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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-23

house party on a segregated little island, and the attempt of the host, Gregory Sloane, to divert the attention of his mystery story-read- ing guests by providing real mur- der. He and a not-too-popular guest concoct a mystery in which the guest apparently is killed and his body dropped over the cliff, where upon the host makes a very dra- matic confession of his murder. The loke rebounds on the teller, how ever, when another guest takes ad- vantage of the situation to carry the murder into the realms of actuality. From then on the plot is concerned with the conflicting efforts of Greg cry, the host, to discover the real Killer and of Anthony Bryce, the de- story writer, to pin the mur- der on Gregory through detective lcgic and a great deal of speech making.
 Peise In Roles
 Both Howard Jackson, as Gregory Sloane, and Arnold Swanson, as An thony Bryce, carried their roles with poise and assurance. Jackson in par ticular managed to deliver his lines with telling effect, and Swanson, in an unsympathetic role, was convinc- ing enough to get himself thorough ly disliked by his audience.
 Krugness Good
 John Krugness, as Tom Austin, the actual murderer, polished off his rival in love with co n sic CT ble aplomb at the curtain of the second act, and carried off the difficult
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-23

Special Delivery to Douglas Daily 2:30P M. Telephone AZ. ady
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-23

SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-23

SHOP IN JUNEAU!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25
DAILY SHORT STORY - CELLMATES The Authorities Were Somewhat Astonishsd When Young Man Asked to Be Sent to Prison.

They reached the hide-out of Rogas. a little cottage neBtIed in e secluded section of the country just twenty miles from the town where Big Joe had robbed Jim mics fathers bank. So Rogag had, to all indications, hidden the money in the vicinity of the rob- bery, Jimmy felt certain.
 Several grim days passed in seclusion with the fhree men. Royas nervous, unable to sleep. spent his time rummaging around the place. He appeared one morn ing with a suitcase and made the announcement, T think we'd bet- ter split, kid. You fellows can take me to the railroad station" Bis Joe told them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

They got in the big black car and whisked along the highway to town. To the very town where Big Joe had raided the bank of Jimmie's father!
 They sped along the road. Big Joe in the back seat and Jimmie in front with Preston's aid driving. They had only travelled a few miles when Big Joe snarled: Stop"
 The driver brought the car to q sudden halt. Both men turned to face a brace of pistols in Big Joe's hands. He glared at them hate fully.
 "Get out" the bandit snapped. Thought you had men, didnt you? Thought I'd fall for that stoolpigeon gag of you sittin' in stir with me for a. year." He laughed and cursed at the pair. T oughtta knock both you punks off, but I haven't time. Thought you'd get that 200 grand. didn't you--the dough that's right here in this bag?"
 start walkin'," Big Joe growled after he searched them both for arms leveling . pistol at each of them. He stood there waiting un- til Jimmie and the driver were several hundred yards down the road, then they heard the car roar away.
 "Too bad about Big Joe" Jimmie uttered to his companion as they trudged along the dusty highway. "He won't get very far with every road alive with Pres tons officers.
 And he's got the money, too. Well, there should be some compensa- ton for enduring his company as a cellmate for a year." Jimmie con- cluded philosophically.
 Copyright, 1885,
 The Chicago Daily News. Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

Y Miss Mary Cook, a miners daughter, who at one time was a domestic servant, has just won the Mary McArthur scholarship in ecoI omics and social science at the London School of Economies in London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

Last year, the total federal gaso- line tax amounted to approximate ly $17O,OOO,0OO, which was paid by the drivers of the 25,000,000, cars on the road during 1884 and amounted to $8.80 per driver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-25

Boys of Cheltenham (England) college recently gave physical training display to demonstrate that dance steps and music can be included without distracting from the value of the exercises.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
UNCLE WIGGnY'S LANTERN
BUGS

