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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
In New York
RY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Feb. 25 - Libby Hol- man is back in the news. Summing the leisure her wealth could give her, the dark-eyed torch singer from Cincinnati prefers the chores of a Broadway show.
 She is in the cast of Cole Por- ter musical called You Never Know in which she will be near Clifton Webb and Lupez Velez. Though the fortune the late Smith Reynolds left to her and their child represents the riches of Inulti-mll- lionaire, she is not privileged char acter around the Broadway daily and affects smoked glasses to avoid curious gazeS.
 Out, Brief, Glamor!
 It was not Libby Holman's pen chant to return to Broadway in a musical show. She tried that once in Revenge With Music" and with dis astrous results. Her new met1er IS The Drama and for long while, she has taken arduous coaching in act ing from Jasper Deeter who is the guiding spirit of the aesthetic He'd gerow Theater in Moylan-Rose Val ley, Pa. She is in You Never Know" in lieu of an opportunity to emote elsewhere; but even for this engage ment, she conSultS Deeter daily and goes over her characterization with him. She is, her co-workers say, a tireleSS toiler. Her interests are linn tied to two; her son and the stage though, occasionally, she can be seen gadding about to the smarter night clubs. She leaves these oaseS reason ably early.
 But those glamor days when Lib by Holman sang "Moanin' Low" and Body and Soul" and was the belle of the town, are over. The only "stagedoor Johnny" who waits pa tiently for her to emerge from the theater these evenings, is her chauf- fur. And he is under orders to whiSk her quickly away toward Connecti- cut.
 Long Island NarcissuS
 A 1llIIl VlSlLOI IcldLCo OlA4o uSlAC dS "21"; it is about the fellow who was product of that absurdly unreal picture era just before the birth ot the talkies. He landed in Hollywood with a superb profile and 8 keen ap- preciation of himself. Back in the Long Island town where he was cradled, storekeepers still chuckled about the youngster who preened himself as he passed their windows
 Finally in Hollywood, his Latin god looks caught the eye of a female star and she pulled the necessary strings to get him a role in her next film. His joy was complete. Back in Long Island he babbled about the cinema tc gaping peasants" and spoke vaguely of yachts and Sprawline estates. His bubble burst with the talkies. One picture and ht was washed up forever. The nat ural sequence should have beer drink, the gutter and oblivion But the Hollywood visitor whc recounted this located him again He is as handsome as ever ano certainly not unhappy. He Is sell ing mirrors in a ritzy department store in Los Angeles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

Printers in Connecticut are drawing up their battle lines for pitched war against all state printing going to insti- tutions where printing plants have been established. A unified protest will soon be voiced while efforts continue to enlist the aid of every printer in the state to have this policy dropped. Printers contend that instead of being a saving, as claimed it will constitute boycott against pri- Vate businesses
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
A Book a Day
A Strange Story of Yankee Irish
BY BRUCE CATION

BE bkOCE CA11ON
 Edmund Gilligan's new novel, Boundary Against Night" (Farrs- & Rinehart; $2.75), is a strange book. It is sometimes confused, oc- casionally dismaying eloquent and powerful.
 It is a story of the Yankee Irish" of Boston and vicinity; of the impact which the World war made on them, of the place they have made for themselves in the life of New England, and of the tortured, organizing struggle which some of them have to make against an im- placable fate.
 It is also a story of the famous Boston police strike, in which cold eyed men goaded decent public ser- wants into fighting against intoler- able conditions and then smugly broke them. As a study of that strike, and as a sidelight on the lamented Calvin Coolidge, the book is most abundantly worth reading.
 The story sprawls a bit. It begins as the tale of young man who is blinded in the war. Then it becomes the story of two other wounded war veterans, and their families. Then it is the story of a Boston police man. It is infused with violence, clouded by a pre-occupation with death, shot through with mystic febrile intensity which sometimes results in incoherence and some times in vivid living beauty.
 MT. Gilligan's people do not talk like ordinary folk; neither, for that matter, does MT. Gilligan himself which is all to the good. And, al- though most readers will, I fear, find this book oyer-wrought and hard to follow, there will be some who will rejoice in it as a work of poetic power and insight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 110 a. III.
 Sun rises 638 a. m.; sets 5:34 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 George Washington's birthday always brings back store Of recollections and memories. Most of them are cherished. One we recall is of sitting on an old front yer anda on one of those infrequent February days, mild and sunny with a cardboard hatchet clenched in one hand. It was hollow and there were red candy cherries in its in- terior. They were hard and crunchy, but the taste can still make the writer's mouth water at this late date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
Selected Poem
HER LAST RESORT

