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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-05-25
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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-05-25
Knapp SfOes are Good Shoes
FiRSI-LAST-AND ALWAYS

1T is our policy to malntsin our high
star cards of qualify under aty nd
all core itior s. We do ror plCItse
10 lower our quality in order 10 netr
the low Illctd competiton of the Sc
ca led 'deIression shoes" nGw ktirg
retait in many stores. kfalp Sho,s
must mairti in their reputation Ter style
qualify comtOrt-aUd service, AID
will be solo at the lowest possible LYicts
consistent with such quality.
Stop in at Arduze's Barber Shop
around 9 to O'Clock daily ard see
actual samples and amazing IrIces 10
suit your pockets.
V. C. Kissing
Christiansted. vi. U.S.A.
Local Representative
Knapp Pros. Shoes. Rosren Mass.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-05-25
3 Minutes Dat
Flakes

5 MINUTES DAT FLAKES is a cereal
made under special process The gen :
ulne is sold in the package with the
BIG RED 8.
This special process during which the
oats are FiREL ESo COOKED AT THE
MILL FOR II HOURS in their huIis
seals in all the delicious flavor and rich
nourishment of natures choicest grain.
3 MINUTES OAr FLAKES Duild-
bone and muscle, provides energy with
out creating body heat. Particularly
recommended as nea. giving food for
infants. children and invaIids.
SpsCIa. Sale
42oz. package with Cups and Saucers
35cts.
l4~oZ package IL cents
10 OF. tiDs IL cents.
20 OF. tins 20 cents.
At Walls Grocery
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
HARDING SCHOOL

We are learning Thanksgiving
songs. One of them our teacher
learned when she was small girl.
Another is music written by Men,
delssohn. 1t is one of his "Songs
Without Words.'' We are looking
forward to a "Big Sing" by all the
rooms in our building on Wednes-
Gay of next week,-4-B-2.
Lila Hunts mother visited our
room this week. She lived in Alas
ka on Kodiak Island. One time
volcano on the mainland erupted.
They were in darkness for 48 hours,
although it was the time for the
Midnight Sun. Twenty-Five inches
of lava and ashes covered the
ground. We thank her. for telling
US all about it.-4th grade class.
We are going to sing at our
school Thanksgiving Sing with all
the rest of the school. We sing in
the hail. Each grade is learning a
song to sing We will all sing one
song together We like to sing with
all the boys and girls in our school
Miss Roberts 2nd grade.
We are busy practicing an acros-
tic for the Thanksgiving program
next Wednesday. Some of the boys
and girls are practicing for the
Christmas play 'Santa's Helpers. y
We are going to give this play for
the Mothers club next month";
Miss Roberts End grade.
June Swarthout, Roderick Nc
Daniels, and Dutch Maupin are
making q large Thanksgiving pic
ture They are drawing Indians
Pilgrims and horses. Ming Fook
Woo is drawing another large pic
ture He is drawing Pilgrims ana
log cabins. - Miss Roberts 2na
grade.
We are making circus. We
made our circus parade and are
now making our wagons. We made
circus tent too. We are having
lots of fun.-Miss Caldwell's lst
grade.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
interesting Items Of News
Written For The Press By
I'll Centre School Pupils

