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Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

If we are slowly working our way
into an era of great leisure, as a
good many wise men seem to THINK
we are, the ordinary citizen is 60
ing to have to do something about
cultivation of a hobby.
One of the distinguishing marks
of a good hobby is that it always
looks slightly ridiculous to anyone
who is not actively following it.
He sees it as a needless expense,
as a perverse return to childhood,
or as a dreary waste of time-until
he himself gets hobby, whereupon
he wonders how he ever before fill
ed in HIS spare time.
That this business of hobbies is
marvelously diverse and has some
quaint subdivisions was called tc
mind the other day by the news
that hobby-riders have come to the
rescue of storekeepers of Vancouv-
er, B. c.
The storekeeper had stocked ur
with divers souvenirs of the expect
ed coronation of King Edward VIII
| "A oetAAlEAS wa llCdl, SloLCu DCCl
mug. bearing Edwards picture ano
the legend, Edward VIII Crowned
King" Came the abdication. anc
all this assorted junk looked like 6
total loss.
| X n X
But the men who make a hobby
of collecting useless bric-a-brat
came to the rescue. These beel
mugs and similar relics immediate.
ly became collectors items" Tt
the men who have that particular
hobby, they assumed value the!
never would have had if Edward
had not abdicated. So these mer
charged in and bought them-en
abling the Vancouver shopkeeper
to heave a collective sigh of grea
relief.
Now if this business of collecting
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
IMPERIAL VALLEYS
BIGGEST EXPOSITION

With the next Imperial couny mid
winter fair still two and half months
away. the public has hardly begun to
manifest the intense interest which is an
annual part of the exposition; yet there
is one small group which has been hard
at work for months past on plans for
the biggest of all the county's affairs.
It is the fair board.
The Imperial county fair is justly
called the biggest event of the valleys
annual calendar Doing their task OF
public service without reimbursement,
members of the fair board are entitled to
full public confidence. Such positions
are often thankless ones. Usually those
men and women assigned to such COM
munity service give as much energy TO
their assignment as they do to tnelr
means of earning a livellhood-ano only
foo often reap criticism instead OF ap-
ureciation. The fair board is no eXcep-
ton. - +;,,a
criticism of the fair, or the ooaro, or the
nature of exhibits. or in the adminlstra-
+;on of tbe multitudinous details attend
mo snch an undertaking. There is al
,revs an excuse for criticism OF persons
i, nositions of trust and responsibility
bv those who wish to criticize. The pre-
nonderance of accomplishments as
against errors is oftentimes overlooked
Under the chairmanship of Sen; Ben
Hulse. the mistakes of the fair ooaIo
have been few: the Accomplishments
have been many. The board mas proved
itself worthy of the best IN cooperatiIo;i tI;n
and assistance. Everything points TO tnls
navt fair as the greatest ever held IN the
valley Let us all cooperate TO make IL
such.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
Bruce Cation SayS:>>
Hobbies Useless? Ask Man Who Has One!

out date beer mugs looks odd to
you, that is only because nearly all
hobbies look odd unless you actual
ly follow them yourself.
Most honored of all hobbies, per-
haps, is that of collecting stamps.
Kings, presidents, and financiers
have followed it. Yet to the non
collector, nothing could appear
more supremely useless. Stamps
indeed! What can you do with
them? What are they good for?
1t is perhaps the least odd of all
hobbies. We know of a man who
devotes a good part of his spare
time to collecting envelopes - not
stamps and not letters, just en-
velopes-of the Civil war period.
A fairly brisk business is done
in the collecting of old-fashioned
penny savings banks. Some men
collect metal tokenS-so much that
good share of the imitation money
issued by cities and counties during
the depression has simply vanished.
* X y
There are model railroaders, who
build and operate marvelously in
genious reproductions of the real
thing. There are men who spend
days and months building cathe-
drals of glued together match
sticks. There are men who build
working gasoline engines small
enough to put in a vest pocket.
There are men who collect old
time steamship timetables.
Are these pursuits useless time
wasters? BY no means. For the
men who enjoy them, they are more
| like life-SaverS.
Any doctor will tell you that q
hobby can mean better health-and
any hobby-rider can tell you that
it also means happiness and a
humble but enduring personal sat-
isfaction.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
THE NATION CHOOSES
IT'S HONOR ROLL

