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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-16
FAMOUS BULLFROG DIES

ST LOUIS (UP)- Llith, the
worlds most photographed bull
frog. has croaked for the last time.
st. Louis zoo officials said Lilith,
an albino. had been their stellar
attraction for three years. A skin
disease akin to dropsy was said to
be the cause OF death.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-16

TOLEDO, CUP)-Seedlings from
the famous 400-year-o Logan
Elm near Chillicothe, O., under
which Chef Logan Of the Shaw
nees delivered famous orations,
will be planted in Toledo to COM
memorate the city's 1887 centen-
NAL.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-16
IF THE EARTH WERE FLAT

NEW YORK, CUP)-If the earth
were flat, 200-inch glass tele-
scope reflector would permit a man
in San Francisco to read sign in
New York as clearly as the New
Yorker reads it from across the
street, says Industrial and Engi-
neering Chemistry
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-16
POLICE FORCED TO
SIGN PLEDGE

MADRAS, India CUP)- All po-
licemen whose habit it has been to
have one" occasionally have been
forced to sign the pledge in the
Salem District of Madras PreSiden-
ed where the first enthusiasm for
the new prohibition bill is hav-
ing widespread effect
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-16
OLD GRAD VISIT STUDENT. So

LUBBOCK, Tex. (UP)- Globe
trotting DR.. Ogden King, freshman
at Texas Neurological College its
opening year and member OF its
first graduating class, returned this
term to visit his 59-year-old father
now a business administrator stu
dent at the college.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-16
SOUTH SEA BOOKS DONATED

PACIFIC GROVE, Cal. CUP) -
The l,2OO-book collection of South
Sea island works owned by Albert
Scale. director of the Steinhart
Aquarium, San Francisco, will be
donated to the city library here up
on completion of new shelves, the
library board announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-16
.estside Ladies
Meet at Gallaher
Home Last Week
ELM NOTES

Last week the Westside club met
with Ada Gallaher of Elm. Nanny
Sheldon and Mrs. Gallaher were
hostesses. Nellie Curtis was program
hostess. Members present were: Iva
Lee Higgins, Nellie Curtis, Lois
Kramer, Veva Green, OIleiada
Diehl. Byrtle Dickson, Emma Rob-
berson. Victoria Rich, Pauline West
moreland, Olive Cannon, Maggie
Havens. Visitors were: Ada Alex
ander, Effie Boone, children, Joe
and Ann Kramer. Next meeting
will be with Byrtle Dickson. Dec
80 at Ell Centre.
Arriving Thursday from Oregon
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Cur and son,
Gilbert, are house guests of Ours
brother and family, c. E. Cur.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest Shumard
entertained friends at Sunday din
ner. Guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Cooms, Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers, Mr..
and Mrs. Art Long, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark and daughter, Dorothy OF
FL Centre, Mr.. and Mrs. w. p.
Capehart and Mrs Wheeler OF ia
cumba. Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Roe and
children, and Marie Lewis.
Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Emil Birch of McCabe visited with
the Tony Landolt family.
Anetta Boone was down from
San Diego to visit with her father
and sister, H. L. Boone and Betty
Lou.
Olive Cannon was visited in
Brawley Monday.
A picnic on the sand dunes Sun
day was enjoyed by Vera Mae
Shumard, Echodell Wilson, Eva Shu
Shumard, Echodell Wilson, Eva
mard, Mary Earl Munsell and Err
NADINE Munsell, Leland Pippin
Raymond Labrucherie, Carl Hines
Robert Richter and Kirk Hines
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Boone
of Ell Centre enjoyed visit a
the M. L. Boone home.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-16

Vagrant Jailed--Marie Bennett,
81. is serving so days in the county
Jail She was convicted of vagrancy
in Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-16
You Haven't Read All the News
Until You've read the Ads

Xmas sale of 2 groups of silk
dresses. New Styles and colors at
1895 and S5.95. DuSolds $50 Main.
D18
Sport coats formerly $2250 now
S16.89. Dusolds, $50 Main. Dl8
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-12
EaH&88aEsaliaa Eas8saba8ISaa u
Ask Me Another
% n General Quiz
@ Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service