Sylvia Arbib in the New York Sum Around the Bahamas She sported pajamas
 She travelled in slacks through the West; She strummed guitar In shorts and a bra
 In Hawaii. She's never been dressed. Last year in Bermuda The visitors viewed her
 Tn sun-tan, culottes and halter; And the men she has met Have consistently bet
 That she'd wear a play suit to the altar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce artificer-ar-
 ti-fi-Ser; say, ar-tif'-i-Ser.

A. It was founded by Cardinal Riechelieu, in 1885, under Louis XIII, and reorganized in 1916 under Louis XVIII. The membership is limited to 40, elected for life.
 o. Who succeeded the late B. L. Belt as president of P. Lorillard Co.,?
 A. D. H. Ball.
 o If seven pigments of the colors of the spectra or rainbow were com bined and blended evenly, would the resulting color be black or white?
 A. Probably black. certainly not white. If the pigments were highly saturated (strong) colors, the result surely would be black or at least very dark gray.
 o. How much did the federal government pay in old age inSur- ance last year?
 A. Only lump sums were paid during 1887, the first year, amount ing to 31a per cent of the total wages received between the first of the year and the time the recipient at tained the age of 65 or died. These lump sums were distributed to 53,- 237 persons or estates or relatives of those who had died, and amount ed to $l,277,516. 28, or an average of $24 for each recipient.
 Q. Who composed the song My Lady's Bower?"
 A. It was composed about 1888 with music by H. Temple and words by 2. E. Weatherly.
 Q. Was the motion picture Navy, Blue and Gold" made at Annapolis?
 A. Only few scenes were actu- ally taken there.
 If you want copy of our book let Foreign Dishes," write to Wa terbury Democrats Washington Bu- reau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Wash ingtOn D. c. Enclose 10 cents in l postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
A Thought for Today

And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.-1 Chronicles 9:2S.
 What is it to be wise? Iris but to know now little can be knoWn-to see all others faults and feel our own.-Pope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

News for comic artists-a collection of ancient rock pictures shows not one cave man "beaning" another with a club or dragging his wife around by the hair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

Nazi newspapers roast our Admiral William D. Leahy for telling Congress that the United States needs larger navy Oh, well!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
Wagner Act Faces Vital Test In Kentucky Coal Men Trial;
 Govt So Far One Up In Life Or
 Death Fight of Famous N.L.R.B.
By DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT .. ALLEN.

Washington, Feb. 9 = Big business hasn't scented the significance of it yet but in short time the entire country going to have it's eyes trained the most i'm portant New Deal legal since the Supreme Court kicked out the MIRA and AAA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

Wonderful clothing bargains are re- ported in New York You can save $2,550 on a SC, 900 mink coat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
Current Comment

I'm going to go back alone where we've been together and make big glorious picture of Africa. I want to do it for him.--Mrs. Osa John son, widow of the famous explorer, Martin Johnson.
 That's the trouble with radio and movie. They distort ones sense of values. -Cornelia Otis Skinner, ac-. tress, who, gets paid as much for a few minutes work on the radio as she gets for a week on the stage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By Frederick M. Kerby

1OOh QOES4AONo ANSWERED.
 Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. THE EDITOR
 e.. Who holds the one-hour type writing speed record?
 A. George L. Hossfield of West Englewood, N. J., on August 28, 1887, typed 139 words a minute for an hour with only 31 errors, at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
 e. Please state when and by whom L'Academie Francaise was founded and the number of mem berS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

0. Was the motion picture Navy, Blue and Gold" made at Annapolis?
 A. Only a few scenes were actu- ally taken there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22

