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The Washington times., 1936-07-04

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~ both men and women-a short
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ideal after-shaving lotion for men.
It is a delightfully."- fragrant, "Lait
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brought to this country recently
by a Frenchman. 1t is baSicaly
Eau de Cologne, in that it has the
same citrus oils which originated
in the Middle Ages in the French
monaSteries and were used in
Cologne. Instead of being blended
with alcohol, however, it is homog-
enized with oil of sweet almonds
and other oils beneficial to the
skin The result is milky white
LIQUID of delightful fragrance. 1t
is a short cut to beauty, as it can
be used in all instances where Eau
de Cologne would be used and,
in addition, is especially good as a
face cleanser, refreSher, tissue
builder, powder base, after-bath
rub and, for men, as an after
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81 per bottle.
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IF you've worn goggles and gotten
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For names of stores showing
the items described here, call
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during business hours, or write
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closing stamped, Self-addreSSed
envelope.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25
Around And About
Floyd L. Easter
FloydL. Easter

Well, this week, feel in .
little better mood. Not quite
80 pessimistie and cypieals .
rather o jovial disposition this
time. don't you know. Per
sonally, I think an indivi-
duals disposition is as chan
geabie 40 the weather. Good
today, terrible tomorrow.
Business nowadays 10 like
that, only business is terrible
all the time.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25

beginning to the end Of be-
coming On operator of an am
ateur radio station. That iss
from the time that Q fellow
sees another fellows station
and deciding that he wants to
be enc Of the thirty five~
thousand amateurss until he
actually acquires his license
by passing q rigid exsmina -
tion given by the Federal
Communications Commission.
AAd boy those guys can think
up some Of the darndest ex-
ans :and you've got to know
it to pass. No fetching. no
cheating and no buying
-
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25


And If Mr.. jenkins (that
was my Chemistry instructor)
should happen TO suddenly
ask me about Palyatomlc
compounds with mixed func-
tions or about Glycocoll. .Gly-
cine. or Aminoacetic acid, Id
probably stare at him rs
though I'd seen . ghost. And
please. Mrs. Caldwells don t
ask me about some of Caesars
eascapades in public. You
might be embarrassed. .or wo-
uld | be the one.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25

You know. I kinda hope
Mrs. Rodgers doesn't read the
aboye paragraph. It lacks
emphasis, and verse than
that, 1t lacks co-herence. She
may think those fsur years
she labored to pound q little
English into my noggin was
in vain. Sorta discouragine
to the instructor.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25

But Mrs. Burleign, Mr..
Waver and Mr.. Hill can
bring on their Algebra. Geo
metry, Trigonometry and
physics. I thrive on 1t. Yeah.
boy. 1 eat it up. Must be
enc Of those one track - mind
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25

to mention toys at Christ
mas time. She appealed to
the Mayor of New York City
with q few pennies she bor-
rowed from Q friend. telling
him about her troubles. As .
result. on Christmas day the
shelves were filled with food.
fuel was in the house and pots
and pans were merrily boz.
ling on the stove.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25
fellows!

Minute Meanderings: Joseph
DAVIS does Q nice job of
sportcastin9 those PUG. H.
S. sports around .. Popular
song hit of the week. The
music goes in here, goes
round and round and it
comes out here''. With q CO.
uple Of cocoon g in between
Such a world. such . world
-. I'd rather eat salty crac-
kers than have Q husky slice
Of the best cake in America.
Idiosynocracy Of a dumb co
lumnist It will be a long
time before the world forgets
Joe Louis, Max Baer parti
cularly Raymon the astro--
Logger offered to send some
one q present because he
lost seme questions sent to
him. think I'll send him a
few and hope he loses them,
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25

] felt sort Of funny when
read the article by Dean II.
M. Smith entitled 'We Are
Learning How that appeared
in the columns o few weeks
ago. You probably remember
it. In ease you didn t see it
here's q sketch;A Negro wife
and mother had neither milk.
food nor money for food. not
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25

Ye scribe has been asked
to include in this column .
series Of steps" from the
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25


Sorta makes me feel cheap
and unappreciative when I
buy cigarettes and waste
what little money I can af-
ford to waste, and then kick
because conditions are 10 they
have been for six years, you,
you. and yous and me too.
would probably realize the
true value of q dollar Iwhen
we could get our hands on one
= ii we got in the condition
that Brooklyn mother was in
The Arizona gleam., 1936-01-25

