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Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

NEW YORK, July 17-Thoughts
while strolling: Harry BanniSter has
one of those villain still pursued
her mustauches. Like Adolph Men
iou's. They say Billy GaXton will
be the Lambs next shepherd. He's
one of the five richest actors. Geo.
rye Cohan is No. l.
For the look the same as they did
Is years ago club: Hedda Hopper.
Don't see Talulah Bankhead around
Erskine Gwynne's dimpled and ser
aphic expression, the rascal. Not
many swing along dainter than
Irene Rich. They've muffed Chick
Sale for the radio long time nav.
Democratic high brow. John Ersk
ine.. Has Vicki Baum done literary
fade-out? That most highly paid
industrialist. Thomas Watson. A
Seattle letter sticks in my mind.
Zioncheck, it said. is a hired Soviet
clown. One hero who never loses a
shade of his heriosm: General Per
shing Memory: Art Hickman's
whispering!
What this country needs is an
other Kin Hubbard. And what Eu-
rope needs is a conscience. The
Players is not the same with Oliver
Herford gone and Don Marquis not
around. If Frank O'Mally were only
here to report E. Berry Wallis
homecoming. Al DOnahue seems
society's pet baton wielder OF the
moment.
What a joy the radio must be to
sheep-herders For my money. The
least publicized of the song writers
Jimmy McHugh. Luxury phenomen;
Most of the de Luxe art galleries
have come through the depression
Dawn patrolling is Pumping up Ed
Sullivan. Even Louis SoE3l has g gin
ed an ounce.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
Imperial Valley Press

Published every afternoon ex-
cept Saturday and Sunday (Sat-
':rday afternoon issue now sue
ceeded by The Post-Press. sun
days. by the Imperial Valley
Publishing Company. 625 Stale
street, Ell Centre, California.
Entered at El Centre. California,
post office as second clAss mat
ter.
Paul jenkins, Publisher; Georgs
Bennitt, General Manager; Rus
sell Bennitt, etary-treasurer;
Ed. Fitzhugh. Managing Edi-
tor.
M. C. Mogensen & Co, National
Advertising Representative.
Member California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Subscription hates: &c per copy.
In conjunction with The POST
Press; per month 60c; Paid in
Advance: 8 months. $1.65. 9
month";. S3G5: On. Year. sa.00
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

The most widely discussed Rialto
topic concerns the return OF kath-
arine Hepburn to the legitimate
stage next season. Her appearance
before the footlights after her scre-
en- success several years ago was an
epic in fright. She wants to erase
that picture. Before one of the most
distinguished first night audiences,
She was as one in a trance, moving
about with oyster pallor, quaverlng
voice and trepble Of an autumn
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
GRAB BAG
One-Minule Test

/. What is the capital of the Ter
ritory of Alaska?
2. Name the trophy competed for
annually by amateur golf teams
representing Great Britain and the
United States.
3. Define "fiduciary relationship"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
One-Minute Test Answers

/. Juneau.
2. The Walker international
Amateur Golf cup. 1t was first
offered in 1922 by George H. Walk
er. former president of the United
States Golf association.
3. One of trust or trusteeShip.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
e OH Sr!T1RANK
~ SAYS u WATANABE
TVS ED HOLDEN
BY ED HOLDEN
AUTOGRAPHS

Other day at a Moving Picture front gate | seen
about 200 persons of all and age waiting
for actor actress to pass out All of sudden one
beautiful girl out . and all autographers
swoop upon she. She say No No! but they still
wishing she to sign piece of papers. So she dol
When they looking on that signature it say Susie
the waitress of lunch room" "Oh nuts please"
say all that bunch. Hey what do you sign it for if
you a simple waitress ?" And many more say "Boo
Boo So she stepping into wealthy limousine con-
tanning very gorgeous choffeur and start skddmg
home That make them autograph hunters feeling
puZzel. Then they asking the gate fellow who
she are "Oh that my wife, but the fellow driving
her home the Prince of Wales But it Greta
Garbo
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
Words of Wisdom