Q. Who composed the song My Lady's Bower?"
 A. It was composed about 1888 with music by H. Temple and words by 2. E. Weatherly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-22
Harding Scandals

An echo of the old Harding scandals came up in the Interior Department some time ago when a eco camp in Nevada was trans ferred from the Forest Service to the National Park Service.
 On the payroll at the time of the transfer was listed the name
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-25
U. S. DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
(By the U. $. Weather Bureau

vicinity Showers tonight moderate
 Weather Showers and Wednesday, southeast soutlSrly winds
 he Coast of southeast winds Yakutat fresh easterly winds Yakutat Hinchnbrook
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-25
S.TREAMLIN|NC
 TREATMENT OF
 HAY FEVER NOW

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-They're streamlining nay fever treatments now.
 Dr. Ethan Allen Brown of the New England Medical Academy is conduting the work in Lahev clinic, Boston.
 Described as the rush or hurry treatment, pr. Brown has suc- ceeded in telescoping 10 months treatments toward immunization in a 10-day period or less.
 Dr. Brown said it was simple combination of two known methods of relief, medical injections and conditioned air.
 A patient is given two and some times three injections a day in an conditioned hospital This en- ables the patient to leave the hos pital during the ragweed season and yet keeps him comparatively free of symptoms pr. Brown ex- plains.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-25
sr The Ap Festus. Service

Each question counts 20; each part of tloo-part question, 10. 4 score of 60 IS fair, 80. good.
 1. Identify this baseball man ager. What big record did his team set?
 2. Give the last names of two of these Englishmen prominent in recent foreign news: (a) An thony, (b) Winston, co Sir John, (d) Malcolm.
 3. Who is Martin Dies? With what investigation is he con- nected?
 4. Has the American Fedora ton of Labor gained or lost members during the last year?
 5. What nation owns the larg- est battleship?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-25
Judge Fines Self
 S5 for Being Late

SAN JOSE, Cal Oct %. Super for Judge E. N Rector of Merced County established a precedent here when he appeared in court half an hour late and promptly slapped 8 S5 fine on himself.
 The court regrets he violated an established personal custom oi con- vening promptly" his honor apolo-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-25

Savage, one of Americas leading 
 There is danger in too much rationalism in art" he said. We may become too rational in our monuments and too sentimental in our laws"
 He believes the older group of American painters lost it's vision but that the free-lance mural pain ter promises a vital American epic spirit, strong in the belief that the commonplace should be made signi- fiCant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-25

gized. "whereupon the court fines itself $5."
 The fine was paid to County Treasurer Dale Holland, who said 1t was the first time in his mem ory that a judge had fined himso i in this county.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-25
MuraIist Views Sanity
 as Threat to Painters

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, oct. 25. There is hope for the younger group of mural painters if they do not become too sane, says Eugene
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-25
WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 AM. TO-DAY

Blaine 42 Alert cloudy AT; Null Harbor, showers 47 Prince Rupert, cloudy 46; Wran Petersburg cloudy 45 Sitka, cloudy 40 Cape Spencer A Hawk Inlet, 42 Sprinking A. Skagway cloudy 3 Hmchnbrook, China cloudy, 38 Mccarthy cloudy, 30 Fairbanks, cloudy, 34 cloudy cloudy Nuao raining 32 Kaltag, B; Stuyahok snowin 32 Crooked Creek cloudy; Golovn raining 34 Solomon, raining, mistng, 34
 26.-S sunset APT
 SYNOPSIS
 this with the lowest reported 1922 inches at the Territory generally Heavy rain occurred over the Prince moderate precipitation the coast precipitation Canada Fair weather prevailed Temperatures colder portions this morning especially over the upper Yu- valleys
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-25
MAHoNEY RETURNS

U. $. Marshal William T. Mahoney returned to Juneau on the Alaska after trip Outside with prisoners.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-05
WORKERS ALLIANCE
AS RELIEF RACKET
(Tulare Advance-Register)

