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Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Douglas President
Replies TO Charges
Of Sleigh Ride

SANTA MONICA, Cal, March T.
CUP)-Donald w. Douglas. presi-
dent of Douglas Aircraft company.
inc, today issued reply to charges
before the house military affairs
committee that airplane manufac-
turers are taking the taxpayers for
a sleigh ride" in filling contracts
for this countrys national defense
program.
THE cost of building airplanes in
the United States has advanced in
proportion to the increase in per-
formance and quality of American
aircraft Douglas said.
1T has been influenced principal
ly by the demands for speed, safe
ty and refinement rather than by
eXtraneouS factors. There has been
definite and widespread increase
in production costs. in labor and
materials and in taxation but this
is true of other industries as well.
I'VE in the aircraft industry SIN
cerely believe no other nation has
made as rapid and satisfactory tech
nical progress under peace-time
conditions or is able to build up it's
aerial defense and production capa-
city at such a low overall cost to
the nation.
Probably no other industry is
subject to greater scrutiny and reg
ulation by the government"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

Harry Hershey of Taylortille, Ill,
chairman of the Illinois Demo-
cratic state central committee,
has been picked to head the DEM
ocratic ticket for governor follow
ing the Withdrawal of Gov. Henry
IlOrncr who is in i'll health.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Eastern Seobodrd Holds
Own Army Of '0kies'

WASHINGTON. March 7. UP)-
Between 10000 and 10000 migrant
families along the eastern seaboard
exist in poverty, squalor and dis
ease comparable to conditions des-
cribed by John Steinbeck in the
Grapes of Wrath" the Farm Secur-
ity administration revealed today.
The eastern seaboard counterpartS
of Steinbeck's "Okies" and Joad
family travel In old trucks, in jail
opies, in freight cars, and live in
ditch-side camps totally lacking in
sanitary facilities, the FSA report
ed They work IL to 18 hours a day
and move north with the season.
Highlights of the report were:
l. Typical housing-TWo to 10
persons living in each room of a
14-room shelter in Florida. each
room renting for .$1.50 a week; a
single, open-pit toilet for four to
eight shelters.
2 DiSeaSe-More than SO per
cent and in some sections 80 per
cent of the migrants are syphilitics.
Nothing less than miracle has
prevented epidemics of contagious
diseases.
3. Education-FeW children at.
tend school. In Florida, education
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Australia TO Ship
Horses TO U.S..
For Coast Races

LOS ANGELES, March 7. UP)-
Some of the outstanding stake
horses in Australia will be shipped
to the United States to campaign
on American tracks this summer,
Larry Crosby, spokesman for an
Australian American group of racing
enthusiasts announced today.
Crosby, brother OF Bing, radio and
movie singing star, said six or eight
of the finest race horses in the
AntipodeS are being brought to CAL
ifornia by William j. Smith, famed
Australian horse breeder, who is
partner to Crosby in the plan.
Others in the group are Bob Cros-
by, Johnny Burke, Jimmy Monaco,
Lester Santley and George Joy. Lar
ry said his brother, Bing, has no
connection with the enterprise.
Smith, according to Crosby, is now
en- route to Australia with Ameri-
can racing paraphernalia to famil-
iarize the horses with American
equipment when they make their
debut on the coast this summer. He
said the horses would be raced at
Hollywood Park and Del Mar.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Only Employees
And Family Attend
Rites For Editor

PASADENA, Cal, March 7 CUP)
Funeral services we're held late
yesterday for Charles Henry PriSk,
editor and publisher of the PaSa-
dena St2r-News and Post. who died
Monday after a months illness.
The 64-year-old neWspaperman will
be buried in a crypt at Mountain
View mausoleum in nearby Alta
Gena.
The Rev. Robert Freeman. re-
tired pastor of the First Presby-
terian church of Pasadena. of which
Prisk was an elder. conducted the
services. DR.. George r. Grose,
church editor of Prisks two news
papers, assisted.
Only members of the Prisk fam
lily, employees of his paper and of
the Long Beach Press-Telegram and
Sun, owned by his brother, w. F.
Prisk. attended. Active pall-bearers
were chosen from employees of the
publisher.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