For the ninth consecutive year the Ma
t;oo maoazine with a distinct leftlst
v;ewnoint. has chosen its honor roll oil
the wear The men on the roster, accord
mo to The Nation, deserve the applause
If their countrymen." That is all mat
ter of viewpoint. H.
There are outstanding names on the
list. Some of them deserve place Oh
an honor roll. Then there are others
"Harry Bridges" The Nation elects
"for his outstanding leadership OF the
Maritime Federation of the Pacific, and
Joseph Curran, for his pioneer work as
leader of the seaman's strike IN New
York in building maritime federation
on the east coast"
Some of the others are John L. Lewis
CIO leader; ]. Warren Madden, chair
man of the National Labor Relations
Board: and the Steel Workers Organlz-
ing committee.
If the promotion of class conscious
ness entities a man to a place on an
honor roll then Harry Bridges is en-
tiled to such a place. II responsibility
for the greatest setback in years to or
ganized labor can win such place, then
John L. LeVis, too, is entitled to II. ,
The Nations honor roll deals with
men and women who have engaged IN or
treated with economic and political SUP,
iects. Some of them are fully entitled
to honorable mention; the selection OF
others, naturally, is mater OF view
point.
1t seems a serious thing, however, to
applaud some men for the harm they
have caused.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
Other Editors Say
WANTS ACTION
(Redlands Facts

A uniform policy regarding transients is to
be sought in the forthcoming deliberations OF
the California relief commission Of which DR..
Glen Carlson of Redlands is acting chairman
Armed with a resolution suggesting a confer
ence of representatives from the several west
ern states, Carlson has set out for San Fran
cisco to urge action.
Local relief authorities are agreed that the
transient problem has grown out Of all possible
control by local agencies 1t must be shoudered
by the state or Federal government, or in
cooperative program between the two. Local
communities finding the situation beyond
their resources
At this time of year, especially, Southern
California is overrun with itinerants who have
ccne out Of the frgid east seeking climate
better suited to their rowing temperaments. Cali
fornia sunshine is a commodity in great demand,
and every freight train rolling into the state
carries its load of warm weather seekers.
Little sympathy should be wasted upon them,
for if they would stay within their own homes,
they would be taken care Of OF late years,
the old time bum has given way largely to the
younger generation, with thousands of them on
the move westward, some seeking honest toll
but in the majority of cases Just moving"
Their upkeep should not be the responsibility
of any community not actually their home. In
fact il should not, in strict sense, be either
state national responsibility But, we have
them with US The local towns can't support
them 1t devolves upon more powerful agency
10 set them in their placeS-in work camps,
corrective institutions If necessary at leaS.
isolated from the at-home populane,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Manhat-
tan's first glass house around the
corner on East 48th street is be-
lieved a forerunner of a CLASSY
fronted mid town inside 25 years. 1t
was a venerable brownstone con-
verted by an architect who occupies
it and thus becomes the pioneer.
It's strikingly noticeable how its
cheerful sparkle attracts the pass
er-by. Almost all who have not be-
held the crystalline charm stop for
an inspection. People who live in
glass houses cannot see out nor can
| outsiders see in, but the tructures
are astonishly bright and honey.
There is talk of a Vincent Astor
J skyscraper of glass for Madison ave-
nue.. And a new Ritz Carlton of
glass. The idea is making especial
headway in Florida home building.
It's sponsors say it will have great
] value in erection of hospitals, sani-
| tariums and movie studios.
The glass block masonry is not
listed as a luxury. It has about the
same cost of other high grade con-
struction material. The chief man.
ufacturer has developed a business
that turned out 100000 bricks a year
ago and so far this year has turned
out a million a month.
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The most enduring bar balladist,
it would seem, is whispering Tommy
Lyman. He has been moving from
table to table in dives and cafes in
many parts of the world for more
than 20 years. A pasty-faced, sad
eyed fellow with little voice yet an
ability to entertain, especially when
the crowds have reached a mellow
mood. He is originator and coiner
of the term torch song. A lament
for lost love. And an increasing
radio horror.
Among the later and more polish
ed song patterists are Dwight Fiske
and Endor and Farrell. Sticky sur
touted and very Piping Rock in tails
and white-tied preclseness, they
sing-talk double entendre and some
times peccant ditties. The sort lis
teners imagine only the knowing
understand but which are usually
turned out on backs of menus after
midnight by such registering lyric
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
DIPLOMAS FOR HABITUAL
TRAFFIC VTOLATORS

