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Aumpen Turn to Glidery for Thrills

chosen. Followed two weeks of grueling labor
and heart-breaking disappointments. Several
times Lieut.. Cooke esSayed long flights. His
longest was slightly over three hours Each time
he was forced down some part of the glider had
to be repaired Inadequate food supplies at the
camp and insufficient manpower made success
appear hopeless. Then Lieut.. Col. Gerald C.
Brant, commander of the 18th Composite Wing,
Air Corps, became enthusiastically interested.
More men were assigned to help the officers.
Finally, at 2:34 pm. Saturday July rs, Lieut..
Grain who had never taken more than brief
hops in the glider, took OF with skies cloudy
and rainStorm imminent but wind conditions
ideal
There followed one of the most heroic most
heart-rending-both to pilot and audience
battles with the elements that ever shall befa1
a glider pilot. Shortly after the takeon one
Squall after another pelted the lucklesS flyer
with cold rain. This continued throughout the
night. Due to low-hanging Clouds Lieut. Grain
flew much OF the time in fog and in air rem
dered very bunny" by the variable velocity of
the wind He had no watch, could only guess
at the time. He had eaten only q can of to-
matoes that day and took only three chocolate
bars with him.
Shortly before dark, Capt r. E. Merritt, 64th
100000 candlepower portable Searchlights.
Throughout the night a crew of men directed
by Lieut.. Scott kept these beacons focused on
the wall OF the cliff Had it not been for them,
Lieut.. Grain said afterward, he would have had
20 come down at midnight when the moon set.
Copyright, 1881
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times to set up and run the hearts If West
has the lead or if East has it and returns
a heart. There is one way to guard against
this: Hope that if the club hnesse loses East
will be the man who will win the diamond
trick and be sure that he has no heart re-
manning at that time, in case West has five.
With the various elements now measured,
declarer should arrange them in proper order.
First he must try the club fnesse, which loses.
West will now give the news about his five
heart holding by leading 3. Dummy must duck
this, letting East win with the 8, South dis
carding a spade; he cannot afford to discard
a diamond, for if East decides to shift to
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of a trick, declarer does the planning which
should have been done at first.
Counting sure top tricks, there are one
spade two hearts, two diamonds and one club;
total, six Three more must be had. Probably
only two of these can be gained in diamonds;
there are four outstanding, the changes ia
voring a 3 and l split rather than even d.
vision, so that the third trick probably will be
lost. At least one must be picked up In clubs
which will produce two extra even If the
finesse loses.
Now, surveying the negative side, II the club
loses to West it would mean that the adver-
saries are going to have the lead twice enough
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Easier Work, Better Pay

1T has taken six years to work it all out, but
finally Uncle Sam is ready to make the lot
of the North Carolina sweet potato grower
lot sweeter.
After season upon season Of poor crops,
broken stands, late maturities and other gener-
ally unsatisfactory conditions, many Of the
growers appealed to the Department Of Agri-
culture to find what was wrong with their
methods and conditions. The answer is an
average crop of $40 bushels per acre on the
expei imental paintings, as compared with the
general State average of 100 bushels per acre.
In addition, the new methods are easier and
the fertilizer used lot cheaper than under the
former and less productive system
The farmers had used fertilizer containing
nitrogen exclusively from mineral sources. This
was used in large quantities and was placed
beneath the soil in the rows in which the
young plants were to be set out The young
plants were damaged when the roots came in
contact with the fertilizer, which resulted in
both poor and late yields.
The department experts tried fertilizer with
the nitrogen from animal and vegetable sources.
Smaller quantities were used and these were
broadcast on the surface of the ground after
the plants had been set, far easier method
than the other. The result was fine crops, and
crops ready for market at the time when the
price was at the peak. The results augur well
for the future of the North Carolina growers.
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a cliff some 5000 feet high. The trade winds
sweep in against it, some OF the air congresses
against the cliff and the breeze therefore shoots
upward in a gradual curve some distance from
the base of the cliff and thence climbs over
the summit This forms a natural elevator for
a glider All the pilot needs to do is dive down
low and catch the winds they start to Zoom
upward fly around in circles until he loses
altitude and then come back to the elevator
for another lift / reached more than 1000
feet altitude on my flight In fact, my chief
difficulty was to lose altitude. I believe 1t Is
the first time glider pilot has been faced with
this novel condition. And think OF 1t! Those
trades often continue pouring over that clin
for more than a week without changing velocity
or direction!"
THE three young officers began their gliding
| experiments with crude primary glider
made by an enlisted man at Wheeler Field.
Lieut. Cooke whose speciality is designs OF air
planes became interested when he observed
that it was poorly designed and unwieldy. Par
ticularly it had inadequate controls. After fly
ing it several times, the trio built new one,
which Lieut.. Cooke designed from voluminouS
reading, studying photographs of successful
American and German gliders and talking to
glider experts. Long hours o. hard work fol-
lowed. designing and redesigning, building and
rebuilding, testing and reteSting. Finally. In
the middle of July, the site near KaneOhe
across the mountains from Honolulu. was
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Lime Used ON Farm

