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The Washington times., 1938-09-21

Who is Helen Claire?" here
are some biographical facts.
Helen Claire was born in
Union Springs. Ala, attended
school in Virginia, came North
and studied at Columbia Uni
versity in New York. She has
appeared in New York, on the
stage in "Jezebal," Nine Pine
Street" Girls in Uniform" Her
radio work includes the role of
Betty Graham in Roses and
Drums" and as fashion and
society commentator for Fox
Movietone Newsreel.
That irate member of the
Southern society who caused
Sheila Barrett to eliminate the
Gavin liquor Dixie debutante
from her stage repertoire, better
stay away from the National
Theater and kiss the BOYS
Goodbye" lest she explode into
small atoms.
LAME ON LEG ART
Although Jessie Matthews has
the best figure and the shape
liest limbs of all English film
players, studio persistently re-
fuses to exploit them with her
pictures.
The fact that her latest fea-
ture, Sailing Along" will have
a first run at the Mt. Vernon
open air theater next week,
brings along the latest still
photographs of the star, but no
leg art. Hollywood can't under
stand it. The American, Jack
Whiting, is the Matthews dane
ing partner.
MAY QUIT ITALY
American film companies no
doubt will withdraw entirely
from distribution in Italy as a
result Of the latest harness on
the business which would give
all distribution in that country
to a government controlled mo-
nopoly.
This was the consensus of
opinion at a meeting of the
heads of the various foreign de-
partments at the Hays office,
called especially to consider the
current situation in Italy.
1t is felt that, by taking a
definite stand for withdrawal,
the Italian government soon will
learn what this means, as such a
stopping of American product
would draw complaints from the
exhibitors Of the 1000 theaters
in the country which cannot
operate on home-produced pic.
lures.
The viewpoint also is ex
pressed that such a stand will
manifest to other countries con
templating such a move, that
the U. S. companies can be
| pushed only SO far.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
KELLEYGRAMS

Officially the strip tease has
passed from burlesque, so that
Ann Corio now announces her
self as queen of disorders, or
star of the follies' brassiere.
way, she's Washington
bound, according to an an
nouncement from Impresario
Jimmy Lake.
Opens next Sunday afternoon
with the Girls in Blue" and
George Murray as featured
comic.
DOG WEEK" SONG
ANDREW Kelley
washington Times:
1T might be of interest for
you to know that Barnee of the
Shoreham, Max Lowe and my
self have written a song, dedi-
Gated to National Dog Week"
which is this week, called "A
Mans Best Friend" and which
has been accepted by the COM
mittee in charge of national dog
week and will be featured in
several programs throughout
the country. Kindest regards.
LEWIS w. BIBLE"
This song ought to be a WOW.
Or should l say, bow-WoW.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
Wayne Morris
Is Coming
Friday

-Four Daughters" Warner
Brothers picture which has won
outstanding praise. comes to the
Earle Theater screen next Fri
day, September %. On the stage,
Wayne Morris and Johnny Da-
Wis, Warner film stars, will head
line a variety program.
Based on Sister Act" by
Fannie Hurst, -Four Daugh-
ters" is the heart-warming story
Of the Lemp family-Priscilla,
Rosemary and Lola Lane and
Gale Page as the daughters,
Claude Rains as the father and
May Robson as motherly Aunt
Eta. John Garfield, Jeffrey
Lynn, Frank McHugh and Dick
Foran are the four young men
who fall in love with the -Four
Daughters" Michael Curtiz di-
rected the production, which
has skyrocketed Priscilla Lane,
John Garfield and Jeffrey Lynn
to stardom.
On the stage. the star Of kid
Galahad" and valley of the
Giants" hand dSome young
Wayne MorriS-will appear in
person. Also coming from Holly
wood to the Earle is Johnnie
Davis, young comedian, hot
trumpeter and "scat singer" who
has been in Varsity Show"
Cowboy From Brooklyn" and
other hits.
Others on the stage will in
clude Paul LaVerre and Com
pany, the 16 Dancing Roxyettes,
and-as an added attraction
Mario and Floria, gifted dancers,
In new and pleasing routines.
Newsreel and selected short
subjects round out the program.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

