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Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30

| ii cagers and Brawley all-stars
will meet in a preliminary game
|tarting at 7:30.
Fl Centre jayeees. who have
Known vast improvement with each
|zame this season are expected TO
but forth their best brand OF
basketball tonight. But Coach R.
r. Taylor held little hope that
his team would upset the sharp
Ihooting Riverside team.
The Riverside eagers have drop
bed only two games this season
Ind are rated as the top junior
sollege team in that section.
The Arabs romped through a
|inal workout Tuesday and al
|hough the play of the jaycees was
Nightly below par, Taylor believed
bis charges would be in shape for
|onight's tilt.
Taylor plans to start Gilliland
Ind Trudell at forwards, McLaugh-
bin at center. and Carter and Hol-
brook at the guard positions.
The Alumni -Brawley game should
kevelop into a tilt equally as well
blayed as the jaycee game for
' he Alumni team will be composed
II last years jaycee varsity. Dren-
ben and Van Nostrand are slated
| start at the forward positions,
Harvey Shirk will take over the
3enter duties and Withrow and
Ryerson will fill out the quintet
n the guard spots.
Drennen, last years high scorer
nd one of the finest ball players
ver seen in action in the valley,
slated to play the starring role
or the Arabs but the Brawley
ayers are determined to stop the
Ilond sharpshooter.
Harvey Shirk, who starred with
Brawley J. C. two years ago, will
nake an able scoring mate for
bremen and alumni supporters
re certain the Brawley team will
be unable TO stem the grads at
ack when Drennen and Shirk
tart rolling up the points.
Van Nostrand. Withrow and Ry-
rson will fit smoothly into the
rads attack and as a result the
(rawley all stars will be kept busy
rying to maintain the furious pace
b be set by the alumni.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
BITSY GRANT
IN SEMI-FINALS

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 80. U.P)-
Bryan Grant of Atlanta. seeded No.
l. and defending champion Arthur
Hendrix of Lakeland. Fla, met to-
day in the outstanding semi-final
match of the third annual Sugar
Bowl tennis tournament.
Grant advanced to the semi finals
by defeating Ernie Sutter of Tulane,
national intercollegiate champion,
6-2. 6-l. Hendrix eliminated Elwood
Cooke. Portland. Ore, Ga, 0-6, Ga
In the other bracket frankie
Parker, Lawrenceville, N. j., met
Martin BuXby of Miami. Parker
defeated Walter Senior, Los Angeles,
6-2, Ga while Buxby was beating
John McDiarmid of Princeton, 6-1,
3-6. Us.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
tOTICE OF HEARING PETITION
FOR LEAVE TO ENCUMBER.
REAL ESTATE BY TRUST
DEED AND ASSIGNMENT
OF RENTS.
No. 2526.

|n the Superior Court In and For
The County of Imperial, State of
California.
|n the Matter of the Estate of
HARRY D. McCAMENT,
also known as
H. D. McCAMENT, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that John
b. McCament, Administrator of said
Estate, has filed his verified petit
Jon praying for an order authoriz-
hg the encumbering by Trust Deed
If real property hereinafter describ-
ID and the assignment of rents; and
hat Friday, the 18th day of Janu-
Try, 1887 at two o'clock P. M. of said
lay at the Court room of said Su-
|'erior Court in City of El Centro,
Eounty of Imperial, State of Califor-
liza. has been set for the hearing
II said Petition, and all persons in
crested are hereby notified to ap-
lear at the time and place set for
aid hearing and show cause, if any
hey have, why the order should
| ot be made.
Reference Is hereby made to the
laid Petition for further particulars
S to the terms and conditions OF
he proposed Trust deed
Said real property is situated in
|he County OF Imperial, State Of
california, and is an undivided one
bird interest in real property in
|aid County, described as Tract 1876
n Township 13 South, Range 13
East. S. B. and NJ. according to
United States Government Plat of
|,esurvey, approved May 2. 1913 and
In file in the United States Land
|,ffice at Los Angeles, California
Containing 120 acres more or less
nd the assignment of the rents be-
|onging TO said one-third interest.
Dated December 21st, 1886.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY c. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk
D22-J1 Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
JESSE OWENS
TO TRY FOR
RECORD JUMP

