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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Imperial Valley
Builds Strong Bodies

In Boston the other night an Imperial
Valley Mexican youth won a national
boxing title in his weight class among
amateur fighters from all over the ma
ton Another youth, Negro, approach
ed within one notch of the championship
in his division.
Some of US may pay no more than
passing attention to the news of these
boys triumphs, feeling a fleeting pride
in the fact that they represent Imperial
Valley There is another thing which
should not be overlooked. 1t is this: that
their victories demonstrate better than
any number of words that this valley
of ou does produce strong, healthy
bodies
We are a comparatively small COM
munity-not more than a dot on the
map of the United States. 1t should be
a matter of pride to us that this commu-
nifty placed one of its boys in one of
eight top positions, against competition
from every part of this big nation. That
another youth came within a hairs
breadth of top place demonstrates that
it was no accident. There must be a rea-
son.
We can find the reason in our climate,
our sunshine, our freedom from the dust
and smoke and germs of more congested
and less climatically favored areas. We
are proud of the boys, but we are proud
er still of Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
By O. O. Mcintyre

brilliant efforts often concerned
stories passed up as impossible. He
had that quality known as agrees
siveness-plus. And doors locked to
others somehow opened for him.
His excess of vigour has not been
lost in his retirement to a less ac-
tive life. He does not come into a
room, he fairly swops, recalling
the mot of a wag that Swope con-
jugated was sweep, swipe, swope
To see him come breezing down a
theatre aisle at a first night is
something of study in zip. 1t may
be why he is so appropriately
chairman of the state racing COM
mission.
The Boston got off the reserva-
ton again this morning when left
alone short while and when we
returned was dropping contritely in
a corner, a pastel of detection. He
was given his severest punishment
several moments in dark closet.
And the household determined to
ignore him at least until dinner
time. He looked forlorn awhile and
then put On his routine for SYM
pathy, sitting up, whimpering and
nuzzling his head between his paws
while staring one out OF counten-
ance. But to no avail. That is, un-
til around 4 pm, when he came
crawling belly-wise and rolled over
at the desk, feet up. Being a softie
he chiseled me out of nice hunk
of ear scratching, and right now
he's sound asleep on my lap-so
soundly that I have to stop work
so he will not be disturbed.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Auction Philosophy
By ID. l.. ZINN

Folks, | see by my wife's
old home paper, the Canton
Pilot at Canton, Kan, one
of the girls asked the other
one, what she would rath-
er have in a husband: brains,
w e a ! t h, or appearance?"
She answered right back,
appearance, and the soon
the better!" asked the Mrs.
what she would have an
swered and she says | an
swered the same way didn't
I? Now l don't know wheth-
er | have been Dragged on
or insulted.
! don't learn much about
war at the auctions or what
nations should do when 9TH
er nations are fighting but
| have always noticed one
thing; if you keep poking
your n ose around where
there's fighting you are liza
BILE to get knocked off.
1t begins to look like grain
| prices are down to stay a.
while the country has caught
up with it's drOuth shortage,
hay will no doubt follow
grain prices down. Nobody
is going to pay twenty dol
lars a ton for hay with grain
prices around twenty five
dollars per ton. At least
they will feed more grain
and cut down on the hay.
Then watch folks start to
inquire about dairy cows S.
Never was a better time for
a man with alfalfa to get a
few dairy cows than right
now.
I'll be seein' you.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Bruce Carton Says:
-Greed Dims Luster of Mans Miracles

