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Evening star., 1937-04-17

New Magazine Devoted to Interest in OneAct Plays All
Sides Chance From Political Stand point-How to
Determine Left Right Tendencies

Where her midnight SHADOW fell.
And delved a diamond from the sand
Too heavy for my human hand.
Hold me not false that cannot bring
Nor show to you the magic thing.
Under the dual I divine
The one, but cannot make 1t mine.
ELSEWHERE on this page is printed
list Of best-selling books as
washington does its buying. The
Publishers Weekly gives the follow
Ing lists as the whole Nations choice
fiction and non-fiction:
Fiction.
Gone With the Wind" BY Mar
earet Mitchell; Drums Along the
MohaWk'" by Walter D. Edmunds;
The Late George Apley," by John
r. Marquand; Yang and Yin" by
Alice Tisdale Hobart; White Ban
ners," by Lloyd Douglas; The Street
OF the Fishing Cat" by Johan Foldes.
Cities OF Refuge" by Philip Gibbs
o1 Lena Geyer," by Marcia Daven-
port; The Sisters" by Myron Bring
and Rich Man Poor Man." by Janet
Aver Fairbank.
On-Fiction.
How to Win Friends and Influence
People" by Dale Carnegie; An Amer
lean Doctors Odyssey" by Victor
Heiser; The Hundred Years" bv
Philip Guedalla; The Nine Old Men"
by Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen.
Live Alone and Like It." by Marjorie
Hills; Inside Europe" bv John
Gunther; The Bible Designed to Be
Read as Living Literature" edited by
Ernest Sutherland Bates; Man tn.
Unknown" by Alexis Carrel: "Ths
Return to Religion by Henry c. Link,
and Wake Up and Live!" by Dorothea
Brande.
Well, it is all very curious. There
have been one or two books published
tnlS year mt to be called works of art.
but they do not appear on the lists.
NOT that the reviewer disagrees with
all the selections. But she is puzzled
ABOUT the criterion of popularity. Some
OF these works are quite good you see,
ana others, equally in demand. are
vulgar and inSincere to the point Of
downright blatancy What accounts
TOR the grouping of the two kinds Of
work together? Any light thrown on
the subject will be received with
gratitude.
TRANSITION, which is generally
pretty funny, has been for a long
time patiently bringing out, bit by
precious bit, or, as its editors usually
choose to put it, fragment" by frag-
ment, new work by James joyce,
and in their current issue they publish
fragment No. II. With, as it were,
bated breath, they also make the an
nouncement that the novel of which
these fragments have been part is
now at last drawing to completion
and will be published simultaneously
by Faber & Faber in London and the
Viking Press in New York City.
Say the editors of Transition.
the mysterious title of the new
work has, in reality, been definitely
established since the first inception
OF the book in 1921, and only two
people are privy to the name the work
Will ultimately have on its appearance.
These two persons are James Joyce
and his wife" In other words, my
friends, it's a secret.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

delineation of some of the charac-
tiers, especially in the early chapters
of the book, is clear cut and convinc-
ing. But it seems that the closer to
her own times the author approaches,
the less sure she is of her people.
Jake, the last of the Ormondys, is too
bad to be true. And what is more,
he Is bad without sufficient motiva-
ton, either internal or external. The
manner of his death, presumably at
the hands of his mother, is too lurid.
Nor does it seem in keeping with the
psychology of Judith Ormondy as
portrayed in the rest of the book.
However, his death is necessary to
the fulf1llment of the plot, and in a
book that is interesting, although not
great, that much artistic latitude may
be allowed the author. r. R,T
Evening star., 1937-04-17
GENERAL NON-FICTION.


