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Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28

The metropolis has no outstand-
ing polished gambler these days
either in Wall Street or the roulette
halls. And none is of the spectacu-
lar type expressed by John w. Gates,
Jesse Livermore and Richard Can
field. The kingpins today suggest
Arnold ROthstein or Nick the Greek.
Garfield was the most cultured Of
all. A friend Of WhiStlcr's, nc
roamed the European art galleries
with aristocratic air and an under
standing eye. His collection of
Chippendale was considered dis
eliminating. Great painters and
sculptors liked to talk to him. Ap-
praiserS of art always consulted
him.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28
TWENTY YEARS AGO
ArriI 22. 1916

On May 1, all stages will have
to find business headquarters 9TH
er than public thoroughfares. A
city ordinance provides that stage
companies must provide stands out
of the street or stay out Of the
city.
About the most important event
of the season is the society vaude-
vile to be given soon under the
auspices OF the Women's Ten Thou-
sand club. Local talent will ap-
pear on the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28
NEW YORK
DAY by DAY
By O. O. Mcintyre

lopingeSt breakfast of all is indulged
in once or twice a week by that
sturdy trencherman, Bob Davis. He
orders a stack of Wheats, bacon and
soft foiled eggs, fried potatoes and
coffee. He breaks the eggs over the
hCt cakes, crumbles the crisp bacon
on top. decorates it all with French
frieds and Smears the whole mess
withssplashes of maple Cyrup. AWk!
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28
Hints ON EtinnpIte

Except when presenting a very
young woman, either married or
single, to a distinguished elderly
man. the accepted rule for intro
ductions is to present the man to
the woman. For example: Mrs.
Smith, allow me to present Mr..
Jones'
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28
.Ae. on =! So|
VIZ says
,IaN FRANZ WATANABE
IV5 by ed HOLDEN
b1k> ed HOlDG
PRESIDENT

Many wise fellows are fore
casting that we shall having
lady U. S. president pretty soon.
They seem not like. Why not
having a lady? atomic
to you. Can they making more
hash? If a mother are good
enough to raising president
then she arc good enough to be
Gne. l thinking those oldish
motto are C.k. TO using on such
cases more sharper than
child are the ungrateful tooth"
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28

Persons born on this day are a
puzzle. No one can tell exactly
how a suggestion will strike them,
or a piece of work suit them. They
may be easy to please or nothing
will please them.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28
GRAB BAG
One-Minuic Test

/. What is sycophant?
2. Name the composer of The
Bohemian Girl.
3. Define a blimp.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28

About the most successful post-re-
peal night club inpresario continues
TO be Sherman Billingsly, soft
spoken fellow who might be the
proprietor of the leading furniture
store in Enid, Okla, where he was
born. His intake is said to be near
million a year and in a revealing
article in stage magazine admits
that his $4,000 a year rental is US
ually covered by a $4,000 a year
hat checking concession. He declares
most night clubs are short lived be
cause of the commission racket of
provision dealers. Unless this is
scotched it is impossible to survive.
Another bankruptcy leak is theft
by both customers and employees.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28

Jack Dempsey suggests that Primo
Camera take up wrestling Especially
since fans are used to seeing the Alp
lying on the canvas.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28
One-Minute Test Answers

/. A flatterer a parasitic per-
son.
Q. Michael William Balfe.
3. A non-rigid dirigible balloon
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28

Someone in Charlston, S. c., sends
in this description of Alexander
Woollcott: "A Parker House roll
with spectacles."
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28

NEW YORK, April %. UR)-FeW
masculine figures on New York
streets turn heads so surely as Gen
eral Jonn J. Pershing. Even before
he is recognized, his erectneSS and
superb carriage single him for at
tention. At rs. he has the stride OF
a competent young athlete.
Gen. Pershing like most thinkers,
is one Of the leisurely window shop
pers, vast army that includes
Charles M SchWab, DR.. John H.
Finley, Max Steur and Albert Elm
stein. When in New York, the Cen
eral usually visits his club on Park
avenue in the late afternoon.
One Of his pet stories concerns an
inspection tour of forts he made af
ter the war. At Fort Sam Houston,
he was out for a sundoWn stroll
when he accosted two soldiers for
match for his cigar. They supplied
him an0 walked on with marked in
difference.
After few steps they saw a Great
Light. Only two days in the army
bIItg llhb L lill olll dllb illUO bliC blS
boss and had not saluted. They cir
cled, timidly approached and apollo
gized abjectly. That's all right,
boys" said Gen. Pershing but
don't ever try that on a End lieu
tenant.
Arthur j. BurkS, pontiff of the
pulpS. was recently permitted to sit
in the electric chair at Sing Sing
so he might turn out a casper for
magazine. Before he sat down, a
prison guard advised him not to be
so jocular about his adventure. He
explained that Police Lieutenant
Becker once on a social visit flopped
down in the hot spot" with a joke
Just year later his sentence of
death was executed in theN same
chair. Burke unfunnnied himself
pronto.
New York has many odd break
fasteers. The late Edmund Breese
liked plain lettuce and cup of orange
juice. Lucius Beebc has one graham
cracker, hot tea and two one-minute
eggs spiked with Worcestershire and
tobasco. Deac Aylesworth is partial
to a baked apple with a nubbin of
tarty cheese Stranger Lewis likes
steaming onion soup. But the wal
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28
Words of Wisdom
TCday's Horoscope

