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Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-27
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Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-27
AUTOMOBILES WANTED

WANTED - Light pickup truck,
panel or delivery; will trade ra-
dio of equal value. Anything
that runs considered. See Mack
at S. P. depot, Imperial. 27t1
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-27
LIVESTOCK FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Rabbits, two does, one
buck; IL hutches. Phone 1906,
or apply 704 N. Eighth st. 27t
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-27
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR SALE - Paying service sta
- ton, $35000 cash. Real opportu-
nifty. Press Box 1912. 27t6
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-02-21
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

E YOU were asked to make a list of
Italians who have had an important
part In making American history, how
many would there be? Christopher
Columbus. of course, would head the
list, and after him would come Amer
igo Vespuccl, for whom America was
named, and John and Sebastian Cabot,
who were Italians ever though they
did sail under the banner of England
In the era of discovery. You'd prob
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-02-21
Make this lip test

OOK at them and your cheeks, too, sCitho~s
L. makeup. Do they possess the natural glow of
health, which comes from a sufHciency of rich, red
blooda If they do, makeup is simple If they don't
read on you may find one of the reasons why your
skin is not clear and rosy.
You cannot have red lips, rosy cheeks, energy and
cheerfulness II your blood is in a rundown condition
Lack of hemo-glo-bin, the red coloring of the blood,
may also indicate a weakened condition of the body
loss of strength poor appetite.
S.S.S. is not just a so-called tonic but a tonic spe-
cially designed to stimulate gastric s~ecretions, and also
having the mineral elements so very, very necessary In
restoring a low hemo-glo-bin content. II your condE
ton suggests a blood tonic of this kind, try S.S-S
Unless your case Is exceptional, you should soon no
tee a pickup In your appetite your color and skim
should improve with increased strength.
SIS. Is sold by all drug stores In two sizes the
larger La moro economical O. TA SIS. Co.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-02-21

'sThe Aga Khan Is against the re-
volt In India" a New York editor
said. "He thinks that India benefits
under British rule.
"He told me once in Cannes that
the abolition of the age-old practice
of suttee alone justified British rule
In India.
"'By the law Of the suttee.' he
said, the Indian widow In pre-
English days mounted her dead hus-
bands funeral pyre and was burned
to death. Cremated then, re-mated
now New York Sun.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-02-21

Cana, the wrestling marvel of In
dia, Is believed to be the strongest
man In the world. He Is 5 feet Z
inches tall. weighs 260 pounds, and
has never been defeated since he
started wrestling near 40 years ago
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-02-21
Floating Islands

Sadawaga lake, Vermont, has two
picturesque floating islands. Resem-
bling a huge ship with trees as high
thirty feet for masts, a large
has shifted It's position con-
siderably during the last year.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-02-21

Alice G.. Carr, former World war
nurse and known as the mercy
Angel Of the Near East, is resting
In New York, taking her first vaca-
ton In IL years. Miss Carr is d.
rector OF the Near East foundation
In Athens and Is credited with re-
habllltatlng the lives of 100000
refugees from Smyrna since 1923.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
HARDING SCHOOL

Three little girls, Lola June Snow,
Ellen Costello, and Anne Skinner
suggested that we have play
about trees. Anne wrote a play,
and other people added to it. Ray
nor Clemens suggested we make
background and costumes for the
actors. Eddie Rice, Ellen Costello,
Claire MonSanSa, Joan Mann,
Henry Clements, are all painting
the costumes for the play. Phyllis
Stay and Wilma Graves paint
ing the background.
There are many people in the
play: Rosemary Rice, Suzanne Per-
kins, Lila Hunt, Raynor Clemens,
Harold Hipes, Eddie Rice, Janet
Lyle, Ellen Costello are some of
they. Every person planned his
own part.-3-A-2.
Mrs. Amy Miller, who teaches a
first grade at Mckinley, visited our
pre-primer class, Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Varney's room is very at
tractively decorated for spring.
There are black birds and bird
houses on brilliant yellow curtains.
Lovely pink hollyhocks are grow
ing tall and perky. All of which
makes a north room look bright
and gay.
We have finished our Robert
Louis Stevenson books. We took
them home. Mrs. Reid printed the
poems that we have learned. We
pasted them in our books and drew
pictures about them. We put in II
poemS.-2B-2.
Bill Marsh was spanked many
times Friday. Each child spanked
him six times. Bill was SO brave,
he didn't shed tear. OF course
you have guessed by now Friday
was his birthday.
Our bulletin boards are filled
with scenes of ranch life. Most
every child in the room has either
lived on a ranch, or visited one, so
the pictures are varied and inter-
esting.
Richard Williams drew very fine
picture of a cowboy named Buck
Jones.
Roderick Mcdaniel has his bron-
co bucking the rider high into the
air.
Chloe Gowen IS ranch house scene
is very complete.
The two horses with riders, by
Betty Jean Morgan are well drawn.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09

