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Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-09
Nev-CaI Income
DisclOses Drop

Consolidated net income of the
Nevada California Electric corpora
ton and subsidiaries for the IL
months ended Nov. 3, 1887, amount
ed to s146,171.40 less than for the
corresponding period of a year
earlier, according to the company's
report
November. 1887, net income total
ed s22, ,420.30, as compared with $l2,-
44O.76 in the like month of 1886,
with operating revenues for the
month $421, 1851, against $41O,337 AS
in the 1886 month, the report shows.
Operating revenues for the IL
month period ended November 80,
last. aggregated SIS 674,277.5l. against
s., ,790,6059e for tt Tpreceding per-
iod, the corporNiSnIr. Us.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-09

uSeQ IN the IlOOrulg, fODerJ rams
OF I. " Hardware company. who
handled the interior decorations,
disclosed In the living room and
hallway, tan Jaspe is used, which
blends into the general color
scheme. The kitchen and bath,
done in a black and white combi-
nation. have hnoleum of trick de-
sign which suits the contrasting
ColorS.
Plain floor coverings are us-d in
the bedrooms with decorative back
grounds, Fahs declared. Venetian
blinds cover the windows through
out the home.
Furniture, direct from I. V. Hard
ware warehouses. reflects a COM
binatjon of ultra modern trends,
tinged with 18th century styles.
An 18th century rust and gold
chair contrasts with Rembrandt
lamps. with pottery bases: while
an 18th century table blends with
a Duncan Phyfe table.
The bedroom suites are in glis-
tening maple and blond and the
kitchen has a chromium motif.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-09

strate what can be accomplished
inside and outside by the compare
lively new Ribcrete system OF con-
struction perfected by Imperial
Valley men.
On startling phase of the con-
struction was demonstrated in IN
surance rates On The new home.
s five wear fire insurance policy on
s32C0 value was obtained Ior
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-09
New Construction Era Introduced

Imperial Valley will be introduced to new era In construction MS
Samens home at 4l9 Sandawoo
public throughout the following
builders everlasting monohic concrete
structure along model lines demon
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-09
Modern Furnishing
Makes NewIVHome
More Attractive

model of modern construction without-a model Of
modern interior decoration within The residence of
Mrs. Gladys Salmen 49 Sandalwood drive presents
glowing example OF tasteful yet economical furnishing
Varying types and colors of Armstrong noeum are
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-09
Guest Bedroom

The smooth flowing lines
of the new, modern blondwood
bedroom group are an invita-
tion to cheerfulness for guests
or the family.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-09
The Living Room

-Tastefully demonstrates the
practical combination of Mod
ern' and 18th Century furni-
ture as fashioned by Karpen.
The entire ensemble reflects
the inviting hospitality and
good taste of this type of liv-
ing room.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-09
ev's Most Modern Home Seen Thro ugh the Came

they m the re N in
Ii Throughout In B he HI
mighty nh place to w in in summer FoaFr~ nHah
Imperial Valley press., 1938-01-09
Kitchen

"A combination of Chrome
white and black with sufficient
color in the inlaid linoleum
produces a calm, efficiency to
this home workshop that will
be a pleasure to its owner.
Evening star., 1938-06-16
and DAMASkS! >.

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staging speo occupying 5000
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spreod noue
spcos upholstery Tomorrow morning
ot93o-eet Street 7th
Evening star., 1938-06-16
28% TO 50% OFF
s2,95 1851. .95 Fine In ported and Domestic
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Org ne d a ask and Cotto N
FURNITURE TAPESTRIES

From one Of Americas finest importers plus mag
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blue or natural grounds.
Evening star., 1938-04-11

1--WE know that now, but we didn't
know it soon enough. We started at
the usual time" retorted Mrs. Quack.
Then you must have loafed on the
way" said Peter bluntly.
I'VE did nothing of the sort. We are
not the loaflng kind. A nice one you
are to talk about loafing, Peter Rab-
bit!" replied Mrs. Quack somewhat
heatedly.
"All right, Mrs. Quack. All right"
said Peter somewhat testify. But If
you started at the usual time and
didn't loaf on the way how does it
happen that you Are lats?"
Evening star., 1938-04-11

