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Evening star., 1937-04-23
RIVALS STRONGER
DECLARES CONNIE
Washington and Cleveland
Among Clubs Figuring
to Trouble Champs.
BY CONNIE MACK,

n VOW the season actually Is on,
M find a distinct trend away
" from the theory Joe McCar-
A try's Yanks will win another
pennant with the ease of Walter
Hagen dropping five-inch putt. I
see no justification for assuming seven
American League clubs are willing
to let the Yankees steeplechase over
Evening star., 1937-04-23

them, although
some forecasters
seem to think so.
That was the
impression when
the teams headed
into camp, but I
find it fading
now. Several rea-
sons a r 9 ad-
vanced.
One is that the
Yanks may not
be a happy fam
lily, due to con-
ira ct squalls. !
refuse to believe
a. NJ v,~lr1n
Evening star., 1937-04-23
GOVERNMENT LOOP
OPENS TOMORROW
High Officials Will Take Part
in Doings-SIeuths Play
Commissioners.

4 MID more ceremony than marks
~ the opening Of any other local
1 \ sandlot loop here, the United
States Government League
will Alunch its base ball season TO-
morrow on the East Ellipse diamond,
with pre-game festivities scheduled to
start at 2 O'Clock.
The crack Bureau Of Investigation
nine, defending champion, will stack
up against 4 collection Of former
scholastic and collegiate aces camou-
laged under the banner Of the Dis
trict Commissioners, but not until an
impressive list OF officials have said
their pieces.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
Stars Yesterday
BY TIE Associated Press.

BY tke AsSotlhted FYess.
MONTE sTRArroN. White sox
Limited Browns TO five hits
in 81 win over Browns.
Al Todd and Dutch Brandt,
Pirates-Former drove in two runs
with triple: latter famed eight
batters In AZ victory over Cubs.
Ducky Medwick and Johnny
Mize, Cards-Medwick doubled and
singled, batting In three runs;
Mize hit homer and single, as
Cards whipped Reds, 14-l1.
Evening star., 1937-04-23

the Northwood Stables Indigo, a gal
liant gray that never has faced the
towering Maryland fences before, but
unquestionably Is q hard horse to
beat when in top form.
Evening star., 1937-04-23
Buchholtz, Tamm Give Trophies.

BuchholtZ, Tamm Give Trophies.
EMMETT BUscHER, former Central
High mound ace, is expected to
twirl for the Commissioners, with
Cliff Keyser, another Central product,
behind the plate. Davidson or Nichols
will hurl for the Sleuths, with Xander
catching. Art Lacey will relieve
Buscher in the event the latter falters.
Hoover has donated q trophy to be
awarded the team winning the first
half Of the championship scrap, while
second-half trophy has been placed
ON the block by Clyde Tolson, Bureau
of Investigation oficial. The Fred
Buchholtz Trophy will be awarded to
the league champion, while E. A.
Tamm OF the Bureau Of Investigation
has offered 4 cup to the loops leading
batsman.
In the event Of rain the game will
be played Sunday on the same
diamond 1t ! o'clock,
Evening star., 1937-04-23
Marine Reserves Have Band.

HEADED by Attorney General
Homer s. Cummings and Secre-
tary of Labor Frances Perkins, an
array Of Government and league off,
cials will start the title fight in proper
fashion. Commissioner Melvin c.
HaDen, Harry Hopkins, w. P. A. head;
Capt. v. Griffin, commandant of the
Naval Air Station; J. Edgar Hoover,
director Of the Federal Bureau Of In
vestigation; Fred Buchholtz and Judge
Edward M. Curran, president and vice
president, respectively, OF the league,
are others who plan TO attend the
game and participate IN pre-game
ceremonies.
The 5th Battalion, Fleet Marine
Corps Reserve, will march to the
music Of its own band and that Of the
Metropolitan Police Boys Club unit
The game will be broadcast over Sta
tion WMAL by Bill Coyle and Jim
McGrath
Conceded TO be one Of the fastest
circuits In the city, the United States
Government League Is composed Of
teams representing Naval Air Station,
Treasury Department. Bureau Of
Labor Statistics, Federal w. P. A.,
Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, and, Of
course, Bureau Of Investigation and
District Commissioners.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
WATERMELON
DISAGREEMENT
ENDS IN JAIL

