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Evening star., 1937-08-15
Miss Spear
Engagement
Announced
NJ arriage to Lieut..
Rooney Takes Place
in September.
Continued From First Page.>

Mcpherson. and the bridesmaids will
be Miss Virginia Shisholm and Miss
Frances Harlan of Washington and
Miss Ruth Mcpherson of Lynchburg,
cousin OF the bride-elect.
Mr.. Witherite will be attended by
Mr.. Walter Windsor, Mr.. John Cud-
more. Mr.. Olan Everett and Mr.. James
Chesney.
Miss Mcpherson graduated from
Central High School and Mr.. Witherite
graduated from Eastern High School.
Miss Mcpherson is member of Chi
Sigma Sorority.
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Miss Sue Stamates Engaged
To Mr.. Samuel Robert Stokes,

MR.. AND MRS. SPERIDON
STAMATES announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Sue
Paula, to Mr.. Samuel Robert Stokes
The wedding will take place in the
Eastern Presbyterian Church, Sept.
25 at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and
will be followed by a reception at
the Hay Adams House.
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Miss Marguerite Mann
Engaged to MIR. Shore.
IND ANTI HFpc '

DR. AND MRS. I. THURMAN
MANN of High Point. N. c., an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter Marguerite to Mr.. Francis Marion
Shore. ir., of Washington, D. c. The
wedding will take place early in
September.
Miss Mann is an alumna of High
Point College and Women's College
of the University of North Carolina
Greensboro, where she specialized In
the study of art.
Mr.. Shore is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Marion Shore, Sr, of
Washington. He is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina. He
was active in sports while there, par
ticularly in tennis, serving as captain
of the 1886 tennis team He was q
member of the Monogram Club and
the Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Mr.
Shore has been ranking tennis play
er in Washington for a number OF
years.
Evening star., 1937-08-15
Miss Kasner to Wed

Miss Kasner to Wed
Mr.. Journey.
MRS. HELEN kASNER announces
~A the engagement of her daughter
Janet to Mr.. Jack E. Journey Of St.
Petersburg, Fla, The wedding will
take place at the First Baptist Church
at Sixteenth and o streets Wednesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

ly smiled at him. She raised her
eyebrows thoughtfully. well, I'm
rather glad. I'm not at all afraid
now. Silly of me to wait two
months, wasn't it? How long did
you say, ten minutes" 2"
Ten minutes" he smiled.
There was a moments silence.
Don't you think you had bet
ter be going before = well, it
would be rather tiresome to-"
"Yes, it would. was just run
ming along" He finished his whis-
key and stood up. We'll, good
by, MddemoiSelle. want to thank
you for the few delightful mo-
ments you have given me. AS
l told you, l have been interested
in you for a long time. I've en-
joyed meeting you immensely"
Now, his voice as well as his
smile was carefree youth again.
And you, too, have proven
most interesting. Adieu, Mon
sieur, and--thank you"
THE young man bowed and
sauntered off down the boule-
ward. He turned into the Rue da
Fdubourg Montnldrtre. 1t was the
theater hour. He glanced at his
watch. I'm time to see the
Fohes," he murmured. He turned
again, this time down the Rue
Richer, and a few moments later
purchased a stall at the theater.
The girl did not move from her
table. She toyed again with the
empty glass. Her mask was i'm
penetrable. Only her eyes spoke,
and they said something different
now. There was the faintest glim-
mer of happiness there.
A departing patron caught her
as she fell noiselessly from her
chair.
WddemOtSete mas 1alnCed, ne
cried.
Henri, the headwaiter, was
there in a moment. She was car
ried inside, and the little crowd
dispersed. A gendarme knelt over
the PROSTATE form a few mo-
ments later and placed an ear to
her bosom.
"MademoiSelle is dead" he
said.
No one missed her at the Cafe
Madrid. No one wondered what
had become of the girl who always
sat alone, for nobody wonders in
Paris, 80 it wasn't even a mys-
terry.
Copyright, 1887
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

hate me any more than 1 hate
myself! Oh, I want to die!" With
a groan, she covered her eyes
with the back of her hand. A
drop of blood trickled from the
white palm where her nails had
torn the flesh and dropped on the
table. The boy stared at the red
splotch with a strange, mad fas-
cination in his eyes.
Except for their words they
were both perfectly composed.
The girl grasped> her glass and
drained it. There was a moment
of awful silence, finally broken
by the boy.
"Well, you're going to-" he
laughed gayly.
"What-what do you mean?"
the girl asked quickly.
He leaned farther over the
table and smiled up into her face.
1.-The same ingredients that
killed Gregory, I slipped into your
drink just moment ago. In ten
minutes you shall have your
wish. You will be dead, dead, do
you hear?"
For fully a minute they gazed
into each others eyes.
And 1 thought you were inno-
cent, uninitiated youth" she final
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

