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Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22

rARLY in the development of
Z hoe culture, the farmer be-
came practically self-suffieient.
Traders were not numerous and
those who roamed the jungles
brought few goods, Subsistence
became an intimately personal
matter, the Nomadic urge seems
to have subsided, and man sup
planted woman at the hoe.
He raised food in the form of
vegetables, grain and berries on
the land woman taught him to
cultivate-(if blond thank
you" doesn't bounce off'n that one
there's something wrong with
modern femininity). His few ami
mails helped to provide for his
table and furnished material from
which clothing was fashioned.
Two important developments,
meanwhile, sort of sneaked up on
our ancestors. The first was de-
sire for fairly permanent place
of abode and a house of suitable
proportions, partitioned into rooms
designated to serve specific pur-
poses. The other was a waning
of nudism, in most tribes, and a
desire for wearing apparel.
This, it appears, was prompted
not so much by a sudden wave of
modesty as by necessity for pro-
lection. Indoor living already had
started creation of that skin one
is presumed to love to touch, less
resistant to the conflicting raw
ages of sun and wind, and more
easily perforated by thorns,
thistles and burs.
rMALL settlements sprang up
y in certain sections, the fore
runner of today's metropolitan
areas. Especially were these
settlements strategically located
where there was danger of attack
or difficulty with unfriendly neigh
bors. In some sectors, even in that
distant day, there was to be found
an old spinning wheel in the par
lor. While milady mastered the
intricacies of weaving her own
cloth, the man of the house busted
himself dressing the hides of
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22

he was waiting for someone. HE'D
been told to wait. He'd wait for
ever, if need be. He watched the
door. After what seemed an age
of waiting, he heard the roar of
an airplane and through the win
dows he watched the ship land
and then take off. He'd have liked
to go outside and see it up close,
but the man might come for him
and he'd miss him. Why, say
he'd been ordered to wait. You
had to take orders in job like
this.
Once the waitress asked him,
"What'll you have?"
I'm waiting here for some-
one."
The girl looked at him and
wondered, but not for long. She
was not one to welcome problems
human or otherwise.
"Well, you're still here"
Bob did not know his friend at
first because he had changed into
civilian clothes. He did not get
on a stool; so the boy jumped
down and stood straight and hope
full before him.
The man looked amused, and.
taking the boy by the arm, led
him over to white-clothed table.
Lets eat here" he said.
Panic seized the runaway. He
drew back.
"I can't, sir; I'm sorry"
"Why?"
well, sir, it looks expensive in
here, and I've spent my money"
"Sit down." Bob sat.
The man picked up the menu
card, and glanced over it at his
guest. Then he spoke to the wait
ress:
1.-TWO steaks - herman size -
medium, French-fried potatoes.
Got any vegetables? Well, any
thing but spinach - no spinach.
What's your best bet on dessert,
kid, pie?"
Bob glanced up. He spoke from
habit.
Apple pie I like, and cream
on 1t, II that's all right" Then he
felt he'd been too bold and he
looked quickly away.
The man laughed. He reached
across the table and ruffled the
boys already tangled hair.
You're a country kid. That
pie with cream on It. was a give
away"
Then quickly he noted the boys
reddening cheeks. and the fear
and anxiety in his eyes.
"Okay. kid. Have some of these
rolls and butter till the steak
gets here"
AS soon as the steak had been
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22
E!ll|a!!!ajIll'Is
DON ROBERTS