HOW WOULD HE SAY IT?
This is the third day Of the
contest. If you haven't already
gotten into the mad, merry pace
of our "slanguage" competition,
here's your chance to have a
good time and put yourself in
line for today's cash and theater
ticket awards!
Mickey Rooney's screen role
in Boys Town" started it all.
snub-nosed Mickey does every
thing in a big way. When he
played the girl-crazy kid in
Love Finds Andy Hardy" he
wasn't just himself, he was a
million typical American adoles-
cents rolled into one. And it's
that way in Boys Town." the
new M-G-M drama. now at
Loew's Capitol, in which Mickey
is stared with Spencer Tracy.
Mickey isn't just another tough
boy in Boys Town" AS the
pugnacious kid brother of a big
time gangster, he'll remind you
of every tough slang-slinger you
ever heard.
The idea Of our novel COM
petition is to transpose simple
English sentence into typical
American slang, the way Mickey
Rooney would say it in Boys
Town." Our American speech is
so full of those queer but telling
slang phrases that you'll have
no trouble at all working out
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

title American, both by inherit
ance and by performance.
Geoffrey Massey, the actors
ancestor, provided his descend
ants now and forever with q
good old Puritan background
when he migrated from Eng
land in 1929 and settled in
Salem, Mass. He and his wife,
it seems, had spent some time
at considerable discomfort to
themselves in the Cheshire
stocks, because of their nom
conformist beliefs. In the words
of the distinguished Twentieth
Century Massey, Geoffrey be-
came ferryman at Salem and
the family remained there "fOr
some $50 years in respected OBJ
Scurity."
On his mothers side, Ray
mOnd Massey is just as Ameri-
can. His mother was Miss Anna
Vincent, of Erie, Pa, a sister
of Bishop Vincent, who helped
found the famous assembly and
summer school at Chautauqua,
\. Y. A whole movement took
its name from the distinctly
-.merican institution and for
many a summer sent culture
under canvas to towns the
length and breadth of the land.
His grandmOther'S family goes
back to the deep SOuth-tO live
oaks and magnoIiss. They were
the proud Byards of Mobile. A
cousin who died two years ago
at the age of 94 was to her
dying day an unrecOnstructed
Southerner. There seems to
have been little sympathy in
that family, too, for the Crown
of England. Another cousin was
aide-de-camp to Lafayette.
Two Massey cousins were in
the Union army and another
wore the gray Of the Confed-
eracy, which should not hurt
Mr.. Massey's reading of Mr..
SherwOOd'S brave lines.
When a wound at Tyres sent
him home in 1916, Raymond
Massey was assigned to Yale
University and later Princeton
as military instructor. Theater-
gOerS remember well his fine per-
fOrmance as a New England
farmer in Ethan FrOme."
Yours for q big Washington
opening,
(Signed) BILL FIELDS.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
GOOD FRENCH PICTURE

It's customary to say that the
Lunts are superior in everything
they attempt, either for stage or
screen.
I think the exception to the
rule applies to "Amphitrvon 49,"
their latest play for the Theater
Guild The French movie of
the same fable is an infinitely
better translation, is accom-
panied by an enhancing back
ground score.
The Lunts liked the score Of
the picture, they tried to get
it for the Theater Guild produc-
ton, but without success.
"Amphitryon 81" comes 10 the
Little Theater next Sunday. and
those who like smart movies
will make a mistake if they pass
1t up.
Devotees of French films will
recognize the names of Henri
Carat and Jeanne Boitel, who
play the leading roles, and of
Armand Bernard, Odette Flor
ellie and Marguerite Moreno, the
supporting performers. Full
subtitles in English accompany
the dialogue in "Amphitryon
At"
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
A FREE RIDE

A FREE RIDE
Some of the errors were typo
graphical and others resulted
from the time limitations i'm
posed in the preparation of the
booklets which necessitated
printing of the contest questions
before productions were COM
pleted.
Some of the questions we're re-
lated to material which did not
appear in the completed picture.
Explanations of the errors and
the steps being taken to rectify
them will be sent out to all
theaters participating in the
Movie Quiz contest and screen
and lobby material is being pre-
pared to explain the mishap
and its remedy to contestants.
The committees remedy gives
contestants a free ride" on five
contest pictures which, in effect,
means that contestants need
supply correct answers to only
25 pictures instead of 80 to quail
1fy for prizes.
All answers to the error ques-
tions will be marked correct"
MASSEY AS "ABE"
From the eStimable Bill Fields,
general press representative for
the Playwrights Producing Com
pany this missive:
Dear Andy Kelley:
The Times was not the only
journalistic eyebrow to go up
when the Playwrights' Produc-
ing Company announced that
Raymond Massey would portray
the central figure in ABE Lin.
coin in Illinois," the new Rob
ert E. Sherwood play which will
have its first performance on
any stage at the National The
ater Monday evening, October 3.
Send to England for a
Canadian actor to play the
Great EmancipatOr!" exclaimed
the puristS. who by the same
logic might as well assert that
Helen Hayes ought not play
Queen Victoria or that nobody
but Dane should try Hamlet.
"a look at the record might
take some of the starch out of
the argument, for Mr.. Massey
has a pretty good claim on the
The Washington times., 1938-09-21

