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Evening star., 1938-12-30
Tibbett Off Key, Teachers
Told, but Sos Every One Else

Delegates to the Music Teachers
National Association, in session at
the Mayf1ower Hotel, heard these
astounding charges yesterday after
noon:
Lawrence Tibbett sings off key
not only occasionally, but most Of
the time! He sharps and flats con-
stantly! He wabbles from one note
to another!
But nobody arose to defend the
Metropolitan Opera Co.'S baritone
star and favorite of the concert hall
and cinema. Nor is there any like
lihood Mr.. Tibbett will demand a
retraction.
Because, as the speaker, Harold
Seashore, professor in Springfield
College, Springfield, Mass, explained
to a vocal forum of the convention,
it's no criticism of Mr.. Tibbett, but,
on the contrary, a compliment.
Nobody Can Do 1t.
The fact is, DR.. Seashore pointed
out, backing up his assertion with
illustrated scientific data, nobody
can sing entirely on key at any time.
Nor can he avoid sharping and
f1ating to an extent. And, however
long you train and by whatever
method, he'll sing "vibrato" is,
his voice will tremble to an extent.
not stay exactly on any note.
Nor would it be even desirable to
eliminate these qualities, DR.. Sea-
shore declared. There would be no
artistic singing without them, he
said.
Deviation Artistic.
I'm very real sense" he said,
"a singer never sings on pitch. And
artistry consists in deviation from
the exact. Artistic singers are con-
stantly f1ating or sharpeing. And
they are singing in a vibrato, which
is the natural way of singing"
DR.. Seashore illustrated first by
showing slides on which were trans
lated on paper the sound waves re-
corded when Tibbett sang Drink to
Me Only With Thine Eyes" There
were wavy lines showing where he
slid from note to note and lines re-
vealing where he had not quite hit
the written notes.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Osu Johnson Loses
Crash Damage Suit
BY the Associated Press

oy VI1e ASSOCIHteU TIeb1.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.-A Su-
perior Court jury last night denied
Mrs. Osa Johnson the $706, $50 dam
ages she sought for the death OF
her husband, Martin Johnson, ex-
plorer, and her own injuries In an
airplane crash near here January
Evening star., 1938-12-30

IL, 1887. The Jury found for the
defendants, Western Air Express
Corp. and United Airports Co.
Mrs. johnson charged negligence
by the defendants in the operation
OF q transport plane which crashed
In the San Gabriel Mountains
shortly before reaching Union Air
Terminal at Burbank.
The defendants contended the &C.
cidenc was unavoidable.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
X Society Brand
X Sheldon Clothes
X FeUOW Fashion

1T ORRY in prepared to get topnotch quality and
Ill values at down-to-eorth prices We shorpened
our blue pencil :. sIoshed thru the original prices
and here you are! As fine an assortment of mems
we'll known clothing you will want to see! At prices
that fairly shout
We've taken reductions on several thousand That's
lot Of clothing! And it's lot Of savings too, for
you! No matter what you need whether it's for
business, street weor sports, evening or formal you'll
find them all right here. All bearing the nationally
famous Society Brand, Sheldon Fellow Fashion obeIs
You'll find the smortest patterns best wearing fabrics
and newest styles in this great event.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
No Shooting at 1899

YORK, Pa, Dec. 80 R.-Whoop-
ing 1t up will be all right in York
on New Year eve, but thereW be NO
banging Of firearms. Said Chief OF
Police G. p. Gerber: MAKE all the
noise you want but-no shooting!"
Evening star., 1938-12-30

The art of ventriloquism was
known to the ancient Egyptians
and Hebrews.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
GARIBALDI HOLDS
ROUGH ernie TO
9O-MINUTEDRAW

Ernie Dusek, the roughest Of the
rough Omaha wrestling family,
still remains the No. / villain Of
the graphing game.
Punching, gouging, strangling
and adding a few kicks for good
measure, the Nebraska roughneck
went 80 minutes to q draw with
Gino Garibaldi, italian, in the
headline attraction at Turner'S
Arena last night.
Though he was dealing it out
threequarters Of the way, Rowdy
Ernie was also subjected to .
rough going over himself. Several
times he was at ends road from
torturous arm pulls and leg locks,
but he managed TO weather the
storm and come back to wage one
Of the most thrilling encounters
local wrestling fans have witnessed
in years.
It was by far the most senSar
tional match ever staged in the
Arena, and also the longest, but
one previous bout, q little over Q
year ago, going q full hour.
The spectators-strickly pro-
Dusek-also Joined in the mad
melee, and it was from the ring
side fans that Ernie took an extra
dose Of battering, though not as
painStaking as he received from
his Italian foe, the odd 20 minutes
Gino held the upper hand.
Another battle, between Ed
Meske and Ed Newman, also had
its thrilling moments. The former
handsome blond from Dayton,
Ohio, scored the winning fall In
1871 minutes with a japanese arm
lock and body roll after q close
setto.
The other timelimit trays saw
three newcomers in action, with
all three suffering defeat. Pat
Kelley, of California, lost to Chris
zaharias in 1917: George Wilson.
also Of the Coast, fell before John
Katan in 231a minutes, and Frank
Bruce, Of Jamaica, L. l., was prac-
tically crushed by 370-pound Chief
Sanooke in 1917 minutes.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