SUPERIOR CHILDREN. BY John Ed
ward Bentley. New York: w. w.
Norton Co.
A careful study Of the problems pre-
sented by the exceptional child, with
attention to determining special apti-
tudes and plans for training BY the
professor Of education and psychology
at American University
THE CIVIL WAR AND RECON-
STRUCTION. BY J. G. Randall.
New York: D. C. Heath e. Co.
A detailed study Of the period in
question by the professor Of American
history at the University of Illinois.
CASTE AND CLASS IN A SOUTH
ERN TOWN BY John Dollard.
New Haven: Yale University Press.
One Of those "cross-section" studies
Of one of those typical" towns. Should
be delightful to sociologists.
SUPREME COURT PRIMER. BY Err
nest Angel. New York: Reynal
& Hitchcock
Some facts about our highest trib-
unal, given in concise brief form. BY
a memhsr of the New York bar.
YOGA BY Kovoor T. Behanan. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
Declared to be scientific explana-
ton.
EDGAR ALLAN POE. BY Edward
Shanks. New York: The Mac
MILAN Co.
A new critical biography. Not pro-
found but interesting.
AEs LETTERS TO MINANLABAIN.
With an introduction by Lucy
Kingsley Porter. New York: The
Macmillan Co.
The poets letters to his friends,
Kingsley Porter and Mrs. Porter. In
teresting, but not particularly rich.
TRAVEL.
WASHINGTON CITY AND CAPITAL.
Prepared by the Works Progress
Administration.
Information about the city to the
weight Of 5l4 pounds and the length
of over half million words A state
ment from the Works Progress Admin
istration indicates that the cost is ap-
proximately 25 cents word-that is,
the informant stated that the project
had had "only" 100000 and planned
to publish 100000 words. The
Evening star., 1937-04-17

the rural life, but he does it with such
firm conviction that his occasional
pleading may be pardoned. E. T.
LAND OF TOMORROW. Shirley
Seifert. New York: M S. Mill
Co., Inc.
THE story Of home place from the
time it was wrested from the
wilderness to the present, it is hard
to determine whether this novel tries
to portray the fascination and influ-
ence of a piece of real estate, more
definitely piece of Kentucky real
estate, or whether it tries to trace
the fortunes of particularly domi-
nant strain and the effect of that
strain on the real estate. Whatever
the morals of the thing may be, it is
an interesting story, we'll told. The
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
Minnesota Stanford Annex Cage Games
CCNY Gives Reds
Stare; Gophers in
56 to Al Triumph

NEW YORK, Dec. 20. CUP)-An-
other capacity crowd is expected in
Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night when Minnesota and Stanford
shoot for clean sweep over east
ern basketball rivals.
A crowd of 1904 jammed the
arena last night to see Minnesota,
co-champion of the big ten, wailop
Long Island university, 56-4l, and
Stanford. Pacific Coast conference
titleholder, beat City College of New
York, 45-42.
Long Island put up fight at the
start, once leading lilo. then COM
ing from behind twice to tie at 13-
13 and 1915, but by half time the
accurate shooting Gophers had piled
up 34-21 margin and were never
headed
The Stanford --CCNY game was
one of the most thrilling ever seen
here, with the locals drawing up to
within two points in the closing
moments. The Cardinals led 1920
with only seven minutes to play and
looked like a sure thing until their
high-scoring center, Art Stoefen,
was ousted because of four personal
fouls. The New Yorkers hacked away
at that lead despite five straight
field goals by Hank Luisetti, Stan
ford's All-America forward, and
with a minute to 90 trailed 44-42.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
Merchants Defend
Second Place in
Standings Sunday
To Meet PirOnne All-Stars
In Sportsman
Park

El Centre Merchants. holders of
second place in the southern Cali
fornia Winter league. will defend
their position Sunday afternoon
In Sportsman Park against a hard
hitting Pironne All Star nine
Pironne not only has one of the
hardest hitting and snappiest
fielding clubs in the league but also
has two of baseball's greatest
comedians, Carl Sawyer and Ted
die Kerr. -ss
Sawyer plays first base and Kerr
occupies the keystone sack. The
combination is unbeatable and is
guaranteed to produce more laughs
per inning than any other baseball
players in the nation.
Carl Sawyer is an old hand at
clowning as he has been playing
with Pironne's for more than a
decade. He is particularly adept
at netting the umpires.
The Merchants will have about
the same club that played against
the White King with Marsden and
Gabler as pitchers and Elliott, Nc
Neeley and Adams in the outfield
Walters will play first. Russell. Sec
ond. Willingham, third: and More
house at shortStop.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
l., A. BUTTER e EGGS
l.. A. STOCKS

