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Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
THE LONG WALK

lUGH and Peter were pals,
II and they were ten and nine
years old. They often went with
their parents to the coast, to play
on the beach and ride the roller
coaster. 1t was fun, and one day
they decided to go by them
selves.
It was a warm summer day
when the boys started out, and
since Pete loved to 60 barefoot,
only Hugh was wearing shoes.
Well, they started out in great
spirits, and didn't bother about
telling their mothers where they
were bound.
1t was really miles and miles to
the ocean, but the two travellers
seemed to think it was lust over
the next hill" They said that
after they had climbed each hill
in turn.
At last, foot sore and weary,
they came to the beach. Then
they were too tired to do any
thing but lie on the sand and
rest. 1t started to get dark pretty
soon, and the boys were hungry
as could be, so they started for
home, and SUPPER.
There is no need to make your
feet hurt by telling you about
that long trip back. But you can
guess how the parents of these
boys were out looking everywhere
for them.
Along about 9 o'clock at night,
they were seen coming down the
street, two very weary looking
lads indeed. And strangest of all,
they were limping along, each
wearing ONE shoe. Hugh had de-
cided that since Pete had no
shoes, he had better share his.
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food comforted his empty stoni
ach. After the feast, his spirits
rose anew and now he knelO he
had to go on with his plans.
He had been watching a
thin, hard-voiced newsboy, who
screamed in and out of the crowds
that poured from the street cars.
II bet that kid would know how
l could get across to Oakland
1t wouldn't hurt to ask"
He approached little hesi-
family. The boy screamed and
fiuttered a paper. Bob walked
around in front of him. The boy
held out the paper. Final night ?"
mo: I wanted to know if you
could tell me how I can get to
Oakland"
How do va wanta go, swim,
fly or ride? Here va are, final
night" the boy dove toward
a prospective customer.
Bob waited. These city kids
were too fresh. He walked through
the crowds, following the boys
shouts till he found him again.
II wanta' ride there, what'll I
do?"
"Okay, farmer" (However did
that boy know he was from the
country?) IF you wanta' spend
cash for a ride, you go in there
and buy a ticket an follow the
sheep. If you're flat, and you
wanta' hop ride-go down
there, where that string of busses
is, and sneak into a truck. If you
stay out of sight till the boat
pulls out you can get over for
nothing. But look out for the
cops"
Continued next weekly
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SIC EN-, RABBIT!

A LII the dogs in the world
~ aren't brave, nor are all rab-
bits scarey-cats. At least that is
what we can believe about rab-
bit and dog in Ogden, Utah.
A blacksmith named Taylor re-
ports a strange sight. There was
a great to-do of barking and
yelping on the road from Salt
Creek, and when Mr.. Taylor and
his friends looked up they saw a
brindle bulldog tearing down the
road looking frightened to death.
In hot pursuit came a big jack
rabbit.
Finally the panic-stricken bull
dog lodged behind parked au-
tomobile and the rabbit lost sight
of him. The dog, no doubt, saved
himself from a horrible beating
at the hands (rather paws) of
that vicious bunny!
ttt
4 AVE you ever wondered what
n names great generals gave
to the horses that carried them
into battle and parade? Here are
a few: George Washington's ia
vorite white horse was named
Lexington; Napoleon's favorite
horse was called "Marngo";
Grants horse was named
EGYPT; Sherman's horse was
Sam; Sheridan rode "Winches-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
4 PROBLEM SOLVED
nee upon a time there was
q little Girl named I.aZell

