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Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-10

Golf teams appear to be more
popular in college that they form
erly were. Golf is a business mans
game. It's a distinct advantage to
be able to shoot a decent score. AS
contact" pastime golf is almost
notorious.
You meet very few business men
in football suits on pleasant sunny
afternoons. There's no 10Th hole on
the gridiron, either.
Mr.. zuppke may be right. The
modern college boys may be los
ing part of their enthusiasm for
football, some of them, at least.
There probably always will be
enough to do and die for the Illini,
producing Red Grange every gen.
Grafton or two to build up the gate.
And others, it may be, have chan
ged their notions about college
football and the value thereof.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-10
Bruce Cation Says:->
Maybe Football Isn't Everything

ball suit after the days work and
get a bit of exercise.
Some of the boys may have de-
cided that college athletics might
just as easily have a future as COL
lege classroom courses. Tennis Is
hardly sissy game and young
man doesn't have to- be second
Donald Bulge to enjoy it. Further.
more, he can get exercise and plea
sure out of the skill he has acS
quired in school for a couple dec
AIDES later.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-10
BARBS

90
An art critic driven to drink by
Surrealism is now an ice-box cubist
himself.
%
Laws against breach Of premise
suits are hardest on the dOwagers
worrying about how they will re-
gain their lostycuth.
Taking a cue from China and
Japan, U. S. recruiting officers in
the next war can do big business
with the slogan play Safe and
Join the Army.
%
The duel the world is waiting
for will be between two walters,
one Of them choosing a table
knife and the other a milestone.
France has nationalized the rail-
roads, and may balance the bud
get by direct sale Of Sunday mag
azine stories about murder mystic
ries on the midnight express.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-10

should be ideal for such a venture.
But two ambitious efforts opened
opulently, languished awhile and
soon shuttered. Dempsey calls it
his East Side Branch. When a
successful restaurant loses its pa
tronage, the site becomes jinxed.
ChurchilPs was an example. And
many tried Moquin's 9Th avenue
stand.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-10

90
Not many cartoonists work in
the newspaper shop these days
Most as we'll as comic strip men,
draw at home or at studio. In
other days the art room of news
paper was the liveliest department.
Especially Tad's. The cartoonist was
almost always a fair-haired boy
with the boss, and under no dis
cipline.
The first cartoonist I ever saw in
action was E. A. Bushnell out in
Cincinnati. Bush" seemed to us
trimming the copy desk to lead the
life of the legendary Riley, coming
to work around 8, spending couple
of hours at lunch and calling Harry
Brown, the editor, by first name.
There were rumors he made $3.50 a
week, a whopping stipend those
days and not to be shifted at today
After Bushnell came H. T. Webster
a Strapping six footer, just returned
from a trip around the world. Once
in a quixotic fight on local bossism
our sheet imported the celebrated
Homer Davenport. He lampooned
the locals so fiercely the paper
with an eye probably on the bal1y-
hoo possibilities-had him escorted
to and from the office by pail
of policemen 1t was about that
time that I fell for the familiar
ad: Learn to Draw at Home" ano
began to look bit pityingly on my
fellow slaves of the news rooms.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-10

parading her performers through
their routine. Her most cutting
thrusts were sheathed in velvety
voice that concealed the rapier.
Oddly, she rarely offended, and in
variably those scorched came back
for more.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-10

Jack White, of the night clubs,
is, aside from being the most ardent
Giant fan, the deftest foiler of the
heckler. He parties the verbal
riposte with the skill of the expert
fencer. And is best around am.
when the audience, bit bedrunken,
begins to shoot jibes from both hips.
SO far, he has never been worsted
and he has faced crack hecklerS.
Julius Tannen was one of the fastest
men on his repartee feet the town
ever knew. And the late Grant
Clarke had a trigger tongue in
battle of wits. There was the time
Clarke took on Harry Richman in
the latter's early cabaret days. After
one of Clarke's sallies floored the
singer, Clarke waited for the laugh
to die and chirped: Grant takes
Richman!"
Texas Guinan was so Slouch In
free handed swap of sarcasm. There
was scarcely night she didn't have
drIlnk nr en- handle I1
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-10

nNGN0
all THE NKWs
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VALLEY
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-05-22
FOUR ACEI

