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Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15

perhaps a little pleased.
well, 1 hope I'm a real pilot.
If I'm not, there's a heck of lot
of people taking an awful
chance"
"Oh, you're a pilot, all right. I"
Bob treasured him. He felt he
must talk to keep the man there,
and besides he felt that silly grin
coming back.
what are you doing out here,
kid? Who are you?"
Well, I guess that had to be
sooner or later, Bob felt he'd bet
ter make the best of his time.
The grin suddenly deserted him.
He stared bravely and earnestly
into the mans face.
MY name Is Bob, sir-Bob
Thompson-and I want to be an
aviator" (He mustn't stop now.
The man was already starting to
walk away 81 want to be a
flyer, sir, more than anything else
in the world. That is what I want
to do"
The man stopped, attracted by
the seriousness in the boys voice.
you see, sir, know can't
fly, now. I'm too young and l
haven't learned, but if got some
thing to do around here and
started learning now, ought to
know plenty when I'm old enough
to start"
The man looked the boy over
slowly. He noted the unwashed
face, the wrinkled clothes, the I'M
combed hair. He said, go in the
restaurant, kid, and wait for me.
I've got to check in"
Continued next weekly
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Four Square Units
System Feature of
Spanish Colonial
WILLIAM |. GARREN
A. |. A., Architect

This charming city house mes
ties into a heavy growth of
shrubs, tall eucalyptus trees and
pines. Built in st. Francis Wood,
a highly restricted and architec-
turally developed residential area
in San Francisco, California, the
house and its planting has been
composed to fit into the scheme
of streets and planting.
A unique feature of this COM
pact house is its plan, which has
been developed on a unit system
of four squares.
All partitions and dimensions,
both interior and exterior, have
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15

ters. By this ingenious method,
the appearance of residential
character, without customary I'M
attractive large garage doors, is
obtained.
The building takes it's archi-
tectural style from the early Cali
fornia homes, which were a COM
bination of the architecture of
old Spain as brought to the new
Western world, and the Colonial
woodwork and carpenter crafts
manship.
To this style has been added a
modern note, both on the in
terror and exterior, and it is this
modern feeling that gives a
smart appearance and living
quality to the home.
The exterior is a combination
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15
Building Notes

4 INOLEUM when new has a
l. gloss finish that soon dulls I'M
less it is protected. This is partic-
ularly so in front of doors or at
sink or range, or, in fact, any place
where there is concentrated use.
To protect it the linoleum should
be waxed just as wood floor is
waxed. Not only does this protect
the finish of the linoleum, but it
keeps the floor bright and makes
cleaning infinitely easier. Fresh
wax can be applied whenever and
wherever needed without resur-
facing the whole floor.
X +*t
A sensible grip has been de-
signed to place in the wall over
bath tub which one can hold as
easily standing under the shower
as when sitting in the tub. Instead
of placing the grip in horizon
tai position, it is vertical.
X ttt
If you are bothered with a con-
slant dripping in the cellar all
along the line of the exposed cold
water pipes, it is due to conden-
sation on these pipes caused by
the difference in temperature be-
tween the cold water in the pipe
and the warm cellar. To eliminate
this have the pipes covered with
some kind of insulation.
+ 4 4 ~
Farm plumbing maintenance is
one of the most important factors
in rural life to preserve health
and sanitation. Farm plumbing
improvement may be financed
through loans made by private
financial institutions operating I'M
der terms of the Federal Housing
Administrators modernization
credit plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15
WORDS AND GAMES

