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Evening star., 1934-12-16

Trembling, Gertrudes fat. sweaty hand
reached for her purse that was now swollen
with the bills Pat OToole had put in there
not 20 minutes ago The lights played on the
board. Let them wait. Let them wait for once.
Shed take all their rotten insults this time.
It would be worth it, n-oh, God, it was
true. 1t was wonderful Quickly Gertrudeis
fingers ran through the roll of bills. Twenty
of them. And still more. Thirty grand she
counted And still that wasn't all.
COME one was coming. Hastily Gertrude
- thrust the bills back into her purse and
sat on it. 1t was the dick. Gertrude had
known it would be- Quickly she inserted
plug into a vacant apartment and pretended to
be talking. 'Yes. madam. will you spell the
name again, please?"
Get many calls for 1902" the dick snapped.
Gertrude answered him through tight lips.
"Not many"
Give me a head SET" the dick said.
The air was sitting. Gertrude glanced at
the clock. Just an hour until her shift would
be over.
know anything about this Pat OToole?"
"The employees are not allowed to talk with
the tenants Belden Arms, operator One"
Yeah? Sez you. I've heard all that old
line before"
The detective took of his head set and laid
1t down. Then he went over and put his arm
on Gertrude's shoulder.
"Oh, come on baby, Let's don't fight again
You know that
The ambulance siren screamed through the
thick morning air and drew up at the alley en-
trance of the Belden Arms Hotel. There was
hav uir ~
and then the ambulance sped away again.
Ten minutes later.
"Belden Arms Operator One"
Gertrude nodded toward the detective.
Its for you, Flannigan."
She pushed the key in and held her hand
over it so Flanagan wouldn't know she was
listening
"OToole died on the way to the hospital"
the voice said. HE never regained conscious
ness You better go on out to Doyle's Night
Club and see what you can find out
Gertrude felt her breath catch in her throat.
Oh, sweet life! No more insults from people
who thought they were better than you were.
No more SIS dresses that were always ripping
out under her arms and in the hens. she
would be able to sleep days or night, which,
she preferred.
CATURDAY That was pay day She would
- wait until after she had her check Then
she would stand up in front of the manager
and tell him what she had been longing to
tell him for five long years. That he could
take his job and-well no matter. She would
like to tell him. but she wouldn't. She wouldn't
say anything. Let him wonder.
Dawn was streaking through the two narrow
windows 1t made the room look dirty. The
hall door banged heavily and the day girl
came in.
Another burner" the day girl said. Say.
it was hot last night. didn't sleep wink.
Anything new and different?"
Gertrude glanced over her list.
1908 doesn't want to be called all day, 1919
checked out. 408 wants her calls transferred
to room 909 at the Sherman House 618 il
still drunk and the receiver is still of the hook
That's all, guess. Oh, yes, they had little
fracas in 1901 last night The dicks just left.
Bunch Of gamblers in 1901" the day girl
Evening star., 1934-12-16

could not have been the same person When
she had adjusted her earphones and answered
q Pickering light on the board her voice took
on an entirely different intonation and pitch.
1t became pinched, high and a little antag-
onistic.
The lights began to fash-403. 503, 500, Ills.
Deity Gertrude's fat little fingers moved over
the keys.
Operator One-the drug store? Thank you"
Drug store" (the new drug clerk had a
nasal twang that grated on Gertrude).
-Four bottles of ginger ale--what kind OF
cigarettes, dear?" Gn an aside).
Starting early tonight in 402. At this rate
lila asking for a wire in that quiet tone
of him. Up to some deviltry, Gertrude knew
MY wife's gone to her mothers for week.
honey"
"Oh darling, graaaand!"
Little fool. Playing with fire.
5O2. No use listening in on them They were
nice people. game of bridge probably. Or at
best walk along the lake front.
8O9. A bookie.
"Hotspurs in the fifth. Long shot. All you
got"
Gertrude must remember that. If she could
borrow buck from the desk clerk tomorrow
she would put it up.
The girl in TOT had some burning conver-
sations. She wasn't so dumb either
"Get of the WIRE operator" she yelled. and
when Gertrude had been so careful about
Gertrude's neck flushed red. She hated worse
than sin to be caught listening.
''Belden Arms Belden Arms, Belden Arms
Just a moment. I'll see-Ill connect you with
4O8-Im ringing them madam"
THE wheezy old fan buzzed on while Ger
u trudes face began to drizzle perspiration.
The heat was terrific. 1t was almost ominous
with its heavy oppressive waves that seemed
to bear down on Gertrude's plump shoulders.
Somebody wanted the porter Somebody else
wanted the engineer. The lights were out in
BIT. He had no ice cube pans, the sourfaced
man in 220 complained. Gertrude connected
him with the engineer, who was German and
who growled to be disturbed in the defrosting
room whence he had gone to escape the heat.
The hot July night dragged on and on. Jack
Morris was fighting with his wife. The con-
versation vile. It made Gertrude sick to
listen to it. Would these people never 60 to
bed, she wondered, SO that she could get away
from the board. There were couple of hours
between and when they did quiet down a
little Then things started again.
1901. Gertrude'S hand flew to answer it.
Now here was an apartment that was going to
bring forth some excitement one Of these nights
A bunch of gamblers. She knew it inStinctively.
None of the tenants fooled Gertrude for long.
She could pick them out by the sound of
their voices, together with little listening in.
and catalogue them as neatly and as accurately
as if they had answered police QUESTIONABLE.
These voices in 1901. Low. Quick. Camou-
faged. Their words code. They had lot Of
calls. They made lot of calls. To the Morri-
son. The Sherman. Yellow Cab. Numbers
on sedgwick street The bootlegger in 4o1.
Operator One" Gertrude said in her best pro-
feSsional tone.
Evening star., 1934-12-16
N'GHT SHIFT