your entry for this contest.
Here's today's sentence:
I'D like to haze in q hurry
q ham sandwich on toast With
plenty of butter and lettuce"
How would Mickey say it?
There's $50 in cash being
awarded-$15 as first prize, $40
as second prize and S. to the
third most ingenious entry.
There will also be 10 pairs Of
guest tickets to Loew's Capitol
to see Boys Town." heralded
as one Of the finest heart
dramas ever produced. Your
entry must be in to the Boys
Town" Editor, W. hin ton
Times, by noon Friday.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
ABOUT HELEN CLAIRE

Little Helen Claire has leaped
into fame for her brilliant act
ing in Kiss the Boys Goodbye"
and one Hollywood scout caught
her performance last night and
forwarded a report to the Cali.
fornia studio.
To those who are inquiring,
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
Romance and Revenge

Romance and revenge along
the Mexican border motivate
Renegade Ranger" new RKO
Radio Western starring George
O'Brien. Rita Hayworth, noted
Spanish-American actress, has
the feminine lead.
The Washington times., 1938-09-21
leaning g S
and
Screenings
BY Andrew R. Kelley

the $25O0O0 movie quiz contest have already
discovered that there in the booklets which
have been distributed These make it impossible to
give correct answers five of the questions.
The pictures involved are Gateway, The Texans The
Crowd Roars Girls on Probation and Give Me Sailor"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
Social Security
Act Explained

All phases of the social security
act we're explained by James j.
Norris at the Kiwauis luncheon
meeting Friday noon at the Bar
bara Worth hotel.
Norris manager OF the district
social security board in San Diego,
gave a complete outline of the en-
tire act.
Jack Leliyelt, manager of the
Seattle ball club, gave a short talk
before the group and urged great
er local attendance at the base
ball games. He said that they need
cd the support of the town to par
TALLY defray expenses
Also ON the program was Norbert
Tester who was called upon to give
his life history.
During the meeting four season
tickets to The baseball games were
given away
There was no chairman of the
day as Leon Egner is storm-bound
in Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF ELECTION