THE employment of line for agricultural pur-
] poses has grown to be q highly important
factor in the prosperity Of the lime producers.
OF the more than 100000 tons praEiuced last
year more than 10 per cent went for agricul-
tural purposes. The chemical industries. how.
ever took the greater part consuming 100000
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By Shepard Barclay
Hold Them Up!

Why don't you hold your cards up right?
Why let them sag so low?
Unless you're just too sick and weak,
Don't show them to the foe.
They may not look to see your cards,
But then again they might,
And il you want to lose for me,
You hardly have the right.
A real opponent, too, objects;
He likes his bridge with vim,
And when you show him all your cards,
You spoil the fun for him.
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q Tie BRIDGE Forum

spades to knock out that side entry, South
would need his little diamonds in order TO
bring in that suit after losing the third round
of it. OF course. if East does lead the spade
South should play the queen in the hope OF
having game right there if it won-two spades,
two hearts, two diamonds and three clubs
East should not lead the spade, however.
but ought to return the heart to North's ace.
Now two diamond tricks are taken and the
third led, hoping East will win it. He does
and with no more hearts to offer, puts de-
clarer in with anything he chooses and the
latter runs the rest of the tricks. making his
contract plus an extra trick.
AS 1t turns out the crucial play, outside
of the first careless trick, which kept declarer
from making fve-odd, was the ducking of the
second heart trick. If declarer had taken the
second heart trick he would have been at
Easts mercy when the latter the diamond
trick: heart return would have enabled
West to take three heart tricks, which, In
addition to the club and the diamond. would
make five in all, stopping the game.
A Ne,C Star Arrives.
It was a matter of delight to Gratz M Scott,
president of the Cavendish Club, when his 20
year-old niece, Miss Marjorie Hanna, paired
with him in one Of his most decisive conquests
recently. In the weekly duplicate tournament
of the Knickerbocker Club, where week after
week the strongest competition in New York
usually is found, they won a heavy top score.
Ue&tluB many Oh the greatest ana mOSJ FAMOUS
pairs in the world. For several years, under
her uncles tutelage, she has been developing
her skill and occasionally has broken through
In events of fair caliber to foreshadow what
might be expected of her.
Genuine Ideals.
Mrs. Leila Hattersley of the worlds
finest bridge instructors, talking recently
about the type Of pupil who does not like to
exert any special effort when learning the
game. These are the people I particularly
enjoy teaching" she said, because feel they
need me the mcSt. Surely they are the most
appreciative for when they find their bidding
and play improving they give all the credit to
their teacher. They eventually play as well as
the hard workers and make me proud of them"
The NerU Problem.
On the folIoaoin0 hand, South bid his did,
1sonds, West spades, North hearts, South three
no trumps as risky psychic to prevent spade
lead East four spades, intending to sacrifice,
and South fUe diamonds West, thinking South
has the ace queen OF spades and his partner
four or fUe little ones, does not iOish to lead up
to the tenGce, chooses the ten OF clubs in
stead. North coUers NTH the jack hsen East
NTH the king, hoping he Gun tOin it and return
his partners spade, but South opertGkes NTH
the ace. HOtC DouId you 7oD play the rest Of
the hand?
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-URN back the pages OF time to three
years ago. Consider II bridge ex-
perts, capable players, students, teach
ers and writer's all, including almost
every man or woman with national or
iptorpat i0pal STANDING as an authnritv
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!. The king was. OF course. an improper play
on the first trick. on which dummy should
have played small in the hops that the 10
would win for declarer. Having made the
careless play, however, which costs the loss
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A Lac a Week.

