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The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
FuIIbright Follows
Investigation In
Mystery Death
Coroner's Inquest may lead
to filing of charges in
Pinal county tragedy.

Unusual circumstances in the
death of Mrs. Beulah Gravely, 81
year old semi-invalid of the the
Eloy district in Pinal County, on
Sunday, were under continuing in
vestigation today by Tom Full
bright, county attorney, and staff.
The deceased woman, said to
have been resident a number Of
times at the State Hospital for
mental cases at Phoenix. was last
seen alive between noon and / p. m.
on the 24tn, day before Christmas.
Her fully clothed body, even to eye
glasses, was found floating in an
irrigation canal a mile and a half
from the family home west of Eloy
at about p. M, according to re-
ports.
The dead woman's husband and
his sister were held by authorities
for several hours, for questioning.
and later released on recognizance.
Mrs. Gravely's children were ques-
toned, but not held, none of them
having been at home either at the
time of her disappearance or the
discovery of the body, it was said.
The husband and sister-fn-law
are to be questioned further at the
coroners inquest, date for which
has not been set, pending reports
on post mortem examinations of
portions of the body. Dr. Nevins,
designated physician under the
county attorneys orders, stated
that the woman had met death 9TH
er than by drowning.
Her lungs showed no evidence of
water strangulation, nor were there
any marks or bruises on the body,
which might indicate murderous
assault. Next moves in the case
will be determined at the coroners
inquest; according to the Florence
office of Prosecutor Fullbright.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
Pioneer Valley
Resident Called
By Death Tuesday

Juan Salazar, long respected resi-
dent of the Casa Grande Valley,
passed away at Good Samaritan
Hospital, Phoenix, on December
26th, day after Christmas. Death
came at l o'clock in the morning,
and was accredited to heart afflic-
ton by the doctors in attendance.
Salazar was 55 years of age, resi-
dent in the Eloy section during the
past few years, and is survived by
his wife Beatrice; his mother Joa-
quina Salazar, and four brothers
and a sister.
Services were held for the de-
ceased in the Catholic Church, in
Florence, on Thursday, the 28th.
Interment was in Valley View Gem
etery
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29

Technical Sergeant Richard e.
Shroyer, son of Mrs. Irena F. Moh-
ney, is member of 18th AAF
B-24 group that was recently a.
warded the War Department Dis
tinguished Unit Citation for COM
pletion of highly successful bomb
ing mission on the Florisdorf oil
refineries at Vienna, Austria July
9th, according to word received
from 18th AAF in Italy this week.
An airpIane crew chief, Sgt. Shroy-
err arrived overseas last March,
landing in Africa and later moved
to Italy in April with his outfit.
He attended schools in Fairfax,
Oklahoma and was employed as a
construction worker before he en-
tered the army in March 1912.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
Odd Fellows And
Rebekahs Hold Joint
Christmas Party

Coolidge Odd Fellows and Re-
bekahs held a joint Christmas party
Saturday night in Masonic Hall.
A large group was present, includ-
ing many visitors and Coolidge
children. The special Christmas
program was in charge of the fol-
lowing committee; Mrs. Fred So
well, Mrs. Nora Boone and Mrs.
Leora Sturgeon.
The program opened with COM
munity singing of Christmas carols
led by the Rev. Leslie Ross, who
also gave the opening prayer. The
program continued with a vocal
solo, "The Lords Prayer" by Benny
Boone; vocal solo, Infant Jesus"
Mrs. Mary Gardner Miller; vocal
solo, ooh, Holy Night" Mrs. Vir-
ginia Urton O'Bryan; all were ac-
companied at the piano by Mrs.
Bruce Moody.
There was a special scriptural
reading by Jackie Coker, student
at the Deaf and Blind School, Tue
son; trombone solo, Holy City,"
Rev, J. Carl Fritz, accompanied by
Mrs. Moody; reading, "The Night
Before Christmas" Mrs. Leslie
Ross; recitation, Gale Mcintyre;
piano solo, "Possum Trot," Richard
Morris; vocal solo, "Just a Baby's
Prayer at Twilight" Loretta So
well; piona solo, Billy Woods; reci-
tation, "a Letter to Santa Claus"
Richard Morris; recitation, Lewis
Davis; duet, "Silent Night" Marion
Elkins and Billy Woods; quartette,
Jingle Bells" Marylin Perham,
Donald Perham, Adele Vensel and
Lee Darlene Shields; benediction,
Rev. Fritz.
At the the conclusion of the pro-
gram Santa Claus distributed candy
and fruit to the children. Refresh
ments were served in the dining
room for the adults.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
Three Coolidge
Men Assigned
To Same Ship

