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Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12

people like that; aging mlSerS VINO
lived timorously and doled out
their pennies, fearfully, denying
themselves the comforts their
money could buy them and carful-
ly boarding useless dollars in bank
or strong box. They always leave
us perplexed, and vaguely irritat-
ed. Their lives seem so pointless,
their desperate frugality so wasted.
Yet the real puzzle in this parti-
cular case goes deeper.
This old chap wasted that $780,
900 hoard of his just as truly as
if he had played ducks and brakes
with it like the youth in the fairy
tale. Yet a waste of money is not,
after all, one of the principal
crimes; If a man happens to have
ascetic tastes and wants nothing
that his money can buy him. liv-
ing like a miser is only a minor
eccentricity.
The real riddle lies in the old
gentlemans retirement from life.
tt is what he did with his last 16
years. rather than what he did
with concealed wealth, that consti-
tutes the mystery.
Some of us may be a little con-
fused about what happens afterI
we quit this world, but We are al
| tolerably certain that We have but
one life to live here, and that 1t
! behooves lis to invest it in the
best way possible. There is no re-
turn any richer than the return
one year of a well-invested life can
give. It's values cannot be express
ed in terms of cash, for they are
beyond price.
They come like insignificant
things-friendships, loves, the lit
tie unrecorded human contacts
that drive away life's unbearable
loneliness, the chances to do things
for others. the comradeship that
gives one feeling of being part of
an infinite and splendid progress
sion. We pay for them by taking
our chances in the hurly-burly of
life-and though the cost is often
bitter, they are we'll worth the
price.
The man who turns his back on
all of this presents the deepest of
all mysteries.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
Auction Philosophy
BY d. L. ZINN

Folks, l where young married woman jumped
off the bridge in San Diego because she forgot her hus
bands birthday. These old girls don't take chance
hubby forgetting. This morning when started down
to the office the mssus sd Daddy do you remember
what happened 27 years ago today?" They won't let
you forget your wedding anniversary Then after you
live with 27 years you kind of get onto her
ways. When the Mrs. called Daddy in that soft
voice of hers instead of hollerng Doc at me- knew that
it was going to cost something So here am buying
flowers for the same old girl bought flowers for 27
years ago today Amt old fashioned guy? So young
married take pattern after the old girls If the
young man looks like he is forgetting just hint. He
will catch on; don't jump off the bridge
See Roosevelt has slipped the farm bill through theN
house. Now the senate has to be jumped over then the
supreme court; don't know just how they going to
do it but they have got to bring farming par with
industry I'll be seein you at the ball game.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
IMPERIAL NOTES


Mrs. Stella Lincoln returned re-
Gently from Los Angeles where she
spent few days with her son,
John, his wife and her new grand
son.
Jeff Meyers has returned to work
after several days in the hospital.
Skeets Rambo and James Sutton
of Calexico were in Imperial on
business Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Griffith of Phoenix is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Reid Cum
ningham and family.
Marion Ella Sharp of Ell Centre
recently spent a few days In Impe-
rial with her grandmother, Mrs.
j. c. Sharp and her aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Tullos.
Joe Longacre of FL Centro spent
Tuesday afternoon in Imperial on
business.
Mrs. H. v. Gray left Thursday
evening for Los Angeles where she
will spend day visiting with rela-
tiyes and friends
Mr.. and Mrs. M. NJ. Dizney and
son, Jimmy, returned Tuesday from
Long Beach, where they spent a
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pinky Poor have as
their house guests for week or
two, Mrs. Poor's sister from WASH
ington.
Miss Emma Roth of Ontario ar
rived in Imperial Tuesday to spend
a week and a half with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Roth.
Mrs. Norma Hicks and daughter.
Evelyn, and Mrs. w. M. Belford
spent Wednesday in Brawley visit
ing friends.
Mrs. Walter Pool and children.
Waiter and Jane, were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12

Notice howO. o. Mcintyre
clearly 1 tootle the first note. The
technique is to cover four holes
with your mouth, the three to your
left with your tongue and blow into
the fourth. And for that wah-wah
tremolo, you simply jiggle your cup
ping hand. Anyway it beats the
either.
If I keep on as good as this I'll
probably be making debut at
the Metropolitan. Maybe Lucius
Beebe will loan me his purple
tinted dress suit for the triumph.
Can't you see me being led to the
Whitney box while the vast audi
ence stands and cheers! All, the
wasted columning years!
And young Larry Alder. Just a
broth of boy. Little did he wot
in sending me this harmonica nam
ed for him that he was bringing on
professional eclipse. All over Lon
don his posters read-King of the
Harmonica! And now another King
has lost his crown Life is like that
A king today and just one of the
crowd tomorrow. But he must be
brave. Chin up and cheerio. Haw-
kins, my three-stud black pearls
and Lady Dinwiddie's cigaret case.
The one with the green jade ejg-
ings, we must be gay!
1t is tough to detour a young
fellow at the peak of his career,
but I cannot let mawkish senti-
mentality stand in the way. After
all, my public is first. I better un-
hook my collar. Blowing this way
I'm beginning to heave mite. You
can't expect a fellow leading a
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
By O. O. Mcintyre
this room spinning! I'm glad no.
body sent me a French horn.