nIERRE arrived with the whis-
key. The boy tossed a ten
franc note on the table, indicat-
ing the girls drink and his own
with a careless gesture.
You may keep what's left for
yourself, garcon." He nodded an
amicable dismissal.
"Merci bien, Monsieur" muir
INJURED Pierre delightedly, and
was gone.
The girl sat absolutely motion
less. She scarcely seemed to
breathe.
who are you?" she whispered
hoarsely.
The boys voice came back i'm
passioned, but not without a note
of tenderness mingled in the
hatred of it. His white teeth
cleaned through behind smiling
lips.
II am Paul"
That's enough! You don't have
to go on! I know-you're her
Marie's brother. You are very like
her" She regarded him in silence
for moment. He watched her
fingernails digging into the palms
of her hands. II know I'm every
thing that you say, but you can't
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

The smile frightened her now.
Who was this boy? What did he
know? What did he want? She
allowed herself to smile, little
scornfully, across at him.
YES" she said, as casually as
was possible.
Only the quality of his voice
changed. 1t was: fierce, accusing,
full of hatred now, but the smile
was still that of puerile light
heartedness.
II know that you poisoned
Gregory Arnold. That you were
too selfish to want him to be
happy with anyone but you. Be-
cause he loved someone else and
you knew you couldn't have him
yourself, you killed him. That's
why you're beside yourself, that's
why you're already in He'll, why
you've tried to die yourself. But
you couldn't. You haven't got the
nerve. You're a rotten coward
with it ALL"
The boys voice never raised
He never ceased to smile. He was
bending over the table toward the
girl in a friendly, intimate way.
But his words were as whetted
knives cutting her soul from her
body.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
Paris SidelValk Cafes See Many
Strange Things Bm This Story
Is Probably Strangest Of HI

CHE was sitting at a table un-
y der the colored awning of the
Cafe Madrid. One might see her
there any evening, most every
evening, and always-al alone. But
nobody wonders in Paris. so she
wasn't even a mystery. Throngs
milled along the BouleUdrd Mont
mdrtre past her table: people
jostled her, elbowed, in the ever
moving gay parade, but she didn't
seem to be aware of it. She drank
recklessly but inconspicuously,
and it never seemed to affect her.
She wore smartly tailored suits,
and snug little hats to match. The
fortuitous observer would have
said her eyes were melancholy,
but if one had bothered to look
deeper into them, something very
different might have been seen
there. Sometimes her eyes were
smoldering fires of passion, of
pain, of hatred, of fear, even
frenzy. Again they were soft and
moist, full of suffering, of anguish
and unshed tears. Only her eyes
spoke-beautiful eyes, set in a
lovely face, but face that might
have belonged to stone image.
Now they wandered to the
empty glass she was toying with.
She drew the waiter to her with
q raised eyebrow.
"Encore, Pierre" She pushed
the glass across the table.
"Om, MddemoiSelle," he bowed,
and hurried off to replenish her
supply of forgetfulness.
That's your eighth in the last
hour. I've counted them. They
don't seem to have any effect on
you. Or do they?'
The voice came from directly
behind her. She was inarticulate
with surprise. For the tiniest part
of a moment her mask was lifted,
but when she turned her head
her face was again inscrutable.
A young man stood just behind
her. He was hatless, with a mass
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