When Robert E. Cockrill, S 1/C
(FC), was assigned to the USS
Mississippi there was a real cele-
bration aboard, according to let
ter received this week from the
three men who did the celebrating.
"The day Cockrill came aboard
two sailors and a marine had a big
SURPRISE" the letter states. They
were Cpl. Luke Daniel, George
Jordan, S &c, and Cockrill. "Al-
thought all three of us are from
Coolidge, this was the first time
in three years that we have been
together" Daniel lived in Coolidge
several years prior to his enlist
ment in the marine corps in 1912,
but his home address is now Calf
ornia. Jordan attended Coolidge
grammar school and high schools
before his enlistment in the navy
in 1912 and Cockrill has lived in
Coolidge many years, is graduate
of Coolidge grammar and high
schools and was farming south
west of Coolidge prior to entering
the navy in 1943.
There has been much talk o.
home and the good times we have
had in dear old Coolidge. We al
wish to be remembered to oul
friends and relatives" George il
now receiving the Examiner, they
all tell us, and Daniel and Cockril
would also like to receive it, "as
one out of three papers will surely
reach u.s."
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
Legion Auxiliary's
Annual New Years
Dance Tomorrow Mite

The annual New Years Eve dance
sponsored by Coolidge Legion Aux
iliary will be held tomorrow night,
Saturday, December 80, at Cool
idge USO Hall. Dancing will be-
gin at 9 o'clock and continue until
l p. M.
Tickets can be bought from any
Legion Auxiliary member, and at
the door tomorrow night.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
Housewives To
Re.Audit Points
AsChangesMade

Red and blue stamps issued
before December 1st are
now invalid No. 81
sugar stamp only one of
value B4, CA and ia
gasoline coupons to expire.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29

Sgt. Raymond Dunaway, 2o-year-
old veteran marine, arrived Friday
on 30-day furlough to visit his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. DunaWay,
after serving IS months in the
South Pacific. Dunaway wears the
Presidential Unit Citation with
star denoting participation in
major campaign, the American
theater of operations bar with two
stars, a sharpshooters medal and
basic medal. He has made his
home in Coolidge since 1929, is a
graduate of Coolidge high school
and enlisted in the marine corps
in February of 1943.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
Xmas Party For
Kathleen Hoover

A Christmas party was held on
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. G. R..
Koehler to honor her niece, Kath-
leen Hoover of Syracuse, New
York. Those present were Patsy
Burke, David Thum, Corinne Davis,
Cecil Xii ser, Bobbie Burns and the
guest CT honor.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29

Coolidge housewives will have to
re-audit their food and gas ration
books. according to announcements
of changes in point values made by
district OPA boards this week.
Certain stamps have been inval-
idated entirely, others have been
changed either up or down in point
on others have been advanced, the
board stated.
The stamps invalidated, and
which housewives are asked to des-
troy in order that they may not be
used illegally, either by mistake or
by black market operators, were
listed as follows:
Red stamps AS through rs and
AS through P5; blue stamps AS
through rs and AS through W5;
sugar stamps 80, 81, 80, 33 and 40,
together with all home canning
stamps outstanding.
Holders of B4, CA and IA gas ra-
ton stamps must either use their
stamps before December 31st, or
turn them in for credit or ex-
change at the local rationing
boards. Such credit or exchange
will be determined by the board
authorities after studying the cir
cumstances in each individual case.
Dealers are given until January
10th to redeem coupons which be-
come invalid at the end of this
month, either by exchanging them
for deliveries of gasoline or. by
turning them into the ration board
in exchange for a ration point
check.
In the food division, stamps con-
tinuing to be good are: Red stamps
Q5, Rs, and So, which became valid
December 3. Red stamps T5, Us.
vs., W5 and KS will become good on
Sunday, December 81. Blue stamps
Ks. Y5, rs, Az and B2. In addition,
blue stamps CT, DE-, E2, F2 and G2
will become good on January /,
Sugar stamp No. "a; another sugar
stamp will become good on Febru-
airy l.
Ration point values for five
canned vegetables which were re-
stored to rationing were announced
stored to rationing were announced.
Vegetables affected by the ruling
are processed asparagus, corn, wax
ed or green beans, peas and spinach.
Under the new schedule, No. 2
cans of asparagus, beans and spin
ach each require 10 blue ration
points. All vacuum-packed corn ex-
cept corn on the cob, in the IL
ounce cans, and the No. cans of
peas will require 20 points. Point
values for other size cans are in
relation to the standard sizes.
Ration point values of processed
fruits and juices, tomatoes and to-
mato catsup will be unchanged un-
til December 81, when lower point
values will be effective, OPA said
Most of the changes will be 10
point reductions from present val
ues. The To-. to 14-ounce size oi
catsup will be reduced from so to
80 points.
OPA assured housewives that
red ration tokens will continue
good for meats, fats, cheese and
butter. Grocers will continue tt
give them as change for red 10
point stamps. The use of blue ra-
ton tokens now is banned, having
been discontinued in October wher
OPA began listing processed food
point values in multiples of 10.
To clear up another point mo-
brought out in earlier announce
ments. OPA said that changed point
values for canned fruits do not gC
into effect until 1901 a. m. mex
Sunday, although the new values
for processed vegetables, became
effective today and butter was ad
vanced from 20 to "a points 6
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29
PTA ToHold Meet
Tuesday Afternoon