(Tulare Advance-Register)
Proof that the so-called Workers Al
lance. which recently demanded from
the board of supervisors to be given
virtual direction and control of relief
and welfare agencies in Tulare county,
is nothing more or less than branch of
the Communist party in America has
at last come to light.
While there was no doubt about the
red hue of the organization, it remained
tor the Communists themselves to fur
nish proof of their direction. This has
now been clearly placed on record
According to The Wichita (Kansas)
Independent of May 20. one Max Salz-
man. active in Communist circles in that
area, is reported to have addressed a
meeting of the Workers Alliance, and
in discussing Communism and its rela-
.tion to the Workers Alliance said:
who organized the unemployed? III
answer that, I e Communist party. On
March 6, 1880, we staged group meet
ings of 1,25O,00O unemployed in the
United States, demanding government
the United States four years before the
organization of the Workers Alliance
A large number of our leaders served
long jail sentences for their heroic work
in staging these demonstrations. We
support the Workers Alliance We work
with it. We are responsible for it, WE
CREATED IT."
Citizens and taxpayers of Tulare coun-
ty may we'll be proud of and thankful
for the fearless stand taken by the
members of the Tulare county board of
supervisors a few weeks ago in refusing
to ''recognize' the communistic Work.
ers' Alliance and in flatly refusing to
turn over relief and welfare activities
and expenditures into the hands of paid
Communist leaders and Red agitators.
Wisdom and courage of the board will
save the taxpayers Of this county many
thousands of dollars as we'll as prevent
racketeering by the Communists and
mistreatment by onerous bolsheviks of
deserving American citizens who are on
relief rolls.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-05
THE WOMEN'S LOUNGE
a BUSINESS ASSET

The perennial question, is the FL Cen
tro's women's municipal lounge worth
what it costs, again plaques city Off
cials. Our belief is that the lounge is
worth every penny of the estimated
$500 spent on it annually.
An average of 80 women a day makes
use of the lounge when it is open. These
women include employees in downtown
businesses, housewives who have tramp
ed from store to st IRE doing their shop
ping, farmers wives in town for the
entire day, and visitors passing through
El Centre.
To the women working downtown
the lounge represents a place where
during lunch hour, they can snatch
few minutes of badly needed rest. To
housewives from city and farm alike,
ii is a place where aching feet can be
relieved of their burden, marking a well
come break in the monotony of shop
ping. To tourists and other visitors
the lounge is, likewise, a place to rest
and relax.
For the merchants of FL Centro. the
lounge is a good business investment.
1t is one of the things that helps at
tract to FL Centre the farmers wives
who might otherwise go elsewhere to do
their weeks shopping. 1t makes shop
ping more attractive to women who I've
in the city. 1t has drawn widespread
comment from residents and outside
visitors as we'll as an innovation more
cities should copy.
By all means, we believe, the munich
pal lounge should continue as city
nroiect
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-05
THE FAME OF YOUTH
OR The FUN?

Jackie Coogan, once as famous IN tim
roles as Shirley Temple is today, is reap
ing harvest of heartaches out of his
early fame. Such has his condition be-
come that he was driven to ignore his
mother in a Los Angeles court room
the other day-the mother he is suing
in an attempt to recover part of the mil
lions he earned as a boy film star.
Coogan's history, glamorous in child
hood, all but forgotten in middle youth,
and beset by legal and financial troubles
as a young man, cannot but make us
wonder which, after all, is luckiest the
famous child or the average child.
The film child has fame and money.
If his parents are wise and thoughtful,
he keeps the money. Nine times out of
ten he loses the fame, because he cannot
always remain a child, and the child
stars who have succeeded as adult stars
are very, very scarce. Thus life is re-
versed for the prodigy. He or she looks
back upon success, not forward to it.
Somehow, that appears to us a dreary
prospect.
The average child, on the other hand,
enjoys life fully as much as child
film star could. Then, as an adult, he
has a happy childhood to look back
upon-and the hope of success to look
forward to. His life after the first
twelve years is pointed ahead 1t is not
an anti-climax, failing always to equal
those first years.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-05