HAVANA, Dec. 80. U.P)-Jesse
Owens announced today he would
attempt to break his worlds run
ming broad jump record between
the halves of the New Years day
football game between Villanova
and Auburn.
Owens will be the guest of the
Havana university faculty at a
reception today. AT a reception by
three of Cuba's most prominent
Negro societies yesterday the
Olympic champion was mobbed by
autograph seekers and hundreds
joined in cheering him. He re-
ceived numerous gifts by admirers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
Chicago Bears Off
On transforming

CHICAGO, Dec. 80. tU.P)-The
Chicago Bears of the National
Professional Football league pack
ed their equipment today for a
four game transforming tour of
Texas and the Pacific Coast.
Topping the card was third
meeting between the Bears and
the world champion Green Bay
Packers at Los Angeles Jan. "a.
The Bears held the only victory
over Green Bay during the season
although they dropped the return
game.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30

the second a decision for Steele.
Either one Of us might have
won the first one, but that second
ne licked me proper. l was out
of condition. Freddie is clever
boxer as well as a puncher and
he hurt me bad several times.
But now I'm in shape. That'll
make up the difference"
Expert observers insist Jones is
the only middleweight in action
who can defeat Steele--if the Cor
lila will shoot the works.
The champion has been guar
antsed $4,000 by Promoter Joe
Switzer for his first title defense.
Jones half of the contract calls
for so per cent of everything over
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
Lineups Still in
Doubt I'm Annual
East-West Game

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 80. U.P)
The east and west all-Star football
teams which will meet New Years
day in the annual Shrine Charity
game at Kezar stadium went
through final workouts today with
strating lineups still in doubt.
The coaches reported difficulty
in choosing their first elevens from
among the squads Of % players.
Dick Hanley and Andy Kerr, di-
recting the eastern squad at the
University of California in Berke-
ley, announced a tentative back
field comprised of Kenneth Sand
Back OF Princeton, Bill Kurlish of
Pennsylvania, Ace Parker Of Duke
and Johnny Drake of Purdue.
AT Palo Alto, coaches Babe Hol-
lingbery and Percy Locey Of the
vests team indicated they will
start backfield combination drawn
from only two college ges-Washing
ton State and University of Neb-
raska.
Sam Francis, Nebraska's all
America fullback and Lloyd Card
well, his teammate, and Ed Cod
dard and Roger Dougherty, WASH
ington State back, appeared al
most certain starters.
Both teams were forced back
indoors today as new rains damp
ened practice fields.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30

RIOTERS SET
FOR VICTORY

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 80. U.P)-A
noisy vanguard of Santa Clara root
ers was here today to see a football
game New Years day between their
Broncos and Louisiana States Tigers
for what L.SU. fans call "the cham
pionship of the United States"
From the time their 15-car special
train pulled in from California last
night until early today they waved
their 10-gallon hats and the red
and white of the Jesuit institution.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30

U. of Michigan, slated to succeed
D. o. CTuss) McLaughry, Brown
University, as president.
Ossie Solem, Iowa. has become
one of the leading candidates for
the coaching job at Syracuse. Ike
Armstrong, Utah, and Fred Thom-
sen, Arkansas, are other poSsibili-
ties.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
Giants Baseball
Chain Extended

NEW YORK, Dec. 20. U.D = The
New York Giants baseball farm
chain was extended today with ac-
QUESTION of the Albany club of the
International League which will be
moved to Jersey City
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
Arizona i. Beats
San Jose State

SAN JOSE, Cal, Dec. 80. U.P)-
University of Arizona easily defeat
ed San Jose States basketball rep
resentatives, 1924, lastnight in their
meeting at the state schools GYM
nasium.
The game was close during the
first half, with Arizona leading, 18-
Is, at the intermission. During the
second half the visitors ran away
with the local collegians.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30