is in competition with beans"
T. Social conditions-Co Common
law marriages "of a seasonal ma
ture;;" unattached women sharing
room with two or more unattached
men; children left in disorderly
houses for lack of any other place.
5. Food-Cooking facilities non-
existent; whiskey bottles outnUm-
bered milk bottles.
TO START NORTH
Most of the migratory workers,
having harvested the Florida Win
ter vegetable crops, will start north
werd soon. They will chop cotton
and pick peaches in Georgia. work
the strawberry, tobacco and vegeta-
BILE areas in the CarolinaS, then ap-
pies in the Shenandoah Valley, work
on truck farms on the Maryland and
Delaware shores, and pick cram
berries in New Jersey bogs.
Most of the migrants are Negroes.
Almost all are native-born Ameri-
cans who have been "tractored' off
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee farms. Some are north
ern workers who cannot find fac
tory jobs.
The report said that housing and
sanitation are such as would have
furnished an excellent breeding
ground for contagious disease any
where else"
The lack of healthful recreational
and social opportunities was said to
be striking" in Belle Glade and
Pahokee, Fla The report described
the over-development of the "oppo-
site type" of social opportunities
For whites, the raucous Silver Dol
lar across from the packing house,
fully stuffed with 'hoste5Ses' and
such roadside 'jukes' as Little Cuba,
the Glades Club and Tie Jeep.'
1T seems probable, the report
said, that a considerable number
of both Negro anc white migrants
are attracted to the lake (Okeecro-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Girl Will Face
Narcotic Charues

HOLLYWOOD, March 7 CUP)-
Federal narcotics agents today an
nounced complaints would be issued
at once charging Patricia Caron,
"a, and Nicholas Murphy. 81 beer
parlor operator, with violation of
the narcotics laws. following their
arrest yesterday in connection with
investigation Of an asserted Holly
wood dope ring"
GcOrac Gyllcnhammcr. chief in
Spcctor of the local narcotics bu-
reau, said his men would question
both suspects further today, al
though MISS Cacon. arrested in a
parking lot and at first thought
to have been a kidnapping victim,
said she knew nothing about any
narcotic ring.
Murphy was arrested at his beer
parlor on suspicion of violation of
the narcotic laws.
Meanwhile wide search was un-
GerWay, cXtentjnG across the border
INTO Mexico. for the ring leader
and other suspects said to have
aided in the smuggling and dis
tribulion of large quantities of
OPIUM.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Child Born as
Actor Races Stork

HOLLYWOOD, March 7. CUP)-
While Actor Ray Milland flew
through a SnoWstorm in race with
the stork to her bedside. his wife
gave birth to a 6l2 pound son early
today.
The British actor, weary from
work on his last picture, had gone
to Sun Valley, Idaho. Ahead of cx-
pectationS. Mrs. Muriel Webber Mil
land was rushed to Ccdars of Lc-
banon hospital last night. Informed
by telephone, Milland drove 900
miles through the snow to Boise
and chartered a plane and flew to
Salt Lake City
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Harvard Loses 'Gih Friend as Movie
Actress Blows Top, Angered by Remark
She is Most Unlikely 10 Succeed

HOLLYWOOD, March 7. OUP)--
Harvard University Ios; itself girl
friend today because its under
graduates chose Miss Ann Sheridan
as the movie actress most unlikely
to succeed.
II wonder what those bozoes think
is succecs?' demanded Miss Sheri-
dan, upon perusal of the Harvard
Lampoon, in which she placed last
on the students list Its enough
to make lady mad. Now I don't
mind criticism, but l hate to have
it come from Harvard
I've looked upon that institu-
ton and I don't think its graduates
lave any cause to be criticizing any
body. The statistics show that the
average inmate of that school earns
less than $4,000 year. 25 years
after getting out of it. They would
1T be getting that much if it
weren't for couple of milliOnaireS.
The red-headed Miss Sheridan.
who is 25 years old and five years
out of college herself. earns ap-
proximately 100000 a year.
And money isn't all when you
consider success she said Il refer
back to my Harvard statistics. One
of its graduates is filling station
windshield Wiperoo. Another is a
bum who hasn't slept in a bed
for five years
"A third reported he was an utter
failure, morally. mentally, and fin
ancially.' I could go on with these
statistics, but what's the use?
Il met a Harvard man once. my
self. 1t was a very sad evening. He
could have used little more oomph.
So could the Harvard football team.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Screen Writers
Protest Dies