Coolidge Parent-Teacher ,Asso-
citation will meet Tuesday, January
2, at 2:30 p. M, in the auditorium
of Coolidge high school. Mrs. G..
H. Walker will be in charge of the
program which will include the
showing of motion picture on
childhood diseases,
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-12-29

Sgt. Wesley p. James, %, with
the 2nd Infantry Division, has been
awarded the Bronze Star Medal,
by Major General Walter M. Rob-
ertson, the Commanding General,
for exceptionally meritorious a
chievements against the enemy in
France and Germany, according to
word received from the European
theater this week.. Sgt. James is
the son of Mrs. Edna Marie Mott.
He has been in the service q years
and was formerly employed at Den-
ton Food Market, Medford, Okla
homa.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Stocks Stage Mild
Afternoon Recovery,
|SpeciaIties Lead
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, April 4.-Led by
specialties, stocks put on a mild
recovery show in todays market
after listless morning in which
leaders generally held to slightly
lower ground.
Dealings, slow from the opening
on, picked up a trife in the nal
hour without displaying any real
speed. Near-closing prices were no
worse than moderately mixed. VOL
ume of around 100000 shares was
one of the smallest for a full ses-
sion this year.
A little bidding came in on the
idea the technical correction might
be approaching completion. Caution
remained the Watchword for the ma
jority of customers, however, who
were content to await further in
vasion moves and domestic political
developments.
United Merchants and Manufac-
turers pushed up to 1914 peak as
gossip was heard of a possible stock
dividend. Twentieth Century Fox
and American and Foreign Power
second preferred also entered the
new high" class. Resistant we're
Spiegel, Sears Roebuck, Schenley,
Santa Fe, international Telephone,
Anaconda and International Har-
vester. Down the greater part of
the time were Bethlehem, Douglas
Aircraft ChrySler General Motors
Eastman Kodak and United States
Rubber.
Bonds were uneven,
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, April 4 4P lwFA).--salable
hogs, 1900; total 81 900; fairly active.
weights over zoo pounds and sows steady
to strong. weights under 200 pounds un-
evenly strong to 25 higher, top 5 cents
lower at 1895; sood and choice 200-33O
pounds, 13.75-S5: good and choice 160-
100 pounds, 12.75-13 rs; good and choice
ance.
Salable cattle, 5000: salable calves.
200; very limited supply strictly good and
choice steers. strong to Is higher; general
killing quality plainest Of season, medium
grades predomnating in receipts which
comprised steers for most part; medium
and low-good grade steers steady to strong
bulk, 13.50-75; very little above 16 90; two
loads Il 10 pound choice Kansas fed steers.
l6. S5, the top. next highest price, 1850;
thin stockers draggy at 9.50-11.5 So good
Reaty feeders, 1925; butcher cattle very
SCARCE and generally steady to strong; best
heifers. 1910; odd head, 1900; cows and
bulls very scarce, steady, with .weighty
Salable sheep, 5000; total, 5000; ac-
tive, steady nine loads good and choice
Colorado fed lambs, 1910; several loads
held around 1880; several loads good
lambs. 1928: deck dirty pelted 97-pound
averages, 1878; odd lots Gull and common
lambs unevenly 9.00-14 90; three loads
good and choice 96-pound shearins lambs,
40; sheep very scarce, small lots ased
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Brown-Maybank Bills
Opposed by Chief
OF Richmond Bank
By EDWARD c. STONE.

