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Blossoms
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expected to converge on the Tidal
Basin today, recalling that 2l3,000
persons were counted at the cherry
blossom display on one Sunday after
noon last spring. There was no es-
innate of the crowd expected today.
Numerous hotels were filled up last
night, but a check showed there was
ample space in hotels and rooming
houses for the additional visitors ex-
pected today. Special trains were
bringing thousands of one-day excur-
sion visitors from New York, Phila-
delphia, West Virginia and other
points. Bus and airplane companies
reported full loads coming into Wash
ington.
Authorities expected highways to
be crowded with motorists. Prince
Georges County police banned parking
along the Observation-Disclosures
boulevard from Laurel during the
day to clear the highway for the
cavalcade of tourists.
Policemen on Extra Duty.
In the District policemen who reg
ularly have Sunday off, the rockies
in the Police Training School and
several men from the night shifts
were called to extra duty today to
help control the traffic. All avail
able park police were ordered TO duty
In the Tidal Basin area.
A special traffic plan will 60 into
effect at 10 am. today to move auto
mobiles clock-Wise around the Tidal
Basin and attempt to prevent con-
gestion at the entrances and exits.
Local residents were urged to visit
the area during the morning to lessen
the jam during the afternoon.
In addition to handling the traffic,
park policemen were charged with the
duty of preventing damage to the
cherry trees by overenthusiastic WIS.,
itors. Regulations against disturbing
any OF the trees or plants in the park
will be strictly enforced.
In honor of Cherry Blossom Sunday,
all the major fountains in the Wash.
ington park system were ordered
turned on today by Mr.. Finnan. This
program will include the Rainbow
Fountain at the small rejecting pool
OF the Lincoln Memorial, the fountain
at the John Paul Jones Statue at the
foot OF Seventeenth street, on the
shores Of the Tidal Basin; the cascades
In Meridian Hill Park and those in
Sheridan and Dupont Circles. This
Evening star., 1938-03-27
by motor for the South. They will
shortly take up their permanent resi-
dence in Washington.
Smoke Causes Drowning.

WHITEFORD, Md, March 26 LP).-
Smoke from a field fire caused the
death by drowning today of a man
Identified as Thomas Bay of Street, Md.
The elderly man was blinded by
the smoke as he helped to fight the fire.
He stumbled backwards over the edge
OF water-fllled quarry and drowned.
His body was recovered by Sergt. David
Peterson and Policeman A. E. Burke.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
AMARYLL|S SHOW
DRAWS0vER 1900
Sudden Blooming ForestaI|s
Advance Notices of
Exhibition.

Despite the fact there had been no
advance notice of the 25th annual
amaryllis show of the Department
Of Agriculture, more than 1900 per-
sons attended the opening session
yesterday.
The cate for the show had to be
advanced because warm weather had
brought the plants into bloom much
sooner than was expected. A record
breaking attendance is expected today
in the exhibition conservatory of the
department at Fourteenth street and
Constitution avenue. Parking space
for show visitors has been reserved in
the Mall
The show is the largest and most
varied collection of amaryllis plants
ever assembled, Every plant was pro-
duced through hybridization and cross
pollination by Government specialists.
The white amaryllis, which the de-
partment botanists consider their
crowning achievement attracted much
attention at the opening session.
The display includes 1900 bulbs,
each with two to seven stalks and
each stalk bearing three to seven
blooms. The coloring of the flowers
is In all shades of red, orange. pink,
striped and white. The Towering
plants are arranged on long benches
along each side of the conservatory
and pyramided on platform in the
center. Interspersed with the ANA
ryllis plants are several thousand
vinca vines and from the rafter are
suspended 100 baskets of trailing
fuchsias
The show this year is Of special
interest to botanists because the de-
partment has achieved great success
IN improving the length of the flower
stems up to more than 2 feet; the
size of the blooms. some of which are
II inches across. and a much wider
variety of coloring.
The Amaryllis Show is open free to
the public from Q am to pm, for
seven more days, closing next Sunday
at 9 pm. Expert gardeners are on
hand to explain to visitors the method
OF growing the amaryllis and how the
new varieties are produced in the
department greenhouses.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
will be the first time these have been
put in operation this season.
Refreshment Stand Open.