Hanson from Mrs. Griffin S room.
Marilea first gave us little slips of
paper that had different things
written on them such as, bamboo
slide, ferris wheel, snake charm
er, roller coaster, etc. Then we
had to take our ride on these things
by answering questions in social
studies, arithmetic, English, etc.
The ones who did the best on each
thing got a medal-Betty Frost,
GA.
Our class is making a very in
teresting map on the board. 1t is
of the U. S. Each person takes a
state and fills it in with the crops
grown there. California was filled
in very nicely by Patsy Holman.
Georgia was also we'll done by Bill
Mccullough. 1 I'm sure the rest of
us will try hard to fill ours in just
as well. The map was drawn by
Joe Longacre and Roy Huckleber-
Iry.-Cecil George Cross, 5-A.
Our class is learning to debate
This morning Odell and Ray took
one side while Mary and Mamie
took the other. The teacher had
to be addressed as chairman-Vir-
ginia He'll, 5-B.
We have been studying about Sir
Walter Raleigh. Phyllis Purdy and
Beulah Fisher gave a puppet show
on how Raleigh won the favor of
the queen. The puppets were paper
dolls. 1t was quite a success.-Bebe
Combs, 5-A.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
GOLFERS WISH
1896 TOURNEY
TO COME HERE

Demand that the 1886 tourna-
ment of the Southwestern Golf as
ISOLATION be held in Ell Centre was
frequently voiced at Phoenix dur
ing the 1884 tournament which
closed yesterday, according to val
ley golfers who returned today.
''Spec' Stewart, young Albu-
querque star, and a freshman at
Stanford university, hung up a
record by taking the association
championship for the fourth con-
secutive year He defeated Bob
Goldwater, Phoenix, former titlist,
5 and in the final SO holes.
Don Rex, of the Barbara Worth
club, Ell Centre, was awarded a
prize as runner up in the defeated
eight flight. Other Barbara Worth
entries included o. P. Austin and
Wayne Elvander, while Joe Mar
tin, club "pro', also made the
trip.
The Phoenix golfers were lavish
in praise for the entertainment
given them during the tournament
here last year, and wish to make
another visit to the valley.
Ell Paso will be the scene of the
1895 tournament.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE GAMES
By United Press

An opening week S Slambang cam
paigning left two favorites, the San
Francisco Seals and the Los Ange-
les Angels, tied for first today in
the Pacific Coast league, while the
third favorite, the Hollywood Stars,
trailed in the second division.
Weekend games produced sweep
ing changes in the standings, drop
ping the Stars from a Tie for first
to tie for fifth and shooting the
Seals up to even keel with the An
gels, leaders since the opening game
last Tuesday.
The Seals won a double header
from the Seattle Indians yesterday
by scores of 1876 and 6-5. Young
Joe Dimaggio's bat had a lot to do
with the San Franciscans double
win. He had two homers and a sin
gle in the opening contest, in which
the Seals had 16 hits and Seattle Is.
Los Angeles divided its Sunday
double bill with the Portland Bea-
vers. Wilson hurled the northwest
ern team to 6-3 victory in the OPP
ener. j. Campbell held the Beavers
to three hits to win the windup for
the Angels by TO score.
Oakland rose to third place by a
double victory over Hollywood. The
scores were identical, 81 and ST.. In
the first game Willie Ludloph OBJ
tanned revenge for his opening day
defeat by holding the Stars to sew
en- scattered hits and a single run.
In the second game, Gillick, al
though handing out 10 bases on
balls, kept the Hollywood team we'll
in hand.
Sacramento came through with a
twin triumph over the Mission Reds.
The first game, played in the NOR
ming at Stockton, was won by 6-5
score. The afternoon game, at Sac
ramento, featured steady pitching
by Paul Gregory, new addition to
the Senators mound corps. He gave
the Missions eight hits and BANKED
them until the ninth to score a So
win.
The teams were idle today as they
moved toward new battle grounds
for the second week SERIES in which
the Missions play the Seals at San
Francisco, Seattle visits Oakland,
Portland goes to Sacramento, and
Hollywood invades the Los Angeles
lair. The series starts Tuesday
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
BY HENRY McLEMORE
nited Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, April 9. Output
ting the sports shot here and there:
Part of Paul Runyan's success as a
golfer is due to his abnormally
strong wrists . He'll tell you that
he got them by milking cows when
he was a youngster . Fresco
Thompson, Giants infielder, is a nut
on tropical fish You can hardly
get in his home for bowls of CUP
pies, etc. The Cincinnati Reds
boast that their golf foursome of
Syl Johnston, Larry Benton, Dazzy
Vance and Paul Derringer can beat
any similar baseball outfit in the
country and that their bridge
team of Vance and Derringer is
tops
A strong trend toward amateur
sports was revealed in the recent
attendance figures Of M adi S n
Square garden All the simon
pure sports showed gains, but hook
ey was the only pro sport that held
it's own . Bill KLEIN, the umpire
who modestly admits he never call
ed wrong one in his life, rates
Johnny Evers as the toughest player
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
BY
ART KRENZ

