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Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09

Joe HuTSL and ShIIIy JUTudIl, WHO
have hooked up in three exciting
mound duels in previous meetings,
will oppose each other in the slab.
FL Centro has not won a game
from Mexicali all season but is ev-
pected to make a serious bid for
that honor Tuesday night.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09
Open Play in 3-Game
Series to Decide CITY
League Championship

Eagles and Elks softball teams will conclude their
bitter rivalry that started in the opening game of the
league schedule this week in theegame that opens
tonight at the Municipal park at 8:15.
Games will be played tonight Wednesday and Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09
San Diego Wins Pair to Hold Lead
Ei Centro> MexicaIi
Meet in Final Valley
League SoftbaII Tilt

Ell Centro's Coca Cola softball team will complete its
Thursday night in the Ell Centro Municipal park
when it meets the champion MeXicali nine
The game will have bearing the final standings
but promises to be of the outstanding of
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09
At
A Glance
BY limited PRESS

Stocks fractions to points high
er.
Bonds irregularly higher; U. 5.
government issues irregular.
Curb stocks irregularly higher.
Foreign exchange easier.
Cotton breaks 81 a bale on bear
ish overnment crop estimate.
Grains lower, wheat off 29s 10
% cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09

other Valley league hurder.
Patterson has not announced his
starting pitcher.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09

GOODRICH SILVERToWN
STORE. 4th & Olive.
BLALACK SEED e. IMPLE-
MENT CO., 443 Main st.
FRANK j. DAVIS,
East El Centre City Limits.
FRIEDLY MOTOR CO.,
sos state st.
ROY III, WOMACK,
$50 Main st.
INLAND
SIMPSON & NOFFSINGER,
INLAND Avenue.
GORDON STEWART,
221 N. Imperial Ave.
BRAWLEY-
NJ Agundez,
1908 e. Main st.
CLAUDE HAWKINS.
1876 N. 9Th st.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09
l. A. GRAINS

Los ANGELES, Aug. 8. Ug -
Corn. yellow flInt ..t.-... S2-oo-Z; 20
Barley, white mariot ~. l.6I1f I ~ y
Wheat Calf, sacked SLY y !. ez7a
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09
l.. A. BANKS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9. up -
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-~-~-y. 4---. -.-sI - G@-tzt.ol
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09
Race Teams to Invade Valley

Two teams Of midget San Diego
Los Angeles will the valley Friday challenge
superiority OF valley part
Of the program
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09

CALEXICO-
TOM RITTER.
80 r.. Third.
WESTM0RLAN Nd
BUD a. BEN GARAGE,
Main st.
HEBER- I
X. ROBERTSON,
Main Street
CALIPATHIA-
JOE SKIES,
144 N. Sorenson.
SEELEY---
CHAS. l.. RICE
Highway No. 80.
HOLTVILLE-
M. G.. SHARP,
9Th &, Cedar.
WINTEHHAVEN--
c.. G. Cummings,
Highway No. so.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-09
l.. A. BUI9Ef &c EGGS
FLAX M44RKETS
CASH FLAX

Duluth ................ $2.O5 y ? Or
Winnipeg ......-........... $l77h
Minneapolis ......... ". Z.OZ u -Z.O44z
LII -.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
MARYLAND Park Dated

All Maryland Park A. C. players
are to meet, 1870 a. M, at Mary
land Park Market preparatory to
going to Seabrook, Md, to meet
Snug Harbor in a double-header
at 1870 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
SELECT
DELEGATES

Twelve delegates have been
elected to represent Columbia
Temple of the colored Elks at
the annual convention of the
grand lodge in Cleveland, Ohio,
the latter part Of next month.
The delegates include Bessie
Nelson, Letitia Lewis, Maggie
Harris, Helen Richardson, BERTHE
Kebble, Marie Scales, 1sobel Jug
gins, Bertha King, Gertrude
Green, Hattie Mellwaine, Aletha
Williams and Lottie Van Buren,.
Officers elected by the Temple
for service during the next six
months include Eleanor Walker,
daughter ruler: Annie Adams,
vice daughter ruler; Bessie Mel
son, assistant daughter ruler;
Annie Aston, chaplain; Gertrude
Green, escort; Lottie v. Buren,,
doorkeeper, and Beatrice Edwards,
gatekeeper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
VERDICT
CONFIRMED