AS LARRY WAS ABOUT TO HOOK HIS PLANE OTTO THE DiRt0I8 Le T He CONT ROL WIRE Or THe SHIP .SrSAp 9 eO.. AID IT FELL orr TITO A DEADLY SPlrf.. AND LARRY HAS NO cARAc ttuTt ..-.
Evening star., 1937-01-16
LEADERS WEIGH
REORGANIZATION
Study Creation of New Sen.
ate Committee to Support
President.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Senate leaders are considering over
the week end what action will be
taken, probably on Monday-as
policy In support of the administra-
tion-to create new Senate COM
mittee to consider the Presidents s
reorganization proposals. The ques-
tion seems to be whether new
committee of seven members will
be created. the membership to be
selected by the President of the
Senate, to cooperate with similar
new special committee of the House,
to be selected by Speaker Banknead,
or whether the present Senate Re-
organization Committee of which
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia
is chairman will be enlarged by the
appointment of two dependable ad-
ministration men.
Referred to Senate.
The joint resolution passed by the
House on Thursday for creation of
a joint committee on Government
organization, with inquisatorial
powers, has been referred In the
Senate to the Rules Committee, of
which Senator Nicely, Democrat, of
West Virginia is chairman. Senate
Leader Robinson, who Is a men,
Der OF the Byrd committee, and
Senator Byrd himself are members
of the Rules Committee. It's
personnel contains several other ad-
ministration stalwarts.
The Administration leader in the
Senate seem to be unwilling to en-
trust the Presidents program-which
Is generally conceded to call for in
creased costs of Government, due to
the regrouping of Government
agencies and the creation of two
new departments, rather than for
any serious curtailment Of expendi-
tures-to committee on which
Senator Byrd, an ardent advocate of
economy in Government, would be
in control. Their attitude of thumbs
down ON Byrd's economy proposals
was exemplified yesterday In the Sem
ate by vote of 73 to l against Byrd
on the resolution to continue for 2l2
years the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. and five of its subsidiary lending
agencies. The vote on an amend
ment offered by Senator Byrd to
limit the extension to July /. 1888
instead Of to July /, 1899, was voted
down, SO to %.
1t is expected that Speaker Bank
head will name the new Special Com
mittee of the House on Government
Organization Monday-this is the
House section Of the proposed joint
| committee-and it is expected that
the Senate Rules Committee on Mon.
day will give some consideration tC
the joint resolution. Senate Leader
Robinson has stated that the Senate
proposes to cooperate with ths
House in the formation of q joint
committee to handle the President
reorganization recommendations
Some of Senator Robinson's close
advisers last night said it was prob.
able that an entirely new Senate
Evening star., 1937-01-16