When Uncle Wiggily had finished
eating supper in his hollow stump
bungalow one evening and was sit
ting in his easy chair to read the
newspaper, his wife asked him:
Are you going out tonight, Wig
gy? Or are you going to be busy?"
mo to both questions, my dear, "
said Mr.. Longears, politely. Did you
want me to take you to the movies?
There's a very nice picture at the
Oak Tree Theater. 1t is called How
He Got Head It's about a gentle
man cabbage"
Thank you, I don't care to 90 to
the movies tonight" said Mrs. Long
ears. But we ought to go call on
Mr.. and Mrs. Twistytail. We haven't
been to see those pigs in a long
time"
Then we'll go now" said Uncle
Wiggily. "Mr. TWistytail is one OF
the finest pig gentlemen 1 know
81 like Mrs. Twistytail, too" said
the rabbit lady. But be sure to
bring your flasllight with you. It's
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
FLAG DAY

It's Flag day. Not a day for hip-hip-
hooraying, for bursting firecrackers, long
orations, not even a holiday On the
contrary, Flag day is a day for sober
thought, for a few moments of reflection
on the flag and all that iC means, for re-
newlng our loyalty to and love for the
flag OF our country
1t is the beloved symbol of 120.00O.000
people all Of them sprung from nations
which flew other flags, yet. with very
few exceptions, proud to pledge their al
legiance to the stars and stripes
Today 1t IS 15S years old In that long
period millions Of men and women have
been drawn to 1t from their homes across
the seas by the hope and opportunity
offered them under the flag of the Unit
ed States of America. and often denied
to them in their homelands. They con-
tributed their talents, their strength
and in many cases their lives, in return
for the opportunity the flag gave them.
Side by side with those who came from
afar are those fortunate enough to have
been born beneath that flag. and never
knowing any other. Together both have
worked to build up a mighty nation, as
they increased the stars in the flag from
the original thirteen to the present forty
eight.
There have been assaults made on the
flag, all of which, happily, have been
failures. Even now there are few fool
ish men and women VINO rant of replac-
ing it with another. Their voices and
their threats are like those of a child de-
flying giant.
Some of US forget, some of US at times
are Indifferent or negligent, but at heart
the great majority of us love the flag,
we are loyal to it, proud of it and ready
to defend it if necessary. Heaven grant
that it may never be otherwise.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
BRADDOCK'S FLOODING GETS HIM
HIGHEST HONOR IN PRIZE KIM

messenger boy. printers devil, long
shoreman and unemployed 1ather
of three children. Stamina born Oh
labor. plus determination drawn
from hardships stamped his big
muscular body in the ring last
NIGHT. His skin was white under the
arc lights. winter still, by contrast
when he stood before the sun
Drowned. smiling champion.
Braddock was in the fight he had
dreamed of for years. SO strange
had been the ups and downs OF
his fighting career-amateur, pre-
liminary boy. young heavyweight
hopeful. then back to the bottom
and once again to the top-that
even the odds in favor of Baer were
for him merely one more OBSTACLE
Kept Coming In
He put his shock of scrubby black
hair down toward his shoulder,
looked up from under bushy brows
and popped the champion in the
mouth. Baer grinned. But Brad
dock kept coming in. For 10 ROUNDS
he kept coming in. Behind him
were the good years OF his lie as
a fighter. They had given him the
experience, the skill, which goes
even to an untmaginative veteran.
Behind him also were years OF be-
ing broke, or hunting for q job, oil
accepting relief and worrying about
his wife and children.
Braddock wasn't going back. He
weathered a furry of Baer's fists.
It was a timid, Intellectual furry in
comparison with the battering Max
gave Primo Carnera, but Braddock
took it doggedly and swung both
fists to the champions chin.
At home, Jimmy had said, the
wife and kids" were waiting, and
he kept plugging away. Twice, when
Baer opened up briefly, he appear
ed ready to melt, but each time
the furry died away in thin air.
Braddock's nose and cheek red
dened. His body sagged at times.
His hair was plastered like black
paint across his forehead, But his
determination never slackened.
At the final bell, he was a grim,
weary figure, still plodding.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
WELL DONE, BRAWLEY