Continued ON page 81
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
A STRANGE SAILOR
"a True Story

~ NE afternoon in the Spring
~ of the year, little boy
named Jack, took his new sail
boat to a lake in the Park. 1t
was a very beautiful boat and it
caught the wind in its bright sail
and danced out on the water.
The boat loved sailing so much,
it just would not come back to
the shore. Jack was worried and
he tried every way he could think
of to get the boat to return.
At last Jack had to leave the
boat and go home. It was soon
dark and he wondered if he
would ever see his lovely ship
again What would happen in the
night? Would a storm come up
and sink the vessel? A ship
doesn't sail very well without a
captain, it might crash on rock.
When morning came Jack ran
as fast as he could to the lake.
AND, thank goodness, there was
his boat. Very near the shore now
and sailing around as nice as you
please. Without a captain? No,
indeed, there WAS a skipper sit
ting right on the deck a
small green frog.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
BIRD AND CAT IN PRISON

4 lOST people in Folsom Prison
M have to stay there and yet
there are two little friends be-
hind those prison walls who stay
because they WANT to. They are
"Chirps" and Blue"
Chirps, as you would imagine
is a bird and he was left when
just ready to leave the shell of
an egg, in the stones of the rock
quarry The prisoners felt sorry
about this desertion by the
mother bird, so they took little
Chirps and raised him with ten
der care.
Blue is a big grey cat, the off
spring of a "cat-detective," and
he was born in the photography
shop at the prison. "a cat-de-
tectiVe can find the very cell
where stolen food is hidden) But
with all the unpopularity the
parent of Blue enjoys with the
prisoners, Blue himself is loved
by everyone and most of all by
the little bird "Chirps."
J. l.. Considine tells that the
little bird often takes his nap
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16

peeked through the windows; his
heart stood still with the thrill
of that sight. He had only seen
an airplane far up in the sky
here there was a dozen of
them right before his happy eyes.
There was no door on this side
so he ran around the end of the
building like puppy trying to
get into a house closed against
him.. There he found the third
side of the building open. Gosh
He stopped. He could see two
men working on an airplane
motor in the far corner of the
hangar. Slowly, unnoticed, Bob
walked up to the plane nearest
him. 1t was a beautiful shining
thing. Slowly he walked around
it he said Gosh" and touched
the wing with his hand. 1t was
like touching a dream and find
ing it real.
What va up to, kid?"
Bob turned quickly. A round
faced stocky little man in a
greasy jumper was standing
there.
II just wanted to see an
airplane up close"
The man grinned. well, visit
ors amt allowed here. How'd you
get in?"
II just walked IN. Are you
fiyer?"
Sure. I'm one of the great
ones" The round faced man
beamed at his own joke. 81 fly
from one side Of this hangar to
the other and play nurse maid to
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
THE AFTERNOON
EXPRESS

leaving Seoul for Manchukuo is
run along courteous lines. Mr.. T.,
official of the American Express
oman inspection tour, was resting
in the Club Car Ga high-sounding
title of a car just as cold as the
rest of the train) when a boy
came to say that his berth was
ready. Strolling sleepily back, he
found striped linen bathrobe as
we'll as the customary pair of
bedroom slippers. The slippers
were expected; all Japanese
trains supply them. But the bath
robe was puzzle . until mid
night, when they pulled into An
tung, border station between
Korea and Manchukuo.
Here officials climbed aboard to
ask foreign passengers a lot of
questions and collect passports.
Everyone woke up and covered
their nakedness with striped
robes. Their business over, the
frontier officials departed, and a
Japanese attendant went through
the cars . . collecting bathrobes.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
VOLCANO ENTERTAINS