When Leslie Potts. 21, couldn't
agree ON the price he was to pay
o. c. Horn for eight tons of water
melons. he started for Los Angeles
with the watermelons anyway-and
landed in the Imperial county Jail,
deputy sheriffs said.
Potts was booked on petty theft
charge after his arrest at White
water by Den DeCrevecouer, River
side county deputy sheriff, at the
request of Imperial county officers.
He was returned to the county Jail
her by Deputy Sheriff Bob Elmore.
Potts, Horn said, left the ranch
five miles east of Holtville with the
truck and trailer load of water
melons without paying for them,
and failed to stop at the scales
where the matter of price was 20 be
settled. Instead Potts continued his
journey to Los Angeles, interrupted
by his arrest
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
DEAD AFTER HEAT WAVE SWEEPS COUNTRY
BAXTER GETS PATENT
ON NOCTURNAL, SELF AIM GUN

trio bulb, which throws a pencil
thin beam of light.
Say a robber is ON the prowl
among the hibiscus in the Baxter
gardens at Del Air, Calf. The cele-
brated Hollywood moon dor rea-
sons unknown is behind a cloud
and everything is as black as a.
photoplay villains heart.
Baxter hears a noise. eThat rob-
Der has stumbled over the garden
hose). Baxter points his gun in
the general direction of the hubbub
and clicks the switch. The beam
of light, about the size of a dime,
wavers a bit and then etches q
target on the robbers chest.
Being kind hearted even to rob-
bers, Baxter inches down the disc
of light until it's on the latter's
leg. Then he pulls the trigger and
the bullet plinks the exact spot
outlined by the light.
The robber yelpS, the police close
in and one of the first patents ever
issued TO movie actor proves It's
worth. It's the kind of an inven-
ton which ought to make the basis
for good movie scenario. (Baxter
may make two fortunes out of it,,
instead of one).
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
$17,O 900 Worth of
Building Permits
Boost City Total

More htan $1700 worth of build
ing permits, one of them for
$4,000 home to be built for John
r. Robertson at 588 Sandalwood
Drive, Friday boosted Ell Centros
total for the year to $164,387 in
new construction and permanent
additions.
Among the permits was one to
Clarence L. Smith for a $4,000
home at 466 Len Rey avenue and
another to the Central Union High
school for alterations and additions
costing $24O0 to domestic science
classrooms.
The Robertson home, on which
construction started Friday morn
ing, will be one of the most pre-
tentious in Ell Centre. 1t will be a
single story dwelling with basement.
There will be six large rooms, three
bedrooms, and provisions for a
cooling system. The home will be
built around a patio. Construction
will be of Spanish frame type. fin
ished in stucco with tile roof.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

WASHINGTON, July 0. U.P) 49,
Safety first note to Hollywood tour
lists: Don't go snooping around
Warner Baxter's house in the dead
of night, on penalty of being hon
ored with a special demonstration
of the Baxter self aiming shotgun.
What he has is a gun that un-
erringly finds its own target, no
matter how dark the night and
the darker the better. When his
gun picks up a marauder or a cat
or whatever, all he has to do is
pull the trigger; the rest is as fatal
as it is automatic.
There's no other gun in the world
like Baxter's. That's because he
invented 1t himself and obtained
today from the government letters
patent number 2,O85.732 upon it,
with nine claims of uniqueness al
lowed.
The mustached hero of many
silver screen drama long has been
interested in firearms and the
shooting thereof. They work fine
in the day time, when there is plen-
ty of light to sight em out, what
happens when the sun goes down?
The light goes out and the sights
on gun become worthless (unless
maybe you're an ow1-or movie
cowboy shooting at electric light
bulbs. For run of the mine gun
shooters, though, a dark night is a
serious handicap. That's why arm
les fight at night. robbers rob, etc,
and why Baxter invented a gun
with eye attached. CIT may change
the whole technique of possum
hunting and the course of the next
war. Its possibilities. obviously, are
unlimited.
Baxter's problem was to provide
light for his gun. He did that by
Incorporating 1t in powerful cleo
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
New Manager to
Run Hotel Here

