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Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-09

Lantana-The ranch home for
merly occupied by James w. Arm
strong and wife was destroyed by
fire of unknown origin Wednesday
evening. Mrs. Armstrong now re-
sides in Kilgore, Texas.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-09

Imperial-Mr. and Mrs. John Nc
call announced the birth of daugh-
ter on Friday, March 6. The baby
is to be called Nancy Lee.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-09

Legion Meeting-Boyce Aten post
American Legion, will meet at 8 p
m. Tuesday in the Veterans hall
After the meeting the members O
the Auxiliary unit will serve lunch.
con.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-09

TEMPERATURE REGULATOR
Above the ice cube tray compart-
ment is the temperature regulator.
A turn of this dial speeds the freez-
ing of ice cubes and desserts.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-09

Imperial-Mrs. A. T. Ezell and her
son Robert of Bellflower are visit
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ezell
for several days.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-09

Fishermen Note. On display We'd
nesday, March II, complete line fish
ing tackle. Laniers, CTS Main, Ell
CenCro. (M9P-M11A)
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-09

Meet me at SherwoPGs.
(O2fP- -A25A)
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-09
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Maximum yesterday .............S8 .S8
Minimum today ................-. 80
Reading at Noon Today
temperature .....#...''.'' %
Humlully .............. ........ 10
Reading at . n. m. Today
.. Il. 4 {
Reading at > y. m. Yesterday
temperature .................. SO
Humidity ..................
Los Angeles and Vicinity - Fair
tonight and Tuesday with morning
cloudiness; continued moderate tenn
perature; gentle to moderate wind,
mostly southwest.
Southern California Fair to-
night and Tuesday; moderate tenn
perature; moderate northwest to
north wind off the coast
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-09
TRIGGER RELEASE ON TRAYS

No more struggling with trays that
freeze tight. A trip of the Electro
lux trigger release, and the trays
are free.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

geographer and engineer, is so remote
from the focal centers of civilization as
to be intriguing in its sheer inaccessi-
bility. It rises against the sky in a
region which has exercised a magnetic
attraction for explorers for centuries, but
which still is a problem despite the
reports of Marco Polo, Boyle and Ham,
ilton. Thomas Manning, Gabriel Bon
valot and host of modern investigators
who have penetrated the forbidden"
territory.
Thus it happens that even the exact
height Of Mount Everest is a matter of
debate. One estimate is 29,002 feet;
another, 9.141, but it has been suggested
that its actual altitude may be found to
be in excess of 10000. Also, there are
those who believe that perhaps a still
higher peak may be discovered. The
whole range must be measured and
mapped before final decision can be
reached.
Meanwhile, the challenge stands; and
its enormous difficulty serves but to add
to the determination of men to solve the
riddle. The human race is like that;
it does not submit to circumstance. In
stead, it insists upon complete domin-
ion over the planet which is its home
Mount Everest may not be conquered
either this year or next, but eventually
it is certain to be added to the trophies
of genius and daring which mankind
has taken
Evening star., 1936-04-01
Curious Business.

The tragic death of boy in an eleva-
tor accident may produce some char
acteristic locking of stable doors, some
installation Of safety devices that should
have been installed before.
But how about the elevator in which
the boy met his death? Did its install
lation comply with safety regulations?
Were the inspectors who approved the
installation acting in accordance with
what the regulations provide?
What are the facts:
Section d, rule ITO, of the elevator
regulations states that when sliding
doors are used, the distance between the
hoistway side of the, landing door op-
posite the car opening and the hoistway
edge Of the landing threshold shall be
not more than four inches. But the
section, for good reasons, lays down a
stricter limitation on distance when
landing doors swing, instead of slide.
The rule says:
The distance between the hoistway
side of swinging landing doors at OPEN
ings to hoistways of full automatic push
button elevators and the hoistway edge
of the landing threshold shall be not
more than one inch.
why is this? Because the hazard
from swinging doors is greater than the
hazard from sliding doors II there is
too much space between the door and
Evening star., 1936-04-01