NCE upon a time there was
~ a little girl named Lazell.
She had a brother and he was
called Friedrich. They both went
to kindergarten and they thought
it lots of fun.
They took their lunch in a lit
tie blue tin box and every day
they quarreled about which one
of them would get to carry the
box to school.
One day their mother heard
them saying, I'm going to carry
the box today"
mo, you are not, I'm going to
carry it."
And the mother said, mo one
will carry the box today. I am
going to put your lunch in two
paper bags, and the blue box will
stay at home"
Friedrich and Lazell did not like
this idea at all. And the little
tin box did not like being left at
home. I'm fact, he fell off the
kitchen shelf twice that day.
1t is a strange thing, but when
the children came home from
school Friedrich hurried into the
house and said, Mother, / don't
like to take my lunch in a paper
bag, so if we can take it in the
little blue box Lazell may carry
it every day"
Just then Lazell came in and
said, mo Friedrich you carry it.
l don't mind at all" Then they
started to argue all over again.
Well, there was only one thing
for the mother to do . and she
did it. She went out and bought
another little blue lunch box
one for each of them.
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Oakland town across the Bay"
He looked out across the gray
water. The sinking sun glistened
on the windows of the distant
buildings. They looked far away.
Automobiles whizzed past, hun
dreds of them. Bob made no ges-
ture to stop one. His thoughts
were too many and too heavy to
care if he walked forever.
"Hey, wanta ride, kid?" A
little yellow roadster slowed up
beside him, and two girls looked
out. Get in the rumble seat If
you want to-"
Thanks" he answered, and
climbed in.
The little car jerked away, and
the wind felt good - cold and
damp on his still burning face.
Soon the little car was in the
thick of city traffic. Bob had
never seen so many buildings
and such tall ones. The excite
ment of so much to see soon
crowded out the recent disap-
pointments.
This is Market Street, kid;
you wanta get out here?"
Eyes, thanks" But as he stood
up, he hesitated. (Which way do
go to get across to Oakland?"
he asked.
go straight down this street,
all the way to that building with
the clook tower. That's where the
Bay boats are"
Thanks" And he turned into
the crowd on the pavement.
The long walk was not tire
some. There was too much to
see. Every window was a show
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
ICE BEAR

THERE was once little round
white bear and he lived far up
in the Arctic world. There was
only ice and snow and ice and
snow, as far as he could see. But,
he had fun frolicking along after
his mother. He loved to watch her
catch their dinner usually it was
fish,.
Then one day the great adven-
ture came! The little white bear
was playing on the blocks of ice
that floated near the shore. He
did not notice a great black OBJ
iect steaming across the water,
nor the little boat that put out
from the big one.
All, you've guessed it! Yes, the
men came and threw a loop of
rope over the little bear. He
kicked and screamed and yelled.
His mother heard him and came
running, like anything! Then, she
sat down on the ice and LOOKED
and LOOKED at the little black
boat. The men were amazed and
they turned the boat about and
started back for the shore.
Still the mother bear sat there.
She seemed not at all afraid
Then the men threw a rope over
her, but unlike her son she did
not kick and squirm. She walked
calmly to the boat.
The two polar bears went to
live in a zoo in a great city. They
never saw the land of ice and
snow again. But neither of them
was unhappy no indeedy!
They had each other.
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"A /HEN Madge was ten years
w old she went to visit her
cousins who lived on farm.
Madge had never been in the
country before and she loved it,
One day her boy cousins said
they were going frog-hunting and
Madge said she'd like to go along.
The boys took small air gun
and when they got to the bank of
a little stream they crept along
softly until they saw big green
frog browsing.
But when the boy with the gun
raised it to shoot - Madge
screamed with fright and the frog
woke up. Like FLASH he was
into the water and away!
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reared in an atmosphere of lux
ury and plenty, while Abe bat
tied the world for a bare living.
However, even being the child
of wealthy parents on a Virginia
plantation did not mean that
there was a great opportunity for
an education in those far-off days.
Georges first school teacher
was a convict-slave, purchased by
Georges father to instruct his
son in reading, writing and arith-
metic.
Lawrence, an older half-brother
of George, was navy man. After
Georges father died, the boy
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
Washington Wished
For Life OF A Sailor

"A IHETHER it is true that the
w small George Washington
REALLY ran and told his father
who cut down the cherry tree, we
do not know. But there is one
thing certain-if the boy who was
one day to be the first President
of the United States did SO brave
a thing, it was just an early dem
onstration of his strength of char
acter.
George was very unlike the boy
.braham Lincoln. for he was
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
CONGO ROADS

- ARAVAN "roads" in the
~ Congo average less than one
foot in width, because of the
peculiar native habit of placing
each foot directly ahead of the
other. Loads of 60 pounds or
more are carried on native heads,
a system of manual transporta-
tion famous throughout Africa.
Caravan paths wind in and out in
a tortuous and seemingly needless
manner. Death is the reason.
Carriers occasionally die en- route,
and are left where they fall. The
next caravan following the same
road" steps aside from the fallen
body. Hundreds of these loop de-
tours" make caravan routes look
like circling snake tracks.
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AN ISOLATED ISLAND

not on any steamship route, has
been listed for sale by Tanning,
Ltd, proprietors of Tanning
Island: 1t lies down beyond the
Fijis, some 2S00 miles from San
Francisco and too far from Suva
to pay a neighborly call. A buyer
can sail in and the owners will
sail out, leaving a going copra
industry, camp, and a climate
you dream about. The buyer
mustn't mind being lonely. The
only ship to call regularly is a
cable supply boat, which lowers
anchor four times a year-if the
skipper doesn't forget.
Tanning should appeal to a
health cult colony; it rests almost
on the equator, and is free from
malaria-and as far from civili-
zation as a man could want.
Here's a ready-made haven for
city-Weary humans!
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AS TO CIVILIZATION

