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Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03
WOMAN FLYER
REMAINS DAZED
BY EXPERIENCE
Edna Mae Cooper Unable
To Account For Actions
Over Five Day Period

MONTEREY. March 3. U.P) =
Edna Mae Cooper, Hollywood film
actress and aviator who dazedly
wandered about Monterey while all
California hunted her, may have
suffered her five day "loss of men,
cry in an airplane accident friends
and authorities believed today.
The actress, in a serious condi-
tion from bruises and a severe blow
on the head, was herself mystified
by the strange series of events that
brought her $50 miles from Holly
wood to room in a Monterey hos
pital.
1t was just like movie thriller,
the cinema player related today in
telling how she took off in her air
plane for Santa Monica last week
to rest and rid herself of a head
ache. She remembers nothing else.
How she got to Monterey, registered
at hotel as "Caroline Hope. -
walked about the seaside resort
and finally summoned a physician
to treat her headache, were fig
ments of memory that deserted her
when she tcame to-
DR. Hugh Dormody of Monterey,
whose questioning of Miss Cooper
led her to reveal her identity. said
the injuries probably were due to
a fall or beating. Miss Cooper
could recall nothing beyond the
takeoff in her airplane, and believed
she was in Santa Monica until DR..
Dormody told her she was in Mon
terey.
The girl said she knew Mrs. Gouv-
erneur Morris, wife of the novelist,
in Del Monte, one mile from Mon
terey, and at the Doctors request
she wrote her a note. She signed it
EDNA Mae Cooper
'Why that s my real name, - the
girl cried in surprise.
Dr. Dormody removed her to the
hospital and summoned Mrs. Morris,
who with Roscoe tFatty) Arbuckle,
completed the identification. She
was placed in a room near where
Morris himself was recovering from
burns received a month ago in q
gas tank explosion.
Record Cause Strain
The blonde picture PLAYER ano
Miss Bobbie Trout of Los Angeles
| established a new worlds endur.
ance record for women last January
The mental and physical strain oi
1.-THE flight may have caused tempo.
rary amnesia, her friends said. On
the other hand, her injuries point
ed to an accident, possibly in the
airplane, they added.
Whatever the cause, District At
torney Russell Scott of Monterey
county indicated today after an in
vestigation that there was no ne
cessity for official action. Miss
Cooper may leave the hospital as
soon as physicians permit, he said.
The actress-aviator was penniless
when she reached Monterey, but had
all the jewelry she wore when she
left home a week ago.
A second mystery. also unsolved,
was a telephone call received Sum-
day night by Mrs. Mary Cooper, the
actress mother, in Hollywood. An
unknown man told her that Edna
is all right and is resting here CLOS
Angeles) with friends. -
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03
Two Generals Die
At Canal Zone

BALBOA, C. A., March 3. (U.H-
Flags were at halfmast in the Canal
Zone today and. batteries fired a
salute every half hour as a joint
tribute to Major General Edgar
Jadwin, retired chief of United
States Army Engineers and Major
General Leroy Irwin, who died yes
terday.
The bodies of both men were to
be taken to New York aboard the
army transport Saint Mihiel. leav-
ing Cristobal at noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03
Three Killed AS
Train Hits Car

OAKLAND, March 3. up The
inability of a motorist to drive his
automobile off the street car tracks
at "blind corner' here was
blamed for the deaths of three men
and serious injury of four more.
Raymond Becerra, 35, Victor
Moarn, SO, and Ramon Gonzales,
81, were killed instantly when Be-
cerra IS car was struck by an inter-
urban train. Four men riding with
them received various broken bones
and internal injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03
Youth Is Bitten
By Rattlesnake

DINUBA, Cal, March 3. up
First rattlesnake victim OF the sea-
son in this district was Walter VIII
liams, IS, in a hospital here under
the treatment for the poison.
Young Williams was picnicking
with his parents and others north
east OF here Sunday, and he and
another boy started hiking, They
stepped into a den OF rattlers and
one struck young Williams before
the boys could escape.
Williams leg was reported sWol-
len, but he was regarded as n no
danger.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03
Blaze Destroys
Five Airplanes

