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The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
P A A ELECTRA TO FLY BODIES
 BACK TO HOME
(By The Associated Press)


 . WASHINGTON, Aug. F, - The Department of State requested per mission from the Dominion of Can ada for an American plane to fly over Canada, to return the bodies of Post and Rogers from Alaska to the United States.
 The department acted for the Pan American Airways, at the request of Mrs. Rogers and Mrs Post.
 Pan American Airways is arrang- ing for the twin-motored Lockheed Electra of the Pacific Alaska Air ways, Alaska subsidiary of Pan Am erican, the latest type of air trans port plane in existence in the Un- ted States, to bring the bodies to their homeland from Fairbanks.
 Pilot Joe Crosson of the PA, a close friend of both Post and Rog- CTS will fly the plane, which is ex- pected to fly from Fairbanks via BurWash landing, Whitehorse, Tele- graph Creek and Prince George.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17

 AIR FLIGHTS
 BEGUN IN 193O
(By The Associated Press)

l OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. r, - Post saved money enough to learn to fly and in 1926, tired of flying borrowed machines he went back to the oil fields to get together a stake for a ship of his own. His second day at work, he lost his left eye when it was struck by a steel splinter, clipped off of a link pin
 In 1880 he started on his way to fame by winning the nonstop air derby from Los Angeles to Chicago.
 Following Posts prominent cross country flight from the Pacific coast to Chicago, he began many historical flights. He flew with Harold Gatty around the world for a record in 1881, of days IS hours and 51 min utes.
 He was the first and only man to fly solo around the world in 1883 in 2 days, Is hours and 46 and one-half minutes.
 Post then concentrated on the practical side of aviation. He made two sensational high altitude flights over Bartlesville, Oklahoma, wear ing a supercharged suit of his own design. He then made four unsuc- cessful attempts at trans-continental flights through the stratosphere, each time being forced down. He used the Winnie Mae in all of his acievements-the plane was named after the daughter of his packer F.C. Hall.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
GOVERNOR TROY EXPRESSES SORROW PEOPLE OF ALASKA
 DEATH POST AND ROGERS
Governor Troy Was Their Host In Juneau
(By The Associated Press)

JUNEAU, Aug IT, = Governor of Alaska John w. Troy who host to Will Rogers and Wiley Post upon their rival here August 7h issued statement today expressing personal grief and that the Territory and people of the country profoundly shocked and grieved at the unme ly deaths of Post and Rogers.
 No man in the country more universally loved than Will Rogers and the feeling of loss reaches into Alas ka and particularly personal they guests of the Territory of Alaska. The people had become warmly ached to Rogers like all who knew him. cannot refrain from giving expression to the deep feeling of personal loss through his tragic death.
 "As philosopher and humorist the among the country's greatest.
 "Wiey Post had come to be regarded pal and an Aaska-and all that that term Two great Ameri- dead. We all them"
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
ROGERS LIFE IS MODEL FOR
 ALL AMERICA
(By The Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IT, Will Rogers was an early riser-fve A. M. being the time he was up taking care of his ponies and goats, which was the first thing he did.
 He was the earliest riser in the movie industry, and the latchstring was always out to his friends. The key for the entrance to his ranch was hidden in notched hole on one side of the gatepost and all his friends knew where he kept it.
 His ranch home was as unpreten- tious as his dress. He would read all the morning papers before break fast and have them scattered all ov- CT the house. He always saw the humorous side to everything.
 Next to the love of his family, horses and flying shared his passion. He flew everywhere possible.
 Despite large fortune, Rogers was a frugal liver. His clothing testified to that. He often remarked that it cost him more for newspapers in a year than for clothes.
 Long ago a friend suggested the possibility of danger in his air flights. Chewing gum, Rogers paused, smiled, and commented that he bore charmed life, and that he expected to live to be at least hun dred years old.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
AND F. D. ROOSEVELT
 DEEPLY HURT
(By The Associated Press>

NF 'i'' 'Ap''O' iILCd I ItSS)
 UNDATED, Aug. IT, - Herbert Hoover at Chicago said: The news IS a terrible shock to me. I have known both of these fine Americans for a long time and am appreciative of their accomplishments. They are typically American; they are great souls. l feel a sense of deep person. al loss
 President Roosevelt at Hyde Park on weekend vacation said: They were outstanding Americans and will be greatly missed I am shocked to hear of the tragedy. Will Rogers is an old friend of mine and was beloved by all. I had the pleasure of greeting Wiley Post only once and that was at the end of his sec ond world flight. He leaves behind him splendid contribution to the science of aviation
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
Four Post Family
 Pr0strated Grief
 In Dallas, Texas
(By The Associated Press)

