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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
Fire Department
Would Junk Adaue

PHOENIX, Jan. 2. (UP)-Phoenix
firemen were disgusted today with
the old adage that "if at first YOU
don't succeed, you should try and
try again.
Last night, for example, they got
a call that Phoenix radio studio
was on fire. With sirens screaming.
they raced to the station. They
found the fire all right. but it was
where fires belong--in the furnace.
Shortly afterwards, they got an
other call from the same place
Thinking they'S have more luck this
time, they again sped to the studio
with the same result-the fire was
in the furnace.
Authorities said the confusion had
been caused by smoke issuing from
a newly installed heating unit.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
President Calls
Leaders TO Hear
Annual Message
Continued from Page l

session OF the 10th congress.
Vice President Garner. just IN from
Texas, has opened anti-third term.
presidential offices under the Capt.
tol dome.
Republican congressional leaders
are planning to curb presidential
emergency powers.
Alfred E. Smith, elder statesman
of the Roosevelt wing of the
Democratic party, announced he
would bolt the ticket again this
year if the 1910 platform endorsed
the New Deal.
But the president is riding a great
popularity wave as congress assem-
bles. Europes war and his measures
to safeguard American peace caught
the national Imagination. Polls show
Mr.. Roosevelt to have more en-
thusiastic following tcday than any
time since his government reorgan-
ization and supreme court reorgan-
ization bills split the Democratic
party wide open in the first two
months of 1897.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
Killers British
Friend Sent Home

LONDON, Jan. 2. tUP)-Unity
Freeman Milford, the blonde, 25
wear old British noblewoman
friend of Adolf Hitler, is en- route
home from Germany in an am
bulance train, member of the
family said today.
The train. repeatedly supplied
by Hitler, left Germany by way
of switzerland.
The family member said, I'VE
don't know what Unity is suffer-
ing from. have no knowledge
Of her suffering from a gunshot
wound"
The Daily Mail reported this
morning that Miss Freeman-Mit-
ford had been in Munich hos
pital several weeks suffering from
a bullet wound in the head.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
Church Wipes Out
All Past Bills

Members of the Assembly of God
church in Ell Centre started 1910
with the church slate wiped free of
debt.
In special ceremony this week.
end, the congregation made bon
fire of a heap of bills marked paid
in full. The bills were accumulated
in the last several years for a new
church addition, furniture and
equipment.
The first 1910 project of the Rev.
Mr.. Thomas Cunningham and his
congregation will be new church
parsonage already planned. 1t was
expected to cost approximately
S2,500.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
Bureau to Plan
Membership Drive

Membership drive plans of the
Imperial county farm bureau will
be worked Saturday at the monthly
meeting of bureau directors, accord
ing to Scott Foulds, secretary.
Frank Pierce, state director of
farm bureau organization, will at
tend Saturdays meeting to aid the
directors in instructing committees.
The drive will start next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
Salvation Army
Feeds 14O at YuIe

At a time when "children's hearts
are hungry for the things others
have" the Salvation Army prepared
40 baskets for the needy, fed 140
on Christmas and held Watch
Night service on New Years eve,
Major Lee Montgomery announced
in El Centro Tuesday
Demands upon the Army are
heavier during the Christmas-New
Years week. Major Montgomery
said, that at any other time of the
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
Arizona City Has
Deafness Record

BISBEE, Jan. 2. CUP)-Citizens
OF Bisbee grimly set out today for
another year of safe driving after
they had brought 1899 to close
without single fatal auto accident
in their city.
Chief of Police j. L. RanSower
said 1899 marked the fifth year
which Bisbee has passed without
witnessing an auto accident death
in the city limits One death occur
ed in 1897.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
Frank {. Jordan
In Good Condition

SACRAMENTO. Jan. ,. CUP)-
Frank c. Jordan, 79, veteran secre-
tary of state, today was reported
in good shape" at the Mercy hos
pital, where he was taken two days
ago for a checkup and rest.
The officials son, Deputy Secre-
tary of State Robert V. Jordan. said
his father was not i'll, but merely
run down" and would remain in
the hospital several days.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
Relief Load Here
About Normal

SRA relief load totals in Imperial
county were about normal" for
this season of the year, Director
Ned Holmes said Tuesday.
A total OF SAT families were on
the list. Applications for aid the
week before Christmas were l65
while last week they dropped 10 lis.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-02
WEATHER

