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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-30
Magic in tue Kitchen
Mum Der 15

From strange places, shrouded in Oriental formances of Hindu Fakirs, who cast spells over their audiences by such astonishing feats as walking barefooted on burning coals, or causing small boys to climb up ropes hang ing in nid-air. In the remote regions where these tricks of magic are performed, the in- habtants know nothing of electricity, plumb ing, or fast transportation.
 These same spellbound audiences of the Hindu Fakirs would be equally dumbfounded if they could witness the modern magic per formed as matter of daily routine in the kitchens of American homes. You could amaze them by simple demonstration of an automatic electric roaster You would put the meat in a little metal box without fire any where near it, turn button and go off to a movie. Hours later, you would take out a perfectly done roast. No Hindu magic can beat that.
 The average American kitchen is full of equipment that would be magic to primitive people. The electric light itself is major wonder, and the handsome porcelain sink, with it's unlimited quantities of hot and cold water constantly on tap is hardly less Yet four-fifths of all the homes in this country are equipped with one or both of these facilities.
 Your mechanical refrigerator would fairly hypnotize a savage from the tropics. Imagine his astonishment at the magic box which is always cold inside, and even manu- factures little cubes of ice How many house. holders really know how it works? Most of
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us haven't the slightest idea We take such things for granted, and would be very much put out If our refrigerator did not give per feet service.
 Kitchen magic has lifted many burdens from the modern housewife. Washday, for instance, is lot different from what is used to be. Nearly all homes have washing ma- chimes now, and almost half of them are run by electricity. Many have electric wringers too. Ninety-eight percent of all homes wired for electricity have electric irons. The newer ones are automatic, keeping the iron at just the heat you want
 Many other of your magic household ap- pliances are labor savers and comfort makers. The ingenious coffee percolator the tricky orange jucer and meat chopper the indis- pensable vacuum cleaner, and the handy automatic bread toaster New helpful de- vices are put on the market every year
 What causes all this These things do not Just happen. The reason is simply that Amer ican industry is so constituted that it thrves on new inventions. And the reason why n- dustry thrives on new inventions is that the American public quickly adopts anything useful and desirable, if it is well advertised. Only through advertising can new products readily be introduced to the public
 Large demand is necessary before house. hold appliances can be produced at low cost, and consumers cannot demand something they do not know about. That is why adver- Using IS so important to progress. Advertise ing is working for us now, bringing more magic to our homes and more happiness to our lives
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vEK!NG CLUB TO
 FAVE BIG NIGHT

Tie Viking Club plans big doines tomorrow night in Add Fellows Hall.
 Starting about 7:30 o'clock there will be card playing until 10 o'clock There will be whist bridge and pin- cchle and awards VII be eiven vin- ners At 10 o'clock the card tables will be packed away and the floor will be cleared for a real Scandnav- ian dance until the old year is gwen parting greeting and Baby IC39 is ushered in gleefully. or course the festivities are expected to keep up for some time on New Years Day.
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MEDICO AGAIN HIGH MAN FOR
 FEATHER LOOP

Dr w. w. Council. still rolling Classic League ball in the Feathered League, led the lists again last night at the Elks with a 576 total, lead ing the Ducks to two wins over the Kites.
 The Egrets took two from the Gulls and Vultures won two from the Owls.
 Tonight's games are Condors vs. Albatross, Frigates vs. Hawks and Teal vs Falcons
 Last nights scores were as fol- lows:
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DOUGLAS
 VIEWS
JAY SMITH AND FAMILY
 ARE NEW RESIDENTS HERE

MT and Mrs. Jay Smith and two little daughters Linda and Annette are temporarily guests of MT and Mrs. C. A. Wilder while awaiting a vacancy at the Baroumes Apart ments which they will occupy after tomorrow
 MT Smith has been here for the past two weeks and Mrs. Smith ar rived here from Ketchikan on the last boat.
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KODAK IS GIVEN
 DECISION; iS NOT
 POPULAR T0FANS

CHICAGO, OIL, Dec. 30-Leo Ro- dak, of Chicago, ranked by the Box ing Association as the number one challenger for the worlds feather weight championship, was last night awarded an unpopular ten-round decision over Leone Efrati, Jewish refugee from Italy
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Spends Sf25,000
 For Rare Stamps