Thirty-six years ago, almost to
the day, a gifted Italian sat him
down, tapped a telegraph key. and
performed a miracle.
The sputtering, cracking sparks
which his key-tapping caused to
jump into the air were weak little
tilings-apparently. They flashed
and died, and a person half mile
away could neither have seen nor
heard them.
But somehow they reached up
into empty space and taped an in
visible source of energy; and far
across the Atlantic ocean they
caused telegraph receiving set to
click out message.
Guglielmo Marconi had bridged
space and had sent message 5000
! miles through the inert atmo-
sphere.
His miracle of wireless teleraphy
is familiar one, by now; SO fami-
liar that most of the time we fail
to recognize it as miracle at all,
and take it just as much for grant,
ed as we do such everyday mir
acles as sunrise, a babys laugh or
the love Of a boy for a girl.
But it remains a miracle, never
theless; and We might have a bet
ter understanding of the world we
live in if we could remember that
the whole structure of modern So
ciety is built on just such miracles
so that the mere existence of our
| complicated civilization is one OF
the most eath-taking miracles OF
all time.
The real truth about man is not
| at all the sort of truth the real
lists" prOclaim-that he is lust an
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

other animal, with greed and self
interest his eternal motive-SpringS.
1t is a much more noble and sur
prising truth: that he is a miracle
worker. able to transcend the limi-
tations which nature has put upon
him, capable of surprising himself
and of building for himself a world
infinitely complex, beautiful and
wondrous.
Consider Marconis miracle, for
instance. and all that has grown
out of it.
The ship at sea is no longer iso-
lated Nation now talks with ma
ton, over mountain barriers, limit
less deserts and storm bound
ocean. The air by night is filled
with music, which can be tapped
by any man who owns a cheap
little box of tubes and wires. And
the ordinary daily life that we
live is keyed to this succession of
miracles, so that if they should
suddenly cease to exist We could
not carry on our regular routine at
all.
Now one thing is certain about
people who inhabit such a world:
they have to live up to it. If they
can perform wonders that make
the genii of the Arabian Nights
look like stupid incompetents. they
cannot very we'll go on living by
the ideals and customs of the cave
man period. The old jungle-rule of
tooth and claw fits this era no
better than does a stone age hat
chet.
War, dictatorship, conscienceless
wealth, INSCRIPTIONS demagogery
oppression in any or all of its
forms-these things are disastrous
ly out of date in our modern age.
Miracle-workers like Marconi have
set us free of the limitations of
our physical world; now it is up to
us to set ourselves free of the limi-
tations of our own blindness, greed
and folly.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

prevent cadgersO. D. Mcintyre
from asking for a few sheets from
the desk clerks. On the plea they
want TO drop a note to some friends
registered there but out a the
moment.
In like manner there is no way
a hotel can refrain from accept
ing mail from non-patrons The
phonieS plead they had expected to
put up there, but due to unforeseen
circumstances. plans were changed.
Thus do hotels against their will
contribute to the build-up of ras-
Gals.
Such camouflage is the billiards
for the hand-kissing type of pseu-
do-noblemen who are becoming an
increasing social affliction. These
are the perfumed pick-thanks who
live in the rooming houses but put
up the snowy fronts of living high.
wide and handsome.
Lillian GiSh seems also to have
joined in the shrink from the pub
lic-in the manner of Garbo. Maud
Adams, ct al While never conspi-
cuous, she was often seen at the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Famous Sayings -
You re Telling Me -
BY WILLIAM RIFT

GEN. FRANCISCO FRANCO,
leader of Spanish rebels, issued
only one ultimatum and one pro-
clamation this week. He evidently
is busy addressing his Christmas
cards.
Maybe the reason Alabama. is al
ways being picked to play in the
Rose Bowl game is that the teams
are picked alphabetically. 1t seems
that the pickers can't get beyond
A.
Money does rot bring a man
friends. But it viii give him lot
of excellent, though temporary
limitations.
A noted writer says that all those
explanations the Japanese govern
ment issues in reference to its ac-
tivities in China are excellent
fiction. Fiction? shucks, they
don't even make good readingl
London has just experienced the
worst fog in its history. Judging
by the present diplomatic situation
/ must have spread all over Eu-
rope.
When television finally does
come it will be the smart politician
who will have his radio speeches
"ghost read" for him--having. say
Clark Gable or Tyrone Power dc
his stuff for him.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