GREAT FALLS, Mont, March 8.
W.P)-The Earl Vance airport and
five planes were destroyed by fire
today.
Among the ships destroyed was a
21,000 plane owned by Louis B.
O'Neil, prominent oil operator of
Cut Bank, Mont.
Airport authorities said an at
tendant left a plane on the hangar
floor with the engine running. Dur
ing his absence, the ship caught
fire and quickly spread to adjoin-
ing planes and the airport.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03
Election Called
For March 18th

Advice received at the county
clerks office this afternoon,
stated that Governor Rolph
has issued call for a special
election to be held in Imperial
county on March 10.
The election will be held to
choose an assemblyman to sue
ceed the late MyrOn ID. Witter.
Request for such an election
was made yesterday by the
board of supervisors in a tele-
gram to the governor, the
board stating that need of n
representative at Sacramento
is imperative.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03
TOMORROW

TOMORROW
Junior chamber of commerce,
$50, Barbara Worth hotel.
Chamber of commerce lunch
con, Barbara Worth hotel.
Ladies day, 10, Barbara Worth
country club.
Mount Signal home depart
ment, J. w. King residence.
Pruning meeting, $3.50, ID. M.
DOrman ranch.
Pruning demonstration, 2,
Harry Stewart ranch,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03
MOTHER AND SON STUDENTS

MARSHALL, Mo-, U.P)-A mother
and her son are students at Mis-
souri, Valley College here. Mrs.
Margaret Jones is freshman, and
her son, Edwin, is a senior.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03
WHAT'S DOING
TONIGHT

TONIGHT
Entire Nos club, $3.50, 10000
club.
l. 0. o. +. No. 397, 8, Davis
hall.
/. v. Commandery No. 81,
1880, Masonic Temple.
Oasis Shrine No. 20, w. S. of
j., 3, Masonic Temple.
/. V. Choral club. 1880, Wilson
school.
Night school. 10. high school.
Brunk's Comedians. 8, mper-
ial avenue.
Fox Imperial Theatre, "The
Easiest Way.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-03

Cont 1uod on page 81
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-30

United States Government. One is the
old way, which follows Braddock's
Trail over Wills Mountain, and the
other is the pass known as the Mar
rows. Both come together six miles
outside the city.
l should like to continue talking
with you about this old road, and to
go on with you over it all the way to
Wheeling. But l am afraid we will
have to leave that for another time.
At this time, can only refer to some
of the things you might see on such a
journey, including Braddock's Road,
and Big Savage Mountain and Little
Savage Mountain, and the old taverns,
and the toll gates, and the mining
towns, and those long, long grades.
It is hard for the automobile driver
to realize just how wonderful must
have been the skill of those stage
coach and wagon drivers. Think Of
driving six horses down a two-mile
mountain grade covered with ice, with
three to five-ton load pushing from
behind. Think now that in the early
days of the road there were no brakes
on the wagon. Some of the drivers
would stick a sapling in a wheel in
stead, and some of them managed to
get along without it. Think now Of
holes in the road and hairpin turns
and traffic coming in the opposite de
rection. Think now of rain and dark
ness and a few other things. You may
imagine you are quite driver be-
cause you can guide splendid ma
chine along a splendid piece of road.
Shucks, man; you don't know what
driving it.
Or think of that same outfit COM
ing up that same grade with that
same load. When you see how those
long grades take the fighting spirit
out of busses and big trucks and make
them crawl along like giane insects,
you realize that getting a load to the
top by animal horsepower was no
child's play.
1 said that I would stop at eight
o'clock. 1t is now that time; am
man of my word. l have stopped.
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Henry was a sort of hero all along the
old road, because he fought in Con-
gress for appropriations for it. Dur
ing Henry's time this road was con-
slant factor in national politics.
1 had room looking out on what
was once the wagon yard. Early in
the morning 1 was awakened by the
noise of a man and boy chasing a
cow through the yard. Had it been
100 years earlier I would have been
awakened by the noise of the wagon
ers getting ready to start.
Let's look at a wagon yard of the
long ago. Here are 80 or more wag-
one scattered about like the wagons
of a gypsy encampment. They have
high bodies, the ends shaped some
what like the stern of boat, and are
gaily painted, blue being a favorite
color. Frequently two or three colors
may be seen on the same wagon.
Above the body pillows the canvas
top, spread over the iron bows that
support it. The tires are four inches
wide so as not to cut into the road. A
higher rate of toll is charged for wag-
one with narrow tires. The horses
have been fed from a box at the end
of the wagon and are now tethered to
the wagon tongue. 1t is evening. In
side the tavern there is singing. Pres
emily the lights go out and all becomes
quiet, except for the noise of drove
of hogs in a field adjoining the yard
and a batch of Kentucky mules
munching corn.
Immediately after leaving Flint
stone on the next morning we went
over Martins Mountain. I have nc
idea for which member of the large
and well-distributed Martin tribe this
mountain was named, but I am CRATE
full to him. If he felt that he just
naturally had to have a mountain
named for the family, it is nice to
know that he selected one worthy OF
the name. 1t is higher than any
thing else between Baltimore and
Cumberland.
When George Washington, in 1853
made long journey through the will
derness and over the mountains from
Williamsburg, Va, to the Ohio River
to warn the French that their pres
ence on that river was undesirable, he
stopped for a few days near a pass
through the mountains, at which place
fort was later erected. Around that
fort has grown up the City Of Cum
berland, the second largest city in
Maryland.
The fort was called Fort Cumber-
land, in honor of the Duke of Cum
berland, a friend of General Braddock
and an adviser to the king on Ameri-
can affairs. By 17S5 the settlement
around the old fort, the site of which is
now occupied by the Episcopal church
had grown into permanent town.
About half a century later the C
and o. Canal terminated at Cumber-
land, as did, for II years, the B. anc
o. 1t can be readily seen that the
city was an important trade center
especially when you take into consid
GRAFTON the fact that the main roae
from the west came into the town
The pike between Wheeling and Cum
berland was crowded with stage
coaches, freight wagons and droves Of
cattle and swine, all travelling east
ward toward the canal and the rail
road.
From Cumberland westward yor
are on the true National Pike. There
are two ways out of Cumberland tt
the west and both were built by the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-30