the village are Osaki, a Japanese
pedder, and his son Fujama who
becomes very friendly with Ming.
The settlers hurry to build a
stockade around the lonely inn as
a protection against the bandits.
They build huts for themselves
and start breaking ground for a
farm. All work together for the
common good. One day Ii Pc,
slender Chinese boy, staggers into
the settlement announcing that
the immigrant train with which
he was travelling has been set
upon by bandits and all but he
were killed. He is a mysterious
lad, but remains and is kindly
treated by the people of the new
village.
One day Hal Feng and his BAN
dit followers attack the stockade
and. carry off Kao Su Yen. His
place then, as Supervisor of the
village is taken, by Osaki, the
Japanese. Then Captain Shan,
self-styled bandit fighter, arrives
at the settlement and events move
swiftly. There is spying and SUBJ
terfuge, excitement and suspense
and lawlessness, in this story of
a new land, a new frontier, with
it's adventure and hardships and
beauty.
The three boys in the story have
characters as different and inter
esting as three people could be.
Fujama, the japanese, is a stur-
dy, clever, sometimes sarcastic
lad. Ii Po, mysterious and slen-
der, is both young and old at the
same time. He has the heart of
a boy, but something in his life
has made him bitter and hard
and suspicious. Ming, a peasant
land, is entirely lovable He is
kind and considerate and fiercely
loyal to Kao Su Yen, his wife,
and all his friends. When Ming
was very young boy his family
sold his sister into slavery in the
province of Shangtung in order to
have enough money to go to Man
churia and avoid the terrible fam
inc in China. With the death of
his parents, Ming is left entirely
alone in the world. He longs for
his lost sister, Lotus, although he
is afraid to reveal this longing to
many, for Ne old Chinese thought
a girl not sorth bothering about
But Min dreams of her often,
and wonders if she ever will ride
in the gates of the stockade with
a caravan. Each Spring his hopes
are aroused as he eagerly scans
each new face from China:
Lotus stood in his mind. vague
and ghostlike. Would he know
her If she one day drove in
through the gate with caravan
of settlers from China? The boy
could not answer that question.
Perhaps he would know her, for
since they were blood brother and
sister some instinct might tell
him it was Lotus and no other.
Slowly the boy turned and
looked at the gate, as If In a
vision he were seeing his sister,
4 arrived from far-off shangtung
in China. Then he forgot his
dream"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

of wavy blonde hair, a pair of
clear blue eyes, and the happy
unspoiled smile of one who knows
little of heartaches. She had not
intended to reply. but somehow
she found herself saying, coldly:
"Since you ask. no."
May I sit down."
The girl seemed to consider
moment and then inclined her
head. ever so slightly.
only because I want to ask
you why you have been watching
me, counting my drinks, for the
past hour" She stared at him in
cool indignation as he dropped
into a chair.
lie RESTED his elbows on the
II table, and his chin in his
hands. The smile was still on his
face. and his blue eyes still
sparkled. He was such a boy
so Enthusiastically carefree youth,
she thought.
Because you interest me. I've
watched you for weeks. You're
always alone, always drinking.
always seem to be remembering
unable to forget something. /
think you're very unhappy"
He still smiled. That smile an
noyed her. His words didn't go
with his smile. In the same cold
tone she replied:
And suppose I told you that
you're wrong, that I have nothing
to remember-or to forget? ?"
I'D know that you weren't
telling me the truth" he said
simply.
Pierre set brimming glass on
the table before the girl.
Bring me a whiskey sour,
gdrcon." He turned apologetically
to the girl. That is, if Mademoi-
selle will allow me to drink with
herr"
Again she inclined her head,
struggling a why not?"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

a Chinese boy, orphaned by the
famine, who. lives in the vast land
of Manchuria with Kao Su Yen
and his wife. Kao Su Yen keeps
an inn. AS the story opens Ming
rides out from the inn to divert
some colonists from their path to
the road leading by the inn. He
rides on Kaos favorite mount, a
pony, and before he gets back the
party of colonists is attacked by
bandits, their horses and goods
stolen, along with the pony
The colonists, orlven from Chi
ma to the promised land of
Manchuria, by hunger, are desc
lated. Kao Su Yen persuades
them to remain with him and
start farming. They will, in this
way, be able to earn for them
selves living and the fact that
there are over 40 Of them will
make for protection against the
hordes Of bandits that prey on
the good people of the land.
Among those remaining to start
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

"Oui, Monsieur" Again Pierre
bowed and hurried off.
$50 you have been watching
me for weeks? That might be
interesting" She smiled blandly.
"Yes, and ] know your name,
that you have an apartment in
the Rue du Faubourg Mont
martre, just around the corner,
and that you paint"
Again her mask was gone. 1t
was an effort this time to regain
her sphinx-like expression, but
when she spoke it was in the
same disinterested voice.
We'll, what else do you know"
DO you really want to know"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
Famous
Quot atiOns

Father of All; in every age.
In every cline ador'd,
BY saint, by savage, and by sage
Jehovah, Jove, or Lord
Pope-Universal Pray
X X X X X
f l am rightt Thy grace impart,
Still in the right to stay;
If / am wrong, o teach my heart
To find that better way!
Pope-Universal PRAYER.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
WHY DUCKS WADDLE
" R. RemIow Harris