Remember that time is money
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28

Monta Bell, the neWspapermau
who became a movie director, will
spend the next three months in a
tent in the heart of India filming
Kipling elephant story He VAS
preparing for a trip to America
when he was selected for the JOB
and in five hours took off in "A
plane for MySorc in a spray Of
innoculations against typhoid, small
poX- malaria and cholera.
During Gene Crawley's forma-
tive days in the Oklahoma oil fields
he asked a job applicant one day
if he might be clock watcher
He replied: mo sir, I don't care
for inside work. I'm a whistle lis
tener."
90
My first reporting was subbing for
Col. Robinson when he fell ill, They
sent for me at school at that per-
iod before evil descended on con-
sciOusness and all was wrong Per-
haps that is why newspaper work
has always had such exquisite CLAM
our. Anyway for three days be-
came the local oracle at 81 a day.
During this adventure Boone, the
hypnotist, came to town. And 1
rode with him, ind-folded, Hickey
split through the main street. The
opposition daily in reporting the
stunt observed, meanly I thought:
odd Mcintyre, the oyster white of
statue in chalk, sat by Boones
side. Many are expecting him to
go up on the stage tonight when he
calls for volunteers That is, if he
RECEIVERS from his congestiye chilli
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28
Looking Backward
What The Press Files Tell of Imperial Valley This
Date in Past Years

teachers salaries will be threshcd
out.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-28

Edward H. Law,
Clerk.
BY DOROTHY SPEAR,
Deputy Clerk.
A21-28 M5-12- 1926 J2-9-16-23
Evening star., 1936-09-04
By Michael Fame.

title proudly: 'Verse OF the Nine
teenth Century"
"Is it?" said the girl, still coldly.
"Sure is. Best ever saw"
He wondered guiltily if she sus-
pected that till two weeks ago, when
first he had been smitten, the WORD
book" would have been used by him
exclusively in terms OF daily doubles
and parlays. He must make his i'm
preston. But it was awful to have
to talk about books to a girl with
brown eyes like hers.
You take this fellow Tennyson,"
said Maurice valiantly. I'm his weight
he can't be licked" She looked up
with a glimmer of interest. Those
'Idylls' he pronounced it 'iddles'-
"of the King sure are good"
% x X X
THE toughest opponent who had
ever held him in a half-nelson
had seemed simple to handle COM
pared to those pages and pages OF
words recognized by Maurice as poetry
only because every line began with
capital letter. He could have pulled
Excalibur from the rock; he couldn't
pull any sense from the poem which
celebrated it.
The girl still sat there, coldly silent.
He ate industriously for a few mo-
ments. She stared glumly at her
plate He felt that he had failed to
make his impression. Might have
known classy dame like her wouldn't
be taken in by no mugg wrestler.
She said bitterly: Il thought you
were Muscles Moroney, the wrestler" !"
81 am" he said, surprised. She
frightened considerably.
Then what are you reading Ten
nyson for?" she asked Indignantly.
Cant train on Tennyson."
He sat up very straight. Don't
you like Tennyson?"
"I loathe Tennyson," she said en-
phatically. Maurice sat up even
straighter. And" she added, 81
loathe restaurants where authors come
to talk about their books"
He whooped: Lets go to Dish
water Pete's place!"
I'D love to go to Dishwater Pete's
| place" she said, standing up. He
stood up, too.
Baby" he said, eff ever get that
guy Tennyson in the ring I'll murder
him."
kid" she answered, when you
do-In be there" They walked from
the restaurant. Your arm, Mr.
Moroney," she said
Call me Muscles!" he told her.
If it had been a wrestling match
| Muscles would have won.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-09-04
Mrs. W.D. Wrightson
To Aid Filming of
Fathers Life Work

