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Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26
fireman s
CAR KILLS
|0NL00KER
Victim of Fatal Crash
Crushed Against Pillar
of Arcade.
O r H ERS INJURED
A.. B. Coates, of Ingle-
wood Dies in Hospital
From Injuries.

\. =. Coates, 40, of Inglcwood
was crushed to death and three
persons were injured as the result
of IN automobile accident at Sixth
and Main streets last night. The
ears figuring in the crash were
driven by volunteer firemen and
time. One Of the drivers lost con
troll of his machine following the
crash and the car was hurtlcd onto
the sidewalk in front of Clements
Drag store and as it crashed into
cement pillar it pinned the vic
tim against it.
The ears were driven by Cornell
ius S. Reed and Charles Ferguson,
former fire chief. Reed, the driver
Of the death car, suffered severe
decorations about tie head and
hands. his left ear being nearly
dmputatcd. Ferguson suffered only
minor injuries as did his wife, who
was with him in the ear.
Reed was travelling east on Main
street at speed said by bystand-
crs to have been in the neighbor-
hood of 40 miles an hour while
Ferguson is said to have been trav-
cling at about 80 miles an hour,
south on Sixth street.
Brakes screechcd too late, the
Ferguson machine crashing into the
Reed car at the rear left wheel.
The collision halted the former
chiefs machine but Reed lost con
troll momentarily and the impact
of the crash turned his ear so that
he started at an angle across the
intersection. The course of the ma
chine was again altered as the
wheels came in contact with the
stop sign, it is said, and started
it straight up the Main sidewalk
in front of the drug store.
A number of persons were group
ed about in front of the drug store
and women screamed as they dashed
from side to side to get out of the
way. Three women were almost
struck and one youngster saved
himself by throwing himself against
the front of the drug store as the
car hurtled by by.
Tried To Escape
Coates leaped to one side as the
machine entered the arcade but it
is believed that Reed in an effort
TO halt the death ear turned it
toward the cement pole just as
Coates lcaped in the same direction.
Th victim was in an Unconscious
condition as bystandcrs dashed up
and pulled away the car. His legs
were shattered and the upper part
of his body had been pinned
against the post by the radiator of
the ear. He was rushed to the hos
pital and succumbcd 20 the injuries
less than half hour after being
admitted.
Reed s injuries were attended by
. physician at the hospital and he
was removed to his home. The
others suffered only minor hurts
and were reported practically re-
covered this morning.
Coates went to work for the Cal
exicO Chronicle last Friday morning
coming to the valley from lngle
wood. He leaves n wife and five
children. Coates came to FL Cen
tro last night to attend a meeting
OF the Printers Union of which h,
was a member.
The body was removed to the un
dertaking parlors of b. f. Lemons
coroner, where an inquest will b'
held this afternoon. The man
family was notified of his death ant
a son, Cyrus M. Coates, arrived here
this morning to make arrangement
for the return of the body to Ingle
wood for burial.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26
TWO DIE
AS PLANE
CRASHES
Naval Aviators Sustain
Fatal Injuries When
Big Ship Hits Marsh.
WERE ON TEST TRIP
Planned Atlantic Flight
With Machine Which
Cost Lives.
BY United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April 26.--Lieu-
tenant Commander Noci Davis and
Lieutenant Stanton Hall Wooster,
navy aviators, were killed at Lang
ley Field, Va, in a forced landing
in the water, the navy announced
today.
They crashed at $50 a. m. today,
while cruising in the plane in which
Davis intended to attempt trans
Atlantic New York -to-Paris nonstop
flight soon. ~
The bodies were recovered and are
being taken to the Hampton Roads
naval hospital.
A board of inquiry was appoint.
ed at once by Norfolk naval autho-
rites and will commence an investi-
CATION of the accident Immediately,
according to the official message
received here.
The Giant biplane, the American
Legion, with which they were short
ly to attempt non stop flight
from New York to Paris, crashed
into the edge of marsh near Mes
sick. Va, one mile from Langley
field.
The plane had just taken off
from Langley field with a $4,000
! pound load on what was planned as
its final test flight. 1t went into
| n nose dive and crashing into five
inches of water buried itself in the
mud. Commander Davis and Lieu
raansvad N
which caused their immediate death.
Little information in regard to the
accident was being released at
Langley field.
The American Legion plane is
total loss, it is said. The biplane
was triple motored Keystone
Pathfinder. 1t was equipped with a
number of 1900 gallon gasoline
tanks and was reputed to have
greater speed than the average
plane of its size.
was Official Entry
Lieutenant Commander Davis was
| one of the two official entries for
the $4,000 Raymond Orteig New
York to Paris flight prize. Other
| aviators have been preparing for
the flight, but only Davis and
Charles Lindbergh, airmail pilot,
had satisfied the 60 day entry not
| ice requirement, according to Ma
! tional Aeronautical Association an
nouncement today.
Wooster was unmarried.
Davis, SO. was a native of Salt
Lake City and a resident of Wash,
ington. He held medals for dis
tinguished war time service. Woo
ster, 80, native of Connecticut,
; was to have accompanied him as
mechanician and alternate pilot on
the flight, which they hoped to
start from New York about May i.
Major c.. j. Brown, army air
corps, witness of the accident today
sent the following account to the
war departments:
''The American Legion was TAX
ing off for full load test and it
took off on the long runway at
Langley field to the north.
"It ran along the ground for n
long distance and finally got into
the air, but apparently did not rise
more than about 90 feet from the
ground and apparently figuring that
they would not be able to clear
the trees, made a right hand turn to
the east.
"'The turn being nearly eomplet-
ed the plane sank and crashed into
the marsh on the north side Of
Back river. The left wing of the
plane was completely demolished
and the fuselage was buried in the
mud up to the pilot s cockpit.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26
COURT OF HONOR TONIGHT

