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Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-17
HUGE MILITARY
BILL SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, May 16. U,P'-
President Roosevelt today signed
the peace-time record $572,500,OO0
army appropriation bill providing
funds for military and military
activities of the war department for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1887.
Mr.. Roosevelt at the same time
gave final approval to the social
ed four department bill, making ap-
preparations for the state, justice,
commerce and labor departments.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-17

a little better than one million
dollars 81, ,O45, GOO has been collected
by Dan WIesI, county assessor col
lector, for the two offices during
the tax year 1886
Since the closing of the tax col
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-17

LOSE ELECTION
PWA Setup Saved by
Zero Hour Order Of
President Roosevelt
Will Function on Modified Basis, in Cooperation
With RFC; Ickes Admits Defeat in Battle
OF Billions With Hopkins

WASHINGTON, May 16 UP)-The Public Works
Administration saved from the New Deals alphabetical
day function modified scale in the 1886 937 work
relief program With funds of its own PWA
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-17
THIRTY INJURED
IN STRIKE CLASH

NEW YORK, May IS. up
More than 30 were injured to-
dg,1 in a melee which followed
attempts of mounted police o
break up a picket line OF strik'
ing seamen and sympathizefs
ON the Hudson river waterfront
as the liner Virginia sailed for
California.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-17
no COMPROMISE on
DIVISION O. VALLEY
POWER SAYS HEWES
District Chairman Refuses to Consider Plan
Of Southern Sierras to Split Profit;
Buying Lines Held Only Course

The only compromise considered by the Imperial Irri
cation District its battle with the Southern Sierras Pow
company would be purchase of the companys trans
mission lines and facilities needed by the district to dis
Tribute AL American canal power in Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-17
q -
@SyX
ID AMBLING
IMPORTER
Says
The Right Way

Traffic came to a step at Eighth
and Main streets at o'clock Fri
day highland there wasn't
traffic cop in miles. Motorists sat
in their machines, intermittently
glaring and grinning at one an
other, and each dared the other
to go ahead. The reason? A
small gray kitten, strayed from the
home range, decided to cross the
Intersection About halfway across
she, he or it decided on the spur
of the moment that this was
good time for romp. Round and
round the feline went, chasing its
scraggly little tail firing of that,
the youngster rolled over several
times, then got interested in bug.
Eventually, feeling the call of
home, the little fellow trotted off.
Then, and not until then, did traf-
fic move on.
A Bit of Misjudging-
Joe Corona, jr., may be only
three years old, but he is man
about town for all that. He was
left in the family automobile,
parked on North Sixth street Fri
day night. When Joe, ST., return
ed, the child was gone. Dad re-
cruited the city cops to help in
a search. A short time later he
found Joe jr., in a car parked at
the curb two blocks from the
nIace where he had been left. The
Car he occupied was a duplicate of
hiS fathers machine. Just Slight
miScalculation in distance.
Another MiscaIculatiOn-
Here's one from none other than
Col. Roscoe Turner. A local citi-
zen, All American. canal enthus-
last and amateur aviator, tmore
amateur than aviator, and rumor-
ed to be P. A. JenklnS) who was
going to show the colonel the All
American canal, not only lost it
himself but was forced to have the
famous colonel find it for him.
The gentleman in question CHS
elled a chance at the dual controls
OF guests. When he got the stick
he told the colonel he was going
TO find the canal for an aerial
view. Ten minutes later, after
zig-zagging the plane between Cal
eXico and Mt. sigma. in distressed
search, the pilot protein acknoWl-
edged defeat. The colonel pointed
out the canal. away down below.
"hW, that's moi it," said the
At
path. The canal is big as a river"
We'll" responded the colonel,
what do you expect from this
altitude. You've only climbed this
ship $500 feet since leaving the
airport
The amateur confessed he'd
been unable to find the altimeter
in the mass of details, and nosed
her down so the passengers would
mt think the canal a backyard
gully.
Get II Again
Tom Bandy is hoping that an
Ell Centro speed cop will be able
to locate his car as we'll the second
time as the first. Tom left the
machine on Euclid avenue the
other night, with the keys in the
lock. The copper found it, no.
ticcd the Los Angeles registration,
and took it to the police station,
where Tom reclaimed it after an
uncomfortably long talk. Friday
night the motor car was really
stolen.
Causc Enough
If you notice any peace officers
of Imperial or Yuma Valley run
ming wildly about with a deter
mined expression on his official
countenance, take it easy. He's
only selling tickets to the Peace
Officers dapce at the Veterans
hall in Ell Ccntro next Friday
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-17
Last NAinute,
Flashes!
; 80 % - ~ -~ . -
CALIFORNIA DRIVER
QUALFIES FOR RACE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May l6.
UP)-GeOrge COnnOrs, 20, san
BcrnardinO. Cal, today became
he first to qualify fer the Mem
Orial Day 500-mile race when he
made 1929 miles per hour for
the 25-mile test run.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-17