We sleep, but the loom of life
never stops and the pattern which
was weaving when the sun went
down is weaving when it comes up
tomorrow Henry Ward Beecher.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
Other Editors Say
NATURES LAST STAND
California Progress Review

California has always taken pride in being
natures wonderland and has sought jealousy
to preserve the natural beauty OF our state ana
national parks and mountain fastnesses.
Recently, however, from many sources have
come warnings that this vigilance has been
permitted to lapse, and that as a result the
natural beauty has been fading.
The objection is that we are building too
many roads into widernesses that ought TO be
preserved for hunting, fishing and the enjoy
ment of those who like to rough it through
wild, rugged country.
1t is true that the state has benefited tre-
mendously from development of roads into
forest and mountain regions but quite possibly
il is also true that the time has come to call
a halt
Numerous places suitable for picnics or sum-
mer outings have been developed. They will
always be there FOR crowds Of vacaticnists TO
reach by motor. But few areas in which things
still stand as nature fashioned them, remain.
And once these are made too easily accessible
they will lose forever their quality OF untouched
naturalneSS.
AT any rate, the warning is worth thinking
about AS development goes rapidly on, the
state as whole viii have to make up its mind
soon as to when or whether 1t has gone far
enough
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
Hints on Etiauete

The proper introduction for a
governor and his wife is Governor
and Mrs. Brown"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

A Utah slayer, given his choice of
death by hanging or shooting, has yet
indicated no preference. If the authorl-
ties insist, though, he'll probably take
senile decay.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

leaf. She seemed a frightened child
in a dream.
Stage fright is not confined to
arrivists. Such grand troupers as
Mrs. Fiske faced it at every prem
iere. There was a night in Philad
elphia when she had to make a
re e-entrance SO completely lost were
her lines. And the late Oscar Fig
man went up so hopelessly in his
part in Chicago one night-"Tha
Prince of Pilsen" as recall that
he began to ad lib and with comic
and frightened gusto the lines
were kept in the play. All full of
jitters.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

An Ohio garageman-astronom is "a
gog over his discovery Of a new comet.
If he is absent-minded, some Of his Gus
toners probably have been paying him
the distance to it.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

Coney Island freak shows have
a brand of patrons they call feel
ers." They are usually first time
visitors to whom human monstroS-
tiles are so repellent they topple to
the floor in dead swoon. Guards
are there to take care OF them. They
are removed to a rear room. given a
shot of restorative and hustled out
the back way The swoon is some
times contagious. Strangely enough
Zip, the What Is It. did not affect
"feelers" and that is why he was
more successfully exhibited than
any freak outside General Tom
Thumb.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

The bane of the literary critics is
the publishers tea for visiting au-
thors. Yet it is a routine assignment
that cannot be muffed for often it
is a fount of spicey gossip. Edward
Bernays was first to surround them
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

"The big mouth is best for kissing"
says a film cOmeraman. Any baby
knows that, who has survived an cleo
ton campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
New York Day by Day
By O. Q. Mcintyre

with publicity back in his formative
DAYS and before, ahem!, he became
a public relations counsel. There are
about a dozen a week in New York
these days. One of the most memor-
able was to Richard Halliburton who
had returned from fantastic her
iga to the worlds jumping off
places. Thirty-siX hours later the
party was a bit witty but still going.
They wore out two pianos.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

Coney's newest attraction this
year is Midget Village, diminutive
town with streets, traffic cops, bus
mess buildings that house drug
stores. restaurants, soft drink stands
souvenir shops and all the CONNER
cial antics that make Coney Coney
Things have been tough for the
strange little people" since the col
lapse of vaudeville. Just as there
has rarely been Chinese beggars,
SO it is mendincancy almost un-
known among the LillipYtans'
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

Everyone should visit Coney Is
land once a year. Charles Hansen
ToWne in a rhetorical rash erupted
neatly that Coney was "a definite
part of the national consciousness
America at play" And after
swing along the boardwalk in the
salty air, an affair withone OF those
double decker, mustardy Feltman
hat dogs becomes something mem
orable in romance.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