After hours of testimony, a
coroner's jur..- last night returned
a verdict of suicide in the death
Of Byrne T. Burns, 18-year-old
George Washington University
student, who was found shot to
death two months ago in the
family home, 300 Ellicott St.
N. w.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid issued a certificate of suicide
at the time after an investigation.
However, DR.. William Burns,
father Of the dead youth, ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with this
verdict and asked that the case
be 1eopened.
After hearing a score Of wit
nesses yesterday in an all day ses-
sion, the jury upheld the original
decision Of the coroner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
Ken Murray
Says:

Ambitious youngsters ask me
once in a while how to break
into radio, so to settle all bets,
here's my own case history.
1 got as far as the seventh
grade and got kicked out. For my
religious education, I went to
Sunday school picnicS. / was
the county champion for pick
ing red ants out of peanut but
ter sandwiches. Aside from that
/ was not much Of an athlete,
although 1 once ran a tempera-
ture and there was considerable
disappointment when / came out
ahead.
In those days radio was un-
heard of. MarcOni had invented
the wireless and brief communi-
cations could be sent from ship
to ship, but no one had diScOv-
cred how to annoy the general
public. Just dots and dasheS
filled the air that is now
drenched with "The Merry-GO-
Round Broke Down."
My habituaI ScOwl disqualified
me from being a salesman, law
yer, barber or railroad president.
My first employer advised me to
become a Steeplejack. But /
yearned for a public career. Then
suddenly it came to newly
not be q radio announcer?
Radio announcing was then an
unborn art, but / got a job an
nOuncing trains at H u m bolt
Junction, Kansas. / put person
atty into my work and never
shirked anything. / would even
announce freight trains to keep
in practice. After that, there
was nothing to it. Look at me
now.
Copyright. 1887. by Mcknight
Syndicate, Lne.1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
TAXICAB ZONE
RATE BOOST
PROPOSED
Five Cents Per Zone to
Offset Compulsory
Insurance Cost

Washington may pay 5 cents
more per taxi zone.
That was indicated today as q
House subcommittee started hear
ings on a bill providing compulsory
liability insurance for all cabs.
E. Irwin Dollar, representing the
Independent Brotherhood of Taxi
Drivers, opposed the measure on
the grounds that the drivers make
a scant living now, and that the
insurance would take what little
profit they do make.
Nichols Promises Raise
Representative Jack Nichols
CD of Oklahoma, chairman of
the subcommittee, replied that if
the bill is adopted, it is contem-
plated giving the S cent raise for
each zone, which it is estimated,
would produce enough revenue for
the drivers to pay for their msur-
ance.
Jack Dalton, representing the
Blue Light Cab Company, said he
favors the bill, but suggested the
insurance should be set at $4,000
and $4,000 rather than at $4,000
and $4,000.
The lower insurance would be
adequate for the average cases, he
said, would result in lower pre-
miums and would give ambulance
chasing lawyers" less to shoot at.
Earl I. Klein, president of the
City Cab Association, also favored
the bill, and said that a reputable
insurance company was willing to
write the insurance for $40 a
month per cab.
Woman Driver Opposed
Jack Frye, a driver who said
he represents "the man behind
the Wheel" declared the bill is
class legislation and would drive
the independent driver off the
streets. He said even a scent
zone increase would not produce
enough revenue to pay for the in
Mrs. Lillian Botkin, Washing
tons only woman cab driver,
said she is supporting her two
children by driving a cab, and
that while she believes insurance
is good thing, she could not af-
ford it,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
NEW DOCTORS
AT GALL|NGER

Gallinger Hospitals hundreds
of patients changed doctors
today-because the District Gov
eminent began a new fiscal year.
Fifty-five new members of the
hospitals medical staff began
their new duties, relieving that
many old members. Twenty
eight of those who went on duty
today were resident physicians
and the others interneS.
DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, superin-
tendent of the municipal insti-
tuition, ''lectured" the group on
their duties and assigned them
to their work.
The group today replaced
nearly the entire staff of doctors
that have served during the last
fiscal year.
DR.. Bocock explained that a
new staff of internes is put to
work at the hospital every 10
months and new resident staff
at the beginning Of each fiscal
year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01