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. IT, Four members of Posts family,-95 year old grandmother, Mrs. C c Post and brother s s Post who wanted to go along with Wiley on this trip, and sister Mrs Irwin Junelle, were grief stricken at their homes here. All relatives of both families have been prostrated with grief.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
SERVICE AT
 BARROW BODIES PUT
 INTO EROSION PLANE
(By The Associated Press)

POINT BARROW, Aug. IF, Wrapped in snow white nen the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post were placed Tn the Pacific Alaska Arways plane poted by Aviator Joe CroSsOn.
 dozen white settlers and crowd of Eskimos gathered the desolae Arctic shore while the bodies were laid in the ship.
 At the of the crash other Eskimos savaeed for their scattered fragments of Posts monoplane in which Rogers and Post plunged in fog, their death
 Dr. Griest said there would be little left of the plane the torn tundra being the only visible thing to mark the spot where the famous died.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
Widows Request Bodies Be Flown
 Out By The PAA
(By The Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Aug. F, -Lindy officials of the Pan American Air ways system were instructed by Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Post to fly the bodies to Juneau.
 Mrs. Rogers is going home to Cal ifornia and is leaving Skowhegan to- day accompanied by her daughter Mary, and Dorothy Stone, daughter of Fred Stone, actor friend of Wills.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
Pacific Alaska Airways To Fly 2 Bodies To States
Plane With Bodies
 Arrived Fairbanks
 7:3O This Morning
(By The Associated Pressl

(By The Associated Press)
 FAIRBANKS, Aug. F, - Pilot Joe Crosson and Bob Gleason landed at the Fairbanks airport and taxied into the Pacific Alaska AirWays hangar at 7:35 A. M. this morning or 9:35 A M PST, from Point Bar row, in the plane which carried the bodies of Wiley Post and Will Rog- CTS.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
Congress Voted To Buy Winnie Mae
 For Smithsonian
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 WASHINGTON, Aug. IF, - The Senate yesterday passed the house bill authorizing the government to purchase the Lockheed plane of Will ey Post, the Winnie Mae, for twenty five thousand dollars, to have il placed in the Smithsonian Institute along side of Lindbergh's famous airplane the Spirit of St. Louis.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17

An Eskimo breathless from running the tundra brought the first word hereRed Plane blow up Two men dead-the Eskimo said to Morgan of the U S. gna Corps
 Morgan engaged motorboat and out in the dark for Walakpi settlement at Refuge Inlet where the Es kimo said the wreck occurred An ice foe slowed up Nor gans trip By the time he arrived the Esmos had already pulled Rogers body from the wreckage With the ropes Morgan and of Eskmos forced pull the shattered plane apart before Wiley Posts body could be lifted from beneath the motor in two feet of icy water
 The bodies and personal effects taken from the plane and placed in native skin boat and lowed Barrow by Morgan who flashed the word which shocked the world.
 He closed his key midnight last night after having operated without relief sleep since A. M yesterday assisted several times by Mrs Morgan whom he taught operate the radio equipment in that time he may be injured that emergency might arise did in the case of the death of Rogers and Post.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17

The companions the life and death were flown across the Endcot Mountains while the Northand and the whole world mourned their passing Crosson and Robert Gleason radio operator flew Barrow yesterday through conserab e fog The broken remains of Post and Rogers lay behind the Mission Hospital where Gres and Charles Brower the whom Rogers enroue to see, and known as the grzzled King of the Arctic prepared them for their jour- ney home.
 The plane badly wrecked that it seemed doubt u whether the of the crash would ever be deter mined SaVaging by Eskmos almost eliminates any furth- chance The natives said the plane took off and raised about fifty sixty feet before the missred The ship slipped off wing and crashed nose-rst into the tundra and then ground-looped.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17
Mirow Flies Nome

Pilot Mirow arrived Nome this af- ternoon with mail and express and is to return to Fairbanks for anoth- CT flight tomorrow weather permit ting.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-17