BRINGING ALL
THE NEWS TO
INTERVAL
IA VALLEY n
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17

Member California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:

RITSY GRANTS European tennis
II tour cost him $3.50, exclusive of
incidental expenses. His partner in
the insurance business, who was
supposed TO take care of his renew
ais, fell i'll while BitSy was away
and let a number of policies lapse
Bobby Riggs and Wayne Sabin,
the young California doubles combi-
nation being tOuted for next years
Davis cup competition, have been
parted by Jack del Vale, their San
gel" The break came during the
Rye matches and Del Vale ex-
planned it by saying he believed
Sabin's influence on Riggs was not
beneficial. 1t probably will be
patched up before the national
championships.
Although the Giants are in the
midst of one of the most magnif-
cent pennant drives of recent years
gossipers still operate on them. The
latest lowdown is that Hank Leiber
and Harry Gumbert will be traded
to the Cards for Jim Collins next
winter. The whispered reason for
this is that Terry and Leiber do
not ''get along" Another keyhole
item is that several Giants Off
Gals consider Mel OFT to be IAN
overrated player" and will peddle
him to another club in 1887 if Terry
agrees.
Pop Warner and Gil DObie viii
be personally matching their foot
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

Americana
Coincidence in Samoa
By Elmo Scott Watson


THIS is a story of three Ripleys.
l. Back in the nineties Lieut..
Charles S. Ripley of the United
States navy was shipwrecked in the
South seas and landed upon an is
land in the Samoan group. He was
taken before the ruler of the island,
King Malietoa, who asked the Off
Ger his name and who then aston
ished him by greeting him as
cousin"
The explanation was simple.
Many years before, a great-uncle Of
Lieutenant Ripley, native of
Maine, had sailed for the Orient and
had never returned. He, too, had
been shipwrecked in Samoan wa
tiers, had married a native princess
and founded the dynasty of which
King Malietoa was the third gene
ration.
King Maietoa insisted upon
adopting Lieutenant Ripley and sew
eral years later an international
commission, composed of represen-
tatives of the United States, Great
Britain and Germany, then engaged
in settling the question Of sovereign
ty over the Samoan islands, settled
upon him as the true heir to Male
toa's throne. Ripley, however, de-
clined to exercise his right as king
and returned to the United States
to make his home in Colorado.
Coincidence in Samoa? Yes, and
in the United States, too. In one
of his radio broadcasts few years
ago, Robert L. Ripley, the Believe
It or Not man, told that story.
Soon afterwards he received let
ter from Mrs. Charles L. Ripley IN
Denver saying that at the very mo-
ment his broadcast came to an end,
Lieutenant Ripley had died!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
What Does 1t Prove
Bout Gives Sailor
$4,000 for Trouble

WHILE beating his Basque
w WOOdchOpper par in Shaping
over the Boston Bartender at
Yankee Stadium, Joe JOuis was
far short of his top Chicago King
fish performance. Yet, even though
it took one minute and two seconds
of the third round before he could
convince a trembly-legged, eye
SCARED, thirty-three-year-Old veter-
an that he had enough, this falling
short of perfection should not be
held against Joe. He did the job
assigned to him and probably the
whole Vassar Daisy Chain team
could not have done it any better
or quicker.
Whether he is, by any chance, the
same gifted athlete he was before
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