Data compiled by observers for
the official United states Weather
bureau station at El Centro.D
Maximum Monday --..--.-.--.-.--.---.--- II
Minimum Tuesday .-...---------.-..-----. 46
Reading at Noon Tuesday
Temperature ..-.....---..-.--..----.-----..-.- 90
Humidity 64
Reading al q. m. Tuesday
Temperature ---..---.-.---..------.-------.--- AZ
Humidity -...-..-.......-.----.-..------- rs
Reading al p. m. Monday
Temperature 70
Humidity -..--..---.-.---.------.-.-.-.-- ~
Southern California Partly
cloudy Tuesday night and Wed
nesday. Morning fogs west por-
ton. Moderate temperature. Gentle
variable wind off coast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-02
St. Olaf Choir Will Present
Concert in Tacoma Jan. Is

sans and daughters might learn =
link the ideas Il rsIixson and >dn.
e.sian with thc>> u political FREE
dom. The original outlay. snes1en(
~ u was represented IN sfsyuses'
hsrshe<s s>lf denial cn IN raff 4
the fossnd<rs and th> subsequent
history of the instItutien ~ heon
. record ~ continued psertfsee
II general she studsnta sss
members II families hlene>d with
only modest usssns. Their spa1
and daughters ~ 10 scileus -
cause u y consltered : high pFtvt'
lsrs --nos = social stuns. xverY'
thing shcut IN simplicity ~ sei'
lsas iifs y calculated = lHpronn
them with II vaius - indlvstual
effort. the neceea1ty TT wurn. ssl
she importance a. ~ laeer M
~ contrnsssa with physical luxuvyI
THIS spirtt ennert eoil q -
prsss Itself N ~ dep&rtusnta sut
nowhere y u fsit mess teepis
than IN ~ sinuing = he yeuth'
fal chorsstsra
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are still trying 10 explain the tech
Meal perfection and spiritual SUBJ
Unity achieved BY the n. Olaf
choir. which u coming to Tacoma
on Sunday evening. Jan. ~. and
win be heard ut the Central i.ss-
theran church. so. 10th and q
sts.
Making 10 1870 concert tour.
tho NJ. Olaf Lutheran choir Of
Nerthfleld. Ainn.. and ~ famous
director. DIR. =. Msiius chrlssian-
sen. will present = sacred concert
In Tacoma under the auspices a
the Central I.usheran men's club.
The advance ticket sale win BE-
gin Tuesday. with tleksts available
at Fishers civic center Reserve.
tons may also be made 1T the
Central Lutheran church.
To the world IN general II II In
credible that = small denamina.
tionai college In Minnesota shouid
produce a choral body which DE-
iivers. IN the most finlshed form
imaginable. Tho most difficult
scores ever composed for . sapelia
singing.
A visit 10 the college itself. with
the opportunity Of learning soms.
thing Of It's history. probably would
furnish the hest hey TO the mys.
terry II II can be called q mystsry
~. Olaf college was founded q
years ago by Norwegian immi'
grants who were willing TO under
20 any sacrifice In order that thai
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-02
POULTRY ASSN.
HAS BUSY YEAR

Editor. The Times: The Taco
ma Poultry Association has Iass
held It's forty-fifth annual show
and banquet. The highest quail
lily Of poultry TO Be gathered IN
the northwest was shown. Al this
show we sponsored - the main
event the National Rhode Island
Red Club Meet With several ether
club meets II was = wonderful show.
This association has been the In
splrAtion and . BIG help in the
progress OF poultry in this great
Northwest. At an early date We
loaned our eoops 10 the fuyaiiup
fair. and finally gave them 20 The
poultry department there. We have
had the honor ef showing many
birds there always. We have shown
more birds At many nelxhhor shows
at times than the local or home
exhibitors. We not only eShihasea
our poultry. but eur members wers
selected as advisory In such cara-
city a. Judges. superintenden's.
secretary Of publicity and other
positions. We have four licensed
Judges a. =. Al with Tacoma ~
their addresses. We are = life
member and = part Of the Ameri-
can Poultry Assn. that writes and
publishes the Standard OF rerfec-
ton. the guide to all poultry.
whether for egxs. meat or fancy
ornament.
The Standard ~ q poultry guide
did more 10 improve poultry In 10
years after its adoption, than had
been done in 70 10 100 years before.
There Ia q United states Record
OF Performance Assn. that requires
the males nsed In their breeding
pens TO have certified records Of
their parents TO be Of 200 egg per
year or more. Well thls state
branch requires their males TO be
from stock OF gao EGGS or more.
with much labor At trap nest rec.
ords and the Standard as guide.
poultry u The second or third In
dustry In the state OF Washington.
This IL an industry where one may
start In = short time. and may sell
eggs and stock for cash nj any time.
II Ia something about all profes-
sional men, athlete and business
men look forward TO when they
wish or have TO retire.
At our recent show a prominent
baseball player was pictured with
his wife and some Rhode Island
Red poultry. He purchased some
at this show. talked 10 him and
he told me Of other players who
owned poultry and were looking
for places to locate At future dates,
This state has many features 10
offer along with poultry. Fruit
trees. berries. vegetables and any
thing you wish to plant VIII grow
here with xusto.
At our recent show q great many
prizes were won by exhibitors from
out Of this state. would like u
give you my slibi why. Oregon
and California have cash support
to help them put on their shows
Think OF $1,000 to help put on q
poultry show. Oregon just held
turkey show where they had the
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Armory rent free and were given
81 200 TO help put the show on.
When other states help their poui-
try shows like that---that II my
silbi. That Ia what II takes TO
improve and keep interest.
think our city. county and
state officials should look around
and see II they could not put some
more help In poultry jingle. for
this state. Oregon and Washing
ton turkeys are the best market
birds In the world. They may be
Matched later and mature quicker
here and that makes better birds
as well m saves feed. What .
grand piscs We have here II We
had a iiitls lndncement. Some Of
the logged off land with scotch
broom would be ths best place any
one has 10 offer for turkey homes.
RAY f.EF-TwIck.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-02
HIS GREETINGS
FROM TIENTS|N
Missionary's Letter to
Son Here Tells of
China's Horrors