HOLLYWOOD. March Z tUP)-
The Screen Writers Guild. COM
posed OF 800 writers in the film
studios. demanded in a telegram to
Speaker William B. Bankhead OF
the House of Representatives today
that Chairman Martin Dies be re-
moved as chairman of the house
committee investigating un-Ameri-
can activities.
In a resolution adopted by the
executive board of the guild. it was
charged that Dies disqualified him
self as an impartial investigator by
writing two magazine articles re-
garding alleged Communistic acti-
vities in Hollywood
Dies statement in announcing the
committee would expose Holly
wood" were attacked as prejudiced.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
So could the Lampoon.
TART RETORT
FROM HARVARD

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March g..
tUP)-If oomph girl Ann Sheridan
earns 100000 a year in the movies
"it is further proof of public gull
libility,' editors of the Harvard
Lampoon said today.
They were answering Miss Sheri-
dams cauStic criticism of their sell
ection of her as the movie actress
least likely to succeed.
Columnist Whitman Hobbs, of
Boston, junior, who made the
selection, and his classmate. Editor
w. Russell HoWie, jr., of New York
City, VINO okayed it, issued this
statement in indication of their
supreme indifference" to Miss
Sherida Is opinions:
We wonder by what criterion
Miss Sheridan claims success for
herself. Some of thero pictures
have been forced upon US. In
double-fcaturc programs. Hav-
ing seen her iii these, we question
Ter right to call her career sue
CesSful one. We wonder if her brief
tive-minute orgy in They made me
a Criminal is a sign of success?
She certainly cannot say of
Warner Brothers that they made
me an actress.
"A graduate of a remove Texas
school, she is not quail
itled to offer any intelligent criti-
cism of the Lampoon, which caters
to a somewhat different class. =
Columnist Hobbs named Kath
arine Hepburn as his No. actress,
while Editor Bowie favored Mar
2aret Sullavan.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Petitions Circulated in San Francisco
Requesting Recall Of Governor Olson

cleared the way for the committee
to proceed yesterday when he is
sued a permanent order restraining
unauthorized persons from filing re-
cali petitions.
Shields rulea in the case Of Har-
old Johnstone. who filed a petition
in San Francisco. The Olson Re
call Committee contended john
stones petition was obtained fraud
ulently and filed to block an or
qanized attempt TO recall Olson
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 CP)
Petitions seeking recall of Gov
ernor Culbert Olson were circu-
lated here today for the first time
since the movement started sew
eral months ago in Southern CAL
ifornia.
C. C. C. Tatum and j. A. Smith,
leaders of the Olson Recall Com
mittee, Inc, directed the opening
of the hay area campaign, following
a favorable court ruling in Sac
ramento.
The petition sponsors said they
bad obtained over 100000 sigma
lures in Los Angeles county and
were aiming at 100000 The law
requires 100000 signatures for a
recall election.
Superior Judge Peter j. Shields
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Funeral For Noted
Author Scheduled

HOLLYWOOD. March 6. oUP)--
Funera services for Hamlin Gar
land, noted author of piddle west
crn frontier life, will be held to-
morrow at Forest Lawn Memorial
park.
The author of the Middle Border
series and more than 80 other books
died Monday night at his Holly
wood home. Although 70 years old,
he had maintained rigid working
schedule until he was stricken last
Friday with cerebral hemorrhage.
Garland was writing another book
when his work was stopped. He had
asked that it be published posthu-
mouSly.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

bee) by the general license which
prevails there. Men come to make
cash money far more readily than
they can at home. and to spend it
forthwith on liquor, women and
gambling. Women come to fleece the
men, and have a good time in the
process. For this group the squalor
of their living conditions is more
than offset by the complete freedom
from moral restraint which they en-
joy"
Most of the packing house work.
erS come from other states the
report said Daughters of small
Georgia, Arkansas and Alabama
share-croppers are numerous. The
number of girls and young women
from Is to 25 who are alone in the
district so far as family ties are con-
cerned is alarming.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Jury Defberates
Yuma Indian S Fate

SAN DIEGO. Cal, March 7. CUP)
"A federal court jury today was TO
decide the fate of Joseph CBuster)
Wright. Ft Yuma reservation In
dian. charged with the Staying OF
Charles Merriman. also of the res
eryation IN fight last July 13
The brawl took place after an
evening of drinking in which sev-
eral Indians participated, govern-
ment witnesses testified.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
TRIAL OF CHRISTIAN
FRONT POSTPONED

