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Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

NEW YORK, July p. - Diary:
Up and a telegram from the Gin
ema clown W. c. Fields that mist
ed my eye. And came an enor-
nous box with q silvered airplane
kite that Al Smith sent after read
ing Of my yearn 70 fly one from
the roof Of the Empire State build
ing.
A letter from J. Edgar Hoover,
too, that was chirking and to cap
a happy morning a framed picture
of Sine SilVerman that his wife
Hattie sent. Out and coming upon
Roscoe Peacock who told me Carl
Van Doren's description Of a phil
osopher: He got mellow before he
got ripe
Dinner with Miss Ina Hogg who
is away TO London for the season.
And so walking homeward and a
fellow / hailed as Gene, thinking
him Gene Fowler, was someone
else but named Gene. Later clear
ing my desk and finding in the
debris note from Ring Lardner
written in his last days, but might
lily gay.
Although living apart for years,
the romance OF Earl Carroll and
his piquant French wife, Marcelle
is not among dead rose leaves.
There's still a bloom. Earl and
Marcelle were first TO stroll along
d-bofled Broadway hand III
hand after the custom Of the love
lorn in the Bois. He was a strip
ling song writer and she was in the
first flush OF a stage ambition.
Their walk-up bower was over 39th
street Bustanoby's where Marcele
cooked midnight suppers that al
ways flared into the blue flame Of
crepes Suzette Now and then they
still circle the park in q barouche
holding hands as they did IN the
long ago
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

A. j. Glover, Fort Atkinson, Wis
consin, was reelected president al
the annual Holstein meeting held
recently at Seattle.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

Congratulations to the Los Angeles EX-
aminer Martha Jane Preble saved an
army flyers life at Imperial on June 3.
The Examiner ran an account of the in
cident in its July 10 issue as current
news"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

Three weeks from tomorrow is election
day, and many a California citizen will
ask-"election for what?"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

A change in hat styles caused serious
rioting in Persia. Maybe we could stage
one next Easter.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

If that swell looking city hall-library
becomes reality, El Centre citizens will
have reason to swell out their chests.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

Those of US who used to wish we had a
gambling concession in Mexico are prob
ably glad now that we haven't.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

We are starting a new week and you
can have three guesses as to what will be
declared unconstitutional before Satur
day night
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

cause it was assembled from parts
of two other shios.
Post has been testing the ship
here for some time. If all goes
well. he said, he may be able to
take off at the end of this week.
but II don't know
Mrs. Post plans to fly With hlm'
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

A lady from California was on
the phone just now. Crossing the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22
LO O king
B a C k W a r d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
JuIy %. 1920

For the first time, to any great
extent, Persian melons were grown
this season in Imperial Valley and
shipped TO coast markets.
Two hundred Chinese coolies
travelling under bond from San
Francisco to MeXicali, passe d
through Calexico yesterday.
There has been no cessation in
building in Calipatria because of
warm weather.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22


book Of Julian Greene's, dealing
with warped lives in a remote
French province. It was a story Of
grim torture and sullenly mutual
hatred ending in ghastly matricide.
II so affected the lady she is can
ceiling passage to France and going
on a North Cape cruise instead.
That's literary realism with a
bangl
Personal nomination for the best
emotional restraint on the screen
that Of Herbert Marshall.
Society hears the next ousting
from the pages Of the Social Regis
ter will be Marjorie Oelrichs. Her
dereliction was in marrying the
orchestra leader Eddie Duchin. Ed
Sullivan reports that the arbiter Of
the Registers listing is Bertha
Eastmond, who lives in compare
tive obscurity in Summit, n J. She
decides who is eligible in 30 per
cent Of the cases. She was the con-
fidential secretary Of the founder
and his viii provided she carry on
the work for life
One wonders the fate Of such
class ventures as the Social Regis
ter in the Great LeYeling under
way. Its snootiness seems to be out
Of tune with modern thought. Also
will there be room in the new ITO
pia for those especially privileged
children with keys to the play
ground paradise that is Gramercy
Park? Every day spindly little tikes
in rags peer wistfuliy through the
forbidding bars Of the high iron
fence, making an ugly picture
I saw Bernarr Macfadden, with
sandaled feet and wind-blown hair,
finishing a rousing stretch afoot
today from his home TO his Of
flee He looked exceptionally fit.
Then there's Dr. John H. Finley,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22
TEN YEARS AGO
July %. 1925

july II, IJIJ
Mr.. and Mrs II. c. Stevens are
leaving tonight for an extended
automobile trip which will take
them to Vancouver and back.
Charles Verge resigned yesterday
as chief Of police Of Brawley.
r. r. Slow returned this morn
ing from san Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-07-22