II found that couldn't fly as fast
or as far without resting as used to-"
explained Mrs. Quack, and the worried
look returned.
why not?" demanded Peter
II don't see that it is any business
of yours, Peter Rabbit" replied Mrs.
Quack somewhat sharply.
TT isn't" agreed Peter. Il am just
curious. You have told me just enough
to set me wondering. It isn't any of
my business, but couldn't help ask
ing"
"An right, Peter" replied Mrs. Quack
In Q tone that allowed that abe was
Evening star., 1938-04-11

that a Duck may look for bite to eat
and a little rest. We never start for
the Sunny South without wondering If
we will get there. It is wonder to
me that we have any nerves left when
we do get there" replid Mrs. Quack.
Aren't you little late this spring?"
asked Peter
Mrs. Quack nodded and a worried
look appeared. EYES," said she. Eyes,
we are little late, and fear we will
be later still by the time we reach our
usual nesting place"
you should have started earlier"
said Peter.
Evening star., 1938-04-11
By WILLARD
BY WELLINGTON
MANON
Trademark applied
For q. s. Patent Once
BY Norman Morsh

to start North I thought that wing was
as good as ever, but it wasn't. 1t tires
easily. Sometimes I wish didn't
have to fly another stroke"
why don't you and Mr.. Quack stay
here at the Smiling Pool?" said Peter.
Mrs. Quack shook her head. 1T Is
too open here" said she. There are
too many people about. We ought to
start on this very day"
But they didn't. They fingered and
Peter knew that 1t WAS on account of
Mrs Quack.
tcopyrtsht, 1889
Evening star., 1938-04-11

should be glad that you don't have to
make that long journey. Have you
ever noticed how many who leave in
the fall never come back? You should
be thankful that you. can find food
enough the year through right around
your home. Don't for minute think
that Mr.. Quack and I make the long
journey twice year just for fun. 1t
isn't fun. It is tiresome and worry
some. We never know what dangers
we may be flying into, particularly
when you 60 South in the fall. All that
whole long distance hunters with ter
rible guns hide whsSever they think
Evening star., 1938-04-11

Modified. ''The truth is that one Of my
wings is not as strong as it used to be.
It was hurt on the way south last fall"
"You mean," queried Peter, and his
tone implied that he guessed what the
answer would be.
Mrs. Quack nodded. "Yes," said she,
ut was a terrible gun. I fell into q
marsh where the hunter couldn't find
me. Fortunately, it was only a wing
that was hurt. managed to keep
hidden until that wing was strong
enough for me to fly again, and after
. time I managed to get down where ]
spent the winter. When It came time
Evening star., 1938-04-11
Henry Thol
ALL ABOARD!

Peter sitting on the bank of the
Smiling Pool. Don't be silly, Peter"
said she.
I'm not silly" retorted Peter. IF
I had wings could travel and see
strange things. I could 60 down to
the Sunny South and see Grandpa
Pelican and the other people who live
down there and whom have never
seen and never will see."
What good would It do your You
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

After the usual sightseeing tour of the crimi'
nal Investigations laboratory at the Department
of Justice they offer to take visitors fngerprnts
for filing in their personal Identification records
in case one should happen to be mashed up be-
yond recognition by steamroller on stepping
out into Pennsylvania Avenue, or chance to stray
into sausage machine. But noticed that not
one Of us-and there must have been 40 in the
party-took advantage of the invitation. Some
made excuses (too much trouble must meet
auntie at $3.50, inky fingers, etc.,, but the real
reason remained unspoken. The fact is, we are all
potential criminals, and in our hearts reserve the
right at any time to take the law into our own
hands and mete out our own ideas Of justice.
We may never need to, but it is nice to know that
when or if we take it into our heads to stroll into
the kitchen and strangle the cook, we don't have
duplicate fingerprnts lying about even in the per-
sonal Identification files of the Department Of
Justice.
The very next day became criminal. stole
cat. It was NANCY little halfgrown mauler
scrounging around parking lot for food, so
went into restaurant and begged some scraps for
it, and while was there the proprietor said they
wanted cat for the kitchen. So went back and
stole the cat. It was the perfect crime. But what
if had left my fingerprints the day before at
the Department of Justice, and a Oman had
checked them up with the fingerprints on the
cat, supposing they had found the cat? What
then, indeed? Certainly no more ambassadorial
tea parties.
Dirty dogs, we English. what9 How wise not to
trust us! P. Y. BETS.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