NOTICE is hereby given that
general municipal election viii be
held at the City of El Centre ON
Tuesday the 18th day Of April, 1898,
for the following officers: Two %
members of the City Council of said
City of Fl Centro for the fun term
of four years;
There will be five voting precincts
for the purpose OF holding said
election. consisting of a consolida-
ton of the regular election pre-
cincts established for holding State
and County elections as follows:
Consolidated voting Precinct "A
comprises State and County pre-
cincts numbers !, 2, 3, and 4, ana
the polling place of said Precinct
"A" shall be at the Court House
in the Board of Supervisors Room.
Consolidated Voting Precinct B
comprises State and County pre-
cincts numbers 9, 10 and Il, and
the polling place Of said Precinct
B" shall be at the Mckinley
School on Fifth Street between
Park and Commercial.
Consolidated voting Precinct &C
comprises State and County pre-
oincts numbers Z. 8, II and l3, and
the polling place of said Precinct
c. shall be at the City Hall, To-
Gated Oh the West side of Sixth
Street, between Main and State
Street.
Consolidated voting Precinct ID"
comprises State and County pre-
cincts numbers 5. and IA, and the
polling place of said Precinct ID"
shall be at the Harding School, To-
Gated on 7th ST., between Vine and
Wensley.
Consolidated voting Precinct "E'
comprises State and County pre-
cincts numbers Is and IS, and the
polling place Of said Precinct "E
shall be at the Eastside School,
State and First Streets.
The polls of said election shall
be opened at six O'Clock Am. Of
said day Of said election and shall
be kept open until seven o'clock
PM Of said day when the polls
shall be closed, provided. however,
that If at the hour of closing there
are any other voters in the polling
place. or in line at the door, who
are qualified to vote and have not
been able TO do 50 since appearing,
the polls shall be kept open suf-
ficient time TO enable them to vote.
BY ORDER of the City Concil
Dated: This 3rd day Of March,
1888.
c. @. MOUSSEAU.
City Clerk of the City Of
FL Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
Favorable Comment
Greets Fair Edition
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readers generally showed complete
approval. A few of their comments:
NJ o. SimmS: The makeup of
the PoSt-PreSs fair edition was
very attractive. I particularly en-
ioyed the pictures ~
Sterling OSwalt: Il liked the edi-
tion very much
Langston Goree: Don't see how
you got it out with all the power
difficulties. Material unusually
good
Mrs. Warren Currier: Nice edi-
ton. I was particularly interested
in the splendid account of the All
youngstes work in the fair"
Walter Havekorst: Very good
edition. I thoroughly enjoyed read
ing it"
Earle Davis: Very good edition
NY wife gave it her unqualified
approval. Said it was the best ever
put out. And 1 agree with her"
Mrs. L. c. House: Looked like
a lot of work. And all of it was
good"
Warren Currier: Very commend
able edition. l read it from cover
to cover and enjoyed every line
Robert Hays: Best edition ever
published in Imperial Valley
Frank Beyschlag: Too much in
teresting news to read in one sit
ting"
Mrs. Robert Ware: Wonderful
work. History of the fair parti-
cularly interesting. Advertising es-
pecially we'll arranged
Dan Bowerman, Los Angeles exc
cutive of the United Press, stop
ping in El Centre: TITS honey!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
LOoting Breaks
Out After Flood
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Dnited States, that was not de
stroyed or partially washed out.
The $4,000 persons in San Ber-
nardino were without gas. the cleo
trio supply was spasmodic. and
stores were rationing food.
LOOters In Boats
Sheriff Biscailuz of Los Angeles
county Nsaid looters were rowing
boats 10 partly submerged homes
and carrying away all they could
find.
Reports Of the theft of automo-
biles abandoned on streets and
highways because of flood condi-
tions poured in at police and sher-
iffs offices.
Topping the death list was the
Atwood -Anaheim district. south and
east Of Los Angeles, where % fatal
tiles were reported with an unde-
termined number missing. Police
said at least 25 bodies were buried
under debris.
The town of Atwood was crushed
atHNt oO many llldAI1A buANo NAlNlA
the Santa Ana river changed its
course and flowed down the main
street. Guards who were posted at
the dykes were forced to flee for
their lives and could not sound a
warning as the river burst its
banks.
Residents had thei first warning
when they heard the roar of the
approaching torrents.
The town, populated mostly by
Mexicans, was ripped to pieces.
The flood waters from the river
combined with the water from
Carbon Canyon and flowed into
Anaheim. The wide low space of
the city, however, allowed spread
of the water, and although the city
was completely inundated. the
depth of the water was not great.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
Many Missing
I'm Flood Areas
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Atherton. Three missing. One hun
dred refugees.
Venice-Two thousand cVacuat-
ed from homes, but returning to-
day.
P0mona-TwO thousand tempor-
arily homeless.
haywood - One dead, Charles
Porter, uncovered.
Santa Ana - Two known dead:
Charles B. Hughes, 85; Wesley
Mum, several missing. No COM
munieatiOns.
San Juan CapistranO-TwO dead:
S. Nj. Bathgatc, Charles L. Parks.
Isolated north and south.
Atwood -Anaheim district, Orange
county - Seventeen dead, several
missing. Dead: Lydia Hernandez.
months; ROIandO Ritana, IL:
Theresa Barragan, 10; Rudolph
Barragan, IL; Baby Barragan, ;
months; Mrs. LenOra Swanson, 27;
John Doe ZunigO, 10; Antonio Hur-
tado, IL; Carmelita Montana, o.;
Tiburcia Casas, IL; John Doe
Riggs; ROmandO Ritana, IL; Five
unidentified. Missing: Rita Tassis;
Mrs. Jane Doe Riggs, Mrs. Roger
Montana; three children of Ray
mond Castro. Isolated.
Wintersbmg-TwO boys missing.
Barstow-V -VictorvilIe district-two
dead, Joe Flynn, unidentified man;
&c missing. Six hundred homeless.
Damage S5O0,O00.
Pasadena -Altadena No deaths,
but 800 hom less, mainly in Pasa-
dena Glen. Rose Bowl escaped
damage.
Arcadia MOnrOvia - No deaths.
Several hundred evacuated. Santa
Anita race track in good condition.
Ventura county-Two dead, Bill
Mccarthy, sc, and EliseO Aya. One
reported missing at Ventura. Fill
more, Piru isolated.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
ROBERT SCRIPPS
DIES ON YACHT