ERTRUDE SMILEY gave q few
vicious squeezes on her atomizer
and dispelled some of her choice
Christmas Night into the hot July
atmosphere. All around her bril-
uantly-hennaed hair and into the
Evening star., 1934-12-16

Continued on Fifteenth Page
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
STOEFEN MAY
MEET PERRY

BERKELEY. Oct. 4. U.P)-A VIC
tory over Wilmer Hines of North
Carolina brought Les Stoefen, tall
Californian, a step nearer today to
an anticipated final match with
Fred Perry of England in the Paci-
fic Coast tennis championships.
Hines carried Stoefen. national
ly ranked Davis cup player, three
sets Yesterday before bowling, 60,
ST, 6-3. Perry meanwhile moved
ahead at the eXpen5e OF Martin
Kenneally, 6-3, SO.
The mems singles competition
reached the quarter final stage TO-
day.
Betty Nuthall, British star, had a
busy day yesterday. in winning a
singles match. 60, 7-5, from Eleanor
Young, and triumphing in a mixed
doubles match when paired with
Reda James of England against
Miss Salisbury and Mrs. Mcdaniel,
California. 60, 60. The English girl,
favored to win the womens singles,
meets Patsy Brown today.
In mems singles, Don Bulge OF
Oakland moved down John Murio
of San Francisco, 81, 6-3; Les Hat
ner, Los Angeles, eliminated Leigh
ton Crawford, England, 62, SO; and
Edward Chandler, Los Angeles, de-
feated Elwood Cook, Portland, l-6,
81, 6-3
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
ROWE HOLDS
TIGER HOPES
BY STUART CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

DETROIT, Oct. 4.-Detroit's base
ball fandom. stunned by the col
lapse of their Tigers in the open
ing world series game, today looked
to Lynwood tSchoolboy) Rowe as a
savior against the onslaughts of the
st. Louis Cardinals.
Tiger rooters, cccky and conf
dent on the eve of the classic, were
forced into stony silence before the
opener was as much as two innings
old. Detroit's well-oiled infield, rat
ed by all the experts as the better
of the two, collapsed and made five
errors in three innings.
The epidemic of misplays missed
by a whisker of equalling the all
time record for errors in single
series game, and were the chief
contributing factor in yesterdays
8-3 victory of the Cardinals.
So today the Tiger fans hoped
that the "Schoolboy" who was poi
son to American league batsmen in
the regular season would turn back
the Cards and level the series count
before the teams entrain tonight for
st. Louis where the competition will
be resumed Friday.
frankie Frisch, leader Of the Car
dinal caravan, announced he would
pitch wild Bill" Hallahan. This de-
cision amazed most of the experts
who expected him to follow Dizzy
Dean, winning pitcher in the open
ing battle, with his only slightly
less unorthodoX brother, Paul, the
daffy.
Fl'isch's move, of course. is strate-
gic. If Frisch could win today with
Wild William he'd have the title
just about as good as sewn up. And
even if William should lose, Frank
could come back with Paul Dean
on Friday in st. Louis and with
Diz the following day.
Odds were even on todays game,
reflecting the esteem in which the
Schoolboy is held. 1t was s to 8,
Cards favored, for the series. The
Cards came into the championship
test as 6 to S favorites.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
GRID
TEAMS BEAT
BIC FELLOWS
By TREON WRIGHT

