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The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Locals Bid
For Top
Rank
GOTHAM AGOG
Fans to Jam Small Gym
For Game With Eastern
Honors at Stake
BY CHICK KENNY

George Washington University's
big chance to take the top rung
in Eastern basketball circles as
well as national, is set for tonight
when the Colonial dribblers take
on Long Island University in the
Brooklyn Pharmacy gym.
The battle has Gotham all agog
and the press OF the city, as we'll
as officials Of both institutions
are lamenting the fact that the
game could not be arranged to be
played in much more spacious
quarters.
G w. departed early today from
the Union depot with the entire
team on deck. Quite a few loyal
rooters were on hand at the sta
tior to see the Buff and Blue
warriors off for what may turn
out to be the most important
game of the entire schedule.
Should G.. w. bag this encounter
there is every reason to believe
that the locals will be a tough
crew to down in any league for
the remainder Of the year.
Of course, George Washington
must journey to the hinterlands
of the Midwest the first part Of
February for four strenuous tits:
nevertheless 1t is this Long Island
battle tonight that may decide the
issue for the remainder of the sea-
son.
STRAIGHT WINS
G. w. has a record Of five
straight WINS: as compared to 10
out Of 13 for Long Island.
The only basis for comparison
between the two Quintets is the
Minnesota game. The Gophers
knocked off L. I. in Madison
Square Garden during the holi-
days, and in turn the Colonials
turned back Minnesota here q few
nights later.
According to no less an author
ity than Coach Bill Eeinrert of
G. W., who secuted Long Island
against Minnesota and then again
last week against De Paul, the
the Blackbirds have improved so
much over their holiday brand
that it isn't even funny! And De
Paul is one of the best clubs in the
Midwest!
For the first time this season,
the Colonial dribblers will be up
against a zone defense. Hereto
fore the opponents that G. w.
has met and defeated employ the
man to man type of defense.
Whether the rest period between
the Elon game of last week and
the Long Island embroglio tonight
will enable the locals to change
their plan Of attack remains to be
seen. OF course, L. I. may be sur
prised by the bounding Buff and
Blue.
l The game will be homecoming
event for no less than seven G. w.
cagers who attended high school
in the metropolitan New York
; area. The group includes Capt.
Tommy OBrien, a graduate of
Union Hill. Woodcliffe, N. j.;
George CARRIER and Sid Silkowitz,
both of New York city; Arnold
Auerbach, BROOKLYN; Sydney
Karp, Bayonne, N. j.. and Pete
Beronio, Hoboken, N. j.
TORGOFF A THREAT
Irving Torgoff, forward of the
team, is the big threat that G.. w.
must be primed to shackle. This
Blackbird ace has scored 1866
points in IL games to date, and is
leading the New York metropoli-
tan scorers and his own teammate,
Art Hilltop, runner.up, by 81
points.
The Long Island ace has scored
70 points and % fouls, and is
averaging 1888 points per game.
But current reports out Of New
York have it that Torgoff was in
jured in the DePaul game last
week, twisting an ankle which may
render him hors de combat for
| Continued on Page 22, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
LEWIS KAYOES.
GALLAGHER With
RIGHT IN Third

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 19.-Light-
heavyweight Champion John
Henry Lewis, Sepia warrior of
Pittsburgh and Arizona, added an
other heavyweight victim to his
rapidly mounting list of victories
last night when he knocked out
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

Ring Probe

BALTIMORE, Jan. 10.
M aryland State Athletic
Commission, following the
preliminary investigation of
Bantamweight Sammy La
POrte's refusal to fight here
the other night, announced
through stanley Scherr,
chairman of the commission,
that the name of the man
who attempted the bribery
will be learned in q few days
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

of Washing
ton.
I m e a n
boys like Lon
ME Krauss,
w o o t t o n
Young, T a d
Howard, Bill
w ood a n d
Red Megaw,
who grew up
with Ii t t l e
pins a n d
whose word
is gospel on
the maple
spillways.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

Marty Gallagher, of Washington,
D. c., in the third round of their
scheduled 10-round bout in the
Municipal Auditorium here.
The champion won easily In the
first two rounds and in the first
minute of the third heat, planted
a short right to Gallagher's jaw
to send the District Of Columbia
scrapner down for the count.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Future in Doubt

