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Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Stockholders Sue
Film Company on
Huge Contracts

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 6.
Norma Shearer and other individ-
uals and executives of Loew's In
corporation received excessive
compensation" from contracts with
Loew's, three stockholders charged
in a bill of complaint on file in
chancery court today
The complainants, Edgar F. Stin-
er Hama w. Goldstein and Louis
Susman, charged with the exces-
sive compensation, included fixed
and percentage payments and stock
options" are. enjoyed by Miss
Shearer as recipient of the estate
of her husband. the late Irving
Thalberg; Louis B. Mayer, Nicholas
M, Schenck, Arthur M. Loew, David
Bernstein, Mervyn lie Roy, Hunt
Stromberg and others. ito the detri-
ment of stockholders.
The bill asked an accounting
from the defendants, cancellation
of the CONTRACTS, an injunction
against continued payments under
the contracts and a decree awarding
damages to Loew's against various
defendants.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Grocery Store
Granted Permit

A request for a special permit
to authorize changes in the Park
grocery store, 791 Park avenue in
Ell Centre, was granted Wednesday
night by the city council. The per-
nit was sought by the owner, N,
N. Hill of Los Angeles.
Plans call for creation of "drive
in" market, opening on the west
side A favorable recommendation
from the planning and zoning COM
mission provided that no curb cut
ting was included on Eighth street.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06

over lle regular average ana odl-
urday was a regular holiday high
of more than $4,000 outgoing let
ters."
In last December only three days
went over the 10000 letter mark,
Richmond declared.
Average business for this time
of year is about 5000 letters going
out a day and even in the winter
time the average is only 1000 more.
However. Monday of this week to-
tailed l1.430 and Tuesday was 8,720.
Incoming mail has increased in
about the same proportion" he
reported.
Richmond believed that the squirt
might be traceable to the Write
A Letter Week observance all over
the nation. now going on.
Response for such weeks is
seldom as great as this, however" "
he pointed out. Maybe the boys
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Fire Department
Answers ) Alarms

Monthly report of the Ell Centro
fire department, released Thurs
day for September, showed five
alarms were turned in, two general
and three still alarms. Two fires
were at business concerns, two in
automobiles and one call was for
smoke issuing from a building.
Property loss was estimated by
Chief Corn Reed at S570. Amount
of property involved was $2S,6O0.
Thirty-six inspections were made.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
BACKACHE,
lee PAINS MAY
BE DANGER SIGN
OF Tired Kidneys

II bsckache and leg pains are making you
miserable, don't just complain and do nothing
about them Nature may be warning you that
your kidneys need attention.
The kidneys are Natures chief way Of taking
excess acids and poisonous waste out Of the
blood Most people pass about 3 pints day or
about pounds Of waste.
Frequent or seanty passages with smarting
and burning shows there may be something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder.
II the Is miles Of kidney tubes and filters
don't work well, poisonous waste matter stays
in the blood These posons may start nagging
baokaches, rheumatic pains, leg pains, loss OF
pep and energy, getting UP nights, swelling,
pufiness under the eyes, headaches and dizziness.
Don't wait Ask your druggist for Doan's
years. They give happy relief and will help the,
is miles OF kidney tubes flush out poisonou
waste from the blood Get Donn's Pills.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06

NallOnal Dank. CnangeS as cOmpaT-
ed with August were sufficient to
produce an appreciable decline in
the banks index of southern Cali
fornia business. Retail trade in
Los Angeles was the least salts
factory aspect of the September
picture.
The national business outlook re-
mains favorable. AS this is written,
sentiment is showing a broad i'm
provement due to the passing for
the time being at least of the threat
of war in Europe. Election uncer-
tainties remain but in the opinion
of many observers the trend of ma
tional political events seems such
as,to provide encouragement to bus
mess men. The California situa-
ton is much less favorable and
not until certain of the propositions
on the November ballot are defin-
itely voted down can it be said
that local business is in a position
to share in the upswing.
Support for further expansion in
business volume in the months to
come is found particularly in the
cash deficit of the federal treasury
which is now contributing between
one and two hundred million dol
lars per month to general purchas-
ing power. Considerably larger def
icits are in prospect for the near
future.
Closely related to the spending
policy is the bank deposit situation
which is now very favorable to
business expansion, the rapid rise
of demand deposits being especially
significant. A moderate degree of
revival in the demand for new
money by corporation and munich
pal borrowers also serves to brighten
the outlook With these forces at
work it is not surprising to find
good sales expected for 1899 auto
mobiles. an expanding volume of
residential building and publicly
financed construction work, and
talk of possible increases in pur-
chases by the electric utilities and
railroads.
There is reason to expect bust
ness to be more responsive to the
present federal spending program
than to that of former years, due
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Masons to Attend
Grand Lod9e Meet