Cause Enough
II you notice any peace officers
of Imperial or Yuma Valley run
ming wildly about with a deter
mined expression on his official
countenance, take it easy. He's
only selling tickets to the Peace
Officers dapce at the Veterans
hall in Ell Ccntro next Friday
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-05-17
ALLEY OOPS PET

a Daily Fea-
turc of ne
Post Press
Comic
Section
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04
You Must Be a
Specialist
Nv A HOLLYWOOD WHOOFER

BY A HOLLYWOOD WdOOF EN-
HOLLYWOOD, July 4.-This is
the day Of the sniffers, the tap
dancers, the snorers and the
whoofers in Hollywood.
The motion picture industry Is
looking for specialists, and anyone
with good idea has a chance to
win fame and fortune.
A whoofer is someone who does
anything but sniff, tap or snore.
A whoofer can be a singer, a
glamor girl or a six-day bike rider.
mot so many years ago, spe-
cialists were unknown" said Bill
Grady, casting director of the
Metro oldwyn-Mayer studios.
AS illustrations. Grady gave sew
eral instances where specialists
have found success in pictures.
Robert Wildhack is specialist
In snoring. In Broadway Melody
of 1886" he became name" be-
cause he had studied the peculiar
sounds of sleepers.
Lon CLANCY was the first of the
greater specialists, combining his
screen work to amazing make-ups.
Warner GLAND, though a. Swede,
is the leading specialist in Chinese
characterizations, while Ted Healy
specializes in "double-talk."
The swimming tank propelled
Johnny Weissmuller and Buster
Crabbe to screen success and
Charles Butterworth's own brand
of the "dead-pan" makes him a
screen favorite.
Oracle Allen and Una Merkel
cannot be equaled in dumb wise
crackery, and the specialists in
screen inebriety are led by Rob
ret Benchley, Charles Ruggles and
Bert Roach.
Edna May Oliver is the queen
of the sniff and Frank Morgan
is the reign1ng monarch OF the
stutter. Reginald ovens horse
laugh Is inimitable and Charles
Chaplin still remains the king of
pantomime.
Eric Blore and Arthur Preacher
stand at the top in the art of
the valet and Joseph Calleia and
Boris Karloff lead the ranks in
Super-villainy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04
Old Timer Says
Stars of TODAY
Can't Take It

HOLLYWOOD, July Modern
Hollywood leading men are a
bunch of Sissies!
They can't take it!
Today's leading women, just as
soft, don't know what real troup-
ing is!
They're good players, of course.
But, aside from that, they don't
know the first principles Of real
picture-making.
What's the authority for this
libel? The old-timers, the silent
picture stars who've been through
the old-time mill. Francis K.
BuShman, virile he-man, who taS-
cinated millions of women, who
1oughed it from one coast to the
other and in couple of foreign
countries making pictures, and
Mae Marsh, who jumped from a
cliff to escape the villains in the
Birth of a Nation" Both appear
in Paramount's Hollywood Boule-
ward"
"stand-ins? Doubles?" Bush
man, hero of 418 pictures, asks
''Never heard of them, except
once, Had to have a wrestler dive
off a 6O-foot bridge into the I'LL
nois river. Essanay woulSlt let
me do it because the water was
filthy. Everything else I did my
self. from changing from an ar
plane to the top of freight tram
to going over falls 20 feet high
into 90 feet of water When l
couldn't swim very well.
Bushman shakes his head To-Day
ut how the heroes OF the screen
can please fans today. ,,,.+
az Look at Bing Crosby--ne JuSC
has to Groom to win the applause
of millions, I had to get rescued
IN a lake storm to get the same
big hand" Bushman signs.
Bushman says everything IS
peace and quiet now while actors
think and act.
when first went to work at
Essanay in Chicago, I thought l
was in a boiler factory" Bushman
asserts. Eight companies work
ms. People on the next set throw
Ing dishes. Next set after that
staging a fight. On the other
side, somebody screaming. Dlrec-
tor shouting orders through a
megaphone. Cameraman calling
off the number Of feet left in his
camera. Boy-it took acting IN
those days."
Miss Marsh remembers when
three pictures a week were on
the schedule and between pic.
lures" meant from midnight until
2 O'Clock in the morning.
zone time Mary Pickford and
her mother, Charlotte Smith,
pitched in and made my costumes
for a picture" she recalls. "And
Bobby Harron and the other men,
when not acting, were carrying
messages, hammering on scenery.
getting properties. The women
worked as hard as the men and
there was little sitting down
between takes. Today's leading
woman, surrounded by personal
maids, hairdressers and stand-ins.
would be absolutely lost on one OF
the early-day SETS"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