more important first nights and
now and then in the more select
restaurants or at an equally select
tea. But for the past year she has
been seen only in her professional
roles on the stage. My
seats for openings are usually op-
poSite George Jean Nathan's and
now and then he squirrel Miss
Gish. She sat immobile througout,
vertiable statue in chalk. If
they ever exchanged q word of
conversation it was in the Edgar
Bergen non-lip-moving motif.
But the human enigma of the
theatre was the late lamented Per-
cy Hammond Generally in. the
second or third row on the middle
aisle. he seemed to browse thru
entire proceedings, his eyes half
closed. There is no record of a
chuckle escaping him or of a sly
Swipe at misty eye, and never
was he seen to take a note. Yet
nothing escaped him. and although
he left some 20 minutes before
the final curtain, his critlqueS were
invariably. complete.
Speaking of taking notes. Edwin
C. Hill in his reportorial days,
when most of his assignments were
interviews with important folk,
rarely made a notation. He could
talk to his subject for an hour or
so and when he got back to the
news room quote almost word for
word on the typewriter. And in no
instance was there ever a come
back. Frank Ward O'Malley was
another who seldom made a jotting
but was invariably accurate.
In many ways Herbert Bayard
Swope, before he became an exc
cutive editor. was the outstanding
reporter or his time. He, too, was
a non-note taker and his most
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
.JOBLESS MAN
GETS WORK,
LOSES HIS LIFE

ESCONDIDO, Dec. Is (UP)-C.
C. Hamil, of Los Angeles, was killed
less than an hour after he had OBJ
tanned new job here, and while
enroute to Los Angeles to obtain
his working clothes.
D. v. Cote, 80, Los Angeles, who
also had obtained work with Hamil,
was painfully injured when the car
in which Hamil was his passenger
left the highway near here and
overturned late yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

ST. Regis n n q
Pierre's W h iC n
furnish cos ] y
paper expensive
ny embossed. It
is polite pilfer-
ing. hard to
scotch.
Some of the
newer OF G lsi
have entirely a.
b oils h e d the
writing room, but
that does MOI
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
One-Minute Test Answers

l. Finland.
2. Yes, but congress may over
ride his veto by a two-thirds ma
jority in both houses.
3. An Eskimo house or hut.
Temporary igloos are often made
of snow blocks in the shape of a
dome.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
The Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

l. What European nation has
paid every installment of its war
debt to the United States?
2. Can US. president veto a
congressional declaration of war?
3. What is an igloo?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
TodaY's HOrOScOpe

Wide reading is characteristic of
many persons whose birthday oc-
ours today. They maintain con-
slant intellectual awareness.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
New York Day by Day
0Ve-%

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 : G4Ve-
away stationery costs New York
hotels a sizeable sum weekly. Es-
pecially is this true of the de luxe
inns such as the Waldorf, Ritz
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Hints on Etiquette

The new etiquette does not look
with favor upon stilted speech
studied pronunciations or unnat-
ural expressions.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Words of Wisdom

There is no society, however free
and democratic, where wealth will
not create an aristocracy.-Bulwer.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

Germany has succeeded in maxi
ing synthetic eggs from fish and
Nazis are looking forward to some
fine breakfasts of poached herring
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
Barbs -

COLLEGE rooroalI prayers are
merely trying to maintain the Old
Heidelberg traditions. and all they
ask is something little better IN
fellowshIps.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

DR.. Einstem lost his son-in-law
by divorce, the more practical STU
dents thereby assuming that rela-
tivity remains theory.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

Senator Capper proposes a fed
eral statute OH marriage and di-
vorce--as If enough wives weren't
laying down the law.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15
thoughts for the Day -

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also
were tempted and destroyed of serpents.-I
Corinthians 1919.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

Every time the public gets set
for pleasant little business cycle,
it turns into the old variety OF tall
spin.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

That 13-mcnth-year advocate
turns up as ,ain i'm California at
an inventors congress, with time
on his hands.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-15