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30-Rob- son Lowe of London is in the Unit ed States with $125, 900 to spend for rare stamps. He represents a group of II companies.
 Prime object of his west coast negotiations is to acquire all avail able stamps and covers of the early mail routes between San Francisco and the Orient.
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ficial time at bat
ROgelI'S Setup


 Bill Rogell, Detroits shortstop, went Foxx one better in waiting 'em out when he marched seven straight times in two games-his last two visits to the rubber in the escond game with Chicago at Detroit or August IT. and five times in row against the same team the next day. George Selkirk of the Yankees equalled the major league record by drawing two bases on balls in the sixth inning of the New York game with Detroit on August 4. making it the third time in his career this has happened to him.
 Lou Gehrig ran his bases on balls lifetime total to 1905 with TOT passes in 1888. This made it the eleventh straight season in which he has received 100 or more free trips.
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THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS

The annual Christmas celebration for the children of Douglas arrane- ed annually by the Ladies AuXil- iary Fraternal Order Of Eagles, talk es place here tonight in the form of free admission to the Coliseum theatre and gift candy and oranges to each. All the children of the Ts- land .as well as those of members Of the Order are invited to attend.
 In charge of arrangements are Mrs. Robert Fraser, Mrs. James Sey and Mrs. Ralph Mortinsen.
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CLOCK, AT leo, STILL GOOD

WYNOT, Neb.. - A grandfather clock made in Germany 16O years ago and believed to be the oldest of its type in America, is owned by Mrs. R. R. Seasongood. It has not missed day of perfect performance
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baby. Yale Prof. Abraham White, 30, announced isolation from the pituitary gland of a pure protein crystal that causes the mother in- stinct Jackie Coogan sued his mother and stepfather for $4000.- 0O0 Albanian King zog married a half American Hungarian coun- tess. Henry and Clara Ford cele- brated their golden wedding Dr. Francis E. Townsend was excused by the President from 30 days in jail for contempt of congressman. Socially prominent Mrs. Weston G. Frome and her daughter Nancy. were found clubbed to death on a Texas highway.
 Tickets and Progressives
 NLRB ordered the previous summers steel strikers reinstated. P.ckets collecting dues closed auto plants Michig s Gov. Frank Murphy sped home from Florida to settle a power strike. President Roosevelt put the railroad prob lem up to Congress. And Wiscon- sins Gov Phil La Toilette un- furled banner with a strange de- Vice-an K" inside circle-in the hope of rallying progressives together under it.
 Birds came north. Su Lin, baby banda in the Chicago zoo, died. And Gargantua, big ape in the circus, become American Animal No. l.
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NOTICE TO CAR OWNERS

All cars must be off the streets tonight. Snow blow will commence work at 4 o'clock, Saturday morning.
 DAN RALSTON, adv. Chief of Police
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Average score. Did not bowl
 Watch Night Dance" Saturday at Union Hall, 9:30 pm. adv.
 Imperial Valley, California's rich winter vegetable garden. was re- claimed from the desert.
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ADDII 102Q. REORGANIZATION BILL GOES DOWN. SUDETESS AT NEEE 1OO. DEMAND INDEPENDENCE

IS well as Germany, there was yam mering about Czech frontiers.
 Through Aprii's mud and blood. Spanish Insurgents sloughed their
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HOSPITAL NOTES

MT. and Mrs R. Robinette are the parents of baby girl, weigh ing ' pound 4 ounces, born last night at St. Anns Hospital
 Ronald Garrison was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital this morning for minor operation
 A pound ounce baby boy was born early this morning to MT. and Mrs. w. Sparks at St. Ann's Hospital The little fellow is to Ee known as Harold Albert Sparks.
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1888 to finish fifth in this stand ing, below Crosetti 97; Greenberg. 92; Chapman, 94, and Boze Berger of Chicago, 80.
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Great Britain, with 10 million bi- cyclists, has a highway problem which does not exist in the United States. France has 8 million bi- cyclists.
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Yankees Record