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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Dec. 81.
UP)-I don't know who invented the
road map as she now stands, but
do know that, whoever he was, his
was the most diabolical mind since
Iago. I have been using one for three
days now, trying to get to Miami,
and had I known in New York what
I new know about road maps,
think I would have disguised my
self as a setter pup and come down
in a crate, express collect.
Innocent enough looking from
the outside, a road map does not
show its true character until you
try to unfold it in a moving car.
Then it bares its fangs, lashes its
tail in the breeze, and defies you
to open il up. The inexperienced
road map tanner will attempt to
conquer it with one hand, while
driving with the other. This is as
foolish and as futile as trying to
play an outdoors game of pin the
tail OH the donkey in a hurri-
cane.
The veteran road map tames,
when he is ready to unfold his map,
will pull to the side of the road, stop
his car, and, working as quickly as
possible, yank the map out of his
pocket and put both feet on it. The
correct stance is the same as en-
ployed by fishermen when remov-
ing a hook from a catfish. BY using
both feet and both hands a road
map can be opened.
Not always to the right place,
mind you. When you open a map
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21

mia, and urging that letters be
sent to these racers, urging their
attendance on January 18th upon
the occasion OF the Mid-Winter
Outboard Regatta.
Dr. Lee Deming of Anaheirl,
ranking high in nationwide racing
circles, will be referee of the events.
Commodore Wood is himself send
ing invitations to all motor boat
owners, urging that they be here
on that occasion to race and to
dedicate the new Sandy Beach
course. In conclusion, Commodore
Wood stated, "In. putting over this
first cupboard regatta, you will be
doing your community great
favor, and it will result in lining
up your local boat owners so that
in the future they will become keen
ly interested in boating at Salton
Sea and will want to further de-
velop the course and the beach at
that point"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
By HENRY McLEMORE

of South Carolina, say, it doesn't
mean you are sure of getting South
Carolina right away.
Once road map is opened. the
next problem is how to hold it SO
it won't fly back in your face and
blind you, or stick to your chest
like a mustard plaster. One school
maintains the only worthwhile
grip is to place your left hand on
Galveston, your right hand on
Portland, Me, and grab Lake Erie
with your teeth and Florida with
your knees. This stance has only
one drawback-yOu can't read the
map while using it.
Another school advises the spread
ing the map on the ground, and the
placing of the husband on Seattle
the wife on Pensacola, the smaller
child near Cape Cod and the big
ger child in a spot roughly between
the Great Lakes and Louisville.
Roadmaps all fall into two clas-
SEES: 1.-The encouragerS, and q
the discouragers. The "encouragerS'
are the big scale fellows with inch
es between each town. They make
you think you are going faster
than you really are. The dis
couragers" are the small scale ras-
Gals where the towns are packed
together like sardines, and lead you
to believe it's only few minutes
from Baskerville to Atlas. It's only
after you have driven rs miles out
of Baskerville and see a sign "28
miles to Atlas" that you discover
the cruel deception.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
WEIGHTS FOR
HANDICAP TO
BE ANNOUNCED

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 81. UP)-
Weights were to be announced to-
day for 10 stake horses nominated
for the $4,000 Christmas day mile,
feature of the opening days racing
at Santa Anita track.
Heading the list of nominees was
A. A. Baronis Top Row, only horse
to take the measure of A. G. VAN
derbilt's Discovery, leading star of
the past year. Top Row was ex-
pected to be given a load of at
least 125 pounds.
Baroni also bracketed Ann o.
Ruley for his entry in the inaugur-
al feature at the Arcadia track.
The filly is a real contender for
the feature, having won the $4,000
Yankee stakes at. Suffolk Downs
over a good field.
Other entries included Norman
Church's Riskulus and Toro Man,
cy; Greentree stables Soon Over;
Mrs. A. M. Creech's Regardless and
Sound Advice; H. G Hatch's Ariel
Cross; r. B. Fairbanks Bluebeard;
Fred M. Ayers Dark Winter;
Child and Walkers Mary.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
HARD HITTING
.ENGLISHMAN TO
FIGHT LEWIS

NEW YORK, Dec. 81. WP)-The
greatest English fighter since the
days of Freddie Welsh and a cinch
to win the light-heavyweight crown
when he gets a crack at Champion
John Henry Lewis.
That's what cauliflower alley had
to say about Joseph Bamford Nc
Avoy If Burnley, Lancashire, known
to the fistic trade as Jock"
Last night McAvoy floored mid
dleweight champion Eddie Babe
Risko of Syracuse six times and
then smashed him down for 10
with a short hard right to the chin,
all in one round.
Thus the man who holds both
the middleweight and lightheavy-
weight championships of Great
Britain clinched a title bout with
Lewis, probably in January or Feb
ruary.
McAvOy's first blow of the bat
tie, stiff right, sent RiskO to the
floor for the count of one, the sec
Ond time Eddie had been flOored i'm
his long career. Five more times
McAvOy swarmed over his man
and dOwned him for counts rang
ing from five to eight.
The last time Risko rose he was
groggy and bounced off the ropes
into the middle of the ring, where
short right put him down for the
final count-two minutes, 48 Sec
onds after the scrap began. 1t was
the first time Risko had been count
ed out.
1t was an over-the weight match
with McAvoy at 1872 and Risko at
1917.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
FORMER CHAMPION
LEADS IN BRITISH
GOLF TOURNEY