\ A EHEN old Mauna Loa erupts,
w as it did recently, the most
interested spectators are tourists
to the Islands. Planes were chart
cred to fly over the crater, carry
ing senator's, representatives
twho were there on sight-see-
ing trip, and newspaper men.
The island of Hawaii is the vol
Canic center of the world. The
town of Hilo lies at the foot of
two of the tallest mountains of
the Pacific, Mauna Kea and
Mauna Loa-the former capped
with snow. Visitors make a point
of seeing the fire-pit, Halemau-
mau, which sends out lava once
a year-a boiling, seething mass
"ovcring 100 acres.
Volcano House, in the Federal
Governments Hawaii National
Park, is unique center for study
of earth in the making.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
RUNAWAY!
A STORY FOR CHILDREN
By Paula Norton

these cute little high-powered
motors
Bob grinned, too. Il know.
You're a mechanic
Wise guy, huh? Well, you bet
ter get wise to yourself and
scram out of here before some
one boots you out"
Bob did not turn away, he'd
waited too long for this day
why aren't you a flyer? You
know how to take care of these
planes"
Say, you're a nosey little guy.
On your way" and with a wave
of his pudgy hand, the man
walked away.
DOB STILL stood with one
y hand resting on the wing of
his dream. How could he leave
so soon? Nothing had HAP
PENED. -. He hadn't made ar
engagements to learn to fly!
What goes on here? ?" The
voice Bob had heard in the lunch
room was speaking to him. He
looked up it WAS Frank
Harmon.
Il was just looking at the
planes, sir. You're a flyer, aren't
you? One of the best? How long
did it take you to learn? Will
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16

you be going up soon? How long
would it take for me to learn if
started right now"
All the questions he had ever
asked himself about flying poured
forth like a waterfall. The man
managed to break in when Bob
stopped to take a deep breath.
Hey, hey, hold on there. What
is this, a third degree? How
about my finger-prints? Who are
you, anyway"
I'm Bob Thompson, sir"
There was something about this
man that made you want to say
sir" And I came here because
I want to be a flyer. 1 want to
start learning right now"
The man threw back his head
and laughed Something
brave in Bob suddenly turned
weak and his lower lip trembled
He watched the man and sud-
denly wished himself far away.
Then the man stopped laugh
ing and looked at the boy. Say,
listen son. How old are you ?"
A small voice Bob hardly
recognized as his own answered.
Coin on fourteen"
We'll, I'll tell you, Bud. You
go home and grow up. Then come
back and I'll give you all the
dope. Okay?" Bob did not an
swer.
The man put his gloved hand
on the boys shoulder. you better
get going, son it'll soon be
dark" and the flyer walked
away. Go home? Now?
CONTINUED next week)
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
LETTER FROM GUIANA

ENGLISH settlers first came to
L Dutch Guiana under Cap
tain Marshall, to plant tobacco.
But the founder of the colony
was Willoughby of Parham, who
sent an expedition under Anthony
RoWse to find a suitable location
for the settlement. This adventur-
GUS English gentleman became
the first governor, and enthusi
astically wrote to his wife:
ut is commended by all for
the sweetest place that ever was
seen; delicate rivers, brave land
fine timber. Out five months . 4.
and amongst forty persons, not
one had so much as a headache.
They commended the air to
be pure, and the water so good,
as they never had such stomachs
in their lives, eating five times a
day, plenty of fish and fowl, par
tridges innumerable"
In spite of the land being the
sweetest place." it was returned
to Holland, and is today the only
Dutch posse ssion in South
America.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
NATIONAL PARK RULES
- AMPERS are required to

- AMPERS are required 10
~ register at Park Headquar-
tiers and secure written permit.
Visitors are not allowed to
bring in guns. No hunting.
Dogs and cats are prohibited
in National Parks, except upon
written permission of the super
intendent. They may be trans
ported over through roads by
visitors who are passing directly
through the park, and then only
on leash, Grated, or otherwise
under the control of owner.
State license is required for
fishing.
On public camp ground, water,
lights, sanitary conveniences, and
frewood, are provided free. In
some locations open fireplaces are
provided for cooking.
If you plan to visit a National
Park this year, make your stay
even more pleasant by observing
these suggestions: Obtain a
campfire permit; carry shovel
and an ak; smoke only in camp;
drown your fire dead with water;
leave a clean and sanitary camp;
observe the State fish and game
laws; cooperate with forest
rangers and State fire wardens in
reporting and suppressing forest
| fires.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16