injured workman Wlped out prolitS
and reserves.
The Eureka experience gave him
his first taste of a beat.
Assigned to the marine reporting
Job, at 81 a day, he pulled out one
day. without warning. and travelled
40 miles with the sheriff to point
where three Negro circus hands had
been killed in combat with lumber
Jacks. His story was spread over
the first page of his newspaper.
It was exclusive, but the editor
bawled him out nevertheless for
deserting his marine post.
In Honolulu, Hawaii. the young
adventurer joined up with Jack
London ana together they saw the
town. He worked on a newspaper
in Australia and, on assignment
from his father. reported minutely
on economic, political and business
conditions.
Upon his return. in the fall of
1916. the master of Miramar set
his son two stintS. He directed him
to write a novel. based upon his
experiences. within six weeks. He
required him to build up his body
under a physical tutor, who among
other things taught Bob to become
an expert boxer.
Young Bob was Just over six feet
tall, we'll fleshed and muscular, the
image of his father physically He
wrote the book. And within about
the same length of time he got so
handy with the gloves that he could
maui the boxing instructor. The
instructor quit his job and the
ranch.
The imminence of American par
ticipation in the World war brought
E. w. ScrippS out of retirement
he had entered upon in 1908. He
moved to Washington in May, 1917,
established headquarters, assured
President Wilson of his support and
threw his massive energy into
sharpening the Scripps Press into
a patriotic instrument
Young Bob-qualified by the type
of training roughly sketched above
became his right hand. Differ
enceS were developing between E.
w. Scripps and his Oldest son.
James G.. who had been, since 1908.
in nominal command as chairman
Of the board. The father abruptly
appointed Robert editor chief,
responsible to no one but himself.
1T was decided to throw the
Young man into deep water and
let him sink or SWIM" Negley D.
Cochran, a trusted associate of E.
w. Scripps and his biographer
writes He swan. He has shown no
disposition to sink at any time
since"
Over the elder ScrippS' protests
lie went to Camp Sherman, O., to
ioin the army-but he was exempt-
I'd from the draft and established
in Washington as the full fledged
editorial director of powerful ag-
gregation of journalistic influence
Three years later. Roy w. How
ard left the presidency of the Unit
I'd Press to become the partner and
associate of Robert p. Scripps. In
1922, the young men-HoWard be-
ing 80, Scripps 81 - formed the
Scripps- s-Howarl partnership and
ushered the Scripps Enterprise into
period of wide expansion during
which they successful launched an
invasion of the field of eastern
journalism which took them to
Washington, Pittsburgh, New York
and Buffalo, and strengthened their
forces in other cities throughout
the nation by newspaper purchases
and mergers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
POSSIBILITY
OF L. S.-TOKYO
CLASH DENIED
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ance.
Replying to questions regarding
foreign and naval policy, Hlrota
also limited that Japan would vel
come disarmament conference.
He said that is such a conference
developed, Japan would propose to
the powers the abolition OF CAPT
tai ships and airplane carriers.
Clarifying his views on japanese
relations with the United States,
after questions had been asked re-
garding reports that the United
States was strengthening its mill
tary defense in Hawaii and Alaska,
Hirota said:
IF the two nations fully under
stand each others positions, name
ly Japan observing and preserving
peace in the Orient and America
likewise in the western hemisphere,
there is no chance TO ra clash.
To another Interpolation regard
ing Soviet-JapaneSe relations, Hi
rota said that a delicate situation
exists, automatically speaking, but
Japan is exercising patience" and
hopes relations will return to nor
NAL.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT
PERIOD

NOTICE is hereby given that &C
coIding 10 the provisions of law,
the assessment period for l938-1939
ior the assessing of all property
in the City OF Fl Centre will start
as OF 70 O'Clock noon, Monday,
March 2. 1888
Ii for any reason any resident
of the City Of FL Centre believes
that they will be absent either
from home or their place of busi-
ness at the time the assessor may
call, a return on property owned or
in possession may be made at the
City Clerks office in the City Hall
ON any day after o'clock PM,
Saturday afternoons excepted.
c. c. MOUSSEAU,
City Assessor.
Dated: March 4. 1888.
M all incl.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
AUTO DEALERS
PLEDGE HELP
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the industry out of the business
recession by stimulating used car
sales and making way for a re-
sumption of new car selnng and
manufacture on a normal scale.
The program is aimed at reemploy-
ment of tens of thousands of work
ers in the automobile plants and in
industries supplying steel, rubber.
glass. textiles and other products.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-04
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