MRS. WILLIAM d. WRIGHTsoN
and her youngest daughter. Miss
Aileen Gorgas wrightson, left this
afternoon for Hollywood. Calf. where
Mrs. Wrightson will aid in the max
ing Of the script for the perturbation
of the book which her mother, Marie
Doughty Gorgas, wrote on the life
and work of Gen. William Crawford
Gorgas, foe of yellow and other
tropical fevers. Mrs. Gorgas, who
with Gen. Gorgas made Washington
their home after his retirement. wrote
the book after his death and the
picture will be made by Warner Bros.
in Hollywood.
Mrs. Wrightson and her daughter
will be guests for short time of Mrs.
Knight, widow of Gen. John T.
Knight, U. S. A., and her daughter.
Miss Margaret Knight, who was a
debutante the same year Mrs. Wright
son was presented. Later they will |
Evening star., 1936-09-04
Residential
Washington
Social Notes
Mr.. Gerard to Spend
Holiday at
Newport.

Continued From Third Page.)
Evening star., 1936-09-04

almost any one who knew him pro-
fessionally, had they been present to
behold.
None was present to behold, of
course, since Maurice's fellows in the
trade seldom, if ever, visited public
libraries. Maurice paced the lobby
self consciously, glancing occasionally
through the inside doors at the clock
over the large desk where busy
librarians attended to last-minute
borrowers. A minute of g; the lights
In the reading rooms were already out.
Maurice leaned against the wall
and thumbed the imposing-looking
book which he held somewhat as
visiting uncles hold infant relatives.
His noble brow wrinkled like water
under a breeze as he read.
A soft voice said: Good evening,
MIR. Moroney," and Maurice leaped
with agility into what he considered
o respectful position to greet a lady.
He made unintelligible sounds in
tended to convey his pleasure and
dropped his book He recovered the
book and managed a faint hello.
THE girl with the soft voice smiled,
annihilating what was left of
Maurices composure, and said, Shall
We be going?" An inarticulate af-
firmative from Maurice and they de-
scended the library. steps and walked
off down the street.
From the corner of his eye as they
walked Maurice saw again what a
lovely creature was the girl at his side,
or, in the expression which came more
naturally to him, what a honey of a
dame. Her hair was brown and so
were her eyes, her dress and her hat.
Shall we," said Maurice with heroic
eloquence, after a little, "go for some
eats-er, chow-food?"
whichever you prefer" the girl
said. IT suggest eats"
Maurice looked puzzled. "You
mean" he said, mulling the remark,
1--WE should 60 and eat?"
Mice work." said the girl. He
looked puzzled again. A cab took
them to a restaurant of Maurice S
choosing; quiet place, suitable in
Its atmosphere for refined librarians
1t was the refined librarians turn to
look puzzled. Maurice dropped his
book prominently against the lamp
on their table
hO YOU often come here?" said
the girl.
ITS place where book writer's
come lot" said Maurice, as though
that should explain his own patronage.
"Oh," said the girl. She looked
Evening star., 1936-09-04
Ruler Blamed for Collapse.

Superstitious Indians are blaming
the collapse of the 200-year-old bridge
at Seringapatam, Mysore, on their rul-
er, who is far from his kingdom at
present. They say it fell because the
Maharajah of Mysore crossed the seas
to England. Hindus are not supposed
to cross the seas. The maharajah did
his best to take India with him and
even had a room in his hotel suite in
London made into temple. Neverthe-
less, the natives believe that if he had
stayed at home the bridge would be
intact.
Evening star., 1936-09-04

served with a summons and COM
plant in a suit brought against him
by Rev. Rupert D. Griffith, retired
minister and Townsend Club organ
izer. Mr.. Griffith seeks an account
ing and payment of commissions he
alleges due him.
The minister claims he was retained
as an organizer and was promised So
for each 100 members joining his clubs
and 2 cents for each 25-cent pension
book sold. He declares 1000 books
were sold in his district and that
10000 persons joined his clubs.
Evening star., 1936-09-04

take an apartment. expecting to be in
California for several months. Mrs.
Knight has many friends in WASH
ington and was prominent in society
some years ago. She is q daughter
Of Gen. 8. 3. NJ. Young.
Mr.. Wrightson and their daughter,
Miss Priscilla Wrghtson, who recent
ly arrived home from Barcelona,
where she was visiting at the con-
sulate when the revolution started,
will remain In their home, In Chevy
Chase.
Evening star., 1936-09-04

around her with
no parti C u lar
pleasure. Then she
looked at Maurice's
book.
"It was swell
nice of you to let
me take you out"
he m u m b ! e d,
blushing.
mot at ALL" she
answered coldly.
He was conscious
of her coldnesS.
ct hung around
a long time before
I got up the nerve
to ask"
"I noticed"
He felt he was
somehow making
a bad impression.
They ordered their
food. "That's a
good book" he said,
daintily manipu-
lating his coffee
cup. He read the
Evening star., 1936-09-04
Miss Andrews
Touring Alaska

