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Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
DOLLAR LINES
TO REMAIN in
COAST SERVICE

SAN FRANCISCO Oct. II. U.P)
While a group ct leading marine
executives hurried to Washington
today with q plan for joint opera
ton of the United States lines, ad-
ditional details of their conference
here were made known.
Under the preliminary agreement
reached by the opposing interests,
the Dollar lines will remain in the
intercoastal service and will form
an alliance with the Panama-Pacific
line for use of docks and facilities
on both the east and west coasts.
In. order to resain this part of
their service, the Dollar interests
were understood to have agreed to
divert two new 10000 ton liner now
under construction for the U. S.
lines to service in the north Allan
tic. The Dollar group had sought
the liners for use with its own new
ships President Hoover and Presi-
dent Coolidge.
The International Mercantile Ma
rine, which controls the other in
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
VALLEY CITRUS
CROP EXPECTED
TO BE- NORMAL

Bruce l.. Moore, new manager of
the Desert Citrus exchange, esti-
mates that Imperial Valley now
has 1000 acres of bearing grape
fruit trees and $500 acres of non
bearing grapefruit trees, estimates
having been made after a careful
check of the entire area and study
of all available figures.
Eight carloads of the new grape
fruit crop rolled from the valley
this week, shipped by the exchange
A fairly good market was accorded
the first few cars, said Moore to-
day, and in general the fruit is
grading out better than last year.
First shipments are earlier in 1881
as the first cars rolled on October
20, last year. Old crop grapefruit
accumulated on the coast is said
to be clearing up satisfactorily.
Shipments are expected to be
fairly light until after the first of
the year but this is customary, said
Moore. Consumers apparently are
more' interested in oranges as
fruit until after the close Of the
holiday season. The demand for
grapefruit, records show, usually
greater after the first of every
year.
Estimates of the crop this year
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
DIVORCE ACTION
SPELLS END OF
COAST ROMANCE

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. Is. U.P)
The divorce Of Mona Modini-
Wood Pearson, member of one Of
the oldest and wealthiest families
Of Southern California, from George
Webster Pearson, Kansas City man.
ufacturer and scion Of a wealthy
British family, was on file here to-
day.
The district court here entered a
default decree for Mrs. Pearson on
September % on charges Of mental
cruelty and failure to support.
In her petition Mrs. Pearson
claimed her husband subjected her
| to such indignities as rendered life
altogether intolerable. reproached
her, ard his unprovoked, unseemlv
and disagreeable demeanor made it
| impossible for her to entertain
! friends.
Although Pearson was wealthy, he
failed to support her, Mrs. Pearson
charged.
The wedding of the couple in Los
Angeles on December 20, 1927, was
one of the social highlightS of the
season. They separated last May.
Mrs. Pearson is the daughter Of
Mrs. Mamie Perry Modini-Wood,
and the sister of former Judge j,
Perry Wood, Mrs. Kenneth c. Bea-
ton and Elizabeth Woodstock, Los
Angeles social leader.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
OFFICERS SEEK
CLUES TO PROVE
MAN IS SLAYER

FRESNO, Oct. 10. U.P)-A vii
lage postmaster, held here on rob-
berry charges, sent deputy sheriffs
along a disjointed trail of clues to-
day which they believed will estab-
lish a Staying although the victims s
| body may never be found.
w A. Fuller, postmaster of Sc
lille, town in nearby Tulare coun-
| ty, was accused of robbery on state
ments of his estranged wife. But
authorities said they wanted him
under surveillance while they
searched for the body of James NJ
Kipp, his one legged, half Indian
partner in a Seville store.
Village gossip, the alleged failure
of Fuller's statements to bear up
| under investigation and the unac-
countable disappearance of kipp
led officers of two counties into the
hills of MADEIRA, where they claimed
important discoveries at an bandon-
ed minc.
Sheriff's George L. Overholt of
Fresno and R. L. Hill of Tulare
claimed they had information that
FULLER once threatened Kipp and
on another occasion Fuller re-
marked to an acquaintance at the
mine that it was a good place tc
hide body
Fuller tried to get out Of Jail late
Yesterday on a writ of napeas cor
pus. 1t was dismissed when officers
charged Fuller with robbery of
John Schroeder, soft drink stand
proprietor, of $4,000 here year ago.
Schroeder was waylaid in an alley.
Auburn haired Mrs. Fuller. who
recently separated from the post
master, gave the information that
led to the robbery charge.
Fuller was held in $4,000 bail and
his wife was detained at a hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
Leaders Confer
On Refrigeration