Continued From First Page)
bench when Foster was playing:
Edward B. Eynon, secretary of
the club, and Mike Martin. trainer.
johnson, the only one living in this
section who played with Foster while
he was with the Washington team be-
tween 1912 and 1919, probably will be
the only teammate present.
Born 40 years ago in Chicago, Fos-
ter, whose full name was Edward Cum
ningham Foster. entered organized
base ball with Rochester in the Inter-
national League
He was bought by the Nationals in
1912 and Immediately became a regu-
lar, playing the full schedule of l54
games his first year. He was credited
by Griffith as being one Of the main
reasons why the team reversed its
form of 1911, when it finished next TO
last, and that season ended up in sec
ond place.
Besides johnson others in the 1912
lineup were George Mcbride, Ger
many" Schaefer, Clyde Milan, Bob
Groom, Howard Shanks and John
Henry.
A steady but not flashy fielder, Fos-
ter was best known for his ability to
hit in the pinch" and drive the ball
through or over the inf1eld behind q
base runner. The hit-and-run phase
of the game was little used then, but
through Foster it developed into one
of base balls best offensive plays.
Traded to Boston.
In 1919 Foster was traded to Boston,
where he played several seasons before
being sent to the st. Louis Browns,
where he finished his big league
career.
After retiring from base ball about
1922 he opened a welding shop at
I044 Wisconsin avenue. which he still
operated, and took up residence in
Cherrydale, Va.
As in the case of several other big
leaguers, notably Billy Sunday, Foster
became a leader in church affairs.
teaching Sunday school and Bible
classes in the Virginia community.
Surviving, besides his mother, are
his widow, two daughters. Betty. 10,
and Anne, IL, and a son, Frank, IA.
Evening star., 1937-01-16
JOHN BARRYMORE
SUEDFOR DIVORCE
Elaine Says Actor Struck
Her and Threatened
Life.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
LOS ANGELES, January 16.-The
cyclonic romance Of Elaine (ArieD
Barrie, q, and John (Caliban) Barry
more, began in hospital, f1ared to
public view as a cross-country chase
by plane and train-and today it was
In the divorce court.
The dark-eyed New York girl, am
bilious to have stage career, charged:
The actor struck her C'roughed me
up bit," she said at the time) during
a New Year party at Hollywood
night club.
Threatened Ito kill or seriously
main" her.
Called her violent, vile. obscene,
indecent, profane or opprobrious
names"
And all because he was jealous over
her stage aspirations.
In filing suit yesterday to end her
brief career as Barrymore's fourth
wife-they were married November 9
at Yuma, Ariz., after An airplane
elopement-she also charged their
honeymoon was disrupted by his false
accusations of her attentions to other
men.
At the home of his trainer, Ken
Kelly, where he has stayed since the
separation two weeks ago, Barrymore
declined to comment.
Asserting she is without funds, Miss
Barrie asked for reasonable alimony."
She requested that Barrymore be re-
quired to pay $4,000 attorneys fees
and $1,000 court costs out of his earn
ings, which she estimated in excess
of $4,000 weekly.
Il do not intend to ask for perma-
nent alimony," she declared. "All
want is funds to tide me over for the
present. I am sorry it had to happen
this way. l wish him all of luck"
Expressing concern for community
property of securities, caSn, contracts
and real estate she said are in Barry
mores possession, Miss Barrie asked
court order to restrain him from dis
posing or hypothecating them.
Evening star., 1937-01-16

That's fine" said Cassidy. But
what kind of chemical could We use?'
What" exclaimed the citizen. DO
you expect me to do everything? 1
thought of the plan. you will have to
make the chemical"
INVITATIONS.
THE death of Martin johnson,
famed jungle explorer and pho
tographer, in a Western plane crash,
and the injury of his wife, Osa. recalls
a gala occasion in Washington. when
unusual entertainment was offered
members of the diplomatic corps.
The scene was the Belgian Embassy
here, some years back. just prior to
the trip of the Johnsons to the Belgian
Congo. They showed rare films Of
jungle life ant then, to top off the
dinary presentation.
Clad in lovely evening dress. and
looking exactly the opposite from the
picture one would conjure up of
woman of the jungles, Mrs. johnson
gave the distinguished gathering an
imitation of the sounds one hears on
the veldt at night. She initiated the
various wild animals, truly remark
able performance.
And said she, "above all these
sounds of the wild, one hears the meas
ured snoring of Mr.. Johnson"
And she initiated that, too.
Evening star., 1937-01-16
MIDWEST FLOODS
CHECKED BY COLD
Hundreds of Families Still
Prevented From Reaching
L0WIand Homes.
BY the Associated Press.