Irving Schwartz, 1126 Seventh st.
N. w. The dog is IA months old.
Mr.. Schwartz may be notified at
his home or by telephoning
Metropolitan 1866.
Another pet dog. a female col
lte.shepherd, is being given away
by Mrs. j. L. Miller, los I st. N.
w. (firSt floor, rear). This dog,
five years old, is nice pet with
children and a good watch dog.
A thoroughbred red chow, is Of
fered for adoption by Mrs. L.
Akar, of Stone Hill Lodge, on Lee
Highway, whose phone number is
Fairfax 58-W-2.
Mrs. E. c. Simons. of 801 Easley
st., Silver Spring. Md. shepherd
232D has a dog, about eight
months old, medium in size, that
she will give away.
Another German police dog, a
beautiful femal, about 112 years
old, may be obtained from Mrs.
B. o. Vowel, $50 Newton Pl. N.
w. columbia 7496 j..
A young mother cat and two
playful kittens are being offered
for adoption by Mrs. Frank Prem
tisS, of No. 3 East Lane, East River
dale, Md, whose telephone is
Greenwood 0965-J.
A half Persian mother cat, one
year old, and a kitten, five weeks
old, are being given away by
Mrs. Stella Waltmeyer, 2729
Sixth st. N. E. potomac 1858 j..
Mrs. P. A. Cole, Of 816 Massa-
chuSettS Ave. N. E. Nincoln 028D !,
has three kittens, three months
old.
Two other nice kittens, six
weeks old. are being given away
by Mrs. James H. Harper, 1913
Otis Pl. N. w. adams 0357 W..
To all pet owners: Make certain
that all persons applying for your
pet will give it a good home. The
Times is informed that persons
with other motives are applying
for pets offered by this paper. If
you cannot investigate your pets
future home or deliver the pet
yourself, be certain to obtain the
name and address of the person to
whom you give your pet, so that
a check on its treatment may be
made If advisable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01

DuXbury, Mass, is on our trail.
Almost daily We get bright bits
about it's Tercentenary Celebra-
tion tomorrow and the two days
following.
About it's foot-race to Plymouth
Rock, its first citizen, Miles STAN
dish, and about the descendants
of that baShful John Alden, whose
wife, Priscilla, did the proposing.
Before the present lombard
ment, Duxbury has been nothing
in our life except that We did
know a Dupontish war millionaire
(poWder manufacturer who had
q summer home there.
While the boom was on this
gentleman moved his family from
the biggest house in our neighbor-
hood to DuXbury. He left not only
his furniture behind but for years
there was unclaimed in his garage
the latest limousine of the motor
age.
When the Depression thundered
in from the Left the house was
sold at auction for taxes and the
Junk man came for the old car.
This Renaissance has little
bearing on the Duxbury Tercen-
tenary except to show that its
citizenry have their carefree mo-
ments. The celebration ought
to be good. The Tercentenary
theme Song-note this carefully
will be '"The Breaking Waves
Dashed High" It is the Garry
Me Back to Old Virginny" of New
England. I suppose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
" GIee Club Aides
Guests at Dinner

Four persons who aided in the
recent annual concert Of the Y. M.
C. A. Glee Club were guests Of
honor last night at dinner held
by the club in the Girls Friendly
Society Holiday House on the
Mt. Vernon Boulevard.
The guests Of honor were: j.
Nelson Anderson, director; Mrs.
Anders son, accompanist; Miss
Susan Bowden Ross and Hugo
Buonagurio, violinists. During the
past year the club has given pro-
grams for churches, lodges and
civic ORGANIZATIONS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
STUDENT DROP
FORECAST BY
DR.. BALL0U
School Chief Predicts
Falling Birth Rate
Will Cut Total

Predicting gradual decline in
the number of students applying
for admission to the District pub.
lie schools within the next few
years, DR.. Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent, told the Board Of
Education meeting at the Franklin
School today that while 1888
pupils graduated this semester
from junior and senior high
schools, only 1878 have applied
for admission.
For the past few years, the
superintendent said, admissions
to the first grades have shown
a decided decrease in schools
throughout the country, due to
decline in the birth rate. The
District, he said, is just beginning
to feel it now that things have
reached their peak" He referred
to the number of Government
workers brought here by new pro-
jectS and added:
81 anticipate that next year
the intake in the senior and
junior high schools will be much
smaller. Our first grade admiS.
SionS have already shown a
definite decrease over perviOuS
years."
White high schools in the Dis
trict had 1907 graduates, with
2670 admissions. the superintend-
ent said, but while 1908 junior
students graduated only $500 ap-
piled for admission.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
WELFARE HEAD
CITES LACK
OF MONEY
Delegates Promised
Conference With
District Heads