The real truth about man is not
at all the sort of truth the real
lists" proclaim-that he is just an
The Washington times., 1937-05-31
CONSTITUTION
STUDIED HERE

In order to acquaint the stu
dent body with the trainers Of the
Constitution and the difficulties in
securing ratification of same, q
special observance of the sesqui-
centennial celebration of the Con-
stitution of the United States has
just been held by the entire Arm
strong High School student body.
Weaknesses Of the articles Of
confederation were discussed by
Gloria Lyles; biographical sketches
of the trainers of the Constitution
were given by Edward Wood and
Cynthia Davis and Leonard Jor.
dan talked on ratification Of the
Constitution. Dean George A.
Parker of the Terrell Law School
discussed Constitution principles.
The faculty committee in charge
Of the program comprised Mrs. G.
W. Strickland, j. B. Hunter and
Mrs. E. M. Holland.
The Washington times., 1937-05-31
TOURISTS JAM
VA. VALLEY

WINCHESTER. Va, May 81.
Residents Of the Shenandoah Val
ley welcomed thousands Of visitors
over the weekend, as all previous
two-day tourist records were shat
tered.
More than 10000 persons alone
visited the Shenandoah National
Park via Front Royal gateway
without a single accident being
reported in the entire valley.
Shenandoah, Endless and Luray
Caverns also reported a record
business over Saturday and Sun
day.
This wave Of tourist trade. bust.
ness houses say, is the result of
widespread publicity given the
section on the Apple Blossom
Festival and National Park attrac-
ton.
The Washington times., 1937-05-31
Born Strangled,
Baby Is SdUed
Blu Science

NEW YORK, May 81 Q,N.S).
A tiny baby boy who knew
death" even before he drew q
breath Of life nestled In his
mothers arms in q Brooklyn
hospital today as modern medi-
cal science added another miracle
to its list.
The baby, weighing nine pounds,
was born to 21-year-old Mrs. Lucy
Battinio.
DR.. Charles Gordon, obstetri-
clan, saw to his horror that the
infants abnormally long umbeli-
cal cord had wound itself three
times around the baby's neck and
strangled him.
The child's face was black.
the heart was still; there was
no breathing. I
DR.. Gordon unwound the cord,
injected adrenalin, administered
oxygen and finally, by pressing
his mouth against the child's
mouth, blew breath into the
lungs.
Three minutes later death had
been cheated. Breathing began.
The Washington times., 1937-05-31
Security Issues Slump

New securities issues with esti-
mated net proceeds Of 288 million
dollars became effective last
month, the SEC reported yeSter-
day. This was the smallest num-
Der Of issues since November when
new issues totaled 469 million
dollars.
The Washington times., 1937-05-31

lex, Nd, who said when I was young
woman / was in frah health. I was de-
pressed and had hardly the strength to carry
on with my Homework was thin, under
weight l didn't rest very well at night
Altar using DR.. Pierce's Favorite Preserip-
ton as 4 tonic my weight, appetite and
Strength improved. looked better and felt
$ast 1ne IN every way Ask your druggist
Aswt TAhleIS 50 cents liquid 500 B $t.A
The Washington times., 1937-05-31

hours at . stretch and forced
to waiI RhiIe he changed three
or four times d1ring the day?
He has 81 suits, $50 shirts, 10
pairs Of shoes and SO hats, not
including q few caps. Sid
Mercer was once voted the
best-dressed man in his dis
trict-I've forgotten the dis
Crict. Among the cOlumniSts,
Ed sullivan is easily the leader
=. The only one Of us who
wears tails and get away with
it. As for LuciuS Beebe!!!
Every newspaperman has a
novel or a play in his trunk. =.
SEE you. Most Of US haven't
even q trunk. The percentage
is no higher than among other
craft, although It is true thai
Sinclair Lewis was a newspaper
man, ditto Theodore Dresser
Philip Wylie, Louis Bromfie1d
Ben Hecht, George kaufman
Charlie Macarthur, Gene Fow
Ter. and, Of course, Benito Mus
Solini!
The Washington times., 1937-05-31
On Newspaper Folk!