will be the first time these have been
put in operation this season.
Refreshment Stand Open.
F. w. Hoover, general manager of
the Welfare and Recreational Associa-
tion Of Public Buildings and Grounds,
Inc, placed the refreshment stand at
the Boat House, on the shofe of the
Tidal Basin, in operation to cater to
the visitors. This is about the earliest
it has ever been commissioned, he
declared. The Hams Point Tea House,
in East Potomac Park, will not be
opened until April 8, he said, as time
is required to make the post-winter
repairs.
Albert Clyde-Burton, chairman of
the Fireworks Committee, under the
special committee named by Com
missioner Melvin c. Hazen to mark
the blossoming of the cherry trees this
year, announced that the fireworks,
scheduled for display tomorrow night,
arrived yesterday One of the major
features of this will be a pyrotechnic
creation of 30-foot high cherry tree,
done in green and pink and white
lights. AS the cherry trees in real
life here, the fireworks cherry tree
will start pinksh and turn white
in color. The others are aerial pieces.
Mr.. Clyde-Burton asserted.
Fireworks Display Free.
There will be no seats for the fire.
works, and the display will be free to
the public, the show lasting for about
an hour. Traffic will be cut off
around the Tidal Basin on the road
near lower Fourteenth street to the
Inlet Bridge. In all there will be
1o8 separate pieces in the display.
The Washington Board of Trade,
the Merchants and Manufacturers AS
sociation, the Hotel Association of
Washington, restaurant men and other
groups are cooperating with the Dis
trict officials and those of the Ma
tional Capital Parks in presenting
the fireworks.
The site near the old bathing beach,
near the southeastern corner of the.
Tidal Basin, at the cricket field, will
be utilized as the base Of operations
for the fireworks, officials said. One
of the best views should be from the
vicinity of the boathouse.
In the event of inclement weather
tomorrow evening, the fireworks dis
play will be held on Tuesday evening
Or the first clear evening thereafter,
officials asserted.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
uPPMANN WEDS;
Will LIVE HERE
Writer Marries Mrs. Helen Byrne
Armstrong at Private
Ceremony.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. March 26.-Mrs. Helen
Byrne Armstrong Of 14~ East Eighty
first street. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Byrne Of New York, was mar
ried today to Walter Lippmann. The
wedding was private and the ceremony
was performed by Supreme Court JUS
tice Charles Poletti.
The bride was born in New York
and educated at private schools here
and abroad. Her marriage to Hamil-
ton Fish Armstrong was terminated
in February by divorce in Nevada.
Mr.. Lippmann, a special writer for
the New York Herald Tribune and
other papers, was born in New York
and Is a graduate of Harvard. His
marriage to the former Faye Albertson
was terminated by divorce last year.
After the ceremony the couple left
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Dogs Must Match Rugs.

ROCKFORD, III. lP).-Two women
called at the city dog pound, but left
without selecting pets.
They told Humane Officer Russell
Ferro they wanted dogs that would
match their rugs If they match, the
hair won't show on the rugs" the
women explained.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Calvert PIT. A, Meeting.

DR.. T, " Martin of the Office of
Education will speak on The Psychol-
ogy of the New Trend in Education"
at meeting of the Calvert County
High School Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton in the school at Prince Frederick,
Md. tomorrow at pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Utilities Income
I Tax Records Open
TO I Committee

WASHINGTON. Nov 10 eUP1-
President Roosevelt, by executive
order. today authorized the Joint
coagre ssIo0al committee inyestigat-
ing the Tennessee Valley Author
ity to inspect income and excess
profits tax returns Of private utili-
ties.
The oEeeu lFe order Was writer
in gcn=ral terms 20 permit in5pee-
ton Ct reluans for calendar years
up 10 and including 1887. TVA
Committee Counsel Francis Bjddla
said that tae order was designed to
permit tac investigators % assemble
information bearing oa valuation
o. private utility properties.
Eiddle indicated that a portion
O TIE information assembled from
s1le returns may be brought out
wren private utility eaeoati@2s testi-
fy before committee hearings this
week. Jne executive oldcr Was de-
sisEsd TO permit the investigators
10 assemble informal sior bearing OIL
valuation O. private Utility prop
cites.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
San Diegans
Visit Christ
Ambassador ParIey
ELM NOTES