SACRAMENTO, Oct. Is. UP)-
Agricultural leaders were to meet
here today TO discuss adequate ship
side refrigeration facilities on San
Francisco bay for the handling Of
export fruits and vegetables.
The group, members of the state
shipside terminal committee, was
TO consider a new proposal of the
board Of state harbor commissioners
for addition of four series to the
present state refrigeration terminal
at China Basin at an estimated cost
of 100000.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
Two Injured In
Auto Accident

Two men were injured, one posi-
bly, seriously, when their car skid
ded from the pavement on the high
way two miles north of Ell Centro
and overturned in the bar pit this
morning.
Claude Keaton of Westmorland
suffered cuts on the head and pos
sible internal injuries. He was driv-
ing the car which overturned. Tom
Gilmore of Westmorland, a passen-
ger in Keatons car, was cut on the
! forehead
C. j. Walstead of Glendale was
the driver of a truck which Keaton
attempted to pass when he skidded,
His car struck the front part of the
truck, skidded across the pavement
and into the ditch.
Walter M Walsh, California
Highway Patrolman, arrived shortly
after the accident. He made 2 re-
port to the state traffic office.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15

were found to be approximately the
same as shipments last year and
the crop was found to be lighter on
the trees. First quality fruit this
year, in Moore's opinion, is better
than that Of last year at the same
date in the season.
Salt River Valley is estimated to
have 2229 acres of bearing trees
and 5397 acres of non bearing
trees; Yuma Valley to have 600
acres OF bearing trees and 450 acres
CT bearing trees; Coachella
Valley 374 acres OF bearing trees
and 1881 acres of non-bcaring.
All estimates, said Moore, were
made after checking the district and
collecting all available figures.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
WOMAN MANAGES cIncus

MEMPHIS. Tenn. UP - Mrs.
Nellie Dutton, Sarasota, Fla0 is be-
lieyed to be the only woman in the
United States who owns and man
ages a circus. The % members Of
her troupe say she is real boss.
ready to take the part of any Of
the performers if need be. She Is
the daughter of the famous Fly
ing Jordans' and began her circus
career when five years old. Her
husband died recently and she has
continued operating The circus.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15

terests represented at the meeting.
will permit Dollar vessels to use the
Panama-Pacific docks in New York.
At present Dollar ships dock at
Jersey City.
The entire plan will be presented
to the United States shipping board
in Washington Monday
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
It Might Have
Been A Giraffe

Fire Chief TOM Reams returned
from a deer hunting expedition to-
day and said he saw only one deer
and thought that was an elk.
I'VE did not get up early and just
about daylight this big animal came
down to call on us while we were
still in bed. We left the guns in
the car. Anyway, I think it was an
elk" said the chief. He then de-
scribed the scenery in the Cuyamaca
mountains.
Buster Cannon and Tillman Da-
ley, companions of Reams on the
slumber party, remained silent dur
ing discussions of the trip.
Firemen refused to believe the
visitor was either a deer or an elk.
They think it was a COW.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15

Last year Oregon produced 1O0.-
coo bushels of flax seed, although
a new crop in the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
Stabbed After
Jail Discharge

LOS ANGELES, Oct. Is. U,P)-
Shortly after he was released from
Jail today on liquor charges, Ralph
Moore, &c, was probably fatally
stabbed in a street alteration.
Harry Wells, 38, negro, was ar
rested as a suspect and booked on
a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon.
Moore said he was released from
jail in order that he might meet his
mother when she arrived mere from
Lansing, Mich.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
Woman To Join
Buddhist Nuns

OAKLAND, Oct. Is. UP) - Mrs.
Margaret Ledson, Berkeley woman
who gave up her 14-year-old son
and all her possessions to take the
VOWS of a Buddhist nun, today was
free Of her husband as well, and
prepared to leave for a Tibetan con-
vent.
She was granted a divorce on the
ground of cruelty, charging her
husband said it was none of your
business" when he remained out all
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
@larleD

LOS ANGELES, Oct. Is. tU.P)-
Following are today's market quo
tations:
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
LIVESTOCK MARKET

LOS ANGELES, Oct. Is. UP)-
Livestock:
Hogs - Receipts, 400; market
strong to Is cents higher; top, $665;
bulk, $500 to $3.50.
Cattle-Receipts, 500; market slow
about steady; Texas and Inter
mountain, $3.50 to S625; heifers,
$3.50 to $675; COWS, $2.85 to $4.4O.
Calves-Receipts, 200; market
steady; bulk calves, $525 to $500.
Sheep-Receipts, none; medium
to choice lambs quoted at $4.75 to
$625.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
NEGRO PRISONERS PICK
COTTON