Miss Frances Andrews. daughter Of
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Adolphus
Andrews, who was o debutante of Inst
season, ts on . tour Of Alaska with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hasbrouck of
Philadelphia and their daughter, Miss
Alike Grange. Miss Andrews and
Miss Grange were classmates at the
Ethel Walker School and later at
Bryn Mawr.
Miss Andrews will Join her parents
at Blue Ridge Summit. wherethey
have been spending the Summer,
upon her return. The family will
come back to Washington Septem-
Der 10,
Evening star., 1936-09-04

tlSlIcu TIdLlCcy DCASlulIi, L1Olidilu, ScI o
many and England. Before return
ing to Washington she visited Col.
and Mrs. Joseph C. Fegan in Newport,
r. l., for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred H. Bellmann
and their daughter Shirley, accom-
panied by Miss Charlotte Weickel,
have gone TO Atlantic City to remain
until the end of next week Mrs
Bellmann recently returned from a
weeks stay at Sayville, Long Island.
Mrs. Charles w. Dudley has re-
turned to her home at 1882 Randolph
street northwest after spending sew
eral weeks with her cousin, Mrs Mat
tie v. Weatherford, at Miami, Fla.
Mrs. ]. Dawson Satterfield and Miss
C. L. Hutton of Dover, Del, are stay
ing at the Dodge.
M. and Nine. Maurice de Maindre-
vile of Paris are at the Raleigh dur
ing their stay in the Capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Engelhart
of Hartsdale, N. Y, are in Washing
ton for short time and are stopping
at the Raleigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Dodge, accom-
panied by their daughter, Miss Mary
Joe Dodge of Port Arthur, Tex, who
are on an extended motor trip in the
East are stopping at the Dodge Hotel
while in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Horden of Mont
real are spending few days here and
are at the Raleigh. They will leave
today to visit Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1936-09-04

ago he tried to swim the English Chan
mel, but 1t beat him. That did not
quench his love for swimming. He kept
1t up fUr exercise. in his 1s-mile swim
he was in the water i've hours and q
quarter.
Evening star., 1936-09-04
HIS name was
d Maurice hilt

HIS name was
Maurice, but
he was known pro-
fessionally and for
obvious reasons as
Muscles" Moro
ney. There wasn't
a better wrestler In
the game. He lifted
his new gray fe-
dora from his head
and smoothed his
hair with unac-
customed fingers.
For, though not
unhands ONE, he
was ordinarily not
concerned with the
details Of his ap-
pearance, tonsorial
or sartorial. That
he should smooth
his hair now, then
bend to flick with
O too-lovely hand
kerchief his already
too = radiant shoes
l.
Evening star., 1936-09-04
LIBRARY GIVEN MUSEUM
By the Associated Press.

Dy VIC AS5UCIHVtU FftH1.
RICHMOND. September 4-Thdm-
as G. Colt, jr, curator of the State
Art Museum here, said that a gift by
Mrs. Corinne L. Melchers would enable
the museum to offer facilities of an
extensive art reference library to
students.
Colt said Mrs. Melchers had pre-
sented her husbands entire library to
the museum. Approximately 1000
volumes, many Of them of considerable
value, comprise the library.
Evening star., 1936-09-04
Man. "a. Swims 1S Miles.

When Montagu Holbein. aged IA,
stood on London Bridge at midnight
after swimming Is miles from Rich
mond Lock, someone recognized him
as an old-time champion. Thirty years
Evening star., 1936-09-04
Radium Ia Lost.

Radium valued at $3.50 has been
lost in the Royal Samaritan Hospital
for Women In Glasgow, Scotland, fol-
lowing an operation.
Evening star., 1936-09-04
CLERIC SUES TOWNSEND:
SAYS COMMISSION is DUE
Was Promised So for Every 100
o. A. r. P. Members,
He Asserts.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, September 4.-Dr.
y. E. Townsend, head of the old age
revolving pension plan, yesterday was
The daily independent., 1936-10-14