in the "Alcazar Saloon" a
big, garish set, with two
long bars and a set-up of
roulette tables and slot ma
chimes.
It is plenty hot, even with
your coat off, and the actors
are all wearing wool shirts,
mackinaws and the like.
I scarcely recognize little
Frances Farmer, who has
been playing ingenues at
Paramount, but is here wear
ing a red wig, a daring gown
and a makeup that still
leaves her beautiful, but
makes her look hard-boiled
and wise.
In the scene, Frances is
supposed to put a coin in a
slot machine, hit the jack
not and walk aWav without
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

A little six-year-old boy walked
up to Perc Westmore, director of
Warner Bros. Cosmopolitan make.
up department, the other after.
noon and said: Mister Westmore,
will you light my cigarette for me,
please?"
Westmore was shocked: "You
want me to light your cigarette
for you?" he Stammered.
yes" replied the little lad,
my mother won't let me play with
matches"
Bachelorhood has its compensa-
tions, according to Cary Grant.
What has a married man that
a bachelor hasnt?" he asks.
Here are Grants reasons for his
views:
A bachelor doesn't have to shave
on Sundays.
A bachelor can stay out as late
as he chooses.
He can choose his lady COM
panions, and as many as he likes.
He can order and eat what he
wants for dinner.
He can listen to his favorite
radio program in peace.
He can smoke his oldest pipe.
He doesn't have to move out
when an afternoon bridge club
moves in.
Lou Naye describes q Holly
woodite as a fellow who is always
putting his best foot forward-to
kick a pal who Is down!
Dick Pritc hard tells Of q
Poverty Row producer having
actors sit down in a picture In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

"How is this, Sambo?" asked
Mr.. Williams. IT thought hired
you for that job"
eyes, sub, Mr.. Williams, All
knows you did, but All done sublet
the contract for 49,"
But" demonstrated Mr.. Wi.
liams, IT pay you only $3.50, so
you are losing money on this job. IS
eyes sub, yes sub, All knows All
is" was the reply. But it's worth
somethin' to be boss"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

estead Of walk around, in order
to save "footage."
Joe E. Brown likes this one:
The Scotch patient was fun
bling in his pocket.
"You don't need to pay me in
advance" said the dentist.
I'm not going tor was the
reply. I'm only counting my
money before you give me the
gas"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

even collecting the downpour of money.
Several times they take the and the Jackpot never
misses A man with screwdrver is standing by to see
that it doesn't
ask Frances she has really made jackpot and
she confesses she hasn't Next tme she thinks she will get
her escort to bring screwdriver
Promising Young IngemWe
Director Howard Hawks tells that Frances is of the
most promising newcomers he has worked with. Among
other qualities he has discovered she sing and will
let her do a number in the picture.
I ask Frances about her voice.
II haven't really she replies, but guess it's good
enough for this place."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04
Frances K1C o. Red Wig

They could certainly that air-bower the Come
and Get IT. set another soundstage at the Samuel Gold
WIN studios The working under blaze Of lights
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

"This furniture is antique"
eyes. Did you inherit it?"
"In a way. My grandfather
bought it from a man on the
instalment plan, and 7 took over
the payments"
Boss" You should have been
here at nine"
Steno-"Why, what happened?"
''You can have the job as cashier
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04
LwcEsu "DOdssUOrtb" Actors