and trees keep reminding one that
there are big mountains ahead and
that you had better fill up with gas
and oil.
Sideling Hill is remembered be-
cause it was probably called Sidelong
Hill originally. You don't go up and
over; you crawl along the side of the
hill for some distance before reaching
the crest, and then you crawl along
the other side before making the de-
scent.
Town Till is three feet higher than
Sideling, but the road passes over it
with less winding. From its slopes one
can look down into the cleared valleys
filled with peaceful farms. At least,
they look peaceful from the mountain
side, but you really can't tell what
might be going on down there.
The next elevation worth talking
about is spelled Polish. I have
heard it called Palish Mountain and
Polish Mountain. The girl at the
filling station on top said the word is
pronounced Polish because in the fall
of the year, when the trees are bril-
liant with reds, yellows, puppies and
browns, the mountain looks as though
it had been polished. Those who hold
that the true pronunciation is Palish
Mountain, say that it is so named be-
cause a man of that name once lived
there. Far be it from me to decide
which is right.
On a journey over this road we
pulled into Flintstone after dark and
decided to spend the night there. Now,
there is no reason in the world why
anybody should want to stay all night
in Flintstone unless he Graves to sleep
in an ancient inn. And that's exactly
what l wanted to do.
If you are a man who simply must
have morning bath and hot water
for shaving, and grapefruit for break
fast, and demi-tasse for dinner, fol-
lowed by fnger-bowls, and you cannot
be happy without lot of other things
that so-called civilized people worry
themselves about, it will be better for
your own peace of mind to say moth
ing about that of the landlord, if you
will just keep right on whizzing by
when you are tempted to stop at an
ancient inn. But if you are just natur-
ally curious about everything both an
Gent and modern, and take not too
much thought about what you shall
eat or where you shall sleep, you will
probably find it interesting. l did.
We were personally entertained by
the proprietor, DR.. Twigg, who was
also the physician for the community.
He confded to us that in his 40 years
of practice in that vicinity he had been
present at the arrival of 5000 new
(and very young) citizens-which
number is about ten times that of the
present population. However, 40 years
is long time and people do move on
to the big cities.
These old taverns are part Of the
history of the old road. Let your i'm
agination picture the gay scenes that
took place in the bar-room of such a
tavern on a winters night, with the
wagoners gathered round and some
body playing the fiddle. In a big room
next to the bar the wagoners slept.
Each carried his own bedding in box
in front of the wagon. When it was
time to retire each man simply spread
out his bed on the floor with his feet
to the fire.
Henry Clay once spent night at
this tavern, but not with his feet to
the fire. He had a room upstairs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-30
EDITOR MARTIN, OF THE TRANSMITTED"
DELIVERS ADDRESS BEFORE OAKLAND
ROTARY CLUB ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY

Following address The National Pike delivered last
Friday evening the Rotary Club dinner served at Table Rock
by O. Martin of Washington c. editor of 1.-THE Transmit
ter service magazine of the P Telephone Company The
speaker accompanied to the Inn by Mr. H. S. Boyle r
of the telephone at Cumberland Mr. Martin
introduced to the club Mr. Davis chairman of the
entertainment committee of the local organization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
JOHNNY Marvin Here Tomorrow

This welknown artist of Ceremonies at
Theater will be Radio Galleries, with his luke
o'clock He will play special requests and
his Victor espe-
cay invite you meet him here-on the Fourth Floor
tomorrow afternoon.
would Me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
Silk Socks, SOC
In The Summer Manner

and anklets, too, at this attractive
price. White and dainty pastel
shades; sizes 4 to 10.
Imported Socks and Half Socks; full
fashioned Isle; sizes 4 TO 10. -. Soc pair
White Silk Stockings; sizes to 9Hi, 75c pr.
CH1lDRENs HOSE, AISLE II, FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22

The Indian Maiden, who accom-
psnies Needahbeh, will give DEM
onstrations of the Indian art Of
basket.weavinS and bead-work.
THE Toy STORE, FOURTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1931-05-21

will patiently go about digging a tun-
mel to hide in for the Winter. Down
straight he tunnels, and when the de-
sired depth is reached hollows out a
room to hide in as well as a place to
turn about in. Backing out of ones
house is dangerous, especially when
ones enemies are always lurking near.
The tiger cricket Is most clever; he
stops the door to his home with his
hard bronzed head. When an eatable
insect steps upon that head 1t is quick
ly withdrawn and the poor unobservant
one is dined upon
The singing cricket of the hearth is
the one which the Spaniards, Italians
and Portuguese keep in tiny bamboo
cages. They feed the tiny chirpers on
lettuce and cabbage In Japan the little
cages are very beautiful.
The field cricket is easily caught and
does not attempt to defend himself, al
though amply provided with weapons
to do SO. He sits at the mouth of his
burroW and eats Of the herbs growing
near. He is contented with his lot. Day
and night he sings an incessant song
OF praise for his many blessings.
Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1931-05-21
BEDTIME STORIES
By Thornton
W. Burgess.

in a while at certain seasons or there
couldn't be any vegetation, but even
tnat gets slong with mighty little
moisture. l believe that the scientists
say that In some of the little people
Wn&t Is called chemical change takes
pace in the Cry food. such as seeds.
aIber IL IS eaten, so that enough
moisture Is provided. Anyway, there
are times when there will be no rain
for six months or more and those little
Iolk seem TO get along nicely. so I
suppose they could do so indefinitely.
l nave seen Longfoot the Kangaroo
Rat refuse water when he was kept as
a pet. Any of his cousins. like Robber
the Rat back home. would soon die
without water. but these little desert
people Just don't want it because Old
Mother Nature has fixed things for
tnem 50 that they don't need it,
So 1t was that Farmer Browns Boy
grew more and more interested in
THESE little folk who could live in such
CRY land, and was always watching
for them Several times when he had
oeen riding early in the morning he
had discovered dainty footprints in the
sand. They were about the size of the
footprints. Of Black Pussy the Cat at
home, but more like those of a little
dog. he had wondered who could
have made them and always was on
the watch for the maker.
1t was just chance that early one
morning he happened to notice that
just back OF a small bush was what
at first seemed like a small heap of
sand. He gave it no thought until as
he glanced at it second time he dis
covered a pair of bright eyes watching
him. "Ha," thought he. II was nearly
fooled this time. I wonder who that
can be. If I watch him too closely ne
will get suspicious and run. AS long
as he thinks I don't see him he will
keep STILL"
So Farmer Browns Boy pretended
that he didn't see any one, but all
the time he gradually guided his horse
rearer and nearer that little bush
without riding straight toward 1t, and
all the time he kept watch without
appearing to do so. At first he could
make nothing Of this little stranger
and could net guess who it might be.
Then suddenly he made out a sharp
face, q face that could belong to no
one save member of the Fox family.
Without meaning to he turned to look
more closely. Instantly that small
heap developed four slim legs and a
bushy tail and away across the sand
sped the daintiest little stranger you
could imagine. It was Fox There
was no doubt about that, but the
smallest, swiftest, n1ost-> graceful Fox
he had ever seen. He guessed then
who it vas and he was right. It was
Kit the Desert Fox, the maker Of
those dainty footprints that had so
puzzled him.
Evening star., 1931-05-21
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