Il got this crack at Freddie
Steele's title New Years day and
that's goin' to make good a lot
of things" the brown-skinned gor-
lila said today.
IF I didn't think 1 could win
back the title they took away from
me for some reason 1 never knew,
I'd never climb in there with Steele.
He's the best man I ever fought.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
EVEN MONEY.
TAKE CHOICE
IN ROSE BOWL

NEW YORK, Dec. 80 UP)-The
Orange Bowl and Rose Bowl New
Years day football games are rated
as pretty even affairs, but the
Sugar Bowl game will be lopsided
affair with Louisiana State the
heavy favorite, today's odds reveal
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
BASKETBALL
BY UNITED PRESS

Hardin Simmons 26, Southern
Methodist %.
Colorado College SO, New Mexico
40.
Arizona 38, San Jose (Calif0 State
"a.
Kansas sc, Kansas Wesleyan %.
Hollywood Universals SO, Good
year Service Salt Lake City, 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
AR CAGE TEAMS CLASH TONIGHT
WILL MEET
RIVERSIDE JAYCEE:
ALUMNI TO PLAY

One handed shots, two handed shots, shots from all
angles of the and of the best ball handling
witnessed in a valley basketball game will be at the
|E Centre gymnasium tonight when Central junior COL
ege Arabs and Riverside Jaycees tange The j. c. Alum
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
POST SEASON GRID
GAMES BANNED BY
COLLEGIATE GROUP

YORK. Dec. 80 URAn potseason football games incud-
ing Bowl Cotton Bowl affairs
blacklist the National Collegiate Athletic association
today adopting report
appointed year
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30
GORILLA WILL SHOOT
WORKS IH@ TITLE GO
90

MILWAUKEE, Dec 80 WPThs is the story of fighter who
of his long battle live shady
middleweight
inches Weight 1872 Charged with being
fighter could any good.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-30

$4,000. Estimated receipts ran
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
Stage Star Signed.

MARY NASH, prominent on the
A'A New York dramatic stage, has
been signed by Samuel Goldwyn for
an important role in the screen tran
scription of Edna Ferber's Come and
Get It."
Miss Nash, a stage star for many
years, will appear in support of Ed
ward Arnold and Francis Farmer. She
will be seen In the character role Of
Emmy Louise.
Miss Nash's first appearance on the
stage was in 1904 with Sam Bernard
in "The Girl from Kays." She has
since then starred in more than so
successes. Among the outstanding
plays in which she has appeared are
"Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire," "The Pied
Piper" "The City," "The Woman" 1"
"The Lure" The New York Ids" I"
"The Country Cousin" 'The Man
Who Came Back" "Thy Name Is
Woman" Captain Applejack," "A
Lady's Virtue" "The Two Orphans"
and "The Command to Love-"
Evening star., 1936-06-14
They re FoundEverywhere

newspaper, and, seeing it, executive
gave her a contract.
Gary Cooper was a newspaper So
licitor. making daily rounds to front
doors asking for subscriptions.
Adolph Menjou was discovered by
Charlie Chaplin while dining in a
Hollywood cafe. Chaplin liked the way
he handled his knife and fork.
Ann Loring, Brooklyn girl, won her
film contract through a talent con-
test conducted by M-G-M's travelling
studio.
Betty Furness, during school vaca
ton, was a model for commercial
advertisers, when film executives saw
her picture and sent for her.
Stanley Morner was singing In
Chicago night club. Mary Garden
saw and heard him sing and intro
duced him to talent scouts In New
York.
Mamo Clark was studying law at
the University of Southern California
when Director Frank Lloyd was
searching for a native girl to play
opposite Clark Gable in "Mutiny on
the Bounty" She gave up her law
career, signed a contract, which was
later renewed.
Frances Langford was q guest at a
party given in Cole Porter's hono~
when she volunteered to sing. Studio
executives were present and were i'm
pressed by her voice.
Lorraine Bridges had been employed
by M-G-M to sing at banquet given
at the studio for the mayors Of Chi
cago and Boston. Mr.. Mayer heard
her rehearsals, before the banquet
took place, and gave her . contract
forthwith.
And Johnny Weissmuller was found
in a swimming pool.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