thought, because I was so often
his guest, that there was some
thing between us. You get used to
having dull people think things
that are not so when you get in
the public eye. And you get used
to having people think that be-
cause you can paint, or dance, or
sing-that your whole life-every
thoughts on that one single
thing.
Well, all this excitement over
the arrest of the baron would not
have occurred if Carroll Peeke
hadn't been the reporter that he
is. It all grew out of a converse
tion we had with the Countess
Czerny, when she got back from
Europe about the first Of the year
before she went to Florida.
"Ruby-I think we've got a
story! I think I know who killed
Ronald Brooks!"
Won Blau did it KNOW he
did! And if they ever call me as
a witness-CWhat Miss Robert
wrote here cannot, at this time, be
published. ED
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

been fired from the gun found
in Wilton's cab.
Mr.. Neudecker asked that two
detectives be assigned to trace the
JURY MEETS FEB. 20
It will be assumed that since
I am myself involved in this case
as a witness-at least before the
grand jury-I will be able to bare
fully what know about the case.
Both my city editor and I wish
this were so. But I cannot tell
all I know about tt cannot
even tell some of the things I
suspect - until after the grand
jury has heard the evidence and
returned a bill Of indictment
against the Baron Won Blau-or
freed him Of suspicion.
Nevertheless I can tell you that
Ruby Robert has worked on this
case with me since first began
to suspect that the most popular
Continued ON Page %, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

It looks as though the Trial Of
Baron Won Blau" would bring half
of Washington's society leaders and
debutantes before the Grand Jury
when VOL begins broadcasting
The Washington Times produc-
ton of Kenneth M. Ellis new
radio mystery, February %!
On Saturday 1t became known
that Mrs. Louis G.. Caldwell would
tell the Grand Jury some peril
nent facts regarding the noble.
man now under arrest for the fic-
tional murder Of Architect Ronald
Brooks. Today it appears that
Miss Ruth Overton, daughter Of
the distinguished Senator, will
also be asked to tell what SHE
knows about the baron's activi.
ties-such of them as might have
caused him to commit the fic.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

the movements Of a concerto?)-I walked back
to my hotel across the park. 1t was not cold even
according to English standards, and positively
balmy compared with the American idea Of nor
NAL wintry weather And there was full moon
large, luscious the kind you can eat-yet was
amazed to see that all the benches were empty.
If this were London I thought, there would be
couple necking on every one Of those benches,
cold or no cold. Has diplomacy killed romance in
Washington? Frigid as We English are so well
known to be- still we don't waste our full moons;
but perhaps that is just British parsimony, some
thing for nothing and all that. All the same,
Washingtonians might do well to remember that
even Oympians are given to enjoy but 10 dozen
full moons between the ages of 20 and 80, that
there are benches in the park, and that even If
their hands do get cold. they can sit on their
hands.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Plans to Try
Blau Speeded

VOLS studios are hum
ming these days with the
effort being put forward to
cast the huge production Of
The Trial Of Baron Won Blau!
United States S e n atOrS,
Representatives, noted law.
yers, society leaders, and
radio actors under the direc-
ton Of Ronald Dawson are
busiIy reading parts before
every available micrOphOne.
Sound effect men, an
nOuncers, pro d uctiOn man
ayers and even the business
office of the station are get
ting ready for the big moment
$50 p. m. Monday, Feb. %
when X n n eth M. Ellis
newest radio thriller goes on
the air.
Thereafter, nightly until
March IA, you will hear the
greatest court battle every
fought over the radio, to con-
vict or free the Baron Won
BIau Of q murder charge!
You are the jury!
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
'MarcOni Memorial
Benefit Wednesday

The first of series of benefit
performances here, in connection
with the national campaign to
erect a memorial in washington to
Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of
the wireless, will be held Wednes-
day at the Raleigh Hotel. We'll
known opera stars will appear on
the concert program.
Saturday a ball will be held at
the Kennedy-Warren Hotel. under
sponsorship Of the Circolo di Cul.
tura Italiana.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

the neutrality act and the
Kellogg pact? What about our
Navy, our troops in China and
our national defense?
The halls Of Congress have
rung with those questions, and
millions of citizens have echoed
them. The citizens want to
know, before the world
savers brigade" is successful
in building a war psychosis in
the popular mind, what it is
that they must fight, why and
what NAV thev exnect to get
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

