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Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
MCKINLEY SCHOOL

We talked about babies today:
calves, colts, kittens, kids, puppies,
lambs and pigs. We had pictures
of the babies. We learned to say
what these babies say We shall
make pictures Of these babies. -
Johnny Groebli
Mrs. Smith came to our room
today. She came to help us write.
She comes to our room every Fri
day. We are glad when Mrs Smith
comes because we like 10 write.
Today she said that we were good
boys and girls. 49, Mrs. Steinhoff's
first grade.
Miss Epler visited our room to-
day. We read for her. We read the
best we could. We hope she liked
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
Businessmen Attend
Norge Sales Meet

Warren Currier. general sales
manager of the Imperial Valley
Hardware company, accompanied
by w. L. Baxter, Frank Bailey and
Harry Hoyey of the same organi-
cation, attended a southern Cali
fornia Norge distributors meeting
in San Diego Friday.
Lee j. Mayberg, southern Calf
ornia distributor, sponsored the
meeting to acquaint dealers with
features of 1886 Norge refrigera-
tors washers and ironers, which
were on display.
"A new standard of beauty COM
bined with many re1inements OF
convenience and economy will be
aggressively promoted in local
newspaper advertising during the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

leyS great project for providing
clear water and diversion of river
flow to fill the All American canal,
Is rising the u. S. Reclamation
Bureaus town which some have
already begun to call Imperial
Dam City"
j. K. Rohrer, resident engineer
In charge of supervision on the
last schedule of the All American
Canal project, is Fastening con-
struction Of the city, which late
last week was we'll advanced.
Fourteen cottages will be built
Tor married employees, each served
by seven two-car garages; a 90
room dormitory for single men
and an office building are pro-
crossing toward finish The dormi-
tory and the office building will
be air conditioned.
Rohrer said 1t has not been de-
cided whether mess hall will be
constructed. plans for feeding the
single rlen not having been deter
mined. A temporary mess tent is
in operation at the present time
TO serve the so employees and
building tradeslnen new at work.
Frame Buildings
Each of the buildings is of
frame construction with concrete
slab base, making a permanent
structure designed for use of main
tenance employees after the dam
project is completed, Rohrer said.
During the course Of construc-
ton on the dam and desilting
works, the reclamation city will be
occupied by engineers, inspectors
and clerks, connected with the SUI
pervising work of the bureau. tot
aling about 40.
Site Of the city which will be
home of workers employed by the
combined firms of Morrison Knud-
sen, Utah Construction company
and Winston Brothers, contractors
on the dam and desilting works,
is now being cleared at a location
atop several hills near the reclaim
alton city. Construction of the
buildings will begin shortly, RCh-
rer predicted. Between $50 and
400 employees will be Accommodated
in the construction town, depend
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
WILSON SCHOOL

Just think! In year and half
we seventh graders will be students
of Central Union high school, walk
ing through the Halls of Sparta"
Mere frosh, at the mercy of the soph-
mores, juniors, and senior. Even
now of the boys are Boosting about
how they will hit that line, run the
mile, or be the basketball hero. We
all feel that the training we are get
ting at Wilson, physically and men
tally, is fully preparing us for what
ever is ahead.-Frank Dixon, ia.
Friday, promptly at 1905, Jane:
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

our reading and enjoyed our room.
We wish she would come again.
Second grade.
The teacher read a story about
Thomas Edison. He sold papers on
a train. He kept his chemicals ir a
box car. One day a fire started in
his things and the train man threw
Edison out. He became a great in
Ventor. He invented the electric
light. We found an Edison stamp
to put into our collection. - Mrs.
COUGHS second grade.
The government has decided to
make records for the blind. The
blind will not have to do all of
their reading with their fingers
Beverly Kinnard.
The government is making rec
ords for the blind SO they can hear
books read. These records are made
for phonographs.-Edith Harrison
I have pet calf. He likes to
butt Me. One day 1 was walking
through the COW pen to get the
eggs. When l was walking back
the calf butted me. The eggs fell
and broke. Nov I run every time
1 see him.-Douglas Hays.
I have a pet. His name is Pin
kie. He is a little rat. He chases
my cat all over the house. He
sleeps in my cupboard. - Melvin
Womack
I have a dog. Her name is Fun
ny. When I come home she jumps
on me. She is glad to see me. She
rolls over and over trying to get
me to play with her.-Jack Webb.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