Hugh Leach, president of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Richmond, is
strongly opposed to the Brown
Maybank bills, now before Con-
gress, which would amend the Fed
eral Reserve Act to provide that
the absorption of exchange or col
lection charges by member banks
shall not be considered as the pay
ment Of interest on demand de-
posits.
1T is my considered Judgment
that these bills are not in the pub
lie interest" Mr. Leach asserts
There is every reason to believe
that their passage would bring
about unsound competitive solicita-
ton of deposits. would weaken the
Federal Reserve System and would
promote. an extension of nonpar
banking. More and more banks
would absorb exchange and there
would be more and more exchange
to be absorbed.
II cannot believe that any one
would wish to return to the old days
of an unorganized, cumbersome,
catch as catch can collection sys-
tenn with circuitous routing, delayed
presentation, kiting, pyramiding of
balances, unnecessary tying up of
working capital of business con-
Germs and general confusion"
Real Estate Bonds Higher.
E1Nr 01ct 0oroConI1+j1ro
200 real estate issues in the East
advanced 81 per cent during March.
according to the Amott-Baker bond
averages. -Four Washington issues
are in the list The 200 bonds have
gained As per cent since June 80,
1912.
The average price now is $448
per $1,000 bond, only seven points
below February, 1887. The present
figure is the second highest average
reached since 1888. Office building
issues led the March gain.
Regulation w Relaxed.
District bankers are pleased that
Regulation w of the Federal Re-
serve System has been relaxed at
the instance of the War Production
Board, in order that repairs and
fuel savings may be affected
Loans made since April l, the
money for which is used exclusively
for the conversion of heating equip
ment, replacement or repair, or in
sulation purposes, may under FILA
Title I be for as much as $4,000,
with as long as 36 months to liqui-
date. First installment need not
be paid until November l.
Bank Call Expected Soon.
Washington bankers are antici-
pating a call from the Controller
of the Currency shortly asking for
the condition of all banks in the
District and all national banks in
the United States
This will be the first call since
December 81, when the banks re-
vealed huge deposit gains in the
final quarter of 1943 and the full
year Bank officials expressed the
opinion today that deposits in Wash
ington now are running about the
same as around the end of Deem
ber. No sharp upturn is likely,
they said.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ports that consumer instailment
loans made in February by COM
mercial banks. small loan companies,
industrial hanks and credit unions
amounted to s148 100000, an increase
of 10 per cent from January.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
New York Cotton

NEW YORK April 4 LPJ.-Cotton trad.
ing was restricted today as fresh incentives
were awaited and developments abroad
depressed prices moderately in early trad
ing but the trend was reversed on persist
eht trade buying in the near months which
met a scarcity of offerings and encourag ged
new buying from New Orleans in the dis
a bale higher; May, 2OS5s JuIv Oh Ioo
October 1898 '' '-'''"'
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Business Briefs

Holdings of Government Obliga-
tions in banks of 101 leading cities
totaled 8,087 900 600 on March 90
a decline of $242 900 900 from week
earlier, but Sc, 1881 100000 above a
year ago, the Federal Reserve Board
reported. Demand deposits totaled
S32, $50 600, 900, drop of $500 o00,0oC
from week earlier, but 1912, 900, 900
above a year ago.
Cigarette Shipments for domestic
use from warehouses in the Fifth
Federal Reserve District in February
declined 81 below an already re-
duced January level the Richmond
Reserve Bank revealed Manpowel
shortages rather than lack of to-
bacco were blamed.
February Strikes totaled $50 and
involved lis 900 workers, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics announced The
same number of strikes in January
involved 10000 workers. Man.
days lost in February totaled 470,-
600 VS.. $4,000 in January.
Tire Production in the first si2
months of this year will total only
around 100000 passenger car cas-.
ings and in the full year probably
not more than 100000 truck anc
bus castings for essential civilian
needs, declared F. B. Davis, jr.
chairman of United States Rubber
Co in a Detroit address. The year!
replacement needs were estimated
originally at not less than 10000 ,00(
passenger and 100000 truck an(
bus castings.
New York, Chicago & ST. Loui
Railroad cut its debt S5,409227 il
l943 to bring it below $l25,000, 900
compared with more than Sl60. 600,
900 six years ago. Net in 19A3 wa
s9O89,l73 or S2052 a share VS.. 1874.
net Of $8592,437 or $1905.
American Safety Razor Corp. re-
sumed production of metal razor
after a two-year halt and deliverie
to the Government and private con
sumers will begin soon. Net 70
l943 was 81 ZOOS, 1874 or S206 a sharr
VS. 1912 profit of 1867 SAC or S169.
~.
slO25 .997 or S3l4 a share in 1943
compared with $820,Ol1 or S233 il
1912.
Atlantic Gulf & West Indie.
Steamship Lines reported S2,l40, 18.
or Sl094 a share VS.. 1912 net o.
S3,503,445 or S2l28.
Diamond T Motor Car Co. earned
$2,5l6,000 or S597 a share in l943
before renegotiation, compared with
S2,043, ,939 or S485 in 1912. after re,
negotiation
South Penn Oil Co. for l943 wa!
s3.896074 or 1881 vs.. 1912 net o
$5,080 1877 or S485.
Continental-Diamond Fibre Co
earned S460,285 or $l02 share il
l943, compared with 1852 585 or $I.2'
In 1912.
General Outdoor Advertising Co
earned S754,305 or S643 on class
stock and 36 cents on the common
compared with $207l53 or 80 cent
on class A stock in the previous
year.
Panhandle Producing & Refining
Co. net for 1943 was 1890 ,465 or q
cents share VS. 1942 profit of $33 81
or cents in 1912
Western Maryland Railroad aSket
ICC permission to buy control Of tn
33-mile Cumberland & Pennsyl
vania Railroad from Consolidated
Coal Co.
Electric Bond & Share Co ac
qured S30,382, 400 Of its S5 and s.
preferred stocks on the open mar
ket from September %, 194l t
March 25 of this year, for $4,000,
900. Savings in dividend require
ments amounted to Sl,754,944 {
year.
Greyhound Corp. appointed A. N
Orion general safety director.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Washington Produce