Among the myths is the Sus-
picion most newspapermen have
of press agents Silly . Some
Of the best stories in the gazetteS
have been furnished by the ma
Igned press agent The clan
no longer deals in phonies except
for the minor paragraphs they
furnish the columnistS and which
usually go right back to them
Some Of our best newSpapermen
have become even better press
agents ). Charlie Washburn .
Steve flanagan g.. Russell Grouse
Bernard Sobel Charlie
Nicholson On the other hand,
one press agent became a pretty
fair newspaper paragrapher-
pretty fair!-O o. Mcintyre.
NewSpapermen are shabby
dressers. Did you ever get a
load of Bill FarnSwOrth'~ color
effects Have you ever been
with Damon unyOn for IL
The Washington times., 1937-05-31

a bill providing for establishment
Of a naval air station ON San
Francisco Bay.
The Washington times., 1937-05-31
+ THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SObOI-
Thoughts on Stage Folk


Vaude actors have a grave rev.
erence for legit players-exagger-
ated in most cases-and are prac-
tically stricken dumb in the pres
ence Of Theater Guild bit-players,
but on the other hand, Alfred
Lunt, Walter Huston and Noel
Coward, admittedly top-notchers,
admit the highest professional re-
spect for the variety artists
Coward, in fact, having stated on
many occasions his regret that
vaudeville has gradually vanished
from the American scene.
Never believe anyone can tell
you a superfire hit in rehearsal
E. Some of our worst turkeys
tapped triumphant wings just
before opening-some Of our big
gest box-office successes looked so
dreary The latest, Room
Service gave Sam Harris the
shudders during rehearsal
He didn't like it even after its
tryout George Abbott did,
however once had a play
I refuse to mention the name any
more in this column Two
days before it opened, Al Woods
came over, inspected it, and Of
fered a fat bonus to the producer
to turn it over to him Lucky
Al! My Producer refused. :. go.
Too many persons decry the
theatrical cOmmercialism Of to-
day No more sentiment,
they whine, as they drop salty
tear into a tumbIer Of Chablis
But Sam Harris put on .
George M. Conan show al
though he admitted in advance
he didn't think it would gO-he
merely wished to see a COhan
and Harris marquee again
Only the other day, Irving Ber-
lin, Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
and others bought up the rights
to old Dillingham; hitS-and not
because they figure to cash in
much Ed Wynn helped
finance the revival Of that
dOOdle.bird, "Abie's Irish Rose"
purely out Of sentiment g.
Show folk are suckers for senti-
ment as the GIeasons demon
.strated in "ShannOns Of Broad
way"
Prolific playwrights are re-
Rarded with suspicion-the the
DRY is they turn out too many
vehicles for any Of their efforts
to be truly significant So
Owen Davis, who has written at
least 300 plays, won the PIlit
ger Prize (when it meant some
thing) with his s'Icebound" -
Maxwell Anderson Is no SLOUGH
neither are Moss Hart and
George Kaufman, whose "You
Can't Take It With You" took
thea high honors this year
This business of a First Nighter
being tough to please That's
a iaff They're pushovers
The tough crowd begins to
gather after the first nighters
and second nighters have had
their see For the premiere
lures chiefly friends Of the man
agement, holders Of annie oakleys
and show folk on the loose who
20 into raptures so every
body present can see how truly
generous they are First
nighters tough? - Let's start
from the beginning again
Hardest working and most
high strung among show people
Is easily Noel Coward Most
serene, Outwardly at any rate,
is Irving Berlin Most nervous
on opening nights, Al JOlsOn ..
CaImest is Eddie Cantor who
usually spends most Of the time
kidding the other nervous per
formers before a curtain rises
or q radio show is to start -.
Most casual of the radio artists
Is Phil Baker Hardest work
ing-in advance-althOugh he
seems totally at ease during his
prOgramS-iS Jack Benny.
The Washington times., 1937-05-31
ADVERTISEMENT
Women of All Ages

