davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-01-11

straight In the face as we do our
fellowman.
1t must be that these hunters are
needed, for they are to be found
throughout the world. There are
about 800 kinds, too. The smallest
member you met few days ago, the
elf owl, who is about the size of a
sparrow, and the giant member Is
the great horned owl, about two feet
long, whose biography you have also
had in this column.
Whether 1t Is the screecher, elf or
horned. or any other member, you
can always identify it. The broad
face, with the disk of feathers about
the large, intelligent eyes; the very
sharp beak, the long, soft, feathery
trousers about the ankles and the
curved claws are enough to set 1t
apart from all the other birds you
know.
Some day you may have the Joy
of watching an owl turn his head.
His eyes being stationary, he must
follow the action of those about him
In this fashion. You may think the
owl will twist It's own head of and
you await the casualty with bated
breath. There is o limit to where
the head Is turned. Then. In the fash
Of an eye, often too quick for you to
Evening star., 1936-01-11
MAJOR FEATURES AND PROGRAM NOTES.

'Rose Of the Rancho" will open
the new series of Beauty Box Theater
presentations on WJSV at 8. Gladys
Swarthout and James Melton will sing
the leading roles.
Rudy Vallee will help Rubinof cele-
brate his fifth anniversary on the air
over WRC at 9. Rubinoff has pre-
pared a special program featuring two
compositions of his own, in addition
to selections by Virginia Rea, soprano,
'aHd Jan. Peerce, tenor.
~. Francis Lederer, Hollywood idol,
Sheads the cast of AL Jolson's Chateau
variety bill on WRC at $50. He will
take part in a scene from Booth Tark-
ington's Monsieur Beaucaire." Patsy
Kelly, Dorothy Dale and Charley
Stevenson, famous American Jockey,
also will contribute to the program.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Natures Children
California Pygmy Owl (Glacidium
Gnoma Californicus).

see, the head is snapped around in
the other direction! And believe me,
those eyes don't miss a thing.
The pygmy owls love the country
where there are deep ravines, forests
and canyons. They usually use the
home left vacant by their neighbor,
the woodpecker, or perhaps a stump
or other likely spot. They always
lay white eggs, about four of them.
These show up clearly in the dark
nursery. AS parents, owls are most
devoted, and they will defend their
home to their last breath.
These little gnomes are known in
the Oak Creek Canyon. Many have
heard their low but clear whistled
call. 1t is not a cheerful ditty, rather
mournful and full of pathos. The
strange thing that has been noticed
by several who know this owl is that
its calls have an attraction for birds.
Whether it is because of fear, know
ing that their neighbor would turn
gangster toward them if hungry, or
because they sort of dislike the sound
Of the broadcast, it Is hard to say.
On dark days these owls go out
hunting. They are very fond Of
large. juicy grasshoppers and other
portly insects. They seek diligently
for mice, lizards and frogs. and they
do not hesitate to pounce silently
upon other small creatures Of their
neighborhood.
Like many Of their kinfolks, they
have two color phases. The grayish
one appears most often, though the
rufous, or tawny. has been seen.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Bedtime Stories
The Grouse Disappear.