I find there's something curl
ously negative about its beauty,
it seems to lack some living
quality that Paris has, and
New York has, and even Lon
don has, for all its sootiness
and sprawling, planleSs shape.
This missing quality-could it
possibly be spontaneity? Those
splendid avenues. those match
less perspectives dwindltng to
a columned portico upon a hill
oh they are admirable, aes-
theticaIly, but all the same
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

isn't there something a shade overdel1berate
about them, a shade complacent? Isn't there Just
q hint of a mausoleum about all that white mar
ble as if it were an empty tomb from which
beauty had slipped out by stealth to go padding
alone in the Potomac9 Washington is America
trying to be Greek and succeeding in being re-
spectacle. A noble experiment, but for myself,
would trade all the marble columns for one OF
those unaffected little regency houses standing
up so modestly between the drug store and the
dry cleaners AS Bacon put it: There is no per-
feet beauty that hath not a certain strangeness
In the proportion" But then, Of course, he was
an Englishman and politician at that, so 1t
doesn't do to take his word for anything.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
RUBY R 0 B Err 7.
CERTAIN BLA U.
SLEW BROOKS
Quiz Brings
Clue to Killer
BY RUBY ROBERT

They would not let me talk to
the Baron Won Blau last night.
They would not let me look into
those steely gray eyes, behind that
transparent, yet completely mask
ing monocle, and ask him-as my
heart would have asked him:
''Why did you kill Ronald
BrOoks?"
The Washington times., 1938-02-21


manifest destiny"
Did you know that we threatened war with
Great Britain If the latter did not relinquish her
grip on the Hawaiian Islands?
It is not without irony to recollect how the
United States opened up" Japan to the Western
World, and it is satirical to realize, in view OF
today's general situation Commodore Perry'S
name is greatly cherished in Japanese national
history and monuments to him have been un'
yelled there.
No Chinese "N0tiOn"
"why NEEDLE in the orient?" dispels popular
fancy. There never has been any Chinese nation.
but rather a conglomeration of peoples and areas
holding loose connections with central govern
ment in Peking. Many different languages were
spoken.
Today it is astounding to realize that the
central Chinese government controls about one
eighth Of what was known broadly as China q
century ago. The rest has been Clipped off from
time to time and passed into other spheres Of
influence, dominated primarily by Great Britain,
France, the United States and Russia.
Great Britain "chipped" off Chinese territory
amounting to onehaH the size Of the United
States. Soviet Russia carved off slice amount
ing to one.third the size Of the United
states-although the Washington "moralists"
don't say anything about these little international
hold-ups.
The Open Door originally was simply a
trading proposition, requiring equal opportunity
to all comers. We find in why NEEDLE in the
Orient9" John Hay, fresh from hobnobbing with
the Londoners as United States ambassador,
calmly reading his own Interpretation into that
policy and twisting it by implication that we have
an obligation" to protect China.
Yet, the irony Of the situation is that Great
Britain was the one which invented the opendoor
policy and allowed the United States to take title
to the idea, much to their delight!
Copyright 1888, by Ledger syndcate)
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

o b, i
don't mean
to imply
that I was
in love with
r o n a l d.
Brooks. Not
in the way
some Of you
m i 6 h t
think. But
he was a
great man
"a great
artist and a
great gen
tie m a n
E v erybody
The Washington times., 1938-02-21


out Of it when the fight is over.
No more astounding book has ever been put
forth in this country providing an attempt to
answer these very questions, than why NEEDLE
in the Orient?" For change, we find answers
to questions that the statesmen, the politicians
and the Administration have ducked repeatedly
and are still ducking- answers whose punches
are not pulled. and replies that do not pussyfoot
Opium Sale Opened
We find, for instance, that the British, con-
trolling their vast opium monopoly in india
blasted open the door Of China so as to unload
sales of that pernicious, souldestroying weed on
the hapless Chinese, forced them to open up a
series of ports to Western trade. Lest we might
feel virtuous about this matter, we find history
recording that American traders formally petit
toned Congress to assist Great Britain in naval
demonstration, so as to force more trade out Of
the Chinese!
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