THE word eternity" appears
only once in the bible.
+ 4 + TX
Golf" is from the Dutch word
"kolf," meaning club.
4 X 4 X
Handball originated in Ireland
perhaps a thousand years ago.
But it is now played more in
America than anywhere else.
X 4 + ~
Helena, Montana, was first
called Last Chance Gulch. 1t was
so named by a band of pros
pectors lead by John Cowan.
X *t&
In Sacramento and in Palo
Alto, Cal, dog pounds, a grand
Christmas dinner was enjoyed by
all the dodgers.
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beyond the roar of traffic, drop
ping him softly in dream-world
of fantasy, where moon pools on
coral sands sharply silhouet Ian
guild bathers, and love lives on.
THE ONWARD MARCH
of Russia stepped up today, says
a special cable. Who cares Just
now? Who cares that five men
drew fines in a certain town, or
that revivals are starting in the
South, or that plane set a new
speed record? Why worry about
two cups of cubed ham in a ham
pot pie, or about the unfortunate
injury to man, or over reports
that Cavalcade is out of handi-
cap? I'm sorry, but today it even
stirs me little to note that some
swift swimmers defeated some
other swift swimmers.
THOSE ARMY MEN
had a good philosophy. Why
WHY, NilSy cIohcd. Ou IS clIIleT
shot or you're not If shot, it's
serious or not. If serious, you'll
die or not. If you don't, why
worry? If you do, you can't
worry. So, why worry? I'm
asking you; why worry? Why
waste our time with querulous
wonderings about next week.
when spring is in the air today?
Not that I'm not interested: it's
Just not my mood.
NOT EVEN THE FACT
that the market for fiction is
opening holds much appeal today.
Nor the card from a boss to his
editor, tucked safely in my pocket,
instructing "a bit of personal at
tention to this mans work" No.
feel the lure of wheels, waiting
to speed me to the streams where
bright fish dwell, or through the
forests to bird songs, or down the
long highways or anyways or sea-
ways to playdays. hear the
hum :. of wheels :.
PAGE SEVEN
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f!yI'a!'|!!a|i1iIll|'!5
BV
DON ROBERTS

IT'S pretty sad to think about,
but nevertheless true that
crackups have been responsible
for progress in flying. Take the
case of Juan de la Cierva, for in
stance. He's the Spaniard who in
vented the autogiro.
Some years back, de la Cierva
built a bombing plane for a COM
petition in his native country. 1t
looked fine-until it got about 10
feet off the ground. The resultant
bust up"-with nobody hurt
convinced him that something
was radically haywire in the de-
sign of ships. Out of this convic-
tion came the autogiro.
All this is preliminary to a dis
cussion of the latest development
in this interesting craft. Pitcairn
is reported ready to build an
autogiro commercially which will
have folding rotor blades and
steerable landing gear, allowing
the ship to be driven on roads as
you would drive an automobile.
Also, the new model does away
with that semi-wing and depends
on the rotor alone for lift. Trouble
with the autogiro was that it re-
quired bigger power plant than
a conventional plane, without de-
livering much speed. They say
the new job is faster.
Most folks can't understand
that the rotors have nothing to
do with the motor of an auto
giro. They're simply wings that
revolve to maintain the constant
airflow necessary for lift, but, to
the man in the street, a giro is a
helicopter. Which it isn't!
We wonder, too, what the
readable" giro will do about it's
prop; can't. very we'll go dashing
through city streets with that
prop swinging free.
4 r 4 tt
Flying fields usually have their
share of this worlds dog popula-
ton. Pilots seem to like pooches
and the pooches like flying and
fiiers. Fellow we know has a
collie named "Torque" (yep,
that's the reverse motion set up
by propeller), who could tell
the sound of his Kinner Bird long
before the ship was in sight or
human beings could hear the
motor. Everyone knew when he
was coming in by Torque's bark
ingi
X X X K X
Here are specifications on the
new Douglas DC-3, the sleeper
plane American Airlines is put
ting ON its regular run:
Wing span, 95 feet; overall
length. 65 feet; overall height,
10 feet, inches. Cabin interior
is z feet inches wide; 6 feet 6
inches high. Power, two Wright
Cyclones, developing $50 to $50
hip. each, and providing top
speed of 215 miles an hour at
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15
RUNAWAY
A Story For Children
BY Paula Norton

see the pilot through a window
In fact, the pilot and the ship
were all he saw. He had no eyer
for the passengers descending the
little iron steps or the man who
dragged the mail sacks out, or
the young lady in the snappy uni
form who fingered in the door
after the passengers had left.
Then a uniformed man passed
close beside him and climbed into
the plane. The pilot left the win
dow and came out. Bob watched
him, still grinning.
The man who had passed him
sat in the pilots seat. The great
motors awoke from their steady
throbbing and roared powerfully
The man turned and slammed the
door. The new pilot waved to him
from the window and then
they roared off.
Bob still grinned. His face was
set. Someone said, whats so
funny. kid?" He whirled around
and looked at the man whom he
had seen at the window.
Bobs eyes widened and he felt
stupid because his face was stiff
with the grin.
"Nothing's funny, mister. 1 was
Just looking at the plane. It's
swell, isn't it? It's keen, and you
are real pilot, aren't your" His
eyes fairly shone with admir-
alton.
The man looked amused and
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15

of brick veneer, redwood boards
and stucco, with a roof Of hand
made Spanish tile. All of the ex-
terror is painted white, the sash
being an Indian yellow and the
shutters in faded green.
THE interior is finished through
out in stucco, done in an Off
white color. Parts of the interior
around the stairway and the
breakfast room are in knotty
pine. The woodwork has been
acid stained and waxed in color
similar to the walls. The oak
floors are stained walnut
brown.
The house is heated by a CEN
trail gas-burning warm-air fur
mace.
The plan and arrangement of
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15