Angeles. Other rubber toys are be-
ing made in Akron, Ohio. Some
of last years toys will be in the
parade also. Phyllis Purdy, 6-4.
We have new pupil in our room
this week. Guess who it is. 1t IS
Mickey, the fish. Mickey is a very
small gold fish. He became pupil
ir our room last Wednesday.-Or-
tha Console, Ga.
Our teacher mas been getting
books from the public library. One
of the best books that l have read
is 1.-The Brass Keys Of Kenwick. y
Il is by Seamon. Here are a few
books some of my classmates have
read, "Coast Guard, - IAN Old
Fashioned Girl, !" "'Tom Sawyer. 8"
"Black Beauty 'Kak, The Cop
Fer Eskimc,D Smokey 1.-The
Girl of the Limberlost, "Rein-
deer Trail" "Little Women, "
"Good Wind and Good Water, >
THE Vanishing Wilderness. I
recommend all of these books for
both boys and girls, especially the
Brass Keys of Kenwick," " by Sea-
man.-Sally ST. John, Ga.
To day a girl brought a dollar to
school that was made 1856 years ago.
On the edges is printed in small
letters lone dollar or unit hun
dred cents" In between the words
are stars and other funny little de-
signs.-Louise Tresch, Ga.
Our class has had a series OF
standardized tests. They are tests
in problem solving and computa-
ton. We have charts to tell what
the class averages are. For last
month the computation test aver
age was 65.-Bill Susman, Ga.
November 25 was Billy Reid IS
birthday. In the morning the class
spanked him. 1 pity him because
some of the KIDS gave him an aw-
full hard whack. I'll bet if Bill
ever has any more birthdays he
won t let anyone know about it,
Paul FabareS, Ga.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
TREBLE CLEF GLEE CLUB IN FINE
CONCERT HERE SATURDAY EVENING

tune with Jean Taylor, student
leader, in charge. The first song
number was Havdn IS toy symphony
which created much interest. Next
followed two songs in harmony
with the theme and this group
closed with a clever medley of pop
uiar songs.
The third group was called "Twi-
light the girls being grouped in
formally ON the half lighted stage,
singing with no direction. Lovely
soft music, suitable for the twilight
hour was sung. beginning with
Hahn's Rapturous Hour sung
by the quartet: June Bowler, Cath
crime Santer, Gertrude Tyler, Lois
Franklin.
This group closed with the From
Purple Mountains, an Aztec song
written by Grace Walker Allen of
Brawley, music supervisor, and for
merly Treble Clef member.
The concert was enthusiastical-
ly received by the interested audi
ence present.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26

In the concert given Saturday
night by the Treble Clef glee club
under the auspices of the Junior
chamber of commerce, valley resi-
dents experienced a real treat.
This group of charming young
women from San Diego State col
lege fully justified its selection as
championship glee club for South
ern California, the award it re-
ceived last spring.
AS for the program itself, it was
exceptionally interesting, bein G
free from the hackneyed numbers
usually given by glee clubs. The
performance was well staged and
the ensemble work extremely fine.
credit being due the instructor and
leader, Miss L. Deborah Smith.
The first group opened with the
college hymn and appropriately
enough was called "'Tone Tapes
triesn a title descriptive of the
music. The girls in their pretty
evening gowns made an attractive
scene as well. The first part of
the group consisted of glee club
numbers, John TyerS, baritone SOLO
ist, singing with the club in the
"Viennese Serenade.' The second
part of this group was composed of
numbers by the fine trio: Lenora
jenkins, violin; Lucy Schatzel. eel
10, Catherine Santer, piano. The
final part was composed Of songs
by the glee club.
John Tyers was then presented in
three vocal solos ranging from
Gounod' IS "Avant &c Quitter ces
Lieux' to the popular Youmans
Without A Song He has a
splendid voice and a brilliant flu
ture as singer is predicted Tor
him.
The second group was particu-
larly novel, called "Toy Time the
girls appearing in children COS
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26

The creamerjes of southern idaho
have toImeG an association to put
the national cream improvement
program Tito effect.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
MCKINLEY SCHOOL