BOSTON, Jan. 19 U.N.SD.
Future of Scranton, Pa, as
q minor league farm for the
Boston Bees baseball team
was still uncertain today fol-
lowing arrival of Bee Prexy
Bob Quinn from a Midwest
ern trip during which he
acquired Evansville, Ind, Of
the newly organized Class B,
Three-I League, as a season.
ing ground for his rookie
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Kirk Miller
- Times Sports Editor
Says:--- ---

The boys tell me it is the
greatest bowling show ever held
In America-much less the city
The Washington times., 1938-01-19

is goSpeI Oh
the maple
w,r,- M,IIo, spillways.
But here,
am getting a little ahead Of my
yarn. THE SHOW is next Sun.
day night at Convention Hall
alleys and it is for the benefit
Of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
Yes, they tell me that so
much talent has never before
been assembled in one evenings
exhibitions, which, If it proves
nothing else, establishes the
fact that when the cause is
right, the cream Of the crop re-
spends.
That Washington should be
the scene Of this gathering Of
such top-flight duckpin assas-
sins seems fitting enough, too,
for from Washington comes the
inspiration for these annual raj
lies sponsored by the President
Va Lk4C OA14GCN 0GdbCSs
This six-event, all-star duck
pin program reeks with intrigu.
ing angles.
For instance, there is that
9altimore-R Richmond affaire de
honeur between Mrs. Helen
Randlett. Of Virginia, and Miss
Naomi Zimmerman, of Mary
land, who will 60 to the post at
8 o'clock in five-game singles
set.
Little to Choose
Last year Miss Zimmerman
was the fifth ranking lady
bowler of the country and Mrs.
Randlett was rated so closely
to the No. 2 spot there was lit
tie. to choose between her and
the designated No. 2 bowler,
Lorraine Gulli, of Washington.
The second event Of the ex"
travaganga will produce five
game rivalry between mere
males, but theirs is to be a
natural, because it brings to-
gether last years District League
leader and the paceSetter Of the
current season.
Joe Freschi in the latter role,
and Bill Krauss as 1887 cham
pion of the outstanding loop of
Washington, therefore, should
alone be worth the 35 cents and
IS cent scale OF admissions.
And you'll surely want to be
in your seat, eyes fixed front,
when the mixed doubles part
ners take the spotlight. In this
one Joe Harrison and Ida Sim
mons face off against Astor
Clarke and Mrs. Randlett, and
If that needs any elaboration,
I'm here to supply it.
Two of a Kind
Miss Simmons is a Norfolk
belle and happens to be cur
rently ranked No. !, whereas
Harrison is the most feared To-
cal league and match bowler
and winner with Ed Blakeney Of
the Atlantic Coast mems doubles.
Astor Clarke, need remind
anybody, is fresh from his Sec
ond straight U. S. Sweepstakes
victory at Waterbury, Conn,
having won the even three times
aIl-told. And Mrs. Randlett
hasn't become any less brilliant
since I described her in a pre-"
vious paragraph.
These mixed doubles, there
fore, offer an opportunity to
compare the abilities Of the top
man and woman in the country,
and will be for three games.
Interesting, isn't it?
More of the petite bowlers,
Mrs. Georgia Hays and Miss
Lucy Rose, come up in the
fourth feature in a match Of
five games endurance. Mrs.
Hayes is the present sensation
in view Of her recent victory in
the Star holiday tournament.
She also won the Catherine
Quigley Sweepstakes.
Miss Rose is knocking at the
door Of leadership in the Ladies
District League.
The Washington times., 1938-01-19
Ruth, Cobb and WagnGr
|Are Unanimous Choices

ST. LOUIS JAM 19 (IN.S).-Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and
Honus Wagner were unanimous choices for the atme all
star major league team selected by the Sporting News and
here TODAY Seventeen staff members and
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Londoner Makes
His Strength Pay
Heavy Dividends

