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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16

second hit of the day on August 3l and was made off Pete Appleton, Washington righthander. In addi- tion to hitting two circuit blows, York that day collected two singles and drove in seven runs.
 T was a little afraid I'd tighten up," he said After I hit the first one I got adjusted and had a good day. I could hardly believe it. though. when I connected for that second homer-the one that beat the record.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
WOMEN OF MOOSE
 TO MEET TONIGHT

Women Of the Moose meet tonight at o'clock in the LOOP Hall for their regular gathering which will be marked by initiation services this evening.
 Mrs Arthur McKinnon, Senior Regent, will preside, and following mutation, cards and refreshments will close the evening Mrs. Robert Light and Mrs. Grant Baldwin are on the kitchen committee
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
Botti,g Practice Is Winter Sport
 For York, RiraI Of Joe DiMaggio

i1 ATCO, Ga, Feb. I0. - Rudolph Preston York, 24-year-old rookie sensation of 1937 is so glad to have "a good job he works on it the year round He began batting ball over a month before the call for spring training He's signed his 1888 con- tract, and he's already down to his playing weight of PIP pounds. To complete the thoroughness of his preparations for the '38 big League baseball season, he's giving his bats a unique treatment to make them weapons of magic.
 York is spending the winter here with his wife and two children and with Lavis York, brother who plays first base and who will get a Detroit tryout next spring.
 Lcok in the Garage
 Rudy's Exhlpit A is m his gar age Hanging on the walls are two catchers' mitts, a first baseman's mitt, and a Detroit uniform.
 See" York smiles. When it starts warming up I'll get down to work into condition.
 'Lavis and the neighbor kids like to chase flies I give 'em work out on good days
 York's Exhibit B is a big wooden box It contains bats packed in compost.
 Tt makes em lighter" Rudy says, "and they last longer I've got some of Gehringer's sticks in here. Some belong to Mary Owen. The rest are mine. There are three dozen of 'em.'
 The Bad Old Days
 'It's all because he's so thankful to have a regular job, and hes so anxious to keep it, York explains. He admits he was ready to give up when he was ordered to take over the catching job for Detroit last season.
 I'd just missed being shipped 10 Toledo" he recalls. linen Coch- rane told me I should catch. I didn't like the idea. They had used me at third and I hadn't clicked. It looked like I was through. l told Cochrane how I felt.
 Later our coach, Cy Perkins, told me I had all the makings of catcher-that I ought to try it seriously. I got back there that day with all the trappings on.
 Most everybody remembers what happened. York stayed back there. He hammered out IS home runs in August breaking Babe Ruth's all- time mark of IT in one month.
 He had a better home-run aver age than Joe DiMaggio, the New York Yankee star, who led the ma jors with 46. York went to bat 375 times and hit a total of 35 circuit blows-an average of one for every LOT appearances. DiMag had an average of one for every 13.5 times in 6l2 trips to the plate
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
DAUGHTER IS BORN
 TO WILLIAM POOLES

To MT. and Mrs. William Poole congratulations are being extended today upon the birth of a daugh- ter at o'clock this morning in St. Ann's Hospital.
 The child weighed six and one half pounds at birth. MT. Pool is employed at the Alaska Juneau mine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
YORK'S BIGGEST THRILL
 CAME ON AUGUST 31

ATCO, Ga, Feb. 16-The biggest thrill Rudy York has had in base ball came when he broke Babe Ruth's one-month home-run rec ord.
 Last August he smashed out Is home runs. which shattered the Babes all-time mark of IT.
 The record-breaking blow was his
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
Basketball Scores,
 Coast Conference

The following are scores of bas- ketball games played last night in the Coast Conference
 University of Washington 40; Oregon State 30.
 Washington State A; Oregon 37.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
JUNEAU WINS FIRST BATTLE
 WITH SKACWAy
Oscar oeImer Totals Q of y Points for Visit
 ing Varsity