TODAY I'm sitting before high
window overlooking San Fran
cisco Bay, Last nights rain that
whipped the windows washed
clean the air. The sun is shining;
tumbled clouds lie over the Berke-
ley hills; a seagull wheels slowly
above the Ferry tower.
AGAINST THE BAY
a stubby tug bites a frothy
bone; a trans-Pacific Clipper
moves serenely on test flight;
white liner bound for far ports
slips smoothly outward, trailing
the faintest wisp of funnel smoke.
In the distance is the white tri-
angle of some lucky fellows sail.
hear a locomotives whistle.
Perhaps it's the promise of spring;
perhaps it's the memory of click
ing wheels, speeding toward va
cation lands, that's in my blood
today.
FLOODS AND FAMINE
are in the headlines of the paper
beside me. There's murder, and
accident, and blazoned scandals
screaming over the newsprint.
Thank the good fates for the
chance have to live in the West,
close to the sea, where l can
smell the tang of salt spray and
lift my glance to the snow-rim
of blue mountains in the dawn.
The air is clean; there's food on
the groceryman's shelves and in
land, I know, orchard blossoms
promise new crops for the next
twelve months.
WHAT STARTED THIS
sudden poetical mood? wonder;
it must have been the serpentine
streaming down the Lurline's side
when she sailed out for the Amer
lean Riviera - Honolulu. There's
something about soft music in the
rain, and following sunlight rival
ing the tropics, that does things
to a mans heart. 1t sets him out
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CURIOUS

IF you ever want to know how
many leaves there are on an
apple tree, don't bother to count
them. There are about $4,000.
X ~ ~
The term rumble seat" was
originally applied to the little seat
for servants which perched on the
back Of a carriage.
X Il r X
No, the moon is not made of
green cheese. 1t is thought to be
largely pumice.
K X X 4 X
1t is not pleasant for a rabbit
if you pick him up by his ears.
The proper form is to lift him by
the scruff of his neck. ASK any
rabbit.)
X + X X K
Earth worms really make a
sound. You can initiate it by wet
ting your lips and opening and
closing them without moving your
jaws. playing earth worm"
should be nice quiet game.)
4 r X 4 4
Potatoes are product of
America that was introduced into
Europe.
4 X X 4
1.-THE white mans burden" is
Rudyard Kipling's reference to
the white mans responsibility to
the colored people.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15
WHY YOU SAY 1T

"A /HEN a traveller, returning
w from long voyage, told
Charles the Second that he had
seen f1ying-fish, the king asked a
colonel in the maritime regiment
if this could be true. The sea SOL
der said it was quite possible, for
he had seen many such strange
things in his travels. Then the
king said to Samuel Pepys, sec
rotary of the British Admiralty,
'Mr. Pepys, from the very nature
of their calling, no class of our
subjects can have so wide a
knowledge of seas and lands as
the officers and men of our royal
maritime regiment. Henceforth,
whenever we cast doubt upon a
tale that lacketh likelihood we
will TELL IT TO THE MA
RINES. If they believe it, it is
safe to say it is true"
tt Xxx
1t is an old legend that croco-
dies weep over the unlucky vic
Tins they devour. So, crocodile
tears"
X k ~
After Sitting Bull, a great
Sioux chief, had seen locomo-
tive, he called it an iron horse. I"
X X ~
Years ago in England, when
someone had been done wrong,
/ he chased the accused one with a
horn and loud shrieks. His friends
and neighbors would join him
with the same form of racket
This was called hue and cry"
49, ~
William Graham Sumner, in
1883, used the expression, "the
forgotten man."
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15