Los ANGELES, Dec. 26 CUPD -
STOCK prices hit the tobaggan on
the Los Angeles stock exchange to-
day with some of the blue chip is
sues dropping TO new lows. Among
these were. Pacific Finance COM
mon 100 shares IL. down one point;
Roberts Pub. Mkts 100 at 3A ,
down u: Security units IS at %,
down 2 points; Pacific Western oil
100 at 12k, down ~; Standard OIL
of Cal 100 at 27A, down u Glad
ding MeeBean 200 at 7. down u :;
Pac. Clay Products 100 at 5h,
other sales Included: L. A. In
L. Ee''ansIi A. industries fE 100 al ~. un,
changed: Transamerica 100 at 10ss,
down %; Sontag Drug 200 at 8.
down u; Bandini Oil 100 at 3. down
u: Bolsa Chica A 500 at 2. un-
changed: Con. OH 100 at 3, down II;
Riehfield oil 100 at 5. down Is;
Richfield warrants. 100 at lhs. down
4: Republic Petroleum 100 at go.
down Y: Republic Pfd 80 at 30,
down one point; 1Union oil 100 at
1879. down III Con. Steel comm 10
100 al 81, down Y; Gen. Motors
100 at 30, down 1h; Lockheed Air
craft 100 at 9, down q; Edison
common 100 at 21k up u Edison
6 per cent pfd. 100 at 26k, up u ;
Southern Pacific 200 al 1sh, down
Approximate volume of sales. Is,
600 shares; five issues up, u down.
nine unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 2o. tUP)
Tipped off by newspaper head
line as big and black as a python
that California and Alabama plan
ned secret practices, l disguised
myself yesterday in a suit made
of daisies (because daisies won't
telD and watched them workout,
] had little trouble getting past
the gate at the California field, as
the sophomore with the vlllianouS
crew hair cut and sinister pink
cheeks mistook me for a floral
tribute to Coach Stub Allison, and
passed me right in. Once inside i
wasted little time. From secret
compartment in the heel of my left
shoe stealthily withdrew a bottle
of invisible. ink. goose quill pen,
and some almost microscopic bits
of rice paper. which could be rolled
into balls and thrown over the
fence to an accomplice. Us.f.
I hadn't been inside the walled
enclosure five minutes before / un-
derstoo1 Coach Allison's demand for
secrecy. Sure that he was safe
from prying eyes. Coach Allison
sent the, Bears through their entire
repertoire of cslisthepics and linn
bering up exercises. ] thought as
l watched Chapman, Bottari, Meek,
Herwig, and all the others sent
through their PAGES. what Coach
Frank Thomas of Alabama would
MT give TO be spectator at such
revealing scene. .s @
The Bears followed this with
secret jog around the field, and
while this was going on Coach
Allison spotted group Of eight,
nine, and ten year old boys perched
on a far fence. Quickly he sum-
moned a student manaegr--a sin
lister appearing fellow, who wore
tennis shoes to soften his football,
and sweater with mystic &C" on
the front Of 1t.
Go ask those boys their names"
Allison barked. "and remove any
who answered in a southern drawl."
Secret disclosure followed secret
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
Bench Warming
By Burdette Kline
Post Press Sports Editor