ELM NOTES
j. c. Lee, a lieutenant of the
navy at Vallejo was house guest
over the holidays at the home of
MI. and Mrs. J. F.. Gallaher and
family.
Lee was enroute to Kentucky to
visit his parents.
Weekend visitors from San Diego
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. @. H.
Cannon were Mr.. and Mrs. George
Woods
Mrs. Ada Gallaher is confined
to her home with the flu.
Mrs. F.. O. Rosenbaum and family
enjoyed trip to the All American
canal Sunday.
Mrs. Lawrence Cobleigh and in
fant son are home from the Ell
Centro hospital.
Out of town guests of Mrs. Ruby
Carlton and daughter Lillian at
the Elm teacherage over the week
end were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Stan
5on and son Noland of Pala.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Dunn of San
Diego came down to the valley for
a few days to attend the Christ
Ambassadors three days convention.
They were the house guests of Mrs.
Dunn'S father and sister, II. l..
Boone and Betty Lou.
Rev. w. H. Minor of Bethelny,
Oklahoma, is a guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Roe.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Shumard visited
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Thornton of Heber.
Dinner guests Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gene Higgins were Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. H. Cannon.
Misses Willivene Rozell and Flor
ence Berretta are visiting with their
sister, Mrs. Virginia Cobleigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Boone jr.,
and daughter Bobbett are leaving
to visit with relatives at Bellflower
and Whittier.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Stanford Band
Threatens Strike

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.
Nov. 15. Stanford universitys
100 piece student band threatened
to strike today if their high school
drum majorette is forced to resign.
The majorette is Miss Mavine
Turner, II, San Leandro high school
student, whose pleasing appearance
and baton tWirling have drawn her
favorable comparison to the nu-
merous shortskirted drum major
cites throughout southern Califor-
MIA.
The Womens conference, a group
governing the conduct of women
students has expressed opposition
to Miss Turner's activities. They
have asked abolishment of her pos
itlon on the grounds it is "unbe-
coming a Stanford woman.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Mrs. HI. Martin
Club Hostess

After spending the summer in
New York, Mr. and Mrs Carl
Schultz have returned to Calipa-
tria and are living on the Balfour
Guthrie ranch
The Wednesday Card club met
at the home of Mrs. H T Martin
this week. A delicious dessert was
served by the hostess. Those pres
ent were Mrs. Harold Hoffman. Mrs
w. j. Young, Mrs. Joe Bailey, Mrs.
Z. L. Becker, Mrs. Albert Pond,
Mrs J c. Writ. Mrs. C. A. Sperry
and the hostess. Mrs Sperry took
high prize and Mrs. Bailey low.
The bean dinner served by the
Ladies Aid Saturday evening was
quite a success financially. The cof-
fee served at the dinner was DON
ated by the Ben Hur Coffee COM
pany through Miss Mary Jane Mat
theWs, demonstrator.
The sixth, seventh and eighth
grades at Fremont school had their
first experience of voting Tuesday
when they were given sample bal
lots and cast their votes for their
favorite candidates.
The Ebell club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Herbert Reedy on
November 16. The program topic
will be The Golden Gate Exposi-
ton
The Arts and Crafts section of
the Calipatria met at the home of
Mrs. w J. Young on Thursday this
week on account of ArmiStice Day
coming on their regular meeting
date. Present at the meeting were
Mrs. John Smoot, Mrs. w. T. FoW-
Ter, Mrs. Herbert Reedy and Mrs.
Young.
The Desert Edge Farms. Inc,
shipped their first fall peas Thurs
day. Picking in small quantities
has been going on for the past
week in some areas.
The Well Baby clinic will be held
next Tuesday, Nov. Is. The place of
meeting has been changed to the
Bonita school instead of at Fremont
school Those who attended the
morning sessions will continue to
do SO at Bonita school. Interest in
the clinic is growing and parents
who want to make sure their chill
dren are developing properly should
take advantage of the clinic and
get a physical check up on them.
At a meeting OF the city council
Wednesday night the street COM
missioner, Ben Jones, was instructed
to paint the pedestrian crossings
near the schools and in the down
town sections. This was done al
a request of the Calipatria Woman's
club as a measure of safety, espe-
cially for the school children.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
SeeIey Residents
Attend Westside
Club Dinner
SEEIEY NOTES