c. B. Collins. Imperial county
superintendent CT schools, for pro-
viding this service at the expense
of the contracting firms.
A pile driver has been assembled
at the dam site and within a few
days will begin installing piles
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

for a bridge across the river at
this point. Preliminary surveys
before actual construction of the
dam are engaging the attention
of the contractors at the present
time.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
Townsend Club to
Meet Monday Night

Inc EI Centre Townsend Club No.
l VIII meet Monday night, January
1IIh' at 7;30 p. m. at club headquar-
tiers, Seventh and Broadway. All
members and friends are expected
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
Buildings Constructed
AS Project Develops
BY FREDRIC GRAESER

Work is hummng along a four-mile front south of
Imperial dam site and machines push the pre-
mlnary groundwork for intrenchment during construc
ton of the dam and desilting works.
Less than mile below the location of Imperial Val
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
BEGINS REVIVAL

Alva Johnson, evangelist of Turkey,
Tex, will begin three-week series Of
revival services at the Church OF
Christ in Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
Milkman Interrupts
Thief in Ell Centre

An unidentified burglar undoubt-
eddy will make it point to finish
his burglarizing before the arrival
of the milkman in the future as
he was interrupted in the midst
of his work early Saturday NOR
ming.
The man was busily engaged in
attempting to take the coins from
a slot machine in front of a WIN
dow in a Main street cafe in Ell
Centre. The appearance of the
milk man with an early delivery
caused him to make his exit
through a window. according tc
Ell Centre police.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26
CITY OF WORKERS. HOMES SPRINGN UP IMPERIAL SIT

Mala is the worlds first Eskimo
motion picture actor
Imperial Valley press., 1936-01-26

current season." said Hovey. adj
vertising manager of the valley
hardware firm, after his return.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
Holidays Preceding Sabbath Ge Yachtsmen Grand Opportunity
ROD AND STREAM
by GEORGE HUBER.

leader. For light fiys and trout fish
ing the leader should not be over
four-pound test; for bass fishing.
using heavier bugs. it may be UP to
eight pounds. Dry flies are nshed
on the surface OF the water and
usually upstream; wet fys are fshed
underwater and usually downstream.
A BOUT 25 or 80 feet of line will
serve as a starter. This Is drawn
out through the guides, some of the
Slack being taken up with the left
hand, the rod being held in the right
hand. With smart upward snap
Of the wrist bring the rod tip to a
point above and slightly to the right
Of the shoulder. The line will fy
back over your shoulder. A moment S
pause, and the rod is flicked forward.
Release some of the slack in your
left hand and it will shoot through
the guides, the fly describing a beau
tiful arc through the air and will
drop lightly on the water.
Never let all the line go from your
left hand; this will assist hooking the
fish on the strike.
A word of caution-neVer use your
fly rod as derrick to lift your FISH
from the water If you have no net
pick up your catch either by the line
or by finger through gill.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
WHITES PIECES.