CLARKSDALE, Miss. W.P)-Com-
plants of Coahoma county farm
ers they couldn't get cotton pick
ers, brought an order from Mayor
L. A. Ross to arrest every idle negro
that wouldn't pick.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15

streams of water playing on their
backs, Floyd Kinley. famous Tulsa
wild well fighter, and his 64-year-
Old father, X. T. TNsniey, walked in
to the column of blazing oil and
placed the charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-15
Explosive Halts
Oil Well Blaze

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. Is. U.P)
Thirty quarts of gelatine dynamite
today snuffeo out the flames of the
wild No. 2 Gustin gusher.
Without asbestos suits but with
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

Guillermo MIC, mas cereal.
lPorque has de saber que ten
go miedo..., mucho miedo, por la
primera vez de mi vidal
-Miedo.. ode Que?-interro-
go el j6ven con toda su alma, tie
miendo que Julia Sc hubiese
vuelto loca.
-Miedo de csc viento que ha
ccmenzado a lumbar en- 10 alto
de la chimenea...-respondi6 la
pobre muier, estremeciendose.-
~ sabes por que? iPorque he
recCnocido la voz del invierno!...
Del invierno, que para ii sera
insoportable en- eSta Soledad,
con sus aSperos dias. con sus
eternas noches l.. iSeis meses,
Guillermo de mi alma! iAh!...
TIL no podras resistirlos!... Lie
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

GO, pues, ell anunciado instante
lego Ell momento de que 70 te di-
ga: ;Vete, Guillermo!... iNues-
tros amores han terminado!
-iJulia... t.. Ique dices?-ex-
clam6 ell j6ven con estupor.
lilo que has dido ...-repli-
co ella, tranquilizandose a medi-
da que hablaba.-T die GUAM
do viniste en- mi busca, que yo
senalaria la bora de tn vuelta a
Madrid, Y que serian vanos Guam
tos esfuerzos hicieras por librar
te lei decreto fatal. Recorda-
ras que hasta lure que 10 cum
plirias sin dilaci6n! Pues bien:
va ha sonado esa triste bora /:
va esta pronunciado csc deere
to-. Mahana te iras, amor milo.
i Impossible! T.. iJulia!... i'm
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

seran tan viejas como yo... Pero
a las nihas poeticas de estos
tiempos, como que son los tuyos,
no las conozco, y, por consiguien
tie, no puedo celebrarlas nj zahe-
'rirlas...
FL tono acerbo con que Julia
'pronunci6 tales p~alabras. al pa
recer indiferentes, y la mortal
palidez de SUI semblante, hicie-
ron recapacitar al j6ven en- la
crueldad de aquella escena: Y,
soltando ell peri6dico, dijo:
En- fin, ialla ellos! jQue
tenemos que YER va nosotros con
los Ministries nj con los DuQues?
GSabes jugar al fcdrt6? GHabra
por ahi una baraja?
La Marquesa no contest6.
i Vigesimosquintos monos
La gaceta., 1931-10-03
OXEO
DAVE SHADE DERROTO A
JEBY

New York, Oct. 3.-Mas de
5000 fieles presenciaron ano-
che la victoria, en- ell Madison
Square Garden, de Dave Shade,
ell veterano gladiator de Cali
fornia, contra ell j6ven neoyor-
quino Ben Jeby, aspirante a Ia
corona de peso mediano.
De los doce asaltos del com
bate, seis fueron ganados por
Shade y los otros seis quedaron
empatados.
Fue la 404o pelea professional
del californiano, que parecia ha.
ilarse en- inmejorables condicic-
mes fisicas y en- la mayor part
de los rounds Sc content6 con
dar a SUI adversario una lection.
persiguiendolo por todas las es-
quinas del cuadrilatero.
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

wood, Cliff Wellons y otrossSa-
ceptables" j6venes de su catego-
ria, probablemente llegara al
mediodia de hoy.
Creese que ell Sagiiero no ten
dra la |1aloma" facil que mu-
chos su9onen han contratado
SILL Sheffield no pelea con-
ira Nske Firpo en- la forma que
de el Sc espera, sera descalifica-
do y no Sc lie pagara, p~asandose
ell dinero a dos j6venes que sos
tendran una pelea a seis asaltos.
Kid Lorenzo tendra de con-
trario a Fighting Indian, en- seis
rounds; Johnny Perrone sc ba-
tira con Joe Bacadi y Ramon
Rodriguez tratara de veneer a
0orl Guggino.
Los Jdeces para ell programa.
10 mismo que ell referee, fueror
seleccionadOs en- la noche de a.
yer.
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

