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The Washington times., 1938-08-10

They turned out early today to
welcome Douglas "East-iS-West"
Corrigan.
The crowd started arriving at
the airport hours before Corrigan
was due in order to get vantage
seats to see the famous flying
The Washington times., 1938-08-10

The bye himself will be a-tellm'
of the "CorriganS" in Washing
ton today. So-o-The Washington
Times closes its contest in which
81 was awarded for every "Corri-
gan" published.
Just to give Doug glimpse OF
what kind of stories the people
in Washington can tell, however,
we are publishing the last five
picked from the many entries re-
ceived.
BACON AND GREENS
Fred Vetter, of this city. writes
of the "Corrigan" which New
York pulled the week it feted
Doug. He says that all the res
taurants served corned beef and
cabbage in honor Of the mistaken
flier as an Irish tribute to him.
However, says Mr.. Vetter, this is
not the national dish Of Ireland,
because bacon and greens is. If
New York only knew!
G. K. Walton, 3446 Connecticut
Avenue, is still embarrassed about
his Corrigan "error." On his way
to Washington from Texas, he
hurriedly ran for a train pulling
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
J. B. Mckee Named
KiIIeen Post Head

Jerome B. Mckee last night
was elected commander Of George
Killeen Post No. Is, American lie
gion. Other officers named were
Major Hugh Higgins, senior vice
commander; James D. Lince,
junior vice commander; Major E.
M. Lawton, finance officer, and
James A. Morris, adjutant.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
Still Wearing His
Old Windbreaker

That good friend Of Doug Corri-
gan, the old brown leather wind
breaker that kept him warm as
he sailed through the stormy At
lantic skies, was worn by him on
his arrival in the Capital.
Despite heat and humidity Cor
rigan chung to the familiar old
coat rather than don smart sum-
mer wear.
$3.50
The first thing that met the
eye of Doug Corrigan when he
landed at Washington Airport
was today's issue Of the Wash
ington Times with vivid green
shamrock on page one.
Corriga an grinned apprecia'
lively as enterprising young news
vendors made their way through
the crowd, more intent on see
ing him than selling their papers.
The official Congressional vel
coming committee for Corrigan
was predominately Gaelic.
There was Thomas O'Malley OF
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
Killed Near Scene
Of Fathers Death

SKOWHEGAN, Me-, August
1O-Lloyd Gagne, 20, fell to his
death from the top of q moving
truck a mile from where his father
was killed in trolley accident 20
years ago.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
GRINNING Filler.
WELCOMED BY
GREAT THRONG
Autograph Hunters
Have Field Day
Continued from Page u

who should by now be accustomed
to great tributes. AS he stepped to
the ground it was as though one
mighty clarion voice had been
raised:
"COrrigan! COrrigan! CORR
gam"
The crowd surged through, ig-
noring police and official well
corners. 1t seemed for a few Sec
onds that a battle royal was on,
but the police managed to get con-
troll again. Clad in his famous old
leather jacket and the pair Of
odd pants" in which he made his
epochal flight, Adventurer Corr
gan grinned down at the milling
enthusiastic throng.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10

Irishman step out Of the airliner.
Two small boys, Ray Striker, 80
I st. N. w. and William Donnelly,
26 I st. N. w., determined that
they were going to witness CORR
gan's arrival, went AWOL from
home and spent the night on q
bench at the landing field.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
Proud of Him

'Mr. Corrigan, as cannon de
Valera, our prime minister, said
to you in Dublin, you have
brought renown alike to this
great nation to which you belong
and to the Irish race which
proudly claims you.
1.-THE Irish are a long remem-
bering people and I am sure that
in the generations to come when
aviation has made even greater
strides than it has in our day,
the story Of Douglas Corrigan
and his epic flight will be told
beside many an Irish fireside.
I'm the words Of an old Irish
salutation "go n-eirighidh do
bhothar Leaf" which translated
means: May your path in life
rise ever higher.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
Gee, he's sure my hero"