Being very tired. Reddy dozed. In
short, he took nap. How long he
had slept he didn't know, when sud-
denly his eyes few Wide open, lust
as If some one or something had
wakened him.
Now, when Reddy awakes he is wide
awake instantly. He Is just as wide
awake as If he had not been asleep at
all. At first he saw nothing. Then
his keen ears caught the faint sound
Of whirring wings, and way of among
the trees he saw a brown form leave
treetop and fly swiftly down to
plunge into the snow a short distance
beyond. Reddy drew a sharp breath.
His eyes began TO gleam. Then q
second brown form glided down from
that treetop and disappeared. At
least Reddy was sure they had dis
appeared in the snow. He could see
fairly well, but he couldn't see either
OF those brown forms on the snow,
therefore they must be in it.
1T is those Grouse" said he to
himself. They have gone to bed for
the night or at least they are going
to bed. know that old trick Of theirs.
Ihey are planning to sleep down
unoer the snow. Instead of sleeping
up in tree they have plunged down
INTO the snow and will work along
under 1t for a short distance. There
they will be warm and sleep comfort
ably. tive seen their sleeping places
before now. In fact, have caught
more than one young Grouse by guess
ing where he was asleep and digging
down at that spot. I'll wait a few
minues, so as to give them time to get
settled comfortably"
So Reddy waited until he could wait
no longer. Then he started out toward
the place where he had seen Mr.. and
| Mrs. Grouse disappear. AS he drew
near he moved cautiously. very cau-
tiously, indeed.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-01-11
OFFUTT ASKS 300 LIMIT
ON LIQUOR RETAILERS

Chairman George w. Offutt Of the
Alcohol Beverage Control Board rec
commended yesterday that the limit on
the number of retailers licensed to sell
bottled liquor be reduced from 400 to
300.
The proposed change would not
effect existing licenses. renewals or
transfers of permits. 1t is intended
gradually to work the number down
to 300 as permits are revoked for vio-
lations and as some retailers drop
out of the liquor business.
Offutt will ask the Commissioners to
act on the proposal at their session
next Friday.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

to get back to work on the setting
out; that assistant Of mine is liable
to gum things up If I'm not there!"
He shuffled down the grayeled walk
his mind whirling with the import OF
the warden's benefaction.
X X n II
THE object of countless enviou'
stareS, Charlie walked from the
tailor shop the next morning arrayed
in a neat and new outfit Of clothing
and presented himself self-consciously
at the offices of the warden to &c
through the formality of being re-
leased. Half an hour later he stopped
on the front walk before going oul
the gate.
Remember what ! told you, Joe,
he admonished the man kneeling in
the partially planted flower bed
Better fertilize the ground and don't
run the border too close to the wall.
His erstwh;le partner shook his head
Can you beat that? Going out
and worrying about the warden's
garden! They should have had you
at the mental hospital! Good luck
pal, and don't fret about the garden
III take care of i'll"
Charlie was frowning as he entered
after 30 years, the unfamiliar world
where man could do what he wanted
within certain bounds. In his pocket
was a roll Of bills, before him q life
Of freedom, and In his heart a sense
of uneasiness he couldn't understand
TWO weeks later the warden strode
.angrily up and down his office
floor: Charlie. a bit shamefacedly
stood by the desk, twisting nervously
the prison cap in his hands. looking
down at the gray uniform he had
gotten in exchange for the neat new
suit. I'm sorry If I seem to have
been ungrateful, warden" he apollo
gized.
III admit you're bit beyond me. y
the warden exploded. you get a
full pardon and go out of here with
enough money to start over again,
yet inside of two weeks you're back
with 20-year sentence for a robbery
that wasn't at all necessary! I'm
afraid I give you up as a hopeless
easel"
Charlie cleared his throat uneasily.
Its this way, warden" he justified
himself When I left here didn't
realize that this place was more of a
home to me than the outside was.
So I figured out how to get back, and
here I am"
The warden scratched his head per-
plexedly. Go on" he said.
Charlie shuffled his feet and grin
ned shyly. Besides I got to thinking
about Joe, the other gardener and
what crazy notions he has. So you
see, warden. I just had to come back.
I couldn't trust Joe with your garden!"
tCopyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1936-01-11