W/OMEN of all
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help BY taking Dr.
Pierce'S Fav oritG
Prescription as q ton.
&c. Women all over
the country praise
this Prescription" as
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pafrirLy G. EPAdaP.
The Washington times., 1937-05-31

REPRESENTATIVE AND MRS LYLE II, BoREN, Of
Oklahoma standing Wilson Line pier gazing at the
departing steamboat City of Washington They had in
tended to aboard with the Oklahoma State Society
rodeo at Marshall Hall but they arrived too Late
line official noticed their plight and had the boat return
for them Photo copyright Washington Times All rights
reserved
Evening star., 1937-09-13

1920 1NGLESIDE TERRACE NV
rooms. kitchen. BATH newly decorated:
facing Rock Greek Park; heat. lisht and
Evening star., 1937-09-13
HOUSES UkFURkISHED.

SIIEy caEyY htiak CHASE e, cll s,5z ROOMS; .
bath; oil heat, ,s95;, rooms. bath. $50
North of Foxhall Villages rms baths,
S75. Nearby Md. and Va.--5 rms. bath.
bungalows. S45 and $50. FULTON r.
GORDON. 1927 Eve ST. NV. District $3.50:
eve, Cleveland 5091.
1851 9th ST. NV ROOMS AND BATH
garage: Arcola heat. Near Park View
School. Rent. $4,000. Apply 912 18th
FIVE ROOMS ANIL: HEAT FURNISHED;
excellent condition; nearby Md: rent re-
duced. only $3.50. Phone Metropolitan
1918. l4s
FOR LEASE. UNFURNIsHED. 8, W, MEL
rose St, Chevy Chase, Md: attractive s.
room house; large living room, inclosed
sleeping porch, automatic oil heat and
hot water, electric refrigeration; garage,
large lot, trees. flowers, shrubbery; adjacent
Ghevy Chase Club. Apply THOMAS j.
FlSHER or RANDALL HAGNER CO. o.
FOxHALL VILLAGE SEPT. 15-6 ROOMS.
bath EleGtrolux. elec. range; maids room,
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s65 0U---6 RMS. 2 ENCLOSED PORCHFS
IN excellent neghborhood Will rent to
parry buylng furniture. Randolph 1921
226, 7th ST. S.E.-7 LARGE ROOMS. .
kitchens, bath. h.-w.h., in excellent con-
oltlon; rent very reasonable for responsible
party: URCIOLO REALTY CO., realtors,
e07 N. Y. ave. NV. Met. 4e41-5525.
Evening star., 1937-09-13
APARTMENTS FURNISHED.

1918 CALVERT ST. NV AND . ROOM
studio apts.: gas. elec. refrigeration, sink;
new decorations. Adams 1914
Evening star., 1937-09-13

CHEVY CHASE, D. C.-ATTR APT 2
gas. cleo; business couple Clev. 1919
Evening star., 1937-09-13

BRIGHT. MODERN PORCH APIS.
NEAR 18th AND PARK RID
Rms, S45; 4 Rms, S55: 5 Rms $40.
-, Modern BLDG. large, bright rms: fine fit
ungs fireplace. sleep. porch. Adams 962S
10th ST. APT.-LOW RENT.
RM., KIT. TO 4 RIM. X. SAT TO se5.
Modern apt. bldg. Large, bright. outside
rooms Mandy TO cars. stores, etc. 3033
18th St, near Columbia rd. Adams O947.
Evening star., 1937-09-13
HOUSES FOR SALE.

CAPITOL Hills RMS, 2 B., S6,96O:
oil burner, 2-car brick gar: mr.. End st
also IL rms, faces Supreme Ct, S16,5OO