High School extended a 37 IT basketball score welcome to Skag- ways visiting varsity last night as the seasons largest crowd watched the Bears crash through the Skag- way defense to win the first game in the Northern Division cnamoio4i- ship series.
 Oscar Selmer. Skagway forward flash, took all-season hcnore in las nights tussle in the high school gymnasium, tosslng aN t cae C. the Lynn Canal City's poi---s through the basket.
 The opening game of the evening saw Juneau High School Reserves win r to IA over Douglas High School in a free-for-all battle in : which Hallie Rice of Juneau and c. Stragier of Douglas were the spectacular hoop ringers.
 Wild Passing
 Juneau started the championship game off with series of wild passes which let the Skagway men cut-in for basket shots which put them in the lead to 4 as the first quarter ended. Continuing to toss them more with force than forethought, the Bears. however, took advantage of their greater height and range, to intercept more and more Skagway weak-thrown passes as the game progressed, and brought the score to 13 to in their favor by the half
 Skagway, playing a game which centered around Star Selmer's shooting, was held back by an inef- fectual passing system, and based wild hopes on shots tossed from the center of the court. Their first half came was marked by a close defen- sive under the basket, which Juneau finally unraveled as the second half came around
 Juneau showed superior form to the Skagway battlers, who have little opportunity for heavy com petition at home. Out-weighing, cut-ranging, and out-rumperlng Skagway, the Bears took the game in fairly easy stride last night with Gil DeVault again playing in good form, along with Buddy Brown Hansen was off on shooting and failed to toss in his usual percen- tage of sure ones.
 Skagway lost out by lack of know ledge of rules in several instances, and were given instructions on the center line and center circle rul- ings by Referee Bud Foster, since their home gymnasium is marked differently.
 Tonight will witness the second game of the championship series, when Juneau will be out to hold Skagway Star Selmer down. Next to the last in a line of Skagway sport super-men, Selmer will some day be succeeded by an eighth grade brother who is already "a darn good shot" according to Coach Ru- ble Sparks was the only other Skag- way scorer last night
 Neither the Juneau Reserves nor Douglas High were playing at top form last night, and the ball was batted from one end of the court to the other in a mad scramble of red and purple. Lacking final mi tiative, Douglas failed to push over to a victory well within reach, when in the third quarter they brought the score to IA to IA with one min ute to play.
 The final quarter saw no further Douglas scoring, despite several openings in the Juneau defense, and the half's foul shot by Dave Rei- schl and field goal by McDaniel brought the game score to a IT to IA total.
 cuYnTuranUEcs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
TRINITY GUILD TO
 PLAN CARD PARTY

Members of the Trinity Guild meet in regular session Friday after neon with Mrs William Jarman, president, presiding.
 Plans will be discussed for hold ing the card party recently post poned because of cold weather.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
YANKEE STAR PITCHER CAN
 SUE, DIVORCE:
Gomez Completes Resi- dence of Six Months in
 State of Nevada

RENO. Nevada, Feb. 15s-Vernon Gomez, star pitcher of the New york Yankees, has completed his six weeks residence in Nevada. but is still silent as to whether he will seek a divorce from his estranged wife, June O'Dea, New York actress and ciY,oer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
KEN kYLER HITS HIcH
 WITH ELKS

Ken Kyler, Switchman, rolled high ball on the Elks alleys last night with 537, leading his trio to a win over the Brakemen.
 The Dispatchers won their con- test with the Oilers, two out of hree and the Conductors won from the Supers.
 Last nights scores follow:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16

Officials: preliminary ga m @ Referee-W Foster; Timers 5. Wirt. G. DeVault; Scorer -- H. Har- mon. (final game) Referee = w. Foster; Timer-Pedersen; Scorer = H. Harmon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
FRED CHAIRMAN RETURNS FROM
 VACATION TRIP

After a several weeks vaca tion i'll Portland, Oregon, Fred Chairman, Agent for the Northland Transpor- tation Company, returned to his Ju- neau post on the motorship North land last night.
 Charman's relief agent. Kon Erickson, will sail south on the Northland tomorrow
 Syracuse University is planning a reenactment of the constitutional convention of 1787 with students wearing costumes typical of the per- iod
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16

A London studio is making pie lures with a moraT' intended for showing in English churches wired for talkieS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16

Northern Rhodesia plans to cele- brate in l940 the centenary of Da- vid Livingstone" landing in South Africa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16
EXTRA FEATURE
 AT GAME TONIGHT

Q Between the two big events . . at the basketball game tonight, . Q there will be a special feature. . Q The Giants and the Giant Kill ( . CTS will meet and it is said (
 . there will be some killing" |
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16

Try The Empire classifieds for results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16

Empire classifieds pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-02-16

Totals ........ 485 500 474-1459 Average score. Did not bowl.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Colorado voyagers Over Limit Set
By Scanty Food Supply. Anxiety
Grows with Failure to Appear