j. E. Woodbridge, one of the
lucky young men to make the
first flight from Wake Island to
Midway aboard the China Clip
per, came home with the impress
sion that the islet belongs to
vast army of crab-eating rats.
"You walk along at night and
come to great black spots of rats,
which reluctantly scatter into
trees. They're not larger than
big mouse-since dropping off
various wrecks, they've interbred
for years and have degenerated.
It's primitive = everything eats
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X X K X X
TEACHER OF ALEX

HID you know that Aristotle
- was the school teacher of
Alexander the Great? Well, he
was. He taught school out of
doors and was one of the first
Librarians. He was born 3S4 B. c.
everything else to exist" The
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
A PHANTOM WAVE

disturbed radio stations for many
months, andradio engineers (some
of the hopeful and imaginative
suspected inter-planetary mes
sages. Mars might be signalling.
But Ford Greaves, of the Com
munications Commission, decided
on series of tests. The story was
spoiled when he trailed the diff
Guilty to medico-electrical ma
chimes used to produce artificial
fevers. The problem is--can a
hospital patient have fever if it
interferes with commercial broad
casting? Wisdom from Mars is
definitely OUT
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
TURQUOISE

NOU'VE seen those lovely
necklaces and bracelets that
the Indians make. This is how
the Indians used to polish them.
They stuck them on the ends of
sticks with sealing wax, and pol
ished them against an emery
stone. They bored holes in them,
and made artistic necklaces.
Sometimes they included a black
stone in them as assurance
against bad luck.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
YEAR OF THE MOUSE

@NCE again the people OF
~ Japan meet the Year of
the Mouse" In 1886 accord
ing to the signs of the Zodiac. 1t
happens every IL years. Although
this little animal is heartily dis
liked on every other day, it is re-
garded as good luck the first day
of the year. Poets call it "yome-
notwithstanding bride.
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Chapter 6.

Chapter 6.
d EWILDERED and disappoint-
p ed, Bob walked out of the
hangar, across the paved drive
and out to the highway. Still
clutching the leather bundle, he
started north, in the direction the
truck had taken.
AS he walked along the edge
of the road, he thought, "The
heck with that guy. He isn't the
only flier in the world-and that
isn't the only airport. That truck
driver said there was one in that
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23

Bob ran dtody from his ranch
home in the California hills be-
cause he had great urge to be
an aviator. He managed to hitch
ride t0ith q truck driver as far
as an airport near San Francisco.
At the dirtield he aoalked boldly
into the hangar and asked a fier
there for a job. Imagine his sur
prise and hurt tohen the fier told
hin, to 90 home and groto up.
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ORIENTAL CUSTOMS

at times seem to touch the West
closely-and are occasionally un-
breakable. A four-year-old white
youngster lives with a Chinese
family in San Francisco's China
town. He is lovable, laughing
boy, full of quaint Celestial GUS
toms, and untouched by Western
ways. He speaks fluent Chinese,
but no English. His mother Is the
handsome, blue-eyed girl who
rolls up in an expensive car to
visit the boy once a week or so.
The end of the story is still to
be told-when the lad grows up
into a world Of less laughter than
he knows today.
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OUT OF SWANSEA

for France on April II, 1924,
sailed the S. S. cunningham, and
she should have been in sight of
shipping the entire trip. She was
swallowed up with fourteen men,
one of an endless list of mysteri-
Gus disappearances. The New
castle steamer Elsdon, bound for
Denmark from Grimsby, went
down with all hands. One of the
crew, frozen to death, was later
discovered in a small boat off
Jutland. Before the trawler could
take him in tow, the body washed
overheard, and all identification
was lost. Nothing was heard
from the l.. M. S. Calder, sailing
from an English port across the
North Sea. Yet she was making
a short voyage in the most
crowded sea in the world. The
great exploration barque Aurora
went back into general trade,
loading a cargo of coal at New
castle, New South Wales, for
South America. She spread her
sails to a biting wind, and no
word has come of her since. She
had made far more dangerous
voyages-in the Far South, carry
ing part of Shackleton's expedi-
ton into the Ross Sea; she went
into the Antarctic with Sir Doug
las Mawson.
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MEXICO CALLS