nnlIt 10 udtc III lNO MOVES.
ringers are Glen H. Draper. A. G. Dreyer
j. David Reid who also solved No. 10
correctly. J; B. Dickman. W. L. Crawford
Rev. Fred Miller. Robert Knox. A Seiden-
berg: H; H; Howe. Drueli Husksrson. L;vsn L C;
credit for correct keys to problems IA
Key to problem No. Il is: Ora. And
to the vsTiatloR var All vi, RI93 f9iIoWS oil White
Correct responses TO No II come from
4. G. Dreyer. prolific notator: J. David
Reid: chess ;, wizard Of East Falls
Church: Va tAll diagrams are photogra phed
nd sh 9 S1sdase sPaTe
etched diagrams or shaded prints. With
shaded diagrams the Forsyth notation is
given to offset chances OF error in men
placement w. l.. Crawford who seldom
misses bull s-eye: Rev. Fred Miller. q
DANGEROUS opponent on any mans chess
board: Robert Knox. Washington High
promotion for the Metropolitan Chess As
sociation; H H. Howe who garnered many
a nrSt problem prize in Nebraska tits;
Dru III HuSKerson, non-committal war
rior who Knows his chess L. C. bookings
F. W: Allen Of Newtonville Mass. who
problems are published What do the
readers have to say to this policy? -,
Allen declares he has to use airmail
day deadilne Candidis. 1 Il lean Sy t to the sus-
from Chicago. Salem. Greg; St. Louis.
Dui9tni Los Angeles, Dallas and many dis
week I write letters Of apology to those
whose names are omitted without intent
IN the weekly summary.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
SPORTS CENTER SET
FOR STRETCH DRIVE
Loans and Currency Team Takes
Place of Civil Service in
Diamond League.

WITH the Loans and currency
w team replacing the Civil Service
nine. the second half Of the Sports
Center Government League is under
way with Treasury Accounts and De-
posits out to repeat its f1rst haH
championship.
The money-handlers annexed the
first half title with a record Of II VIC
tories In l3 games.
With eight games already played
in the last half, competition will con-
tinue on Tuesday with the champions
meeting the General Accounting ONCE
and r. F. C. facing P w. A Housing.
The remainder OF the schedule for
the second half follows:
July s-Tndsn Affairs VS.. A. A.
Roosevelt Stadium: Loans and currency
vs.. Labor, No. y W ;. july 4-P W f.
vs. Treasury A. and D. Roosevelt Sta
dunn july 10 Loans and Currency vs..
=. A. A. No. 10 W. P; Indian Affairs vs.
Labor Monument.
reney. HSts Monument: r. r oah' vs. Indian Hs Al
fairs. No IL " P. July 10 A. O. vs.
=; Labor A No Roosevelt % Stadium july snq
Indian Affairs VS.. Loans and Currency.
No. W. p; p. W. A. Housing VS. Treas
urv A. and D, Roosevelt Stadium. July
11-Lsbor VS.. F A. A. Monument; G. A.
o. VS. r. p. c., No 10 W. P.
july 2l-F. A. A. VS.. Treasury A. and D..
Monument; Indian Affairs vs.. 6. 4. O.; No.
Housing. No. 12 W. p. Loans and Cur
:3-Loans and Currency VS., G. A. o.
Treasury A. and D.. No. w. P. July a.
F A. A. VS. P w A. Housing No. 10 W.
p; Labor VS., r, F. C. Monument
aensi aensinr rsesuT No' snJ guiy = esLoans and
Currency VS.. Indian Affairs. Roosevelt
Stadium; F. A. A. VS.. Labor. No. l" W. P.
july 30-Treasury A. and D. VS.. G. A. O..
Roosevelt Stadium: P. w. A. Housing VS..
Loans and Currency. No 10 W. p; r. A.
A. vs. Indian Affairs Monument.
August labor VS. Treasury A. and
D. Monument: F A. A. VS.. G. A. O.. No.
IL W. P. AUGUST 5-1ndian Affairs VS..
R. r C, No. 10 W. P; Loans and Cur
rency VS.. P w. A. Housing. Roosevelt Sta
dunn. August 6-Labor VS. G. A. o. No.
W. p: F. A. A. VS.. r. F. c.. Roosevelt
Stadium August Loans and Currency
VS.. Treasury A and D. Monument: Indian
=, August 11nLabor VS. Indian Affairs.
Housing. Monument. August i2-Treasury
A. and d. VS.. F. A. A.. Roosevelt Stadium:
r c. VS.. Loans and Currency. No. IL
" P: August 13-G; A. Q. vs.. Indian
Labor. Roosevelt Stadium; August 14-F.
A. A. VS. Loans and Currency No. 10 w.
p: Treasury A. and D. VS.. r. F. c.. Monu-
ment.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
TWO DIVERS NAMED
FOR OLYMPIC TEAM
Root and Kurtz Finish One, Two
in Final Tryout for High
Board Assignments
Nv the Associated Pres