The California State Division of Driv-
ers' Licenses during the past year has
mailed diplomas" to 276 habitual viola
tors of traffic laws. The diplomas" are
warnings that another major violation
will cause them to lose their drivers
licenses. So far, only IL per cent of
those receiving warnings have failed to
heed them.
Mailing of these warnings is one of the
most constructive accident prevention
measures yet taken. The next step is
passage of a law automatically revok-
lng licenses after a certain number of
accidents. especially if liquor is involved.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December 81, 1916

Ami Singh, a Hindu, was pain
fully but not seriously injured when
the horse which he was driving
baked on the railroad tracks and
his wagon was struck by South
ern Pacific switch engine.
Mrs. P. H. Henson, who has just
returned from spending the holi-
days in Los Angeles, has as her
guest Miss Helen Falls of Park
Falls, Wisconsin.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
December 81, 1911

Friends here are much interested
in the news that has been received
regarding the success which has
been won by William Lorenz, a
Coachella Valley boy. Lorenz went
east some months ago to take up
theatrical work. He is now a mem
Der of the cast of "Kismet" in
which Otis Skinner is making an
outstanding success.
Mrs. Warren Currier of Holtville
was an Ell Centro visitor today.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

The male cafe crooner follows, of
course, the buxom soubrette of the
concert halls of another era. These
gals wandered from the tiny stage to
soggy customers at tables ringed by
many glasses. I recall especially
Dolly De Shay, who caroled at
Brannigan's Commodore on Vine
street in Cincinnati. Dolly was the
Gay 80 Sophie Tucker, full hipped,
ample bosomed, flaxen haired and
flashing gold teeth on top notes.
Her final number was a sunbonnety
and gingham redition against an or
chard back drop of "In the Shade
of the Old Apple Tree" Patrons
were usually so maWkishly spiffed
by that time that their enthusiastic
ovations took on the furore of break
ing tables and smashing chairs.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Tet

l. Who was the first American
woman TO publish book of poems?
2. When was the last case of yell
low fever recorded in the United
States?
3. What is the time of the fast
est trains between New York and
Chicago?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
On 00 says
!, FRANK WATANABE
aV ED HOLDEN
BY ed HOLDEN
ENGLAND

What have 1886 did for England? 1t
seem losses have occurred.
King Edward lost his Crown. Maybe
head also but not Sure.)
Mrs. Simpson lost Queenhood.
Mr.. Baldwin lost some sleep.
Queen Mary lost her son.
Mr.. Simpson lost wife.
The Archbishop lost marriage.
And the people lost a pal.
Maybe 1887 will proving that 1t
are more better to get loved at all, than
lost and loved at ALL
Happy Nep Year Please.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

Thorough-going honesty and in
tegrity is a characteristic of per-
sons whose birthday is today. They
seem to know that steady applica-
ton counts more than flashes OF
brilliancy.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 81. UP -
Boris (Frankenstein) Karloff en-
listed aid of his gardener to help
him stop frightening children-and
scared the man half to death.
Karloff, stopped, greying, dark
spectacled, and "a gentle soul at
heart" thought he'd won a long
battle to escape monster roles when
Universal cast him as nice old
gentleman in Might Key" but he
reckoned without the makeup de-
partment.
The mask they made him to be
mice" in looked like something
thought out by Dante.
Disguised with the whole busi-
ness, Karloff went home, stumbled
on his gardener committing sur
gerry among the poinsettas, and a
great light dawned.
That resolved the actor, "is the
guy I'm going to be" and to learn
to play the role he set out shadow
ing the gardener about the place.
For time all went well, and
notes on how to be nice old man
piled up in the Karloff little black
book. At length, however, Karloff
poked the most frightening face in
films a bit too far out of the shrub
berry, and the gardener jumped a
foot or so while turning three
shades lighter.
"I went away. saying nothing,
explained Karloff, "and resumed
shadowing later. But it was no use
after that. The gardener just
wouldn't be natural anymore. He
was watching for me.
"I thought I had him lulled once
but he was only playing possum
He edged around the back gate
then bolted through it as if the
devil were after him"
Seems the gardener thought Kar-
loft had gone suddenly mad, and II
view of his screen reputation fell
the result wouldn't be pleasant.
"As soon as I found I had really
frightened him, I apologized,' sale
Karloff. II am really a very mile
person"
Hal Roach, 47-year- old picture
pioneer, celebrates his 23rd year "a
a comedy producer Jan. 8, still {
| gambler at heart"
i've always been a gambler" hi
said, "ever since started with $85C
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