truo... o ell espectaculo de su pro
pia muerte.
-GQue es ESQ, Julia mia?
GQue tienes? GQue tie ocurre?-
CRITIC ell j6ven precipitandose
hacia ella con gran terror.
La Pr6diga Sc llev6 las ma
nos a la cabeza como 81 desper-
tase, Y dijo, procurando sonreir-
Sc:
NADIA. va ha pasado!...
Una vision, un repentino en-
sueno...
-Pero til estabas despierta,.,
ST, tenia abiertos los ojos.,.
y iva yes! he delirado repent
namente... Por fortuna, pas6...
Conque hablemos de cosas for
males. Si6ntate cerca de mi y
6yeme sin chistar... Mas cerca,
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

pesl0le!.., TIL sigues deli capdor
-prorrumpi6 Guillermo, o u
grlmaS en- los ojos y una tempes
Tad De encontrados sentimientos
en- el alma.-iNi til puedes de-
scar ESQ, nj 70 puedo cumpJjrIot
! 70 te adore, julia.
rs muy verdad... Y, poroue
10 es' quiero que tie marches an
les de que me aborrezcas.
-iI 70 abOrrecerte!... AM
NO dlgas sacrilegios contra
nuestro amor. 70 te idola+ro'
re toda mi vida.
Como idolatra ell indio 60
na,ado para victima a una divi.
nlaad cruel y sanguinaria
j Iambien el Sc pres a, d6ciI v
nasta contento, a MORN al mia
del atari. iTambiep Sc daio
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

del dia de hoy!-ahadi6 CUTLER
mo en- actitud de martir.-tSi 10
Sc, no. leo ell periodical. L.. Pero
me habias suplicado tantas We
ces que 10 leyera, que al Yer ell
nombre de Enrique no crei ofen
derte repasandolo!... iSera ell I'll
timo numero a que lie quite la
faja!
En- este Sc oy6 en- el canon de
la chimenea uno de aquellos lu-
gubres aullidos con que el vien-
to anuncia los largos Temporal
les.
Julia Sc estremeci6, Y sigui6
callando, cada vez mas palida y
contraida; hasta que, de pronto,
lanz6 un CRITIC agudo y desga-
rrador, cual 81 hubiera visto de-
lante de 81 algdn horrible mons
La gaceta., 1931-10-03
LESIONADO Ell PUGILLSTA
BOZO

Birmingham, Ala, oct. s.
Al chocar su autom6yil con un
tranvfa reGbi6 aver lesiones y
heridas de poca Importance ell
pugilista Battling Bozo.
Pa Stribling, su director, que
lie acompanaba, tambien result6
lesionado.
Ambos Sc dirigian a la ofici-
ma de un medico para hacer que
este examinara un pie enfermo
que viene inquietando a BOzo.
La gaceta., 1931-10-03
Con los Cuantes

Cara de Nino" Quintana Sc
halla en- canine de Tampa, con
tratado para la Arena dsl Circu-
10 Cubano. Viene con el, seg1n
Sc nos dice, Rafaelito VaIdes, un
poderoso contrario para Loba-
to.
Todavfa no hemos podido con-
ell extreme de que Adol-
70 Font viaja en- comlpania de
la pareja; pero 81 llegara tam
bien bienvenido sea.
La gaceta., 1931-10-03
COMPLETADO Ell PROGRA,
MA PARA Ell LUNES

Anoche qued6 completado el
pr0grama que ell lunes Sc ofre-
cera EN- la Arena del Circulo Gu
bano, con motive de su reaper
tura.
Joe Daniels, que ell lunes Sc
batira con ell Relampago Sagie-
ro, y que dice haber derrota-
do a Ben Spivey, Willie Nor
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

Sc VENDE, una ASA de 2 pr
sos, 8 cuartos, solar de 75x150.
Naranjas, tangarinas y aguaca-
ties. En- Tampa Heights. Precio
$4,000. Plazos c6modos. Infor-
man en- ell 2809 de la calle 8.
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