ing thought stopped him :.
Maybe I'm on the wrong side
now!"
STILL" he thought, II haven't
done anything really bad :.
nothing to be arrested for. I did
hook a ride on the ferry-boat.
Gosh, I rode all night on the
thing"
On and on he walked, ever on
the watch for policemen. 1t was
not quite clear in his mind just
why they might arrest him :.
Was it because he hooked the
ride on the ferry-boat or was it
because he had run away from
home?
Heck, he'd better get to that
airport and get settled someplace.
Then happy thought he'd
write to Nom and tell her not to
worry, and she would tell the
police not to hunt for him any
more.
Luck was on the side of this
runaway this bright sunny morn
ing. He was aided by two
bitches one a rafting little
truck driven by colored boy,
and then the last half mile he
rode in style, on a load of Grated
spinach.
Then, there before his happy
eyes lay the beautiful airport
buildings. The boy stood clutch
ing his bundle and Toasted on the
sight, and his dreams were all
newborn. The disappointment he
had suffered at the first flying
field was now long forgotten.
That was another day; this was
TODAY now!
He suddenly thought of his
bundle. People would know by
that that he was far from home,
or at least so he thought. He
tucked it under a clump of
bushes by ditch. Then smooth
ing his hair untouched by comb
or brush in two days. he marched
on to the grounds of the flying
field.
Far overhead he heard the
familiar hum of a great motor.
He stopped and looked up. She
was going to land. Hurriedly Bob
rushed around buildings, through
wide gates, and out to the cement
square where a long striped avn
ing stretched out from the port
buildings.
Two men came out and one of
them rolled a little iron-step to
the end of the awning,
No one noticed or spoke to the
boy. Several more men came out
of the waiting room and stood
watching the plane in it's descent.
Bob felt his face stiffening into a
grin . his heart beat fast and
light he could not have told
YOU why he just felt like
grinning.
There there she was, down
and so NEAR. So big, so shining,
and so powerful. Still grinning,
he took a few steps forward.
A man came up to a door in
the ship and opened it. Bob could
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been placed so that standard
lengths of lumber and standard
sizes of all materials could be
utilized without waste. This re-
suited in extreme economy, there
by lowering the cost of the house
and speeding up the time of the
building operation.
A FEATURE of the garage
~ entrance is the detail of
French doors with imitation shut
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15

Bob Thompson had Uery little
tuck When he ran dtody from. his
ranch home to be an dUidtor. He
i0dS kicked out of the San Fran
cisco airport, and Dhen he hooked
q ride on a ferry-bodt fhopiag to
try his luck at the Oakland Air
bGSe) he t0dS cFrdid to land on
The Oakland side because he SGto
too policemen standing on the
dock. He hid all night on the
boat. Neat mornin tired,
hungry, and cold, he spent almost
the last of his money for "coGee
and" Then directed By q neloS-
boy, aud dodging the police, Bob
once more sought an airport
where his ambitions lUould BE-
seriously considered
Chapter 9
THE street that led to the air
port was busy place to hook
a ride" so Bob just walked. May
be when the traffic thinned out
farther along he'd find it easier
to get out among the cars
also easier to look out for cops"
Funny that he should be afraid
of policemen, now. He never had
thought about them that way
when he was home. He used to
read about their bravery in the
newspaper, and they always
seemed like swell guys" But
now . well, now shock
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15

10000 feet; cruising speed of 100
at 10000 feet; landing, 65 miles
an hour. Power sufficient to take
off on one motor. Cruising range,
HOO miles with "a passengers
(day load, or 400 miles with
16 passengers might load.
Some job, Ell?
~ Xxx
Some news men make a great
to do when pilot lands with
only one wheel. Sometimes it
happens, you know, that wheel
busts on the takeoff. They should
see neat air act we know about.
The pilot who evolved this stunt
first goes through an imitation
of a student doing everything
wrong-then hits the ground an
awful wallop, apparently break
ing a wheel. While the crowd
looks on Mortified, he makes
several passes at the field,
LDen COMICS III " ldIiu' 4Ndeul diiy
the audience is scared stiff. But
the ship rolls along neatly on
one wheel, and takes about
half a turn when the axle finally
digs in!
4 4 X tt
Did you know
Frank Hawks paid $1400 for
his first transforming ship-and
the motor froze up Ia miles after
the takeoff from Packard field in
Detroit? Neither Hawks nor his
partner had enough money left
to fix the crate!
Anthony Fokker's first air
plane startled the flying world.
It had no aileroas, but depended
on considerable dihedral for its
inherent stability. The wiseacres
said it wouldn't work, but Fokker
proved differently.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15

the property permit of outdoor
privacy in the outdoor patio in
the front, together with terrace
garden, hemmed in by the hills
in the rear. The lot is As feet by
10 feet, and the house contains
a living area of approximately
100 square feet. Such buildings
today are being built for about
$4.35 per square foot of living
area, including architects fees.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-15
CLASSIFIED
MANUSCRIPTS WANTED