the elevator The danger Of being caught
between the swinging door and the ele-
vator door-as was presumably the case
in this accident-was recognized in the
elevator code, and the space limited to
one inch.
Now, an automatic control elevator Is
defined in the code as IAN elevator pro-
v!ded with buttons, switches, or other
devices, both in the car and at the
landings, any one of which may be used
to start the elevator and to SO actuate
the controls that all stops are automatic"
The elevator in this case was an
automatic control elevator, or full auto
matte push-button elevator, within the
meaning of the regulations, and there
were swinging instead OF sliding, land
ing doors. But according to the report
of the elevator inspectors, the distance
from the hoistway edge of the swinging
landing doors to the hoistWay edge OF
the landing threshold measures four
"a inches"
The inspectors now insist that the ele-
vator was installed in compliance with
the regulations. Why? Because they
contend this was not a full automatic
push-button elevator, but 'semi-auto-
matte push-button elevator"
And why is it semi automatic push
button elevator? Because the swing
ing doors are operated by hand instead
of automatically. But are there any
swinging doors operated automatically?
Not that the elevator experts know about.
Swinging doors are operated by hand.
To sum up: Regulations require one
inch between the elevator side OF the
swinging door and the landing threshold
in automatic push-button elevators, the
only elevators in which such swinging
doors are permitted. In this case the
distance was four inches. But the in
spectors contend the elevator was in
stalled in accordance with regulations
because the swinging doors were operated
by hand instead of automatically, thus
making the elevator a SelM-autOlllallc
push-button elevator Yet there are
no swinging doors operated mechanically
they are operated by hand, and the
code, drawn up by a committee of ex-
perts, says nothing about 'Semi-auto-
matte" push-button elevator.
The elevator inspection service at the
District Building is plainly in need OF
corrective inspection.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

That small fish friend Of thousands,
the guppy. comes into the limelight again
in the following letter from an authority:
Dear Sir: I enjoyed your article
about guppies in The Star Of March 26.
Your interesting and intelligent discus
sions of fishes in connection with home
aquaria are certainly doing much to
popularize fascinating subject.
"You have been led into error in Civ
ing an account of the several names
which the guppy has borne in ichthyo-
logical and aquarium literature. Perhaps
you will pardon me for inviting your at
tention to your lapSes
81. 'Girard was a scientist who deter
mined the genus. Girard did not deter
mine the genus and had nothing to do
with it. He was a distinguished early
American ichthyologist, and the Cuban
ichthyologiSt, Poey, named the genus in
Girard's honor in 1855.
20. This (Girardinus guppyD was the
old name This name was given by
Gunther of the British Museum in 1866,
and was not the old name and was not
changed by scientists.
''3. The fish was first described by
Peters in 1859 under the specific name of
reticulatus mot reticulatis). In 1861 it
was properly placed in the genus Lebis-
tes and is now known as Lebistes reticu-
latuS, as you indicate.
4. The name guppyi thus has not, and
never did have, proper standing, and
the popular name of guppy is of course
applied enormously and in ignorance; (;
but it has become SO firmly fixed in
aquarium literature that it may never
be abandoned.
I'm great appreciation Of your This
and That columns, I am, Yours sincerely,
H. M. s."
After reading the above account Of
how the popular guppy did and didn't
get its name the average reader prob
ably will agree that it will be good
thing if the plain. honest word "guppy"
is never abandoned.
Real fishmen, who prefer to call them
selves ichthyologiSts what a wordD are
forever at issue over these matters of
names and naming. To them they pre-
sent, Of course, no such difficulties as
they do to the amateur fish culturist.
Such discussions as we have presented
above have been going on in the
aquarium magazines since they were es-
tabllShed. They always are interesting,
for the sake of truth, dear lady, without
whose aid this vast world, teeming with
so many creatures, could never have
come into the light Of day.
Most keepers of small fishes in home
aquaria, however, bless their lucky stars
that there are such popular names as
guppy, and barb, and beta, and gourami,
and so on.
Consider that gourami, for instance
The small animals so poular with fish
fans under that name are really not
gouramis at all, according to the SCI
entists.
Still. the enthusiasts call them gour-
an1is. and it makes as good a name as
any. The fortunate thing about the
hobby is that the average person can go
just as far as he likes, and no farther;
If he wishes to bother with scientific
names he may do so, but if he does not
he may content himself with "guppy'
and the like. IF he attempts the scien-
tiflc he probably will get them all wrong,
anywayD
Our correspondent backs us up in what
we tried to show, that the word "guppyi,"
Evening star., 1936-04-01