Personal nomination for the best
emotional restraint on the screen
that of Herbert Marshall
Evening star., 1935-10-20

brother Wilbur, who have received it.
1t may be given for services rendered
the cause of aviation as well as for
outstanding valor in a time OF crisis.
One of the foremost heroes of the
country to receive the Cross after
death was Capt. Hawthorne Gray.
Gray was a balloonist and lost his life
in an open balloon basket. His oxygen
supply either gave out or failed him.
His body was found dead in the
basket when it drifted to earth.
One Of the most heroic stunts which
brought TO the performer of it the
Flying Cross was that of Sergt Frank
D. Neff in connection with the Army
Airship TC-71. The Toll during a
midnight storm in December. broke
loose from her moorings. Sergt. Neff
succeeded in starting one of her
motors but was unable to start the
other from within the car. Realizing
that the ship was in grave danger Of
being wrecked by not being properly
under control, he discarded his para
chute. climbed out of the car onto the
unprotected outrigger of the tossing,
plunging dirigible. Here, clinging in
the darkness and feeling his way. he
managed to hand crank the other
motor of the dirigible. The action
no doubt saved his own life and that
OF the rest OF the crew within. It
made possible the maneuvering of the
dirigible and bringing it under control
in the storm.
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tical owing to the type of the para
chute. I decided to Jump. but after
getting on the side Of the basket,
changed my mind. The balloon was
falling at the rate Of about 200 feet
per minute, but accelerating. 1t was
not possible to valve, due to the dan
ger of an explosion. The maximum
rate Of fall was about TOO feet per
minute. To check this, avoid landing
near some village, and to try to land
in some small creek. all available
ballast was thrown. The balance Of
the gas burned at about Is feet. The
basket landed on the bank Of q
stream with little jar. The burning
bag fell away from the basket. With
body was removed. Artificial respira-
ton was tried. He was pronounced
dead. Electrical shock was given as
the cause Of his death. In my opinion
lightning did not strike the balloon.
What I think happened was this: A
heavy charge of static vas responsible
for his death and the subsequent fire,
and this charge may have been gen.
Grated around the valve by escaping
gas" For his intrepid work Lieut.. Ent
received the Distinguished Flying
Cross.
THE presentation Of the Dis
= tinguished Flying Cross does not
always involve heroism. There are
airmen living. notably Orville Wright.
and airmen deceased, notably his
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that such Is not the case. But Lieut..
Ent of the Air Corps tells Of this
personal incident-one Of the rarest
in aviation history. and one OF the
most unusual. In the balloon at the
same time was Lieut.. Paul Evart,
pilot. Evart was killed. Here Is the
story.
The balloon had taken of and was
at an altitude Of about 1000 feet
when a thunder shower became ap-
parent. The occupants fastened on
their parachutes and otherwise pre-
pared for an emergency. The storm
overlook them; the clouds grew
dense: hail and lightning flashed
around them. The balloonists were
forced to drop to 1000 feet altitude.
Here the drag rope to the balloon be-
came entangled around a telegraph
pole tying down the bag. Some OBJ
servers standing by for the flight re-
leased 1t. Ascending again a few
thousand feet Lieut.. Ent was startled
by a loud explosion. Evart lay col
lapsed with the crash.
MY left leg and right arm were
paralyzed temporarily by the shock" :"
saws Lieut.. Ent. II got to my feet but
was aware that the balloon was on
fire at the top from the smoke and
the commotion on the ground. Efforts
to revive Evart were Ineffective, but
feeling his pulse, I thought he was
alive. My first thought was to throw
him over the side and trip the para
chute but considered this not prac-
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bing Of the parachute. BY this time
my arm was paining me terribly and
had no control Of it whatever.
Three different times my hand
worked out Of the webbing and
dropped down. but each time I was
able to lift 1t up again and fasten it
above my head, realizing that this was
the only way might hope to stop
the flow Of blood. At that time the
wind was carrying me farther and
farther away from the field and at
last I noted that was within 500
feet of the ground. With the wind
rushing through the rent panel Of
the parachute, knew my landing
would be harder than usual. I, there
fore, pulled the jerk cord of my
emergency parachute, which checked
my drop and I alighted in a field.
II was completely exhausted upon
landing. It developed that the rudder
had torn into the fleshy part of the
arm on the front side, just below the
shoulder and ripped deep into the
flesh. 1t had not merely lacerated the
flesh but had torn the five membranes
that encase the muscles.
Il had been coming down 20 min
utes during this ordeal and had
drifted miles,"
THIS damned thing has gone
nuts!" With these words Mai.
William Kepner Of the Air Corps,
Capt. Albert w. Stevens and Capt.
Orvil Anderson, laid the foundation
Evening star., 1935-10-20