to handle of all time And he
rates Christy Mathewson as the
greatest player OF all time, with
Babe Ruth second Some of the
boys who should know, believe
Charley Devens chances of becom-
ing a major league pitching star
were spoiled by the unmerciful raz-
ring his Yankee teammates gave the
Harvard socialite last year AL
vim CroWder, strong arm man Of
the Washington pit hi ng staff,
hasn't stolen base in eight years
=. . He's got his heart set on snag-
ging one this year.
The British Lawn Tennis aSSocia-
ton has started campaign to abo-
liSh the custom of players using
pseudonyms in small tournaments
Frequently the London sports
pages will have summaries of unim-
portant tournaments showing where
Captain Kidd defeated Henry the
Eighth, 60, 6-3, while Gabriel
bowed to Gandhi, 2-6, 81, Us
OdCh NtSllCt. OillfCl OlIy VI WdSll-
ington swimming ace, holder of
three NCAA and several world rec
ords in distance swims, is almost
blind in one eye :. He is so near
sighted that he can hardly see from
one side of pool to the other and
has to practice in pools three or four
days in advance of a meet so he can
learn to gauge the distance for the
turns :. Jack learned to swim dog
fashion under Coach Ray Daugh-
tiers of the Washington A. c. in 1924
Medicas dad gave Daughters
S. to teach the boy to swim
One of Bill Terry's minor worries
is his sleep-walking battery of Pit
cher Roy Parmalee and Catcher
Paul Richards . Leave their door
open and they roam through the
corridors and down steps -. Adolph
Camilli, who made his debut with
the Chicago Cubs last year by pop
ping a home run, is a brother of
Frankie Campbell, the heavyweight
boxer who died after taking ter
rifle beating from Make Baer.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
Burns Sustained
By Hitch Hiker

Merle McKeehan, 10, a transient
from Long Beach appeared at To-
cal police headquarters at $3.50 o.
clock last night seeking medical aid
for severe burns on his left fore
arm.
The injured man told police that
the burns were caused by boiling
water thrown over his arm while he
was unscrewing a radiator cap on
an automobile just east of San Die
go. He was hitchhiking, he said, and
was given a ride by stranger. To
show his appreciation he was at
tempting to service the car when the
accident happened. A local physi-
clan treated the wounds and said
that they were not serious.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
WILSON SCHOOL