Cont. from 1st' Sports Page)
beaten, while the Yankees will use
Red Ruffing, who beat the gen.
eral and, quite obviously, the
whole thing is made to order for
the champions, barring accidents.
CRACKS RECORD
They ,hitched their wagon to
the star known as Vernon (El
Gooferty) Gomez yesterday and
the slender southpaw from Califor-
mia came through although he
needed assistance. Nevertheless,
he cracked a record, becoming the
first man ever to score six World
Series triumphS without a defeat.
Actually, he was out-pitched by
Dean. Neither, however, was in
the game at the finish. Still, the
records showed Dean the loser and
Gomez the winner.
For seven innings yesterday,
Dean was the Dizzy of old in so
far as effectiveness was concerned,
Notwithstanding the fact that he
had no fast ball. He was feeding
the Yankees nothing but slow
stuff and wide curves.
During that time he allowed
only three hits, one Of them o
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

and no substitution is allowed un-
less authorized by the official
veterinarian because of some
horse being injured or sick.
HERALD-TIMES TROPHY
To the winning team goes the
Herald Times trophy, to be re-
tanned for one year only until it is
permanently won three times by
the same country. Individual
trophies will be awarded to the
team having the best aggregate
score and will be judged by Off
GERS Of foreign countries.
Dinner Date, the smart firy
from the Milky Way Stables, is
being pointed for the rich Selma
Stakes to be run at Laurel. Milky
Way hopes to renew it's success in
this stake, for it won a couple of
years ago with Talma Dee. This
stake is open to fillies only and is
run in honor of the great mare,
Selma, owned by William Wood
ward,
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

outdoor season.
Annually this trophy will be
awarded for playground excel
lence by the fellow workers Of
Earl Clark in the Federal Hous-
ing Administration, and so long
as Mrs. Clark survives, she will
make the presentation.
Poll the athletic-minded folk
of the District of Columbia and
there will not be a dissenting
voice to the high pinnacle of
esteem in which Earl Clark was
held in local athletic circles.
Clark was killed last January
16 as the result of an auto
mobile accident, thereby shock
ing a community which for over
a decade had seen him rise to
the major baseball leagues.
Earl Clark played baseball
here on the sandlots, starring
in the outfield for the famous
Knickerbocker A. c., of George
town. He was picked up by the
Richmond Colts who within q
year sold him to the Boston
Braves.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

While a member of the Braves,
Earl amassed a batting average
of .357. He also established q
major league record Of 13 put
outs in a regulation nine-inning
game.
In soccer, Earl Clark was un-
equalled by any player in Wash
ington.
Earl's broken hand brought
about his decline in baseball, be-
ing sent to the Albany Club and
ultimately to Birmingham.
Through his reverses, he kept
smiling and in time returned to
Washington to work for the Fed
eral Government and spend his
spare moments drilling play
ground boys in athletic en-
deavors.
A gentleman and an athlete,
Earl Clark left Washington a
heritage of sportsmanship which
his admirers here are deter
mined shall annually be revived
when the trophy named for him
goes to the outstanding play
ground squad in Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
Christmas
Presents

Miss Christmas selections
At Laurel today:
FIRST RACE-Dick UImer,
Dorothy POmp, Barker.
SECOND RACE-MiIlrace,
Buck LanghOrne. Hitchcock
entry.
THIRD RACE-TOnianna,
Running Scale, NansemOnd.
URTH RACE-Little
Time, Rocky Road, Micro.
FIFTH RACE-JacOla,
Tcddle On, Court Dance.
SIXTH RACE-Genie Pal
0tine, Kermay, ChalaphOne.
SEVENTH r E-Army
and Navy, Head Hunter,
Uvalde.
EIGHTH RACE-Prince
Petite, Sea Gull, SumaC.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
Prohibitiue Odds on Yanks