SEElE1 NO1ES
Members of the WeStSide Country
club and their families enjoyed
banquet Friday evening in Com
munity Hall prepared by women
of the club
Decorations of red, white and
blue were lovely and in keeping
with Arnistice day.
The program opened with the
song America" and saluting of the
flag.
Senator Ed Law was speaker of
tie evening and gave an address on
Patriotism Mrs. Ed Law rendered
two selections on the piano.
The program closed with the
singing of the Star Spaneled Ban
ner".
Pres ent were Mr. and Mrs Roy
Westmoreland and family Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Higgins and family
Mr and Mrs Clyde HaYens and
sons. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Allender
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L.
Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Diehl and house
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Robber
son, Mr.. and Mrs Ray Kramer and
family, Mr. and Mrs. C. Klump and
family. Mr. and Mrs. d. Green and
Son Mrs. Mamma Herrick and sons,
and Mr.. and Mrs. P. G.. Smith and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Oftelie are en-
tertaining this week Mrs. Oftelie' S
sister. Mrs. Lena Springer and
daughters. Misses Esther and Elsie
| Springer of Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Womack and
children of El Centro were dinner
guests at the w L. Womack home
| Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. G. Smith enter
tanned over the weekend his sister
and husband Mr.. and Mrs. H A
RoeSe, also his nephew. Rev. Pau
Bartel and wife and son, Bobbie, OF
Los Angeles.
Miss Betty Jane Smith. attending
school at Pasadena. was home alsc
over the weekend.
Rev. Bartel, who was born il
China, spoke in the morning SER
vice Sunday and showed movins
pictures of China in the evening Il
a full house. Mrs. Bartel gave {
talk to the young people.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Robinson ant
Ted Robinson returned Sunday eve
ming from trip to San Francisco
and Armistice day was spent will
Harold Robinson, who is attendin!
University Of California.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. P. Pearse wer
called to Los Angeles by the sat
news of Mrs. Pearses cousin pass
ing away,
The Westside Country club vii
meet at the home of Mrs. Ro
Westmoreland Thursday, Nov. II.
Mrs. Wm. Schultz spent the week
end with her mother in Ramona.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

The plane, an American-made
Douglas DOB, was enroute from
Berlin to London.
Duimelaar flew low over Amster-
dam. 1t was believed he had started
TO land. The plane crashed into
ditch. then TAXED on one wheel
to a second ditch, where it was
wrecked
The bodies of the dead and
wounded were streWn for more than
100 yards about the Wreckage.
Among the passengers were several
Jewish refugees fleeing Germany.
The dead included Captain Van
Geemeren of the navy who had
been attached to the airline to
learn how to fly high power two
motored ships.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

ton because The work IS strenuous.
he said.
Ioring. a leader in undermining
tae eaVentional ballet. slietched
several in the repertoire that stress
American themes.
Billy the Kid and the Yankee
clipper are on the Fl Centro pro-
gram. bGf there are others We
have one about filling station and
another on the idea of Grand Hotel,
with dancers motions suggesting
characteristic acts, such as filling 4
gas tank"
The idea behind the new ballet is
emphasis upon themes that are
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Ex-CIlilci Bride
W ard of Court


AUBURN. Cal. Nov. Is. up
Irene Creel Poonian, IA. recently
divorced by her 23-year-oId Hindu
husband. Paritem Poonian, Loomis
nurseryman, today was made a
ward of juvenile court by Superior
Judge Warren Steel of Marysville
and ordered committed to a home
u San Francisco.
The court action was taken on a
petition filed by County Probation
Officer Charles Allen. Judge Steel
ordered the girl be permitted to
see her infant son, Dalip Poonian
and her foster parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Creel, at frequent inter
ais
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
| | anlariisk Values
Studied hyU s.

The bureau of forest products OF
the United States department OF
commerce will investigate the value
of tamarisk wood in furniture man
ufacture, bureau representatives
tele2raphed the Ell Centro Cham
ber of Commerce Monday.
Chamber of commerce officials
are interested in determining the
value of tamarisk wood for furni-
ture manufacture and will urge its
production in Imperial Valley if
there is a commercial demand for
il
Manager Robert Hays of the
chamber said the matter will be
laid before furniture manufacturers
in hope of discovering a new prod
uct for valley farmers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

american anu therefore more easily
understood By American audiences.
Cities Critical
We really get the biggest re-
sponse in smaller cities where the
ballet is not so we'll known In the
larger towns the reaction is more
critical, a comparison between the
classic ballet and ourselves.
Tastes very considerably i'll the
type OF ballet. apparently.
In Milwaukee and Detroit they
didn't want Billy the Kid, because ii
might be immoral I suppose they
we're afraid We would glorify the
outlaw"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Ballet Artists just Like
Anyone EIses Stor Says
Durinq III Centre Visit