Paving the way for a happy solution
to the Imperial Valley high school foot
ball problem is the decision Of the trus-
tees of Brawley high school forfeiting to
its opponents games ir which an ineli-
gible man was played last year.
The trustees went even further in vot
ing to replace the Norris football trophy
awarded to the school on the basis of last
seasons championship and later stolen
or removed from the school cabinet, its
present whereabouts being unknown to
the trustees, who agreed to order the re-
placement and forward it to Central I'm
ion, the school which automatically be-
came 1884 champions with the forfeiture
of the Brawley games.
By their action the Brawley high
school trustees have done all that can be
expected of them to make amends for
the infraction of the football rules, and
have placed themselves in a position
where an application for reinstatement
in the c. l. F. can be given favorable con-
notwithstanding which all sports
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE GAMES
BY United Press

Earl NcNeely, who not only owns
but also manages the Sacramento
Senators in the Pacific Coast league
chase, may be the miracle man" of
the league.
Since Earl. one-time Sacramento
and big league outfielder took over
direction of the team on the field
Senators have won six out of eight
games. Three games in four they
took from Los Angeles, The Sena-
tors took three out of four from
Seattle by winning the final game of
the series last night by So score.
Lou Koupal whose Improvement
in pitching has been coincident with
McNeely's assumption of control,
gave Seattle eight hits and was
scored upon only in the fourth in
ming.
Oakland and San Francisco moved
closer to Los Angeles, the pace
settlers, through cleaning up their
respective series.
The Oaks made it three out of four
over Hollywood and ended the Stars
bid for second place by winning
yesterday by 4-3 score. Although
Jimmy Tobin, Oaks hurler, gave up
only three hits. it took ninth in
ming rally to geS him victory.
The Seals swept their three game
series with the Missions by winning
the final game, 9-6. Joe Di Maggie.
who goes to the New York Yankees
in September, hit two homers to
help the ODoulmen move to within
seven games Of the top.
The Los AngelesPortland game
was played Wednesday,
In the new series starting today
Los Angeles plays at Sacramento,
the Seals at Oakland. Seattle at San
Francisco against the Missions, and
Portland at Hollywood.
Feeder pigs sold for $9.40 hun
dred weight at Tulare recently
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRTS
Copyright, 1885, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)

The batteries are giving out There
they gol' he cried as the light grew
very dim and then faded out alto
gether leaving him and his wife in
the dark
"Oh, what are we to do?' cried
Mrs. Longears. Il can't see. Hop to
the nearest electrical store, Wiggy,
and get fresh Batteries
"It is so late all the stores are
closed" said Mr.. Longears. But 1
know what I can do he said, as he
saw many fireflies, or lightning
bugs, Pickering in the forest. I'll
ask some of these lantern bugs to
make a light for u.s." Calling. to the
fireflies, Uncle Wiggily told them
his trouble and they quickly agreed
to help him.
Take the old batteries out of your
light" one lantern bug said. Take
out the tiny little bulb and we'll
perch upon the shiny tin reflector
and flash our lights through the
glass so you can see" This was
soon done. Then, carrying his flash
light with lightning bugs in it in
stead of batteries, Uncle Wiggily
lighted the way home for himself
and his wife. There the fireflies
we're allowed to fly away, after Mr.
Longears had thanked them kindly
And if you see the gas stove trying
to put a shoe on the foot of the
stairs. I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the sticky sand,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
PHELAN NOT.
PLANNING tn
PROBE FIGHT

NEW YORK, June IA UP)-While
the new heavyweight champion,
James j. Braddock, played host to
q flock of reporters and cameramen
at his hotel today, and ex-Champ
Make Baer started treating two
bad hands, Chairman John J..
Phelan of the boxing commission
spiked rumors that there would be
an investigation into the upset
bout.
"Rumors that the commission will
meet today and investigate last
nights bout are pure bunk" Phelan
said. There will be no investiga-
tion. There is no need for one. The
fight was honestly fought and
honestly won by the better man. The
situation is closed SO far as the
commission is concerned"
Baer announced that he would
remain in New York for at least six
weeks, the time for which he is
bound by radio contract. He will
be out of the ring for at least a
month because of a recurrence Of
old hand injuries.
His first announcement that he
would retire, made last night when
respondent over losing the title,
was re-conSidered today and with
drawn.
I'll stay in the ring-I've changed
luy mind" he said. Il won't be
able to train or pull on a glove for
more than a month but after that
I'll take any good offer-preferably
a return bout with Braddock."
Doctor Pulls Alibi
DR.. o. K. Parry of Asbury Park,
N. j., who examined Baer'S hands
after the bout, announced that
there were no fractures, as at first
reported, but that both mitts were
in bad shape. He said the middle
knuckle of the left hand was SO
badly swollen that it might be
necessary to draw out fluid from
around the bone. The back of the
right hand is so badly bruised that
at least a month will be required
for it to heal.
IT don't know how Make con-
tinued to fight last night after re-
injuring his hands in the fifth
round" Dr.. Parry said. Every
time he contacted his opponent, the
pain must have been like a knife
thrust in either hand"
Braddock said his plans were in
definite, that he had accepted no
offers of any kind yet. His only in
jury In the bout last night was a
cut left ear. His nose, which at
first was believed broken, is. in good
shape.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS

followers hope can be accomplished.
The matter of seeking reinstatement,
we believe. can best be left to the Off
cials of the valley high schools. They
are the men most directly concerned
with valley football, they are familiar
with the rules and regulations as we'll as
the viewpoint of the c. l. F. and all are
anxious to do what can be done to have
the valley interscholastic league present
a united front in football next year.
Outsiders. however well-intentioned
may be their efforts, cannot help great
deal. if at all 1t is q school problem and
we believe the schools can settle it,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS

IuIIeu ffcSS SIdII NOITtSpOiiuCAA
NEW YORK, June ID. - The
new champion, James Jay Brad
dock, is plodder.
He blundered into his first fight
as a kid and with a sort of bulldog
courage fought the same kid a
score of times. He courted May Fox
for months and she finally said
yes and is glad she did. He plodded
in the footsteps of his brothers as
a fighter. He fought 80 bouts from
1926 to 1885, and suffered from the
depression, but without ever say
ing enough"
Flooding still, he licked Max
Baer.
Never did two more contradictory
men face each other in a cham
pionship battle.
Baer, champion, quicksilver, tig-
erish and sometimes, viciously
fierce.
Braddock, under dog, Stolid,
streaked with stubbornness.
The new champion has been
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
BOATING ON BOULDER LAKE

LAS VEGAS, Nev. WR)-Boating
Is now in order on Boulder Lake,
the body of water behind Boulder
Dam. Officials expect the lake to
be one of the largest inland bodies
OF water in the nation when 1t IS
filled. Twenty licenses have been
issued for pleasure craft and TWO
for commercial boats 50 far.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14

SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier
per month, 55 cents; by mail. 80 cents per month
in advance Entered at El Centre. California. post
office as second-class matter. Member California
Newspaper Publishers Association. NJ. G. Mogen-
son. national advertising representatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press. Inc. 625 State street,
e Centre, California. W. c. Costello. business
manager. Telephone 2s. business office 700 edi-
torial department. Full leased wire Tinted Press
Associations
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
TEN YEARS AGO
Tunn IA. 1928

Several samples Of a new type OF
traffic button, for use in city streets
have arrived at the police station.
Frank Anderson motored to Oak
wilde To join his wife, who is spend
ing the summer months there.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
DON'T QUOTE
ME"
By United Press

WASHINGTON. June 14.-For
some years, now, little notices have
appeared in the want ad columns
of the New York newspapers during
sessions of congress and around
election time.
These notices are signed by Hi
ram Mann and deal with unpaid
navy wages" One of the latest
read like this:
'Tammany congressman! Navy
wages are still unpaid!! Remind all
officials! -
Most folks on seeing the little ads
suppose that the nevy department
had ducked payment on some labor
done during the World war or even
in more recent times.
Congressional files, however,
show that this is all wrong.
Actually. many of the workers
whose wages Mann is trying to get
paid have been dead, 10, these many
years. For the claim goes back 81
years TO 1873.
Congress. in it's leisurely way,
may get to the matter during this
decade, or possibly not until the
next.
The history of the case is this:
Back in 1878, r. w. Thompson,
secretary of the navy at that time,
issued an order providing that la
borers, mechanics and foremen in
navy yards should work only 8
hours a day. II was one of the
first moves toward establishment
of universal 8-hour day in in
dustry.
But Thompson also advised the
workers that they might work 10
hours a day, if desired, and re-
ceive a "proportionate increase of
their wages"
1t is this promise that Mann is
leading his lone fight to enforce.
The workers put in their 10 hours
a day but they only got paid for 8.
The matter of claims was inves-
tigated back in 1913 and reported
favorably on payment of some
$3O0,000 due the workmen. A bill
was introduced in the same year
to provide payment. Ten years Ia
ter it passed the senate. So far,
however, it has never gotten out OF
the house claims committee.
That doesn't dampen Mann's en-
thusiasm. He ran for congress in
the last election to advertise his
cause and a few weeks ago was
advertising that pennies sent him
by enthusiastic chain letterites'
would be gracefully received to fin
ance his fight.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
Suicide Attempt
May ProUe Fatal