If Soviet hunters are like Americas
it would seem dangerous for Russia TO
practice dropping it's armies from the
skies during duck-hunting season.
Buddy loves her, and she doesn't have
to wonder which one.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

lists as Irving Caesar, Lew Brown,
etc, at Lindy's and Reuben's just to
kill time. Fiske and half a dozen
fellow practitioners garner around a
thousand a week, which is plenty
potatoes for an hours work a night
while living on caviar and cham
pagne fare.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
New York Day by Day
By Q. O. Mcintyre

Just to show Dolly they thought
she was a swell gal.
Still another indication of how
swank has hit dining-out is SYM
bolized by the recent engagement
of Mary Lewis, once of the Metro
politan. She gave the Versailles a
couple of operate arias and wound
up with few popular numbers. IN
cidentally she was paid more than
for her singing to the Horseshoe
Circle folk. The social checker-up-
per Elsa Maxwell, who makes the
Gold Coast play clap in and clap
out, bob for apples and call it fun,
has also renewed a night club en-
gagement. She appears in funny
hats, cutting up like the very old
Dickens and everything.
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Thingumbobs: Kermit Roosevelt
is a sucker for ld-fashioned stick
candy. Katharine Brush began he1
career writing a movie column IN
East Liverpool, o. Bill Corum
AYERS that when Steven flanagan
Lafayette, Indiana's pride was born
his father held him aloft and rushed
through the streets yelling "Lafay-
cite here he isl" Rex Beach ano
Fred Stone are offing to Alaska tc
do a little gold prospecting on some
of Beach's acres.
The Boston, after long sleep
loses his bark for a few moments
until his throat gets fabricated. It's
high fun to awaken him after a
lengthy snooze and cry "Sic him!
He darts about in bewilderment try
ing to yap. but nothing comes out
The first bark is a falsetto-a dash
of lavender as it were-and he
seems pleased as Punch. Sometimes
I think he's bit on the sissy side
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
Hints on Etiquette

If a girl has no parents or near
relatives, she may ask one of her
family's old friends to announce
her engagement.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
Thought for the Day

For the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine but after their own luSts shall they
heap to themselves teachers having itching ears-I
Timothy 4:3.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
one-Minute Test Answers

/. Anne Bradstreet. Her volume
appeared in London in 1850.
2. 1905.
3. Sixteen and one-half hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

The city Of Los Angeles is sur
rounded by national forests on
three sides, while the Pacific ocean
forms the boundary on the fourth.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
News Behind the News
Perennial Twin Problems Budget
Balancing and Relief Congress Gets
The White Elephant

series of six articles Congress, its line
ups and the vital issues which confront IT has
been written by Rodney butcher, NEA Service
and The Post-Press Washington correspondent.
This is the third of the series.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

Preston Foster after months
sneering at trailers, has relented
sufficiently to install a bar, stove
and an ice chest in the rumble seat
of his car, explaining: Its for
camping"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
Words of Wisdom
Today's Horoscope

The will must aim at the seem
ingly impossible.-Bishop Brent.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
Strolls Thru HOLLYWOOD

to make funny pictures back in
1914. The difference is then we
gambled on the future of motion
pictures. Now we bet on our own
skill"
Roach this year abandoned the
tWo-reelerS on which he made his
reputation for feature length COM
edies. He has made more than 1,100
films.
In keeping with his infallible
willingness to take a chance, Roach
is president, and one of the Or
ganiZers of the Santa Anita race
track.
They're screen-testing radium for
a picture role now. Jacques Tour
neur brought $4,000 worth of the
potent substance to the Metro lot
to see whether radium light rays
would photograph. He's making
short subject on history and use of
the stuff.
Ginger Rogers most priced Christ
mas card came from Marie Smith,
a deaf girl of Boise, Ida, and read:
"You are my favorite, even il
can't hear your beautiful voice,
because your lips are easiest to
read
90
Victor Killian, Warner Baxter
and Alan Dinehart are among Hol-
lywood's newest class Of lobbyists.
Using sound recording devices they
snatch permanent records of his
toric speeches, favorite music and
so forth from radio waves. 1t all
began with Edward Wits post
abdication speech. and Killian was
the only one of the trio to get a
good copy Not an inexpensive
hobby, though. A set costs about
$780,
Preston Foster. after months
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31
TEN YEARS AGO
December 81, 1926