Of their recipiency Of the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross. 1t was dur
ing the memorable flight into the
stratosphere of these three intrepid
airmen something over a year ago.
Their huge metal sphere or gondola,
filled with every conceivable gadget
for collecting data about the unknown
ether miles above the earth. was
hurtled earthward when the lifting
bag which had carried them some
$4,000 feet above terra firma collapsed
In it. as they fell this trio did some
fast thinking, some faster action and
short talking.
THE nuts" remark came over the
radio Just as the occupants decided to
abandon ship after concluding it was
impossible to save their ship. 1t
meant certain death for them to stay
with the great metal ball, falling
like leaden weight straight down to
the ground. The port holes Of the
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War and CensOrs

Grafton. He boarded the celebrated
Blue Express, one of the crack trains
Of China. At o'clock in the morn.
ing the train was derailed by 1000
Shantung bandits. They shot the
windows out Of the train, stole every-
thing they could get their hands on
and lined up the passengers along the
tracks, foreigners and 100 Chinese.
First of the bat the bandits killed
an Englishman. Then they started
marching their prisoners to a Chinese
temple-l2 miles away-on top of
the mountain Pao-Tsukou.
About dawn. with the women drop.
ping back and the Chinese letting
them lie where they fell, Larry saw
over the hilltop line of bandits
shooting at what he supposed to bs
innocent victims.
For moment, then, the guard re.
laxed his hold on Larry's shoulder.
He made dash for it and managed to
hide behind some Chine grave mounds.
They shot at him and missed. Then,
giving him up, they proceeded to the
HlOuIJdlIl tOD.
WITH the bandits on their way,
Larry Lehrbas went back to the
scene Of the wreck In Chinese cars
the officials place the name of each
occupant over the berths. Larry
copied down all the names of the
Americans to file for American reader
consumption.
Then, just as he was stepping from
the abandoned train, mis- eyes fell on q
letter lying across the slanted floor. Il
was a letter from John D. Rockefeller,
jr., TO Lucy Aldrich, daughter Of the
late Senator Aldrich. and sister in law
of John d. Rockefeller's daughter.
Lucy Aldrich's brother. Winthrop Aid.
rich, had married Rockes.s;yer's daugh.
ter.
On a mad dash across country. Lar
ry Lehrbas finally got a rescue party
headed by John K. Davis. American
consul at Nanking-and they saved
the lives Of the Americans. When they
got to the main body, however, the
women were misSing-and a lucky
forage found Lucy Aldrich in the cow
pen of little Chinese hut, almost
dead from exhaustion.
This is the kind OF action the war
correspondents get-and they say little
about it, except on those rare occa-
sions when they get together.
Now, over on the other side, the boys
are getting ready for more experiences.
They are experienced men in han
ding news stories, as proved by James
A. Mills of the Associated Press, who
broke the story about the Standard
Oil concessions in Ethiopia sensa-
tional story that beat the world.
Most Of the men covering the hap
penings abroad these days served their
apprenticeship In Washington-ths
training ground for 30 many good
correspondents.
Evening star., 1935-10-20