From out Of Tientsin. China.
comes expression Of happy new
year.
Surrounded BY barriers and re-
strictions of war. rayished by flood
which drove thousands before il,
suffering as result Of coal
famine in weather 10 to Is de-
grees below freezing. the cheerful
thought was penned by Albert c.
Grimes, missionary, connected with
the North China mission of the
American board, to his son, Paul
c. Grimes, 1902 So. NJ st. in
Tacoma.
Horrors OF the flood and short
age of coal were described by the
missionary, who wrote in part;
water rose so fast nothing
much could be moved. 1t was 10
feet high on our corner and within
one foot of the office floor. En-
trance was gained through an up
per window. Two roughly-con-
structed sampoons served as trans
portation.
Coal Famine
1.-THE terrible situation is made
even worse by the coal famine.
Between 10000 and $4,000 refu-
gees are living in single rooms
without benefit of heat in British
or French concessions. Homes and
hotels also are largely without
heat. The mining administration
has advertised no more orders
would be accepted until the thou
sands already on hand are filled"
Referring to the Japanese as
"our friends from the islands," Dr.
Grimes said:
Life has been made pretty hard
and expensive here. We must
carry our passports or consular
card wherever we 60.
Prices Are High
Business is bad. Many people
have left the city. Prices are ex-
tremely high, even for native and
local goods. Eggs are selling al
81 for 10. Butter is worth Sc a
pound, and meat 81 a pound
These prices, of course, are in Chi
nese money, the current rate OF
exchange for American currency
being about II to one.
ITO make the financial situation
even more difficult is the fact we
have two kinds of money-the new
and the old. Value of these vary
from day to day, and in the re-
sulting confusion one hardly knows
where he is at"
The letter was closed with:
1--WE are thankful things are not
worse. We 60 into the new year
happy in that knowledge.
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NeW Year Wishes, Resolutions