The New York Yankees. sixth in team hitting, led the other clubs in total passes with 749, hit basemen with 39. strikeouts with 616 and -batted-in with 917. Foxx and Greenberg drew the most passes with ll9 each, followed closely by liar lond Gift of St, Louis with 118.
 That it was tougher all along for the pitchers in 1888 is indicated by the fact that while they struck out 4443 men in 1887, they were able to set down only 4251 on strikes in 1888. Also, there was new all l-time high in passes in 1939 with 1926. as compared with 4773 in 1937. The old record was 4847 made in 1886. In hit batsmen both 1937 and 1888 brought the identical number of 164.
 The set-up in passes in the league as a whole made it logical to expect new highs in individual featS. In the game at St. Louis on June Is, Jimmy FoxX threw the fear of consequences into the hearts of the Browns twirl- CTS to the extent that they awarded him six straight strolls for a new major league record. The previous record of five was held jointly by Max Bishop of the Athletics and Mel Ott of the New York Giants. Foxx' s performance that day also tied the major league record for the most times batter faced the pitcher in a game without registering an of
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HOCKEY GAME

In hockey game played last night, Portland defeated Vancouver by score of 6 to 3.
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Today's News Toaav.-Em Empire.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
Construction Starts on Last Link
In -Four States HIGHWAY Route

INLAND. July Is - Construction
of the last mimproved section in
the l500 mile Inter National Four
States highway from Canada to
Mexico, began here Thursday.
Road equipment was assembled
at inland for use on the 40-mile
stretch between inland and a point
west of Blythe.
Supervisor B. M. Graham dele
gated R. G.. Elmore, road superin-
tendent in the Brawley district, to
work with A. c. Fulmor, Riverside
county engineer in charge of sur
veying and construction. The cut
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
Broadway yHonors
Howard Hughes
CONTINUED from Page One)

the planet around its axis four
times. the round the world filters
circled the axis five times and saw
the sun rise five times in four
days.
Before the parade started moving
up Broadway, Hughes handed 10
newspa permen written statement.
The statement read, in part:
II have written this out because
| am afraid | might get nervous
and not say just what 1 want to.
II am not very good at making
speeches and l have consented to
make this one only because there
is one thing about this flight that
1 would like everyone to know.
1t was in no way a stunt. 1t was
the carrying out of a careful plan
because it was carefully planned.
I'VE who did it are entitled to
no particular credit. We are no
super-men. Any one of the air.
line pilots of this nation with any
of the trained army or navy naviga-
tors and competent radio engineers
in any one of our modern passenger
transports could have done the same
thing.
The airline pilots of this coun-
try. who in my opinion are the
finest fliers in the world, face much
worse conditions night after night
during every winter
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
Eastside Plans
Memorial Rites

Memorial services for James We'll
don Smith, Negro author, musician
and statesman, will be held at the
Second Baptist church in Ell Gen.
tro Sunday night in connection
with Mems Day. c. B. Collins, coun-
ty superintendent of schools, will be
the principal speaker.
Men will have charge of events
throughout the day. They arranged
special speakers and music for every
event of the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
Cabinet Maker
Granted

CHICAGO. July Is CUP) - Ar
elderly cabinet makerpoe today
fulfilled a desire which brought
him 2,300 miles from Pasadena
Calf, to shake the hand of Grown
Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden
The heir to the Swedish throne
was inspecting paintings by his
countrys famed artist. Anders
Leonard Zorn. in Chicago's art in
stitute when a bare headed little
man stepped from the crowd.
In a torrent of Swedish the man
explained that he was Gustav Lu-
din. who wrote a poem welcoming
thes Prince IL years ago, and latel
received a letter from the royal
neir thanking him for another
poem to Prince Wilhelm of Sweder.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
Funeral Plans
Complete for


SAN FRANCISCO, July Is up
- Funeral arrangements we're be
ing made here today for Stuart E
Bray. retired lieutenant comman-
der OF the navy and hero of the
wreck of the submarine S-48 ir
1925. who died Wednesday at Let
terman General hospital.
Bray. Al, had suffered from a
heart ailment.
He was considered one of the
great naval heroes for his work il
rescuing the SO men of the sub
marine when It ran aground or
the New England coast in blind
ing Snowstorm.
Bray was born in st. Louis. He
is survived by his wife. Florence
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Imperial Valley Press