A. j. Hansen and F.. S. Anderson,
U. S. geological survey men who
have been awaiting arrival of the
party, said that although food pro-
visions might be running low there
was no indication that the group
had met with an accident.
1T may be that they are waiting
for the river to recede before they
attempt to reach Lees Ferry Ham
sen said.
Campfires burned along the banks
of the river last night. Watchers
hoped that members of the party,
riding in three small boats, might
see the fires and know that help
was near.
The six set out June 20 on $50
mile voyage from Green River,
Utah, TO Lake Mead, near Boulder
Dam, New. If the trip is success
full, Miss Elzada Clover, 40, botanist
at the University of Michigan, and
Miss Lois Jotter, 24year-old assis-
tant to Miss Glover, will become
the first women to make the jour-
ney down the Colorado by boat.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Bridges
Trial
Slated
OO Leader to Face
Contempt Charge
On July 18th

LOS ANGELES, July 5
(UP)-Rival attorneys today
stipulated to the selection of
Superior Judge Edward T..
Bishop to hear contempt
proceedings against Harry Bridges,
west coast leader of the Committee
for Industrial Organization. as the
outgrowth of recent jurisdictional
dispute between the AFOL and the
CIO longshoremen factions at San
Pedro.
Judge Bishop docketed the hear
ing for July 49,
Attorneys A l.. Wirin and Ben
Margolies, representing Bridges said
at that time they would file de-
murrer to the entire proceedings.
The attorneys said their argu-
ments probably would last two days.
If they are overruled, the hearing
will then proceed
The proceedings were brought by
the Los Angeles Bar association,
which contended that Bridges was
in contempt for criticizing Superior
Judge Ruben S. Schmidt's appoint
ment of an AFOL attorney as tenn
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Valley Celebrates
Sanest Holiday
For IS Years

Imperial Valley celebrated
"deathless' July this year in the
safest, sanest holiday in l3 years.
The double holiday passed with
out a traffic fatality, without a
death attributed to fireworks, and
without violent death of any type.
One person was arrested for drunk
driving, three for reckless driving,
and one for driving with excessive
speed. Three minor traffic accidents
brought Slight injuries to three per-
sons.
Thirteen highway patrolmen work
ed regular eight hour shifts and do
mated two hours additional time to
patrol highways from San Diego
county line to the Colorado river
and from the Riverside county line
to the Mexican border from Satur-
day noon until daylight Tuesday
Traffic claimed two lives on July
last year.
In their drunk check continued
through the holidays, Captain Os-
walt said. the officers stopped sew
eral hundred drivers and ascertain
ed if they were capable of driving
a car with safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05

The count faced his wife, Coun-
tess Barbara Haugwitz- -Reventlow,
$40 100000 Woolworth five and ten
cent store heiress, in the musty
little court room and heard her
attorneys in an opening statement
and direct evidence outline threat
complaint which had brought him
into the dock.
Before he had chance to testify
himself. and deny charges against
him, the hearing was adjourned
until July 13 and he was released
in continued bail of 1000 pounds
($10,000).
The case was adjourned to permit
disposal of current ones on the
courts books, drunk and disorderly
and such. The wreck of a $40,000,000
marriage had to wait.
The count remained under an un-
dertaking to make no attempt to
communicate with his wife.
Haugwitz-Reventlow, it was as
serted, threatened to put his wife
ION the spot" threatened to seize
Lance. their 2-year-old son; threat
ened to kill himself; threatened to
give the countess "three years hell
with headlines"
OF the unnamed man-promin-
ent in London society, it was said
who was brought into the case,
Haugwitz-ReventloW was quoted as
saying:
" E. duelling was too good for
that - =; I'll go straight to Lon
don and shoot him like a dog and
put the countess on the spot"
Guarded reference was made to
letter which the count had and
which the countess had received
from an unnamed person.
1t was disclosed that the countess
had considered settling $l,250,000 on
the count but later decided it might
be better to make him an outright
gift of $25O,OO0.
After all the charges, outlined
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05

hdnKoW, was SAID 10 nave fallen
to the japanese after a terrific As
hour battle ON land, on the river
and in the air. The japanese claim
ed to have shot down Or destroyed
most of China's first line planes.
According to the Japanese, the
capture of Hukow would enable
them TO open an offensive which,
If successful, would result in the
cutting of the Kuikiang -Nanchang
railroad, key to the southeastern
defenses of Hankow. Kiukiang is
across the river from Hukow and
Nanchang, China's greatest air base.
is 81 miles due south, across Lake
Poyang,
Hukow was subjected to terrific
aerial bombings and artillery bar
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05