Pop was trying to make his new cigar
lighter werk and ma sed, picked up
quite bargain downtown today, Will
yum.
That sounds bad, pop sed, and ma
sed, Now don't judge the caro before
the horse, wait till you hear the detail
faclis. I vas passing little fsrniture
shop and / notic2d a very appealing
little brass bookrack, so I went in ana
immeeditly the ferniture man was all
attention, but ! dident wunt to appear
too anxious so / looked around a little
while and then sed, How much is that
little bookrack, I'd just like to know
out of curiosity? and the man showed
me the label on 1t and it was marked
dollers and 81 cents, rich certenly
sounded reasonable enough for a brass
bookrack, don't you think so, Willyum?
she sed.
1t would sound much more reason
able for gold one, pop sed, and ma
sed, / realize that it wasent exorbi-
tant, but still l figured to myself that
if I could get it for about 5 dolers 1t
would be still less so. and 1 looked ct
it carefully and I saw few little un-
obtrusiye scratches On the back, wich
gave me my cue rite away and I sed,
But this seems to be damaged, it
all these scratches, sed, and the man
looked and sed I'm glad you pointed
those out to me, madam. do you real
ize what this is, this is an antique, they
must of sent me an antique through an
error in the shipping department,
there's no mistake about it, those
scratches tell the tale, they proberly
date back hundreds of years this book
rack is werth at least 20 dollers. he sed,
Ao efl
give you 10 dollers for it. And to
make a long story short, he hemmed
and hawed little and then he let me
have it for eleven SO in view of the
fact that l was the one who had dis
covered the scratches, that's what I call
a real bargain for real antique, she
sed.
wont call It anything because was
brawt up not to use that kind of Ian
guage. pop sed.
And he got in back OF the sporting
page and stayed there.
Evening star., 1931-05-21

visible under the arms, at the bend of
the elbow, across the shoulders, ETC.,
the frock is then shorn of its original
beauty. Therefore it is important to
guard against such misfortunes. There
are several methods that can be fol-
lowed for prevention, and good one
for minimizing, and often removing the
stains entirely. The remedy works best
on certain fabrics and colors, but it is
a harmless one, easy to apply and casts
nothing.
It is in reverse order to give a cure
before a preventive, but the cure fol-
lows aptly now, so am giving it first
It cannot be termed a positive cure, for
1t is not infallible. It can be relied
upon to minimize the stains and in
many cases to remove it-but not al
ways.
Immediately upon taking off dress
look for perspiration stains. If any are
discovered pour boiling water through
them. This should be done, If possible,
while the stains are still moist, for then
Evening star., 1931-05-21

Farmer Browns Boy was beginning
to love the Dry Desert Yes, sir, h. was
beginning to love the Dry Desert. At
first it he'd seemed to him the most
desclate place in all the Great World
He thought Of the beautiful Green
Meadows at home and wondered how
anybody could see any beauty in the
Dry Desert. Now the Dry Desert was
beginning to get hold of him as he had
been told it would. There was somc-
thing about 1t that he couldn't de-
scribe yet could feel, and he felt it
more each day
He had been provided with a saddle
horse at the ranch and carly every
morning he went exploring never go
ing so far that he couldn't be back be-
fore the heat Of the day. He was eager