Il Lao ~ EEK.
What occurs ii, after a double of a three
heart Did, the other three players pass and the
doubler then bids three spades, after the con-
tracing is legally closed?
The spade bid is void and declarer may call
. lead from the partner of the offender the
first time it is the turn of that partner to lead
What occurs il. after redouble. one OF the
opponents OF a redoubler should double or re-
double?
Problems of Play.
After the King ICON the first heart trick in
dummy, hotO icou'd you plan the play OF tie
toiIotOino hand. the contract being three no
trump
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Fortune To Aid
Homeless Aged

CHICAGO. May 80. U.P)-A So
100000 home for the aged will be
the monument 10 Captain Edward
w. Morrison. gay figure in Chica-
go's night life in the nineties, just
as he stipulated in his will.
More than a dozen relatives had
fought to have the document brok-
en- since he died in 1929 at the age
of SO. They claimed he was men,
tally unsound when he drew the
will
AS night life figure, Morrison
spent his money freely and was ad-
judged a spendthrift not capable of
administering ms own fortune. He
was known as the 'Millionless Mil
lionaire" In his will, he ordered
that most of his wealth should be
spent in providing a home for el-
derly men.
Mrs. Alice Schenker, Hammond,
Ind, and Mrs. Mary Beers Brown,
Dearborn, Mich. sisters who claimed
to be adopted daughters, were be-
queathed SIS 900 each. Twelve cous-
ins were willed 100000 in trust to
be divided among them. Probate
Judge Henry Horner ruled the will
must stand. Mrs. Schenker and
Mrs. Brown said they would appeal.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
new EVIDENCE
PRESEN TED IN
DOUBLE Staying

LOS ANGELES, May 30. (U.R)-
The day after the fatal shooting of
Charles Crawford, politician, and
Herbert Spencer, newspaperman,
George Crawford, brother and body
guard of the politician. directed sus-
picion at David H. Clark. held for
the murders, Special Prosecutor w.
Joseph Ford was told today.
Ford was questioning police Off
cials who investigated the case
when he was told that Crawford
thrust a picture of Clark at detect
ives and said there is the man to
get"
Detective Lieutenant Julian Wear
ne. it was said, went TO George
Crawfords office to question him.
You needn't question me- Craw-
ford assertedly told Wearne, hand
ed him a crumpled picture of Clark,
a candidate for municipal judge.
There is the man for you to
find" Crawford was quoted by de-
tectiveS as saying.
Crawford's act with Clark's pic
ture came about the same time that
Captain of Detectives Joseph Tay-
lor, who had been notified by Clark S
relatives that he was missing, Or
dered a search on the suspicion
that Clark may have been involved.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
YANKEE AVIATOR
READY TO MAKE
PACIFIC FLIGHT

SABISHIRO BEACH, doNDO
ISLAND, Japan. May so. U.P)-
Captain Thomas Ash, American av-
iator, said tonight he expected to
take off from here on his proposed
nonstop trans--oacific flight about
4 a. m. Sunday (11 a. m. Saturday
(PST.
The flyer announced earlier that
his destination was Seattle instead
of Tacoma, Washington. He ex-
planned that his change in destin-
alton might allow him to collect an
additional $4,000 offered by busi-
ness men of Seattle for the first
nonstop flight to Seattle from a
point within so miles of Toxic.
Sabishiro Beach is more than so
miles from Toxic but Captain Ash
expressed the opinion that the Sc
attic prize offers would waive this
clause since it was not possible for
him to take off from a point closer
in because there was no suitable
field.
Ash registered with the Imperial
Aviation association to qualify for
the SeattsS award.
A successful flight would permit
him to claim also S25 900 offered by
a japanese newspaper.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Harvard Piles Up
On Rocky Reef
Continued from Page u