trusses, humpbacks, etc. and the
hiker can weave back and forth across
the creek almost at will. Many of
these quaint structures are worth car
rying OF inside a camera.
The three-hinged concrete arch
bridge on Ross drive is of interest from
an engineering viewpoint. This type
Of construction is not commonly used
for concrete-arch bridges in this
country. The advantages are mainly
structural, the disadvantages being
that 1t is difficult to devise an archi-
tectural treatment which will ef-
fectively conceal the unsightly hinges.
Generally they are left in plain sight,
as in the Ross Drive Bridge, with q
consequent loss Of beauty in the
structure.
Other bridges possessing engineer
Ing interest are the recently built
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continuous girder spans with posts
and railings. They are extremely
good looking and appropriate Struc-
lures. and show great care in their
design and construction.
The timber truss bridges are of in
terest, chiefly in showing what can
be done toward making this usually
unsightly type of bridge presentable.
There are q number Of these bridges
in the park, and they appear to have
been made as pleasing to the eye as
possible with this type of construc-
ton.
The only really unsightly bridges
in the park are the steel military
truss spans, such as the Sheriff. Drive
military bridge. They will all, doubt
less, sooner or later. be incased in
concrete and will become as pre-
sentable q any Of their brethren.
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Ever Try Bridge Hunting in Rock Creek?
Autumn Foliage Offers Set
tings Of Unusual
Beauty.

There is ore foot bridge OF interest
to both the layman and the engineer
It is a steel structure on cast iron
columns. Its design involves metnods
and details that have been obsolete
since the days of the Civil War.
The expenditure of considerable
time and study on the design and
erection of small bridges such as
/, those in Rock Creek Park may seem
to some to be unwarranted. Such Is
not the case. when an eyesore In
enduring masonry is erected in a
public recreation area, it Is plague
not only to the present generation,
but to countless generations to come
The question arises, What Is the
life of a masonry arch bridge? The
Romans were great bridge builders.
They built arch bridges as early as
800 BIC. Some of these ancient
bridges are still in service. For ex-
ample:
The Ponte Quattro Capi, in Rome,
known in ancient times as the Bridge
Of Fabricius, was built in 81 BIC,
and is now In use practically intact
as originally constructed.
The Ponte Sh Augusta, In Rimini,
Italy, was built by the Emperor Au-
gustus in IL AID. and is still IN use.
The Ponte st. Angelo, In Rome,
known to Romans as the Pons Aelius.
was built by the Emperor Hadrian
in 1874 AID. The bridge Is now In
use and contains five arches, which
were part of the original structure.
Modern bridges are far more en-
during than similar bridges built in
ancient times. With this in mind
one mans guess is as good as another's s
when it comes to estimating the life
of a masonry bridge. A doctor or
lawyer may bury or forget mistakes.
but when an engineer is guilty OF
erecting some monstrosity, it Is always
in plain sight and outlives him for q
long, long time.
Autumn Is the best time OF the
year for hiking and the park Is then
In full glory. Get out the camera
and spend an occasional day bridge
hunting in the park. You may get
lost, the particular bridge you seek
may have mysteriously moved away.
but you will have . good time and
bring back . real appetite for dinner.
Evening star., 1935-10-20

"EW Washingtonians realize what
- an interesting, wide variety OF
small bridges are to be found
in Rock Greek Park. Scattered
throughout the park are examples of
nearly every known kind of small
bridge. These have no uniformity Of
architectural treatment, they are as
varied as the seasons, and in the mat
ter of age, too, they cover a broad
range, stretching from Civil War days
to the present.
Many of the smaller bridges are
quaint but charming affairs; and the
observer has the feeling that he could
use one of them in his garden.
The only way to see the bridges
crossing stream is to get of the road
and walk the footpaths. The hiker
can thus get the best angle" on any
bridge In the park and study it to his
hearts content. If he is a camera fan
he will discover many shots worth
taking.
Boulder Bridge is one Of the hand
soonest. 1t is single span, filled con-
NACeS oAS4A, 1eo wallis 4dCcO Will 4d1 &c
boulders. The setting is rugged and
the bridge and site harmonize COM
pletely. As the site is unusually free
Of vegetation, this bridge is one Of the
easiest to photograph.
Pebble Bridge is a fllled-arch span
with a stucco finish over the entire
face and wing walls. The architec-
tural treatment is unusual and pleas
ing.
The Piney Branch Bridge Is filled
arch with walls Of field stone. The
architectural treatment is conven-
tional. As far as appearances 60 this
bridge might have been built two CEN
turies ago.
The Riley Springs Bridge is three
span concrete girder on field stone
piers and abutments. It is an ex-
treme.y good looking bridge and q
good example of the newer spans.
Foot bridges have an appeal that Is
all their own. Given the choice of
walking straight ahead or crossing q
foot bridge about two out of three
mixers will cross. It seems as If we
just have to see what Is on the other
side. The park Is alive with foot
bridges (simpls beams. cantilevsrs.
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gondola were open at the time-height
about 10000 feet. Through this An
derson was thrown as the ball
lurched to one side. Kepner and
Stevens clung on for few more
minutes, hoping desperately that
things might work around to where
they could save their instruments.
many of them costly and rare, from
ground destruction. But at 5000 feet
they were compelled to give up the
battle. the most spectacular ever
waged in the Heavens. Clinging like
midgets to rope suspended from the
sky they fought to save their intrusted
possessions. But to no avail. Re-
iuctantly they 'bailed out" and came
to earth safely.
One of the great questions debated
in air circles is-Does lightning ever
strike plane or balloon? There have
been times when evidence to this effect
seemed irrefutable. But many declare
Evening star., 1935-10-20
Continued From First Page.)