CHICAGO, July 4.-America'S Olym-
N pic diving team was strengthened
by two capable performers today as
Elbert Root of Detroit and Frank
Kurtz of Los Angeles finished first and
second in the high board event of the
final tryouts in the Lake Front La
COON.
Root, Just out of high school, scored
handsomely in the optional dives from
the 1o-meter (about 80 feeO height,
and finished with a point total of
1889, as compared with Kurtz's
i22.77. Kurtz, representing the Holly
wood A. c., was outstanding in the
living one -and-a-half somersault test
and in the hand stand cut through
q half gainor.
/ The third place winner, Marshall
wayne of Miami, Fla, will compete
In both, the 10-meter and 3-meter
events in Berlin. Wayne, national
A. A. U. champion, made the team
yesterday in the low board event. He
scored 12l.09 points today.
Evening star., 1936-07-05

inces. and the vanguard may not
capture enemy pieces or pawns save
in an enemy province.
Why vanguard chess? The inventor
claims the new variation discourages
the Fabian tactics now so common
in Queens chess. obviates ultra con-
servative play. and payes the way for
a new series of chess openings that
will rejuvenate the interest Of those
chess masters who for years have
deplored orthodox chess as becoming
too standardized and the openings
too stereotyped.
This column WelcomeS chess in
quiries, neus. facts and UietCs. In
formation readily giuen it. selt-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope is in
closed
Copyright July 5. s36 by Paul MillerJ
Evening star., 1936-07-05
Gray and Hayens Team.

I'D GRAY and Bill Havens are team
ing together in the junior tandem
doubles while Gray and Havens also
are in the junior foursome which in
cludes Kenneth Ronjue and Jimmy
Cation. Bill Rhodes and Russell Swan
compose the junior crew of the tam
dem doubles event.
Besides working together in the
senior tandem doubles. Knight and
Long form half of the four-man
single blade crew. uniting with Dick
Acker and Ed Trilling, Knight re-
Gently was named to Americas Olym-
pic canoe team, tribute to the
veteran who likely will be the sec
ond oldest competitor in the 1886
international games.
Strong opposition in the tandem
singles is expected from the Cacawa
group, of which two chaps of the
name of Cimokosy and Krick are out
standing. Philadelphia is said also
to have a good Junior four man
singles crew.
And while the canoe club is pre-
pairing for its second major event of
the season, Potomac Boat Club is
putting the finishing touches on its
Teconditioning campaign, to be reaoy
for its water carnival, Tentatively
scheduled for July 18. Runways OF
the club are being finished and when
the work is completed the club will
have a new 8O-foot float in front.
A house-warming will be part OF
the carnival, but swimming, diving
and other individual demonstrations
will form the major part Of the for
NAL opening.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR.
"CheCkad'"