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. Oct. At may not
be long before the big universities
schedule their early season football
games with freshmen teams and
high schools, to avoid being knocked
off before they have gotten fairly
under way.
1t used to be different. The lit
tie fellows would appear. hat in
hand. with a pious please, mister"
look in their eyes. and take their
shellackings. Then they would go
back to the home campus and tell
their fraternity brothers how swell
it was to be kicked around by the
Harvards and Yales.
But those days are gone forever.
There are very few hesitant and
abaShed in the gridiron business.
Some former Set-up college pops
into town, waves a Hi, Palooka!"
and bops the big fellow right on the
whiskers. 1t happened last Satur-
day and seems likely to happen
again this Saturday. Last Saturday
the mighty Trojans OF Southern
California were held TO a 60 score
by the College of the Pacific, tutor
ed by the OLD maestro of football,
Grandfather Stagg. Stanford was
barely able to scrape out of its
game with Santa Clara holding
half of TT tie.
The Stanford Santa Clara game is
a case in point. Santa Clara has not
travelled eastward, and in these en-
virons there is an inclination to lift
an eyebrow at the TT score. Big,
rough, tough Stanford-unable to
lick little Santa Clara? Ha-Ha! Re
member the Rose Bowl!
To fellow who has cut his teeth
on west coast gridiron fare the score
is not so astounding. Santa Clara is
plenty rough and tough on its own
account. Last year the BroncoS
beat California and tied St. Marys,
the club that beat Fordham 1876.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
S, k,.Y1 PORTS 49,
Athletic Notes
From Central

, GRID fans can expect to see fast
open game tomorrow when the
Spartans meet the Coachella eleven
on the local field. Coachella has a
light, speedy team and their game
is featured by much passing. Coach
w. S. Taylor VIII stress defense
against passing in this afternoons
WORKOUT, in preparation for the
game.
Yesterday, the Spartans went
through sled practice for the first
time, for about half an hour. Of
fensive play was also polished up,
with the result that Centrars grid
sters feel more sure of themselves
than they have to date.
Baker and Lindsay are definitely
out of the lineup for tomorrow. The
rest of the team is in good shape
Lambeth. Dilbeoz and Moody will be
back in the game. Spear, because Of
his good showing last week and in
practice, will start in center posi-
tion.
Coachella has a hefty tackle
Cweighing geo pounds. we were told
by people who should know who
should cause Central a lot of
trouble.
Spartans will hold light practice
today and tomorrow afternoon will
bring a blackboard talk. Tomorrow
night, the Coachella game. here.
Eighty enthusiastic athletes ap-
peared last night at the first meet
ing OF the Girls Athletic aSsocia-
ton. These girls began practice
on indoor. the first sport of the
year.
All contestants are divided into
four teams: Orange, Red, Green,
and Purple. These teams are in
turn divided into two more teams,
first and second.
Managers of the teams for this
year are Phyllis Anderson, Orange;
Gladys Womack, Reds; H n
Higgs, Green; and Winifred Nc
Intosh, Purple.
Team managers are well pleased
with the material that appeared at
yesterdays practice, and expect to
develop some excellent squads be-
fore the end of indoor season.
Tuesday night has been chosen
as the regular practice night. Prac-
tices will be held only once week,
this year
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
ANCIENT WELL FOUND

AMESBURY, Mass, U.P 49, An
ancient well was discovered on the
historic Parade Ground park, where
George Washington once reviewed
a militia drill. A crew of ERA men
working in the park found the typ
ical old New England well with
considerable amount of water still
in It
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
DUCKY-NUCKY
SURE CAN HIT
By GEORGE KIRKSEY
Jnited Press staff Correspondent

1+AtGA ftCee Stsail Correspondent
DETROIT, Oct. 4.-The firm of
Dean and Dean, pitchers. inc, may
have to take Joe -Wucky)
Medwick. hitter, It'd. into partner
ship before the 1884 world series be-
tween the St. Louis Cardinals and
Detroit Tigers is over.
II your highest admiration is for
pitching, then Dizzy Dean is your
man. But if you ike the crack Of
the ash against the old horsehide.
then you have 70 60 for Medwick,
the ex- coal miner from Carteret, n.
J.. Just % next month.
Medwick. one OF the few Hun
earians in organized baseball, crack
cd out more consecutive base hits to
unpatrolled territory in the open
ing game Of the world series than
any player ever did before in the
first battle. -Four times he slaShed
out clean hits-tWo singles, home
run. and another single before he
finally flied out to center on his
fifth time at bat.
Under the clo rules, Medwick's
last time at bat would have been a
sacrifice as it advanced a man from
second TO third after the catch,
which would have given him a per
feet Gay at bat
As it vas, Medwiok got four hits
in five times at bat, and drove in
two runs, for an average of 800, and
that's good hitting in all leagues, in
cluding the EpWorth.
National league pitchers say Of
him: Throw him one right down
the middle, and he's apt to break his
back swinging at it. But throw him
one in the dirt, over his head, way
on the outside, or in close to him,
and he's apt to smack the cover off
the ball"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
PILES
Co Quiek-No Cutting-No Salves