Steadily refusing to make any
statements to detectives who have
questioned him since his arrest
Saturday night, the Baron,
though apparently tired, main
tanned a calm demeanor, though
he smoked necessarily the long
cigarettes which have become al
most q personal insignia with
him.
While detectives sought to
break down his smooth reserve
by every trick of expert inquiry,
Special Prosecutor Raymond Neu-
decker hurried to Police Headquar-
ters and was busy in the police
laboratory examining the gun
with which the murder is said to
have been committed.
WHERE IS WILTON?
You will remember that a taxi
cab driver, Tom Wilton, turned a
gun over to police the morning Of
December 6. which he had found
in the back Of his cab when he
cleaned 1t out after the nights
business Of December 5. Wilton's
voluntary turning over Of the gun,
his Straightforward story of how
it was found in his cab, apparently
left there by a fare, his admission
that he had driven about a dozen
fares from downtown to various
addresses in the vicinity Of Brooks
home, and his willingness to coop
crate and to appear as a witness
won him his liberty.
Police are now trying to find
him, but at the address given to
police when he was arrested, It
was said he had moved early in
January, with his wife and her
newly born infant. 1t is not known
whether he has fled Washington,
or is still in town.
The bullet with which the MUIR
der was committed was removed
at the autopsy performed by DR..
Harry Douglas, Of the coroner's
office, and according to the Po-
lice Departments firearms iden-
tification experts, could only have
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
- !"

Questions:
How did we, as nation, ever become tangled
up in the Far East? What is our stake? What
Is or should be our policy? What is this thing
called the Open Door2 What is the ninepower
psct? What about the Philippines? What about
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
BY CARROLL PEEKE

Held without ball. charged with the fctional murder OF
Ronald Brooks prominent Washington architect last Decem-
Der Friedrich Wilhelm Wolfgang Hohenlo the Baron Won
Blau today seemed unworred in his cell the District JAIL
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
STORE DANCE POSTPONED

A dance sponsored by the Gold
enberg's Relief Association, Sched-
uled for tonight in the Raleigh
Hotel, has been postponed until
March S, it was announced today.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Leaders Join in Blau Trial

tional crime of which he is ac-
cused.
And, win Special Prosecutor
Continued on Page 20, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Announcement
Dear Washington
By Helen Essary


Atlantic the
~ oS weeks ady
Washington
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

They told me that Washington was one Of the
most beautiful cities in the world; and so it is,
according to all the rules And yet :. 4. and yet
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Won bLAU CALM UNDER GR|LLING
Baron, Facing Brooks
Murder Trial, Silent
Death Bullet Traced TO Gun Found In Taxi;
DriUer Sought for QUizzing

tootOng story BY Carroll PeeEe concerns the condl trial
of BlGu presented By Radio Station VOL
through the columns of The Washington Times In any case
conal character appears the OF the OF any
Iun0 person is purely concidentGlD
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

Copyright 1888. by Ledger syndicate)
(BoGke CGrter's opinions are his otDn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TimeSJ
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

One really good thing about Washington is the
eating. The food, taking it all around, is some
Of the best have come upon anywhere in the
States Most cities boast some famous restaurant
or local speciality, but know Of few where you
can be SO sure Of getting honest good food. the
best of its class at the price you care to pay 1t is
tribute to the essential good sense of the people
of Washington that though their heads may be
In the cloudcuckooland Of politics, their feet are
planted firmly in the pot-aufeu. or soup. From
cafeteria to ambassadorial reception, Washing
ton food is, in my experience. consistently good;
and perhaps it needs to be- to keep the population
willingly treading the squirrerscage Of Washing
tons endless parties and routs, year in. year out
After all
The daily round, the common task,
Should furnish all we need to ask
Gossip about the White House brood
highball, and a spot Of food.
The other night. after the Mischa Elman con-
cert (wty, oh why. must they applaud between
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Says Boake Carter

the SUM-" In 1912 to 1914, why Meddle in the
Orient?" reveals the United States, making its
great westward surge to the Pacific, called it
manifest destiny"
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

Official documents and papers reveal that all
the socalled rights" Of treaties which many of
our present-day leaders cite in great moral
indignation are being broken were the kind of
sacred rights" that you obtain by sticking
gun into the ribs of defenseless. powerless vic
tim, and shouting: Hands up!'
Today Japan claims she must have place in
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

The other night. after the Mischa Elman con-
cert (why, oh why. must they applaud between
Evening star., 1938-10-23

Trinidad's oil production establish
ed new high records last year.