From the War Food Administration.
Prices paid net fob. Washington
EGGS-Market steady Prices paid for
Federal-State graded eggs received from
grading stations April 4. Whites browns
mixed colors, U S. grade A, large, 36-}7,
average 80; U. S. grade A. medium, 3O-:j2,
average 32; u; s.: grade B, large, ;}3-}5,
average, "a a.; U. S. grade C, $500, aver
age 2Si2. Current receipts. nearby and
ungraded eggs 26-2i. Receipts, Govern
ment graded eggs, 334 cases.
LIVE pOULTRY--Market firm Re
ceipts light Prices net fob Washineton
permitted transportation charges included
according to mileage. Broilers and fry
erS. 2Sl2-}O: fowl. 2RR-2s
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Foreign EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, April OP.--Foreign ex-
change rates follow Great Britain in dol
lars, others in cents)
Canadian dollar in New York omen mar
ket "a per cent discount or 40 435, II
5. cents, unchanged.
Europe: Great Britain, oficial huyinR
,O2, selling, 4 O4.
Latin America: Argentina, free. "a S6
Unchanged Brazil, free < oOn. MeYtco
~. fin II Mammal -.- --.lNN.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
New York Bank Stocks
NEW YORK, April 4 CPl-National !
ISOLATION Securities Dealers. Inc:

Braniff Airways expanded its di-
rectorate from five to nine men,
bers, New directors: Ferdinand
Eberstadt Of New York, George A.
Butler of Houston, Fred Jones of
Oklahoma City and Roger J. White
ford of Washington. n
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Visible Grain Supply

CHICAGO April 4 (Pi-Visible supply
bushels last week, the Board of Trade re.
ported today Corn decreased 1,47V,O0o to
i-'Ho2 900 bushels; oats decreased R66, 600
2O,So4 900; barley decreased 601 900 to
S,fJl 900 soybeans decreased 555, 900 to
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Odd-lot DeuIinas

PHILADELPHIA April 4 LP-The Sc
curltles commission reported today these
dealers or specialists on the New York
stock Exchange for. April 3: 3l0l pur-
involving 1910 shares, including az short
sales involving 1,435 shares.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Bonds were uneven,
Washington Exchange
SALES.

Capital Transit Colo at 29A, 30 at
297s.
Washington Gas $500 preferred-1o at
10S.
Garhnckel 5a per cent preferred-4o
at 27.
Peoples Drug Stores common-3O at 25.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
2o0, ,000th Jeep Mode
By WiIIys-OverIund

BY the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 1.-Two
hundred thousand of the Army's
little scout cars known as "jeeps"
have rolled off the assembly lines of
WHY'S Overland Motors, it was an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Approximate Sales Tod.v

HUUIU odIts IOuAy.
11:00 am. loA $50 1900 noon 2l7 $50
100 pm BIG 23o 200 pm. 400 22o
tUnit OF trading, 10 shares; sales printed
in full. In bankruptcy or receivership or
being reorganzed under Bankruptcy Act
Rates of dividends in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration Un-
less otherwise noted, special ore extra divl-
dendS are not included. xEx dividend
xr EX rights, Also extra or extras Cash
or stock C Declared or paid so far this
year Payable in stock. & Paid last year
h Payable in Canadian funds Accumu-
lated dividends paid or declared this year