Nobody on the set has the Queen Mary but they
would know their around her boat deck for this is almost
REPLICA built to sze The designers for Samuel Goldwyn
have made just change They have altered the shape OF
the huge venators making them round for pictorial pur
poses.
But as Mary Astor tells stand watching Director
William Wyler line up
If they look at the ventators must be pretty lousy
There are lot of the deck for it supposed TO
he sailing time New York harbor The big problem Is to
get the effect of sunlight This of the toughest things
to do on sound stage because conflicting shadows Studio
lights being all angles naturally throw many different
shadows The real sum- single of light throws only
Watching all these of the cameraman and the
electricians Walter Huston who played DodsWorth so
long on the stage he knows it backward.
The realism of the liner compared the way they had
to suggest it behind the footghts amuses him
What you going to do with the boat when you get
through with it?" he asks Wyler.
"Oh" ps the stocky director II thought we'd send it up
to your place at Lake Arrowhead"
And when Ruth Chatterton around Tn told the con-
versation is crazy.
Frances In o. Red Wig
They could certainly that airblower the Come
and Get IT, in another soundstage at the Samuel Gold
wyn studios The actors working under blaze Of lights
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04
Film Oldest Train

Montezuna No. /, built in 1881
and now the oldest American train
operating under the Interstate
Commerce Commission, was used
by King Vidor for an important
scene In his Paramount picture,
1.-THE Texas Rangers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

AlIeH ana JACK benny are
throwing ad-lib gags at each
other between scenes for
"The Big Broadcast of 1887"
Burns is an irrepressible
comic.
When they go to take a
still, he rushes up to Director
Mitchell Leisen.
'Say Mitch,'' he says,
show about giving me a line
in this still7 I don't have
any in the picture.
A few minutes later they
are making a scene, and he is
glib in his screen lines, too.
Benny isn't so lucky. He
blows up twice.
"They gave this picture
eight weeks,'' he says, an
noyed, "but they didn't know
/ was in it. "
Burns s h cots a quick
glance at the quiet little man
in the background.
81 don't know what Zukor
is laughing at" he says.
The president of Para
mount smiles at the crack.
He can afford to.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04
Quiet Little Man Stands on
Side Lines Just Watching
His High Paid Actors
By HARRISON CARROLL

copyright 1S8" King Features syndicae)
HOLLYWOOD, July "A quiet little stands the
noisies set in Hollywood He Adoph Zukor and he fades
into the background like prop while George Burns Oracle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

Mr.. Williams had hired Sambo
to paint his shed at the stipulated
price Of $3.50. Reappearing on the
scene some time later he found
Sambo lying in the shade enjoy
ing himself while another Negro
was busy painting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

the wages are 5000 month"
"You can't go far on that, sir. u
"I don't want a cashier to go
far"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-04

The luckiest actors IN HoI- MARY AsTOk
1vvood at the moment are the "Dodsworth cast They
ara working on moviemade deck of the Queen Mary
with an imitation seabreeze being thrown at them through
an air-bower
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-08

It was Towards desire to appear
in the scenes without altering the
color of his hair that sent the studio
research department TO the libraries,
where the investigation led to an
astounding report and changed
long standing tradition.
The original Romeo was far from
being the dark type, and in all
probability was a blond with blue
eyes Many blends and redheads are
found in Verona, resulting from an
invasion centuries ago by the Visi-
goths, light~of hair, who were grad
ually absorbed by the people of
northern Italy.
The evidence satisfied Director
George Cukor, who agreed that Les
lie would not have to be dark
lover when he woos Norma Shearer,
cast as Juliet. A brilliant support
ing cast includes John Barrymore,
Edna May oliver, Basil Rathbone,
c. Aubrey Smith and Andy Devine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-08
Studios Of RKO
Hard at Work
Capacity Production Under
Way on Is Stages.

HOLLYWOOD, jan 8.-T'he new
year strides onto a busy scene at
RKO studios where capacity pro-
duction is in progress on all Is
sound stages.
Fred Stone is to appear in the
first picture to be released, Farmer
in the Dell" and Ann Harding
starts work on her last picture be-
fore sailing for Europe. She is to
be starred in another courtroom
script, THE Witness Chair"
A new musical vehicle for the
popular Fred 4Astaire-G Ginger Rogers
dancing combination is to closely
trail Follow the Fleet" and is to
be filmed under the title, Il Won't
Dance" Barbara Stanwyck has
been assigned the leading role in
Volcano" and screening is to be
started on Fugitive Gold"
puzzle of the Briar Pipe" unites
James Gleason and Helen Broderick
in roles of a wise cracking New
York detective and snoopy school
teacher, while ''Thorobreds ALP is
to be on location at Flagstaff, Ariz
Other films to go into production
this month are Bunker Bean,
plan 16," 1.-The Balloon Buster
and Static"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-08
low Artist
ConningHere
tor Lecture
Grant Wood Is to Discuss
Theories of His Type
of Painting.