Seeking support from the Dis
trict's relief organization for the
families of 500 workers now on
strike in a dozen dry.cleaning
establishments, delegation of the
Laundry Workers, Cleaners and
DyerS local union was rebuffed
today by Welfare Director Ell.
wood Street.
At the District Building, Street
told the group that under the
rules of the Board of Public Wei.
fare regarding relief, the 1888 fis-
cal year appropriation of $1,411,.
900 was to be used to care for the
needs of unemployables alone. He
said this fund was insufficient to
care for the unemployables, much
less than to extend aid to employ
able cases.
Promised Appeal Farley
The group then called on Geof.
rrey M. Thornett, acting secretary
of the Board of Commissioners.
Thornett pledged to make an ap-
pointment for them with the city
heads that they might appeal
from the ruling of Director Street.
In statement by Calvin CouS-
ms, president of the local union,
it was pointed out that Miss Alice
Hill, relief director, had confirmed
the right Of the strikers to public
relief. The statement added:
"The wages of workers in the
cleaning and laundry industry
even during the period Of their
employment have been below
standards set as q minimum
by the public assistance division.
This strike is . struggle against
conditions and wages which
have made the workers in this
industry q constant burden on
relief facilities Of the District"
One Offer Rejected
Offers from plant owners to
settle the strike on a basis Of q
48-hour week and a SIS minimum
wage were rejected by unionistS,
who insisted they would not re.
turn workers to the IL closed
plants unless their demands for
an $18 minimum wage and a 40
hour week, with time and a half
pay for overtime, were granted.
Samuel RubenStein. whose firm
was affected by the walkout, de.
clared that "chiSelers within the
industry made it impossible to
meet union demands by keeping
prices down to a level where pay.
ment of the proposed union scale
would mean financial ruin for in
numberable shops.
He emphasized the small shop
owners inability to combine in
the interest of price sterilization
without violation of the Sherman
Antitrust Act, and asserted that
larger firms, operating on family
basis, could slash prices to the
point where "the little fellow would
be driven out Of business"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
Bill 10 End Postal
Contracts Vetoed

President Roosevelt yesterday
turned thumbs down on a bill that
would have permitted Postmaster
General Farley to extend rural
mail route contracts for four years.
The President sent to Congress a
veto on the measure, explaining
that he believes the existing law
which requires that the contracts
be readvertised periodically for
bids-Should continue in force.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
Pet Lovers Offered
3 Fine Kittens

Miss Mary L. Sherman, Of 200
Varnum st. N. w., has notified The
Times pet editor that she has five
kittens that she wishes to place
into good homes. If you want one
of these adorable pets notify Miss
Sherman after 6 p. m. today at
her home or by telephoning Adams
4434.
A beautiful German police dog
is being given away today by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
Washington AS List Tits

The Washington Athletics will
face Charlottesville on July 4, and
are scheduled to meet Alta Vista
on the fifth. H. B. Wyche has Or
gained the team and is seeking
strong out-of-town opponents for
future dates. Call Atlantic 1913,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
So centers Open

Fifty-six new recreational cen
tiers will be opened throughout
Washington today-the first of
the summer Season-by the D. C.
Department of Fairgrounds, Off.
cials announced yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
Summer Classes
Tomorrow at 6. W.

Featuring courses on present
day problems, the George Wash
ington University summer SeS-
sions will start tomorrow for a
six-week period, ending August 10.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

fitted to do-and punished for that
inability.
From a standpoint Of mental
hygiene, the old-system school was
q breeding place of morons. Here we
give them something they can do
something that interests them-and
they 60 ahead by leaps and bounds.
I'VE teach them to think for them
selves, not merely memorize. We try
to fit the school to the child, in con-
trast to the old-type school, where
every child had to At 4 set pattern"
Some Of the 'progressivized" chill
dren may be a trifle hazy sbout the
routine Misunderstanding facts" which
their parents learned in school 20-odd
years ago-"and promptly forgot"
added Miss Seeling-but their youth
full minds. still shy Of their teens, are
busily engaged with progressive
knowledge" their elders never learned
until years later.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