Four Ell Centre Masons will leave
this Weekend for San Francisco
to attend the grand lodge sessions
which open next week in that city
q. H. Lampkins, master of FL
Centro lodge No. 384, F. and A. M.
D. B. Roberts, senior warden of the
lodge; Charles Knights, inspector
for the l03th Masonic district, and
Z. E. Sones of the charters COM
mittee will represent valley MaSons
at this annual gathering.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Pacific Mutual
Hearings Begun

PHOENIX, Oct 6. CUP)-With a
jury chosen. lawyers sorted volum-
inous records toIay TO save time
in court when the expected two
months long trail of the Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance mail fraud
case opens in federal court next
Tuesday.
Twelve jurors and an alternate,
all men, were seated in late yes
terday from a panel of SO which
reports to Judge Dave w. Lingo
court Tuesday morning.
They will try i3 Los Angeles and
San Francisco men, formerly high
officials Of the insurance company
before its reorganization two years
ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Schools Revert to
Winter Schedule

Ell Centre schools will revert to
regular winter schedules Monday,
Superintendent Guy Weakley an
nounced Thursday.
Glasses will begin at 8:4O am.
and close at $3.50 pm. at Central
Union High school and Junior COL
lege and all elementary grades ex-
cept the first, second, and third
grades. The first, second and third
grades will be dismissed at 2 pm.
daily. kindergarten classes follow
a separate schedule.
The schools have followed the
hot weather" schedule since school
began Sept. 19.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06

to the diminution or exhaustion of
the deflationary forces which were
then at work. A case in point is
that of real estate and building
which registered their depression
lows in 1884 and as late as 1886
were still suffering from wide
spread liquidation. Today the liqui-
dation process is much nearer COM
pletion and new building and real
estate operations, aided by liberal
lied FILA loan insurance, are max
ing an important contribution to
the current business upswing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06

SAVE time and money thrOurh
Post Press Want Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
SALARY INCREASES
AUTHORIZED BY CITY

City councilmen Wednesday night
authorized salary increases for two
firemen, Clyde Lott and r. @. Ben
nett. TO Sl49 per month on recon-
mendations of Fire Commissioner
Harry Sones and Chief Corn Reed
OF FL Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06

REAL buys in Used Cars i'm
Post-Press Want Ads.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06

and girls away at college are writ
ing home for money, or maybe
that song about I'm Going to Sit
Right Down and Write Myself a
Letter" is in revival"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
TEN KILLED IN
TRAIN WRECK

HELSINGFORS, Finland. Oct. 6.
CUP)-Ten persons were killed to-,
day when a passenger train collid-'
ed with a freight train at Rauha.
Nine of the victims were aSphyxi-
ated by sulphur dioxide which es-
capped when a freight car exploded.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Postoffice Responds to Big Rush;
Richmond Credits Unusual Mail
To Write a Letter Week

An almost unprecedented rush in business at the III
Centre posoffce reported Thursday by Frank Rich
mond postmaster.
Feels like Christmas time" Richmond said. Outgoing
mail this week has run several thousand letters day
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
U.S.. Business Volume Expansion in
Coming Months Foreseen by Bank;
Election Fears Seen in Calf.

Prospects for recovery remain favorable but uncer-
tanty European threats and measures to be
voted in November adversely influenced local business
in September according to the monthly summary of busi
conditions for October issued by the Security
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-06
F.B.I. TO PLAY HERE FRID.,Y NIGHT
No Foolin' Thi g time.

For the third or fourth time We wish
to announce that the Greenb3lt Il. C.
basketball team will meet the Federal
Bureau Of Invest igation five iday
night at the school gym. This time VIC
are sure the game wi IL 60 on barring
war or sudden crime wave which would
prevent the Omen from appearing here.
This will be the final game Of the season
for the local club. There will be no
admission charged.
AS we have said before, F.B.I. will
offer q real treat for you basketball fans
as they are plenty hot. The time $3.50.
We hope.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-06
EASTER MONDt.Y DANCE, APRH l8

The dance committee Of the Cit
izens' Associ at ion is preparing for
q gala Easter Monday for the residents
Of Grecnbolt. From $3.50 until 1880
the light Fantastic will get plenty
Of tripping at the school gym.
The usual tWo-hit admission will
be in order. So get ready! Get your
order in carly for someone to mind
the kids.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-06
DUN4.M4AY AGAIN