Co Quick-No Cutting-No Salves
Your itching, bleeding, protrud-
ing piles viii go when you actually
remove the cause-bad blood cir
culation in the hemorrhoidal veins.
Salyes or cutting can't do this-an
internal remedy should be used.
EEM-ROID, prescription OF DR.. j.
S. Leonhardt, succeeds because it
stimulates the circulation, drives
cut conge5ted blood, heals and re-
stores the affected parts. HEM
ROTD has such a wonderful record
Of success that Clements Drug
Store and ell druggists say one
bottle Of HFN-ROID Tablets must
free you from Pile agony or
money back. CadY0
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
LEWIS WINS BOUT

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. UP
John Henry Lewis, Phoenix Negro,
and Donald (ReO Barry, Washing
ton, D. c., heavyweight, battled 10
hard rounds to a draw last night
before disappointing crowd of 1900
spectators.
The third and fifth rounds were
the best of the vicious fight, with
each man having the other on the
ropes for short periods during the
battling. Fans called it the best
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
SUGGESTED CANAL YEARS AGO

BOURNE. Mass, U.R)-For far
siehtedness. the orchid would seem
to go to one Mr.. Smith, who Tor
merly lived at Sandwich. AS early
as 1886 he suggested it would be
a good idea to dig canal through
Cape Cod. Not until 225 years lat
er did the Cape Cod Canal become
a reality
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
MAYS WINS AGAIN

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. U.H-Rex
Mays, Riverside speed merchant, re-
newed his winning streak by Win
ming the 75-lap main event and a
two-lap helmet dash in the automo-
bile races at Ascot speedway last
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
FAN DROPS DEAD

ROCKFORD, Ill, Oct. 4. UP) =
When the st. Louis Cardinals scored
on a Detroit error in the second in
ming OF yesterdays world series
game, John Diggs dropped dead. A
physician said excitement caused
heart failure.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
GRID GOSSIP
FROM PACIFIC
COAST CAMPS
BY United Press

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Oct.
with the left halfback and cen
ter positions on his starting elevenS
in doubt, Coach Claude Thornhill
selected "a Stanford players as the
squad leaving today to meet Oregon
State at Portland.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
GIANTS BEAT WOLVES

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. UP)-
The California Giants defeated the
Moraga Wolves, 14-7, in the opening
contest here of the new professional
Pacific football league last night be-
fore a crowd of 1000 fans.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04
ANGELS SEEK VICTORY

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. (U.P)-The
Los Angeles Angels, Pacific Coast
league champions. will attempt to
make it two wins in row over an
all-star team tonight under the
flood lights of Wrigley field.
The Angels won the opening
game of the series. Ga, yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04

SAN FRAN CISCO, Oct. 4. -
Coach Spud Lewis of the University
of San Francisco, devised an intri-
cate butterfly" defense today in
preparing for the game with Santa
Clara here Sunday. Under Lewis
system, only three men will be on
the first line of scrimmage, with the
tackles a yard back, the ends ano-
ther yard behind, and the usual sec
ondary defense spread out.
MORAGA, Oct. 4.-The hospital
list is troubling Coach Slip Madi.
gan as his "Galloping Gaels" of st.
Marys college breeze through work
cuts for Saturdays big game, Cali
fornia VS.. st. Marys. Dennerlein
the only sophomore of the first
string lineup, is still out of action
and Pennino and Elduyan, varsity
linemen, are doubtful starters.
CORVALLIS, Ore, Oct. 4. = Ore.
gon State is basing it's hopes of
stopping Stanford Saturday on
halfback Norman CRed) Franklin'S
legs, which failed him in the USF
game. Franklin left that game in
the first quarter and csc lost. AT
ter hospital treatment he was re.
turned to practice but he is limping
slightly.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. - The
Washington State college football
team, enroute to Los Angeles to
play use, was to stop off here to-
day for light workout.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. .4.-South
ern California is StreSsing forward
passing in workouts this week, indi
eating the Trojans will employ il
extensively against Washington
State Saturday. Loss of David Da'
Wis, third string quarterback
through a pair of broken ribs was a
heavy blow in the local camp. Da
Wis will be out of harness five
weeks, 1t was said.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. "A young
eter named Dick DaubenSpeck may
be the answer to Coach Bill Spaul
ding's prayer for a new right end
Daubenspeck impressed Spauldint
when the UCLA coach inserted hin
and he may remain there at the
post until the injured Sinclair Lot
returns.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04