this year, and by water or rail
Mexico City is the wanderers
destination, if civilization is
wanted, and life's comforts. Go
half day farther on, and come
to the place where early priests
held up human hearts to the sun
in triumph, to the mound in the
amphitheater near the Temple of
Quetzalcoatl. It takes no vivid
imagination to see by moonlight
the crowds surrounding the vic
tim and close by, the sky
lighting the tops of those great
Pyramids of the Sun and Moon
and smaller mounds representing
the planets.
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OUR FRIEND PETER

the Penguin Che objects to plain
PeteD sends in his latest wisdom
by fast carrier pigeon from the
Arctic, where he has taken an
iceberg for the spring season.
Wanderers are always looking
for something beyond the horizon.
which they never find. They re-
mind me of lovers seeking new
loveliness when they're blind
to beauty close at hand"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
BURIED BONES!

MAYHEM the Swedish Lapps
w killed an animal in sacri-
fee, they buried it's bones in a
box, believing that the gods
might bring it back to life easily.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
BRUNO TRAVELlETTl

wanted TO see WndL a Russian
school room looked like. His train
paused in a small town in the
heart of Siberia to take on wa
ter, and he walked to a building
that was akin to Americas fa-
nous little red school house"
Standing on tip-toe, he saw the
teacher on a platform, with her
back to him. The children began
to laugh excitedly when they saw
HIM. Then two officers ran up,
more excited than the children,
and put sharp questions. Fortu
nately an Intourist representative
from the train arrived, acting as
interpreter. why is this for
eigner going about disturbing
school children?" 1t wasn't be
ing done. The visitor could see
thoughts of counter-revolution"
going through their heads. If he
wanted to see a class room they'd
arrange it for him-but to pro-
ceed without permission was a
serious matter. Only an Ameri-
can would think of it.
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Over the Captains Coffee Cup
Travel Tales From Everywhere
by Whit WeIlmsn

rKIPPERS will yarn for hours
y over the unsolved question
what becomes of ships that dis
appear without trace? Four
masted barques, schooners, sail
ing vessels of every description
have set out in fine weather or
foul, and come to no port. Most
of them were staunch and sound,
almost all had boats-something
that would float and give evidence
of their fate. OF many such ships
nothing has ever been found :.
no messages in bottles, no drift
ing spar or barrel stave.
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everything else to exist" The
rats consume each other and big
crabs; the birds dine on both rats
and crabs.
1t was hot. The men went
around dripping wet from morn
ing to night. Rain squalls came
up suddenly, poured their torrent
= then the sun blasted down
again. On that pioneer trip.
Woodbridge slept in the trans
mitter house. Today Pan-Ameri-
can is building hotels, soon to be
filed with guests China-bound.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
LIVELY FROG

X X X 4 X
Evening star., 1936-10-27
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO-Davey Day, l35, Chi
cago. outpointed Joe Greb, l40. Her
kimer, N Y. Q0).
BUFFALO-George Nichols, 166 II
Sandusky, Ohio. outpointed Billy Bonn
mer, l7511, Detroit Q0).
PITTSBPRGH Jackie Wilson,
l27la, Pittsburgh. knocked out Bobby
Dean, 1911, Philadelphia ca.
QUINCY, nl-Clem Reed, $50,
Quincy, outpointed Johnny Davis. 1888,
Chicago Oo).
YOUNGSTOWN, ohio-Jack Tram.
NELL, 1875. Youngstown. outpointed Art
Sykes, 100, Elmira, N. Y. U0).
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Dominic Man
cini, l35. Pittsburgh, knocked out
Jimmy Kelly. 1873, Los Angeles O).
MILWAUKEE, Max Chowaniec,
170h, Milwaukee, knocked out Bud
Greed, l7315, Detroit (2).
MIAMI, Fla-Tony Monin, 139,
Tampa. outpointed Johnny crus, 1874,
Cuba (S); Stanley Savage, lS6,
Scranton, Pa, outpointed Billy Mitch
ell, 1852, Miami (6).
NEW YORK-Andre Jesserun, 148,
New York. and Paulie Walker. $50,
Trenton. N. j.. drew 90.
NEWARK, N. J.-Steve Dudas, 1913.
Edgewater, N. j., outpointed Buddy
Ryan, 176. Roselle Park, N. j. o..
HOLYOKE, Mass. - CASTOR Le-
cadre, IAN, France, outpointed Bob
by Cortez. 148, Mexico (10).
Evening star., 1936-10-27
Free With His Money.