1. What is an incarnation?
2. What is an antitoxin?
3. On what island was the lab
yrinth of the Minataur?
4. What is a locomotives pilot
sometimes called?
S. Does Holy week come before
or after Easter?
6. Is Japan north or south Of
the Philippines?
z. What does 'irascible" mean?
8. Who was the first emperor
of modern Germany?
9. What was the latest terrific
rial acquisition of the United
States?
10. Who wrote "Old Wives
Tale?
II. What is prunella?
IL. What large group Of British
Islands lie southeast of Florida?
Answers
/. A formula for magical words.
2. A substance neutralizing poi
son.
3. Crete.
4. The cow-catcher.
5. Before.
6. North.
7. Prone to anger.
8. Wilhelm /.
9. The Virgin Islands (bought
from Denmark.
10. Arnold Bennett.
IL. A strong cloth.
IL. The Bahamas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-12
A Three Days Cough
Is Your Danger Signal

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take q chance
with anything less than Creomul-
sion, which goes right to the seat
of the trouble to aid nature to
soothe and heal the inflamed mem
branes as the germ-1aden phlegm
is loosened and expelled.
Even If other remedies have
failed, don't be discouraged, your
druggist is authorized to guarantee
Creomulsion and to refund your
money II you are not satisfied with
results from the very first bottle.
Get Creomulsion right now. (Adv)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-12
The Ring and the Hat

"What do you mean when you say
your hat is in the ring?" asked the
anxious inquirer.
cts phrase that implies defiant
courage" said Senator Sorghum.
"You toss the hat into the ring only
after you have passed it around and
gathered enough campaign contribu-
tons to give you some political au-
thority."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-12

Two wives were discussing their
husbands Discrimination to work:
First Wife-My husband sells bal
looms when the circus comes to
town.
Second Wife-And mine sells
smoked glasses when there's an
eclipse.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-12
Room for One

Hotel Manager caught the bell
boy standing on a chair looking
through all the transoms.
Guest.-Did you fire him7
Hotel Manager-Surel The chair
wasn't strong enough to hold both
Of u. ---~----
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-12

Disappearing Virtues
Our Virtues disappear when put
in competition with our Interests,
as Rivers lose themselves in the
Ocean.-La Rochefoucauld.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

questing the Commissioner to
authorize free medical treatment,
bv the board OF fire and police
surgeons, tc those members of
the fire department forced to re-
tire on account of injury received
in the line of duty.
Aid for Retired Men
1t was pointed out, that it fre-
quently happens that the retire
ment allowance is inadequate to
pay for hospital or medical treat
ment and maintenance of a home
for those unable to secure posi-
tions they may be able to fill.
P. w. Nicholson, president; A.
j. Wernig and Robert Simon
were named a committee to con-
fer with the Commissioner in
charge of firemen and policemen.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

struction on the OXon Run sewer
interceptor. 1t was pointed out
that for several years the Com
missioners have given no consider
alton to requests for sewerage for
those communities
A resolution requesting the in
StalIation of water mains through
out the community, and the extern
sion of Valley Avenue from Ala
bama Avenue, was ordered sent
to the proper officials at the Dis
trict Building.
Mrs. D. H. Cole, Mrs. w. B.
Lovejoy and Mrs. C. H. Wall, were
named a committee on parks and
highways.
The Retired FiremenS Associa-
ton of the District, at meeting
last night, passed resolutions re-
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Dali y Times Table

7 PM.-Dinner. Washington
Board of Trade, Mayflower Hotel.
PM.-Dinner, Federal School
mems Club, Raleigh Hotel.
Z P.M.-Banquet, University Of
Wisconsin Alumni Club of Wash
ington, D. c., at Harrington Hotel.
Celebration of seventy7Sixth ami
versary of founding of school.
7:30 P.M-Dinner and Dance,
306th Cavalry Reserve Officers,
Willard Hotel.
8 PM. - Meeting of Story
League. at Y. w. C. A., Sever
teenth and K Streets Northwest
(Stories and legends from across
the sea-
9 P.M.-Dance, Visayan Circle.
Inc, Willard Hotel.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Is Hurt in Strike
Riots at READING

READING, Pa, Feb. S G.N.SO
Sixteen persons were injured late
yesterday when violence broke out
between strike sympathizers and
nonstrikers on two fronts.
Three persons we're arrested
and held in $4,000 bail each on
riot charges after 200 pickets
attacked workers seeking to enter
the Caloric Stove Works at Top
tor.
The second disorder broke out
when nine automobile loads of
picKets seized tools of workers at
a WPA project.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Z Suspects Quizzed
In Cary Grant Theft