of all. The passengers were said to
be boarding the Louisville rapidly.
Captain Marquart described them
as cheerful
Eight years ago. in September,
1923, a disaster occurred at Point
Hondo, near Point Arguello on a
similar foggy morning. Seven
United States destroyers piled on
the rocks and % men lost their
lives.
1t was announced on the U. S. S.
Texas, flagship of the u. S. battle
fleet, that the Louisville, capable of
making 30 knots per hour, will head
for San Pedro after completing the
rescue work.
The U. S. S. Argonne. flagship of
the base fleet. was designated TO as
sist in the debarkation of passen-
gers from the Louisville here.
SURF, Cal, May 30. U.P) = The
first eye witness report of the strick-
en- liner Harvard, aground off Point
Arguello, was brought here today
by railroad trainman who said he
saw the cruiser Louisville approach
ing the ship from the south.
The trainman said that another
ship, believed to be the liner H. F..
Alexander, was standing by the
Harvard and was letting down life
boats.
The passengers of the Harvard
were in 20 lifeboats which were kept
near the parent ship while waiting
for the arrival of the Louisville. No
attempt was being made to land the
lifeboats on the rocky Shode, the
trainman said.
The Harvard was about 1000 feet
offshore and was listing slightly. in
dicating that she was filling with
water
Southern Pacific railroad officials
here said that two special trains
we're being dispatched from Santa
Barbara and San Luis Obispo to
care for the passengers if any are
landed at Arguello. Surf is between
San Luis Obispo and Santa Bar.
bara and is the nearest point on the
railroad line to Point Arguello
SANTA BARBARA, Cal, May 30.
U.P)-A special train carrying doc
tors, nurses and supplies left here
this morning for Point Arguello,
where the passenger steamer Har-
ward was on the rocks.
Although no word was received
here to indicate any of the passen-
gers had ben injured it was believed
some of them may have suffered
from exposure.
1t was understood that only few
Of the passengers were landed. The
rest were reported in lifeboats watt
ing to be picked up.
The sea was calm.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Hoover Praises
Nations Heroes
Continued from page ID

-
between the present situation and
the dark winter which Washington
spent here in camp, the hopes of
the revolution at low ebb, Washing
toms own popularity at its lowest,
with intrigue afoot aimed by taking
him from command.
THE American people are going
through another Valley Forge at this
time" Mr.. Hoover said ITO each
and every one of us it is an hour
of unusual stress and trial You
have each one your special cause of
anxiety. So, too, have l. The whole
nation is beset with difficulties in
cident to a worldwide depression.
But he predicted the country
would emerge from its trial with
greater knowledge of its weakness
which would result in improving the
nations strength.
He said we are still fighting our
war of independence.
Sirens still sing the song of the
easy way for the moment OF diff
Guilty" Mr. Hoover said, but the
common sense of the common man.
the inherited tradition of an inde-
pendent and self-reliant race. the
historical memory of Americans
who glory in Valley Forge even ms
they glory in Yorktown--all these
tell us the truth for which our an
cestorS fought and suffered, the
truth which echoes upward from
this soil of blood and tears, that the
way to the nations greatness is the
path of self-reliance, independence,
and steadfastness in time of trial
and stress"
Mr.. Hoover emphasized Americas
duty now is to meet the test of VAL
ley Forge in terms OF peace.
I'VE. too, are enduring Sufferings
and we are assailed by temptations,
he said. We, too. are writing new
chapter in American history. II we
weaken, as Washington did not, we
shall be writing the introduction Of
the decline Of American character
and the fall OF American institu-
tons. II we are firm and farsight-
ed, as were Washington and his
men, We shall be writing the intro
| duction to yet more glorious epoch
, in our nations progress"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
kersey Addresses
Local Graduates

This years graduating class at
Central Union high school had the
unusual honor Of having the state
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, Vierling Kersey. as the chief
speaker.
The superintendent is always an
interesting speaker and his address
last night was one of inspiration
and encouragement TO the gradu-
ates.
R. P. Moore, president of the
board of trustees. awarded the di-
plomas to the n graduates, the
largest class that Central has ever
graduated.
Musical numbers by the orches-
tras, a trumpet solo by Fred Heald
a duet by Marjorie Meyer and Ruth
Grafton constituted the remainder
of program.
The invocation and benediction
were pronounced by Rev. w. E
Malan Of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
WHEAT BUYING
PROVES COSTLY
FOR UNCLE SAM