|fluke double by Joe Gordon on
which Third Baseman Stanley
Hack and shortstop Bill Jurges
collided. The ball rolled beyond
the infield and two runs clattered
home.
Then the lid blew off In the
eighth when Crosetti hit a three.
and-two pitch over the left field
wall for home run, scoring Myrl
Hoag. pinch-hitting for Gomez,
ahead Of himself. BY that time
it was obvious that the Yankees
had begun to time their swings
to Deans slow balls.
In the ninth Heinrich singled
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

ping everything in sight. That
means smacking the jackpot
every time you drop a slug in
the chute. The Cubs were in
the pay-off line, but they didn't
reach the window.
CroSetti Is the hero of the
series. He's fielding like an
GdGgio dancer and slapptn0 like
a fight in a girls school. Di-
Maggie got tho out OF four, but
Dsckey tDent back to normal.
AW he got In four tries were
four tries. - '.'''
There's no use figuring the
Yanks on box scores. They were
apparently outbatted and out
fielded. But when the sun sank
In the gold-plated west, they
were sitting as pretty as a boy
In an apple tree.
With Lee and Dean out of the
tDGy the only thing bettOeen the
YGnks and 1Iert Tuesday is the
tfG1ie cops.
Although Gomez didn't finish
his oatmeal, he gets credit for
his sixth win In world series
contests.
Well, the Cubs didn't 0ote
Grimm any OF the plunder.
They can't Dote him any OF the
griet, either.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

'and DiMaggio homered over the
left field wall to bring about the
demise of Dean, who gave way
to the veteran and left-handed
Larry French. But by that time
the ball game was over.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
VISITING Arm Y
TEAMS DRILLING
FOR HORSE SHOW

= Cont. from 1st Sports Page)
covered in minute and AZ Sec
onds.
Each team consists Of four
horses, representing Chile, Mexico
and the United States. The same
horses must be used on each team
throughout the competing events,
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
Title Skeet Shoot

ALEXANDRIA, ~, Oct. THE
first annual Old Dominion cham
pionShip Skeet shoot, under the
auspices Of the Alexandria Skeet
Club, viii be held On the local
range on Duke Street tomorrow
and Sunday.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

CHICAGO, Oct. : U.N.S.).
World Series facts:
RESULTS TO DATE
Won Lost Pet.
Yankees -. 3 0 1.OOO
Cubs .......O 2 900
YESTERDAYS FIGURES
Attendance: 42,1OS.
Receipts: $2O5,437.OO.
Commissioners share: $780,
S15.55.
Players share: $1O4,772.s7.
Clubs share: $6S, ,84S.5S.
TOTAL FIGURES
Attendance q games: 85,-
$50.
Receipts: $415,462.
Players share: S211, ,SS5.62.
Commissioners share: $62,-
1880.
Clubs and Leagues share:
$141,257.OS.
Games tomorrow, Sunday
and Monday (pfOviding .
fifth game iS necessary at
the Yankee Stadium. Sixth
and seventh games, If re-
quired before one team wins
four, to be played at WrigIey
Field, Chicago, next Wednes-
day and Thursday.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

q or d o n S
grounder it made you look
around for the third Ritz
brother. Gordon got a double
out of the comedy wrestling
match and two runs scored.
Those two didn't have any more
business in that box score than
Smuggled Cinnamon.
We aren't taking a ,oell-boiled
game GtDGy from Lefty Gomez
tDho lasted longer than a bunr'S
soE. But, after all, you must
admit that the Cubs haven't
had much practice playing in
October. Old Dizzy Dean gaze
the best he had. But Wto tDGntS
buttons in the contribution
dish?
DiMaggio and Crosetti
slapped the summons on Dizzy
with four-cornered excursions.
Each homer came with a man
ON base and sewed the series up
tighter than underwear in
Alaska.
We're not crying the blues for
Dtzzy or for anybody else tDho
gets the losers dunk In q World
series. We sDould like to soak
our oDn toast in that kind of
OrGUy. But Diss pitched his
arm of. Fortunately, he sGued
his gloDe 1phich tDGS on the
other hand.
Seven slaps for, six tickets is
the answer to the YankS cop
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
Watson, TarheeI Back
To Face Green Wave

CHAPEL HILL. Oct. 7.-George
Watson, senior halfback, goes into
tomOrrow's game for the Univer-
sity Of North Carolina against Tu-
lane with the best individual run
ming record, with an average gain
per run Of lis yards. It will be
the Tarheels' homecoming game,
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
Bv KIRK MILLER

By h1Rh M1LLEE
Befttng any sporting gesture that has occurred in
Washington the untmey death last January of the
greatest aaround athlete the Capital has produced is the
Earl Clark Memorial plaque which today presented by
his pretty young widow to the Parkvew Fairgrounds for
revealing highest degree Of sporsmanshp during the
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

chances than
a matrimon-
ial q g e n C y.
But v cry
tim e they
stood to win,
S o m e t h ing
came UP in
their throatS
the y didn't
swallow.
The Washington times., 1938-10-07

When Hack
and j urg es
started doing
the Lambeth
Walk on Joe
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
.Bug's-Eye
VieW of Days
Sports
by Arthur (Bugs) Baer-
Copyright. 1898. by International
News Seryice.)