LOS ANGELES, February S.
Police today questioned two mem.
bers of an asserted Pasadena
burglary ring in an effort to clear
up the recent $4,000 burglary at
the home of Cary Grant, film
actor. The suspects-Phillip Swift
zer and Willis E. Phillips-ar.
rested with five other men and
Switzer's daughter, have reputedly
operated as burglars in the Los
Angeles area for the past five
years, perpetrating more than
$4,000 worth of thefts, according
to police.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Death Of Painter
Branded Suicide

A certificate Of suicide was
issued today by Coroner A. Ma
gruder Macdonald in the case Of
Charles H. Monroe, 70, a retired
painter who was found dead yes
terday in the gas filled bathroom
of his home, 1919 North Capitol
st.
The rescue squad was called
when he was found unconscious,
with the gas jet open and a rub
Der tube leading from the jet
under coat he had placed over
his head, but efforts to revive him
failed. Monroe had been in i'll
health,
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Man AS HOlyOke Head
Is BLOW to Women

BOSTON, Feb. 5.-Selection of
DR.. Roswell G. Ham as president
of Mount Holyoke College, to sue
ceed DR.. Mary E. Woolley, today
stirred a mounting wave of pro-
test over the abandonment of the
traditional policy of having a
woman as head of the exclusive
girls school
Miss Woolley, herself, in Boston
for a Dwight L. Moody centennial
celebration, subscribed to charges
as circulated in a pamphlet yester-
day by a committee of 100 alum
nae. She was quoted as saying in
a letter:
Il can imagine no greater
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
TODAY

All Day-Convention, National
Association of Greenkeepers of
America, Wardman Park.
7:30 PM. - Meeting, Graphic
Arts Association, Raleigh Hotel.
8 Prefecture, Advertising
Club Of Washington, Willard
Hotel.
8 P.M.-Meeting, Board of
Trade Dinner Committee, May.
flower Hotel.
10 P.M-Dance, California
State Society, Willard Hotel.
10 PM.-Junior Prom, Univer.
sity Of Maryland, Willard Hotel.
TOMORROW
10 A.M.-Meeting, National Rifle
Association, Mayflower Hotel.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

blow to the advancement Of
women than an announcement
that Mount HolyOke celebrated
it's centennial by departing from
the ideal leadership by women
for women which inspired the
founding of the institution"
The circular charged that some
alumnae we're so incenSed over
the alleged "railroading" of DR..
Hams appointment without ade-
quate consideration that they
had withdrawn bequeStS to the
school. 1t said 10 we'll qualified
women had been rejected for the
post and questioned DR.. Hams
qualifications.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
C|TIzENSGR0UP
FAVORS D. {.
AUDITORIUM
BY A. ]. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

The Connecticut Avenue Citizens
Association, at a meeting last
night in the All Souls Church Par
ish Hall, voted unanimous APPROX
al for appointment of a joint
committee of Congress, to report
during the present session on site
location and cost. along with the
erection of an auditorium for the
District.
1t was also urged that efforts
be made to interest other CIVIC
groups and business places in the
project, which if realized would be
instrumental in bringing large
GATHERINGS and much business to
the District.
On motion by David Dabp, the
association Endorsed Sen tor
Kings bill to place the District on
an equality with that of the States
in the allotment of Federal funds
for construction and maintenance
of highways.
urge SpecOcT NHcCh
The committee on police and
fire was directed to confer with
Captain Kelley. of No. 8 precinct,
regarding excessive speeding on
Connecticut Avenue and over the
Taft Bridge.
Assertion was made that Condi-
tions have reached the point that
but little attention is being paid
to the red lights.
Fred D. Allen, District tax as
SCISSOR. said privately owned prop
erty carried an assessment of S479,-
495,264, and that Federal property
carried an assessment of S372 16l,-
III, which. if assessed at the pres
ent rate iof $1.50 per $100 valua-
tion Would bring the District $10,-
100000.
He revealed that the present
plan whereby his office has &C
cess to individual tax returns made
to the Federal Government, has
resulted in an added collection of
$95,000, with only the letter G
reached, and there were just So
600 here who pay taxes on tangi-
bles and intangibles.
Indorse NICK. Clayton
The Northeast Council of Citi-
ZenS Associations, at a meeting
last night. in the Twelfth police
station, gave unanimous indorse-
ment to William NICK. Clayton for
appointment as peoples council,
and requested the President to
fill the existing vacancy without
further delay.
A resolution Criticizing the Pub.
lie Utilities Commission, in not
acting in the best interests of the
public, in permitting an increase
in bus and street car fares, and
the extension of one-man cars, was
referred for further committee
action.
The police were asked for a more
rigid enforcement of traffic regula-
tions against speeding on BladenS-
burg Road and New York Avenue.
Announcement was made that the
new fire house at Fourteenth Street
and Rhode Island Avenue North
east, would be ready for occu-
pancy about April /, at which the
council will sponsor appropriate
dedicatory exercises.
In the absence Of A. F. E.
Scheer, Kenneth P. Armstrong
presided. Fortified with a petition
signed by some 900 property own
erS and residents of it's own ter
ritory and that of the adjacent
Congress Heights, Hillcrest and
Summit Park, the washington
Highlands Citizens Association,
last night voted to appeal direct
to Congress for funds to begin con-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-26
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
The Ideal Wife
From Our Exchanges