Tonight the regular Boy Scout
burt Of Honor will be held at the
ilson school, beginning at 1880.
bntests in signaling will be n fea-
re of the program. DR.. Norman
. Dupont, county chairman of the
4urt will be in charge of the
wards. The public is invited to
itend the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26
YOUTH GUILTY OF MURDER

ny United Press Leased Wire
Y JEFFERSON, Ohio, April 20
loyd Hewitt, II years old, was
sund guilty TODAY of the b1@tal
''urder of Mrs. Fred Browns and
pr five year old son.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26
WHAT'S DOING

TONIGHT
Educational week program,
High School, 8 p. IN.
Court Of Honor, Wilson school,
1880 p. m.
Palace theater. "Going Crook
ed'
Valley theater, "A Night of
Love-"
Sciots band practice, Sixth and
State.
knights Of Pythias meet, Dav-
Is Hall.
Night classes, high school.
Imperial Valley Commandery
No. 81 meets, Masonic hall.
TOMORROW
Chamber Of Commerce luncheon
Hotel Barbara Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26

A cooperative fruit growers ex-
change for marketing purposes was
recently formed at Hilmar, Merced
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26

Owing to. an abundance of rain
the dry.land wheat about MeFar-
land, Kern county, is the finest ever
known i'll that section.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26
| ABOARD THE GOVERNMENT
MER CHISCA, ENROUTE

~ ~ fNsNDt. ~, vi lNN.. -NHi ii ~
picture of desolation and destrue.
| on passed before Herbert Hoover,
lcretarv Of commerce, and his flood
-hef mission today rs the steamer
hisca moved down the Mississippi
YER and toward Vicksburg.
Hoover, who was sent by Presi-
mt Coolidge to make a survey Of
ood damage for the federal gov
nment. was in the midst of the
gion of greatest destruction to-
Fay.
Greenville and other nearby Mis-
ssippi towns to points in Lower
rkansas have suffered untold loss
ON the inundation.
A vast expanse OF water. many
lies wide in some places, spread
al on both sides of the Chisca as
plowed its way through the
uddy flood.
Only tree tops and the ridges of
buses and barns were visible over
,untlcss acres of flood swept land.
| The secretary of commerce and
3 party will arrive in Nicksburg
is afternoon, where he will confer
ith officials Of the state of Mis-
ssippi river delta region contin-
ID pouring into Vicksburg in end
~ procession today.
Additional territory is bciE - in
Idatcd by the rise of the river to
c south of here. 1t is believed
at the actual crest of the flood
AZ aow passed Nicksburg.
South of Natchez the river is ris-
K at an alarming rate, according
reports TO engineers working
it'll the Red Cross relief .organiza.
on mere.
Hundreds of motor boats patrollcd
e new flood danger districts, re-
owing inhabitants to the safety of
fugee camps. Large numbers
ere taken to towns south of Vicks-
lrg that are safely out of the area
!, greatencd with inundation,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26

Today's definition: radio com
nission-a group of men who tran.
sfer the growl from the air to the
hroadcasters.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26