Les Rogers is the most improved
golfer at the course Not so long
ago Rogers went into a slump and
was having trouble breaking 100
But recently Les has begun TO hit
the ball again and is smashing so
consistently E. -. -. .#..... =
The .rumor that the Merchants
had dropped out of the winter lea
que is a bit exaggerated. AS matter
of fact the Merchants viii play
Pirrone's Sunday and a win will vir-
tually clinch a playoff spot for the
Ell Centrans .... ..z#.
The boys tennis tournament, be-
ing sponsored by the Calexlco ten
mis- club, is the first move toward
building up tennis in the valley =.
Other tennis clubs should follow the
example :. :. And in a few years
the valley would produce some top
ranking tennis players.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK Dec. 2b lDFJ- LII
ouidation of accounts today sent
the stock market down to near the
lowest levels since 1885.
Trading incera sed. There was
some year-end evening up and tax
selling, but most orders came from
longs who dumped their holdings
and planned to remain on the side
lines pending more definite mea-
surment of business conditions
Short selling was dormant.
Wall stree ascribed the decline
20 the following reasons;
1. A trust busting" attitude al
Washington.
? Indications of more stringent
tax laws, especially against COM
panies with large surpluses
3. A report of the department
of agriculture urging legislation
for naturalization OF timberlands
and increase of federal regulation
of the lumber indsutry.
a. Adverse business news. IN
ciudiug a statement by william ,.
Enudsen, president OF General MO
tors that his company was cur
falling operations and laying OH
Unloading In stocks was so heavy
that tickers feli behind AT inter
walls. Bonds were active and lower.
COMMODITIES declined,
steel shares were hardest MT.
Losses extended to SIS points in In
land steel which touched 67A. US.
steel at its low of 52hs was off Az ;
Bethlehem 53 off 5B; Repubnc 10
Il off 1&: Cruel BILE 20 off 2; and
yonngstow sheet 34s4 off AZ.
New lows for the year were made
by American Can at 69A or 80 )
Chrysler Az off 2R; General MO
tors 80 off ~; Con. Edison 2lA
off ~: American TOBACCO o. OH
Gold mining shares performed
better than others and registered
only small losses after rally that
carried Dome Mines TO a new high
for the year. Silvcrs weakened on
uncertainty over the government 5
gilver policy. Aviation Issues eased
hest was boistered on expectations
of substantial orders. 60
Sales appro Nimated 2,ooV.oov
shares, against 100000 yesterday,
Curb stock sales were 5O4,oo0
shares. against s14,ooo yesterday.
pow Jones closing averages; In.
dnstriaI 1883 off 452 Rail 1881
OF i.6s; utilliv 1897 off OBS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28

Down the valley sports trail =
High school and junior college bas-
ketball is well underway IN the
valley El Centre high school
and jaycees apparently have the
strongest teams in two or three
years g. Some experts are even
booming the Spartans for valley
champs But the nigh schoolers
will have TO start hitting the bas-
ket before they can even be rated
contenders .lft.
There apparently Is more interest
in commercial league basketball this
season than ever before several
companies have expressed their de-
sire to enter a team in the loop
thisVseason >. But no action has
been taken as yet -.
In previous years the commercial
league has not. been started until
too late in the year Last year
the commercial league season did
not open until interest in teh sport
had begun to lag The loop.
however. was a success And
there should be more teams this
year
A meeting will be called on
Tuesday January 4th TO form a
league and draw up a schedule
Hereto fore several meetings
been called before enough interest
ed in entering team arrived at the
meeting for organization :. This
year, however, league Will be
formed the first night and those not
represented at the first meeting will
be out of luck.
Team rosters will be limited to a
certain number, and new players
cannot be added unless the man
ager gets an ok from all other
league managers one week In ad-
vance
Dick Lott, the blushing schoolboy,
has caused a few blushes among
Some Of the leading golfers at the
Barbara Worth course -. Lott has
knocked over DePaoli, Elvander and
Forrest Ferguson in match play . :.
And is now in the finals where ne
will meet Logan Jenkins or Laddie
Willoughby who play Wednesday.
Lott has been srooting in the low
seventies and wll give either Jen-
kins or Willoughby a run for their
money in the finals :.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
TODAY'S
SPORTS PARADE
.Bv HENRY McLEMORE