DI IhOL j. MhLlEn N, Jns
Checked"
J thought, ,Uith mingled hope and
fear.
To Wed sWeet Marion Beck,
But Nth smile OF import clear.
She paCe me perpetual check"
Didja Know?
IN THE pages of England's Liver
pool Mercury for July 8, 1913. ap-
peared the first newspaper chess
L column in the world
La Palmede was the title Of the
first chess magazine to be published.
Under the joint editorship of La
Bourdonnais and Merry, it was well
coined in Partisan chess divans in
1886.
Go to Egypt Ride the camels. Let
the sand of the Sahara awe you with
its spectacle of drifting sea.
AS you gaze at the mystic pyramids,
and the pyramid of Gizeh in partic-
ular, which was built 5000 years
before the birth of Christ, reflect.
For it was in this pyramid that an
explorer found the first historical
document pertaining to chess. All,
ages have filtered through the hour
glass, but the glory OF chess outruns
the relentless crawl of time.
ChesspOurri.
TOSEPH F. SUTTNER, in charge of
the Division of Recreation of the
City Of Buffalo. states positively that
Buffalo is interested, very much in
terested" in chess. Daily youthful
expert gives instructive lessons at the
various community houses and play
grounds. In problem solving notation
the problemists heartily indorse the
"old-fashioned" descriptive English
phraseology or symbols And why not ?
Is it not the most Ineligible and the
simplest form of chess language that
is applicable to a game connotative Of
the complex in the highest form con-
ceived and created by the ingenuity
of the human brain? Always I have
accepted the scientific as accurate and
terse, but ever inadequate for the pur-
pose of expository articles that bring
clarity to the minds Of Just begin
nerS."
Chess Problem No. IS.
BY j A. J. SMITH
Published by Courtesy London Chess.
BLACKS PIECES.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
OVERTURNED CANOE
SHOULD BE REFUGE
Paddlers Urged Not to Swim Off
After Mishap, but Cling
to Capsized Craft.

THE recent drownings Of canoeists
in the Potomac have made timely
once again the old advice Of sea-
soned water travellers as TO what TO do
when canoes tip over:
Hold on to the canoe. Don't swim
away. The craft. though overturned,
will not sink and will provide safety
until aid comes. Though the flimSiest
of craft. when considering stability.
canoes buoyancy gives it life-saving
quality. even when upside down.
Scores Of paddlers have been
drowned throughout the country al
ready this year by attempting to get
back TO port after their canoes had
overturned. The sudden fear which
came with being thrown into the
water left them unconscious uf the
fact that safety was theirs, If they'd
only not give up the ship.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
# ~ HtE:; +; = : +

Solutions acknowledged from o. L. Creps
Harold c. Evans and Miss Maud G. Sewall
now vacationing with her sister al Brloge-
water. Conn., who writes: Many thanks
for the handy copy of the Laws of Chess
had nothing recent and international OF
that sort: and so am glad to own this. and
am proud TO have won it
JuneS award will be set OF pocket
cheSsmen. Problem No ~ will terminate
the June ladder and 1t will be stingaree
fer some one must he eliminated. You
boys are getting too good.
Scotch Game.
Borrowed from Field, Turf and
Farm" of 1871 is the following after
dinner skirmish. Like the flavor of
old wine enriched by the passing years
so is mellowed this theme Of other
DAYS:
Evening star., 1936-07-05
HOWARD HIGH AT TRAPS
Scores 47x5O With New Gun in
Weekly Club Shoot.

Using a brand-new gun, George G.
Howard broke At out of so targets at
the holiday activities shoot OF the
Washington Gun Club yesterday to win
the weekly shoot. The regular weekly
trophy was given on the added-target
basis and went to r. D. Morgan, who
lasted the longest in the miss-and-out
shoot-of1
&C. Fawsett and w. S. Wilson each
annexed wins on the Stlne-Llvesey
trophies with % apiece.
Scores for the day:
Evening star., 1936-07-05
START LONG BOAT RACE
22 Yachts Set Sail for Honolulu
2,240 Miles Distant.

SANTA MONICA, Calf. July 4 up.
twenty-five yachts sailed out of
Santa Monica Bay today, bound on
the eleventh biennial race over 2.24o
miles Of water to Honolulu.
Tens Of thousands of Fourth of
July celebrants packed the beach
front and pier. Hundreds of gayly-
bedecked pleasure craft cruised around
the bay for the start.
"Hi-yi. We'll get there" yelled
Movie Actor Buck Jones, at the wheel
OF his big gaf-headed schooner. the
Sartartia. as he headed out to sea.
A scratch entry. the 85-foot craft
stands a great chance of winning.
Another celebrity entry, Lee Tracy's
Adore, a 6l-footer. . is given only an
outside chance.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
COLORED MINES TRAVEL.