about which aquarists so often wrangle,
has no real standing at all, whereas just
plain "guppy" at least has the authority
of use in the common tongue of the day.
Really guppy Is perfect name for the
splendid little animal which swims so
blithely in small tank.
1t just fits.
Scientific names are necessary. just
as notes Of music are necessary but not
for everyday usage.
Even the scientists drop them for the
popular names when talking about them
lin the family"
So it is guppy, as far as the aquarium
world is concerned, and it probably will
remain guppy for the rest Of time.
The father guppy, in his resplendent
colors, f1irts continuously with all the
females, and the mother guppies give
birth to patches of young at regular in
tervals, and the little world of the
aquarium wags right along.
This is the only fish, of all those sold
for home aquarium purposes, which
ought to be kept in any tank of less than
5 gallons capacity. A family of them
may do well for time in quart con-
tainer, but we would advise the keeper to
put them into something larger as soon
as possible, for his own sake as well as
that of the fishes. Given enough room,
these little creatures make as carefree
and picturesque an aquarium as is to be
found.
Their good point is that, if necessary,
they will tolerate small quarters, such as
the average beginner has to offer them.
That such restriction is good for them,
however, simply does not follow.
If the writer here has any regret in
his four years of strictly amateur fish
keeping, it is that he didn't give his
guppies a better break.
Every new tank was meant for them,
but always it seemed that more beautiful
and certainly larger fishes of other types
were at hand to fill them instantly.
So the poor guppies had to put up
with their gallons of water, after the
graduation of the original 6 from a
quart bowl.
1t was. only at the end of two years
that the guppy collection was placed in
a 4-gallon tank and this they had to
share with 3 catfishes and Priscilla
riddlei.
The original fishes lived 3 years, not
bad for guppies in captivity. The re-
mainder gradually ran out and in the
end disappeared. so that today we have
no guppies at all, whereas more intelli-
gent handling would have achieved bet
ter results all along the line.
X X
Without the name "guppy," we are
convinced, the little fish properly called
Lebistes reticulatus would never have
run the goldfish race for popularity in
these United States from 1908 to 1886.
Yet it must be admitted, perhaps, that
it also did the creature a disservice, too,
for with many persons there is certain
littleness about the word which almost
amounts to contempt in their minds.
Hence any bowl has been good enough
for guppies, and any treatment their
due after they have been secured.
Surely some day this attitude will
change and this wonderful little fish
will take its rightful place in aquaria
as the worlds BEST if Natures wonderful
gallery can be narrowed down.
Consider the guppy, little but mighty,
and treat it right if you keep it at all.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
The Ethiopian Campaign.