CHICAGO, May 30. U.P) - The
governments wheat buying expert
ment intended to stabilize the mar
ket. has ended officially with the
government decidedly "in the red.
The experiment ended with the
close of trading in the 1890 crop. Of
fieials of the federal farm board,
who started the Stabilization activi-
ties, ennounced two months ago
that the government would with
draw at the end of May.
The United States is 100000. 600
loser in actual casn and has 300
100000 bushels of grain on hand
There is not market for this i'm
mense surplus and the carrying
charges on it are said to be approx
mately 100000 a month.
Officials of ...e grain stabilization
corporation are not, however, dis
couraged by the outlook, nor do they
admit defeat in the experiment
which ended with the United States
owning more grain in its own right
than any other government ever
uwned before.
George S. Milnor, head of the
corporation, pointed out that quota
tions on May wheat at yesterdays
close were 83i4 cents, 2h cents
higher than the 81 cent level at
which the 1880 crop was held steady
by government buying.
When the government would lose
anything on its stored grain de-
pended largely, Milnor said, upon
whether farmers of the wheat belt
acceded to the farm bureaus plea
to reduce wheat acreage this year.
He predicted that if there was a
reduction in the crop this year the
government wou-o be able to dis
pose Of its huge surplus lin an or
derly manner at satisfactory prices ="
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Copper Company
Counsel Expires

LOS ANGELES. May 80 U.p)-
Lewis o. Evans. SO, general counsel
for the Anaconda Copper Co, died
at the California Lutheran hospital
here today after a several weeks
illness.
Death was due to a heart all
ment and complications. according
to attendants. The well known at
torney. who made his home in
Butte. Mont, had been under
treatment of physicians here since
May 9. when he was taken to the
hospital.
With Evans at the time of his
death were his wife, Mrs. Martha
M. Evans. and two sons, Lewis n.
and Richard o. Evans.
The widow, the two sons and a
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Evans, are
the survivors. Funeral arrange
ments will be made upon arrival of
the daughter. who is en- route here
from her home in New York City.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Miller Services
Held Yesterday

Last rites for Mrs. Katherine
Miller. 63-year- resident oil tnc
Holtville community who died sud-
denly Wednesday at the home OF a
daughter in Imperial, were held
from Lemons chapel yesterday af-
ternoon.
Funeral services were in charge
of Rev. Earl F. Lindsey, pastor OF
the Imperial Community church.
Interment took place at Evergreen
cemetery
Mrs. Miller was born in Heltan.
Transylvania, on November a, 1867.
She made her home in California
for % years.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Plane Armada
Visits Capital

WASHINGTON, May 30. U,P)-
The greatest concentration of air.
planes in American aviation his
tory swept down ON the capital to-
day. led by the army's chief of
staff, General Douglas Macarthur.
The air fleet including more than
600 ships or virtually every type
the army air corps possesses, group
ed at Quantico, Va. flew up the
river to Leesburg, Va, and like a
great swarm of locusts descended
on the city at noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
City and County News Briefs

Hot Weather Demands clean
milk. Buy the cleanest by state
test from Havekorst Guernsey
Farms. Babies appreciate it. Start
June lst. Call Holtville, 8730-J4.
29t2
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Cleare are
spending the weekend at Mission
Beach.
For Sale-Apricots for canning.
&c per H. at Edgewild ranch OH
Dahlia canal, li2 miles south. Phone
S708-R-i. 28t3
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
German Veterans
Clash With Reds

BERLIN. May 80. (U.H - Commu-
nists and members of the Steel Hell
NETS. a war veterans organization,
clashed early today.
One member of the Steel Helmets
was killed and several seriously
wounded. Three policemen were
hurt during the rioting which was
accompanied by shooting ON both
sides.
The fight occurred when the Com
munists attacked the Steel Helmets
as they were marching to entrain
for n rally at Breslau.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Presbyterians To
Quit Federation

PITTSBURGH, May 30. U.P)-
The Presbyterian church in the U.
S. A. virtually was cut off from the
Federated Council of Churches to-
day when the assembly here elimi-
mated from the budget sl8.500 rep
resenting their participation fund
in the council
The action followed voiced dis
approval of the councils attitude
toward birth control.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
Five Die When
Train Hits Auto

BERNE, Ind, May 30. UPJ-r'ive
persons were killed here today when
their automobile was struck by a
passenger train.
The dead we're: Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Omar Miller and three of
their eight children.
Witnesses said Miller drove on the
track at 10 miles an hour appar-
emily, not seeing the train because
Of the string of freight cars.