Midshipman David Farragut, age
10 years. This all happened in
October 1912.
IN the Atlantic, Captain Porter
captured an English vessel and
took many prisoners aboard the
Essex" In the night David lay
awake listening to the grumbling
of the captives. He heard some
one moving near his hammock
there stood an officer from
the English ship. He had a gun,
so David pretended to be asleep.
AS soon as the man passed on
to arouse the other prisoners to
action, David sneaked out in the
dark and told Captain Porter, his
hero and foster-father.
The clever man jumped out of
his cabin yelling Fire! Fire."
It all worked like a charm.
Sailors came running from every
direction and the plotting prison
ers were taken by surprise by
crew of American sailors.
David's pluck and foresight
won him much praise.
Later in 1913, Captain Porter
captured another English vessel
and to test David he put him in
command of the seized ship. The
boy Che was only twelve years
old) directed the disgruntled
skipper to navigate the boat to
the nearest American port. The
English captain did not like this
a speck. Imagine having to take
orders from a child!
This is only part of the re-
markable story of an American
boy who loved the sea. His was
a colorful and an unusual career
indeed.
He was once taken prisoner,
and he saw plenty Of sea fighting,
first hand. When the boy was
eighteen, he had worked to the
position of a Navy lieutenant.
For the next few years he chased
pirates all over the seas, and the
day came when he stood before
the world as First Admiral of all
the American Navy.
The boy who never hesitated to
go out and work for the things
he wanted most from life -. was,
Midshipman David.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
BRAZILIAN DIAMONDS

ALMONDS have been mined
~ in Brazil for over 200 years.
and gems of large size have been
found including one of 255 carats
for which the Gaekwar of
Baroda paid the sum of $500, 900.
Because of their quality, Brazil
ian stones are esteemed more
highly than Kimberley diamonds.
Few black diamonds carbon
ados). which are widely used in
industry as abrasives, are found
outside of Brazil.
A great stone discovered in
1920 in the River Abaete is said
to be the largest rose diamond in
the world.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
DRUID RUINS
4 INDER a murky English sky
- on Salisbury Plain, stands

Under a murky English sky
- on Salisbury Plain, stands
a massive group Of stones known
as Stonehenge one Of the few
traces left by the ancient Druids.
These pillars, bearing no inscrip-
ton, were old before the dawn
of Christianity; they are the mys-
terious ruins of a temple of ma
ture worshippers controlled by
a powerful priesthood. No one
knows how these huge monoliths
were erected. They rise in lonely
silence in the heart of modern
England, apart from the busy
world. What were the Druids +?
They left no signs to be deciph-
cred, no imprint of their history
or beliefs on the puzzle that is
Stonehenge.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16

DOB THOMPSON, son of a
D California rdncher, decided to
run dtodg from home to become
an Gir-pldiI pilot. Bob t0dS pretty
fond of his folks all right but then
he DID NOT lodnt to be a
rdHcher. He had tcdtched the
mdil-pldne flying orer the ranch
every day for months and months
and he felt that he could learn
to be just such a fuer if he could
only get TO the field lchere these
dirpldneS 1Cere kept. By hitching
a ride on a truck he managed TO
reach the San Francisco airport.
He tCdS hungry, aud hdUiHg Uerg
little money, he tCGS leery about
spending mach Of it. But finally
he iCeit into the icditiHg room at
the port aud ordered "doUghHutS
and coffee just as a flyer sit
TING across the counter from him
had done. Then he icent out to
md the place iChere a .telloi0
could ask for a job aud start his
career.
CHAPTER 5.
NOWN around the high wire
u fence he walked. 1t was in
one of these buildings he had
seen the colored planes. He
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
SHIPS FROM PANAMA

bring descriptions of a racial
group in the Canal Zone which
remains aloof from white and
natives alike the British
Negro from Jamaica. They were
brought, first by France, then by
the United States, to work on the
big ditch" A few of them were
shipped back when the Canal was
completed, but thousands prefer
to live in Panama.
They have their own churches,
schools, and clubs. And if the
whites feel superior to the
Negroes, these in tUrn look down
on the Spanish or Panamanian
Negroes with the same conde-
scension.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
IN THE OLD
SAILING DAYS