NEW YORK, March 7 tUP)-
Trial Of II members of Christian
Front action group on charges
of conspiracy to overthrow the
United States government was post
poned today until April by Fed
eral Judge Robert A. Inch at the
request of Leo Healy. counsel for
- of the defendants.
Evening star., 1940-12-07

During the last week the District
Real Estate Commission issued
Evening star., 1940-12-07

license as real estate salesman to
Floyd j. Farber, 2705 Twelfth
street NE.
Applications for real estate
brokers licenses were received from
ennedy-Chamberlin Development
Co.. so Kennedy drive, Chevy Chase,
Md; Donal L. Chamberlin, 50
Kennedy drive, Chevy Chase, Md;
Thomas & Wright. Inc, 1910 Ver-
mont avenue NV; Frank N.
Wright, 1910 Vermont avenue NV;
Ellis P. Block, 932 Investment build
ing. and w. L. Trenholm Abrams,
l410 H street NV.
Applications for real estate sales
mems licenses were received from
Barney o. Weitz, 1927 street NV:
George William Dalton, jr.. 1922
Seventeenth street NV; Arthur B.
Cross, 1912 Fifteenth street NV:
Carlo A. Rao, 915 street NV;
Walter w. Leache, 1924 Fourteenth
street NV: Josef A. Blair. 1926
Twenty-ninth street NV; Patrick
j. Gregg. Investment building;
Elizabeth Cooke Dunham. 1914 Con-
necticut avenue NV; E. Frederick
Mechlin, jr,, l417 X street NV:
Edward T. johnson, 1908 Eleventh
street NV, and William c. Tayloe,
1882 K street NV.
Evening star., 1940-12-07

not only because they are struc-
turally unsound, but also because
their demolition Is practicable In
order to provide for more adequate
improvements. Thus, both depreci-
alton and obsolescence enter into
the picture as outstanding causes
for the rearrangement Of the Ma
tons skyline.
Few Last 20 Year,.
An analysis OF lS4 existing ONCE
building structures, cited by the
committee IS . case study. shows
significantly that less than 125 per
cent of the buildings had reached
an age Of 10 years, and only only
3.S per cent had exceeded that age.
Further study indicates that, Of
the buildings falling prey to the
wreckers, the majority had become
unproductive and had ceased to ex-
ist as an economic entity long before
they were demolished and replace
ment was required to preserve the
value Of the site.
Within the past decade, Mr.. Malm
points out, there has been . general
awakening to the fact that depreci-
alton Is . vital element in correct
accounting, and . most important
factor In the protection afforded
real property investments, but, he
concludes. "there Is q need for COM
prehensive studies with respect to
the useful life Of ONCE buildings
Evening star., 1940-12-07

all times. This unit has a lock
which operates from inside or out.
When you drive out OF your garage
you leave the door open, or close 1t
and then get out Of your car when
YOU return to unlock 1t with a key.
When you have put the car away
for the night you merely close the
door and 1t locks itself on the out
side, Next morning. when you want
to drive out again. II you enter the
garage from the house you don't
need the key, for the door always
can be opened with . touch from
the inside.
There are other features Of this
particular overhead door 1t has
two diversified power springs to bal
ance 1t. making it impossible for the
door to close of its own accord: II
has sturdy steel strips for attaching
the door and jambs, eliminating the
crack between the door and jambs
1t has no weights. cables, chains or
pulleys to wear out or rattle.
1t Is made Of Douglas fir lami-
mated panels, treated to resist moist
ure, with pine stiles and rails fur
nished II you want them. And
not the least important fea-
ture-it is not an expensive door
1t costs about $50. uninstalled, anc
can be put In place by one man in q
few hours. since 1t comes complete
with all its parts including glazing
no extras required.
Why wouldn't new garage door
be . useful Christmas gift for all
the family?
Evening star., 1940-12-07
Useless Firepioces Can Warm
With New Electric Heater
IncIosed Type Comes in Three Sizes;
Asbestos Shingles Take Some Paints