by the Associated Press.
ROSLYN, N. Y, April 2.-The
old-fashioned whaling" expedition
to the family woodshed-the inev-
table climax wher papa scanned
juniors report card and found it
studied with "Fs"-has no place in
Roslyn today.
~ Because papa, in Roslyn, has no re-
port card to scan.
Junior, indeed, never "hunked," un-
der the towns progressive education
system. Nor does he suffer any school
punishment-no standing in corners,
no staying after school, no writing the
declension Of Latin noun 100 times
after "mufing" it in class.
'a In fact, the whole stern atmosphere
OF Little Red Schoolhouse" days has
been discarded as outmoded in the
experiment in modern education which
Is now splitting this Long Island COM
munity into two camps.
System Is Defended.
In defense of the system. Supt. of
q Schools Frederick Robert Wegner has
'. launched a campaign to educate"
. parents, inviting them to the schools
to see for themselves what is being
5 done.
He showed them youngsters writing
{ poetry, listening to radio broadcast
OF a Walter Damrosch symphony, dis
g, cussing music, art and science and
I learning about life at flrst hand by
going on frequent tours to airports,
factories, markets, the ZOO, the plane
tariun, bakeries, public utility plants
and newspapers.
He showed them how third-grade
children, out OF the study OF milk,
derived a knowledge Of spelling,
science, health, geography, home eco
nomics and life on the farm-by at
tacking the subject from every con-
ceivable angle.
Where the old-style text book left
the child with the simple and unsat-
isfying statement that the COW gives
milk, We try to give him complete,
intelligent picture" he said.
Study of Constitution.
Similarly, progressive" study of
the Constitution includes public
speaking, literature, history and other
branches of learning which ordinarily
would not enter the single, simple
task
Under the progressive system, teach
ers write individual monthly reports
to the Notwithstanding the child's
interests and achievements but not
grading the child on a comparative
basis with his classmates.
There are three prime reasons for
discarding the old report card" said
WeQner,
Evening star., 1937-04-02

The big airliner carried three pas
sengers from Chicago. The mishap
occurred when Whitaker, who had
twice come in for a landing and
twice circled because the blimp En-
terprise was about to take of, came
In a third time and set the plane
down at 10 miles an hour.
when I finally did land just
forgot to lower the gear" Whitaker
said.
The pilot explained, however, that
the wheels when retracted project
almost foot, enough for an emer-
gency landing. Two bent propellers
was the only damage.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
First, the card gave little informa-

First, the card gave little informa-
ton about actual achievements. Sec
ond, a quick-learning child might go
all through school with = SNUG, SELF
satisfied feeling o. being above aver
age achievement-on the old COM
parative grading system-without ever
having exerted himself to the best
effort of his capabilities. Third, we
believe the child should struggle to
improve his own record, not to i'm
prove upon the record Of, some other
child"
As for punishment, Miss Martha
Seeling, principal of the Roslyn
Heights Elementary School explained:
In the old system, children who
were backward were kept with their
noses to the curriculum grindstone
day after day, trying to learn some
thing in which they had no interest
and which they were not mentally
Evening star., 1937-04-02

Thus, black-eyed little June. 8 years
old, who has penchant for astron-
omy, Is supplied with books to study
the subject in . "class" by herself.
She writes themes and recites facts
she has learned about the stars-and
is credited on the same achievement
basis as though she had passed test
in reading, writing or arithmetic.
To show what she had learned, June
drew 4 chart Of the solar system, and
gravely she explained:
at first, way back thousands Of
years ago, people thought the world
was held up by a turtle and three
elephants. Then they thought 1t was
fiat and square, but finally they got
Evening star., 1937-04-02
Friends at Front.

The World War revealed q fact
seldom brought out-namely, that two
soldiers facing each other on opposite
sides Of the same front were better
friends than those behind the lines
and that hatred varied in inverse ratio
according to the distance from the
'front.'
Evening star., 1937-04-02
CRASHES IN FAILURE
TO SET PLANE GEAR
Pilot Whitaker Forgets to Lower
Retractible Wheels When
Landing Herr

IHUulNX 11eIe.
No injuries and only slight damage
resulted yesterday afternoon when
Pilot w. B. Whitaker forgot to lower
his retractible wheels before landing
an American Air!ines passenger plane
at Washington Airport.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

it fixed up right-revolving on its
axis"
Something Of the same kind, COM
mented Miss Seeing, Is happening in
the world of education today.
Evening star., 1937-04-02
SCHOOL |NROS[YN
==D|SCARDS REPORTS
Whole Stern Atmosphere Of
Old Institutions Is
Abandoned.

(This is the second Of a series OF
stories on the clash OF progressive
Education Ds. the Three Rs" in
the little topn of Roslyn, N. ~
Evening star., 1937-04-02
Artificial Floyer Boom.

Artificial flower production in
Chechoslovakia jumped 55 per cent
last year.
Evening star., 1937-04-02

coprish, 1857, Lioelr1 L MYIxs ToBAceo Co.
Evening star., 1937-05-16

Wheat has been planted on 32,l67,-
600 acres in India this year and q
good crop Is expected,
Evening star., 1937-05-16

Pool Resembles Map.
A new boating pool at Bognor
Regis, England, is designed as a map
OF England with seaside resorts
marked along the coast.