WANTED: ORIGINAL POEMS, SONGS. MINI
Publishers Dept. AR. Studio Bldg. Portland Ore.
Evening star., 1936-06-01


to a mans heart was through his
stomach. The girls in the ads won
husbands through feathery biscuits
or daintily concocted desserts.
The trouble was that neither she
nor Marie, the girl she had roomed
with in a Mount Pleasant apartment
could cook. Girls who work in de-
partment stores in Washington by
day and share a tiny tWo-room fiat
at night find little opportunity to
excel in culinary art. But that hadn't
bothered Marie.
Not with a delicatessen right
around the corner" she had laughed.
George never asks me if I can cook.
He simply takes it for granted. It's
the domestic touch that gets 'em
every time, kid-and don't you for
get it,
X x X x
WELL, it had worked for Marie
She had married her George and
gone away But would it work the
second time? Would it make the
man she loved propose?
1t was odd how little she really
knew about him. OF course, they
hadn't know each other very long.
She always meant to ask him about
his work, but, somehow, when they
were together they never got around
to discussing prosaic matters like jobs.
They talked of books they read SUM-
sets, pigeons in the park; things like
that.
They had met informally. He had
saved her from a nasty fall on the
Public Library steps and after that
1t would have seemed ungrateful not
to let him walk home with her There
had been other walks. an occasional
movie, but she had known from the
first that she loved him, without being
sure how he felt about her. That was
why, remembering Marie's system, she
had finally invited him to home
cooked" meal.
The buZzer sounded, making her
tremble. She glanced at the clock.
Heavens, it was time for him now
While he was coming up the stairs
she ran for a hasty peek into the
mirror.
1t was the first time he had seen
where she lived. He looked around
the cozy room approvingly, his eyes
lighting up as they glimpsed the
table. He shifted appraisingly.
"M-mm. Baked beans!"
She nodded delightedly. DO you
like them?'
He laughed oddly II ought to-
I have 'em nearly every day!" Then
noticing her disappointment, Never
mind. Anything you cooked is bound
to be a treat"
y X X X
HER cheeks colored guiltily as she
went about putting the other
things on the table.
Evening star., 1936-06-01
Beer to Flow Again.

MADRID, June 1 R.-Throats
which thirst for beer, only a memory
In Madrid for many days, were prom
ised the real thing tomorrow.
A strike of brewery workers was set
tied when 16 of 38 alleged Fascists
we're discharged from the El Aguila
brewery. All breweries are expected
to resume operations tomorrow.
Evening star., 1936-06-01
TRAIN WRECK BLAMED
ON CRYSTALLIZED RAIL
BY the Associated Press.

GUTHRIE. Okla. June IA crys-
tallized rail was blamed by railroad
officials yesterday for derailment oi
part of the Santa Fe passenger train
'Texas Ranger" at a high bridge over
the Cimarron River, near here, Sat-
urday, which took the lives Of two
railway clerks.
None of the 125 passengers was in
jured seriously.
The bodies of the two clerks, Ray
mon McNulty, 80, of Guthrie, and
Leonard F. Cuff of Independence,
Mo, were recovered late Saturday
from a splintered baggage car which
plunged from the 35-foot- high bridge
into 13 feet Of water and was half
submerged.
Evening star., 1936-06-01
CHE gave the ta-
~ BILE a last

CHE gave the ta-
~ BILE a last min
ute inspection. The
sun slanted pleas
antly through the
window across the
gay = striped linen
cloth and cleaning
china. Thin slices
of pink ham and
wedges of yellow
cheese were ar
ranged attractiVely
on a platter. From
the kitchenette
drifted an appetiz-
ing odor of baking
beans and steam
ing hot coffee.
Everything look
ed perfect. There
was hardly any
reason, she thought
guiltily, for him to
suspect the truth.
The ads in mag
ezineS seemed to
pprpn that OOe WaV