Gee, he's sure my hero"
Ben Holloway, 10, Of 2110 Nine.
tenth st. N. w. painted that as he
struggled through the den e
throngs at the Washington Air
port to get a view Of his idol, Doug
Corrigan.
"If 1 can get close enough to
him I'm going to kiss him. 1
think he's wonderful"
A pretty girl, identified as Miss
Edith SlavenS, emplOye of the
Treasury Department, said that
as she took her place near the
exit from the flying field.
Cameranen Out
En- M0sse
1t looked like a photographers
convention at the airport as the
knights Of the camera gathered to
photograph Wrong Way" on his
arrival.
Every newSreel cameraman In
the capital and every newspaper
photographer was on hand, while
thousands Of candid camera en-
thusiaSts had their equipment.
Virginia State police who were
directing traffic at the airport, esti
mated that there were at least
5000 cars parked near the airport
by II o'clock and a crowd of al
least 10000 persons on hand.
4
Every roof top near the airport
was crowded to capacity with per
sons eager for q view Of the EaSt
is West flier.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10

missioner Melvin Hazen, eXtolled
his courage and his other virtues.
There's nothing high hat
about that boy" cried one man
admlrer.
Looks like he don't get time
to have a shave" observed an
other.
The welcome over. the parade
now started in earnest along Con-
stitution Avenue to the Capitol
and back along Pennsylvania Ave
nue.. The crowds were lined thick
on both sides of the streets, hun
dreds having brought camp chairs
for the long wait before the great
moment.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
Corrigan's Smile
Wins CYowd


Washington likes the warmth of
the Corrigan smile!
AS Doug stood on the steps of
the air liner that brought him to
the Capital, there was a moment
Of silence as the crowd Of some
Is 900 persons gazed in admiration.
Then came that smile, and the
crowd went wild. There was q
burst of cheering that was almost
enough to shatter eardrums. And
the cheering kept up as long as
Threats were able to voice the en-
thusiasm Of the crowd.
u T. =
Among the first to reach CORR
gan and shake his hand were
pretty, young Suzan Cornelia
Jones, 1910 Thirty-fourth st.
N. w., who bore the imposing
title Of assistant marshal Of the
Corrigan parade, and Darrell P.
Aub, who was marshal.
*k#
Thousands of persons spent their
lunch hour lining the streets of
the downtown section to watch
Doug Corrigan drive by in his
victorious parade through the
Capital that ended at the Willard
Hotel where he was guest of
honor at a huge luncheon.
EUery 1UtndotU In the GoveTn-
nuent buildings along Constitution
Avenue aOGS packed Nth ercited,
cheering Government IDorEerS tDho
left their desks to match the Cor
rigGn parade suing By. Traffic
fOGS at stGndStiH Downtown until
the parade had passed.
COrrigan again travelled from
west to east today. The pa
rade formed at the Lincoln
Memorial and then went east
to the Capitol grounds. There
the compass was reversed and
the parade again went west to
the willard.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
FIew Plane Here

It was learned that the trans
atlantic flier had been at the con-
trols of the big airliner after it
had risen over Baltimore and only
relinquished them to Pilot Bill
Dunn as the plane came over the
Washington field.
At the District end Of the
Memorial Bridge about three thou
sand enthusiasts we're waiting for
Corrigan and again the roar Of
cheers went up. He responded
with his wide grin and continual
wave of the hands. But the
people got close to him and once
again he went to work autograph
ing books and sheets of paper-as
fast as they were handed to him
and he could scraWl his signature.
He did this, grinning always, as
the District of Columbia Govern
ment committee, headed by Com
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
Capitals Welcome Amdzes Doug
WOW
Crowd at Airport Goes Wild Over Grnning Filler

wisconsin, John Flanagan Of Vir-
ginia, Ambrose Kennedy Of Mary
land and Frank Mahoney, assist.
ant Sergeantatarms Of the House.
In fact, the only non-Irish mem
Der of the committee was Lawrence
Lewis of Colorado.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
Miss Columbia,
Miss Erin on Hand

A group Of three women arrived
to extend official welcome to the
Capital on behalf of the women
of washington. They, were Miss
Mary Watson, Miss Err"
dressed in green; Miss Marjorie
DeLamater, dressed in white as
Miss Columbia" and Miss A. C..
Turner, representing the Baptist
women of Washington.
X X X
Heavy ropes had been strung
to keep the crowd back from
the aisle down which COrrigan
walked to the official cars, but
the crowd was so dense that it
appeared likely the ropes would
break. Police had difficulty in
keeping the crowd back, but it
was an orderly thrOng.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
DIPLOMAT LINKS
CORRIGAN With
HEROES OF erin
All Irish Are PROUD Of
You," Says Brennan