STARTED
/ BY RIVER
Mississippi Is Slowly
Receding From Flooded
Areas.
HOOVER ON THE JOB
lecretary Makes Survey
of Destruction Caused
by High Waters.
By GERALD P. OvERTON
United Press Staff Correspondent

BY GERALD P. OVERTON
United Press Staff Correspondent
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 26.-Thc
ississippi river has started to re-
'eat from the hundreds of square
1iles of territory in the northern
alley engulfed by floods last
eek.
Slightly lower stages were report
d today by government engineers
i Memphis and practically all
|tv-r points north of here.
As yet the drop in the river is
most impereeptille, but it gives
.surance against further devasta-
on in the upper regions of the
ood district.
/ Already scores Of farmers and
leir families who fled before the
|hrush of the waters in Kentucky
I'D Tennessee are moving back IN
leir anxiety to repair their prop
ty and get crops planted as quick.
|: as possible, adviccs to relief
headquarters here said.
Improved conditions were report
II from all of the refugee camps
northern flood territory where
pngestion is being relieved by the
part of the homcward movement.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-26
TOMORROW

Chamber Of Commerce luncheon
Hotel Barbara Worth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
KID net Play
WILL START

Play in the yearly interplay,
ground singles tennis champion
ships opens today on the yari-
GUS playground courts. Champions
of several Fairgrounds have already
been crowned, but many sectional
meets are still In progress.
Arthur Carnduff, Mitchell Park.
won the event last year, but he
must emerge on top in the Mitchell
Park division tourney again, other.
wise he viii not be able to take
part in the finals. Those who have
won the right to represent their
section are as follows:
Howard Altman (New York Az.
enuel, Warren Thomson Dur.
roughs), Anthony Latonia (Corcor-
AMI, Robert Schneider virginia. Az.
enue), William Mockabee (Hoover),
Tracy Coleman (Takoma), Howard
Harlan uowa). William Burke CLAP.
py Hollow, Carl Beans George
town., Richard Kelso Garfield,
Sonnie Baker columbia Road,
Joseph Lynch johnson POWELL,
Wilbur Foster Bloomingdale), Lin.
wood Jones (Phillipsl.
Colored: Joseph Sewall QIoward),
Clifford Greene Barry Farmsl.
Loangio Graham Uogan), Hayes
Blake (WilloW Treel,
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"Well. how do you work it with
yourself?" ne asked.
II eat only simple foods" I said.
II never eat anything that my
palate doesn't get excited about.
I won't eat food If I do not enjoy
.it. 1 do not wait for many hours
between meals and then load my
stomach with about nine courses Of
TODD. eat when I'm hungry, and,
as result. my stomach never gets
overloaded.
"And last. but by no means
least, always do some stomach
exercises each day so that the :
stomach muscles will be kept
in good condition. SO that they
can do their digestive work
properly"
And / think that because I do
those things my stomach keeps in
good condition. and ] never have
been afflicted with fat but always
hang aroInd the same poundage
year after year.
copyright. 1897. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
Junior Order TOssers
Plan to Even Score

The Junior Order will strive to
square accounts tomorrow when
they stack-up against the Ku Klux
Khan nine in the annual game at
the American League Park. Play
will open at $3.50 o'clock.
The Khan haseballers upset the
Junior Order representatives last
year. and this setback has ranked
in the bosoms OF the Junior Order
Players They hope to erase the
scar tomorrow. Shoots has been
announced as the starting hurler
for the Junior Order.
Proceeds derived from the game
will be donated theN Khan Haven
and Junior Order Orphans Home.
Novelty features. parades, etc. will
precede the diamond struggle. Con-
certs will be given by the Junior
Order clown band and the Khan
Band.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
Cherrydale to Mix
With WarrentOn Nine

A stirring fray is the outlook
when Manager Burch's Cherrydale
tossers play hosts to the Warrenton
(va) baseballers Sunday afternoon.
Hostilities win open at 3 o'clock on
the Lyon Village field. Cherrydale
triumphed in an earlier game at
Warrenton. Va.
The big game In Arlington county
takes place Wednesday when
George Deuterman's Arlin z o n
Bearcats entertain Cherrydale on
the Arlington grounds. This fracas
will feature the Arlington day
program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
Black SOx Club Bills
Silver Spring CIubmen