Esta birsneu April 20, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
saturday and Sunday Saturday
afternoon Issue now succeeded by
The POst-Press Sunday establish
ed 1880 by the Imperial Valley
Publishing Company, 625 state
street. Ell CentrO. Calf.
Entered mt Ell Centro, California
pest office as second class matter.
Paul Jenkins. publisher: A. c.
Johnston. vice-presIdent and gen
erela manager; f.. A. Fitzhugh.
secretary and managing editor.
West-HOlliday Co., Inc, National
Advertising representatives.
Members California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Subscription Rates: SC per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press 'SundaysD, per month. 6Oc;
Paid I'm advance; 3 months S1.6J.
months S2.25; one year R8.m.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15

through the Chuckawalla pass near
the Imperial Riverside county line
is the most interesting segment of
the road.
When completed the inland sec
tor of the -Four States highway is
expected to be added to the sys-
tenn as it is the only link not in
cluded in state systems from Can
ada to Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
Valley Shriiners
Give Program

Imperial Valley Shrine club MEM
bers provided the program at the
weekly luncheon of AL Bahr shrine
in San Diego Friday,
The valley group was headed by
Langston Goree, president; William
L. Bennington, vice-president; c. H.
H. Small, treasurer; and Robert
Hays, secretary. DR.. Chan, Chinese
consul at Mexicali was the prin-
cipal speaker. Twenty-six valley
resident made the journey to the
coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
Bridge Group
Selects New Name

Club Cartorce was chosen as the
name of a bridge club meeting
Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. j. P. Eyer, 1885 Olive.
Prizes were won by Mrs Don
Ketchan, Mrs. j. P. Hansen and
Mrs. Gordon Scriven. A prize was
awarded Mrs. William Roberts for
suggesting the name of the club
and other members present were:
Mrs. w. A. Wise, Mrs. Frank
Modem, Mrs. Earl Farris, Mrs. Rus
sell Graves, and guests: Mrs. Don
Ketchen, Mrs. Leon Egner, Mrs.
Percie Thacker, Mrs. Curt OSwalt
and Mrs. Gordon Scriven.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15

LONDON, July Is CUP)-Dele-
gates to the International Wheat
conference today unanimously de
cided to refer to their governments
United States proposal which, in
effect, would create an internation-
al ever normal wheat granary.
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CO Clamors
Against Purge
Continued rom Page .

Continued rom Page One
and promised there would be no
discrimination. Only a few members
or sympathizers remained in town
Despite the campany's announce
ment, officials of the Industrial
Employees union, rivals of the CIO.
announced that several men said
to have been on the CIO picket line
had been told to get off the Job by
the leu workers who refused to
work beside them.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
Pastor Improves
After Illness

DR.. George w. Thomas, pastor o.
the Ell Centre First Presbyterian
church. who has been i'll at his
home for the past week, is much
improved. He and Mrs. Thomas
plan to leave next week for the
meeting of the synod at Santa
Barbara.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15

HENDAYE. FRENCH SPANISH
FRONTIER. July Is. CUP)-Despite
Loyalist denials. Nationalist head
quarters in Zaragoza claimed today
that their forces were driving stead
lily toward Valencia.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
GERALDINE BLAKE
Is RECOVERING

Miss Geraldine Blake. usherette
at the United Artists theatre, is
recovering in Ell Centre hospital
after an emergency operation per-
formed Sunday for removal of her
appendix.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
Goinss. Cominss
Of 81 Centrans

Mr.. and Mrs S. S. Davis. 73T
Commercial avenue. left Friday fol
San Jose where they plan to re-
main during the rest of the sum
mer.
Mrs Hugh Keating and Hugh Lee
Ir. are spending the vacation per
iod at Mistietoe Lodge. With Mrs
Heating is her mother. Mrs. H
Temple.
Miss Geneva Abel is enjoying a
three weeks vacation in the vicin-
ity of Los Angeles. where she is
visiting friends Her mother Mrs.
Matte Abel and sister. Laverne.
plan to leave later in the sum
mer for a fortnights recreation.
Mrs. Harold E Doty. Mrs. Merle
Wilson. Mrs. Lee Taylor and Mrs.
H. A. Sullinger left Thursday eve
ming for an informal house party
at the Cannon cabin at Oakwilde.
Mrs. Cecil Gillett left Friday
for Denver where she will
enter Georgia Frances Damron
and Alice Combs in summer school
at the University of Colorado. The
girls will take a short course in
Public Speaking.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. .. Buck will
leave El Centre Saturday morning
for a siX-week vacation with rel
atives and friends in coast cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
SAN FRANCISCO. july Is CUP