two rounds and 1.02 later, he was
grinning.
That, of course, may have been
because he was getting his first
glimpse of Leon Kettchel, the hui
man beanpole who some day may
be stood up to be bowled over in the
same alley and under the same
benevolent auspices as last night.
1t also might have been because a
yOungster, whose best baIIyhoOers
had been doing masterpieces about
his "shellShocked' reactions, was
at last coming to realize that in
stead of going into a battle he was
facing pink tea.
Anyhow it hardly matters. Keep
ing his right up high, as he did
not against the fairly young and
fairly agile Schmeling, Louis start
ed slowly. Perhaps punch into
those whiskers he has never yet had
time to grow might have caused
him some inconvenience and slowed
him up even more. But, even though
the leaden-footed, half-bald Sharkey
made some motions, which indicat-
ed that Joe still has bit 10 learn
before being better than even mon
ey against such two-legged gents
as Ettore, Pastor and John Henry
Lewis, nothing much happened.
Sharkey went through the first
round as if surprised that the bad
news was so long delayed. So, he
paved his bemused way into the
second round, scarcely landing a
blow. He went down from a right
to the jaw, got up and went down
again shortly thereafter from a
right, left and feeling of futility.
In the third round he again was
bowIed over twice, once sprawling
over the lower strand of ropes.
After this he got up. He was not
as badly beaten as was Louis in
the Schmeling fight and it is prob
able that he expected to go on. But
Referee Donovan had already
counted ten. So that was that. The
battle of ''What Does It Proven"
was over and, even though the radio
and movie concessionaires may
squawk to the high heavens, there
viii be no rematch. Sharkey now
can go back to Boston and inpa-
tient customers who have been
screaming can get some service
again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Colored Lightning

Colored lightning is not uncom-
mon. Owing to rain, gases, smoke
and other particles In the atmo-
sphere between the observer and
the lightning, flashes frequently
occur IN one solid color. During
one storm, says Golfers Weekly,
single flashes were recorded In
such distinct colors as red, yellow,
green, violet, orange and blue as
well as white.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
ut%t .
SCH
NWNbb about
Ronoring Amos m ANDY.

CANTA MONICA, CALF
~ Because Amos n Andy paid
a mythical visit to this communi-
ty, the grateful populace will dedi-
cate a bronze tablet in Palisades
park, which is not only a beauti-
full park but is regarded by some
enthusiastic citizens as being prac-
t1cally the main entrance to the
Pacific ocean.
That's California pride for you
the kind that inspires US to pass
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
The English CONSTITUTION

The English constitution, unlike
that of the United States and other
countries, is not a single written
document containing the funda-
mental law. It is the body Of the
laws adopted by parliament that
expound the policies of tie Brit
ISL government.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

the Schmellng mis-
take is something
that need not be
gone into here. Ger
tainly he entered
the ring m ore
blithely than for any
other New York ap-
pearance up to date.
Even before he got
his first glimpse of
that dreadful Shark
ey man, who, by
the way was the
-,l LTJ - -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

zine tagged Bang Princeton
insiders are breaking down and ad-
hitting that the Frosh football sup
ply is the best since the class of
Sc. They add that this mama will
be very much welcomed by Coach
Fritz Crisler since practically all of
the present regulars will be blotted
out by graduations next June.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Use of the Compass

The Jewish people were not &C
customed to the use of a compass
600 years before Christ, nor were
they acquainted with its functions.
The Chinese, however, are said to
have understood the use of the
compass 1000 years before Christ.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

Dau coaching wits
for the first time
when Boston college
meets Temple in
October. This is
Warmers fOrty-sec-
Ond year as a coach
while DObie has
been on duty for a
mere 35 seasons
Eddie Borden, the
sports writer and
fight manager, will
shortly publish a
new boxing maya
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Flag of Irish Free State

The flag of the Irish Free State
is shaped like ours. It is divided
into three horizontal sections Of
equal size, their colors being, from
left to right, green, white and
orange There is no device or de-
sign on the flag.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
No Sale

Baker-What's wrong with that
fellow? He's been coming in here
every day for a month to stare at
those cloverleaf rolls / bake.
Clerk-Oh he's just hoping some
day to find four-leaf one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Naming Boston. Mass.