1t Is little late IN the day to
remark that the automobile is Ia
making American lifa. The change
began a quarter of century ago
and we are all used t. it by now
But iti still going on, and every
now and then some htuIc thing is
a forecful reminder of it.
Two minor news Items po!nted
it up lately. One was a story an
nCuncing the discontinuance OF tle
ferry boat service across the De-
troit river, between Detroit and
Windsor; the other a story telling
of the abandonment of service ON
a lengthy branch line of the New
Haven railroad in Massachusetts,
with some 80 stations being closed
and their towns left dependent on
autcs, trucks and busses.
Now these things are of no i'm
portance to anybody except the
people who will be inconvenienced
by the change; there aren't many
Of these people, and they VIII soon
get used to the new order, and
probably there isn't much sense
in dwelling on the matter.
But such things do stick in the
craW a little, just the same. The
auto has been an immeasurable
CONFERENCE.-The it has killed a
lot of other conveniences, and by
speeding up the pace of daily life
it has made us more dependent
on it than we might be.
You can get to any point in the
United States nowadays by auto,
and you will have excellent roads
most of the way. That's all to the
good. But suppose you don't happen
to feel like driving; suppose you
want to poke along by steamboat,
or surrender yourself to the train?
In many, many cases you are simp-
ly cut OF luck. You drive, or you
don't go at all.
The passenger steamship lines on
our inland waterways and our sea-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S u M M o N S
No. 1902

- ~ h M ~ ~ -
No. 1902
In the Superior Court of the state
of California i'm and for the
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
PEARL r. MILAN, ct al,
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
PEARL II. MILAN, JOHN DOE,
JANE DOE. RICHARD ROE, JOHN
DOE COMPANY, A Corporation,
RICHARD ROE COMPANY, A Co
Partnership, and JOHN DOE as
Administrator of the Estate of
Richard Roe, Deceased, Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court Of
the County Of Imperial, State OF
California, within ten days after the
oclFiCC Oll JOu VI Iilio ouilllilOllS-il
served within this county; or with
in thirty days if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial. State of Cali
fornia, this 18th day of May, 1898.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk.
BY C1THA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
j. pa. l 8 Is % 29-A. IL 10 26
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-05

the brown thrasher, and the bob
white all glorified that orchard
with their presence. Rabbits made
their nests along the hedge row;
and when some strange, mysterious
urge told Mrs. Rabbit that she
was soon to become a mother, she
clawed soft hair from her own
body and lined the nest to make
it warm and comfortable for her
babies. Across the fence in the
garden, a blind mole nosed his
way along in the darkness under
ground, eating the peas and sweet
corn we had planted. Pigeons cooed
on the roof of the big barn: chicken
hawks circled lazily in the blue
sky overhead; little lambs in the
pasture got down on their knees
to nurse their mothers and wagged
their funny little tails with delight
as they drew the rich warm milk
into their throats.
Yes, I was living in the midst
of all that beauty and life and
mystery in 1903. But was I thrilled
by it? No, I wanted to grow up
at once, get settled in life make
some money, and be able to wear
clothes that weren't too small for
me, and have all the oranges and
bananas I could eat. I wanted to
live in a big city, wear a white
collar seven days a week and be
paid for talking before large audi
enceS.
Well, thirty-five years have pass
ed; and I have accomplished to
some extent those ambitions that
gnawed at my heart in 1903. Have
they given me the thrill I expected?
I am happy, yes; but is reality ever
quite as beautiful as our dreams?
Isn't there more pleasure in pur-
suit than there is in possession?
live in a big city now and wear
silk socks and have all the oranges
and bananas I want in the refrig-
orator. But I would gladly give it
all up for one entire year, if I could
only be a boy once more on the
Ira Moore farm near Maryville,
Missouri, and smell the apple bios
SONS in the orchard and listen to
the song Of the brown thrasher.
Here's success rule wish
every ambitious chap would paste
in his hat; BE yourself; avoid
initiating others"
The Mad Russian on the Eddie
Cantor program told me that he
always refrained from trying to
copy tricks of another comedian.
He said he knew if he was going
to be a success, he had to get his
laughs in his own way. If you
want to get ahead, you have got
to be yourself. You have to ex-
press your own personality. Don't
initiate others.