Jim Rashferd - Continued excel
ience At rix-msking.
Jack Meere SEINE Tsvel. soms
crusade, much work.
George swanson More power to
his elbow.
Jeha Fsshearne-More crponcnis
~ token tagging
Harold =. Ccaier - Letters that
don't To astrsy.
r. n Fetterelf = Good weather
AZ the mountain Tacoma day.
Irving Thomas = More Golden
Jubilee reunions
Min and sally Hilderhrand Les'
work and moro sleep,
Mrs. Lillian Beurlasd - Shorter
and sweetsr trials.
Harcid johns Mors time for
everything.
Burr Anderson To win = major
ski race.
George r. Ftahburne May pos.
tai receipts flourish,
Mary Adelaide RAyhoaid tsnd
all other Club OF Hearts members,
~ larger ballroom for your an
nuai Christmas dance.
oliver Malm--Not TO get struck
at All by an automobile.
Howts Peterson Happier skl
landings.
Dutton Hayward--A more skill.
full putting touch.
Thad stevenson Completion OF
the chambers APPOINT program.
Jay McCune--Softer and sweeter
fog bells and horns.
Horace Define = Continued In
diligence for newspapermen.
Roger Peck--A .<oo-hitting out
fielder. a slugging catcher and as
sorted 2s-game pitchers for his
Tigers land a new press bos).
Muriei Thompson - Fewer tele.
phone calls.
Jim Gillespie Lots Of student,
In your ski school.
karl Richardson More becom'
ing baby pink earmuffs.
Bain browse --Better fabrication
fuller houses.
Charles r. A. Mann MOT,
things N stuff.
Jack sayles--Lighter bottles.
George Abei--Longer beds.
Gerald Dixon That Lincolr
bowl
Joe Thornley, Recognition n
the old home town.
Reggie Johnston Moonlight ans
roses.
Rev. Frank Haley - Packes
pews.
whitney Thompson-volume ans
velocity.
Ed Hudson--A secretary TO tn
secretary.
Charles Taylor. jr.--Some ducks
Harold stamey - m . prof
next time.
Jack Dovey-wishing fishermen
the best of luck.
Calvin Hopper Hoping for bet
ter football games In 1910.
Fred Alason---To teach his dog I
talk.
Ben Grimes our smok
this year.
Sidney seldon--I'il try not I
sprain my ankle this year.
Thomas McElwsin - VIII re
that more people are well heelsd
Bob Gleason nj. live
wire, wishes everyone the best 10
1910.
Cort Johnson--Myriads Of sole
to save.
Floyd somers-To overtake IN
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JUST THE CORE
TUESDAY MEETINGS

Tacoma section of the Socialist
Labor party will meet during
the winter each Tuesday at s p. m.
at the Carlton hotel. The text now
being used is Value, Price and
Profit" by Karl Marx. All inter-
ested persons will be welcome to
attend. No admission is charged.
''Norsk Aften" Norway Night,
Normanna hall, Thursday, Dec. rs,
8 D. m. Norwegian program, re-
freshments and dance, admission
25c adv.
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rAn(10. n. U.-~AGrsculluyNi -.
fssiais rvpovt hat "Trip srsppsnu
had ben ss,ccsaensl u North ~
hesa - ths night 70 prsvsnt -
currsnce ~ ~ aust STORMS u
1854 and 1874 nsnp erepplam seN'
slsss a. asvt1laa large slslds inee
Narrow ssrsps - uvss>lands 10 pss'
vent hlowtne.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-02
coyERNoR IMPRESSED

Gov. Clarence ID. Martin was most
favorably impressed by the prog
ress being made on the Narrows
bridge construction. he declared
after a visit TO the span Saturday
with Lacey Murrow, director Of
the state highway department.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-02

eight ball.
l. n. Burnett--To watch more
people.
heien Davis TO keep Tacoma
women well-dressed.
Ralph yanderkinter-will fea-
ture bigger and better worms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-02
CLUB MEETS TUESDAY

The Hawthorne Improvement
club will meet at 7:30 p. m. Tues
day at BOG Ea. Both st.
Flowers for your hostess. Car
den Shop, Rhodes Bros. (adv.)
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MAKE APPLICATIONS

Applications for marriage hcen-
ses were made in Seattle Saturday
by Franklin Warner, Fl, Fort
Lewis, and Mona E. Byrd. 70, Ia
coma; Marvin Z. McGawan, Il,
Sumner, and Jeanne Y. Munden,
16, Puyallup.
Bush roses, 3 for 81. Puget
Sound Nursery, 9201 Pacific ave.
(adv.)
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INJURED IN FALL

Arthur B. Galbraith, 81, was
booked by police Saturday for
drunkenness after he had fallen
at So. 10Th and Tacoma ave, strik-
ing his head against a beer bottle.
The trip to jail followed one to
the hospital.
Fykoios racfiia Hing Florist
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n ysu'ss - ul1nu 4 - = -
rass-Asstsa rnn 49, 49,
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Choice cactus. HIM, Florist.
-adv
Evening star., 1940-02-11
28 Days Pass
Without Fatal
Traffic Accident

Twenty-eight days without fatal
trafIic accident established = Dis
trict record ut midnight last night,
according to statistics at the Traffic
Bureau. The last fatal accident oc-
CURED on January Il, although one
man died on January 30 from in
juries suffered in an accident on
January 10.
The previous record compiled by
the TrafIic Bureau was - days, in
the period between September II
and October 2 In 1887.
With S5 persons killed IN traffic
during 1889, the Police Department
in January began y co-ordinated
drive for tranic safety based on q
study Of detailed statistics about
each accident thAt were compiled
by The Star. To date in 1910, i've
persons have been killed as COM
pared 70 u during The same period
IN In.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Lord 1weedsmuir Better !,
But Still Unconscious
BY the Associated Press.