SAN FRANCISCO, July IS. CUP)
Eugene Patton, president of the
CLIO Warehousemen's union, no
titled IL wholesale paper plants in
San Francisco and four in Oak
land TODAY that union employees
will strike at noon tomorrow un-
less a mutually satisfactory agree
ment is reached before then.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
SAN DIEGO COUNTS
18TH TRAFFIC CASUALTY

Minnie Ladehoff, Sc, died in a hos
pital here of injuries received when
she was struck by an automobile
July 9, the eoroner's office reported
today. The death was the 18th traf-
fic fatality of the year.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15

west and partly cloudy in east
portion with local thunder storms
over mountains Friday night and
Saturday; morning fog on coast;
no change in temperature; mode
rate northwest wind off coast.
For Los Angeles and Vicinity
Fair Friday night and Saturday.
but overcast in morning; little
change in temperature; gentle vari-
able winds, moderate northwest on
coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-15
WEATHER

data complied by observers for
the official United States weather
bureau station at lei CentrOD
Maximum Thursday .................... 113
Minimum Friday ............................ 80
Reading at Noon Friday
temperature l09
t1ulilluiey q
Reading at 5 am. Friday
Temperature .................................. 80
Humidity 40
Reading at pm. Thursday
................................ 10
Humidity %
Southern California Fair in
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MORE CITIZENS
WILL DECORATE
.. FOR CHRISTMAS
2 New, Groups Indorse
Home Contest

Two citizens groups today joined
with other associations and hun
dreds Of private citizens in the
city.wide plan to make Washing
ton beautiful on Christm a S
through the decorating Of homes.
Cooperation with the plan and
the contest being sponsored by
the Patterson Newspapers to find
the best decorated residence was
urged by the Northeast Conference
Of Citizens Associations and the
Anacostia Citizens Association in
meetings last night.
At the session of the Northeast
Conference, composed Of 10 citi-
zens' units, william A. Briggers,
secretary, declared it is a "civic
duty to take interest in this move
ment, as one entirely new to the
District of Columbia"
william K. Tucker, secretary Of
the AnacoStia group, told its mem
bers he hoped to see their section
widely decorated during the Yule
season in the hope that some of
the prizes offered by the Patterson
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DryS Told
Alcohol Is
Pleasant

CHICAGO, Dec. AL
cohol is described by a pSy-
chOlOgist, Andrew c. Ivy, as
a narcotic with the "advan-
tages Of being most easily
procured, most pleasant to
take and the least habit
forming o. ALL"
DR.. Ivy, Northwestern Uni
versity professor, spoke at q
temperance education meet
ing attended by representa-
tives Of schools, churches and
other interested community
agencies at Northwestern.
Gin smaller cOneentra-
tlOns," DIR. Ivy said, alcohol
stimulates digestive Secre.
tiOnS, but this Is only deSir-
able in invalidS. There is no
good evidence now existing
that taking of alcoholic beV-
erages in moderation with q
meal can do any immediate
technical bodily harm"
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Brig. Gen. Dan I. Sultan, Engi-
neer Commissioner of the District
for several years until his transfer
last September to Fort Logan.
Colo, has been placed in command
of the Second Coast Artillery Dis
trict with headquarters in New
York City, the War Department
announced last night.
This district comprises the har-
Dor defenses Of Delaware, Eastern
New York, Sandy Hook and South
ern New York.
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Papers may come to the aSSocia
tion's territory.
So far only the District Of Co
lumbia has been included in the
area in which awards are to be
given by the Washington Times
and the Washington Herald. But
because so many telephone calls
have been received by the news
papers asking that houses in near
by Maryland and Virginia also be
eligible, g. statement about the
proposal will be published in q
few days.
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Sultan Gets Artillery Post

While one Of the Commissioners
here, General Sultan was in
charge of the erection Of numer.
GUS public buildings. At the time
of his transfer he was given a tes.
timonial dinner by civic and bust
ness leaders of the city in appre-
citation of his services to the COM
munity.
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