bS tEe ASSOClattQ FIcSs.
CHICAGO, January 16.-The men,
ace of dangerous floods in the Ohio
and Mississippi Valleys subsided today
in the face of an advancing cold wave
that checked protracted rains.
High water still prevented many
hundreds of families from reaching
their homes in the lowlands and some
streams continued to rise, but OBJ
servers said the crisis in most sections
had passed.
Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ken
lucky, Ohio and Missouri were the
States harassed by the weeks floods,
caused by torrential Winter rains.
l00 Families Sheltered.
City and county officials at Poplar
Bluff. Mo. sheltered more than a
hundred families who evacuated their
flooded lowland homes. The turbu-
lent ST. Francis River ripped through
levees in many spots, but damage was
slight and no lives were believed lost
Four National Guard companies were
assigned to the Southeast Missouri
flood area. where many major high
ways were blocked.
Two levees broke under the force OF
/ food waters that swept over more
than eight square miles of farmland in
Union and Alexander Counties, I'll
The Kaskaskia River reached an all
time high last night, breaking large
strip of the levee near Vandalia, Ill
Several rural schools and three mines
in the Illinois coal belt were closed
Thirty-f1ve persons rescued at
Marion, Ill, took shelter in a school
building. Boat crews moved rs fami-
lies to higher ground near Harrisburg.
| Ill.
River Expected TO Fall.
Meteorologist w. c. Devereaux at
Cincinnati predicted the Ohio River
would recede after climbing near the
52-foot food stage The midnight
level was Sis, but food danger was
believed averted by falling levels OF
tributaries.
Many Kentucky streams were out
of their banks. Henderson. below the
confluence of the Ohio and Greer
Rivers, was hardest hit. Lowland:
there and at Louisville were flooded
Freezing temperatures eased condi-
tions in Central and Northern In
diana. Streams in Southern Indians
continued to rise Thousands of low.
land acres were inundated, closing
dozens of schools and roads.
Government observers predicted the
Monongahela and Allegheny River.
would reach a 24-foot crest-a foot
under food stage-today at theil
junction in downtown Pittsburgh
Streams in other sections of Penn
| sylvania were over their banks but q
temperature drop last night relieved
anxiety over extensive food damage
Evening star., 1937-01-16
CIVIL SERVICE UNIT
GETSU. S.PAy BILL
Comment on Several Meas.
ures Affecting Federal
Employees Asked.

The McCarran pay bill and several
other measures affecting Government
personnel were referred to the Civil
Service Commission for comment yes
terday by Chairman Bulow of the
Senate Civil Service Committee.
1t Is probable the committee will
await the reports Of the commission
before announcing the date for hear
ings.
The other bills referred to the com.
mission deal with extension of the
merit system and amendments to the
Government retirement plan.
The pay increase bill promises to
become one of the major proposals
Of the session In the category of civil
service legislation, because of i'm
portant basic changes it would make
in the classification act, such as fixing
81 500 as minimum 'age, periodical
promotions within grades and g more
flexible plan of rating efficiency Of
employees to take the place OF the
present mandatory uniform system Of
ratings.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada. suggested to Chairman Bu-
low yesterday that he appoint a sub
committee to conduct hearings on the
bill.
Civil service employees at the Cap
itol would be brought into the civil
service retirement plan under bill
reintroduced yesterday by Senator
Gibson, Republican, of Vermont
Similar measures have been consid
cred during the past two years. but
failed to pass.
Evening star., 1937-01-16
Nussolini and G0ering Discuss Co
ordination of Forces.

Nussolini and Goering Discuss Co
ordination of Forces.
ROME, January l6 (Py.-Premier
Benito Mussolini and Col. Gen. Her
mann Wilhelm Goering of Germany
gave fresh impetus to coordination of
the Fascist and Nazi air forces today
in an intensive inspection of the great
Guidonia experimental aviation plant.
The factory. created to keep Italy
abreast of world aeronautical develop
ment, is reputed to be one Of the most
complete of its kind in the world.
Goering, air minister of the third
Reich. displayed keen interest in
technical aspects of the center. II Duce
explained them to him.
Aeronautical cooperation between
the two countries has been pushed with
increasing enthusiasm in recent
months. Each has sent experts to
study the methods of the other
Politically, French approval OF
Premier Leon Blum's stringent move
to close Frances frontier against
volunteers to Spain gave added stimu-
lus today to Italo- German discussions
of their future course in the civil war.
Action of the French Chamber of
Deputies in granting such powers in
an extraordinary, unanimous vote,
Fascists said, would undoubtedly be
thoroughly canvassed by Premier
Mussolini and Air Minister Goering
before reaching a final decision on
their non-intervention stand.
The French plan, announced as
designed to aid demands for similar
action from other nations, was itself
welcomed cautiously.
Fascist newspapers stated the
broadly conditional clauses, basing
enforcement on a future international
accord, gave Blum opportunity to
mask volunteer aid for the Spanish
government behind profesSed neu-
trality intentions.
premier Blum promised the
Chamber before passage of the bill he
would not invoke its provisions un-
less other nations took like action.)
Fascists continued their charge the
French border along the Spanish
frontier was being "Sovietized." max
ing practical non-intervention
agreement difficult.
Fascist circles scoffed at reports
Mussolini and Goering had arranged
to send any stated number of men TO
Spain to combat possible efforts to
the Soviet to communize the country.
PRISONERS THREATENED.
Evening star., 1937-01-16