Parece que sera muy diffcil
desalojar al negrito Kid Choco-
late de la posicion atrincherada
de "campeon de pequeno peso IL
gero".
Ell Kid quiere un match de re-
vancha con ei ingles Berg, que lie
venciera hace alg1n TEMPO, y
despues lie "entrara" a Tony
Canzoneri, Ell de la doble corona.
iQue satisfaction serfa para
los ''fieles' cubanos que Choco-
late batiera a Canzoneri y agre.
CARA a su corona la de peso lige-
70 y Ia de pequeno peso weller
I'm negrito tres wees cam
peon y con tres coronasl
La gaceta., 1931-10-03
D E P 0 R TIES

Jeby no tuvo oportunidad de
pegar sus temibles punetazos
con la eficiencia que el necesita-
ba.
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

ST Bill Sheffield da I'm "es-
pectaculo", no lie sera entregada
la bolsa que Sc le ha %prometido
nos dicen.
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

Gabby Srset Sc sientS
liz poe s&ictoria que su club al
canzafa aver sobre la formidR
BILE maquinaria de Connie Mack.
Ell viejo manager no Sc oculta
para decir que al pitcher Halla-
han y.a a jardinero Martin agra
dece la victoria.
Hallahan cerro ell puerto y los
Atleticos solo pudieron batearle
tres hits; Martin, Sc 1ob6 dos
bases, bateo un tubey y un hit e
hizo las dos carreras de su club
Los periodistas y ell p1blico
senalan a Martin como la "sen-
La gaceta., 1931-10-03
LA PRODIGA
%TG NOVELA

D. Pedro A. de Alarc6n
ventual heredero del difunto
DpQue!
IFS que 81 tn hubieras como
edo a Pura, este es, a la poeti-
ca hija de los Marqueses de Pin
to. tie causaria horror tanta fe-
rocidad !...-repuso ell candida
Guillermo.
-Conocia a esos Marqueses,
al Duque de Almunecar y a O.
tras muchas gentes, que ahora
La gaceta., 1931-10-03

Ell Sr, Daniels, designado pa
ra contrincante del Saguero, tie
ne una limpia reputation, aun-
que lie falta "flus', actualmente,
para discutir la corona del ne
gro Thompson.
sSe contentara ell pdblico con q.
q muchachO pruebe que no Sc
dedica a obtener dinero con fal-
sas pretensiones.
La gaceta., 1931-10-03
HORARlO DE
DE Ia SOCIEDAD
Eel BEN PUBIICO"
EN- YBOR:
DR.. N. A.

i. EN- YBOR:
DR. N. A. P~ORTOCARRER0
Martes, Jueves = SabadO de 9 q 8 2. =. ,
DIR. A. A.
Lunes, Microbes y vernes de 8 a7P.M N.
MsrteE y Jueves Ge l a 2 j. u.
DR.. A. BUSTIILO
tunes, Microbes y Viernes de l Q 2 7. II.
Martes. JueVes y SAbad0 de q I'll n.
DIR. b. M. TlSON
Lunss, Microbes y Viernes de z 0 8 7. i.
Nartes y Jueves de 2 o 3 7. II.
DR.. JULIO J. GUERRA
MarteS y Jueves de $50 Q 1880 I. u.
SAbRdo de l o 2 I. u.
Or, c. PORRO, M6dico TntssSE
EN- WEST Tampa
DR.. A. A.
Lunes y Microbes de / 2 P. =.
Martes, Jueves y Sabado de 6 a TIP N.
DR.. A. BUSTILO
Lunes. Microbes y Viernes de 6 q 7 2. M.
Kartes y Jueves de 1 . z y. u.
DIR. B. M. TYSON
LINES y Microbes de IL Q II a. d.
Visrnes y SAbado de l o 2 P. u.
DR.4JULIO J.. GUERRA
Lunes. Microbes y Viernes de $3.50 o $3.50 p. d.
sERvICIo DE A~MBULANCIA. Tei:fOnO Y 1l1s
Teletones para visitas por ell dfa: Ybor City, Y1A6s
10 mismo en- Ybor Que On West Tampa, Y 1A1O.
AVIS0S EN- YBOR CITY
DR.. pOrtocarrero, DR.. A. A. Gonzales, Or, A. Bus
tnao, DR.. B. M. Tiscn, DR.. Sulio J. Guerra, On 10 BQN-
CO del Cfrculo Cubano Tel6fono No. Y lass.
AVISOS EN- WEST
DR.. A. Gonzalez, DR.. A. Bustllo. DR.. B. II. TIson,
DR.. Julie }. Guerra en- Ia BoticA u Bien PGbiico. Tale
fono No. Il SS4S.
La gaceta., 1931-10-03
AVISOS EN- YBOR CITY

de La Gaceta Nc. 81
La gaceta., 1931-10-03
EN- WEST TAMPA,


Tel4fonoS para visitas por ell dfa: Ybor City, Y II
West Tampa, II 3846. Para llamsdss por 10 noe
10 mismo en- Ybor que On West Tampa, Y 1A1O.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

