat in Drought
Heavy Crop Damage
Reported; No Roin
In Sight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 22.-A CROP
withering drought that invited forest
fires lay over the Northeastern
States today as farmers looked
anxiously at an overcast sky in which
the Weather Bureau said there was
no rain.
Timber and brush fires burned in
several areas, water reservoirs drop
ped to low stages, heavy crop damage
was reported and more threatened
and some industrial plants were
ordered to curtail operations as the
lowest rainfall record in years was
chalked up against the first three
weeks of July.
Farmers in most Northeastern
States faced heavy losses from the
dry spell and some New Jersey resi-
dents had dry wells.
Many streams, ordinarily gushing
faded to trickles along parched beds.
Fire wardens in upstate New York
said the fire threat was becoming
more serious and milk production
was reduced because Of destroyed
pasturage
Crops in Pennsylvania were suffer-
ing with precipitation in the eastern
part OF the State 04 of l inch as
compared with the normal 243
inches in July.
Some big textile mills in the Law
renee, Mass, area were ordered to
curtail operations because of a
meager water supply. The driest
July in the % years records have
been kept was reported in Vermont,
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Mothers With Babes
In Arms Protest
Closing Of Nursery
Indignation Expressed
At Closing Of Facilities
While Fairgrounds Run

Thirty mothers, most of them
carrying children in their arms, met
outside the Bowen Nursery School
yesterday in protest against sus-
pension of its operation by the Dis
trict. The Bowen Nursery, at
Third and K streets S.W, is one
OF 10 closed week ago for lack of
funds.
The women expressed indigna-
ton that Fairgrounds are being
opened to take larger children out
OF danger from traffic, while no
proper provisions are being made
for pre-school boys and girls
Ross HaWorth, administrative as
slstant Of w. P. A. in the District,
said yesterday he saw no way the
nursery schools can be reopened.
District officials requested funds
for their continuation in the ap-
preparation bill sent before Con-
gress, but the words and nursery
schools were stricken out of the
final act" he explained.
For four years 65 w. P. A. en-
ployes at the nurseries had cared
during the day for 300 children
from to S years old. Dieticians
and nurses gave orange juice, milk
and cod-liver oil to those that were
undernourished.
Mrs. Fern Marshall, 705 Seventh
street S.W, was one of several
mothers who gave their reasons for
meeting to protest closing of the
nurseries. "We would have had to
break up our home if it hadn't been
for the Bowen Nursery" she said.
my 4-year-old boy was highly
nervous and not receiving proper
care, because my husband was out
of work. The nursery took my
child and built up his health mar
velously"
A mother of eight children, Mrs.
May Wright, 1O1l E street S.W.,
said she put her twin girls in the
nursery so they would learn to like
school.
1.-TWO of my older boys are in In
dustrial Home School because they
played truant. I am sure if they
had started school young at a nurs-
cry they would never have been
sent where they are" she said.
Mrs. Fanny Cook, mother of five
small children, and Mrs. Nellie Steill,
mother of four, said that their
homes have neither front nor back
yards, and they are afraid to let
the babies 60 all the way to the
Fairgrounds and stay there by
themselves"
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Edward T.. Parker,
Agriculture Official, ,
Dies in His Home
Marketing Authority
III Three Months;
Funeral Monday

Edward C. Parker, ST, chief of
the Grain Division of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Service, Depart
ment of Agriculture, died yesterday
at his home, 12O West Woodbine
street, Chevy Chase. Md, after an
illness of three months.
Mr.. Parker began working for the
department in 1923 as a marketing
specialist. He was known as an au-
thority on Standardization and
classification Of farm products for
marketing purposes. Immediately
before coming here he had been
privately engaged in buying, selling
and developing ranches in Montana
From 1908 to 1912, he had been agri-
cultural adviser to the old Man.
churian government. In 1915 he had
written a book entitled Field Man
agement and Crop Rotation
Born in st. Paul, Mimi, August 4,
1881, Mr.. Parker studied at the Min
nesota Agricultural School and in
1905 was graduated with a bachelor
of science degree from the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. Early in his ca
reer he served as an assistant at the
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Mr.. Parker was a member of the
Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Xi Fra
ternities.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs Edith
Carter Parker; son. Ward F.. Park
er, and two grandchildren all of the
Chevy Chase address, brother, Dr.
John Parker, Manhattan, KanS. and
a sister, Mrs. Harvey Roe. St. Paul,
MINI.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. Monday in Humphreys funeral
home, Bethesda, Md. Burial will be
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Hunted Missionary
Reports He Is Safe