1 ET'S have look at this fool
proof" flying flivver situation
today, just to get in on the gen.
eral run of conversation that's
been tossed around ever since the
Department of Commerce started
its campaign to give folks a 500
airplane.
Lots of designers managed to
wangle lots of money out of the
government to experiment, but so
far the whole thing is pretty much
of a dud. Principal reason seems
to be that when people go to get
a ship-yep. there are some fel-
lows able to buy 'em!-they want
speed, speed and more speed.
Well, the reason for that isn't
hard to find. This is a big coun-
try long distances to cover.
There are, right now, a number
of darn good, low-price jobs on
the market, but somehow when
fellow grabs off his license he
isn't satisfied unless he can get
from here to there in nothing fat.
Aeronca, Taylor Cub, Buhl Bull
Pup-there's three of several good
small jobs.
rPORT flying for the average
y fellow can be licked. Look at
Germany and what her designers
did. After the war, the Allies put
the clamps on Germany's avia-
ton: motor horsepower was linn
tied, and so on. So what did they
do Huh, came up with the Klemm
Aeromarine and other jobs like
that-and pilots can hoot at 'em
as nothing more than powered
gliders, but what of it? They
flew, didn't they? And safely, too.
Klemm, with a 20-horse two
cylinder opposed motor, had top
speed of about 70, but, on the
other hand, it sat down around
Is miles an hour.
Here are some of the "flivver"
jobs out for the Department rat
ing:
Waldo Waterman's tailless, a
two-place pusher which has rud-
ders hung on the wing tips.
Fahlin Plymo- Coupe, two-place,
using a Plymouth auto motor of
S5 horses.
Neill MacGaffey's Aviate, two
place low-wing monoplane, using
Ford VS. motor. Empennage
Chats tail section in plain lang
guage) hung on outriggers.
Fairchild Weick WI, high-wing
pusher cabin monoplane. Has
three wheels to prevent nosing
over in landing, feature of sew
eral "fool-proof" planes. They
used extra wheels or skids in
pretty near all the early jobs of
191O-1914 for the same reason.
Hammond "Y," low-wing mono
plane. Another pusher with three
wheels.
Crusader AGA, streamlined
low-wing monoplane, bi-motored.
IT is interesting to see that
Henry Ford is getting back into
flying. Ford-built Stout tri-motors
few quite awhile on airways. but
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22
SKIS ARE SHoUlDERED

were soon outdistanced by the
more modern stuff. About ten
years ago, Ford tried a 'fiivver"
plane, a single scatter with a So
horsepower French motor; later
was changed to a Ford built two
cylinder air-cooled job.
His new ship is a two-place
cabin monoplane with a VS. mo-
tor.
Lots of Model A motors have
been converted for air use in
places where licensing is not re-
quired, and, in the old days, a
number of fellows even used the
old Model T for homemade jobs
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22
RUNAWAY
A Story For Children
-By Paula Morton

sampled and declared by the host
to be "okay," it was as though
the ice was broken. The boy
looked up from his heaping fork
and saw the man smiling at him,
in a secret-sharing kind of friend
illness.
"You Wanta tell me about 1t,
kid? If you do, tell the truth and
start at the front end of your
story. Where do you live?"
Then the man fell to eating, and
it was plain to see he intended to
do the listening.
"Well (how many of us start
our explanations with that help
full Introductory. Well, l did live
on a ranch near the Santa Cruz
Mountains. My dad has cattle
not many, but some. l went to
school up there-a dinky school. I
finished it, though"
High school YETI" the man
asked over a fork-load of potatoes
and steak.
mo, sir; just finished grammar
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22
BERLIN OLYMPlCS

The Eleventh Olympic Games,
world festival of youth, to be
held in Berlin, begins August 1.
The German army is now build
ing a special Olympic Village for
competitors, on the main road to
Hamburg, some nine miles from
the Reich Sports Grounds, One
hundred fifty separate houses will
each accommodate 20 athletes,
and each team will have a special
dining room and kitchen. Berlin
is sparing no effort in belated ges-
lures of friendship.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22

supposed to sweep to grand cli-
max, and the skis and tobaggan
sleds would then be waxed and
put away. But flowers lured me
that day and humming wheels
sped me down to Turlock and the
almond trees of Oakdale.
FULL HIGHWAYS
proved people were on the move.
Greyhound busses passed in
double sections; two engines
pulled an endless Santa Fe train;
mammoth plane of United
Airs drummed low on speeding
flight. Vacations were in the air.
This summer" announced my
Dad, I'm going to see the Hopi
Indians" a neighbor mentioned
the Puget Sound; another said,
I'm off to sea; no camps for me
this year,"
DESERT ISLANDS
held lure for some. DR.. Dana
Conan seemed to blame. His
prowlings in the schooner Kinka-
jou through equatorial lands had
taken hold. I'D like" said one,
ito find a boat to drop me for a
year on Maldon." That he'd never
seen the place made no differ
ence; he'd picked it from a map.
I'D get along" he thought. I'D
have chance to sleep, at any
rate"
WE MOVE ALONG
too fast. Too many want a place
to sleep. Too few read the travel
ads. We schedule rare vacations
as we plot the market trends. We
cram a rest" down tired minds
in an undertaking planned routine
that brings us back more tired
than when we started.
so LET'S LISTEN
to the wheels this year. Let's
have no set routine of where to
go and when. Let's wander as the
mood directs, and if the mood
should change,-who cares? Well
move on humming wheels to some
rest spot, and listen to the wind
within the trees, or the waves
against a beach, or a mountain
stream bubbling over messy
rocks. In the distance the wheels
will wait wait for the mood
that calls them back again
wait to hum another time
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22
POLAND'S NEW PORT