ton and Mr.. and Mrs. Grouse went
in another direction. Just after Reddy
lost sight of the latter he heard the
whir of stout wings and knew that at
last they had flown.
well, that's that" said Reddy to
himself. There isn't chance in the
world that I can catch Jumper the
Hare, and I guess there isn't any
more chance that can catch those
Grouse now. I'll just hunt around
and hope to find a Mouse or two"
So Reddy hunted. now here, now
there. He visited old stumps he knew
of. He dug down beside old logs
buried in the snow. They were places
where Mice were likely to be. All the
time he was working along in the gen.
eral direction those two Grouse had
taken. He wasn't thinking of them.
He had given up hope Of chance TO
catch one of them that day.
Late that afternoon Reddy stopped
to rest while beneath overhanging
boughs OF a snow-covered hemlock
lIct. 11C hdSo bllCo dIIu GO SOiliC-
what discouraged. 1t really was very
hard hunting and almost useless. The
two Mice that he had caught that
day served only to make him realize
how very hungry he was. He curled
up beneath an overhanging bough,
but in such a way that he could look
out beyond and see anything that
might move. He could remember
many a time when he had had just
as bad luck hunting, and then a din
ner had unsuspectingly come to him
where he lay hidden. OF course, that
was luck, but Reddy would tell you
that luck sometimes plays an impor-
tant part in the lives of the people of
the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

'"The Music Goes Round and
Around" which heads the list of the
is most popular songs Of the week,
will be featured during "Your Hit
Parade" on WRC at 8.
A special program in connection
with the dedication of the new studios
of KFBK in Sacramento will be
broadcast by WJSv at 10. A feature
will be musical panorama depicting
q Century Of Communications"
Lost Horizons" James Hilton's
philosophical novel of four Westerners
trapped in an ancient Tibetan lama
sery, will be dramatized over WMAL
at S:15.
A debate on the soldiers bonus be-
tween Representative Patman, Demo-
crat, Of Texas and Henry Il. Curran,
Evening star., 1936-01-11
SHORT WAVE FEATURES.
Today.

Geneva-5:30 p.m.-League of
Nations-Summary of weeks eff
forts toward peace. HBL, 31.2 m.
(9,65o kcD.
Berlin -6:15 pm. Bavarian
Dances and Music. DUG, 49.8 m.
(6,02G kcD.
Madrid-7 p.m.-Program for
English listeners. EAQ, 30.5 m.
(9,870 kc.).
London-7 p.m.-"The Empir-
ates" Concert party entertain
ment. Csc, 31.3 m. $3.50 kc.);
GBS, Bis m. 9,51O kcD; GSL,
49.1 m. t6,11O kc), or GSA, 49.5
m. t6.050 kc).
Berlin-8 p.m.-German Voices
from America. DJC, 498 m.
(6.o2O kc0.
London-10:30 p.m.-"Books to
Read" Some suggestions for the
listeners bookshelf. by Eric Gill
lett. GSD, 25.5 m. 11.75O kc);
CSC, 3l.3 m. (9,580 kc.), or GSL,
49.1 m. C6,110 kcD.
Pittsburgh-12 a.m-Messages
to the Far North. W8XK, 48.8 m.
(6.140 kcD.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

THE t W o m e n
were on their
knees In the prison
yard, digging in
the protection Of
the long shadow
cast by the high
stone wall. Guess
We'll lay out the
g ar d n for the
warden, same as
we did last year."
the gray = haired
one offered, be
cause he liked 1t
pretty we'll"
"If you'd only
listen to me-" his
fellow worker said.
wed do it a lot
different. T h e
| trouble with all
you old-timers is
that you can't see
the good Of chang
ing anything"
| And If you'd
1;,tnr 20 poa U0il'O
Evening star., 1936-01-11
NOTED SOPRANO
TO STAY ON AIR
Mary Eastman Is Given
Another Contract by Co.
Iumbia for 1886.