LONDON, Get. 13. (UP)-One of
the strongest men in Britain today
is Martin Liisberg, better known as
Canada Jack"
He can break 6-inch nail with
his bare hands in so seconds, and
as a paver and layer of curbstoneS
on big road schemes up and down
the country, he can afford to
smoke good cigars, pay $500 year
income tax, and keep 10 men busy
year in and year out handling
what ne calls lightweight curb
stones he hasn't time to touch,
because he is SO busy handling the
really heavy stuff.
He is believed to be the only
man in te world at his particular
job capable CT putting into posi-
ton unaided 10l2 foot long
granite curbstone, weighing 100
pounds per foot.
Canada Jack" is feet 61a
inches of bone and muscle and
says that the only man who ever
gave him a thrashing was his
father.
And that was when I was a boy
of in Canada, where I was born, ="
he said.
MY father, standing over 6 feet
2 inches, was the strongest man I
ever encountered. I ran away from
home after he gave me licking
and, after spending years at sea in
Wind-jammerS and sailing boats of
all kinds, 1 discovered that I was
capable Of lifting extremely heavy
weights.
so | took on a job of setting
cUrbstones into position on a rese-
voir scheme at StaineS Q2 miles
west Of London. 1t is a job which
cannot be done by machinery, and
recently I have worked on virtual
ly every important road and build
ing in The country.
Nov I am engaged in the con-
struction of a big factory in Lam
cashire. 1t was during the con-
struction of the great East Ian
cashire road that I laid the 10H
foot curbstone which is regarded
b" Others as a worlds record"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13

lldlly dllQ CZtCIlOSlONdkld.
According to reports, the German
suggestion also envisages at later
date common currency between
the two countries, which would
be the German Reichsmark.
The proposal was regarded in
political circles here as the hardest
blow yet received because it means
that Czechoslovakia, which has ac-
cepted the idea of becoming part
of the German orbit of influence,
would abandon all economic and
financial independence.
Czechoslovakia was being trans
formed rapidly into a homogeneous
republic within the German orbit.
Rid of its three disgruntled mi
norities, it was consolidating the
three races that remained into a
harmonious state and was revising
international position toward
friendship with Germany - the
country that took it's Sudeten re-
gion and its main Notifications.
German and Polish occupation
OF border areas ceded to them was
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13

almost complete, and territorial neg
citations with Hungary were under
way at the border town of Koma-
rom. Czechoslovakia had been
changed from a heterogeneous mid
die sized nation that hobnobbed
with European powers into a tiny
republic dependent upon its neigh
bors for protection. 1t had lost al
most one-third of its 100000
population, but the authoritative
Czech opinion was that the coun-
try had gained much from the
transformation.
The agreement with the Slovaks,
which game them autonomy in ex-
change for loyalty, created opti-
mism. This was interpreted to
mean that CZechs and Slovaks
would now work together to form
cantonal state along the lines
of Switzerland.
1t was also felt that Ruthenians,
whose parties had abandoned their
demands for a plebiscite, would
support the government solidly.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
New Guinea Linked
With Old Egypt
By Discoveries

MELBOURNE, Oct. 10. (UP)-
Recent discoveries in the hinter-
land of New Guinea by E. C. Chin
merry, government anthropologist,
would indicate that connections at
one time existed there with Egyp-
tian civilization.
Among the things found to indi-
cate this, were stone pestles and
mortars of the kind used in an
cient Egypt for recovering gold
from quartz and also the fact that
the tribes used the same process
for mumifying their dead as did
the Egyptians.
Other discoveries made by Chin
merry during his last exploration in
New Guinea are the following:
Fortified mountain villages on
pinnacles SO steep that hostile ma
tives can hurl insults at one an
other from enc village 20 the next.
A tribe whose code demands that
Ce'Cll tdIloludGe ~ ouC anu NIL d
man before he can be initiated to
manhood.
Snow on mountains a few miles
from the equator.
Terraced and hanging gardens,
beautifully cultivated and intri-
cately irrigated and drained on
precipitous hillsides, like those that
made Babylon famous.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Arizona May Use
Parker Power

PHOENIX, Oct. 13. CUP)-After
filing with the Public Works Ad-
ministration an application for a
100000 grant, the Salt River VAL
ley Water Users association an
nounced formally today it is pre-
pared, if feasible and necessary, to
bring Colorado river power from
Parker Dam into central Arizona to
meet the needs of the aea.
Lin B. Orme, president of the as
Sociation, said the PWA grant had
been asked to aid financing of the
power development which would
use approximately 140 miles of
transmission lines costing $4,000
000.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Oil Production
Boost Reported

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UP)-
The bureau of mines today reported
daily average crude oil production
in August increased 10000 barrels
above the July level to 3,424 ZOO bar
rels.
Nearly half the gain was in Texas
but most states showed increases
with the notable exception of Lou
isiana.
Nearly all principal fields of Ok
lahoma and Texas registered pro-
duction gains in August. but the
most important fields in California
declined.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13
Germany Aims at Complete Economic
Domination of Czechs; Proposes
Common Customs, Currency