Leading colored sandlot teams Of
the city are playing out of town to-
day, the Hillsdales taking the longest
trip by meeting the Tidewater Giants
at Newport News, Va. In other games
the White Sox will meet an all-star
nine at Lynchburg. while Anacostia
and the Aztecs clash at Frederick, Md
Evening star., 1936-07-05


w YEEK END captains of Wash
a | ington's big power boat
wv fiotilla to large extent
v v took advantage of the holi-
day yesterday to get in an extra day
on their weekly cruises, and with the
absence of any organized trip by any
local group were free to pilot their
craft wherever they pleased.
Even the threat of rain over the
week end failed to stop manp an
chors from being weighed. as these
amateur pilots rose to the role OF sea-
soned shippers. defying the elements
from stopping their favorite sport over
the Fourth.
Many of them left Friday night. for
two nights and days at sea, while
countless others pulled out from their
channel anchorage and private moor
ings to start their week end yesterday
morning. AS happened once before
this year, on May 80, and as will
occur once again, on Labor day. the
holidays are so arranged that they
combine with Sunday to present two
days free from the cares of business.
2l Events on Canoe Program.
RUT while these pilots OF motor
driven runabouts are engaged in
an extra order of their hobby this
week end. two other classes of aqua
tic devotees are looking forward to
next week end and the one after that
as periods for special attention to
canoeing and swimming.
Next Saturday, Washington Canoe
Club again will be host in an event of
intersectional proportions as it en-
tertains canoeists from Philadelphia
and Briston (Pal in the Middle States
divisional championships of the Amer
lean Canoe Association. The cham
pionships will be in the nature of trials
for the national canoe championships
at Cleveland on July &c, the first three
place winners in each event next Sat-
urday qualifying for the nationals.
Altogether, 2l events are on the
program. embracing junior. inter
mediate and senior paddlers. who will
start the competition at 1870 o'clock.
In the same event last year, Wash
ington Canoe Club far outclassed the
rest of the field, winning with total
Of SO points-2l more than the sec
ond-place Cacawa Club of Phila-
delphia could muster. Cacawa is
coming this Saturday with a stronger
team, it is rumored, while Potomac
Boat Club will enter a formidable
aggregation. The Y. M. c. A, from
Briston is expected to enter the fourth
contender for intersectional honors.
With Harry Knight and Johnny
Long expected to maintain Wash
ington Canoes stock at the top of
the market. the host club also is ex-
pected to make a strong bid for junior
honors with a small but capable
group of youngsters who are padding
this year for the first time.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
Vanguard Chess,

MANY variations of orthodox chess,
AA Queens Chess If you please,
are extant. Yet there always is a new
suggestion offered by q fertile and
inventive mind.
Recently small booklet titled
vanguard Chess" by H. Roberts Keely
of New York City. was copyrighted.
Briefly the new chess motif Is to in
crease the chessboard from 81 to
100 squares and to strengthen white
and black forces by the addition Of
a queenly-appearing piece, termed q
vanguard. Each side has two van
guards and two additional pawns.
In movement, the vanguards are
restricted to either the king or
queens half of the chessboard, each
half being subdivided into two prov
Evening star., 1936-07-05
WINN TAKES AUTO RACE.

ATLANTA. July C4D.-Billy Winn.
Detroit ace dirt-track driver, hurtled a
Miller special 10 times around the
rain-sodden Lakewood Park oval here
today in minutes $50 seconds to win
the l0-mile feature sweepstakes.
Evening star., 1936-07-05

boat Tobeno Only IS feet long, it is claimed to be Of
Gold Cup boats constructed 1t poUered by
Wright Martin motor ohich develops $50 horsepower
installation conversion OF the motor UeH
the hull made by Bobrick and his
a0th
O president regatta,
est in the Gold Cup has mounting steadily NTH every
indication that the September classic O find substantial
the number OF entrants for the Presidents Cup