@oLUMBIA has given Mary
Eastman, soprano, another
contract which will keep her
on the air until 1887.
Miss Eastman has been presented in
her own sustaining programs and on
number of sponsored broadcasts
since her debut on Columbia in 1882.
Early in 1884 she was heard in a
special sponsored series and later in
the year in the Voice of America"
programs. Recently she was presented
as guest with Lawrence Tibbett in his
current Tuesday night series, Along
Rialto Row" c.-.
Haywood Broun's musical Shoot the
Works" was Miss Eastman's first
starring vehicle. Later she turned to
more serious music and appeared as
assisting artist in several recitals with
Nine. Schumann Heink, Richard
Crooks and other nationally known
singers.
THE seventh anniversary of the rati-
fication by the Senate of the
rian-Kellogg Peace Pact will be made
the occasion of a special N B. C.
broadcast Wednesday. Frank Kel-
logg. former Secretary of State and
co-author of the treaty and Senator
James Pope of Idaho will speak.
X X x x
THE Imperial Hawaiian Band, eX-
ponents of popular music in the
instrumental style of Hawaii, will
change its broadcast schedule on Co.
lumbia from Wednesdays at 7:15 pm.
to Thursdays at GAS pm. The switch
becomes effective January %.
X X x
WOL is proud of its new non-di-
w rectional dynamic microphone.
and claims it is the first station in the
country to put one into practical use.
WOR has been using one on test
basis.
7 OIS LANGS Tuesday afternoon
shows on Columbia will shift to
the 8 pm. Columbia spot tomorrow
The change was made in answer to
popular demand.
X X
GLADYS SWARTHoUT, soprano
star of the Metropolitan Opera
Co.. will be the guest star on the Gen.
eral Motors Symphony Concert jan
uary 10.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

50 you'll have Q
good start when
you leave. So to-
morrow morning,
right after break
fast, report to the
tailor shop and
get your new
clothes and report
to me here and
W IL get yo u
checked out. ]
hope you have all
the luck in the
world, Charlie!"
Charlie gulped
as he attempted to
vision what this
unexpected turn OF
events meant to
him. He was as
good as "outside"
that very minute.
Thanks, W ar
den," he managed
to get out, "I'll be
In to see you In
the morning. Got
Evening star., 1936-01-11
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Some people seem to get by luck
What others have to win BY pluck.

~ EDDY FOX was disguised.
- Yes, sir, Reddy was disguised.
N How he did hate that soft
= y snow. 1t tired him to wade
through 1t. But Reddy is persistent.
To eat he must hunt. While 1t seemed
useless to hunt under these condi-
tions, he knew from experience that
persistence often wins. So, when he
drove Mr.. and Mrs. Grouse and
Jumper the Hare out of a certain
bramble-tangle in the Green Forest
and watched them unhurriedly leave
without any trouble at all, because all
three wore snow shoes given them by
Old Mother Nature. Reddy did not
give up hope. He continued to
founder along through the snow.
Jumper the Hare went in one direc-
Evening star., 1936-01-11

director of the National Economy
League, is on wJsv's schedule at
1890.
Songs by Lecuona and Cowles, with
q favorite aria from Gounods opera,
Faust" will be featured by Nino
Martini during his recital on WJSv
at 8. The program includes "El Pavo
Real" Persian Dawn" and "Salut
Demeure" from Faust"
Evening star., 1936-01-11

Popular Comedy.
"The Wind and the Rain" comedy
about medical students in Scottish
city, has been seen by 100000 people
in Its two-year run in London.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

~ WIS .taks up police duty
4 where the hawks leave of.
I AS night workers they are
~ our most efficient aids. If
We could see how many mice these
nocturnal gnomes gobble up I am
sure We would form a society for
the protection of these friends of ours.
1t is not because these birds are
so brilliantly minded that We use
them as an emblem of wisdom, but
they are the only birds that have
their eyes so fixed that they look us
Evening star., 1936-01-11

The motion picture Small ToiUn
Girl' ,Dill soon be sIto,Dn in a Wash
ington theater.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

Kay seems to have settled down
into the routine of Carvel. Will she
turn back to her childhood sweetheart,
Elmer Radford, for love and content
ment? Look for tomorrow's revealing
installment.
(To be continued)
Evening star., 1936-01-11