Despite the oersi stent efforts Of
several dark horses and one or two old
stond-bys, Jim Dunaway successfully de-
fenGe0 his Table Tennis Championship in
the tournament held over last weekend.
The most successful Of the dark horses,
Wei tzllan reached the semi mails and
was dispO sed Of by Murray in i've hard
fought games. DunaWay then trounced
his usual opposing finalist, Murray in
four games, 1921, 22-2O, 21-18 Pills.
FREE ADMISSION TO L1CRO SSE CANE
Tomorrow at 400 D.m. the University
Of Maryland Lacro sse can plays Harvard
University. The game will be played
at the Byrd Stadium, and there will
be no ADM ssion charge.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-06
T.BLE TENNIsERs TO MEET FILA.

The Greenbolt table tennis team
conoosed Of Jim DunaWay, Bernard Trait
Ter, John Murray and Edward Emery will
meet "a team from the Federal Housing
Admin stratio tomorrow night at the
local game room.
There Will be no ADM ssion charged
and good nights entertainment is
promi ssed for all who attend.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-06
R.4SEB4LL TEN COMING .LONG

Candidates for the Greenbelt "a. c..
baseball team arc 1ili:oItly practic-
ing for the seasons opening which
will be announced in the near future.
Anyone who would like to try out for
the club should contact their block
reDre sen tative Of the athletic club.
T4ABLE TENNISERS TO MEET FILA.
The Washington times., 1938-12-28
AND KICKED

The dog Jagged
her tail, her
last feeble
assurance of
loyalty. The man
sOas removing
her collar Uhen
he heard the
snakes Wdrning
rattle-toO late
The Washington times., 1938-12-28

her pup than her responsibilities
to him as master.
Suddenly she changed her gait,
slackening the leash, and looking
down he saw that the Boy had
come up behind her, and was
prancing about her playfully, nip.
ping at her soft throat. He
thought, since the pup was along,
let him stay, and learn, and he
bent and unleaShed Greta and
watched her tear off ahead, with
the pup still dancing all over her.
But just as suddenly as Greta
did everything, now she stopped,
and the pup beside her, and right
along the line of her nose Hans
saw a big diamond rattler snake,
coiled. its head ready for strike.
He raised his gun and shot over
the heads Of the two dogs and the
snake writhed in the path in three
pieces, the way snake pieces will
He was out less than an hour
when he got his second pheasant
and turned back to make home
before some one would make trou
BILE tracking down the shots.
The sheriff had it in for Hans
for various reasons. He laughed
to think that one Of the reasons
was his wife. Thought he abused
her. You had to laugh at that
SOMETHING WRONG
He tied the brace of birds to
gether to carry them. He had
come out in his overalls, not dress
ing for the hunt. and so had not
ut on his big coat that had pock
cts to carry a bird or so. Then
he whistled for Greta. But when
she came up, he saw that her pup
was missing.
He whistled for the pup, but 1t
did not come, and so he turned
for home without it. But he was
mad, and kicked at Greta for q
fine specimen Of maternal pro
tector. Crazy over her pup-sht
The Washington times., 1938-12-28
Daily Short StOry

wagged her tail at him, acknow.
Lodging him her master.
He thought he must save the
collar, because all that blood run.
ming over it was bad. He'd use
the collar for The Boy, if he de.
cided he was worth saving.
He bent to unloose it, thinking
to go inside and wipe it off and
then perhaps go out and whistle
for the pup and give him a beat.
ing.
But as he bent to the task, the
object Of Greta's ire of the past
hour or more spoke from behind
him. In a flash he remembered
the hundred and one times that
Greta had called him from the
house to kill a rattler. She had
alwas barked like that. An ex
cited, special kind of bark.
Close to him, ghaStly close to
him, was that terrible sound that
once heard, is never forgotten
the rattle in the serpent's tail.
He, who had never feared this
kind of snake in his life before,
now suddenly stood petrified, be-
cause he was not looking at the
thing. He had to swing around to
find it. 1t had the advantage of
him. He was not prepared for 1t,
because the yard was fenced, and
as a general thing, it was difficult
for a snake that size to get in
there.
Turning, he saw it, coiled be-
tween him and the gate, the big
gest rattler he'd ever seen in his
life, and aiming its head right at
him.
There was only one thing to do,
and that was to act quick. His
hand shook as he raised his gun
to fire.
But he had shot Greta from a
longer range. He'd had time. The
snake was ahead of him and
struck as he pulled the trigger
The Washington times., 1938-12-28
The Citadel
Returns