Shirley brought a picture of two
butterflies. They can fly. They
are yellow. They have black on
them. Alice brought a picture Of
little girl. She has a clean face.
She has clean hair. Her hair is
curly. Her eyes are blue. She is
pretty.-Mrs. Miller's lst grade.
Misuko Nojima brought some
Abalone shells to school. We just
finished a book about some Indians
that walked many miles to the sea-
shore to get Abalone shells to make
Wampum. The name of the book
is Indians Gardens - Raynell
Armstrong.
We got new pencils today. We
have to take good care Of them be-
cause we won't get new ones until
January-Joy Sunderman.
We have been grinding acorn
meal in metate and pretending
we were IndianS.-Shirley Miner,
4th grade.
Miss Epler brought some books
from the library about Indians
They are very interesting. They
show pictures Of baskets and pot
terry that Indians make.-Virginia
Reed, 4th grade.
When I first came to Mckinley
school I saw two flags but they
were different One was the Bear
state flag and the other-I think
you can guess !-Hortensia Salgado,
4th grade.
We drew many pictures of the
first Thanksgiving. We put Indians
eating with the Pilgrims. We drew
Pilgrims and Indians killing wild
turkeys in the woods. We are prac-
ticing a play for Thanksgiving.
The name Of Our play is "Thanks-
giving in Mother Goose Land We
are bringing the properties for our
play now. 1 am the turkey. l have
lots to learn.-Gene Garvin, Miss
Trout s End grade.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
BAPTIST YOUNG
PEOPLE IN PLAY

a full house greeted the young
people last night at the Baptist
church when they presented Max
ines Choice" one-act play in which
a young college girl was brought
face to face with the vital issue
of life-the need of a definite ex-
pcrience in salvation.
The cast of the play included
Miss Sybil Shipp, Miss Annie Lee
Rapson, Miss Jean Temple, Miss
Allene McChristy and Edgar Will
iams. The play was directed by
Mrs. A. j. Hudspeth. and as Earl
Poole gave the closing invitation,
one young lady and two young men
took their stand or Christ and the
church through the sincere presen.
tation Of the young people.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
LINCOLN SCHOOL

Thanksgiving day is coming Soon,
With all its Joy and cheer,
A day that S welcomed everywhere,
Both far away and near.
So let us gather, one and all
To celebrate this festival.
AS we enjoy our turkey fine
Let us give thanks as Joy bells
chime.
Everyone is glad and gay,
AS comes to us the joyful day.
And as I write of Thanksgiving day
I almost smell turkey sizzling
away.
see the pies in the oven warm
And smell sweet odors from the
corn.
With all these good things in my
thought
I thank my Cod for what He s
brought.
And when the Gay is DER, with all
it's pies and cakes,
lnen l declare thaJ Jnere Will DC
some 'tummy aches.
-Marilyn Perkins,
Lucille Bridgers,
Lois Turner, GA.
Every week our room gets the
weekly Reader 1t is neWSpa-
per printed for boys and girls. They
have very interesting news items
III them. This week one headline
was "Mickey Mouse Goes on Par
ade" Now don t you wonder what
IL was all about? IN tell you. a
large Thanksgiving parade will take
place in New York. Great rubber
toys will take part in it, On The
average the toys are about 40 feet
high. They will be filled with he'll
ium gas to make them frisky. Mic
key Mouse is being made in Los
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
PEROOnaL.
PnRACPaPHJ

Mrs. L. H. Grassland Of the Polka
Dot shop is in Los Angeles on a
buying trip.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. j. S.
Cameron will lbe interested in learn
ing that they are returning to Ell
Centro TO make their home. Robert
Mooney Of Los Angeles is visiting
them.
Dr. and Mrs. Ben Williams of San
Rernardino were weekend visitors
at the Arch Walters home
George Dickerson, l7-year old son
Of Brtie Dickerson has returned
from Iona Linda hospital where
he was operated on for an old in
jury received in football He was in
the hospital three weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
DESSERT PARTY
HONORS GUEST

Mrs. Charles Brankamp enter
tanned Saturday afternoon for her
house guest, Miss Mary Snow of
Fresno.
The guests enjoyed dessert at the
Bramkamp home, 488 El Centre ave
nue., after which bridge was play
ed, Miss Snow winning both high
score and guest prizes.
In addition to the honor guest
those present we're Mesdames Les
lie Harrington, Richard Haas, Jack
Waddell. James Marshall Carl Mil
ler, j. Keyes Mitchell, Ray Forshey
and the hostess.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
WILSON SCHOOL