body sent me French horn.
I hate to keep complaining, but
my right wrist is throbbing great
guns. That's from the humIning
bird action of my hand for the
tremolo effects. Also my tongue
feels all swollen and ragged at the
edges. For pity sake, look at it in
the mirror. It suggests COB of
raw hamburger. And it may be
because of poor light, but it
appears as though I've blown out
my left tonsil. Start out to blow a
few gentle arias on the harmonica
and wind up looking like a tough
day at the slaughter house.
Larry Adler can not only have
his harmonica but his crown all
done up in cellophane with cute
red ribbon bows. Anyway a har-
monica is just mouth organ that
any ten-year-old can play. Blowing
and SOLDERING around to make a
little music. Whatever got into me
anyway?
Pull of the pooch: There were
three sad-eyed Scotties in a dog
shop window in the 40's at II
O'Clock the other morning. At 4
that afternoon all were gone The
lady in charge said one was pur-
chased around noon by a richly
furred customer who came in a
limousine. Two hours alter she
came back for the other two. 81
simply could not bear to be the
cause of their separation" she said
] Each pup was priced at $100.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
It's Safer to Buy
Your Christmas Tree

If you We're planning to go up TO the
Laguna mountains this year to cut your
Christmas tree out of the Cleveland ma
tional forest, cancel the plans! If the
Cleveland forrest allowed the cutting of
trees, says Supervisor A. G. Brennels,
it would only be a few years before the
forest would be stripped. And that
means that the forest service men will be
looking out pretty sharply for tree hun
terS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12

Mrs. Maude Wolfe of Brawley
visited at the Earl Osborne home
Thursday.
j. C. Nichols and o. Weaver
made business trip to Eloy, Ariz.,
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whitcher
called at the John Wagner home
Sunday.
Helen Terrence is visiting Vir-
ginia Sue Tackett of Ell Centre this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Griffith and
Mr.. and Mrs. I. bingham of La
Habra were recent visitors at the
Frank Thompson home
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Fleming and
family called at the George
Thompson home Sunday evening.
Mrs. Elmer Pippin visited her
daughter Mrs. Carr at Mt. Signal.
Sunday. Mrs. Carr accompanied
her home for a few days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Rudd were diN~
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Orr
vile Hueling Sunday
Elmer Broyle who visited the
Lester Knapp home returned to
his home IN Oregon Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
IMPERIAL RESIDENT RETURNS
AFTER JOURNEY TO COAST

Marshall, of FL Centric, Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Wright
moved Tuesday from their home on
the corner of North F. and Eleventh
street to west of the Dahlia canal.
Dick Erskine returned to Los
Angeles Thursday after visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Erskine
and Frances Erskine.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
New York Day by Day BY O.

NEW YORK, Dec. 11-This seems
a good day to add to the Yuletide
cheer with a few arpeggios from
the harmonica Larry Alder sent over
from London. My wife seems to
think that every time I practice
I'll get caught up in the chroma-
tic lever and emerge with hare
lip or something.
That because the first day ] had
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
TEN YEARS AGO
December 10, 1927

Little damage was reported to-
day from the more than one half
inch of rain that fell in the valley
yesterday
Calexico and GroSsmont high
school teams will clash for the
southern California championship
on the Ell Centro gridiron this af-
ternOOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12

it I huffed and
puffed the lining
of f my uppe e r
plate. Too ambi-
tious.. I w a S
starting off with
r a v e | IS Bolero'
Today I'll take
off w i t h some
thing sweet and
l o W. Goodnight
Sweetheart" fol
instance. (Voice.
Sex Sneaking inD
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
TWENTY YEARS AGO
nocovnher IN. 1917

OcCcmUCT AVs AOAs
Imperial Valleys first carload OF
lettuce for the season was ship
ped today from Brawley. 1t was
thirty days earlier than the first
car last year.
The bakers of the valley, at a
dinner at the Barbara Worth hotel
voted to observe "wheatless Wed
nesday", and on that day will serve
only war bread.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
Looking Backward
- In Our Files
THIRTY YEARS AGO