Despite supposed imminence OF peace
negotiations, Mussolini's Ethiopian cam
paign takes its course and is again re-
ported to be on the verge OF military
decisions. The recent air bombing OF
Harar, Ethiopias S second largest city, re-
Sulting in its virtual destruction, is
heralded as the overture of a vigorous
offensive by Gen. Graziani's southern
forces, while Marshal Badoglio's north
ern armies have just gained the new
strategic objective of Gondar, ,>along the
path to Lake Tana. This movement
may have international repercussions,
because of its challenge to the British
sphere of interest in Ethiopia. As the
source of the headWaters of the Blue
Nile, the lake is of vital Importance to
Egypt and the Sudan. There have been
recurrent indications that Britain would
look with distinct disfavor upon any
Fascist approach to the Tana region,
with its threat that Egypt might next
come within the scope OF MuSSollniS
colonial dreams.
After six months operations, the Fas-
cist legionS are still far from having
conquered Halle Selassie's realm. They
hold considerable territory in the north
adjacent to Eritrea, and in the south
have pushed deeply into the area that
lies beyond Italian Somaliland. In mid
February Rome proclaimed that the
main forces of the Emperor's army had
been shattered in the Amba Aradam
region, following earlier capture OF
Adowa Aksum, Adigrat and Makale.
Later developments revealed that some
$4,000 troops reported routed had
actually succeeded in withdrawing in
more or less good order and remain in
the field. Other important Ethiopian
units have neither been destroyed nor
seriously crippled. Adds Ababa is still
hundreds of miles distant from the most
advanced Italian lines. Unless drives in
the north and south, across country in
which the defenders will fight under
increasingly advantageous conditions, are
conducted with more effectiveness than
hitherto, it is unlikely that the Ethi-
opians will be subdued before return of
the rainy season.
Linton Wells, special correspondent Of
the New York Herald Tribune, who has
just returned from Africa, declares there
is little ground for the claim that the
Ethiopians are about to capitulate and
that II Duce's imperialistic ambitions
are on the threshold of qualification.
Nothing ~ writes Mr.. Wells, could be
farther from reality. Any italian con-
quest of the country will be achieved
over only long period of time and by
a process of attrition-if Mussolini lasts
that long. The territory Italy occupies
today is of little value. Further progress
this season, or for several seasons, ap-
pears most improbable"
On the home front Italy finds condi-
tions progressively irksome. Any doubts
on that score are dispelled by her in
sistence that League sanctions must be
lifted before Mussolini will either talk
peace or enter into commitments with
the Locarno powers for pressure on
Germany. The Rhineland crisis seems
to be water on the Fascist mill, because
1t minimizes the probability that Great
Britain and France will attempt to force
Italy's hand in Ethiopia, but in the
theater of war itself, Mussolini is by no
means out of the woods.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
Climbing Mount Everest.

Another expedition is moving from
Kalimpong, India, to the foot of Mount
Everest. highest of mountains" Ex-
perienced British Alpinists are leading
the van, one hundred and sixty native
porters and two hundred and fifty trans
port animals are carrying the necessary
equipment and supplies. The venture
has been organized in scientific military
style. 1t is, in effect, campaign on
great and immensely defiant mystery.
Should success favor the effort, mankind
will learn something of the nature of the
'roof of the world"
The Hin1alaya Range is the loftiest
elevation on earth. It's name signifies
"the abode of snow" But its connota-
ton Is something much more compelling
than its relatively commonplace title
indicates. The location of the peak
named for Sir George Everest, English
Evening star., 1936-04-01

In some transactions it is even more
Objectionable to open secret letters or
kilograms than it is to discover a whist
player pushing his partners feet under
the table. Just how far espionage is JUS
titled in going is one of the problems in
a world that is struggling to establish
regard for ethical standards.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,

Quitting Time.
When April Fool came round once more
We met it as in days of yore,
And made believe, as best we could,
Rough jokes were humorously good.
If some one lost leg or arm
We laughed and said we meant no harm.
This tendency now seems unfit
Oh, when do we get over it?
The gangsters gayly gather loot
And think it funny when they shoot.
We grin when rioting appears,
Our laughing gas moves us to tears.
This April Fool prolongs its rule
And days that should be warm are cool.
The jokes too long. It's time to quit.
Oh, when do we get over it?
Evening star., 1936-04-01
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
After Shutdown.

INEtCE OuHHIOWHs
I stand looking out at my garden,
In the afterglow of the day;
Shafts of light in network Of shadows
Dance under the dusk winds sway;
The gay winds blows ever so lightly,
Bending the young blossoms down,
: And crescent moon shines In silver
Far, far up over the town.
Out there in the shadowy garden,
With daffodils just abloom,
And the creeping quiet Of twilight
Pervading my silent room;
The garden seems linked with lost Eden
Where two may in innocence stray,
Heart to heart, unafraid Of the shadows
Ip the afterglow Of the day.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

German politicians have .simplif1ed the
ballot by providing only one name to be
voted for. 1t clarifies the issue and
lessons the danger of argument at the
polls.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

Almost any theory can find temporary
acceptance; the idea being to get it set
up and then ascertain how it sounds
over the radio.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

The career of the instructor is hard.
Regardless of his abstruse social theories,
he has to sharpen pencils like anybody
else and try to balance a set of books.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

Announcements now and then are
taken to imply that the President has
gone fishing-but not loafing on the
political job.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
ALI Other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

=, The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or. not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1936-04-01
School.