appointment of Jack Chaney as
manager of the Barbara Worth
hotel here was announced Friday
by Fred Ferguson, assistant general
manager of Allied Properties. owners
of the hotel
CLANCY replaces d. Dewey Davis,
who resigned the managership to
take Mrs. Davis to the coast.
CLANCY was formerly manager of
the Paso del Norte hotel in El Paso,
holding the position for five years
before the hotel was sold a few
weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

country between the Rocky Noun
tains and the Atlantic sea'ooard for
the third consecutive day. Only
the west coast, the deep south, and
the northern edges of Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan escaped
its grip.
Local thundershoWers brought
only Temporarily relief. Government
forecasters said no general cooling
off was within sight.
Men and women collapsed at work
in factories, on streets and farms.
Twenty-four states reported 70
deaths directly attributed to the
heat.
Among the hundreds of thousands
who swarmed to bathing beaches
for relief, IS drowned.
Michigan alone reported Is deaths
from heat prostrations. Massachu-
sets had TO-, and II drownings.
Suicides, murders and traffic &C
cidents we're attributed to heat craz-
ed minds. Undertakers reported
scores of deaths from natural
causes" were attributable to over
strains on weakened hearts.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
Friend and $35
Disappear in Night

Pedro Lopez put $35 under his
mattress at the Piedmont hotel
Thursday night and invited a con-
vival friend TO stay all night in his
room, he told El Centro police,
but he awoke Friday morning to
find both the $35 and the supposed
friend gone.
Lopez's breath when he reported
the theft corroborated his vocal
admission that he and his, friend
had "taken few drinks" the night
before, Desk Sergeant Lloyd Stark
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
20 LIVES LOST
ON HOLIDAYS


SACRAMENTO, July 9. U.H-An
official check of accidents on Cali
fornia's rural highways during the
three-day holiday last weekend
showed % fatalities, E. Raymond
Cato, chief of the highway patrol,
reported today.
There were 209 accidents in which
300 persons were injured and 29
killed. Last year, 81 were injured
in lat accidents during the cores
pondlng period.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
Chinese Gambling
Resort Raided

BRODERICK, Cal, July UP
An elaborate Chinese gambling
resort located across the river from
Sacramento was raided and closed
by Yolo county officers last night.
Forty patrons were ordered to leave.
The resort has operated, with
raiding Interruptions from time to
time, for several years. A long,
barn-like sturctice, it houses rou-
lette, blackjack, dice. poker, chuck
a-luck and other games, slot ma
hines and lottery. All dealers are
Chinese.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
HUSBAND HATES SEA

PORTLAND, Ore, July 8. CUP)-
least one Portland husband has his
worries when the fleet anchors
here. Four destroyers and a cruiser
tied up today and sailors were
granted shore 1eave. A few hours
later an excited husband asked
police to arrest his wife until the
fleet sails.
"She likes sailors too much" he
explained, but police refused his
request.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
BRITISH CHILDREN HEAVIER

LONDON UP)-School doctors
in Great Britain have discovered
that a new generation of taller
and heavier children is being
trained The improvement is as
cribed in some cases to the milk
in-schools scheme, and to increased
attention to physical training.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
ONTARIO MINING BOOMS

KENORA, Ont, UP) Mining
claims filed in this area have dou-
bled over last year and are well
along toward an all-time high,
it was indicated in registration re-
ports. Two new precious metal
rushes have been in large part re-
sponsible for the trend, officials
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09

SATAN'S KINGDOM, Conn, July
.. WH-Today's temperature re-
port: 98 degrees at 10 am. Today's
forecast: 100 degrees by 4 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-09
ONLY WEST COAST
ESCAPES ITS GRIP
BY UNITED PRESS

One hundred and thrtyve dead today
humid heat which shot to 100 degrees in two thirds
of the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-14