THIN II IEHINO hoO
December 10, 1907
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Holt enter
tanned at dinner last night at their
home.
Miss Mamie Turbett was mar
ried recently to Bert Phillips Of
Redlands.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
Horoscope for SUNDAY

If your birthday occurs Sunday
you may be overly satisfied.
Although very capable, you must
learn the lesson OF humility
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
One Minute Test Answers

/. The president appointment
subject to senate confirmatioin).
2. "a" and "an".
3. Lord Alfred Tennyson.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
You re Telling Ne -
BY WILLIAM RITT

A NEW YORK helreSS mas just
inherited another 10 million dol
lars from an estate. Well, that
should help quite a bit toward her
Christmas shopping fund.
Editorial writer accuses congress
of dawdling. Shucks, give the boys
time-they've got to get their let
ters off to Santa Claus, don't
they?
The. number of New York SUBJ
way riders has dropped 170,000,000,
in the last six years, Since it still
is impossible to get rush how
seat zadok Dumbkopf figures tho! a.
ex-riders must have ridden on top
of the cars.
Zadok also says he is getting fed
up with people who are CONSTANT
ly talking of their operations. He
syas they never give him chance
to talk about his own.
Famed weather prognosticator
announces We are in for mild
winter. That satisfies us, but there
are certain to be some Nervous
Nellies who will worry it was mis-
print and what he really meant
was wild"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
Words of Wisdom
Today's Horoscope

Many persons whose birthday
occurs today are lovers of nature.
Communion with the out of doors
gives them respite from the speed
of modern life.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12

Soviets are planning to extend
their Arctic explorations in spite Of
the fact that the average Pole
doesn't approve.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
The Grab Bag
Onp-Minufe Tesf

One Minute Test
l. Who appoints the justices of
the U. S. supreme court?
2. Name the indefinite articles
used in the English language.
3. Who wrote "In Memoriam"?
Hints ON Etiquette
Dogmatic expression of opinion
often turn harmless discussion
into bitter argument.
Words of Wisdom
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Gladstone.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12
Rarbs

Zion City voting to decide
whether bowling is sinful, a ques-
ton which long has been sticking
out like a sore thumb.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12

Fathers worry ing about tn he
Christmas tie situation always
should remember that four-in-
hand is worth one in the incinera-
tor.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-12

BRrNGN0
ALI THE EEws
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
The Washington times., 1937-03-02

to it as coach Of the famous New
York Giants, Havana's favorite
major league club.
Another Cuban ball player who
was up with the Giants for a
while, had several seasons in the
Eastern League and also played
with Rochester in the 1nterna-
tional, is Joe Rodriguez, as flashy
a first baseman as ever made a
pickup look hard. Joe is Senor
Hospitality himself to the Giants
party, devoting all his waking mo-
mentS to acting as guide, chauffeur
and general adviser to the Ameri-
canos. Joe only recently returned
from Caracas, Venezuela, where he
was hired by the government to
teach the young Venezuelans base
ball. He organized a 12-team league
which the government equipped
completely.
Baseball in Cuba today seems to
be dominated by the colored lads.
In the game I saw at Tropical
Park, there were about three white
players on each side. Which re-
minds me of the story Pepe Cont
tells Of Garry Hermann'S first
meeting with MarsanS and Al
media. The late Bill Phelon, Gin.
cinnati baseball writer, who was
a frequent visitor to Havana,
touted the CubanS to Garry, who
The Washington times., 1937-03-02

national paStime, but, though it.
is distinctly Spanish in origin, I
question whether this ancient ball
and wall game takes precedence
over baseball as the favorite sport
Of the island. In fact, I have en-
countered definite proof to the
contrary within the last few days.
On a recent balmy afternoon I
saw two Cuban teams engage in
a playoff game that might be COM
pared with a world series contest
in America, and it attracted
crowd of about 1000, practically
all OF whom were Cubans. That
evening visited the jai alai from
ton and found that the crowd of
about 1000 was composed largely
Of American tourists, who doubt
less considered it their duty to see
the strange handball game" be-
fore Scurrying back to their ship
and pulling anchor for the next
port.
Cuban baseball is of especial In
terest to me because. back in 1908.
I saw he first Cuban ball players
ever to come to America play in
the old Connecticut League. They
were Senors Marsans, Almeida, Ca
brera and Padrone, and they
played with the New Britain team.
At Tropical Park here the other
day, Pepe Cont, sports editor Of
The Washington times., 1937-03-02
- By Dan Parker