election hopes (after the
election he and his beautiful hopes
can 90 Jump in the lake, also as
usuaD, and various large general
problems having been dealt with
in such large. various and gen.
e. al way that only professor Elm
stein could explain that it's all
about. and he couldn't if he had
a headache, and, in any event,
would have enough loose stuff
left over to make quite tricky
crossword puzzle; therefore, be
il resolved that the campaign, on
entering its final phases, is be-
having exactly as campaign
should behave on entering its fin
al phases.
And be it further resolved that
the first Wednesday after the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November shall be the day of rest
and Thanksgiving for such private
citizens Of the Republic as have
lasted until then. Being as we're
q hardy race, it is hoped quite a
sizable delegation will survive.
IRWIN S. COBB.
Copyright, 1886, BY The North
American Newspaper, Alliance Inc.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14

such an improvement in the government
inland waterway First, an appropriation
for the specific item would have to be made
bv Congress. That appropriation would
come in the Rivers and Harbors bill, which
comes up only once in four years. The
last Rivers and IIarbors bill was enacted III
1895. if our memory serves us correctly.
The man or the newspaper who tries to
move us toward the impossible objective, ls'
for some reason known only to himself and
to his Administration advisers, seeking only
to get the construction of the Camdcn-Cur-
rituck shortcut indefinitely postponed BE-
ware of him.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14

should be increased to 10 per cent
This amendment should be adopt
ed by an overwhelming vote, not
alone as a means of opening to
the Legislature sources of new re-
venues but as a demonstration
that in North Carolina wealth
will not be shielded while the poor
are burdened.
This amendment is a necessary
addition to the States taxing
power.
Even more important, it is
necessary as a token in these
times that the basis Of the tax
system in the State shall be
equity and justice, and not mere
ly inability to protest.-The News
& Observer.
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
BEWARE of the suave
State Administration
propagandist who tells
lis that the best waV to
DON'T BE
NIISLED

bring about the construction of the pro-
posed Camden-Currituck shortcut is to per-
suade the War Department to straighten
the bend in the inland waterway where it
is proposed to locate the State highway
bridge for this shortcut
On account of the existing bend, naviga-
lion interests and |. s. Army engineers in
sist upon a bridge with 12O-foot draw span
and 1,3OO straight way approaches. If the
bend were eliminated the Army engineers
would not be SO eXacting in their demands.
But, the man or the newspaper, who tells us
that we should get that canal Strengthened
i'll order to get the shortcut, is either a
knave or wet behind the ears
congressman Lindsay Warren has told US
that 1t would take at least tvs years to get
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
Observation-Disclosures
By PAUL MALLON
Conu.;nLt 1925 Ru Paul Mall0n
SENATORIAL SHUT-INS
~ PAUL MALLO
Copyright, 1896, BY Paul Mallor

Washington, Oct. l3.-There has never peen all
investigation like the senate campaign mVesClga-
ton In fact you cannot find out for sure whether
there is one.
The committee has presumably been ferreting
out campaign facts for three months, but has
never held hearing Its star detective, Louis Ga-
Wis The knew everything about everybody when he
was investigating the world for Mr.. Ickes). is
known to have gone into Michigan, Pennsylvania
and Maine but without public consequences.
Only one committee report has been published,
It was issued on the eve of the Maine election and
disclosed that the Rockefellers and Duponts had
contributed to the Republican cause in Maine
The committee door is Shut. 1t bears placard
reading:
Visiting hours from to p m If you have
a message put it under the door"
The daily independent., 1936-10-14
WHILE Europe girds
DEPROFITIZE its Soldiery, prepares
THE PATRIOTEER its citizens for aSphyN-
iation and makes its

ldllOH dllO liidhSo ITO
fields ready for shambles, we in America
should not lose sight of the fact that even
the most unassuming incident might draw
us into the conflict.
America did not enter the last war TO
make the world safe for Democracy. We
were forced into it against our will and
against the general sense of public opinion
until war propaganda SO undermined the
reasoning powers of the populace that the
mob spirit and race hatred that developed
could not be denied.
For centuries these Shibboleths have been
the badge of the war-mOngerS that seek per-
sonal aggrandizcment and financial gain
from the sutferings of humanity and de-
struction of existing civilizations.
Huge war profits on the part of business
should be made impossible through con-
grcssional action. When the first draft of
men for the next American war is called, a
conscription of capital should preccde it.
Next time it should not be ''give till it
hurts on the part of the populace, but "Givc
all but ten per cent of your net profits and
run your factories to produce government
needed goods at COSTS" on the part of buSi-
ness.
Americans should realize that if we are
to remain aloOf from another world con-
flict, the time to make sure that we are not
drawn in, is while the world is still at peace
When business and industry has to shell
out its profits, even as mothers give up their
sons, then America will stand a better
chance of staying out of trouble.