Those keen eyes of Reddy's had
failed him. They had failed to see
her almost right under them That
nose of his, that truly wonderful nose,
had failed him. 1t had not caught
her scent, even when she was almost
beneath it.
1t was no fault of Reddys eyes
that he had failed to see her, and
it was no fault of Reddy's nose that
he had failed to smell her. 1t was
due to three things-Mrs. Longbill's
resemblance to her surroundings, her
ability to withhold her scent, and
her nerve, which is another name
for courage, in remaining motionless,
not moving so much as a feather,
while he was near
Mrs. Longbill had seen Reddy COM
ing long before he was near enough
to be in the least dangerous. She
could have slipped off her eggs and
flown away as we'll as not But that
would have been to leave the precious
eggs exposed. She couldn't do that.
At least, she wouldn't do that. So
oAAS ASAAio11iSo olI lliClii, 1lCl llSCh
stretched out along the ground. So
perfectly did the colors of her coat
blend with the brown leaves surround
ing her that, without motion, she
looked to be part of those surround
ings. At the same time she had kept
her feathers compressed, so that no
body scent escaped into the air, to be
caught by that wonderful nose Of
Reddy's. 1t had taken nerve, a very
great deal of nerve, to do what she
had done.
What did tell you?" she cried
triumphantly, when Longbill told her
that he had seen Reddy pass there,
and how he had held his breath until
Reddy had gone on. Didn't I tell
you that this is the safest place for a
nest?"
This experience was severe enough
test OF Mrs. Longbills nerve, but 1t
was to have an even greater test later
that day. Farmer Browns Boy had
friend who had a bird Dog. This
Is Dog trained to hunt certain birds
called game birds. These are the
birds that hunters with terrible guns
delight in shooting. Why, I do not
know, for no dead bird is truly inter-
esting, while a live bird always is
interesting. These birds include
Grouse and Pheasants and Bob Whites
and Woodcocks. ALI of them have
scent that the wonderful noses OF bird
Dogs can smell. So, even when care
fully hidden in grass and brush, the
birds are found by the wonderful
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Bedtime Stories
The Nerve of Mrs. Longbill.

noses OF the Dogs. The Dogs have
been trained not to frighten the birds
into flight, but to point to their hiding
places.
This friend of Farmer Browns Bow
had never seen the nest and eggs of a
Woodcock and was most anxious to
do SO. He had seen Longbill in that
swamp and suspected that Longbill
had nest around there. He was
sure that If one of the birds was on
the nest his Dog could and would find
It, Somewhat reluctantly Farmer
Browns Boy agreed to allow the Dog
to show what he could do, and went
along to watch.
Just as Reddy Fox had done, the
Dog ran this way and that, quar-
tering all through the little swamp
Once he suddenly stopped and stood
as If frozen. He was pointing with
nose and one lifted foot to certain
spot. His master went there, and up
flew Longbill on whistling wings.
Then began a careful search all
around that spot for the nest, but
Of course no nest was found. Farmer
Browns Boy grinned
A little later all three, the Dog, his
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Brain Twizzlers
BY PROF. ]. ID. FLINT.

IF YOU have read of foreign legions
or the numerous uprisings and
battles of the desert countries YOU
know the problem the men faced in
maintaining food and water supplies
during excursions into the great desert
areas.
At one time a garrison Of men was
surrounded by the enemy. When the
enemy withdrew the garrison COM
mander sent detail Of four men into
the desert to follow them, with orders
that whenever an enemy move is
noted one man should return with a
report. The four men started out
with five days supplies and, after they
had travelled some distance, one man
started back with just enough food
to last until he reached the garrison.
Some time later second man starts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-14
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

When and where you least expect
Sometimes courage you detect.
Old Mother Nature.
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master and Farmer Browns Boy,
stood beside little clump Of young
birches on a little mound that was
dry. At their very feet Mrs. Longbill
sat, motionless, on her precious eggs,
her head fiattened to the ground.
The Dog all but stepped on her as
he shifted the air in vain.
There isn't a nest around here or
the Dog would have found it," said
the Dogs master.
Copyright, 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-14

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every morning to your grocer while 1t
is oven fresh. You get it at the peak
of its goodness.
Start eating Honey-Krushed Wheat
Bread tomorrow. Get the health bene-
fits of this delicious wholesome
bread soon!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-14
FLYERS WARNED
Navy Advises Of Unmarked Piles

Navy Advises of Unmarked Piles
in Anacostia Dredging.
Warning to all seaplae and flying
boat pilots that dredging is In prog
ress in the channel of the Anacostia
Naval Air Station was issued yes
terday in a memorandum of the
Navy photographic Office
Unmarked piles and stakes, which
constitute hazard, have been set out
in this area" it was stated. mo
landings should be made in this area
at night, and great caution should
be used during the day."
The dredging, being carried on by
the Army Engineers, is part Of the
misunderstanding operations au-
thorized in the rivers and harbors
act.
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BACK TO THE OUT-OF-DOORS

yERE safe that Winter
~ hesitate
take
weather April
their The the
OF his Scottish
the same pattern Caps strictly country In the
the
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NEAR armth
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REQUEST DENIED
Controller Rules Against Funds
for Housing Service Abroad.