HANKOW, China, July % (R.-
The Rev. L. w. Holland, Methodist
missionary from Pasadena, Calf,
has written the United States con-
sui general here reporting that he
and other missionaries at Nanchang
are safe and we'll.
The United States consulate start
ed an investigation month ago
following a report by Domei (Jap-
anese news agency that Holland
had been arrested on charges of
carrying on anti-Japanese propa-
ganda. The consulate expressed
concern over the case.
Today, however, Consul General
j. o. Spiker announced the Jap
anese Army yesterday had delivered
a letter addressed to him by Hol-
land dated Nanchang, July 8, re-
porting he was safe and well.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Six Men Seized in Raid
Face Gaming Charges

Six men arrested in numbers
raid in the 1400 block of First street
NE, yesterday and held under $4,000
bond each were scheduled for ar
raignment today before United
States Commissioner Needham c..
Turnage.
Those arrested, all of whom were
charged with operating lottery,
possession of numbers slips and con-
spiracy to violate the gaming laws,
were:
Morris Slavsky, 26, of the 1000
block of H street NE. James Reed
Porter, "a, of the l400 block of First
street NE; Marvin A. Stinnett, 80,
of the 1900 block of Gales street
NE; Arthur Tilden Cheek, jr, 20
of the 500 block of G street NE;
William Lee Martin, 81, colored, of
the 300 block of H street S.W., and
Wilson Millard Thomas, 63, colored,
of the first block of Florida avenue
NE.
Capt. George Little, who, as head
of the vice squad, led the raid, said
the arrest eliminated an inveStiga-
ton of more than two months and
described the raid as the most i'm
portant of the year as far as the
police department was concerned.
The raid occurred in the rear OF
a garage where quantity of numbers
slips pads and more than $500 in
cash was conflScated.
Capt. Little said his men and two
deputy marshals entered the head
quarters just as one of the men was
making a play. The six were held
under $4,000 bond for each of the
three charges.
Police revealed that two of the
men had been arrested before on
similar charges but were released
due to lack of evidence sufficient
to convict them.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Six From D. G. Area
Enroll at Boston u.

Six residents of Washington and
nearby Maryland have enrolled in
Boston University's annual sum-
mer school term from July to
August IL, university officials an
nounced today
Those attending from this area
include Mrs. Iris M. Bosley. 7709
Morningside drive NV; Mrs. Vir-
ginia P. Florence, 1915 Tenth street
NV; Ethel Hall Jewell, 1888 Ver-
mont avenue NV; Ethel A. Hous-
ton, 1858 T street NV; Leanna
Frances Johnson, 1928 Harvard
street NV and Sidney William
Tymeson, 720 Flower avenue, Ia
koma Park, Md.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Neutrality Fight Fails to Excite
Civil War Veteran 81
John T. Ryan,
Knows America
Wants Peace

AT your left" intones the Capitol
guide, lis veteran of the Civil War
He's 80 years old"
The tourists stare at him, this 92-
year-old Grand Army man who
guards the executive door to the
House gallery. They see a white
haired man with neat white NOUS
tache and the brightest of blue eyes.
Occasionally tourist stops to talk
to John T. Ryan. Below the Grand
Army pin in his buttonhole is q
little beaded flag that one of the
lady tourists gave him.
Mr.. Ryan's been on the Capitol
job for IL years, outlasting the sew
eral other Union veterans who used
to guard gallery doors. He keeps the
door to the executive gallery locked.
You have to have pass from the
White House to get past Mr.. Ryan.
Sometimes, he said, people ask him
what Congress is doing. He doesn't
know. He rarely listens to what's
going on inside the locked door.
II the Congressman want to battle
about neutrality, that's up to them,
but Mr.. Ryan doesn't pay any atten-
ton to it. He knows "our people
won't 60 to war;" SO why worry?
Now, 1864 was something different
Those were pretty exciting times"
he recalls. So exciting that 17-year-
old John. who came of a Baltimore
family of Southern sympathizers,
ran away from home to cast his lot
with the Union.
Believed to be the last survivor OF
the Battle Of Monocacy, Mr.. Ryan
Will tell you that that battle kept the
Confederates from coming into
Washington.
I'VE held them back until the
third day when they came down to
Fort Stevens" he explained.
He fought through to the end OF
the war, never got scratched, spent
year after the war in the Sixth
Cavalry and then he went home.
And did his family forgive him?
There was nothing else they could
do" he smiled.
Now senior vice ce-commander of the
Department of the Potomac, G. A.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
D. c. Children, 8 and 5, Home
After 3 Years and q Long Trip