"The CITADEL" based on the
novel by DR.. A. j. Cronin, re-
turns Friday to the Columbia.
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer pro
duced this notable film at its
British studio in Denham, Eng
land, with Robert Donat and
Rosalind Russell in the leading
roles.
The dramatic story of a young
and obscure physician in the
welsh collerieS is revealed on
the screen with all the emo
tional power of Cronin's out
standing novel. A whole vii.
lage was reconstructed for one
sequence and the depths of a
coal mine are shown in another.
When the mine collapses, Donat
descends into the pit in one of
the most thrilling scenes filmed.
The surgeons fight to retain
his ethical code, his love for
the school mistress and their
marriage, followed by their
struggles together in adverSity
and wealth, combine to form a
work rich in dramatic intensity.
The Washington times., 1938-12-28

getting him above the knee, on
the thigh.
The Boy came in just about 10
minutes later. Hans wife heard
him from the kitchen, setting up
the most anguished bowling she
had ever heard in her life.
She ran out to the yard and
tried to push open the gate, but it
would only open six inches or so
because there was something heavy
behind it. When she got in she
saw that it was Hans, and that he
was dead.
NONE TO GRIEVE
Because she had to 60 on foot,
she was a long time getting the
doctor, and when he came he said
that Hans had not died of snake
bite, Immediately, but of fright.
1t was his heart.
The sheriff had come, too. To
gether they lifted the body and
carried it out. When they moved
it, to their horror the great snake
moved and crawled away out of
the yard, not dead, as they all
thought, but only pinioned by
Hans body.
Gerda did not go after the body.
She let the men take it. She
stayed with Greta and The Boy.
Long since beyond tears, she stood
looking at the pup as he cried over
his mother. He licked her head
and whined.
He tried not to believe what he
saw, and pranced about her, nuds-
ing her, trying to make her wake
up and play with him. Alternately,
he realized the truth, and licked
and licked at the wounds, crying.
Gerda finally bent and took the
pup in her arms. There" she
said. Never mind! I'll take care
of you!"
She carried the dog into the
house. He shivered and strained
backward toward his mother.
The Washington times., 1938-12-28
By LESLIE LANGHAM

."ANS FRIEDER was a big
IL man, big-boned and heav-
lily fleshed. But he had an
oddly thin mouth.
Hans was a cruel man. His wife
whose viewpoint was still that OF
the chattel, sometimes summoned
courage, or perhaps pity sometimes
overcame her-to tell him she
could not bear to see things
brought home half dead, and left
to end their lives outside in the
cold.
Shooting at small animals, which
he considered too insignificant as
game, he would tell her to go re.
trieve them, and when she went,
because she hated to think of a
wounded thing lying near death, in
pain, and almost invariably found
it, by the cries, if it was not yet
dead, he would laugh again, and
call her his female retriever.
Thus it happened that one fall
day, Just before the season opened,
hearing the dog excitedly barking
from her tether by the great oak
tree around which he had built her
yard. he took down his gun and
went out and put the dog on leash
and pulled her off toward the
forest.
But the dog tried to pull back,
and continued to bark in the direc.
tion of the yard, and turning, he
kicked at her and told her to fol
low. He knew what excited her,
SHOOTS LARGE RATHER
Again the dog pulled back, and
this time he kicked at her hind
quarters so that she yelped in pain
He thought, suddenly. that she
was trying to get back to fetch
her pup, and the thought mad
dened him. She cared more fol
The Washington times., 1938-12-28
Guitry Film
Unusual

The almost continuous laugh
ter that is evident throughout
the showings of Sacha Guitry's
latest film, "The Story Of a
Cheat" indicate that the Bel
asco Theater has brought a
truly festive program to Wash
tngton for the holiday season.
Written by and starring the
inimitable one.man-show Of
Paris, THE Story of q Cheat"
. bids fair to duplicate here its
amazing success in New York,
where it is now in its fourth
month.
The story of the film is in
triguingly clever. It tells Of a
; young French boy who. having
. been deprived of what turns out
to be q poisonous supper, re-
mains the only one alive out OF
Q family of twelve.
His meal had been denied
him because he had stolen a few
pennies; so it appears to his
childish understanding that he
Is alive because he was diShon-
est. With this twisted philoso-
ply, he faces and lives a life of
adventure, amour and chicanery
until his later years, when
conscience, and strange circum-
stances, bring about a curious
reform.
Guitry makes the most Of this
striking tale, which he has pro-
duced in a novel and amusing
narrative style. Not the least
Of his genius is the ability to
choose outstanding support,
and the courage to do so, al
though he is one actor who
needs have no fear of another's
"picture-stealing." The Eng
lish version was written by John
Erskine.
The Washington times., 1938-12-28
Going Places
Stars Maxine