~OLUMBIA has given Mary
Eastman, soprano, another
Y contract which will keep her
~ on the air until 1887.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-11

Boys will be boys" The ancient adage runs. And
that certainly holds good for FrecKes and his pals.
There's Nut+y Cook, who only LOOKS nutty, and
Jimmy and Ozzie and Tag youngsters that will
remind you Of The kids in your boyhood gang.
Things are constantly happening to FreckIes TO make
life interesting and exciting. If if isn't an airp ane
trip with Rufe to his diamond mine, then It's queer
old hermit donating $500 TO The boys for their cher
i+y fund at Christmas. You'll enjoy the daily doings
Of Freckles and His Friends :. ). and 50 will your
youngsters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-11
A little coaching from, the side lines
Out Our Way

You must meet The Wietts 50 typical. 50 true TO
life. they could be any American family, anywhere
There's the big sister, thrilled to death with her first
beau. The kid brother sure bet to do The wrong
thing at the right Time. The baby brother who thinks
up. his own delightfully."- original ways Of getting into
mischief. The perpexed and harassed mother
family arbiter and referee And dad WiIIe+fs, who
hasn't forgotten that he was kid once upon time
"Ou+ Our Way is really three cartoons in one. F.
stage, there's The gang down at The machine shop
Nothing ranch TO keep you in perpetual state Of g
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-11

If the lion is king Of the Jungle Tarzan is emperor.
1.-the leopard, sure Of hand and eye as an ape
:. and with mans brain and foresg hit ;. he swings
through the tanee Of the tropc wilderness unafrad.
But not without har-breadth escapes from ever-pres
emf danger ;. as you will discover when you follow
his weird and thrilling career in pictures on The Times
comic page every day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-11
Alley Oop

In The prehistoric land Of Moo where men we're
men and even The canaries sang bass. lived Alley
Oop and his cave-man cronies. King GuzzIe and
Foozy. There. too, dwell Queen Umpateede las
hard boiled spouse as ever brandished rolling
pin) and The aIuring OoIa who thought Alley Oop
was just gr-r-rand even though he was bit too dumb
to catch OIL Life for Alley Oop and The other folks
Of Moo was anything but bowl Of cherries. But
what was tragedy for Them will be comedy =. and
plenty Of it -. for you. Read Alley Oop and see!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-24
STEAMER GIVES
PROVISIONS TO
WINDJAMMER

SAN PEDRO, Aug. "a. up
Coast guard headquarters here was
informed today that the Windjam-
mer Pacific Queen, carrying a
crew of sea scouts, had been reached
by the freighter Mauna Loa and
supplied with provisions.
The Pacific Queen had radioed
from a position 700 miles southwest
of here request that emergency
provisions be rushed to her A
coast guard patrol boat, the Per-
seus, was sent out with food for the
80 sea scouts and two regular sea
men aboard the sailing ship.
The plea for provisions, however,
was intercepted by the Mauna Loa
which steamed off its course to
furnish the supplies and then ra-
diced that the Pacific Queen no
longer needed aid.
Previously the square-rigged ship
had not been heard from since
Aug. when she was contacted off
Baja California by the Perseus.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-24
Osborne Commended
By State Official


In a recent letter commenting on
the cost of county government in
Imperial county as compared with
other counties in the state Ray L.
Riley, state controller wrote as fol-
lows:
Hon. H. 7. Osborne,
Supervisor District No. 2,
FL Centro, Calf.
My Dear Hugh:
No doubt you have noted with a
great deal of satisfaction that I'm
perial county has next to the lowest
per capita tax rate in California
$1429. May I express my congrat-
ulations and commentator to the
members of the Board and yourself,
who have been responsible for such
an excellent record.
1 am forwarding under other
cover copy of Financial Transac-
tions of Cities and Counties and
you will note on page 1872 the COM
paritive costs as between the various
counties of the state.
With kindest personal regards I
am,
Yours very truly
Ray l.. Riley,
(adY.} lController.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-24
News Behind the News
Letters From Drought Victims E.
Excerpts Tell of Tragedies Re-
Uedling Paragraphs :.