I'm sure you are statesman of the
old school," said the lady with a note
book
"Yes," said Senator Sorghum, 1T
seems pretty much the same old school
with unanswerable questions liable to
send me to the foot of the class"
Evening star., 1936-04-01
One "?" After Another.

One "?" After Another.
The pace we humans have to 60
A joy-ride seems to be,
When all the roadway is aglow
With blossoming fair to see.
A way, not difficult to learn,
Made life merry lark.
Soon you must ask which way to turn.
You've met question mark.
You plod along with patient care
And think the course is clear,
But detours waiting here and there
Are sure to interfere.
And even when the day is through,
Amid the shadows dark
We dream. Each morn will bring to view
Another question mark.
Jud Tunkins says satire IS something
that's supposed to give you chance
to laugh when you really feel like gettin'
mad.
"It is WELL" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, ito award fame to wise men
so that posterity may not miss their
teachings through lack of advertise
ment."
Evening star., 1936-04-01
Morals Declining.

Morals Declining.
From the Grand Island Independent
A penologist says our prisons breed
crime. Almost there might seem to be
no place where we can look with conf
dence for morality any more!
Evening star., 1936-04-01

Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

The Old Songs.
My radio! My radio
You have ftful way.
With expectation I'm aglow
When you begin to play.
Your various tunes, reminding me
OF merriment in youth,
Now rather silly seem to me
And that's the honest truth.
"News travels mighty fast desc day."
said Uncle Eben, ''but de bad news
somehow seems to be srabbin' de right
Of way."
Evening star., 1936-04-01
Night Final Edition.

Night Final anc Sunday Star----70c per month
Collection made at the end Of each month.
Orders may be sent by mail or telephone Ma
Evening star., 1936-04-01

@, What is a curiegram?-A. L. T.
A. 1t is a unit of measurement for
radium emanation named In honor of
Nine. Curie, discoverer of radium.
Evening star., 1936-04-01


Knew this!
Isn't it perverse that all that Abner was
Is now on the top shelf of his widows
hat closet
In q tiny, tarnished silver plated box?
Compatibility.
On transubstantiation
Kathleen's convictions are secure,
While Of predestination
Angus Is assured:
Yet never a cruel word or look
Tarnishes the circle of their devotion
II
Standing side by side in q pew,
Out of shared hymnal,
George and Martha
Sing Love Divine All Love Excelling"
With all the fervor of their
Mutual hate.
A couple of those in a miscellaneous
group are worthy of note because of
the direct simplicity Of their appeal to
sentiment for trivial experiences:
Old Acquaintance.
On a sidewalk stall, dog -eared and
stained,
There in the suns relentless light
Day after day stood disdained,
Ungreeted by the friendly sight
OF those who passed, till he came by
To pause and reverently look
With tired but kind and misty eye
At the shabby binding of book.
4 X
A Kinship.
A wire wheel whirred,
Swiftly spinning under the flying feet
OF a squirrel, n1adly racing nowhere;
Perceiving me, he gradually stopped,
Cooked his head and looked at me
With questioning eyes
Hello, brother" said I,
Evening star., 1936-04-01

@. Who was the great preacher Of the
Second Crusade?-W. s.
A. st. Bernard, abbot of the Cistercian
Monastery at Clairvaux.
Evening star., 1936-04-01

Maryland and Virginia.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-05-20
Teeth regain dazzling whiteness

EILM is the cause of dull, dis
Il colored teeth. 1t is also the
cause of serious tooth and gum
disorders. Run your tongue across
your teeth and you will feel this
film. 1t absorbs stains from food
and smoking and turns white teeth
dull. 1t clings to teeth and hardens
into tartar. Germs by the millions
breed in it. And germs, with tar
tar, are the chief cause of pyorrhea.
Ordinary brushing fails to remove
film successfully. So dentists urge
the specia1sfi1m-removing dentifrice
called Pepsodent.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-05-20

First, Pepsodent curdles film,
then removes it in gentle safety to
enamel. No other way will make
teeth as sparkling white.
Pepsodent contains no punice,
harmful grit or crude abrasive. 1t
is so safe that dentists recommend
it for cleaning the soft teeth of
children.
accept Pepsodent Test
To prove results, send coupon for
Today free test or buy a tube-for
sale everywhere. Do this now for
your own sake.