The tennis tournament is going
on at Wilson now. 1t takes quite
while to play set. 1t is very
exciting to watch the children play.
Some times when you think one
person is going to win through one
wrong play the other person takes
the match. 1t took three days for
Myrtle Clayton and Shirley Cornett
to finish their set as they were so
close motched.-Betsy Bates, TAP.
The 7-A-4 class have been giving
oral reports in class. The one I
like the best was Jimmie Rapson IS
because he knew his subject so well
and made it so interesting.-Louise
Chormicle, 7-A-4.
Last Thursday all the pupils from
Wilson school who wanted to were
allowed to go over to the high
school and see the play given by
the Juniors. The play was very ex-
citing and was enjoyed by all.
The boys and girls in the TAB
class had a debate last Friday, Wal
ter Madden and Barbara Edmison
on the negative side won. Nadene
Mcfarland and Rada Parker were
on the affirmative side.-Herschel
Jones, TAB.
The 8-A-2 class is writing on a
current event news trip. We go on
this trip in magic stratoplane.
Some of the pupils are writing on
the Virgin Island where the United
States is experimenting on sugar
cane. Others are writing on the
largest telescopes eye which the
Corning Glass works is making in
Corning, N. Y.-James Chickahis,
8-A-2.
With the opening of night ball
league Wilson school is starting in
door ball. The pentathlon is over
except for the group that will COM
pete in the district and county
meets. The others are divided into
six teams for playing indoor ball.
-Christy Plemons, 8-A-2.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
EAST SIDE SCHOOL

Our new border is made of bird
houses. We cut them out of paper
Ruth Capers. 2-B.
We have many new books on our
library table. They have such nice
stories in them.-Vera Payne, 2-B
We have finished our health
books. We think they are nice
Frances Smith, 2-B.
Now we are reading lots of stor-
les about birds. Our teacher put
up some pretty bird pictures.-Ger-
tina Lee Glen, 2-B.
Our class takes lessons out of
reading test book. I like to do
them.-Thomas Lewis, IA.
Our windows have blue birds and
pussy willows on them. They are
pretty-Vernell Bellamy, 2-B.
We are learning to sing many new
songs about birds. Theodore
Wright, 2-B.
The East Side girls and boys
have been having health talks each
morning this week. Tuesday our
room sang some songs. I announc-
ed the numbers.-Rita Lopez, GA.
Saturday all of the people of the
East Side have been asked to assist
in cleanup day. If everyone will
clean up his yard and house, Ell
Centre will look like a new town.
T'helma DeBoise, GA.
This is national Negro Health
week. We have enjoyed the health
talks that We have heard each
morning.-Quilon Wiley, 6-B.
,, April IA the girls are going to
Hipass. This year more girls are
going than did last year. I hope
we have a nice time.-Katherin
Hoyt, ga.
! We made some maps of the South
/ Atlantic states and put in their
capitals. I thought they would be
hard to make but after I started ]
didn It want to Stop.-Beatrice Arm
strong, 6-B.
In our maps on the South At
lantic states we also put in the
chief products of those states anc
what they had to get from other
states.-Ruth Washington, 5-A.
Yesterday, the writing teacher
came. She showed us how to wrote
and a. - Jesus Dominguez, 3-B.
Last week we made some bunny
rabbits. The rabbits were pushing
eggs with golf sticks.-Helen Smith
1913.
We are making covers for oul
books. We are using primary anc
secondary colo1s for them.-Franl
Mccoy, 3-B.
Last week we learned a sons
about a bunny rabbit. Then VIZ
drew picture about rabbit
Lorenza Garcia, ga.
We are making a poem book a.
piece. I have made the back anc
front of mine. We have writer
several poems to put in them. III
be glad when we finish them. Opa
Wiley, ga.
Over at the high school they are
having a health program every day
The sixth, seventh and eighth
grades are invited to come every
morning. wish could go but ]
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
MCKINLEY SCHOOL

Monday afternoon I stayed after
school to make some pictures. At
ter l finished I looked down and
saw my dress was dirty because it
had colored chalk all over it. So
I went home and washed my dress.
J washed my socks too. When my
grandmother came she said that I
was a good girl to wash my clothes
Dora Sambrano, ga Amer.
The "A grade came in to show
us travel pictures of France that
they had made. They had painted
sunset with water colors. There
was a cut paper shepherd with his
sheep. A boy told us that each
man in the village had two or three
sheep and had one man to care for
all the sheep.-3-A, Alb class.
Marjorie brought a Pop-eyc and
two Mickey Mouse dolls to school.
The two Mickey Mouse dolls are
about IA inches tall. The Pop-eye
is about Is inches tall. One Mickey
Mouse is dressed in red, green, and
yellow. The other Minnie Mouse,
was dressed in red and green. The
Pop-eye has on a sweater and a
cap. He has a pipe in his mouth.
He has funny nose.-Idella Rink,
3-B.
Jimmy brought some water snails
to school. Everybody liked to see
| them. The snails were lazy.-Mi-
| joke Kaneta, IA.
We made some clowns juggling
balls. They have bright clothes
They are jolly clowns.-Kindergar-
! ten.
Arturo and Johnny made stick
horses. They are to ride. They can
gallop and prance.-Kinderga
We read the Indian book. We
found out how to make the Indiar
bowl. We made clay bowl. We
are going to paint the bowl pretty
soon.-Melvin Womack, 2-B.
We made a bowl. We made the
bowl smooth. Our teacher brought
us clay. She helped us make the
bowl-Tom O'Kamura, 2-B.
Our class won the banner again
this week. Everybody was here ev.
cry day. We had one tardy mark
We marched through the room:
with the banner.-Charlotte Case
Margaret Baxter, "A.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
Ell Centre Boy
Dies On Coast