Of particular interest to Hoosier
artists is to be the lecture by Grant
Wood, Iowa regionalist, on the Town
Hall program Saturday morning at
II in the Columbia Club.
Last year Mr.. Wood criticised
Indiana artists as being local color
ists,' paying too much attention to
how sunlight filters through trees
and not enough to the real char
acteristics of their native state.
Since Mr.. Wood was in Indian
apolis, when he acted as one of the
judges to select paintings for the
annual Indiana Artists Exhibition
at Heron Art Museum Institute,
artistic trends in Indiana have
changed.
Sensation at Chicago
First notice of Mr.. Wood as
revolutionary painter was made
when his works became the sensa-
ton of the Century of Progress ex-
hibition in Chicago. Such works as
American Gothic" Daughters of
the Revolution" and Herbert Hoo
ver's Birthplace" have become we'll
known throughout the country. A
newer canvas, Death on the Ridge
Road" is now on exhibition at the
Heron museum.
Grant Wood studied in Paris be-
fore he discovered" his own coun-
try. He struggled with the broad
brush methods, the strange fantastic
French modes, but found that none
suited his desire for an outlet of
emotion. When he returned to
America, he quickly shed much of
the imitativeness acquired in Eu-
rope and settled into style which
has not only become his own, but is
being copied and initiated by hun
dreds of American painters. Mr..
Wood soon found himself founder
of a school of art he chose to call
"Regionalism."
Head Art Department
Iowa University recently estab-
lished Mr.. Wood as the head of its
art department, built a mural
building to house the output OF stu
dents under his direction. A drama
building to be decorated in true
fresco is to provide work for 10
years.
Mr.. Wood has been commissioned
to do set Of canvases to decorate
the Agricultural College at AmeS
University and several postofflce
buildings. He has an order from
one publisher for an 10000 word
book.
The artist is to discuss the the
cries of his particular type of art
at the session Saturday, and is to
answer questions following the lee
ture. A luncheon is to be held in his
honor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-08

Mr.. Schaefer was Miss Essex first
instructor and, incidentally, she was
his first cello pupil. Being violin
list, he felt unqualified to teach any
other instrument, but finally gave
in to her mothers pleadings. and
lessons began.
1t was only a few months, accord
ing to Mr.. Schaefer, until Miss
Essex genius became apparent, and
he determined that she should re-
ceive training from a master of the
instrument. Accordingly, he ar
ranged for her to go to Boston for
lessons under the famous celliSt,
Alvin Schroeder.
Studied in Leipzig
When Miss Essex was II, Mr..
Schaefer asked his friend julius
Klengel to accept her as his pupil
in the Leipzig Conservatory. She
studied there several years, and was
honored by selection as the only
musician from the entire student
body to appear as soloist with the
Leipzig Symphony Orchestra.
Immediately after leaving Ger
many, Miss Essex enrolled in the
Paris Conservatory as pupil Of
Diran Alexanian. There the world
famous cellist, Pablo Casals, enthusi-
astically stated his belief in her
genius.
Mr.. Schaefer and Miss Essex vie
with each other in exchange of COM
pliments and expressions of high
regard.
Proud of His Part
The veteran orchestra leader.
loath to admit the important part
he has played in the young artists
career, expr essed his gratitude for
her loyalty to her first teacher. and
said, II am proud of having had a
hand in shaping her original destiny
to become Americas outstanding
woman cellist.
Il am particularly happy to
appear with Mr.. Schaefer," Miss
Essex said, because of the high
personal and musical regard which
I hold for him."
His faith in her and the help he
gave so freely, she maintains, con-
tributed much to the courage she
needed to attain success.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-08
Mrs. Burroughs to
Appear at De Pauw

Jane Johnson Burroughs, Indian
apolis soprano, is to be presented
in recital by the De Paw University
School of Music at Meharry Hall,
Greencastle, tomorrow night. Wal
ter Whitworth is to be the accom-
PIANIST.
Mrs. Burroughs first local recital
of the season is to be program for
the benefit of the Will Rogers Mem
orial Fund, Jan. Is, in the Marott
Hotel ballroom.
This program, which is to include
songs in five languages, was pre-
pared under the tutelage of Arthur
RosensSein, New York teacher, who
recently was engaged as vocal coach
by one of the major motion picture
studios