Whatever your wants may be. there
is always a possibility that they can
be satisfied through the many SER
vices advertised in today's Classified
Section.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

When Preston Sturgis launched
Strictly Dishonorable," this pa
prika comedy drove the sophisti.
Gated Broadway play critics into
ecstasies. They gushed and they
raved over its blushing indelica-
cies.
Now after two seasons 1t finds
its way to the motion picture
screen and projected at the Rialto
Theater as the current feature
attraction, Strictly DiShonor-
able" presents mild and extremely
agreeable entertainment.
Story Is Racy
Nor has it suffered any in It's
quality as racy comedy because
the studio was obliged to keep an
eye cooked on the Will Hays min
ions. Perhaps you know that it
tells of a little Southern ingenue
who wanders into a New Jersey
speakeasy with her fiance and
ends up by spending the night in
an opera singers apartment.
Through the good offices of a
bibulous judge and the conscience
Of the Metropolitan tenor, honor
survives.
Lewis Stone Stars
1t happens that Lewis Stone
gives the best acting to this
cinema and so becomes its domi-
mating figure. This was not what
the playwright ordered, but you
can't stop Mr.. Stone from being a
fine actor. His judge is an in
gratiating fellow, who for all his
propensity to overindulge in
spirits frumenti, wins your SYM
pathy.
Ingenue Is Pleasing
Sydney Fox, Universal's prize
ingenue, plays the Southern bud.
Sometimes she forgets her "You
All's," but on the whole her per-
formance is pleasing, and, when
occasion demands, teasing. Paul
Lukas is handicapped a little bit
because an opera singer is sup
posed to sing, but his love making
is soft and gracious enough to
please the ladies. Sidney Toler
gets very little out of the rich po-
1iceman's role, which was a
cyclone of laughs in the stage YER
sion.
Strictly Dishonorable" has a
thin story, but it is so well told
and so efficiently directed can
recommend it cordially to those
craving not so innocent laugh.
ANDREW r. KELLEY.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
.'NeiII Took 5
Years to Write
His Triolosy

There is a great story behind
Eugene O'Neill, the author of
Mourning Becomes Electra"
which is coming to the National
Theater, January IL. It is a
story which O'Neill has probably
told but seldom, for he is not a
talking man, but it is a story
which encompasses great and
rich experience and which con-
vinces you that what he writes
is born of an insight nurtured
by contact.
Mourning Becomes Electra" is
his masterpiece and those with
whom he met before its produc-
tion at the hands of the Theater
Guild can tell you something of
the firm belief which he had in
the play. After five years of
intensive writing he knew it
would be a great success.
He is the son of an actor.
James O'Neill, who used to play
Monte Cristo" down the length
and breadth OF the land. HIS
mothers name was Ella Quinlan.
She was a quiet woman and
O'Neill recalls that she played
the piano very we'll. The full
name Of their son was Eugene
Gladstone O'Neill. He long ago
dropped the middle initial.
In his rather glorious career
as a playwright he has written
many plays, the most successful
of which have been Strange In
terlude," Marco Mill ons," The
Hairy Ape" 1.-THE Emperor Jones" "
Anna Christie" Beyond the
Horizon" Desire Under the
Elms," "The Fountain" and "The
Great God Brown"
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

she was wearing clothes that
made her look ridiculous.
I'VE sent her away, Of course,
and trotted out a new line of
girls. On the end there she
was again. We sent her away
a second time, but she refused
to take no for an answer. A
third line-and there she was
again.
Lets Him Know
after the call was over and
I had selected eight of the
prettieSt girls I ever had, the
dizzy dame insisted upon speak
ing to me. Rather than have
any trouble, I told the stage
manager to bring her over.
"She stepped right-up and
looked at me.
"'Do you mean to say she
cried, that you're hiring that
bunch Of girls and you're let
ting me go?'
""That's right I told her.
"She wagged q finger under
my nose.
to say she groWled. You're
the rottenest picker Of beauties
that I ever met!"