Boston, Mass, derives It's name
from the Lincolnshire Boston, from
which town many citizens set sail
for New England In 1880 and the
=ext few years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10

ACSO4lI4OIlS GlOOIS-
ing the sunsets.
Well, l don't be-
Geve there's a small
city in this country
that has finer sun
sets than Santa
Monica. And when
better ones are
available for towns
Of this size, Santa
Monica will have
them. Our boosters
clubs will attend tn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Biggest Annie Region

Nova Scotia's Annapolis valley is
the biggest apple-growing region In
the world. The first apple tree, a
Gravenstein, was planted IN 1888 by
q French colonist from Normandy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Income and Outqo

WAS your landlord put out when
you asked him to trust you for an
other month";"
mo, indeed. I was" Dallas
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
France Sent Glass to Britain

The art Of making glass was In
troduced into England from France
In 674 for the use of churches and
monasteries.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
At fhe Omce
Wrong Again
Ar-Minded

Mrs. Hem wonder If I could
borrow your rug beater, Mrs.
Peck.
Mrs. Peck-Pm sorry, Mrs.
Hen, but he doesn't get home till
five o'clock.-El Paso World-News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Sloughed Sailor Need
Have No Regrets

While explaining how he held the
Brown Bomber to a mere count of
ten kayo three years after the stall
wart Camera won the champion
ship from him by means of a slash
ing, lone uppercut, the sIoughed
sailor need have no regrets, though.
He got a very handsome $780, 2S
for his scant moments of light ex-
erciSe. So he departs with the pleas
ant feeling that in a town where
5000, 600 people take daily chances
of being bowled over by autos,
merely because they cannot afford
carfare, at least 6,OO0, 900 people
are envying his pretty opportunity
and his bright reward.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Always in the Way

She (gushingly)-Let's play some
tennisi
He-Can't. The nets broken.
She-Finei The nets always IN
the way when I play.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-10
Sacred Harp Singers

COMEIlME IN the late summer go
- down into the South and attend
a convention of the Sacred Harp
Singers. When you do, close your
eyes as they sing and feel yourself
transported from modern America
back to Elizabethan England.
For the Sacred Harp Singers cling
to the ''fa-so-la" singing of that far
off period, the ''fa-so-la'' being the
names of the notes with which the
major diatonic scale began. Because
they have refused to take into con-
sideration the "do-ra-mi' and Isl
do added later, they have been
called ''lost tonal tribe"
The Sacred Harp Singers have
borne that name for almost CEN
fury, taking it from book Of
hymns called 1.-The Sacred Harp"
published in Philadelphia in 1884.
First compiled by B. F. White and
E. J. King of Georgia, it has gone
through many editions and many
hymns have been added.
On some weekend between early
July and early September, when
their crops ''have been laid by" the
Sacred Harp Singers gather for
convention. The president opens it
with song, then chapter from
the Bible is read and the chaplain
leads the group in prayer. There
after the Sacred Harp people fire.
Guently sing all day with ten-min-
ute recesses every hour and half.
ga Dollar Down and :"
IF YOU think buying on the in
l. stallment plan is a modern Gus
tom, consider this good advice, Of
fered the housewife in 'Decorum-
A Practical Treatise on Etiquette
and Dress of the Best American So
ciety" in 1877:
Avoid ConceaIment
Instances frequently occur of concealment
with regard to money concerns; thus, for
instance, a wife wishes to possess an article
of dress which is too costly for immediate
purchase, or piece of furniture liable to
the same objection. She accordingly makes
an agreement with seller, and there are
many VINO call regularly at houses when
the husband is absent on business, and
who receive whatever the mistress of the
house can spare from her expenses. A book
is kept by the seller, in which payments are
entered; but duplicate is never retained
by the wife, and therefore she has no check
whatever.
We have known an article of dress paid
for in this manner, far above its value, and
heard of a poor young woman who had
been thus duped say to a lady, who remon-
strated with her: "Alasi What can I do I
dare not tell my husbandl''
It may be that the same system, though
differing according to circumstances, is pur-
sued in superior class of life We have
reason to think that it is so. and therefore
afectionately warn our young sisters to
beware of making purchases that require
concealment Be content with such things
as you can afford and such as your hus-
bands approve. You can then wear them
with every feeling of seH-satisfaction, and
have a contented mind.
g Western Newspaper Union
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L1aL.
What I'm getting at, though, is
that any fellows who've given as
much Joy to the world as Amos n
Andy deserve a whole set of
plaques. If they don't wear out,
thinking up their stuff until I get
tired Of hearing it, they'll go on
forever.
Hello, Kingfsh."