Two happy children went shop
ping today after completing a four
day train journey across the coun-
try alone to join a father they had
been separated from three years.
Because they arrived yesterday
at Union Station after the 5000
mile trip carrying few clothes, their
father took them out to get COM
plete wardrobes, including Sunday
clothes"
The children, Hugh Ellison, 8,
and his sister, Beverly 10, S,
through arrangements by the well
fare agencies in Montana and Spo-
kane County, Wash, made the trip
here with but one change of trains,
at Chicago. Their fare and travelling
money was put in the custody of the
conductors. When they arrived
here they still had $3.50 left.
Three years ago they were sent
Evening star., 1939-07-22
". w. Potomac Cruise
To Be Held July Is

A moonlight cruise down the Po-
tomac sponsored by the Young
Women's Christian Association will
be held July Is, it was announced
today at Y. w. c. A. headquarters.
The steamer City of Washington
will leave the Wilson Line dock at
$3.50 pm. and return at 11:30, with
an optional stopover at Marshall
Hall. Dance music will be provided
by Dave McWilliam's orchestra.
The Planning Committee super
vising arrangements includes Mary
Helen Jone, chairman; Ann Schiel,
Sue McNeely. Estyleen Lawson,
Edith Green, Marion Allen, Tom
mie Lee Nix. Emma Humphries and
Lillian Ault. Tickets may be pur-
chased at the Y. w. c. A., Seven
teenth and K streets NV. or at the
dock.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Concordance Of Ovid
Works Completed al
Catholic University
IS Years of Work Brought
To Completion by
Dr.. Deferruri and Aides

A monumental concordance for
the works of Ovid, the only book
on this topic ever to be published,
has just been completed at Catholic
University under the direction of
Prof. Roy j. Deferrari, head of the
department of Greek and Latin and
secretary general of the university.
DR.. Deferrari, who originated the
work and planned its execution,
spent more than Is years in bring
ing it to completion The book,
containing 2,220 pages and weigh
ing 1872 pounds, is expected to be
of particular value to classical schol-
arS and students in the fields of
medieval and modern literature.
Because of the great influence of
Ovid on all literatures. university
officials said. the concordance will
have profound influence on all
future writing.
Cost Borne by Grant.
The major cost of the volume
close to S9,000-has been borne by
a grant from the American Council
of Learned Societies and another
from Catholic religious COM
munity. Subscriptions from schol-
ars, libraries. colleges and uni
versities made up the difference
The book represents the most am
bilious project ever attempted in
the lithoprinting field, the uni
versity said.
A special copy, bound in white
buckram and stamped in gold. has
been prepared for presentation to
Pope Plus XII some time this sum-
mer. Friends of the compilers and
the university in Rome will make
the presentation.
Assistants in the Work.
DR.. Deferrari was assisted in the
work by Sister M. Inviolata Barry,
c. D. P, a member of the faculty
of Our Lady of the Lake College
in San Antonio, Tex; by DR.. Mar
tin R. p Mcclure, associate pro-
fessor of Greek and Latin and
dean of the Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences at Catholic Uni
versity, and by graduate students
who became members of the classi-
cal seminar during the last 10 years.
Sister Inviolata assisted during
the last year while on a leave of
absence from her post. Both she
and DR.. Deferrari now are working
on the "Summa Theological" of ST.
Thomas Aquinas. The first volume
of this concordance will be pub
lished in three years and the re-
manning two volumes in the two
succeeding years. Each volume will
be approximately the same size as
the Concordance of Ovid.
Evening star., 1939-07-22

by their father, Joseph A. Nagel of
522 Fourteenth street NE, to board
at Westby, Mont. Last week the
woman with whom they lived be-
came i'll and the children were taken
by her sister to Chattaroy, Wash,
near the Canadian border.
After number of long-distance
phone calls and kilograms, Mr.. Ma
gels attorney, Harry S. Wender
of this city made arrangements with
the welfare agencies to have the
children sent to Washington.
A number of attempts were made
to have the children come by plane,
but the companies would not take
the children unattended. Mr.. Wen
der even tried to have them air
mailed here, but it was found too
costly
Their father is a proofreader in
the Government Printing Once.