George Colombos, %, to discuss
treatments.
He said he had been summoned
to prevent childbirth and not TO
assist in the expected birth of Mrs
Colombos child, due six months
hence.
Gilbert won attention recently
when he aided Mrs. Ethel Gaynor
of Los Angeles to painless child
birth by "post-hypnotic suggestion .
He told police that when he saw
Mrs. Colombos he found her trying
to lift the end of 150-pound couch
and that she told him she had been
taking drugs.
A preliminary autopsy report in
dicated traces of the drugs in Mrs.
Colombos' stomach.
1.-The Great Gilbert so known
during his 20 years in Orpheum
circuit vaudeville as steely-eyed
hypnotist, insisted his occult min
istrations could not possibly have
killed Mrs. Colombos. He said he
believed she had died of heart
attack, suffered when she attempted
to move a couch.
Police countered with the as
sertion that when they burst into
the Colombos home, they found her
body on the couch, with eyes closed.
hands crossed on the breast, ankles
together, clothes in perfect array
and a faint smile upon the lips.
They charged that the position
of the body and the expression on
the face indicated Mrs. Colombos
had experienced such cataleptic
sleep as had hundreds of Gilbert's
vaudeville fans. His specially
through the years had been the call
ing of men and women to the stage,
staring deeply into their eyes until
they lost consciousness, and then
forcing them to do his will.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05

tlon quotas, PROVIDE Tor flngerprlnt-
ing and registration of all aliens,
for immediate deportation of three
types of them-those convicted OF
felonies, those here unlawfully, and
those here 10 years without becom-
ing naturalized.
The 1880 census showed 256, AZ
unnaturalized aliens living in Call
fornia, supervisors said.
This alien question affects every
American wage Garner, employer,
and taxpayer" the memorial reads.
and forms the basis for much OF
the current distress, expense and
danger resulting from unemploy-
ment, relief, crime and activities OF
subversive character. Nowhere else
in the world do citizens surrender
their rights to the unnaturalizeo
alien" f".
Copies of the document we're or
dered sent government officials ana
every board of supervisors in Cali
fornia.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Merchants Here
Adopt New Hours
During Summer
$3.50 to $50 Schedule
Approved by Group
Ir Ell Centre

Ell CentrO retail merchants
this week announced a sched-
ule of opening and closing
hours.
July 16 to Sept. 9, inclu-
sive stores will open at $3.50 am.
and close at $50 pm. every day,
including Saturdays. The same hours
will be in effect permanently ex-
cept on Saturday when the closing
hour will be pm. The announce
ment was made by j. Duke Johnson
chairman of the mercantile trade
relations committee of the Ell Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce.
Merchants who agreed to the
schedule include:
M. o. King CO., Imperial Valley
Hardware CO., Burns Brownbilt Shoe
store, F. w. WoolWorth CO., j. c.
Penney CO., Edgar Bros. Hardware
Johnson's dry goods, Kirby's shoe
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05

RACES for days before the Japanese
wee able to penetrate its outer
defenses early yesterday. It's build
ings had been reduced TO debris
and as the last of the Chinese re-
treated, the japanese entered. The
civil populace had evacuated when
the first shells crashed into the
city.
Before the Chinese fell back, they
dumped tons of rocks, sank ships
and Junks and laid mines In
barricade across the Yangtse TO
impede the movement OF japanese
warships which we're having diff
culties farther down the river with
other barricades and frequent Chi
nese air raids.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Fatal
Crashes
Lead
Safety Drive Fails
As July Fourth
Toll Mounts

The nations 1888 Indepen-
dence Day celebration was
the costliest in its history
from a standpoint of lives
lost
A United Press survey
showed toady that 583 persons died
violently throughout the country
during the triple holiday weekend.
This was an all-time high in casual
ties, surprising by % the record es-
tablished during last years July 4
celebration.
The record number of deaths re-
suited despite an intensive cam
paign which % organizations with
$4,000, 900 membership had carried
on in every state. r., .
Automobile fatalities again topped
the casualty list. At least 29l per-
sons died in highway accidents
nearly as many as all other forms
of violence combined Drowing took
l46 lives. The remaining deaths re-
suited from suicides, shootings. stab
bings, falls, minor plane crashes.
freak accidents and other miscei-
laneous types of violence.
Fireworks were responsible for six
deaths-two each in Virginia, Penn
sylvania and Indiana.
California and Illinois headed the
state-by-state list of casualties with
total of 49 each. New York had
AZ, and Pennsylvania 35.
West Virginia, South Carolina.
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Man Trouble Too Great. Motron
Takes Favored Suitor in Deoth
Two Bodies Found
In |. A. Apartment