Many Of the pupils are trying
out for parts in the Christmas
play, "Why the Chimes Rang"
This is to be given Sunday eve
ming, December 18th. The art
classes have started work on the
stained glass windows.-Betty Smy-
er, IA, Bob Womack, ga.
The student council had a meet
ing last week to discuss the traffic
in the halls. 1t was decided 10
give the officers safety badges.
They are to help direct the traffic,
help do away with any extra noise
and confusion. We hope this plan
will be successful. - Amy Taxa
hashi, 8-4
What a Thanksgiving meal the
ladies made,
And, before the Indians LAID;
To show the Indians how they felt,
And with them fair and squarely
dealt.
Bobby Ann Anderson, 8-3.
In Miss Ikenberry's room there
are turtle and goldfish. Jeanne
Criss and Bernjece Russell are THEN
caretakers Many Of the boys catch
flies to feed the pets.-Barbara
Marsh, IA.
Wilson school won the second
prize for attendance at the Fall
Opening parade. as there were "a
per cent OF the pupils present. Let
ters of appreciation were sent to
the American Legion for the bunt-
ing and flags which they loane5
us to use on our float, TO the Jun
ior chamber of commerce for the
$40 cash prize, and to Roy Womacs
for the use of the truck,-Jane Al
Under, IA.
The IA English club are pre-
pairing TO publish newspaper The
title is "The Seveu-four Gazette. ;
The editor OF the paper is HoWaro
Rhodes, while Wanda Thompson is
the assistant editor.-Alice Maeda
IA
Mr.. Frink has brought "a new
library books for his classes TO read
We check these out every night II
take home and read. They are al
very interesting 7. Butler, 7-2
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
UNIT TO SERVE
TURKEY DINNER

Turkey is the highlight of the
menu to be served this evening by
Boyce Aten unit of the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Legionnaires, their wives. Auxil-
iary members and their husbands
are invited to attend. Dinner will
be served at $50 p. m. in the Vet
Grams hall and will be followed by
a social hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
JUNIOR SMITH
HAS BIRTHDAY

Junior Smith. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. Smith, celebrated his
twelfth birthday anniversary yes
terday, a group Of his friends aid
ing him in the celebration.
The boys enjoyed the matinee at
a local theatre returning to the
Smith home for a delicious birthday
dinner.
Guests of the young host were
Earl Rex, Billy McClelland Billy
Reid, Joe Longacre and of course,
the guest of honor, Junior Smith.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
Business Women's
Club Will Meet

Business and Professional Wo-
mems club of Ell Centre Will meet
Wednesday night, November %, at
7:3O O'Clock at the home OF Mrs.
Dorothea Tredenick.
Mrs. Myrtle Sullenger is in charge
of the program to which members
are privileged to invite guests. A
white elephant sale will be one OF
the events of the evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
DANCE AT HALL
THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving night, Thursday,
November %, the Veterans hall will
be the scene of a popular old time
dance given under the auspices OF
the United Spanish War Veterans
and Auxiliary.
Dancing will begin at $50 to the
music Of Pop Rogers orchestra.
Plenty of waltzes and fox trots will
alternate with the old time dances
and the public is urged to attend,
All the proceeds will go to the
housing committee for payment OF
the furniture for the hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
WEDDING NEWS
INTERESTS MANY

Friends in this city will be inter
ested to hear of the recent marriage
of Scherel Walquist, former resid
ent, to Miss Agatha Mae Bean of
Cimarron, Kansas.
Walquist went to high school and
junior college here and was pop
ular member Of the younger set at
that time. He now makes his
home in Topeka, where the young
couple will live after a short we'd
ding trip.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-26
SHAW RECOVERING