oy tEc ASSOCiAtcu FEeS6.
MONTREAL. = Feb. 10. - Lord
Tweedsmuir, Governor General of
Canada, who Is suffering q grave
brain conclusion, still is unconscious,
but has shown definite signs that
this condition is lessening, his doc
tors said in an official bulletin
tonight.
His excellency has passed a quiet
day." said the bulletin. although
he is still unconscious, he has dur
ing the last IL hours shown definite
signs that his unconsciousness Is
lessening. His temperature, pulse
and blood pressure remain salts
factory"
The Governor General was op-
Grated on twice yesterday to relieve
the conclusion.
The 64-year-old official suffered
his injury in fall at Government
House in Ottawa last Tuesday and
was brought to the Neurological
Institute here by special train yes
terday.. .
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Tyrone Powers Butler
Arrested as Ex-Convict

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10.-Tyrone
Powers butler was arrested today
and the film actor said he was
"astonished" to hear officers had
identified the man as an ex-convict.
The butler, John Smith, 80, vas
charged with making a false repor
to police and with failure to report
to authorities as an ex-convict.
Power said Smith had worked
for him a year and had been a good
butler.
Smith was accused Of telling po-
lice that q recent sounding of the
burglar alarm at the actors resi-
dence was accidental. Omcers said
they learned that Smith and two
sailor friends looking about the place
had set of the alarm.
Evening star., 1940-02-11

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, Ga, Feb. 1O.-Striking
through soft, pre-dawn warmth, a
tornado careened savagely across
Albany today, killing % or more,
injuring nearly 500 and smashing
property worth 5000, 900 to $9,0O0,- :
600.
Sheriff Fort Tarver of Dougherty
County places the death toll at q
late tonight after a check of hos
pitfalls and mortuaries. National
Guardsmen and State police troop
ers continued to search the debris
for additional bodies.
Rumbling in just after 1 o'clock
the vicious, corkscrew wind started
its mile-long furrow among old
homes four blocks southwest of the
downtown area, smashing dozens of
these residences, killing a young
white woman and hurting scores.
Then the storm lifted the center
OF its fury q little and doomed on
into the business section centered
around the 37-year-old Dougherty
County Courthouse. Here it ripped
roofs from building after building,
battered In windows and doors by
the hundreds and ripped away al
most the entire top floor of the St.
Nicholas Hotel.
Finally, 1t dropped heavily into a
Negro residential section along the
muddy Flint River and moved "a
death-pocked path through flimsy
houses before 1t moved on into sui
len, rainy skies to the north and
east, leaving q swath Of destruction
roughly Is blocks long and wide.
The hour of the storms arrival
Continued on Page A-4, Column u
Evening star., 1940-02-11
5. {. c. Not 10 Accept
Trusteeship for
Associated Gas
Choirmon Advises Court
Of Willingness to Aid
In Selection

The Securities and Exchange
Commission announced yesterday it
would not accept trusteeship for the
billion-dollar Associated Gas & Elec-
trio public utility holding company
system.
S. E. c. Chairman Jerome N. Frank
informed Federal District Judge
Vincent L. Leibell of New York of
this commissions decision in a letter
advising that he would be available
at any time to confer on the ap-
pointment Of another trustee.
Associated Gas & Electric Co., top
unit in the vast utility system once
dominated by Howard c. Hopson,
filed petition for reorganization in
Federal Court last month. "A similar
petition was filed the next day by its
underlying holding unit, Associated
Gas & Electric Corp. =:
Appointment of the S. E. c. as
trustee, a role that would give 1T a
voice in the operation Of the SO or 60
separate utility operating companies
in the system, was suggested by
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau and Attorney General Jack
son.
The. Public Utility Holding Com
pany Act of 1885 provided that the
commission might be appointed re-
ceiver or trustee in such cases, but
only with its express consent"
Judge Leibell asked the S. E. C.
counsel in a court hearing last Tues
day whether the commission desired
the A. G. E. trusteeship.
I'VE have carefully considered the
matter and our answer is in the neg
ative," Mr.. Frank wrote Judge Lei
bell yesterday.
His letter pointed out that the Law
provided the court should not ap-
point any other receiver without
giving the commission an opportun.
ity to be heard on the matter, add
ing he would be available to confer
on the appointment at any time OF
it could be taken up in open court.