NEW YORK, Oct. THE Cubs
should appear before the Dies
committee because they're dead.
They're deader than fish on
the plate, They've had more
The Washington times., 1938-10-07
Facts, Figures
On World Series

CHICAGO, Oct. Z U.N.S.).
World Series facts:
RESULTS TO DATE
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
ALFALFA SEED
CROP TO SHOW
IMPROVEMENT

The 1898 alfalfa seed crop in the
Bard Indian reservation districts of
Imperial county will show marked
improvement as a result of the field
inspection service initiated by B. A
Harrigan, agricultural commission
er.
A campaign has been put on dur
ing the past few months in the
effort to clear up johnson Grass,
Dodder and White Horse Nettle.
While there are undoubtedly a few
fields not yet cleared, the majority
of property in tie Bard Indian res
ervation district is cleaned and free
from noxious weeds.
This will mean that this seasons
crop may be assured as a good one,
being more free noXious weeds than
past years.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
DAIRY BARN, new
HOME STARTED
DURING week

A new dairy barn and one new
home were started by El Centre
contractors and building supply
houses during the week and several
other jobs were on the coming-up
list, according to the city's leading
materialmen.
Whiting Mead started new dairy
barn for Monroe Low west of Ell
Centro. The barn will provide space
for IL COWS.
A A Moody, builder, began con-
struction on a home for c. H. Bull
lock on Brighton west of Eighth
street.
The home will contain five rooms,
will be a frame stucco. Moody re-
ported excellent progress on all
other jobs.
Builders Supply company fur
nished material for a remodeling
job for the Douglas home at 18th
and Olive streets. Mark McClelland
is the contractor.
The home will be ompletely re-
done in celotex and one room will
be added, Builders Supply an
nounced.
Six other Builder Supply jobs,
contracted by K. Kaiser, are NOV
ing ahead of schedule.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Large Grain.
Hay Supplies
In Prospect

Large supplies of the major feed
grains and of hay are in prospect
for the 1938-39 feeding season, the
bureau of agricultural economics
said today in reporting the feed
gain situation and outlook.
Crop conditions as of August l
indicated a 1888 production of corn
oats, barley and the grain sorghums
OF approximately SO million tons
This is 2 million tons below the
1887 production of these 4 major
feed grains. But the large carry
overs from last years crops are
expected to add 13 million tons to
the new crops, bringing total pros
pective supplies to Ill million tons,
7 million more than a year ago,
when carry-overs were extremely
small
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

missioner.
The office of the commissioner
carried on an extensive program
during the month. clearing weeds
from ditch banks and roads as
well as from private property. A
representative has been posted at
Bard to check noxious weeds in
that district.
After some relief from graSshop-
pers during July, farmers were
again pestered during August and
were forced to obtain more poison
bait from the county commission
er's office More than 1000 pounds
of poison bait was distributed dur
ing the month. The bait is furnish
ed by the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Alfalfa hay shipments fell off
slightly during the month with a
total of 1892 tons being shipped
to Los Angeles. Prices were only
fair
Heavy shipments of carrot, let
tuce, pea and tomato seed are
moving into the valley. Planting
of all garden and vegetable crops
are in progress but Harrigan was
unable to make acreage estimates
this early in the season.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
FOUNDATION
COMPLETE ON
PURDUE HOME

Frank Purdue, contractor, Satur-
day reported progress on his new
home on Ell Centro avenue. Purdue
announced that the foundation
work has been completed on his
home and indicated that frame
work would be complete before the
end of next week.
Sones Lumber company is fur
1ishing materials for the job. Pur-
due designed the house and will do
most of the construction work HIM
elf.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Cotton Growers
To Receive
Marketing Cards