What kind Of wives do farm
boys want? That Is the question
recently asked of students attend
ing the University Of Iowa, and
the answers they gave would also
probably apply to the average
young man living around Chat
field. In the first place the boys
insisted that their wives should
come from the farms or the small
towns; that they do not smoke;
that they be mot bad looking"
that they be able to dance. and
that they be good pals. And &C
cording to the returns, they prefer
brunettes to blondes. Those are the
requirements of a large majority
Of the students filling In the ans
wer blanks, so the girls who may
have been doing little wonder
ing along the same line can now
go right ahead and make their fu-
ture plans accordingly. Meeting
any Of the requirements should not
be difficult-not even to the last
one. This day in time changing
over from a blonde to a brunette Is
only a matter of hours, even
though there might be lot of
work attached to keeping up the
deception.-The Chatfield News.
80
Dame Fortune Smiling On Us
This section of Minnesota is
beautiful now. The warm days
with the heavy rains at night have
made the grass, shrubs and trees
as green and fresh as in the early
days Of June. All vegetation shows
luxuriant growth. The soil in the
fields is moist and springy and
not dry and hard as in the years
of the drouth.
There has been almost too much
rain during the past two weeks
for the grain in the shock, but with
a few dry days the farmers are
eventually getting their threshing
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-26

Howard Stuart, Mrs. Hazel
Green, Mrs. v. L. Prosser and Miss
Alma Borcheit spent Sunday even
ing in Glenwood.
Miss Ethel Winslow visited at
the l. G. Buchholz home Saturday.
Mrs. Ellen Gaffaney spent Thurs
day at the F. G. Gaffaney home.
Adrian Hermanson, who Is sta
toned at the Great Lakes Naval
training station, is spending a ten
day furlough at the home Of his
parents here.
Miss Berdell Williams, Of Racine,
Wis, arrived Thursday for a visit
with friends here and in Willard.
Mrs. e. Marshall, Of Grove Lake,
visited with Mrs. e. H. Pfeninger
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Sheets, of Port
land, Ore, are spending this week
with Mrs. Sheets cousin, Mrs. Fred
Cooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Hess, of
Grove Lake, spent Sunday evening
with Mrs. e. Pfenninger.
Mrs. v. L. Prosser and Miss
Blanche Pfenninger were luncheon
guests at the Al Butler home in
Willard Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Olson and two
children were Alexandria callers
Sunday.
Mrs. Elsie Osburn and two
daughters and Ruby Flock, who
have been visiting at the Dana
Hoyt home, returned to their home
in Norman, Oklahoma, Thursday.
Miss Julia Schwab, who is to be
a bride Of the week, was guest Of
honor at shower at the home of
her cousin, Mrs. James Stolker,
Tuesday afternoon. She received
many nice gifts and a delicious
lunch was served.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-26
Questions Pertaining To
Agriculture and Home

Can potatoes be stored success
fully In the house?
Yes; several hundred bushels
may be successfully stored in the
basement Of the house. If the cellar
has a concrete floor, false floor
of boards placed about inch apart
on two-by-fours, and a false wall
set 4 inches away from the founda-
ton Of the wall, will provide insult
alton against possible freezing and
at the same time insured ventila-
ton. If there is a furnace in the
basement, the storeage area should
be completely failed off.-A. G. To-
laass University Farm horticulture
list.
When should young turkeys be
vaccinated for canlxer and pOx?
Young turkeys should be vaccin-
ated when about 10 weeks of age.
Producers who had canker or pox
in their flocks last year will be
wise to vaccinate their growing
flocks, using a good reliable strain
of fowl pox vaccine. On farms
where the disease has never occur
red, flocks need not be vaccinated.
The vaccine contains pure live vir-
us, and once it Is used on a place,
vaccination should be continued
from year to year. It should be re-
membered that the use of virus
for pox Is to control rather than
eradicate the disease. It is best to
have an experienced veterinarian
do the vaccinating.-W. A. Billings,
extension veterinarian.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-26
Westport