They order hamburgers after
shows, read The funny papers, sneak
away to night clubs and ollt-shag
The jitterbugs.
SWarming into the lobby OF th9
California hotel thcy-the memSers
of the Ballet Caravan from the
School of the american Ballet-look-
ed more like collegians in strange
Town for a football game than
dancers who have revived the
classic ballet of Russia ON radical
ly American lines
Before their performance Mon
tlay night in Ell Centro, Eugene lor-
ing, who wrote and takes the Lead
in the more modern balletS, softly
denied that ballet dancers are ally
different from anyone else.
THAT is d fallacy. OF course We
don't walk around in an estheti2
fog ready to die for our art. The
old idea of members OF the ballet
being group apart, cloiStared and
different is not true At home in
New York we live at home and go
10 school. On the road we receive
a regular salary under contract, pay
for all our own expenses. except
travelling. 1t is job, just like any
thing else
Most of the members of the ballet
are very young. The girls, who
have been studying since they were
8 or 8, range between IS and 10,
the men go up to 25.
That is partly because the ballet
is so new over here and partly be-
cause dancers have to be young 10
stand up under the strenuous de-
mands,' Loring explained III his
precise, clipped English.
Loring, who entered ballet work
because he felt he was too small to
go far on the legitimate stage. has
been with the ballet five years.
TT takes at least three or four
years to become at all proficient" "
he said, although that of course
depends upon the talent of the in
dividual. One never can reach per-
fection and study goes ON as long
as a dancers body is supple
enough"
Rigid Training
, Dancers are supposed to keep
rigid training, but they don't.
Il neither smoke nor drink, but
some of us do. Naturally, it's bet
ter TO keep IN top physical condi-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Japanese Consul
Goes to Chile

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. up
-Kanzo Shio2ah, japanese consul
general in San Francisco since 1886
today confirmed reports that he
had been promoted to the post ol
Japanese minister to Chile
It was understood Shiozaki Will
assume his new post after the ljrst
of the year. following a visit to
Japan. He will be succeeded here
by Toshito Sato, now in London.
Sato formerly was japanese vice
consul in Los Angeles
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

ingtOn KIDNAPPING law means deaJn
unless the jury recommends life
Imprisonment
Charged also with kidnapping and
first degree assault on Irving Baker,
81. former coast guard officer, were
Robert Smith, 30, a farmer; James
Reddick. 81. Olympia taxi driver;
and William McAloon, so. former
town marshal at Montesano.
Baker was taken from his home
at pistol point August 10 and beaten
and tortured with a pair of pliers
in a gravel pit. Berry accused him,
officers said. of seducing the doc
tors wife after a Fourth of July
house party.
Smith said they thought Berry
was taking him to see a bird dog
on the night Baker was assaulted.
Reddick allegedly drove the taxi
cab in which Baker was transported
to the lonely pit. McAloon had
known the doctor at Montesano,
where he formerly practiced before
building up a fashionable clientele
at Olympia
Five attorneys. one for the state
and four for the defense. were ex-
pected to take another day in ques-
tioning taleSmen The jurors, if
they decided the four men were
guilty of assault charges, could give
them five years in the state peni-
tentiary
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Drunk Drivers
Sent to Jail

BRAWLEY. Nov. Is. = Two men
were sent to the county jail Monday
Ior drunk driving in the BraWley
area this Weekend
Judge H. B. Griffin fixed John
Lee Walkers sentence at so days
and Pasquel Guerrero's at % days.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Bulldog Travels
Home from Texas

HANFORD, Cal, Nov. Is. CUPD-
Bones, the Boston bulldog with the
direction n-finding nose, was home
today after making his way here
on ioot from a town III southern
Texas.
Bones disappeared two months
ago. His owner, Miles Fuller, learned
lis pet had been picked up by
family of cotton pickers and traced
the family to Texas, despairing of
ever seeing the dog again.
Fuller said Bones paws showed
signs of miles of travelling.
Phone 800. The Want-Ad
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Six Killed, Twelve Hurt When Plane
Crashes at Amsterdam Airport;
Faulty Landing Blamed in Tragedy

AMSTERDAM, Nov. Is. (UP)-The body OF Chief Pilot
Jan Duimeaar found at the edge Of Scpol ar1eld
TODAY raising to six the number Of persons killed when
KIM airliner crashed in dense fog mile from Am
otordan, Twelve were injured, three seriously.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Prospective Jury Quizzed on Death
Penalty as Doctor, Friends Go
On Trial Under Kidnap Charge

OLYMPIA, Wash. Nov. l5 (UP)-A jury tentatiyeI
selected today asked it would invoke the death per
atty on DR.. Kent W. Berry and three friends charge
with kidnapping and attempting to emascuate the suppose
seducer o Berys Young wife Conviction under the Wash
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
VOLCANO ERUPI'S

TOKYO, Nov. Is. (UP)-A violent
eruption of the volcano Asama
rocked Tokyo slightly today No
damage was reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
LICENSED TO WE'D

Richard A. Pitkin, %, and Byrrl
Miller, 20, Ell Centro, obtained a
marriage license from County Clerk
W. j. McClelland Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Rigid rrainin 9

Rigid Training
Dancers are supposed to keep
rigid training, but they don't.
II neither smoke nor drink, but
some of us do. Naturally, it's bet
ter to keep IN top physical condi-