Giving voice to an idea has
brought fame and financial in
dependence to a colored girl
who worked as a waitress just
a few years ago. ..-..
Maxine Sullivan is the sepia
Cinderella. Her idea was to
make swing music sweet and
she chanced to have the voice
to carry it out.
That's how she became
popular enough to be demanded
by Hollywood, where she recently
sang for scenes in the Warner
Bros. musical farce, &C oing
Places" which comes Friday to
the Earle Theater.
Maxine had an uncle who led
8 colored band and he gave her
a chance to experiment with
her idea Of singing swing sweet
ly. They appeared in a number
of small cities in Pennsylvania,
and when it looked as though
she really had something, Max
inc went to Pittsburgh, where
she got a job singing in a
place called the Ben Harrison
Literary Club.
It proved to be. a musicians
hangout and Maxine was right
in her element. She began sing
ing favorite old melodies in
swing rhythm. The sweeter the
melodies, the better they sound
ed in swing.
"Loch Lomond' was one Of
the first old favorites she sang
in swing. She became famous
overnight.
The Washington times., 1938-12-28

Warner Bros. TheGters
Extend to All a Very Happy Holiday
Greeting.
Fov additional GaformGrs0a phone theGGers
direct, in event Of busy signal c0D
REpWbltc O800
The Washington times., 1938-12-28

was, but let her get the smell of
game in her nose, and she'd lose
her from right underfoot. A fine
thing! If she didn't find The
Boy, he'd punish her when he
got her home.
He went out into the yard. He
had leashed Greta and tied her
again to the tree in her yard,
angry with her. Now she was
barking her hy3terical bark again.
Acting up. Something wrong.
The Washington times., 1938-12-28

Motion Pictures are your best entertain
nent. $3.50. 900 Movie QuiS Contest Book
lets now at all Warner Theaters
The Washington times., 1938-12-28

.HANS FRIEDER was a big
II man, big-boned and heav-
lily fleshed. But he had an
The Washington times., 1938-12-28

/. He stood glowering at her from
outside the gate of the yard, half
tempted to go inside and kick at
her, to show her he meant bust
ness. But he didn't! Instead, he
said, If that Boy of yours doesn't
come in in 10 minutes, I'll shoot
you, for what you are!"
With that he went back to the
cowbarn and threw himself mood.
lily into the hay pen. He was
feeling bad; black. He'd like a
real good dog. He'd like a lot of
real good things, but he couldn't
have them. The Boy might have
turned into a real good dog, from
the looks of him, but the mother
was bad.
Presently, quite coolly, he reck-
oned that Greta's 10 minutes were
up. OF course, the pup wasn't back
yet. He could tell that by hel
barking. Still yelling for him.
Opening her gate, he looked fo1
the form If the younger dog and
saw it was not there. And that be
ing so, he raised his gun and shot
at Greta's head, and she fell, sud
denly Siienced,
The Washington times., 1938-12-28
TOO LATE

Coming over to her he saw her
eyes open. and the blood stream
ing over them. The life was still
in her, for as he looked at her.
she recognized him, and feebly
Evening star., 1938-11-15
Natures Children

will today where you find poultry,
you can see trace Of their ancestry
in each member. The whole world,
with the exception of the Eskimo,
depends upon the poultry developed
from its common ancestor, the jun
glefowl, for eggs and meat.
In its home grounds, where the
balance of nature is maintained, the
junglefowl hen does not lay more
than so eggs during her lifetime.
No self-respecting domestic hen of
this day would face such . report.
Records carefully kept show we have
hens today that have laid as many
as 5000 eggs each during lifetime,
and mothered to a thousand we'll
set-up chicks.
1t is interesting to note that while
the fowls of our time seem so far
removed from their jungle ancestor,
very short period may elapse when
they would revert to the actions and
appearance of their ancestors, if
they were permitted to make a
crossbreed and if their habits of
life were not controlled. In q short
time they would be seeking the
woods and living in the state that
most nearly resembles that of long
ago.
(copyrisht. 1889