FOLLOWING is the speech de-
Huered by Robert Brennan,
charge d'GttdireS of ireland, at
the luncheon in honor of Doug.
las Corriodn at the Willard Ho-
tel this afternoon:
when I heard that Mr.. Cor
rigan had landed in Ireland and
said he was not sure where he
was, I thought of two other
American filters who set out for
Europe some six or seven years
ago and who, possibly not hav-
ing the skill or the luck of our
guest today, got lost in the
clouds and came down on the
Irish coast, near the village Of
Gloneyogan.
THE village is so small that
you will not find it on most
maps but to the small boy
reared in the village, Cloney-
ogan was, Of course, the center
of the universe.
In ClOneyOgdn
Therefore, when one Of the
filters stepped out of the plane
and asked where are we-mean-
ing is it Scotland or Ireland or
France-the reply he got from
the small boy was you're in
Cloneyogan, sir"
when this story got out the
people of Cloneyogan were nat
urally indignant and they ex-
planned that what really hap
pened was that one Of the filters
stepped from the plane and
cried out in a voice Of delight,
Is this Cloneyogan?'
Now Mr.. Corrigan did not
land in Cloneyogan but in Dub
lin and whatever he says about
the tricks played by his COM
pass, I'm sure he will admit that
it was no mistake to land in
Dublin, a city dear to the Irish
heart everywhere.
Name, His Passport
when q representative Of
the press rang me up and told
me Mr.. Corrigan had come
down in Dublin, he asked me
what the Irish authorities
would do in view Of the fact he
had neither passport nor visa,
and I said I was sure they
would say that his name was
his passport and his valiant
flight was his visa.
His feat recalls the stout
hearted Irish voyagers Of the
ages-St. Brendan who, in the
Sixth Century, travelled the
seas on his frail craft to find
the shores of America, the Irish
scholars who, in the Dark Ages
placed themselves at the mercy
of the elements to bring the
light of learning to Europe anc
the millions of our race who
came to these hospitable shore.
to find here the opportunity
denied them at home to take t.
themselves the fruit Of theil
The Washington times., 1938-08-10

the field. There we're Sea Scouts
from the Corinthian Yacht Club,
dressed in natty white uniforms
and led by Richard Winfield, and
Boy Scouts in uniform led by Gay
Morrow.
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
1000 at Luncheon

At the Willard Hotel the crowd
was denser than at any other
point. Police again had a hard
job fighting through with the
city's guest of honor. But at long
last he made it. A thousand per-
sons sat down to the luncheon in
the ball room of the hotel.
In a speech which Sparkled with
the rich humor of his country,
Charge d'Affaires Robert Bren-
nan of Fire, praised the exploit of
the guest of honor whose name
alone, he announced, was pass
port enough for anybody putting
a foot down in Dublin"
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
Landed Right

GAS to the trick played by his
compass" continued Mr.. Bren-
nan, I'm sure he will admit it
was no mistake to land in a city
dear to the Irish heart every
Whe0e. When a representative
of the press asked me what the
Irish authorities would do in
view of the fact he had no pass
port or visa I told him just
that-it wasn't necessary"
Addressing Corrigan personally
Mr.. Brennan continued:
"As canon de Valera, our
prime minister, said to you in
Dublin, you have brought re-
nown alike to this great nation
to which you belong and to the
Irish race which proudly claims
you. In the words of an old
Irish SALVATION: Go n-eirighidh
do bhothar leat.' which, trans
lated, means May your path in
life rise even higher"
At 2::30 p. n. Corrigan goes Il
meet the Secretary Of State anC
from there 60 argue 1t out with
the Dennis Mulligan over at tht
Bureau of Air Commerce. How
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
Greeters Lost

Here the police managed to do
better for him and he reached the
cavalcade of automobiles, but now
another great mistake was in the
making. The reception committee
had got lost and headed the wrong
way.
Apparently they got hold of a
compass eventually and righted
themselves, but. in the meantime,
Corrigan waited, packed tight in
the middle of thousands of his ad-
mirers.
The little flier, perched now in
his car, stared out at the Lincoln
monument.
"a fine monument to a great,
great man." he said to those
nearby.
The official welcoming party
had now reached his side, anc
more speeches were made. Fair
fax Naulty, chairman of the Dis
trict's official committee, asked
the throng mot to make a circus
out of this" And slowly, ever SC
slowly, because the crowds would
hardly bulge, the motor cavalcade
moved off.
"Good-by to you all" CORR
gan cried, waving both arms,
land hello to everybody else
In town"
The Washington times., 1938-08-10
"GLGd to Be Here"