a skipper took his life in his
hands when he rounded the
Horn" 1t wasn't any fun, and a
dangerous business. Air travel is
bringing a substitute and
dying to the Horn will soon be
a weekend jaunt.
A regular air service is planned
mail, express, and passengers
from Santiago, Chile, to Magel-
lanes, the most southerly city in
the world, located in TERRA del
Fuego, the tip of South America.
How many weary months did it
once take to reach the antarctic
zone? Soon you'll take off in a
14-passenger plane averaging $50
miles an hour!
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16

and the voice from the sky will
put more fear into the super
stitious than all the pamphlets in
India.
A BRILLIANT FRESHMAN
who went through the Russian
revolution is a friend OF his.
Ernest Loudon is in Los Angeles
today, chief of the statistical de-
partment of a bond house. Not so
many years ago he was a civil
engineer in England, serving in
France during the war, then be-
ing transferred to the English
Secret Service in st. Petersburg.
The Secret Service in Russia was
a ticklish business, at best-both
under Kerensky and later Lenin.
A man did his work and hoped
that he looked like a travelling
salesman.
Loudon had taught in the
Royal Naval Academy, and knew
the language like a native. But
he ended up in the Tower of
Peter and Paul, occupying the
same cell which had held the
murderer of Rasputin, the monk
whose hypnotic powers many
times saved the Cars little son.
Well, the skipper relates, there
was Loudon cooped up in the
Tower, unable to communicate
with his co-workers or friends.
But he'd contracted to send in a
daily article to the London Daily
Chronicle and the articles
appeared He didn't tell the skip
per how they were written, or
how they got out of the Tower
and out of Russia. Even today,
there's a man alive who might be
implicated.
Officials couldn't decide whe-
Their to hang him or shoot him.
Finally, after some argument,
they dismissed him reluctantly
with strict orders to stay in
the city. Whereupon Loudon
made a decision himself . and
escaped with suit case to Fin
land.
In San Francisco a few years
back, he talked to a convention
of bankers explained Amer
lean banking to them in detail.
His father managed the Bank of
Ireland
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
\/OU CAN be almost anything

NOU CAN be almost anything
you want in this world, pro-
vided the desire is strong enough
and you put yourself in the
way of whatever it may be. Like
slowing aboard a tramp bound
for one of the islands; first get
up the gang-plank. Or finding a
Captain or Mate settled comfort
ably over coffee in a tavern, and
drawing out a yarn; they won't
always open up with a tale.
You're lucky, sometimes - and
stories come along all week,
mostly from men you'd never sus-
pect of having been places.
Captain Rob has been around
the world and back so many
times he's lost count. He's been
a skipper all his life because he
likes it, but he's run into men
who've done everything.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
UNRULY TRIBES

in the Northwest frontier prov
inces of India will be quelled by
modern voice of thunder. Loud
speakers have been mounted I'M
derneath the cabins of Royal Air
Force planes, and connected to
microphone. These novel sky
radiocasters will do general police
work, giving verbal instruction
and warnings to tribesmen, who
make rebellion a profession.
Words in their own tongue
have a meaning for the unedu-
Gated native who cannot read,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
EYES FOR THE BLIND

4 AANY a faithful dog helps a
M man blind to see his way
about the streets of a city, but
this is the story of a shephert
dog that helps a blind DOG I
live in safety.
The shepherd has his home i
the American Walnut Co, lumbe'
ward in Kansas City. One day he
found a poor blind dog of un
certain breed, and he brought
him home with him.
Since that day, the blind dog
has shared the shepherds cave
under the lumber. He brings tast'
bones for the friend and specie
bits of food. He takes him dow
to the river for a drink and steer
him about in traffic.
This is indeed a strange an
beautiful friendship.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
BIBLE ANNIVERSARY

IN December, the 1500th anniVer-
sary of the translation of the
Bible into Armenian was cele-
brated in Jerusalem. Armenian
Catholics and Protestant Armen-
ians united TO honor the transla-
ton made so many centuries ago,
and the program included ad-
dresses made by leading English
and Armenian personalities asso-
ciated with scholastic endeaVors.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16

the cries or In
dams outside
her cabin. The
brave woman
sent her boys
into the attic
to hide while
she held off
the attack.
One of these
little boys in
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16

sitting on the cats head or lean
ing against Blues very paws
Apparently there is one cat
whose friendship is greater than
his appetite.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-02-16
IF YOU HAVE

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