tSOtltl11uco rTOtu FlISL HdSS.D
morning, the lights of Vera Cruz were
tuned on full force, and the skir-
mishing took place under flood lights
bright as a stage setting. Before the
blue jackets went into action, and be-
fore he went over the side of the
ship, Kirke Simpson had a view OF
the proceedings from the bridge-and
he says it was like having a front
seat In a motiou picture theater.
1t was while on the bridge, Incl
dentally. that Simpson got news OF
the contemplated attack-wig-wagge
from the admirars flagship. With
this under his hat. he proceeded in
the wake Of the firing soldiers to a
telegraph office, shot at from all sides
by the Mexicans. and let the outside
world know there was a bit of fight
In Vera Cruz
Jack London was down there in that
melee-and Fred Palmer, Burge Nc
Fall, the Associated Press correspond
ent at Mexico City. now in Washing
ton with the Government. came down
the hill to see the fun-and had a
world OF experience as q war corre-
spondent. So, too, Norman Draper,
who afterward saw service with the
British Army, as war correspondent.
A LII the living members OF that ex-
L pedition. and others, turned out
for the party for Steve Bonsal on
Thursday-Herbert Corey, who was
with the American Expeditionary
Forces; Raymond Gram Swing, now
the Washington correspondent Of the
Nation; Oswalde Schuette, with the
German Armies under Hindenburg;
Paul Wooton, who followed the for
tunes of the Mexican insurrectos;
Raymond Brandt, with the Russians
in Russia: Constantine Brown, an old
habitue Of Constantinople. and fel-
lows whose names are intimately as
sociated with press dispatches from
all corners Of the world.
With the campaign in Ethiopia as
q starting point they went back to
their days Of glory on the battlefields
but the best yarn spun was that
told about Larry" Lehrbas-Lloyd
Lehrbas, State Department corre-
spondent for the Associated Press.
Larry 1t was who figured In one Of
the most romantic episodes of the
1928 civil wars of China.
At that time Gen. WI Pei-fu, SOL
dier and poet. and Chang Tso-lin, the
war lord Of all Manchuria. were fight
ing for the possession OF Peking. Gen.
Feng, the so-called Christian general,
allied himself with WI. They fought
back and forth for years all over
China and Larry Lehrbas recorded the
operations as he says, dis
patches got so numerous he filed only
the major operations. 1t had to be
Q front page story or no 60.
It was ON May 8, 1928, that Larry
started overland 10 make Q final op-
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Nearly Every Known Variety
of Small Spans in
Park.

"EW washingtonians realize what
- an interesting, wide variety OF
small bridges are to be found
L in Rock Creek Park. Scattered
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By John Frasier.

w YHAT shades of heroic deeds
kA| by the personnel of the
w Army Air Corps pass with
the DaSSinp of control of
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At left: Corp. Garland the chute balloons above
him. Above: ITO let that flaming pyre downward to
the below might have meant death to hundreds of
people" Upper left: The Distinguished Flying Gross. In
the oval: Lieut.. Frederick Anderson, decorated for
heroism in the air. Upper rights Three noted flyers left
rights Capt. Albert w. Stevens Mai. William E. Kep
ner Capt. Orvle A. Anderson Lower right: Basket of
the balloon used by Capt Gray his fatal hieh.atude
flight.