I'm glad to be here, mighty
glad"
That was all he was able to say,
or indeed all that could be heard
above the tumult. Those nearest
to him, stretching through the
police Gordon, pushed books and
pieces of paper at him for auto
graphs. And he came over the
field, pushed, squeezed, damned
Highland all the time scribbling
Doug Corrigan."
"A thousand times I've done
that" he managed to cry out as
he wrote on and scrambled his
way to the airport office.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-11
, THE SWING BEGINS
AWAY FROM HAM AND EGGS
(Oroville Mercury-Register)

(Oroville Mercury-Register)
The swing against the $50 plan has
begun and forecasterS are predicting its
defeat at the polls on Nov. 8. There are
many elements that lead to this fore
cast. Let us list a few of them.
The opposition of all public empIOyes.
Every fireman, policeman, school teach
er, road employe, state employe knows
that if it passes half his wages will be
paid in scrip that soon will be worthless.
He is out working against the ham and
eggs" plan, and his Influence is immense.
The opposition of the New Deal. Pres
ident Roosevelt has thrown his strength
against the plan, and his huge organiza-
tion in the state it out to beat it.
The opposition of the sensible pension
..er. The aged man and woman now re-
ceiving state pensions realize that if the
state went broke over this new scheme
their present pensions would be lost to
them, and they are out against it on the
theory that a bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush.
The opposition of the merchant The
merchant, knowing that he would be the
first one put on the spot if the plan
carried, Is keeping quiet, out VIII vote
against it and see that all his friends do.
He would be ruined if he accepted the
scrip and ruined if he refused to, he fears.
The merchants who are advertising that
they would accept the scrip will be the
most certain to vote against it.
The opposition of the huge group of
sensible people. After all, the state is
made up chiefly of intelligent, sensible
people who know that never in history
has such a plan made good. They will
not take a chance now
All these opponents of the plan were
heartened recently when they read that
instead Of nearly 100000 signers, the
petition for the $50 plan had less than
100000 names. They we'll know that
large number of these signers are like
the signers of every petition-there be-
cause they chose to sign rather than
have an argument.
We expect the $50 plan TO be beaten
in convincing manner. Let it be tried
elsewhere first.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-11
Bruce Cation Says
= The Top of the World Gets Little CIuttered

Il would be interesting to fine
out lust now Benito Mussolini is
feeling right now.
He seems to be sitting on top OF
the world, his people are hailin9
him as a world-saving peace maker
(which is certainly new role fol
him), as he has just taken major
part in a history-making event
But il is q safe bet that if you
could get look at his inmost
thoughts you would find that he is
far from happy.
For what has been happening in
the last few months is obvious
enough. when you stop to think
about it. Benito has been slowly
but steadily deflated. He still rolls
as ominous IN eye and throws out
as pig a cnest as ever, but he is
strictly the Number Two dictator
now. and the Number One man Is
growing so fast that there is neither
glory ror nourishment in the Num-
Der Two spot any more.
HitlerS Germany is the domi-
nant power in Europe today and
there is every indication that it will
become more dominant III the next
year or so. And all of the boast
full talk from. Rome about the
beauties of the Rome-Berlin axis
cannot hide the fact that it is not
at all to Mussolinis interests &c
have Hitler advancing $50 fast.
Look at what has happened al
ready. A year or two ago, it was a
cardinal point in Italian policy to
keep Germany out Of Austria. To-
day Austria is part of Germany
and a German army occupies one
end of the Brenner pass-looking
down contemplatively on the Tyrol,
where some hundreds of thousands
of Germans live under an Italian
rule which is far more oppressive
than anything the CZechs ever
put on.
JugoSlavia and the neighboring
country were likewise marked down
as a sphere for italian penetration
and expansion. That dream also
has exploded. A great deal of pen
etration and expansion will take
place in that part of Europe in the
near future, but it won't be Italian;
it will be German, and the Rome
end of the axis stands to get
precious little sustenance out of it.
The Near East has also been a
goal of Mussolini's foreign policy
But the famous old German drive
to the east" is going ahead now
faster thans ever before, and it
would be a hopeful soul indeed who
supposed that Hitler was going tc
revise his plans there to make
room for the junior partner.
What is left? An arid empire
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-11
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TAXES