@UT of neglected swampland
~ jutting like an arm into the
Baltic, Poland has created the
seaport of Gdynia. Here a few
fishermen once dried nets, women
buried potatoes in straw-lined
sand pits for winter. Today :.
you see boulevards, promenades,
banks, hotels, villas, a port ac-
commodating so liners, and a
nine-mile sea wall to protect the
harbor. This strip Of land has be-
come a popular holiday center,
a Polish Riviera, with clean
sandy beaches, surf sports, excel
lent fishing and boating.
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CITY OF GOLD

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Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22

But I don't want to go to school
any more. I used to watch the
planes going over every day at the
ranch, and always I read things
about planes. I've made lots of
little ones-models, you know
but want to be a real flyer and
nothin' else. My folks wanted me
to go to school and college, if Dad
can manage it by then, and be
doctor or a lawyer" He found it
easy to talk now and real re-
lief, too, come to think of it.
Between bites he told more OF
his determination He even found
himself telling about his visit to
the other airport and about being
driven away. Why, he even told
about hooking the ride on the
ferry and sleeping there all night!
The listening man was finding
it difficult not to show his amuse-
ment = and likewise amazement.
The story must be true, all right.
Just look at that kid eat! Gosh,
when and what had he had to
eat since he left that ranch? A
real rancher's appetite. all right
cream on his pie"-that was a
hot one.
Listen, Bud, you're pretty
young to be knocking around by
yourself. and you won't get many
meals as soft as this-you're go
ing to miss that old apple pie and
cream, you know. How about it ?"
The boy pushed aside his half
finished pie. He placed his none
too-clean hands on the white
cloth, noticed the black nails and
quickly folded them in his lap.
His round eyes shone with unshed
tears of sinking hope and wild
young determination.
mo, no, sir, I won't go back!
Not now that I've come this far.
They wouldn't let me get away
again. They'd put me in high
school for another four years
and then some blooming college.
School = school = school, and I'm
going to be a flyer. I want to do
my learning here. Listen, mis-
ter"
The young voice choked on a
drying throat. One tear slipped
over the unblinking lid and ran
down the side of the short nose.
Heck! He tUouldn't cry-and he
Douldn't go home. easy deci-
sions to make on a full stomach.)
The tears disarmed the man,
who had made up his mind at the
very outset of the meal to send
this child packing to his parents.
How could you squelch such
dreams? Lord, didn't he know?
What was it he himself was 60
ing to be at that age? Oh yes;
a bridge builder-bridge all the
lakes and rivers in the world
Gosh, but a kid could get ideas!
and this kid had such fortitude,
such determination. Poor little
beggar! Tough sleeping on that
ferry boat. Plenty of grit-a rot
ten shame to let him down.
He scowled and said, Finish
your pie ?"
Bob was glad. That gave him
time to wipe that crazy tear away
that was tickling his nose. He
hadn't anything more to say any
way. He'd bawl If he tried to talk
again.
The man finished his coffee and
lit q cigaret. He leaned his elbows
on the table and looked out of the
window. He'd rather not look at
the poor kid. >.
"You told me about yourself,
son; now I'll tell you about me,
Til tell you about being a flyer"
CONTINUED next weekly
Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-22

"A /ITH winter well behind us,
Wv perhaps it's safe to go back
and dig out some notes of Febru-
ary 22nd. One hesitates to write
of swirling snow and glazed ice
trails when the weather man is
hosting storm flags, and half the
country scrapes slim coal bin
against the final bitter blast.
IT REMINDS NE
of a South Sea writer whom l
met that same week. Look"
said he, "at this swell yarn, but
what will I do with it? fSnoao
storms Saoeep the mountains of
Hai0aii, traffic stopped on the
neiU highway to HdleakaldH Biz
yards Is miles from the palm
lined beaches; skiing within sight
of tropical ginger blooms and
grangipani beds. Contrast, man;
contrast! Whoever heard of it
within the boundaries of the
United States before, let alone the
American tropics" ?"
ONE WRONG THING
spoiled the story. Who would
want to hear of it when they
were fighting the frigid fingers of
King Winter on their own door
step? Especially when they had
no coral beaches 15 miles away
where they could warm up. 1t was
that way with my February
notes. Regretfully they were laid
aside until a warmer sun had
brought the dormant buds to leaf,
and we could look back In COM
fort.
SKIS ARE sHoULDERED
by numberless city resident, l
find recorded. "The Southern Pa
cific states trains for Tahoe;
Tahoe City phones the jumps are
ready" I felt the lure of wheels.
Hundreds, knew, would head for
the High Sierras. Barring storms
(which materialized) winter was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-09