LONDON, Nov. 26.-(U,P)-Ber'
nard Shaw. world famous play
wright, was reported recuperaung
satisfactorily today after a heart
attack SATURDAY..
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Hopkins Quiz Pledged
Transient MarChers

be presented to him. He de-
clared:
II want to see Colonel Bah
cocks report before making
any statement upon your
charges. / expect Colonel Bah
cocks report early next week"
Guarded by 100 police. 108 men
from the TranSientS Bureau
earlier had paraded through down
town Washington to the office Of
Mr.. Hopkins to protest against
treatment accorded them.
A committee secured a permit
to parade from superintendent OF
police.
Along the line of march, down
Constitution Avenue to Eighteenth
Street and then to New York
Avenue details Of police were on
guard, while the marchers were
surrounded by motorcycle officers
radio cars and other details.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
Dinner at White House
Shifted for Pianist

NASHVILLE, Nov. II N.N.
S.).-President Roosevelt, the
First Lady of the Land and the
presidential party were break
fast guests at the Hermitage,
Andrew JackSOn'S old home,
here today.
Arriving at 8 a. M, the Presi-
dent was greeted by q crowd
which literally covered acres.
and which lined the streets and
roads all the way from the
city proper out to the Herni-
tage, IA miles away.
A 21-gun Presidential salute
rOared a welcome to Mr.. ROOse-
velt from the State Capitol
grounds as he entered the city.
At the tomb of President
James X. Polk, Mr.. Roosevelt
halted while Mrs. Roosevelt
laid a wreath on the tomb.
THE Vice Presidents Dinner"
scheduled to take place at the
White House, Thursday, January
10, will be held on Tuesday,
January 9Th"
So runs the formal wording of
the only announcement from the
White House today.
But there is one of the prettiest
of human interest stories behind
it.
1t seems Frances Nash Watson,
wife of President Roosevelt's hand
some and debonnaire military
aide, Col. Edwin M. Watson, has
been working all her life toward
one goal, and that is to play in a
great concert.
OF Rare Ability
She is a pianist Of rare ability;
she has been working at schools
Conservatives, and whatnot here
and in Europe. She has been
building up to the time when she
would be presented at one of the
crack musical dates, as the top
notch musician in the most i'm
portant program of a national or
ganization.
And her dream came true. She
was taken up by the National
Symphony, billed to play at their
performance in this city Decem
ber 10.
Now it so happens the White
House scheduled the kickoff OF
their social season, the most i'm
portant dining affair Of the early
winter, the dinner to the vice
president (Jack Garner is his
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
REYNOLDS ROW
TRUCE REACHED.

WINSTON-SALEM, N. c., Nov.
II GN.SD.-Libby Holman Rey-
nolds, former "torch singer" and
wife of Zachary Smith Reynolds,
will agree to the distribution of
her late husbands estate as pro-
posed by the latter's family, her
attorney announced today.
Further agreement came from
the Cabarrus Bank and Trust
Company of Concord. The insti-
tuition is guardian for little Anne
Cannon Reynolds, II, daughter
of Mr.. Reynolds by his first wife.
If the proposal is carried out,
Is per cent of the estate will go
to Christopher Reynolds, infant
son Of the singer. It would be
about $6,000.000. Libby Reynolds
would receive $750,000, while 37la
per cent of the estate would go to
Anne Canon Reynolds, II. This
would be about $9,000,000.
The balance of the property, it
is proposed, would be used for a
charitable memorial to Zachary
Smith Reynolds.
R. j. Reynolds. jr., Mrs. Charles
Babcock, and Mrs. Henry Bagley,
children of R. j. Reynolds, ST.,
filed the plan yesterday, after
long-drawn-out litigation over di-
vision of the property.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
1000 JOIN n. Y.
HOME E-MAKERS