PRAGUE, Oct. 13. (UP)-Germany contemplates eco
nomc domination of Czechosovaka authoritative
said today. The German government reported to
have proposed the Czechosovak economic experts in
Berlin the establishment of customs union between Ger
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13

and see The hundreds Of Bar
gains we've prepared for Dollar Day in
addition 10 these advertised!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-13

A Great Dollar Day Clearance
A small deposit will hold any article you
Select in the store and will be held 80
days for you.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
WEED CONTROL
CAMPAIGN IN
VALLEY GAINS

Imperial County Agriculture Com
missioner B. A. Harrigan reported
outstanding success in the weed
control campaign carried on by that
office during July, in a monthly
report to the county supervisors re
leased Wednesday.
Johnson grass, white horse net
tie, morning glory ana puncture
vine were eradicated in some areas
and were brought under control in
other serctions.
Twenty-Five ranches we're visited
during the month in the interest
of weed control.
Cantaloupe season closed early in
July, Harrigan reported with ship
ments lighter than last year. Quality
and pack was good but prices were
low.
Watermelon yield was only half
that of last year Demand was
slow and consequently prices were
lower than usual.
Grain and hay shipments were
normal with fair returns to tn
growers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
TWO LEAVE TO VISIT PARENTS
IN SWEETWATER. TEXAS

G.. H. Cannon at their OakWild
cottage we're Mr.. and Mrs. Edd
Diehl, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Gallaher
and Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Higgins
and daughter Betty and Iva Jean.
Those arriving at the cottage Sun
day were Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Rob-
inson, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Havens,
Dale Harper and Charles Ruter.
Mrs. Ruby Carlton and son and
daughter drove down from San
Diego Monday morning. Mrs. Carl
ton will teach at Elm school this
fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Boone and
son Donald recently returned from
Los Angeles where they visited
Mr.. and Mrs. E. l.. Perry of
Whittier and Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Lewis of La Mesa.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
OSBORNE HITS
UNION ACTIVITY
ON U.S.FARMS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal
Aug. 3. (UP)-Hugh Osborne, pres
ident of the Associated Farmers
of California, told representatives
of chambers of commerce and
trade associations at western
trade conference here that there
is no place on American farms for
union organization"
Osborne outlined three methods
by which he said the Associated
Farmers have successfully combat
ted 45 farm strikes in California
since unions moved into the agri-
cultural field.
He said strong units of farmers
must be organized; farmers should
give their peace officers a vote
of confidence and organize behind
them as deputies; and boards of
supervisors should pass proper
anti-picketing ordinance"
Ninety per cent of union tactics
is bluff" Osborne said.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
Conference on
Power Issue
Concluded

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
PARK, Wyo., Aug. 3. CUP)-Ex-
pressing confidence that an agree
ment will be reached soon on the
controversial Boulder Dam power
issue, delegates from seven Colo
RADIO river basin states today con-
cluded their four day conference
here.
Principal accomplishment of the
conclave was the appointment of
a 16 man procedural committee
that is to study proposed reduc-
tions of Boulder Dam power rates,
requested by southern California
interests, and report to a future
meeting. The group is composed
of two delegates each from Utah,
Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Nevada and California and
one each from the Los Angeles
Bureau of Power and Light and
the Los Angeles Metropolitan Wa
ter district.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
ELM NOTES


Gilbert Estes accompanied by
his sister, Mrs. j. A. Oswald OF
Gardena left recently to visit their
parents at Sweetwater, Tex. They
plan to be away two weeks and
while there will attend a family
reunion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Estes and
family of Melloland motored there
also to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Lowe and
family have moved from Ell Centre
to the Monroe Lowe ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Kramer and
family enjoyed Sunday at Live
Oaks Springs.
Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Lynn
Boone and son Leroy went to San
Diego to enjoy the cool breezes.
Miss Allora Gallaher and BROTH
ers Frank and Brenton visited over
the weekend at San Diego with
relatives.
Donald Starr of Cotton Sum
day called on friends and looked
after the Starr ranch in Elm.
Haskell Hancock accompanied by
Frankie Rosenbaum went to the
hills the past week to fish.
Sunday Mrs. F. 0. Rosenbaum,
Miss Evalyn Rosenbaum, Orvan and
Bobbie Rosenbaum and Miss Mil
dred Morgan of Ell Centro drove
to the hills.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Shumard and
family have returned home from
San Diego when they enjoyed a
rest at the beach's.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
Secretary Files
Suit, Charges
Woman Beat Her