disclosure after this, and was kept
busy throwing the pellets Of in
formation over the fence. noted
such Inside" things as that Chap
man kicks with his right foot,
Herwig has curly hair, and Bot
tari's jersey number is not divisible
by two. ....5..
changed my disguise before
sneaking over TO the Alabama prso-
tice field, substituting a suit of
mail for the double breasted daisy
outfit. The armor came In handy,
because there was a near stampede
about the Alabama gates as hun
dreds of persons charged in for the
secret practice. The workout was
about as private as circus parade
But Coach Frank Thomas didn't
seem to mind. Like Allison, the
Alabama coach showed his full
calisthenic hand, and then followed
it by allowing his boys to make
their secret punts, secret punt re-
turns. and hush-hush .dropkicks.
The feeling of secrecy was height
ene5 by the behavior of the Ala
bama players themselves. From. the
moment they cascaded out of the
dressing room, until they cascaded
back in two hours later, the boys
yelled at the top Of their lungs
The fact that the top of their
lungs never did answer them back,
didn't seem to dismay them, the
Bama boys have a set cry when
running through formations. AS
near as I got it through my armor,
it went like this: ...o.
Lets get hot and go to townl
Let's get hot and go to town! Let's
get hot and go to town."
After a while did begin to get
hot inside my iron suit and did
go to town.
would like to ask anyone who
reads this to please regard the
information about the teams as con-
fidential, and not to give it to the
rival coaches.
THANK YOU. -<+.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28

ter and is rated higher than any
fighter Manuel has ever met III
the valley.
Ortiz has developed a ring style
in his trip across the nation that
makes him a more dangerous hitter
than ever before.
He kayoed eight of ten opponents
in tournament fights and has gain
ed the reputation of being the hard
est hitter in the flyweight ranks,
amateur or professional.
Pete Martinez will tackle Jess
Gonzalez in the semi-windup. Con-
zalez will be stiff test for the Cal
exico pride and may upset the Bor-
der city lightweight.
Other bouts
Joe Gotta VS.. Ward Hoffman, Ray
Martinez VS.. Cleo Shans, Ike Blail
VS.. AL Carlisle, Steve Amador VS.
Wayne Knapp, INT Cobb VS.. Alex
Montoya.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
l., A. VEGETABLES

Los ANGELES. Dec. 27 tUP) -
Trading was moderate on most
lines with vegetables in rather
light supply and stronger.
Cabbage: local cannonball most
ly 1880. crate. Red cabbage best
81 S1.25-S1.35. Savoy 40-50c crate.
Lettuce: Imperial valley dry pck.
4 doz. s1.15-$1.25 crate. Yuma
doz. mostly S1.10-S1.25; local loose
15-25c.
Peas: Imperial Valley bush 6-7c
lb. Carpenteria best 12c. San Diego
co. pole 1112c.
SQUASH: Imperial and Coachella
Valley white summer flats ST.
s1.i5; crates s1.25-s1.40: San Diego
co lugs best s1.25-S1.35; Italian
Imperial and Coachelis Valley flats
55-75c. Eugs 1850. San Diego. co
Iups. Ordinary 50-s0c. yellow
crook-neck Jugs $3.50: Imperial
Valley flats mostly 81; lugs ~ 10
SIPS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
Horton Smith
Leads Golf
Tournament

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Dec. 28. (uP)
Horton Smith of Chicago and
Leonard Dodson of Springfield, Mo.
today held a one-stroke lead over
the field in the second round of
the s400 Hollywood Beach hotel
open golf tournament.
Smith and Dodson had three-un-
der-par CTS for the opening round,
but l6 professionals were within
three strokes of them at par 10 and
lower. Closest in pursuit were Dick
Metz of Chicago and Bruce Coltart
of Haddonfield. N j.. with 68S.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Dec. 2s (UP)-Heavy
liquidation on the Chicago board
Of trade today knocked December
wheat into extreme weakness In
the last day of trading for this de-
livery.
At the close wheat was u to 4
Gems lower. corn h-1B cents lower,
and oats h-1h cents lower.
Open interest in December wheat
was 6,O05,000 bushels at the close
of the market Friday.
Corn maintained its equilibrium
with greater success. Reports of
continued export buying helped to
steady prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
Banner Baseball
Year Predicted
In Coast League