Authority for the Bureau Of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce to accept the
donation Of private funds with which
to establish a housing service for the
convenience of American visitors to
England has been denied by the con-
troller general, who ruled there is no
law authorizing the bureau to accept
donations, nor is there authority for
the establishment Of housing unit
The Commerce Department has esti-
mated that it would cost $40 900 year
to operate the proposed housing unit,
which would serve as a source Of in
formation on British housing for
Americans, both officials and private
citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-14
white sweater. Worn under q
jacket for additional warmth its
appearance is Al.
Copyright, 1879

Queries on mems fashions will be
answered by The Evening Star, in
cooperation with Esquire. Address
Mans Fashion Editor, The Evening
Star, Washington, D. G.
NOTE: Is cents brings you "Es-
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embracing 80 suggestions for effec-
tive combinations in colors and pat
terms for the complete ensemble.
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Many leading physicians endorse
Honey Krushed Wheat Bread. Every
nutritive part of the whole grain is
contained in this marvellous loaf.
1t is made with pure honey, which
adds to it's de1ectable flavor and
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Honey Krushed Wheat Bread is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-14

r ONGBILL the Woodcock drew a
long breath as Reddy Fox left
the little dry mound in the
~ swamp and continued his hunt
ing, finally leaving the swamp alto
gether. In crossing that little mound
where the young birch trees grew Red
dy had crossed close to the little clump,
and in doing so had passed so close
to Mrs. Longbill that the wonder was
he hadn't stepped on her. He hadn't
seen her. He hadn't smelled her.
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back, and then a third, each taking
just enough food to last to the gar
rison.
How many days can the last man
travel into the desert and return
safely?
(AnsWer on Page ca
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Honey krUshed Wheat Bread is as Qoc
as it is good for you. -.

VOU don't have to '1earn" to like
i this delicious bread. The first
mouthful will win delighted praise
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1t has the texture of the finest white
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And what wonderful effect Honey
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-04
GREATEST-AND YET
LEAST KNOWN

"This is truly one Of the worlds
greatest engineering undertakings-and
the least publicized. You've heard about
Boulder Dam for years. You know all
about the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge. But chances are that all you
know about the All American canal prof.
ect IS that its been talked of for years
and is located somewhere IN southern
California. -,
And you can't comprehend It until
you've seen It.
So saws Editor Ned Thomas, writing
in the Santa Paula Chronicle. His arti-
Gle was inspired by visit to the All
American canal and Imperial Dam,
visit which made him realize for the
first time the magnitude of Imperial
Valleys latest reclamation project. Yet
he is a newspaper man, and as such IS
a person who might be expected to be
somewhat more fully acquainted with
the project that the. ordinary man on
the street.
nhrase is an indictment. Imperial Val
lev in this one particular has overlooked
an opportunity which may not come
again. There are several agencies de-
voted to publicizing Boulder Dam. San
Francisco is spiritedly behind publicity
for its great bridges. Municipal anu
civic funds are poured into the Job OF
aeouainting the world with these two
projects. Imperial Valley, as whole,
has spent little effort in placing its
reclamation project before the world.
Whether it be through the Associated
Chambers of Commerce, the county
board of trade or some other group,
there should be some concerted effort
to place before the outside public the
picture of what is being accomplished
in Imperial Valley. The effort should
not be spasmodic, but continuous: It
should take the form of written articles
and photographs, made available for
magazine and newspapers throughout
the country. The county and the cities
of the valley would profit by contribu.
ton to fund to pay for expenses OF
such campaign.
The right kind of advertising is just
as valuable for community as It IS for
business house Imperial Valley would
do well to remember this.