Victor and Alfred Walthers were
week end guests at the c. Walthers
home.
Mrs. Tess Beal, of Glenwood, Is
visiting at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Frederick.
Mrs. Effie Bentley, who has
spent the summer with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Homer Sippy, returned
to her home Sunday.
Mrs. Simpson and Billy. Mrs. M.
E. Hines and Emma, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fay Bodeker, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Hamilton and Leatrice and p. j.
Flannery were Sunday evening
visitors at the Jack Hines home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Flannery, of
Sank Rapids, spent Sunday with
relatives in Westport and Willard.
Gordon Pfenninger, who is en-
ployed in Marshall, spent Sunday
at his home here.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-26

done. and on the whole crop pros
poets are good.
Some sections Of the country, as
portions Of Wisconsin and other
neighboring states, and large areas
in Canada are even now suffering
from drouth.
The people here have reason to
be grateful for their blessings, and
we certainly were entitled to a lit
tie streak Of good fortunte because
for seven years we have taken ter
rifle punishment from the weather
and the politicians. Now that we
have had a lucky break in the
weather, we may hope that the pol
itical demagogues also have had
their day.-The Princeton Union.
sss
Petersen Raps Leader
Hjalmar Petersen, who succeed
ed the late Floyd B. Olson, as Gov
ernor Of Minnesota, and last Nov
ember was elected Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioner on the
Farmer-Labor ticket, evidently
does not approve of the Minnesota
Leader, which is the official organ
of the Farmer-Labor party in Min
nesota. He complains that the
Leader will not publish commun-
ications from subscribers If they
are in conflict with the papers pol
icies, or against it's favorit candi-
dates. Indeed, it seems Governor
Petersen has had some of his let
tiers to the paper turned down and
as a result has had to resort to the
so-called kept press" to get his
views before the members Of the
party, and to the voters in general
Strange that the kept press
which is supposed to be venal and
corrupt, will publish communica-
tons from Farmer-Laborites; yet
stranger that the Leader turns
thumbs down on such communities
tons. Query: Which is the more
liberal, the kept press" which
throws its columns open to all
alike, or the Leader which will on
ly publish such letters as meets
with it's approval?-Wadena Pion-
eer Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-26

mentioned in the literature of the
promoters.
During the trials of the promo
tiers of this swindle, inspectors
produced thousands of letters con-
tanning false representations and
promises mailed by them to their
victims. 1t was claimed that ia
cob Baker was a colonel or cap
tain in the Revolutionary War and
that in return for his military SER
vices he was given valuable land
grants. Inspectors produced proof
from the War and Navy Depart
ments that there never was a ia
cob Baker from Pennsylvania VINO
served as a commissioned officer
in the Army or Navy during the
Revolution. Furthermore, no land
grants were made by the United
States government to any Captain,
Colonel or other Baker in Pennsyl-
vania on account Of such alleged
service.
During the investigation, inspec-
tors unearthed evidence to show
that a total of forty-four different
organizations at one time or an
other engaged in the operation of
this gigantic swindle. Most of them
after conducting their scheme for
a comparatively brief time would
fold up when the pressure from
their victims became too great.
Some of the members, however,
would inspire the creation of new
organizations. They, in turn,
would disappear after defrauding
those victims it could entice into
their clutches.
These spurious practices contin-
ued for many years. Finally, relief
was requested from the Post Of
flee Department. It was then the
matter was placed in the hands of
the inspectors Of the Department
who exploded the myth and secur-
ed evidence resulting in the con-
viction Of twenty-four out Of the
twenty-five swindlers who were
brought to trial.
There Is no Baker estate and
there never has been such an es-
tate that could possibly be the sub
ject of such schemes. Something
that started as a rumor grew into
gigantic fraud. Thousands Of
people were deceived into contribu-
ting their time and money for
years without any return or pos
sibility of reward.