NEW YORK, Nov. IT 0.N.SD
Still in its infancy, the New York
American Home-Makers' Club re
ceived its first tremendous i'm
petuS toward q 100000 member,
ship goal yesterday.
More than 1000 women mem
bers Of the theater assembly in
terrupted their social program at
the Hotel AStor to sign. 100 per
cent, the first home-maker'S club
roster.
The assembly, led by Mrs. Ed,
gar Cecil Melledge. its president
was the first Of many organiza,
tionS which has requested confer,
enceS. to hear officials Of the
Hearst organization explain the
new project.
Only two days ago. the club
was officially inaugurated at q
luncheon given by William Ran
dolph Hearst, jr.. and presided
over by Mrs. Melledge. Then 100
leading clubWomen Of Greater
New York. after learning the
clubs purpose. promised their
support
The prime motive inspiring the
club was summed up by Prudence
Penny, before members Of the as
Sembly. as the desire to instruct
and help all women in the buSI
ness Of living"
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
PHONE VALUES
CHALLENGED
BY International News Service

BY International News service
Federal aid was asked today
to prevent subsidiaries Of the
American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company from further
watering of stocks.
The plea was made before the
Federal Communications Comnis-
sion by Milo H. Maltbie, chairman
of the New York State Public
Service Commission. He named
the New York Bell Telephone Co.,
a subsidiary Of the A. T. & T.,
specifically.
Appearing before the commits
sion to protest against the &C.
counting regulations drawn by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, DR.. Maltbie cited two in
stances in which he charged the
New York Bell Telephone Com.
pany with boosting it's book
values to justify high rates.
In 1926, he said, the New York
company bought a small tele.
phone company from its parent
organization, the A. T. & T. At
the time of the sale, he said, the
company was listed on the A. T,
& T. books at $4,329,000. Fol
lowing the purchase, however, the
New York Bell Company boosted
the book value by $l,600,000 to
5000 900, he said.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
US. Girl, Husband
Defy Tahiti Tabu'

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. II GIN.
S.O.-The tabus of superstitious
Tahitian natives mean nothing to
Fiji Widener Wichfield, thrice.
married daughter of Joseph A.
Widener, Philadelphia millionaire.
Mrs. Wichfield arrived here to.
day from Papeete with her huS'
band, Axel Wichfield, former
Danish diplomat and now
Tat1itian planter. The Wichfields
occupy in Tahiti the mansion
which the late F. w. Murnau, film
director, built on the ground that
was held scared by the islanders.
Tahitians declare that illluck
haunted Murnau's family and
brought death to the director him
self because he "defied" island
SuperSitiOnS.
The Washington times., 1934-11-17

Immediate consideration of
their charges against local Tran.
sient Bureau officials was promised
a delegation of transientS by Fed.
eral Relief Administrator Harry
Hopkins today.
The delegation of 12 men had
marched to Mr.. Hopkins office
with more than one hundred other
transients to ask immediate re-
moval of Arthur Rosicham, super.
intendent and a general shake up
of the bureau here.
At first declining to see the
delegation, Mr.. Hopkins finally
left his desk and met the group
in the office of Col. George D.
Babcock, regional FERA director.
After hearing the men he de.
clared that Colonel Babcock
would make a full and detailed
report of conditions at the
Transient Bureau which would
The Washington times., 1934-11-17
HOllins College
Leaders HOnOred

HOLLINs, Va, Nov. II (spe-
ciaD .-Hollins College feted honor
students at a dinner yesterday
in a Roanoke hotel. DR.. Randall
Stewart. department Of English,
Vanderbilt University. was the
guest speaker. Dean Marguerite
Hearsey was the toastmaster.
The honor students are: Abbey
Locke Castle, Louise Dulin Harri
son, Marion Hamilton, Mary Anna
NettleSon, Susanna Turner, Martha
Newell Harmon, Kathryn Haynes
Lavinder, Eleanor Marie Schaef-
fer, Louise Bucker Tompkins, EN-,
lily Brent Laffoon, Marguerite Gas
coigne Moncure, Margaret Ham.E
ton Plot and Polly Pruter.