NASSAU, Bahamas, Dec. 81. WD
LED by Tom Creavy of Albany, for
mer P. G.. A. champion, field of
70 top flight golfers played SO holes
today in the Nassau British Colon
ial open tourney.
The tournament, which offers
$4,000 in prize money, ends tomor-
row with the final Is of the 72-hole
round.
Creavy toured the par 60 layout
on yesterdays first 10 holes in 65
for new course record to lead the
field by two strokes.
Tied for second place were Hor-
ton Smith, Chicago, winner of first
place in this weeks $4,000 Miami
Biltmore open, and Paul Runyan,
White Plains, N. Y, both of whom
cracked par by a stroke.
Tommy Armour, Boca Ration, Fla,
and Willie MacFarlane, Tuckahoe,
N. Y, were next at par 68.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
BASKETBALL
SCORES


U. c. L. A. AZ, Santa Clara 33.
, Stanford 70, Utah State "a.
Portland U. 40, Fresno State 81.
University of Washington 45,
Drake University 25.
Willamette 90, University of Or
egon 81.
Nebraska Al, Minnesota "a.
st. Lawrence U. 26, 7th Regi-
ment "a.
N. Y. U. 50, Dartmouth 30.
st. Johns of New York Sc, Seton
Hall 81.
Columbia 81, Union "a.
Columbus K. of G. As, Providence
College 40.
Georgia "a, Tulane 26.
Washington (St. Louis 20, Dru-
ry II.
John Marshall 26, Westminster
%.
Cornell Al, Harvard 33.
Worcester 30, Boston U. "a.
Illinois 26, De Paul "a.
Kansas State 80, Missouri 25.
Kansas "a, U. S. G. 81.
Fort Hays 35, Emporia Teachers
20.
Arkansas At, Tulsa U. 20.
Alabama 50, Oglethorpe 25.
Clemens 81, Auburn 10.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
BOY BAND TO
BE ORGANIZED

N. Novak, 628 Main street, Friday
announced plans for organization of
the Imperial Valley Boys Band,
made up of youths between 10 and
ID years old and intended eventually
to be uniformed group trained in
military band drills to appear at
public functions in Imperial county
and elsewhere.
Novak will overcome a past OBJ
stacle to such groups by donating
drums and large wind instruments,
the expense of which has prevented
their acquisition by boys or their
parents, he said. The instruments
will give proper balance and in
Standardization, Novak said.
Prospective band members will be
taught individually until some time
in January, when rehearsals will
begin, Noyak said.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
s. c. OPEN GETS
UNDER WAY AT
LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 81. W.R)-
I'he $4,000 Southern California
Open Golf Championship got under
way today at Oakmont Country club
after two "unknowns," Art Bell and
Johnny McCorkle, carded a best
ball of Ga in the pro-amateur pre-
liminary.
Bell, Riverside pro, and McCorkle,
local amateur, finished one stroke
ahead of Earl Glandt and Jack
Holbrook of Glendale.
Bing Crosby, radio and movie
crooner, teamed with Bob Woods to
tie for third with the George Hines
Dean Ohlstadt team of Santa Mon
lea and the Fred Sherman-Bob Ty-
son duo from San Diego.
Lawson Little, British and Ameri-
can amateur champion, and his
partner, Macdonald Smith, veteran
pro, finished in a nine-way tie for
fifth with a best ball of SO.
More than ITO leading amateur
and professional golfers teed off for
the 18-hole opening round of the
72-hole tournament proper today.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
FRISCO JAYSEES
STAND FIRM ON
HIGH GOLF FEES

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 81. U,R)-
The tournament committee Of the
San Francisco junior chamber of
commerce tonight remained firm in
its stand opposing a decrease in the
$25 entrance fee in the profession
al open championship scheduled for
San Francisco next month.
Despite threats of boycott, re-
ceived in protest letters by pro-
fessional golfers from all parts of
the United States, and irregardlesS
of announcements made by the Sac
ramento and Los Angeles cham
berS of commerce that fees for their
tournaments will be SIS, the local
group declined to alter previous
plans.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
BOXING BOUT
CALLED NO GO