wASHINGTON.-This business of appealing
to Washington when you are in trouble is doubt
less very bad, calculated to sap the moral fiber
and bankrupt the government.
Even If that's So it doesn't make the letters
received here from drouth victims any less
pathetic or revealing. Here are few excerpts
South Dakota school teacher:
THE heat outside is 116. The thermometer
on this table where write registers no. There
is no hot wind today
"As I look out of these windows, see
nothing but an unendng eXpanse of baking
dusty earth and parched, ruined crops. For me-
this week, it might not be so bad aside from
our money loss, if our IL cows and heifers did
not moo so, sometimes an hour at time, for
water.
Each day they grow weaker and thinner.
The tongues of the oldest have begun to swell.
Their eyes are bloodShot.
Both our wells have been dry for almost
three weeks The bran we have won't last long.
have much pride in our cows. Did you ever
own gentle, booded cattle? :. The nearest
spring is several miles down the road Fourteen
families use it. Each owns stock. We are
rationing its water. The flow decreases daily.
There's water hole about 10 miles away.
heard yesterday 25 families were using it. If
the WPA men could only deepen and enlarge
it :. Won't you see what can be done about
the water hole? I shall close. My COWS are
mooing again."
An "old homesteader' in Montana:
This country is slowly turning into
desert. Each year the cactus growth increases.
Its growth has been remarkable since 1884.
Cactus follows every drouth. The seyerer the
drouth the finer the cactus haven't raised a
forkful of cattle feed in three years. have not
had a crop in eight years. And, once, this was
the greatest grazing land of the Northwest
farm mother in North Dakota:
THE poor here is living braid. It's just
braid We poor is getting from town relief folks.
There is plenty of babys among us poor here at
- and How can any weened one
grow up on braid? Some of us poor has cows
Milk is good for weened ones But dust and
dirt in pastures don't make no milk. Our men
is hopeing for road work They been promised.
But it's bad waiting
A rancher in Wyoming:
81 make living from land and stock My
stock and the stock of hundreds of others was
sold at a great loss two years ago. The herds
was nearly depleted This year there is another
drouth and scourge of grasshoppers and Nor
mon crickets We forced to sell all remaining
stock We people try to provide food and
clothing for our families from land and stock.
We have reached point where we need relief
as bad as those on the relief"
Missouri farmers wife:
My man borrowed $50 from the gov to
get mule. The gov lent him money to get
seed Him and me worked hard to make crop.
My man wanted to get our bills paid out. This
long dry spell came. Crop and truck and potato
patch is all burned up-jest burned up. Our
bills is still owing. Me and my don't want
no relief. We want work. Me and him must
get work to live"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-24
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF MEETING OF
CREDITORS

No. 1904 in Bankruptcy
In The District Court Of the United
States, Southern District of Cal
ifOrnia, Southern Division.
In the Matter of
EDMUND WEIGH, Bankrupt.
TO THE CREDITORS OF Ed
MUND WEIGH, INLAND, California,
bankrupt: ?
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of August, 1886, Edmund
WEIGH was duly adjudicated bank
rupt, and that the first meeting OF
his creditors will be held at the
office of the undersigned Referee,
2O7-210 Rehkopf Bldg, Ell Centro,
California on the 21st day of Sept,
1886, at the hour of $3.50 A. M. at
which time the said creditors may
attend, prove their claims, appoint
a trustee, examine the bankrupt,
consider petition of the trustee
to sell the property of said bank
rupt and transact such other bus
mess as may properly come before
said meeting.
DATED: August 81 1886.
r. B. WHITELAW,
Referee in Bankruptcy
A24)