All the Papa ducks he painted
Brighter than he did their wives,
But the Mama ducks were peeking,
And this doubtless saved their lives.
For Old Man was ringing duck necks,
And the ladies screamed and quacked.
Lady Loon cried first. He kicked her.
That's why Looms are all hump backed.
All the air was filled with feathers,
AS the ducks all ran away,
From the kicks that Old Man gave them,
Ducks all waddle to this day.
For a coat of pretty feathers,
Indians say, mo shuttum eyes"
Think of ducks who still must waddle
Just because they were not wise!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
A Three Days Cough
Is Your Danger Signal

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take a Glance
with anything less than Creomul-
sion. which goes right to the seat
of the trouble to aid nature to
soothe and heal the infiamed men,
branes as the germ-laden phlegm
is loosened and expelled.
Even If other remedies have
failed, don't be discouraged, your
druggist is authorized to guarantee
Creomulsion and to refund your
money If you are not satisfied with
results from the very first bottle.
Get Creomulsion right now. (Adv)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
Beyond The Great Wall,' by Dragonet
Is Grand Tale Of ManChuria For Kids

mistake of portraying his char
acters as Orientals, strange and
beyond understanding. He has
endowed them with virtues and
vices such as men of any race
must have. His boys, Ming, Lii
Pc and the japanese Fujama, are
first of all boys, understandable
to anyone reading the book.
The story of Beyond the Great
Wall centers around these three
boys, the lives of two of them be-
ing clothed in mystery. Ming is
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

HUCKS from everywhere had gathered,
u North Wind whispered they should go
He said Summer Time had left them,
They should fly before the snow
Old Man Iago watching slyly
Wanted much to have duck meat,
So he sang to them and lured them
They were fooled by his deceit =
One by onesthey came to hear him
Music madeifhem want to stay,
Then he pron{ised them bright colors;
Ducks those pays were white or gray.
He explained and they believed him
That twas best to close their eyes,
So that when they looked their colors
Would give them great surprise.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
BY Joan Rogers
beyond The Great Wall"
by Edward Dragonet
(Bobbs MerriID

IN /ANCHURIA produces two
M crops-soy beans and ban
dts" so says an old Chinese pro-
verb. And in Edward Dragonet's
Beyond the Great Wall, story
of Manchuria in the year before
it became Manchukuo under Jap
anese protection, there is plenty
of both = although more about
bandits.
Edward pragonet (whoever he
is, for the back flap announces
that Edward Dragonet is nom
de plume) is grand story teller.
His narrative is swiftly paced,
exciting, with plenty of atmos-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
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PAGE SIX
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
Whit w ellman's
''Ecbo ofGongs''

CAUTIOUSLY,
~ Something in him listened
To the grotesque, to the horrible
Sounds of cackling laughter.
He waited, to hear it again;
Felt a kinship with the ingloriou'
Chuckle of the maniac . :.
Quiet, quiet it made him,
Hearing some lost echo in him
self.
Peering for an instant deep
) Into his neurotic mind.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

phere. He has managed to con-
vey to the reader the essence of
the land, one can almost see the
vastness of this great country
lying north of the Great Wall of
China. Once started, I can't
imagine any boy or girl being
able to put this book down until
1t is entirely finished.
Dragonet has not made the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03

L lE watched the actor amble
II From the stage1 baek tc
reality
And a dressing room 4
But madness lingers by. the
footlights. s
I IsTENING to himself now,
l. He walked from the theate
Carrying the sound Of laughter
Into the fog, out to the roar
OF traffic where the Graz.
echo
Persisted, shrill gongs
Announcing visitors to his soul
Imperial Valley press., 1937-01-03
Poets
Corner
Selected By
"Tbe Connoisseur"
John MaSefeld'S
"Road1Vays"
NE road leads to London,
. One road leads to Wales

~ NE road leads to London,
" One road leads to Wales;
Nv road lads me seawards
To the white dipping sails.
One road leads to the river,
AS it goes swinging slow;
My road leads to shipping,
Where the bronzed sailors go.
Leads me, lures me, calls me
To salt green tossing sea;
A road without earth's road-dust
Is the right road for me.
A wet road, heaving, shining,
And wild with seagulps cries;
A mad salt sea-wind blowing
The salt spray in my eyes.
My road calls me, lures me,
West, east, south, and north;
Most roads lead men homewards;
MY road leads me forth.
To add more miles to the tally
Of gray miles left behind
In quest of that one beauty
God put me here to find.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-16
Cotton Plan
InFarmBill
Is Defeated
Wallace Attacked on
Senate Floor B Y
Bailey and George
During Debate