confident that gas service will be con-
tinued," City Manager John N. Edy
said after last-minute conferences
failed to produce agreement.
Warnings Issued.
Company officials said cold weather
would turn minor service disturbances
into emergencies. Warnings also have
been issued that a shutof Of service
would mean a three-week delay before
it could be resumed, as every main
would have to be checked for air in
the lines.
Hugh s. Kerwin, chief conciliator OF
the Labor Department, was assigned
by Secretary Perkins to attempt a
settlement of the second such walk
out here in five months.
The gas union struck in August,
leaving skeleton crews on the job until
Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Sec
retary of Labor, negotiated tenn
porary agreement few days later.
Another strike was threatened in No
vember over similar demands, but
averted through intervention of the
Toledo Industrial Peace Board.
Evening star., 1937-01-16
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.

CODE.
w YHAT is the code peddlers
M and mendicants have for
Wv marking houses?
A Washington lady-who
doesn't want her name mentioned
thinks she knows.
An "X' means nobody home.
A 20" means maid will answer the
bell.
A "3" means that the woman Of
the house comes to the door.
This lady noticed an "X' or her
doorstep, plainly done in chalk, when
she came home the other day. Her
young son, who is selling official in
augural programs. took particular no
tice of other folks steps on his rounds
after his mother conjectured about
the meaning of the marking, and said
that every place he went in the neigh
borhood that afternoon chalked TX"
no one was in when he rang. Trying
to figure out numerous chalked twos
and threes he noticed that twos
brought forth maids and three house,
wives.
Evening star., 1937-01-16
Says Appeal Intent Was Not Under
stood.

Says Appeal Intent Was Not Under
stood.
SEATTLE. January l6 (P).-Richard
Seller, president of the Seattle Ameri-
can Newspaper Guild, said his organ
ization would discuss today with John
Boettiger, publisher OF the POST
Intelligencer. the National Labor
Boards ruling that the Hearst man.
agement offer to re-employ two dis
charged employees.
Boettiger, whose appointment came
soon after the strike was settled, said
he was informed guild members knew
of his intention to appeal. Seller
took issue
Seller said Boettiger had been mis-
informed" when he declared that
60" it is also stated to me that
members of the guild participating in
the discussions with the management
of the Post-Intelligencer were
fully aware of this intention"
mo such discussions were ever held
between members of the guild and
Post-Intelligencer representatives dur
ing the strike" said Seller. I'VE have
always thought the ost-Intelligencer
would offer Frank Lynch and Ever
hardt Armstrong their jobs back. We
still think they will"
Seller, a reporter for the news
paper, said he didn't think the Hearst
management would appeal the de-
ciSion."
Evening star., 1937-01-16
PRISONERS THREATENED.
Rebel Demonstrators Seek to Execute
1000 Socialists.

E,UVU SOCIALISTS.
BAYONNE, France, January IS up.
Thousands of demonstrators were re-
ported parading the streets of the
insurgent Spanish City of Pamplona
today, threatening to storm the city's
prisons and execute "eye for eye"
vengeance on more than 1000 Socialist
prisoners.
The demonstrators were reported
incensed over the alleged massacre
early in the week of 208 insurgent
hostages at the Basque capital of
Bilbao in retaliation for an aerial
bombardment.
Reports reaching the border said
authorities had invoked strict militia y
control to prevent an assault on the
prisons.
Similar incidents were said to be
taking place in other cities and towns
of Navarro Province where popular
feeling was running high, following
the spread of the Bilbao reports.
Military authorities reported they
held control and were preventing
mass killings.
Press reports from San Sebastian
said Juan Jose Prado y Ruiz, former
mayor of the Biscayan resort city, was
among the hostages slain at Bilbao in
retaliation for Fascist air raids.
Additional advices from Bilbao re-
ported failure of anarchists In the
coastal city to gain political power
yesterday from the Basque natonal-
1st government.