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 81. WP)-A
scheduled 1O-round bout between
Tony Cancella of Tampa, Fla, and
Hank Hankison of Akron, O., was
called mo contest" at Legion sta
dunn last night when Referee Lieut..
Jack Kennedy decided Cancella was
hopelessly outclassed and was not
trying to put up a fight.
Kennedy stopped the boy mid
way in the second round after
Hankinson had dropped the Florida
Spaniard three times and had made
a punching bag of him between
knockdoWnS.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21

game dropped sharply today be-
cause of the announcement that
James Monk Moscrip prob
ably would be unable to play more
than Is minutes, if at all.
Team physicians said a severe
injury to the star wingman's
knee had responded only slight
ly to continued treatment. Even
with a leg brace, they said, he
will be unable to play full go
minutes.
Dr. Fritz Roth, squad physician.
revealed Moscrip had lost 10
pounds through inability to eat
solid food. His jaw was broken in
the Stanford California game and
was braced and wired, restricting
him to a liquid diet.
Indications were that Coach
Tiny Thornhill would start the All
American player, nevertheless, per-
hitting him to remain in the game
as long as seems advisable.
Convinced that his offensive
would click, Thornhill cOncen-
trated on defense in team work.
outs. Yesterdays session was
shortened considerably, with the
second and third teams running
Southern Methodist plays against
the varsity.
Thornhill hghtened practices in
the fear that his team might be-
come stale. Excepting Moscrip
Roger Munger, reserve end, and
Chef Olcott, another wing reserve
the squad was reported in good
condition.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21
San Diego Boat Racing Leader Says
Association Will Back Regatta

Much added encouragement for
the success of the cupboard Rega-
tia to be held at Sandy Beach,
Salton Sea on January 18th, has
come in the form of letter from
James E. Harris, Vice Commodore
and Chairman of the Race Com
mittee of the San Diego Power
Boat Association, who said that
the invitation 10. participate was
read at the last meeting of the
club and voted upon, ana 100 per
cent cooperation and participation
on the part of the San Diego Or
ganization was pledged.
Several racers will come over
Saturday afternoon and a larger
number will leave the coast cities
Sunday morning, prepared to
enter the regatta. Those so far
entered from San Diego, accord
ing to Commodore Harris are:
Class c. Hydroplanes: BLUE
Nose, Ernest Ford; "The Mon
ster", Normal Glover; "Nuffy W.,
Bud Lundy; "PlaybOy', Lafe Ut
ter. Entering Class c for Service
Runabouts are: "HOOt Mon"
with Bernard Maclean; "HoOzit",
Kenneth Vaughn. George Sim
clair will enter "Ritzy Upper"
in Class C Racing RunabOuts.
Among the inbOards, 225 class,
are: miss San Diego, A. L.
Boyce; and "Yellow Jacket,
Henry Jewell.
Yesterday, the Ell Centre Cham
Der of Commerce also received d
letter from Commodore Sid Wood
of the Southern California Out
board Association, stating that he
was sending a list of all racing
boat owners in Southern Califor-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21

llOlbileIlu BIlulIOll III Vic ldoo
football game in Imperial Valley
this season.
The Brawley team, named the
Ramblers, will be composed of
former and present japanese high
school gridsters throughout I'M
perial Valley.
Headed by the famous Henry
Sasaki, erstwhile captain ano
spark plug of the Brawley Wild
cats, the valley team will have
in its line up Hatsu Morita, Braw-
ley, George Kita, CaleXico, Joe
Kokubun, Calexico, Yoshio Kash-
Xxi, Holtville, Richard Suzuki, Har-
vey Suzuki, Akira Aisawa, and
George Sasaki, all former Brawley
high school and junior college
players.
The invaders are bringing down
80 players among whom is Dick
Kunishima, former Ell Centre high
school gridSter.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1935-12-21

w. S. Taylor's announcement that
the affair would be postponed until
January. Probably the latter part
of that month, he said.
However, starting Monday the
Spartan varsity team will hold
morning practice sessions daily
while the lightweight squad prac-
tees in the afternoon.
The valley league opens January
3 with Ell Centre playing Calexico,
Brawley entertaining Calipatria
and Imperial clashing with Holt
vile. These cage games will Prob
ably not be played according to
schedule because of the lack of
gymnasium facilities in four of
the six valley towns.