LOS ANGELES, July 5. CUP)-
Mrs. Hannah Greenbach, 80, found
man trouble" too much to over
come, her suicide note revealed to-
day, SO she chose the suitor that
she loved best, killed him, then
killed herself.
The bodies of Mrs. Greenbach and
the youngest of her three lovers,
Howard A. Armfield, 90, were found
in her apartment. They lay across
a bed. Armfield was not clothed,
and Mrs. Greenbach wore a night
gown.
The note explained that Mrs.
Greenbach was in love with one
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Shasta a Dam Work
Gets Under Way

REDDING, Cal, July 5. CUP)-
Huge blasts of dyanimte shook the
Sacramento river canyon north of
here today as preliminary work got
under way on a railroad diversion
tunnel around the site of Shasta
dam, key unit of the vast Central
Valley water project.
Construction of the tunnel is the
first step in the building of the
mighty reclamation project but en-
gineers emphasized that only a few
men can be employed until the work
on the dam itself begins. Hundreds
of families have flocked to the dam
site in Shasta county, creating an
acute housing and relief problem.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
I9Achins Heads
In Police Court

Nineteen men and women who
celebrated July not wisely but
entirely too well, held aching
heads in Ell Centre police court
while Judge Lee Nuffer straight
ened out tangled testimony.
Twelve men went to Jail for
drunkenness or disturbing the
peace or both offenSes for terms
varying fom five to 80 days, one
man demanded a trial, one was
given a suspended sentence pend
ing good behavior, one paid SIS
fine, and the remainder were in
structed to report in court at a
later date.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
WATCHING FIREWORKS,
GIRL FATALLY SHOT

NEW YORK, July CUP) - -
Florence Winberg, 16, sat beside
her sister Betty, 8, in an open
window of her parents apartment
watching a fireworks display in
street last night when she felt a
pain in her chest. She walked to
the bathroom and fell dead A
bullet, fired carelesSly by some
celebrant, had struck her.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05

refrigerator;
Hung all pictures upside down:
Broke the legs of the dining
table;
Piled dishes and chairs i'm a
heap;
Stuffed q frankfurter into the
barrel of Dess' shotgun;
Stretched a cord across the door
way. That's what Dess tripped
over.
When Dess finally got the
house in order nc climbed into
bed. The bed collapsed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Wheat Receipts
Set New Record

KANSAS CITY. Mo, July 5. CUP
Almost five and one half million
bushels of wheat, a new record for
receipts at this worlds greatest prl-
mary cash wheat market, reached
here today and price sagged under
the heavy influx.
Record receipts were reported
from other wheat marts in south
west, especially those at Wichita and
Amarillo.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Fireworks Blast
Friqhtens 10000

CHICAGO, July 5. CUP)-Approx-
imatley 10000 persons were thrown
into a panic last night when fire
works exploded prematurely at a
neighborhood Fourth of July cele-
bration.
Seventeen persons, nine of them
children, were injured. Some suf-
fered burns from the exploding fire
works. The other were trampled
as the crowd ran to safety.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Frankfurter in Shotgun, Clothes in
Ice Box. and Then the Last Straw

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 5
(UP)-Jce Dess. sunbuned, mos
quito bitten and tired, came from
his holiday outing last night,
grOped for the light switch, trip
ped and fell on his face. When
he got the lights he discovered
someone had broken into his
house and:
Piled the contents of the refrig-
orator in the middle of the kitch-
en- floor;
Piled the dirty clothes in the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
Ne Law Puts
Damper on Love

NEW YORK, July 5. CUP)-Wed-
ding bells were gathering dust to-
day, city hall attaches reported, ap-
parently because of the new law
requiring medical certificates. Only
eight licenses have been issued since
the law went into effect July l,
compared with 319 in a similar peri
cd last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-05
DISTRICT ASKS BIDS
ON SWITCHBOARD

Proposals were invited Tuesday
by irrigation district directors for
installation of switchboard and wir-
ing at the diesel plant of the All
American canal power system and
for construction of II substations,
to be located throughout the valley.
Bids will be opened by the board
on July % at 10 am.