A ND now Hagen has decided, for the
first time since the cocky kid came
out Of Rochester and announced he
was the man to beat for the open
championship, to pass up the national
open Of 1887. They'll miss him out
there at Detroit next June. He hasn't
always been q winner or even 'front.'
runner. but he has been the biggest
man in the professional end OF the
game, even before some of the top
liners Of today were humping away
at milking bottle.
Just to give you an idea OF the way
the man spends money when he has
it, he picked up around $35, 1000 back
in 1927 in . British-European tour.
He and Bob Harlow (his manager)
did their travelling over the continent
by airplane.
With this amount of dough in their
jeans you might think Walter could
have salted little of 1t away. But he
had TO borrow 10 bucks from q pal at
the dock In New York to tip the deck
steward.
That's the way he is. He's made q
million or more, but he's always busted
for cash. But no man, certainly no
golf pro. has lived better than Walter
Hagen.
Evening star., 1936-10-27
c. U. eleven DRILLS
FOR LOYOLA ATTACK
Polishes for New Orleans Game
Friday Night in Practice
at S. E. Louisiana.

AT .. q. LOuISlduA.
srtcial Dispatch to The Star.
HAMMOND, La, October ~
= = Southeastern Louisiana Colleges
gridiron became the training site of
the Catholic University foot ball team
today as the, Cards settled here for
three days practice before their game
with Loyola Of the South at New
Orleans Friday night.
Some hope of learning more about
Loyola's style of play was envisioned
this afternoon as G. U. scrimmaged
with Southeastern, which uses the
same basic formations as the New
Orleans team. Both are O modifica-
ton of the Minnesota offense.
Although most of his regulars took
heavy bruising from Ole Miss Sat-
urday. Coach Arthur (Dutch) Berg
man saw a regaining of prestige for
his team should it take Loyola into
camp in its first night game of the
season. Although it has been de-
feated by Howard of Birmingham, Mis-
sissippi State and Alabama, the Grim
son Tide was held to q 1876 score
last week. The game forced Loyola
to 60 at top speed.
Evening star., 1936-10-27
Scott Rers Wins Hagen Steps Out Of Open Golf
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Bloodfhrsty Balsamo, Talks Mean Fight,
Then Knocks His Middleweight Foe Cold.

when they brought Harry up to fight
professionally, were q little worried
by the fact that he had never both
cred to develop q defense. They
failed to see how the young man
could get by in the pro ranks with
nothing but q couple Of iron dukes
and an appetite for homicide.
So they taught him q few boxing
tricks, and today, in the gymnasium,
Balsamo can show you what a left
jab is, and what feint is, and how
to use your feet.
In the ring he tosses this
knowledge away as 80 much
waste culture and reverts to the
subway era. He stands and
slugs until something gives.
"Braking them subway cars and
handling q pick and hammer builds
up your muscle" admits Harry, but
I didn't need much building. HI,
I could always fight. When I was a
kid licked all the kids on our street.
H, murdered EN-"
NOV that the bashful Balsamo is
edging into the big money circle
the big money circle for middle
weights is not SO big, but the stuff is
legal tender Just the same-he pur-
chases rainbow raiment by the shovel
full and samples wines with names he
never heard of back in the under
ground days. He has also bought him
self a dog the size of a small sub
marine chaser, guaranteed not to bite
when muzzled. 1t is pretty picture
when this elephant saunters down the
street Of a Sabbath afternoon, with
Harry on the leash, dressed to kill.
1t makes the boys in the Bronx, who
are usually pretty blase. sit up and
take notice.
Il am the only man In the
world who is not afraid of this
dog" says Mr.. Balsamo. But
then, 1 am not afraid Of any
thing"
BalSam0 Is far from being a smooth
performer in the ring, but he has
knocked out everybody he has fought
and he figures to be much too tough
for Babe Risko. his opponent of this
week. Risko held the middleweight
title for reasons that no one could ever
rightly understand. He was the from
ageonous champion of a division IA
nous for its homogeneous champions,
boys like Johnny Wilson, Mike O'Dowd,
Vince Dundee and Teddy Yarosz. In
bis last local appearance, the Babe
was knocked into a state of advanced
refrigeration by Jock McAvoy, the
vertical limey.
Yet Steele, the present champion
failed to stop Risko in two tries. II
the bashful Balsamo turns the trick,
he certainly is entitled to fight with
Steele. And If he beats Steele, his rise
to the top will have been one of the
fastest in middleweight history. This
fellow must have worked the express
trains exclusively. in the good old sub
way days.
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