NOTICE is hereby given that all
taxes for the fiscal year of July l,
1898, to June 80, 1899, i'll tne City
of Ell Centre are now due and pay
able.
That all taxes upon personal
property and one-half OF all taxes
upon real estate, mortgages, deeds
of trust, contracts or other obliga-
tions by watch debt is secured upon
real estate will become delinquent
upon the last Monday in November
next thereafter at five o'clock PM,
and that unless such taxes are paid
prior thereto ten per cent will be
added to the amount thereof.
That the remaining half of the
taxes upon real estate, mortgages,
deeds of trust, contracts or other
obligations by which debt is secured
upon real estate, will become delin-
quent upon the last Monday in
April next thereafter, at five o'clock
PM, and that unless such taxes
are paid prior thereto, five per cent
will be added 20 the amount there
of.
That all taxes may be paid at
the time of the payment Of the first
installment as herein provided.
That taxes may be paid at the
City Hall to the Deputy Tax Col
lectcr, between hours of eight
o'clock AM, and five o'clock PM,
with the exception Of Saturday and
on which day the hours shall be
from eight o'clock AM, to twelve
o'clock noon.
Dated this 30th day of September,
1893.
j. STERLING OSWALT,
City Tax and License Collector.
BY FAYE BURKE,
Deputy.
S. 800. 2 5679 10 IL IL 10 ID
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-11

in Africa and a half-conquered
poverty-stricken domain in Ethi-
opia.
There may yet be few pickings
III Spain-but even there, it is the
German agent rather than the
Italian who has been gobbling UP
the choicest commercial conces-
sionS.
So Mussolini can hardly be hap
py about the way things are shap-
ing up Already he begins to look
suspiciously like the tail to Hitler's
kite. The pupil to whom he taught
Fascism is in fair way TO muscle
teacher clear out of the school,
room.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-11
FIRE PREVENTION AND
WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU,
Fire


Friend of man since cave-man days, it
is also among mans greatest enemies. 1t
drives engines and warns hearths; it
inspires terror and brings death and de-
struction.
Fire is one of the mainsprings of civili-
zation, yet the person who uses fire care
lessly, or thoughtlessly handles the ma
terials that may make fire, is a menace
TO himself and his community.
That is why. this is Fire Prevention.
Week in Ell Centre. That is why on Mon
day Ell Centre firemen called at 215
homes in the city to discuss in friendly
vein the fire hazards that exist in almost
every home. That is why it is imperative
that. every person use all the means at
his command to encourage the objective
of fire prevention week.
In the last five years in Ell Centro
alone property amounting to a value of
Sc, $780, has been threatened by fire.
OF this property, S12S, ,691 worth has been
destroyed. These figures represent 653
calls answered by the Ell Centre fire de-
partment.
When a fireman comes to your door
member these figures. Remember that
your house may be neXt-and invite him
in. He may show you some surprising
things.
He may show you a flue or chimney
that is likely to start a fire tomorrow.
He may show you how your old electric
wiring is inviting disaster, of how your
gas connection is likely to destroy your
home or how that pile of oily rags
even though it is in a cool spot iii the
basement, may send you out into the yard
some night without a roof over you.
There are many causes of fire the
average resident is unconscious of. The
man who calls on you from the fire de-
partment can tell you what they are. He
may be able to save you many thousands
of dollars in actual damage.
Invite him in and give him chance.
1t is the best form of Insurance you can
get that you won't have a fire.
Remember the thing you tell the chill
dren, and apply it to yourself.
Don't play with fire"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-11
Well ! Il
.TeIIYou...
Says
! Bob Burns

You know I've been dOin' lota
thinkin' lately about the way these
Hollywood actors dress and fin
ally decided that the reason they
dress that way is because if they
didn't, nobody could tell they was
actors. The same is true of people
in pret near any profession. Musi-
clans dress like musicians and fire
men dress like firemen.
When our chief OF police down
home started to go to the police
men convention at Kansas City,
somebody asked him if he was gOn-
ma wear his police uniform. He
says, II should say am-the last
police convention we had at St.
Louis. we all wore civilian clothes
and half of us was arrested as sus-
piciOus characters!"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-11
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD
ROE, JOHN DOE COMPANY, a
Corporation, and RICHARD ROE
COMPANY, a Co-Partnership, De-
PENDANTS.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as
above, brought against you in the
Superior Court of the County of
Imperial, State of California, within
ten days after the service on you
Of this Summons-if served within
this county; or within thirty days
if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract,
or it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 18th day of February,
1897.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) Clerk.
BY G. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
(A16-23-30: S6-13-20-27; O4-11-l8