LOS ANGELES, Dec. %. tUP)-
A banner baseball year, attributed
to the transfer of the Missions to
Hollywood and the change Of own
ership of the Seattle Indians, was
predicted today by Harry A. Will
liams secretary of the acific Coast
league, .#e..
Williams. just returned from
tour of coast cities, said the new
Seattle owner. Emil G. Sick, is go
ing at things in a big way. He has
convinced me he is in the game
wholeheartedly. and with an open
purse
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28

Ten boys were eliminated from
play yesterday when they failed
to win enough games in the round
robin competition. ..I
Play will be concluded today with
the ten survivors playing each 9TH
er in six games.
Those surviving Mondays play
were, Ray Barnes Geo, Tyndall
Langston, Holtville; Lloyda Mas
sey, Holtville; Tom Brents, Calex-
leo; AL Searcy, Calexico; Jim Col
son, Calexico; Robert Gregg, CAL
exico; Jack Hens, El Centre; Jim
Edmunds, Calexico, and Robert
Simmons, CaleXico.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
ART GONZALEZ
CALLED ON TO
BLAST ALLIE N

Art Gonzalez, the San Diego
mauler, will be called upon tonight
to halt the sensational winning
streak of Jimmie Allen in the main
event at the Brawley athletic club.
Gonzalez is a clever boxer, hits
with both hands and is good in
fighter. This combination of talents
may give him an advantage that
will enable him to make Allen say
uncle" for the first time since
he fought Bigboy Hogue several
months ago in FL Centre.
Six other good bouts are sched-
uled on the program featuring
Bobbic Hagar, Cleo Shans and Ra-
mon Burns.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
GRIDCOACHES
GATHER FOR
ANNUAL MEET

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. %. CUP)--
Most of the nations leading foot
ball coaches, athletic directors and
collegiate sports figures gathered to-
day for the annual conventions OF
the National Collegiate Association
and the American Football Coaches
association during Sugar Bowl week.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
Basketball Results
Chapman College 46, Sacramer

Chapman College 46, Sacramento
j. c. "a
Los Angeles Athletic club 48,
Fresno State 81
University of Oregon 48, Union
Oil 81
University of San Francisco So,
Hastings College 33
Ohio State 81, Creighton II
Ioyola "a. u of California 81
Minnesota So. Long Island U. Al
Stanford 45, City College of New
York AZ
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
U. S. May Continue
Policies on Silver

WASHINGTON, Dec. % (UP)-
There were indications today that
the administration would continue
its policy of paying 77.57 cents an
ounce for domestc mined silver
after Dec. 81 but would leave the
door open to downward recision
Of the price within the next year
President Roosevelt's proclama-
ton, fixing the silver purchase
price, expires at midnight Dec. 81
There is no provision in the pro-
clamation for automatic extension.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
COBB TO SHOOT AT
EYSTON SPEED MARK

John Cobb. British driver and
former holder of the worlds "a
hour automobile endurance record
plans TO shoot at Captain George
E. T. Eyston.s new measured mile
record at Bonneville Salt Flats
next summer, it was announced to-
day. His automobile is said to be
capable of $50 miles per hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
L.A.A.C. Defeats Fresno
State Quintet. AS to Il

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. % (UP) -
The Los Angeles Athletic club
basketball team turned back a
transforming Fresno State college
quintet 1921 before a small crowd
in the Hollywood Athletic club
gymnasium last night. Fresno
never threatened.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-28
Markets At
A Glance
by UNITED PRESS

Stocks lower IN active trdolhg.
Bonds lower and active; u. S,
government issues lower
Curb stocks lower and fairly &C
tive.
Foreign exchange narrowly IRE
ruiar in terms of the dollar.
Cotton recoyers slightly from
losses ranging 10 so cents bale
Wheat a to 4 cents lower: corn
a TO IL lower
Rubber moderately lower.
silver in London dropped z pen
ny to is 3-16 pence an ounce. low
est level since May. 1884.