ironing machine or roaster, and
which is not required to serve more
than one hish-wattage appliance At
a time The 750-watt heater will
operate on the kind Of circuit used by
household appliances like irons,
toasters or cookers.
The makers say 4 750-watt heater
will heat q room approximately 7 by
9 feet, having two windows-more
windows mean more heat loss, Of
course-and the 1.320-watt heater
will heat a room 10 by IL feet. also
with two windows. This is figured
on an average mean outdoor temper
ature Of the heating season not
lower than IS degrees Fahrenheit.
Don't you know some one well
enough to offer this practical gift
at q cost Of from $3.50 to $l2.50?
Asbestos Shingle Paint.
Several persons have asked us
within the last few months about
paint for asbestos shingles. Because
they know that this kind of siding
does not require paint for preserva-
tive reasons, they are puzzled about
whether paint will hurt the shingles,
If they decide they want new color.
II you have asbestos cement on
the outside Of your house, and for
some reason want to cover it with
paint, either to give your house q
new look or to cover smudges under
window sills and cutters or at the
earth grade line, you can do it
providing you use either special
paint made for this purpose, or pre-
pare the asbestos surfaces especially
for ordinary house paint.
The paint particularly adapted for
asbestos cement surfaces has syn
thetic resin or pure rubber base,
serves as its own primer, and tends
to stop the penetration of both dirt
and water. Also, 1t can be hosed
down when it requires cleaning. Two
coats are usual-the f1rst covering
from $50 to 800 square feet to the
galIl, the second anywhere from
300 to 500 square feet. 1t costs
between S395 and IS a gallon.
Ordinary house paint should not
be used on asbestos siding unless
recommended prime coat precedes 1t.
One such primer is boiled hnseed
oil
If you just want to remove dirt or
SCOT, one manufacturer makes q spe.
cial cleaning compound for use on
the particular brand Of shingles.
Cleaning is simpler and cheaper
than painting the whole house, Of
course. A one-quart can Of the
cleaner costs only 31.25 and two or
three quarts mixed with the proper
proportion of water are enough for
a whole house. But this merely re-
stores one brand OF shingles to
their original color. Other man
ufacturers will advise how to clean
their products.
Overhead Garage Door.
One Of the advantages OF the
overhead garage door Is its enortless
movement. A gentle pull and up 1t
slides; another, and down 1t comes.
But we heard new comment on
this ease of operation the other
day. A woman said: IF the door Is
so easy to open it would be awfully
inviting to an intruder who wanted
to get into your garage"
Her exaggerated fear takes into
no account the locking arrange
ments of the new overhead garage
doors. We are sure she had never
heard OF the door unit which may
be kept locked from the outside at
Evening star., 1940-12-07
BY DOROTHY DUCAS and
ELIZABETH GORDON.

Here's an idea for novel Christ
mas present for home owners and
apartment dwellers who have fire
places which are not usable, either
because there are no real chimneys
behind them or because the chimney
construction did not provide for
smokelessness. It's an electric fire.
place heater which stands on the
hearth and is plugged into an outlet
adjacent to the fireplace.
This is not one Of those fake"
fires which glow without giving off
any appreciable amount Of heat. 1t
is really heater-works on the con-
vection principle-and what is more,
it does not glow at all. In fact,
one of its chief features is its her
metically sealed element. hidden
away in a porcelain core inside the
unit. Being an incloseo type of
heater. it is safe to use with real
logs placed on top of it, if you want
logs for their democratic effect.
though they may cut down bit on
heating efficiency.
The heater is designed to heat all
air in the room which is at q tenn
perature lower than that OF the air
it discharges. Therefore, so long as
there is any comparatively cold air
in the room the heater will take 1t
up. heat it and discharge it-by nat
ural means. Air passes over its
warm surfaces and rises, and cooler
air rushes in. There is no fan or
blower for circulation, no moving
parts. nothing to get out of order,
nothing to light. to fill, to empty or
to watch.
The heaters come in 750-watt,
1.000-watt and 1.320-watt models.
Figured on scents kilowatt elec-
trical rate. this means they cost from
a little less than cents to about 7
cents an hour to operate. (You can
calculate exactly how much their
operation will cost if you know your
kilowatt- t-hour charge and remember
that 1000 watts equal kilowatt0
Special wiring is rarely necessary;
the ,320-watt heater will operate on
any circuit capable of handling an