daughter is tragic illustration Of
the bitter wrangles that sometimes
beset divorced film folk parents. When
the break comes, the children of the
union become a center of contention.
To whom shall they go-the mother,
who is earning as much or more than
the father-or the father, who loves
them as much. maybe more, than the
woman who bore them?
The famous cradle" in Chicago,
operated by Mrs. William Bradley
Walrath. has acted as a painless,
benevolent stork to most of Holly
woods foster parents. Fortunate
cradle" babies who have found good
homes in FINLAND are Miriam Hop
kins' 4-year-old Michael; Oracle Allen
and George Burns 20-month-old San
dra Jean and Ronnie, aged 9 months;
Mary Elizabeth, youngest member Of
the Joe E. Brown household: Pat
O'Brien's 2-year-old Mavourneen; the
Fredric Marches Penelope-they have
one other adopted adorable-and the
half-Irish, half-Jewish Al Jolson's
Sonny Boy, jr.
Barbara Stanwyck's scion found his
way to her heart and home via a
local institution, and every Christmas
he accompanies his foster mother to
the orphanage to distribute gifts to
less fortunate infants.
Others in the expanding list of film
star foster parents are Constance
Bennett, Wallace Beery-5-year-old
Carol Ann Beery can wrap her famous
father around the littlest of her little
fingers. Harold Lloyd, not content
with two children of his own, adopted
Peggy as a companion for daughter
Gloria. Gloria Swanson compile
mented her own family Of two girls
with l2-year- Joseph. Ditto Nor
ton and Barbara Bennett Downey,
uho have an adoDted son as we'll as
Evening star., 1936-06-14

son and daughter Of their own.
Comedienne Zasu Pitts Donald Greg
ory was bequeathed to her by his first
foster mother, the late Barbara La
Marr.
AS a precaution against possible
blackmail attempts on wealthy film
folk foster parents by men and women
claiming to be the rightful mothers
or fathers, the Cradle" and similar
institutions have made it an inviola-
BILE rule to destroy all records at the
time of adoption so that the real
parents will never know to whom their
child is going. The foster parents arc
likewise kept ignorant of the origin
of the infant The antecedentS Of
the Cradle" babies are locked in thc
memory of Mrs. Walrath and will die
with her.
The foundlings who have the good
luck to migrate to Hollywood lead an
enviable life When Miriam Hopkin3
is in California. little Michael Hopkins
lives in the old Sam Goldwyn white
washed brick house on the Santa
Monica sea front. His companions are
the Irving Thalberg and Gloria Swan
son children. A fraulein takes Gaze
of his elementary education. He !
now living enjoying the delights @.
the London Hyde Park season viii
his So, ,50O-a-week mother acts in Brit
ish films.
Town bred Al Jolson and Rub
Keeler built ranch estate in Encin
just so little Al could grow up in tt
country surroundings denied them ?
children. An extra wing was adde
to the Pat O'Brien Mansion in Holly
wood to accommodate little Mavou-
neen.
Carol Ann Beery spends most of hc
waking hours out of doors in pls
ground containing slide, swing, fu
sized play house, a train that ru,
around miniature mountains, tunnc
and cities, and a tiny swimming pc
by the time my daughter
18, she will be Independent for life.
Papa Beery informed me proud,
Carol Ann is destined for screen sta.
dom and has already made her deb,
in China Seas"
A day in the lives of Sandra JeG
and Ronnie Burns: They wake
about $50 or am; breakfast at
sun bath, then a bath and lunch
afterward comes a nap till $3.50
they play till S, are bathed again. an,
at $50 have light supper. BedtiE,
is $50. The children are never lei
alone Their nurse is with them viii
they play outside the house. A watch
man guards the house at night.
There are penalties as well as priv:
leges attached to rearing a child, {
several of Horywood's foster parent
have discovered. On New Year day,
Michael Hopkins threw a steel wagon
at Director Henry C. Potter's boy
Henry, jr., nearly binding him. 1t
was six weeks before the boys eye was
considered out of danger. And Miriam
Hopkins was so i'll with apprehension
that she held up the shooting schedul2
of These Three" week.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
To Star Bobby.