Leo Conway and John White were
chosen to represent the society at
the national convention Of Holy
Name societies In New York, Sept.
II, 10, 10, 20.
It was voted to hold the third
annual card party Thursday, Oct.
8. Representative teams will par
ticipate. The committee follows:
Chairman, Barney Burns, Martin
Cream, James Sullivan, Bernard
Gagain, Edward Barry, Tim Carney,
Edward Coughlin and Leo Conway.
The bowling league will be reop-
ened about the first of october. The
following officers were elected: Leo
Conway, chairman and James Bag
ley secretary.
A schedule will be drawn up for
the as" tournament the first part
Of October, by the following officers:
Chairman, John White, treasurer,
Michael Circuit and secretary Ed
ward Coughlin.
Quot and AS" teams were select
ed and represent the society at the
outing of the Irish-American club
at Lakewood park, Sept 20. A large
delegation expressed their intention
of attending the con vention at New
York. President Edward j. Fitzger-
aid presided.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-09
HOLLYWOOD
ZANE 70 nMeQICA AZ
STCuJaW)aY ar IA
BY Paul Harrison

"a picture, anyway. All the skits
in the show are hopelessly out OF
date now, but at least there's title.
Sid Silvers, the mighty mite, says
he has been working so hard lately
that his collaboration, Jack Meow
an, has lost IS pounds.
There's talk Of a three-pic-
tures-a-year, $50, 000-a-picture
contract for Bob Burns-and not
bad for a guy who was kicked
around and out Of Hollywood
for years.
For some reason. David Selznick
wants Katherine Hepburn for his
version Of the sensational best-seller,
Gone With the Wind"
Likes Request Numbers
Peter LORE, Napoleon-to.be, has
taken out his first papers as o y. S.
citizen. Dan Mandell, screen edi-
tor Of the pretentious production
Of "Dodsworth," is q reformed
vaudeville acrobat.
Jerome Kern Is q pianist who likes
to play at parties, and doesn't have
to be urged. But people hesitate to
ask such q distinguished musician
to entertain, so he seldom has any
fun.
None-of-my business department:
jeanette Macdonald and Gene Ray
mond may elope at any minute. A
new and urgent picture assignment
blasted plans for q Joan Blondell-
Dick Powell European honeymoon.
Margaret Sullivan and william
Wyler, who were married, may be
again. Also Bruce Cabot and
Adrienne Ames.
Saw Joe Cook at Warmers, and
In heavy conference. Also Tallulail
Bankhead, who has been making
tests. The comic actor and the tor
rid actress are alike In two respects
they're very popular on Broadway,
and they have been Stunned by talk
ietown because each appeared In
one pretty terrible picture
So what? What star can you name
who hasn't been in some film flops?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-09
.DAVINO FACING
THREE CHARGES
Vice Squad Claims Ac-
cused AggressOr in Ar
gument on Street

Charles Davino. 80, Of % Slocum
street, charged with assault, breach
of peace, and resistance as the re-
suit Of an alteration lost night in
which members of the vice squad
allege he was the aggressor, was
given a continuance to Friday by
Judge Edward Mascolo today under
bonds Of 5000.
Davino was arrested by PATROL
man Patrick Hobart and Ernest
Pakul Of the vice squad on Grand
street. Ordered to move on" after
two policemen had become sus-
picious Of his actions the man re-
fused to do so and. after an ar
gument, attempted to kick one OF
the officers, 1t is alleged. In court
this moring, Dayino was nursing a
sizeable Sinner.
Charged with breach Of peace,
John Hawry, AZ, Of 442 Sylvan ave-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-09
Martin Elected To
Command Davis Post
Sheffield Street Man Succeeds E. Lester Platt-Fred
SeideI Named Senior Vice-COmmander
WATERVILLE