Apparently despondent because
of an illness which has troubled
him for the past three weeks, Dew
ey Cole of 469 Vine street attempt
ed suicide at 1855 o'clock this morn
ing according to a report made al
police headquarters.
The report states that last night
he had attempted to take his life
by drinking poison. Early this
morning he slashed both wrists
with razor blade and then jab-
bed himself in the abdomen sever
al times with an icepick.
He was taken to the county hos
pital where attendants reported
this afternoon that his condition is
extremely serious.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14

The oddments Of humanity seep-
ing to Madison Square at dusk are
worthy Of a Hogarth pencil.
Characters one never sees elsewhere
are there-mumbling, shuffling and
shifting. Derelicts with matted
boards and hair to shoulders, in
sandals and bare feet. One with
that bright-eyed charm that so
often stamps The worthless in many
oYercoats bossy with picked up nails
and pins Incredibly filthy scaven-
gers with paper bundles of refuse
salyaged from stray bins. And the
wild-eyed haridan who comes night
ly with a dozen or more boxes and
wrapped bundles to read cast-Off
newspapers through a magnifying
glass. There are men who look like
Webster's Timid Soul. Red nosed,
beery and pinguid buns. Hairy
chested men from the seven seas
who might have stepped from Van
Gogh canvas. The square is caught
IN the Uncanny silence of people who
do not think as most Of US think.
The majority in a mental obscura-
tion as clinging as the occasional
tog that blows up from the harbor.
Copyright. 1885, McNaughton
Syndicate)
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14

original Lee Lash came out Of re-
tirement the other week to give
one-man art exhibit in one Of the
galleries. He quit the Paris attics
35 years ago to make a fortune out
of curtains. He always believed art
should be above commerce but just
got around TO this viewpoint.
More and more the art Of dis
playing q breast pocket handker-
chief is considered one Of the i'm
portaut features Of mems dress-as
much 50 the correct set Of a white
evening bow. On the jaunty swirl
Of an evening muffler. Dwight Fiske
is regarded as one Of the expert
kerchief fiXers. Along with Paul
Whiteman. William Rhinelander
Stewart, Roscoe Peacock and Noel
Coward, whose moucholrs when
completed represent the pointed
tops Of three perfect cylinders.
The handkerchief trick fails with
too much mOnkeying. It it isn't ac-
complished at the first try, a fresh
~ laundered kerchief must be Sc
cured. Aubrey Esds, one Of the top
handkerchiefists uses this method
The handkerchief Is unfolded com
pletely and seized between thumh
and forefinger in the exact center
A ring is formed with the thumb and
/ forefinger on the other hand and
/ the handkerchief is 6raWn through
Then the point formed by the center
l- folded back against the rest OF
/ the handkerchief TO just where the
1 points Of the corners begin to spread
apart. and then carefully tucked into
the breast pocket. Et VOLTA
Specialists in full evening dres.
say two essentials for correctness are
q proper fitting white vest Of the
exact cuJ-the style changes quar-
+ terly-and an expertly TIED bow witt
! the ends just sol No white bow
should be tied more than once. Il
it fails at the first tie, keep OF
delng fresh one. Clifton Webt
j often uses a half dozen before IA,
Imperial Valley press., 1935-06-14
LO in g
B a C k W a r d
What The Press Files
Tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO

Mrs. Oria' B. Kenah and Miss
Tracey Scott intend to leave next
Saturday by steamer from San Diego
for Berkeley.
c. R. Miller of Seeley was in
town yesterday on business.