then owned the Reds, and was COM
miSSioned to bring them back from
Cuba with him when he came 10
the Reds spring training camp, IN
Florida.
Phelon was q practical joker Of
the most confirmed type. When
he was getting off the train in
Florida, he saw Garry waiting for
him on the platform and an impish
idea seized him on the spur Of the
moment.
Two nondeScript colored men
had stepped off the train just in
front Of him and, pointing to them,
Bill said:
'Well, Garry, there are your
two CubanS."
Hermann turned purple and
sputtered:
But, Bill, you know I can't
use those two fellows. There will
be q scandal. Why did you do
this to me?"
''Wait till you see them play"
said Bill, maintaining q dead
pan. you'll rave over them"
Garry fulned and fretted and
fused until Phelon hadn't the
heart to torture him any longer
Then he relented and introduced
Hermann to the real MarsanS and
Almeida.
The Washington times., 1937-03-02
Dunno Exhibits
Form in Bout

Washington'S fight fans today
are singing the praises Of Irish
Eddie Dunno, red-headed replica
of the greatest Of lightweight
kings, Benny Leonard. Incl.
dentally, Leonard handles Dunno.
Last night, in Turner'S Arena
before some 1,700 ringworms,
Dunno flashed rare form in de-
feating Joey Straiges, Of Cam
den, N. j.
It was Straiges' first defeat in
"a professional fights. At the end
Of eight rounds, Dunno was given
the unanimous verdict Of Referee
Charlie Reynolds and Judges Bob
Eller and Frank Schuyler.
Although Straiges, a favorite
here, entered the ring an 8 to 5
shot to win over Leonard'S pro.
tege, Dunno left no doubt from
the opening bell as to which was
the superior.
In the Six-round preliminary,
Joey Green and Bobby Dechter, OF
Washington, put on a sensational
Slugging match and the draw de-
cision rendered pleased the ring
worms.
Max Roesch, DellaS, Tex, heavy
weight, carved out a siX!round
unanimous decision over Murray
Kanner, Of Washington. This was
a hard fought bout every step Of
the way.
Doug Swetnam gave Joe Raspi
a clever boxing lesson in another
Six-rounder, and Frankie De An
gelo started his comeback by go.
ing to a draw with Joe Goodman.
The Washington times., 1937-03-02
Cardinals F ace
Long Island

Washington basketball fandom
will get a peek at one of the great
est basketball teams in intercol-
1egiate circles tonight when Long
Island meets Catholic University
in the first of a two-day stand
here. The game is slated at the
C. U. gym at 8:15 o'clock. In the
preliminary battle, the C. U. froSh
will face st. Johns Prep, cham
pions of the District Catholic Prep
School League. This game will
start at Z o'clock.
Victorious in "a Of its 27 games
played this season, the Long Is
land quintet is making one Of its
very few appearances away from
home in the last several seasons.
Long Island is a great drawing
card in New York and is a regular
participant in the double-bill at
fractions at Madison Square Gar
den each week. Following TO-
nights argument with c. u, Long
Island will stay over to meet
George Washington tomorrow
night in Tech High gym.
Catholic U. journeyed to Brook
lyn several weeks ago to meet
Long Island and was given a rude
reception, losing, 51-36. One con-
ISOLATION in this tilt, however, was
the high scoring mark set by
Hermie Schmarr, scoring champ
Of the District colleges, who added
% points to his total. Whether or
not Schmarr can duplicate this
mark or come close to it tonight
is prolematical as the Connecticut
youth has been ailing because of
an attack Of "flu" during the past
few weeks, which he has been
unable to shake off.
The game is the final one Of the
regular season for the C. U. floor
men. However, there remains one
more battle on the boards, and
this is the exhibition tilt with
American University which is
slated for the Cardinal gym,
March IL.
The Washington times., 1937-03-02
Pounds
Pins as SIeuths
Win Three