Brooke Grllbb's Silver Spring semi
pro baseballers will face a difficult
assignment Sunday when they Ell.
counter the fast Washington Black
Sox in a dual bill at the Union
League Park. The first game is
slated to get under way at 2:3o
o'clock.
Manager George Greenfield states
that his Black Sox are ready for
the Silver Spring breed. Simon
Sheffield, business manager OF the
Black Sox, has made provisions
for huge throng, as his team has
been travelling at an excessive rate
of speed lately.
The Black Sox lineup IL as fol.
lows: Turners shortstop: Hughes,
right field; Grant, left field; Ford,
center field; Smith. pitcher; Jack
son, first base; Gillespie, catcher,
and Brown, second base.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
LAD STARTS
BIKE GRIND

Eugene Fish, 16.year.old mes
sengerl boy, who started last night
At 9:OS o'clock in an attempt to
better Milton Albert Smiths non.
stop bicycle record, had covered I25
miles at 1880 o'clock this morning.
Fish Is using the road that skins
the Potomac Park polo field.
Fish seems we'll on his way TO
shatter Smiths record OF ESQ miles
for "a hours and q minutes With.
out dismounting. He took but 10h
hours to cover 125 miles, and mas
about IA hours to travel the re-
naming 125 miles.
Fish's nOurishment since his
start has consisted Of seven
chOlOcate bars, q dozen graham
crackers, a pint Of water and
q lettuce and tomato sandwich.
He Is being accompanied on his
trips by Howard Lovejoy, Earl Ball,
Stanley Shriver, who take turns in
making the laps with Fish. Ball
plans to attempt a marathon grind
within short time.
At 9:45 o'clock this morning, Fish
had travelled 147 miles. He is little
fatigued and states he will continue
until o'clock tomorrow morning.
This would be "a hours of continu-
Gus riding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
ARMOUR HAS
PAR ROUND

DANBURY. Conn. Aug. ia
driving rain failed to upset the game
Of Tommy Armour. National and
Canadian open golf champion. in q
exhibition match here. While ply.
ing the Ridsewood Country Club
course he turned IN the best card
OF q nine-hole best ball foursome
which equailed par, IS. for the lay.
out.
Armour was paired with George
Perrier, club professional. who were
defeated, i down. by Howard A.
Davis. club champion, and George
Mclaughlin.
L.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
Annual East West Net
Play Starts This
Afternoon

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Aug.
19.-The annual East West ten
mis- matches begin here this
afternoon. Today's matches are:
Singles Watson M. Wash
burn (E.) VS.. Lewis White or
Lionel Ogden (2); Manuel
Alfonso go vs.. John Hennessey
(2l; Frank Shields (3) vs.. Clar-
ence j. Griffin (2).
Doubles William T. TiIden
and Francis Hunter ca VS..
John Doeg and George Lott,
ir. ~.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
Chevy Chase Bearcats
Facing Hard Battles

Jack McAuliffe has scheduled two
hard battles for his Chevy Chase
Bearcats, but the bold youngsters
don't shrink whenever they have q
tough job.
Tomorrow, the team HES to An.
.napolis, Nd, to grapple the An
napolis A. A.. Sunday finds the
roaming Bearcats at Camp Meade,
Nd. for date with the Soldiers.
The doughbOys have not lost to a
District nine this season.
tse1:@~n" I'd Schneider win attend
- ..ad chores in these games,
Etth GichnaI 60 thu EooaiVing end, !.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
STARS WANT FRAY

Henry Hiser's AlLStars are seek.
ing an unlimited game for tomor.
row. Call Manager Hiser, Hyatts-
vile, 1I42. The fast Kennedy A..
c., win be entertained in q twin bill
Sunday afternoon on the Riverdale
field.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
STRONG 1PEN,,Z TEAM

Prisoners in the Texas state pen.
itentiary at Huntsville have an ex-
ceptionally strong baseball team.
N. l.. Speer, the warden, is man.
ager of the team and his son,
Harold, is business manager.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
EARNED 28 LETTERS

Gerald Armstrong, star athlete Of
Wittenberg College in Ohio, was
captain of eight teams in high
school and four teams in college,
earning a total Of % letters while
getting his education.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
'TODAYS1
STANDINGS


AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Petit w. L. Pct
". York 80 SO .TI3iChicago. 81 81 .lSS
Wash'ton SIS Al .6e4tCleveland - 81 Ar
Detroit 50 48 .ss4lst Louis a 50 .3S4
Philadel. SO 50 .b4SiBoston. IS IS .s3l
Yesterdays Results
st. Louis, s; Washington, s. ga Ins.)
Cleveland. 3; Philadelphia, i.
New York. s; Chicago, Z. (13 inal
Boston Detroit. (Rain).
Games Today
Washington at St Louis
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at Detroit,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
w. L. Petit w. L. Pet.
Chicago. 50 II .s27lCincinnau SO SO .45s
Pittsb'h. "a 80 .5s3iBrooklyn. IS IS .42S
st. Louis 63 ~ .57sfBaston. ~ 81 .407
n. York. s. 81 .55sEPhila' phia ~ 50 AIS
Yesterdays Results
(Al Games Postponed Rain).
Games To-day
1.-TWO Games Each.D
ct. Louis at Boston.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh at New York.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19

though there have been days when
l just wanted a lot of tea and then
I'd drink three or four cups.
Milk? Sure! But not gallons
of it. A glass at q time-and per.
haps only a glass day.
Some days I'd drink nothing but
water--no milk, no tea, and no
coffee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
RECORD KID
MEET SEEN
By GeOrge A. Simpson

TT viii be the greatest track meet
ever held here" answered Richard
s. Tennyson, supervisor Of boys
playground activities when inter-
rogated on the Forthcoming city-wide
championships Thursday on the
Union Station Plaza grounds. "The
champs win draw approximately
1000 competitors and It will require
nearly eight hours to run off the
various events.
1t may seem odd, but every
youngater who freuuents tha NAV.
grounds. chats necessarily about the
approaching meet. An argument
can be raised IL mention is made,
or even limited, Of fast runner
from rival playground. Then fol-
lows q chorus of contemptuous
voices with claims for the ace OF
their playground.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19

When I'm In training /. nat
urally, eat at regular hours be.
cause have to live according
to 3 certain program. But
when ] am out Of training
eat when / am hungry-and
do not eat IL / am not hungry,
even IL it's supposed to be meal
time. / figure that the stOm-
ach. more than the clock, knows
when / should eat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19

Once a friend of mine insisted
that give him in concrete fashion
some rules on diet. or. rather. on
how to take care of the stomach.
told him l didn't know anything
about 1T: that IL, so far as giving
advice was concerned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19

whenever / visit. the play.
grounds my ears hear nothing
but talk. talk, talk on the
championships. It should Be
great meet, II those kids inter.
est amounts to anything"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19
JACK EATS
WHAT He
WANTS
BY Jack Dempsey
Former Worlds Heavyweight


When I climbed into the ring
against Jess Willard in 1918 / was
"a years old and weighed 1877. When
Il went into the battle against Jack
Sharkey. was SO years old and
weighed 1914. The difference of
eight years. therefore. had made a
difference IL but seven pounds in
ny fighting bulk.
All during the years between
1919 and 1927 my fighting weight
never went beyond 1874 nor did it
ever hit below 1877. / weighed
about 1S9 for Miske In 1920 and
about the same for Brennan In that
wear. My weight for Firpo was 1913
while my weight for Tunney in
/. 1928 was 1870
Naturally, many folks who aim
60 keep down the bulk page me 4,
prescription. They think 1t must
be because of diet and when ell
them that do not diet, that /
stick only to plain, wholesome
foods, eat as much as I want. and
whenever / feel hungry-well, they
think I'm holding out.
But that's the truth.
In my kid days / never de.
velOped a f0ndness for the
sweet stuff that the average
kids like. was always strong
for the ham and eggs things
and cOrned beef and cabbage
and liver and bacon and steaks
when l could get steaks. But
30 far as pies and rich pastries
were concerned-welI, they
never got very far with me.
And I haven't changed with the
years.
I've always eaten plenty Of iruit.
Sometimes I've made a full meal
Of fruit-any kind of fruit, Just 80
long as, 1t was fresh and ripe.
Maybe, without really knowing
that I was helping my physical
self ] was doing a great job for
my digestive apparatus by passing
up everything but fruit for a day
or two.
Sure, drink coffee I
like and ais much as like. But
/ I'm not awfully keen about it and,
therefore. never became what
the boys call "a coffee hound"
It's the same way about tea, A
cup day is usually my limit, al.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-19

Tennyson las, not Glowing"
Proof positive was supplied at the
Potomac Park polo field oval as q
group Of boys eyed Milton Albert
Smith grinding toward his nonstop
endurance bicycle feat. A small lad.
spying Tennyson, nabbed the latter
by his coat lapel and queried: ''Will
Georgetown win again this YEAR,"
This was an unusual spot for such
q question as the nearest playground
was quite distant. 1t merely evi.
denced the feyerish interest and en-.
thusiasm centered on the champion
ships.