RoBBY BREEN, 8-year-old singing
- star whose first picture, Lets
Sing Again" received such an enthusi-
astic reception that it was held over
a second week at the Roxy Theater in
New York, is back in Hollywood to
make three more features for r. K. o.
Radio under the production guidance
of Sol Lesser.
Bobby, whose next starring vehicle
has been tentatively titled EVERY
body's Boy" has been on a personal
appearance tour with Eddie Cantor,
with whom he made his first public
appearance as a radio entertainer.
The noted comedian and the little boy
are close personal friends, and Bobby
has Often been referred to as Eddie
Cantor's adopted SON."
Evening star., 1936-06-14

to 60 about, is maintained on the
grounds, food being the same as
served to all Of the inmates.
ON PAY rolls of the institution are
~ 900 men and women, this num-
ber being augmented by 100 P. W. A.
temporary workers, the latter group
being solely employed on the mag
nificent new buildings which are about
completed. The final building to be
opened for reception of patients is the
Womans Receiving Building, which
will house 800 inmates. There is not
its equal in America, If not in the
world. as regards architecture, utility,
appointments, comfort, up-tothe-
minute appliances. It's hydrotherapy
section is a marvel in itself. There
are rest rooms, gymnasium, radios in
stalled near ceilings and manipulated
from a central dial, sun parlors, ex-
animation rooms, kitchens and cafe
terias. baths, showers. doctors and
nurses Offices. card tables and
screened-m porches-Where the Wom-
en- patients are permitted to smoke
under supervision of nurse or attend
ant Nothing is lacking or has been
overlooked which may restore peace
and reason to minds befcgged.
When DR.. White became head of
St. Elizabeth's. 33 years ago, his first
step was to minimize all restraint and
seclusion. Your correspondent re-
members being assigned, as a cub re-
porter, early in 1900, to interview
world-famous pianist who had been
sent by a kindly judge to ST. Eliza
beth's instead of to jail quarters usu-
ally assigned the unhappy dipso-
maniac. From this building and that
re-echoed the cries of men and
women, sight unseen. In one special
oval on the lawns in a wired in
closure were several live monkeys
Evening star., 1936-06-14

III OlL1 WOOO . bdleIlI SCOuIS
do not confine their searches
to the legitimate stage Po-
u tential stars are discovered
in cages, on the concert stage, behind
newspaper desks and even in SWIM
ming pools, survey of the film studios
shows.
Nelson Eddy was singing at San
Diego concert when he offered to sub
stitute for another singer, stricken Ill,
at q Los Angeles concert. Louis B.
Mayer was in the audience and signed
Eddy Immediately.
Robert Taylor was attending Po-
mona College, studying for medical
career, when M-G-M talent scouts
saw him in the college production Of
Journeys End" That stepped him
aside from his books on medicine, and
into the movies.
Myrna 10y was discovered by the
late Rudolph Valentino while appear
ing in prologue in Hollywood the
ater.
Maureen O'Sullivan was dining in
a Dublin cafe when Director Frank
Borzage introduced himself and urged
her to take film role in Song O. My
Heart"
Harry Stockwell was music editor
on the Kansas City Post when he in
terviewed DR.. Howard Hanson, direc-
tor of the Eastman School of Music
During the interview Hanson asked
the newspaper man to sing for him.
Stockwell did and was given the job
of publicity director for the school
and studied music.
Jean Parker posed for a poster to
be used on an Olympic games float.
The picture appeared in Los Angeles
Evening star., 1936-06-14