Imperial Valleys Largest Used
Car Market - Fourth and Main.
Ell Centro. Edgars. 28tf
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04

fight of the season here. Lewis
weighed 178 and Barry 200.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-04

Coachella has a hefty tackle
weighing geo pounds, we were told
by people who should know who
should cause Central lot OF
trouble.
Evening star., 1934-07-07

a film entitled The Great Flirta-
tion," now installed at Warner Bros.
Metropolitan, it still is none too good
despite the charming presence Of
Adolphe Menjou, the orcidaceous Miss
ELISA Landi. polite David Manners
and one Lynne Overman, who Is at
the moment this departments favorite
citizen in film history All these in
gratiating people offer their skill and
energy hopefully to the cause of The
Great Filtration" but somehow none
of their commendable witchcraft can
make very great shakes of the story
of a good actor who was married to a
bad actress. and lost her love because
he could not desist from reminding
her that she was terrible.
These two thespianS. Mr.. Menjou
and Miss Landi, are found in Buda-
pest when the great Irritation begins
(Just where the Irritation comes in,
none have lived to tell during this
story. Mr. Menjou is a matinee idol
Miss Landi is flop. For some
strange reason they both speak Eng
lish with a pronounced foreign accent
one of those whimsical incongruities
doubtless invented by the director of
The Great Filtration Well. things
get along Miss Landi wants to go to
America. They do, getting themselves
married en- route. In New York their
fortunes are distinctly shoddy. until
the leading lady walks out of a play
in which Menjou has snatched a
small role. He brings in his wife.
under the guise of a great Russian
actress, and she fills the role. Then
she falls in love with the young
author Of the play, leaves her hus-
band The solution of the triangle is
supplied by a gallant gesture from
Mr. Menjou, perhaps the most suave
and accomplished of gesture makers
in all filmdom.
The supplementary program of
short subjects at the Metropolitan
this week includes a Ruth Etting fea-
ture and several other little numbers
We do not seem to remember very
well. There is also 15-minute news
reel R. B. P, Jr.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
COLUMBIA HAS
MURDER AGAIN
ON THE SCREEN
Summer Films ShOiU q
Tendency to Thrill
and Mystify.

While Mary Brian is appearing in
person in another downtown theater,
getting acclimated to Washington
audiences. one Of the latest films in
which she was featured, showing at
the Columbia, is drawing many good
laughs, despite the fact there are
two murders committed directly under
your nose
This, however, is due to the ability
Of the dour Ned Sparks, who plays
everything from producer of musical
comedy to detective with the same
sourneSs he would exhibit if he bit
deep into Americas soureSt lemon.
Miss Brian really gets little oppor-
tunity to do more than look very
starry-eyed and beautiful and emit
an occasional scream, which she does
amazingly well.
Private Scandal is one of the two
films made in Hollywood recently
with Lew Cody playing a fatal part,
both of which he made just shortly
before his death. In Private Scan
dal" Mr.. Cody is one of the first
victims of the gun of a murderer.
whose identity, if divulged would
spoil the effectiveness of a film that
can be thoroughly enjoyed in all its
grueSomeneSS.
The rapid-fire barking of Mr..
Sparks in his role of Riordan, police
detective sent to investigate the muir
der of a real estate promoter, keeps
the entire film moving at such fast
and enjoyable pace that it seems
shorter than the average film even
in the heat of the Columbia. Def
nitely, the film belongs to him.
Those who are assisting in the cast
in featured roles include Zazu Pitts,
described adequately enough by Mr.
Sparks as being the lady with the
knee action wrists and Phillips
Holmes, who plays the role of partner
to B. J. Saunders Uew Cody real
estate promoter who is on the verge
of bankruptcy, and fiance to Miss
Brian. Saunders daughter. The minor
parts go to June Brewster, petite little
telephone operator with the usual
complex, Olive Tell and Jed Prouty.
To go further into details about the
film would take away its originality
which is a feature that makes it one
Of the lighter and most pleasant films
of the month at the Columbia.
j. N. H