Beaten three times by the FL
Centro volley ball team, the Braw-
ley squad will invade the Ell Centro
court tonight determined to win
their first game of the season at
the expense of the undefeated Ell
Centrans.
Imperial Valley residents today
looked forward to a gala evening
of celebration on the occasion of
the passing of the old year and the
coming of 1927.
X
Experiments have revealed that
persons of superior intellect some
times have very poor memory.
4 II
The grapefruit is the largest
member of the citrus family, and
! the kumquat Is the smallest.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

Hal Roach, 47-year-old picture
pioneer, celebrates his 23rd year as
a comedy producer Jan. 8, still a
gambler at heart"
i've always been a gambler" he
said, "ever since I started with $3.50
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-31

Just to show Dolly they thought
she was a swell gal.
Evening star., 1936-04-28

that they date from the glacial
period, about million years ago. This
explanation demands that the sea level
must have been at least 5000 feet
lower than it is today the world over
The only way this could have come
about. DR.. Shepard said, was through
an enormous amount of the present
oceans being on top of the continents
in the form of ice. 1t requires that
the northern parts of North America,
Europe and Asia have been covered
with ice from mile to mile-and-a-
half thick
Studies of the blood cells of young
rabbits show that the red cells increase
at different rate from the white cells,
it was reported by DR.. Florence r.
Sabin Of the Rockefeller Institute.
Cites Growth of Infants.
There is notable squirt in the
growth of infants at about the sixth
month of life and corresponding lag
at about the eighteenth month, which
hitherto have been unreported, DR..
Charles B. Davenport of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington told the
academy. The squirt and lag occur,
he found, in weight, stature. sitting
height and leg length. In rapidly
growing babies, the excesses and ac-
celerations occur earlier than in slow
growers. In identical twins, they oc-
cur at about the same time and in
the same edgree. This indicates, DR..
Davenport said, they are deeply seated
in the nature of the human organism.
A method accurate diagnosis and
a probable cure for the hitherto fatal
Evening star., 1936-04-28
AMERICA HELD
MELTING POT"
DR.. Boaz Reports Fruits OF
25.Year Study of Racial
Stocks.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.


America has been a real melting
pot" of races.
DR.. Franz Boaz, prof .ssor Of an
thropology at Columbia University,
recognized as one of the worlds
foremost authorities. presented to the
National Academy of Sciences today
the fruits Of 25-year study on the
amalgamation of racial stocks in the
American complex.
His findings are that in bodily from,
habits, mentality, criminal tendencies
and many other characters, the Euro
pean immigrants tend strongly to-
ward an American pattern. AS ex-
amples, he cited the Jewish shrug
of the shoulders and til. Italian habit
of talking with the hands, both of
which habits have been made much
of by cartoonists and comic actors.
Both, DR.. Boaz said, are Of great
antiquity in Europe. The Italian
gestures especially have come down
from Roman days. In both races he
found very rapid transition to typical
American gestures.
Inc same IS true OF bodily traits.
In every European population trans
ferred to an American environment,
he said, these do not remain stable, but
shift to the American norm.
Heredity, DR.. Boaz concluded, un-
questionably plays very significant
part in the bodily pharactaristics and
behavior of the individual, but it be-
Genes of much less significance when
applied to whole populations.
Deep Under-Sea Valleys.
Of the shores of the oceans extend
deep under-sea valleys, reaching maxi
mum depths of about 10000 feet,
which long have been a puzzle to
| biologists. They are best explained
DR.. Francis p. Shepard of the Uni
versity of Illinois, who has made a
1O-year study of them, told the
academy, as ice-age river valleys
carved out when the sea floors were
dry land.
Fossils recovered from them show
Evening star., 1936-04-28

ficient to cause death over a course of
years. The radium, shooting its power
full gamma rays against the bone,
causes bone degeneration and bone
sarcomas.
Mechanism Is Delicate.
The mechanism described by Dr.
Evans is sufficiently delicate to detect
the presence in the body Of as little
as a millionth Of a gram. The next
step is to get the tuberculi, where the
radium Is lodged, out Of the body.