Imperial county cotton growers
will receive marketing cards at
meetings in Ell Centro and Calipa-
tria Wednesday and Thursday
Roland Ballou, conservation conn.,
mittee secretary announced Sat
urday.
1t is important that all valley
growers attend the meetings, Bal
lou said, because they cannot mar
ket their crop without the cards.
Red cards have been distributed
to those growers who did not COM
ply with the AAA program. White
cards have been prepared for those
who worked under the government
allotment plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

tlOnal housing hcJ, mas increased
interest in the construction of resi-
dences, M. o. King, chairman of
the committee annocnced.
Reading from the report of the
Federal Housing Administration,
more than 1000 property owners
in tie southern California district
have already benefited by taking
advantage of the provisions, re-
ceived under these new amend
ments, to borrow funds from private
lending institutions, which the FILA
will insure, for the purpose Of re-
pair, alteration, or Improvements
TO their properties" King said.
"The procedure for obtaining
such financing is very simple" he
said First the prospective borrow
er gets an estimate of the cost of
the repairs he wants to make and
with this estimate goes to some
bank or other lending institution
making Federal Housing insured
loans, and fills out an application
which includes the credit statement
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

of the borrower
"If the credit of the borrower
is satisfactory, and the purpose for
which he wishes to use the funds
conforms with FILA requirements,
then the transaction is set up at
the lending institution and he can
go ahead with his Improvements.
Amounts up to $4,000 may be
obtained through this plan for the
improvement of any one property
and may be repaid in monthly pay
ments over periods up to five years.
In cases of farm properties where
the borrower receives his income
seasonally, his payments are also
arranged seasonally."
King again calls attention to thr
fact that this provision is written
in the National Housing Act to eX-
pire July /, 1899.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
4.H CLUB
ATTENDS final
DAY OF PARLEY

Fifteen Imperial county All club
members attended final day DEM
onstrations at the 23rd annual All
convention at Davis and prepared
to return to their homes in the
valley.
Members of the All club from
county clubs attended opening day
ceremonies at the state fair in Sa-
cramento on Friday.
Those making the trip were:
Stanley Hawk, Rosario Gomez
Cheerful Kilgore, John Kubler, Nor
man CUM, Eddie Cuin, Hilda Bin
ter, Clarabell Graves, Gene Than
ner, Lee Lander and Helen Lander
man.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

SCI NICt.
Alfalfa markets at the principal
western terminals were quiet with
no new market developments. Prices
held steady and unchanged. At
Los Angeles light offerings offset
slow demand.
San Francisco and other Central
California alfalfa markets were
only moderately active with no
important changes reported.
AT Kansas City trading was lim-
tied with offerings easily sufficient
to meet trade needs. At Pacific
Northwest markets demand was
slow but this factor was offset by
lack of selling pressure from grow
ers. In the Salt River Valley de-
mand was slow and was confined
principally to local trade.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Milk Sales


NEW YORK, Sept. 3-Daily aver
age sales of fluid milk during Aug
ust decreased 1853 per cent from
August 1887, according to reports
from 1876 leading markets to the
milk industry foundation. August
daily average sales totaled 5,992, ,069
quarts compared with 6,558,0l6
quarts in August 1897.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04

Association OF Southern California,
Saturday.
when this reduction OF IA per
cent in building costs over last
year is compared with a general
increase in rental costs in Los An
geles of 3 per cent over substan-
TALLY the same period, it becomes
evident that Mr.. John Public should
build his own home now" he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Two Annulments
Asked by Wives

Two requests for marriage annuI-
ments were filed Friday with the
husband in each instance accusing
the wife of neglecting TO obtain a
divorce from a former husband.
Ben Long asked annulment of his
marriage to Mabel Long, alleging
they married in Los Angeles Sept.
|, 1925 and separated Oct. /, 1884.
Jimmie E. Resendez asked annul-
ment of his marriage TO Anna Sc
groves Resendez. They married in
Yuma April 20, 1888.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Wheat Program
Progressing

Wheat growers in California may
expect their individual wheat acre
age allotments for 1899 under the
AAA farm program some time in
September, it was announced today
from the Berkeley headquarters of
the California Agricultural Conser-
vation committee by David J. Day.
idson, chairman.
Davidson, Tulare county farm
er, stated that the county offices
are now determining individual
wheat allotments for 1899, and that
as soon as these are cleared thru
the state office they will be dis
tributed to individual farmers by
means of postal card notification.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
Grape Shippers
Seek Mkt. Boost

FRESNO, Cal, Sept. 3. CUP)-
California grape shippers, seeking
a method to halt downward trend
of prices, tonight will initiate a
voluntary three day per week cur
tailment of shipping and harvest
ing as a means of stabilizing the
grape market
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-04
EARLE DAVIS'S BACK
FROM VACATION

Mr.. and Mrs. Earle G. Davis re-
turned recently after vacation trip
to northern California and southern
Canada. Davis attended a conven-
ton OF the Occidental Life Insur-
ahce company while they were
away.