kittens, the inmates Of the local
institution rest after their stint of
three or four hours of light labor
each day of good weather. The many
large, spacious porches, provided
with rockers, give sun and sight to
those patients necessarily denied
their liberty.
THE history of st. Elizabeth'S
since the first building was COM
pleted, in 1858. and 50 patients
moved into it, has been written many
times. The gradual growth in size,
population is a matter of Interior
Department reports, under which
branch of the cabinet it functions.
The humanitarian lowering over
and guarding its insane during the
last half Of the twentieth century
may be Sensed in a way, but only is
recorded on the hearts and in the
souls of the handful of men and
women whose lives have found full
flllment in intellectual and courage
Gus care, methods and treatment of
the mentally PROSTATE.
Occupational therapy. Hydro
therapy. Amusements Removal of
restraint and exclusion instead of
seclusion. These are some of the
departures from the early part Of
the nineteenth century, when insane
persons were incarcerated in poor
houses, and jails, when insanity was
considered a disgrace and to be hid
den away, and not a condition to be
dealt with intelligently. Those ia
miliar with Hogarth's work will re-
member with a shudder his engraving
of the treatment of the insane in
his own day and country.
Hitchcock Hall at ST. Elizabeth's
is a theater seating 1000 persons.
and which can be, and is, once a
week turned into a dancing floor
Evening star., 1936-06-14

Shearer can a1ord TO take time on
from careers to indulge in the luxury
of motherhood A year is long
time to be absent from the screen.
Film fans and producers have short
memories. Helen Twelvetrees, to
name one example, has never re-
gained the screen position that was
hers before the birth of little Jack
Woody.
And there is the financial aspect
to be weighed. For bringing Kath-
crime and Irving Thalberg, jr., into
the world, Miss Shearer forfeited ap-
Evening star., 1936-06-14
MENTALLY ILL FIND RELIEF IN BEAUTY TREATMENTS
St. Elizabeth's Staff
Experiment a Success
Three Beauty Parlors Prove of Therapeutic
Assistance to Hospitals Effort to
Restore UnsOund Minds.

tire. Just as Mrs. Smith-Brown was
heartened and inspired by new
gown, so it is with the women patients
at st. Eiizabeth's. Most of US can re-
member that just few years ago in
stitutional dress was nightmare. q
horror, misery and depressant in itself,
resembling nothing so much as a
cross between a potato sack and a
Mother Hubbard Courses on herb
wrapper.
Go to st. Elizabeth's today and
note the change in female apparel.
Gone are the sackcloth materials and
ash colors. Gay are the stripes,
prints and polka dots of the dresses
worn by those not always so gay.
A new dress is needed by an inmate,
Evening star., 1936-06-14
Pioneer With Shirley.

lack CLIFFORD. one of the pio-
- neers of motion pictures, has been
given an important role in THE Bow
cry Princess" Shirley Temples picture
now in production at Twentieth Gen.
tury-Fox. The veteran Of % years
before the cameras will don blackface
for an "Uncle Toms Cabin" sequence
In the picture.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
By Josephine Tighe
Williams.

WELL-KNOWN adage claims
" that beauty is but skin deep,
"A but alienists and medical
4 \ science have proved by ex-
pertinent that it goes much deeper;
that it reaches down into the minds
q mentally ill women. They have
1oved it through the medium Of
beauty parlors with their youth
giving facials. tidy permanents, COM
forting shampoos, finger waves and
manicureS.
The first beauty parlor ever to be
established by the Federal Govern
ment is located at st. Elizabeth's
Evening star., 1936-06-14

p r o x ! m a I e l y
s400. .o00-t h e
sum paid her
each year she
works for Metro
Goldwyr-Mayer.
But there is
yet another rea-
S o n. Marriage
between m owl e
folk is likely to
be a catch-as-
catch-can affair
on today, of
tomorrow. TIL e
A n n Harding
Harry BanniSter
fight for their