First places in the Federal
Duckpin League were assured
both Astor Clarke and his Bureau
Of Investigation team following
last nights maple-spilling. Th e
No. United States duckpin
shooter tilted his season average
above the 124 mark, while the
G-men went II games out in front
of the pennant race. Clarke shot
392 to top a sweep over I. B. E. w.
No. 121.
With the runner-up Senate
team dropping three games to Ma
tional Capital Parks and Veterans
Administration and g. P. o. win
ming from PWA and Navy, re-
spectively, a battle looms for sec
ond place.
Oco Thompson shooting a spark
ling 398, gamely Btrived to save
Senate from a whitewaShing.
Labor Department, with George
Vail whanging the naples for 405,
top set Of the night, jumped right
in to the thick Of the battle for
the runner.up spot. Navy'S 632,
high team game for the evening,
turned back G. P. o.
Eddie Nash, Of Big Print Shop
in the Graphic Arts League, was
among the big shooters last night
with a 420 set at Lucky Strike.
His strings were 153, Isl and 116.
Red Circle smashed out a season
team set record Of LILO as it moved
into the runner-up position of
the A. & P. League by Smothering
Our Own. Joe Rhodes, with 133-
356, and Bill Seidenberg with 1876
starred in the sweep. The
leading Sultana was aided by Joe
Mullican's 142-359 in tripping
Nectar twice. Top string went to
Aubrey Abbott, loop scorer. who
shot 143-361.
The second-place Victorians
bumped the leading Normans twice
in the Procurement League.
The Washington times., 1937-03-02
Make S Arrival
To Signal New
Ring Blasts
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

NEW YORK, March MAX
Schmeling, the man without q
prize fight, is to arrive in this
country tonight on the Berengaria
with the avowed intention of full.
filling his part in the announced
heavyweight championship fight
with James j. Braddock in New
York on June 3, a mission SEEM
ingly fated to failure. One day
later, the same ship will take
another ex-champion, Max Baer,
to England for a series Of bouts,
the two circumstances being more
or less unrelated except that, four
years ago, Baer knocked Schme-
ling st1ffer than a straw hat.
Nevertheless. Schmeling was to
arrive behind all the bluster of a
parsonage who may not know
exactly what he's about, vet Is
certain to hit the headlines with
his first utterance. He seems to be
9 gentleman about to engage in q
very curious proceeding, roughly
known as the one-man prize fight.
Pass Is Reward
Braddock, disdaining his con.
tract with the German, has signed
with Joe Louis for Chicago on
June % and apparently means to
go through with the performance,
Schmeling knocked out Louis last
summer and was accepted as the
ranking challenger, but all that
seems likely to get him is a pass
to the park for Braddock and
Louis. Anyhow, the latter are
either determined to go on through
with what they have to do or are
putting on quite an act. Both
have signed for the Chicago fight
and have been assured that legal
obstacles, as represented by Madi-
son Square Gardens contract with
Schmeling and Braddock, are no
higher than the average face lift.
Braddock'S "out" on the
Schmeling business is the so called
anti-Nazi boycott Of the bout, pre-.
cluding, he claims, any and all
chance Of making a reasonable
profit.
Good "HOlIer Guy"
The Herr Schmeling's reply to
that will probably be heard half.
way around the world. The Ger.
man is a good "holler guy" as he
proved some months ago when he
rushed here from Europe to force
an agreement with the New York
Commission and Braddock at q
time when the latter was fixing
to meet Louis in Atlantic City,
the champion being persuaded to
sign an agreement by which 1t
seemed settled that Louis was not
to be met by either man before
they met each other on June 3.
It's this agreement that the Chi
cago people hope and expect to
beat, meantime assuring Schmel-
ing that the winner Of their fight
will meet him for the title within
so days. That, Of course, will be
just darling, except that they
don't know Schmeling.
AS an ex-champion, he may be
just another prize-fighter. But as
a "holler guy" he Is without doubt
unexcelled.
The Washington times., 1937-03-02
Episcopal TO Vie
In Md. Games

Episcopal High School will con-
test in four events in the University
Of Maryland-Fifth Regiment games
in the big armory in Baltimore
Saturday night.
The Alexandrians will be repre-
Sented in the 70-yard dash, the
half-mile run and the high jump
and will send relay team against
its greatest rival, Gilman School
Of Baltimore.
j. H. Comfy, P. S. Hopkins, w.
Rinehart and W. B. Marbury will
run in the 70-yard dash; B. D.
Tucker, w. S. Chapman, Peter
NeviuS and C. E. Henderson will
race in the $50, while James Brad
ley and John Jordan will leap in
the high jump.
The relay race will be one Of
the features in the prep school
classification.
Episcopal will be in a heavy
field of stars in the individual
competition with Central, Eastern,
Tech and Roosevelt OF this city;
Baltimore City College, Baltimore
Poly, Mount st. Joseph's, Forest
Park, Woodberry Forest and other
scholastic squads contesting.
Eastern, Tech, Central and
Roosevelt all have relay teams
listed also and these four quartets
will fight it out in race that
should be an attraction for the
Capital fans who will go over for
the games.
Tickets for the meet now are
available at the University of
Maryland at College Park. They
are priced at SIS cents, $1.10 and
&1.65, with only a limited number
Of choice seats at the top figure.