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 CUP)-
Mrs. Violet Cruger, former wife of
Rodman Wanamaker, New York
department store magnate, today
was named defendant in $4,000
damage suit filed against her KY
her secretary and companion, Miss
Katherine Morrison.
Mrs. Cruger recently brought a
criminal action again;E William
Whitcomb, broker, whom she ac-
cused of bilking her of s1870OO af-
ter he assertedly proposed marriage,
but the case was dismissed after
a grand jury investigation.
Without cause, Miss Morrison al
legged, Mrs. Cruger beat her about
the head, neck, body, arms and
limbs, kicked her pulled her hair
and tore her clothing" in Mrs. Crug-
ers Beverly Hills home.
Miss Morrison alleged she had
become permanently disabled.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
Regional Farm
Bure aus to Ne ct

Regional farm bureaus No. l and
No. will meet at Huntington Beach
one week from Saturday in the first
joint regional meeting in the his
tory of the organization.
Discussions will last throughout
the day, according to Charles Vie
man, county farm bureau president.
The first session will start at $50.
c. o. Hoober, state director, urged
all valley farm bureau members
to attend the joint melting.
Region No. | includes Imperial
San Diego, Riverside, Orange and
San Bernardino counties. Region
No. 2 includes Los Angeles, Ventura
and Santa Barbara counties.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
Survey Of Kings
River Started

FRESNO, Aug. 3 (UP)-S. F.
McCasland, u. S. army reclamation
service engineer, today initiated a
survey of the Kings river in con-
nection with a proposed $4,000, 900
flood control and water conserva-
ton project.
McCasland and Charles L. Kaupe
of Fresno, Kings river Watermaster,
headed a party of five which left
here yesterday for Tehipite val
ley on the middle forks of the
Kings.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
BOY, LOST 80
HOURS IN W|LDS,
SAVES SELF

Aug. 3 CUP)-ExhauSted and hak-
starved, Leonard Darrow, 13-year-
old Bakersfield schoolboy, stumbled
into a road construction camp here
last night after being lost in the
rugged Frog Meadow country for
36 hours.
He spent the night in the camp
and was turned over to forest
rangers this morning.
Accompanied by his pet dog
young Darrow left the mountain
camp of his sister and brother in
law Monday morning.
Rangers reported the boy be-
same homesick and attempted to
make his way out of the mountains.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
WORK TO PROGRESS
ON MEXICO HIGHWAY

PHOENIX. Aug. 3 CUPl-Rapid
improvement OF the Mexican section
of The International highway was
forecast here today with the an
nouncement that 100000 in new
equipment had been put in opera
ton on the portion between Her
mosillo, Mex, and Guaymas. Mex.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
Al A|Capone's S Son
Visits Him in Pen

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3 CUP)-
Al Capone, the former Chicago gang
lord, recently met and talked with
his son for the first time in five
years, the San Francisco News said
today.
The News said the meeting took
place during one of the regular
visits Mrs. Capone has made to
Alcatraz prison since Capone was
convicted on charges of income tax
evasion.
On this occasion she was accom-
panied by her son, now on vacation
from an eastern college.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
TWO FEARED DEAD
IN CALIFORNIA RIVER

FRESNO. Aug. 3 CUP)-Sheriff's
deputies and CCC enrollees today
launched a search for Edward
Trunkkie, %, of Parlier and Ray
Mcbride, of Trimmer Springs, be-
lieved to have drowned in Kings
river near Trimmer Springs, 30
.shiles east of here Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
''Who did,"
Francis M. Carroll"

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. CUP)
Pan American Always Baby
Clipper" landed on San Francisco
bay today for a brief stop prepar-
atory to continuing north for a
survey flight over a proposed out
side ocean air route" from Seattle,
to Juneau, Alaska.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-03
YOUTH ACCUSES
DEPUTY SHERIFF
OF MURDER

SOUTH PARIS, Me. Aug. 3.
(UP)-A 19-year-old boy testified
today that a deputy sheriff COM
mitted the murder for which he is
serving a life sentence.
Did you kill DR.. James G.. Lit
tlefield?" Paul Buddy Dwyer was
asked.
No
"Who did,"
Francis M. Carroll"
Then Dwyer told in detail how
Carroll allegedly garroted the ell
derly country doctor the night of
last Oct. 13.
Sitting directly in front of his
accuser but occasionally hidden
from him by the prosecutor, Car
roll was stoically calm as Dwyer
called him the SeduCer of his own
daughter.