At the annual election Of officers
Of Casper s. Davis post, American
Legion, last night, Edward L. Martin
was elected to serve as commander
for the coming year. He succeeds E..
Lester Plat who has carried the
post through a most successful year,
the second since its organization.
Mr.. Martin should bring to the or
ganization q great deal of enthusi-
asm and activity since he has been
one Of the most active and ener-
getic members, having served as
chairman Of the entertainment
committee during his term as Junior
vice. commander and chairman Of
the house committee, while he was
senior vice-commander. He also
represented the post at the depart
ment convention at New Britain in
August.
Mr.. Martin served with distinction
during the World War as a mem
Der Of the engineers of the First
Division. He probably saw more
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-09

September Is at Guertin's Grove on
the Cheshire road.
Breakfast will be served at 10
o'clock and the bake will be put on
at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. A pro-
gram of sports and field events has
been planned, including golf shoot
ing competition. Another feature
will be a game Of "Bocci" between
a team made up Of members Of Ital-
ian descent and a team to be Sc
lected from among other members.
There will also be a soft ball game
between teams composed Of married
and single members. Walter Ahearn
and william Fitzgerald reported
that handsome prizes will be award
ed to the winners in all events
Pinochle and other card games will
also be played. James Courtney re-
ported that the bake will be held In
the grove If the weather is favorable
or in the spacious hall in the event
of rain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-09

HolIywod-Short takes: The colony
is still knock-knock mad, but this
department hereby checks out Of the
game
"Knock-Knock."
who's there?"
"Armageddon."
"Armageddon who?"
"Armageddon so tired Of these
knock-knocks that I won't print any
more"
Movie stand-ins almost never get
a break in actual pictures, so 1t was
q nice gesture when Anne Shirley
won a job for her Standin, Mary 10
Ellis.
The star heard long III advance
about good part in the picture,
Daddy and l." She coached Miss
Ellis for weeks, and persuaded the
studio to give her a screen test. It
turned out fine; Miss Ellis gets a
contract.
A ThOusandth Picture
Busiest Of all the screens real vet
Grams Is Flora Finch. Made her de-
but in 1909 and any gray-bearded
fan can tell you she was the top
Coincidence Of her and John Bum
ny's day. Miss Finch has just fin
ished her thousandth pictures
two-reel comedy.
Gerald Lambert, the pharmaceuti.
cal millionaire, is also . romanticist
Wrote letter to Mary Brian, tiet
1t to q little parachute and flew over
the actress house, intending to dror
1t in her yard.
But It's hard to Judge the
drift of a parachute, and Lam
bert got to worrying lest the
note fall into someone else's
hands-perhaps even the hands
Of q columnist. So he landed
nearby, walked past Miss Brian's
house, and tossed the note and
parachute on her lawn.
Something in q Title
Away back in 1898 M-G-M bought
the screen rights to the topical re-
vue-hit, "As Thousands Cheer" The
studio is just now getting around to
thinking about making the picture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-09

front line service than any Water
vile veteran and was both wound
ed and gassed in service.
Succeeding Mr.. Martin as senior
vice-commander is Fred F. Seidel,
who served as adjutant during the
first year that the post was organ
lied and as junior vice-commandcr
during the last year. Mr.. Seidel
was formerly connected with Coyle
Post, No. of Waterbury where he
also served as adjutant and finance
officer.
Robert Cosgriff, who has been
the service oficer of Davis post
during the past year, was elected TO
the post Of junior vice-commander
thus making him eligible to advance
to the commandership at a later
date. Mr.. Cosgriff also has been
one OF the Understanding mem
bers Of the organization since its
founding in 1884.
Other officers elected were: FL
nance Of1cer, Russell Anterior;
assistant finance officer, William
Rooney; assistant adjutant, John
Byrnes; chaplain, Andrew Bell; his
torian, Frederick Poudim; service
officer, George Goggins; American
ism officer, Ward Helion; athletic
off1cer, Thomas Denihan, and SER
geant-at-arns, Patrick Moriarty.
Plans were completed for the an
Iiual outing of the post which will
be held at Champs Shore Place in
Bridgeport on Saturday evening of
this week. A special bus will leave
the post rooms promptly at $3.50
o'clock on that date.
Plans were also made for the an
nual installation of officers which
will take place at the post rooms on
the evening of Saturday, September
10Th. The event will not be open to
the general public this year due to
the limited space available. Patrick
Moriarty was named to head the
special committee to complete ar
rangements for the ceremonies. AS
sisting Mr.. Moriarty will be Ward
Henion, George Goggins and Past
Commander G. Arthur Dubois. Final
plans for the installation will be
announced at the September BUSH
ness meeting which will take place
on Sept. 22nd.