Washington, Dec. 16.-(AP)-The
Senate refused today to substitute a
domestic allotment cotton program
for the compulsory cotton section of
the ever normal granary bill.
It rejected a substitute offered by
Lee, Democrat, Oklahoma, in roll
call vote, Sc to 26.
Previously, statements credited to
Secretary Wallace regarding farm bill
proposals drew caustic comment on
the Senate floor in continued debate
on the ever normal granary bill.
81 was amazed that the secretary
of agriculture in this mornings paper
said a two-price system on farm crops
would lead us into fascism," said Sen
ator RUSSELL Democrat, Georgia.
Russell took the floor to support the
substitute cotton plan introduced by
Senator Lee. This measure, designed
to pay the farmer a higher price for
domestically-consum cotton than
that which moves into world trade,
Continued on Page SiX.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-16
l938C.O.P.
Com mittee
100 Chosen
Contains Only Two
S t ate Chairmen,
Hamilton Says at
St. Louis Meet

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 16.-(AP)-
Chairman John D. M. Hamilton, OF
the Republican National Committee,
disclosed today the committee being
selected here to draft new declara-
ton of party principles will include
only two Republican State chairmen.
And, in SO far as I know, none OF
our county chairmen, nor any OF the
lO6,O00 precinct committeeman hao
been recommended or carried into the
1lnal list of the committee" he SAID.
This statement reflected the earlier
blanket embargo placed on present
oftlce-holders elected or appointed as
members of the steering committee.
Hamilton said the work of selectlnS
the policy group was VIRTUALLY COM
plete" as the party's executive com
mlttee re-convened today. The nation
al chairman explained final agree
ments on few remaining names still
We're to be reached.
Several members of the executive
group expresses hope of adjournlng
late today. The conference opened
Monday and has gone into extended
sessions each night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-16
STORE
EMPLOYEES STRIKE
Workers in Three New York Stores
Demand $21 Week Minimum
and 40 Hours Work

New York, Dec. 16.-(AP)-Em-
ployees of three Woolworth five and
ten cent stores went on strike today
following a breakdown of negotiations
between union representatives and the
company for higher wages and shorter
hours.
Miss Clarine Nicholson, organizer
for the department stores employees
union, said about 100 persons qul
work. She said pickets had been plac-
ed in front of all other Woolworth
stores in New York City. Union Off
Gals had hoped to confer with Coun-
tess Haugwitz-Reventlow the former
Barbarar Hutton, regarding the strike
but she was bound for Europe.
Miss Nicholson said a general strike
was not contemplated at this time.
The Woolworth employees seek a
$21-a-week minimum weekly wage, a
4O-hour week, a preferential shop and
no more than eight consecutive hours
of labor in one day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-12-16
TOKYO IS ANXIOUS
TO MEET DEMANDS
OF UNITED STATES
Drive Inland Pushed Into
Hitherto Peaceful Coun-
trysides of Chinese
Provinces
NANKING RUINED, is
NEWSMAN'S REPORT
Wounded Unattended Elk
cept for Three u. s. Mis-
sionaries; Unprecedented
Tribute Planned by Japa-
nese for Dead Who Per-
ished Aboard Gunboat

Shanghai, Dec. 16.-(AP)-Rear Ad-
miral Tizio Mitsunami, chief of Japan-
csc naval aerial operations, was re-
lieved of his post today as a result
of the bombing of the United States
gunboat Panay
Domei (Japanese) News Agency de-
clared the Japanese government was
acting swiftly to carry out its pledge
to America to punish officers respon-
sible for the attack. 1t was explained
that Mitsunami was recalled because
most commandments in China had
'teen carried out by naval planes.
The rear admiral was ordered to go
to Tokyo, but Japanese authorities
here did not know what other action
he faced.
During the day., Japanese army
planes carried the warfare into the
interior with a series of attacks.
Three columns of Japanese shock
troops advancing northward from a
point between Shanghai and Marking
entered heretofore quiet countryside.
One column, advancing along the.
ancient Grand Canal, threatened a
number of rich, populous towns.
Japanese officials announced that
the American Embassy's building and
other embassy and legation headquar-
ters at Marking were not damaged in
the attacks on the city All Ameri-
cans and foreigners who remained
CONTINUED on Page Four.)