William Hart, Seventh and Olive
streets. accompanied by his daugh-
ter Mary, was called to Los Angeles
Saturday by the sudden death Of
his son, Johnnie Hart.
The youth had been ill for some
time, having been in Los Angeles
under the care of a specialist. His
mother was with him at the time
of his death, which occurred very
suddenly. He was IA years old.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 2 p. m. from the estab-
lishment of Garrett Brothers, 921
Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
Seeley Team, Loses
On Local Diamond

Seeleys baseball team lost to the
strong Brawley international team
here yesterday by score of 1872.
This victory keeps the winners in
the undefeated class among valley
teams.
During the first five innings the
game looked like a pitchers battle,
but the Brawley nine started hit
ting the ball after that inning and
put the game away without much
argument or difficulty.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
$500 Buys 100000
Life Protection

If under 45, the actual cost of
100000 Life Protection is about
$500 year; little more for older
ages. You can get a Certificate
with us for $1.00 down and the
balance over a year ages l to
IS. Send your name in full, ad-
dress, age and BENEFICIARY. Ameri-
can Mutual Life Association, 1855
South Broadway, Los Angeles,
Calf. (adv.)
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
5000 MOOSE IN WYOMING

CHEYENNE, Wyo., (U.P) = There
are approximately 5000 head of
moose in Wyoming, a census just
completed by DR.. Robert A. Hook
err, head of the state game depart
ment, showed.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09

46 packages inspected and found to
be short weight. Repacked.
Fifteen ranches visited in the in
terest of pest control 40 ranches
visited in the interest of weed con-
troll
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
Baseball Standings
COAST LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

1eSteTday'S Results
Oakland SIS, Hollywood IL.
San Francisco 1876, Seattle 6-5.
Portland 60, Los Angeles 81
Sacramento 6-5, Missions So.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09

am too small.-Martha Mae Wright,
ga.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-04-09
LINCOLN SCHOOL

Our class has started to make a
paper called, 1.-The Golden Rule
Journal We started making it
Monday. We have regular report
ers too, Virginia HutSon and Rosa
lind Thompson are the chief edi-
tors.-Betty Smyer, ga.
Jack Oswald came back to school
today. He had his leg broken in
an accident about five weeks ago.
The students were all glad to see
him.-W. L. Butler, GA.
This morning our room had sur
prise. We had a circus in our
room. 1t was given by Marilea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-06-10

miles OF wharf front in Chicago for the storing
of lumber and other combustible Materials
that many of the streets of the city were paved
with wood, and many of the houses were frame
structures, and that the connections with the
water works we're destroyed were circumstances
unfavorabe to the quenching of the flames by
the usual agencies. AS write this. the flre
is still raging. One-half of the city. embracing
10000 houses, has been reduced to ashes. and
at least $4,000 persons rendered homeless. We
know the American character too well to be-
lieve for a moment that these unfortunate
people will not be succored in their dire dis
tress. AS a people We are seldom found to
hesitate in responding to appeals fer aid under
similar circumstances. and We, therefore. con-
fdently believe that our citizens of all classes
will come forward promptly and do all in their
power to relieve the Chicago sufferers. The
President OF the United States has already
taken measures to give them temporary relief
by furnishing from the public stores supplies
of clothing and food. act which will be
warmly approved by every one"
IN THE following days issue of The Star
] the acting Governor of the city. desiring TO
carry out this papers suggestion, issued the
following proclamation:
Proclamation by the Governor