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Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
Photographs

The most forged of all signatures
is that of Antonio Stradivari, the
maker of the famous violinS of
that name. Inferior violins are
often sold as genuine Stradivari be-
cause Of such forgery.
The strangest OF all causes OF
war was an argument over the sex
OF a bear. 1t occurred in SWitzer-
land, and thousands of Swiss sold
ierS died because st. Gall asserted
the figure of bear on a coat of
arms was a male, and Appenzell
insisted it was female.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04

POSt-Press Want Ads,
YOUR house will rem. through
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04

BRINGING
ALL TIE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
One Minute Test Answers

l. The army.
2. Colorado.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Plans Formed
For Annual Red
Cross Roll Call

FCLTVILLE. Nov. y. - Plans
were made Wednesday night by
members or the local Red Cross
committee for the annual roll call.
which IS .caeduled for Nov. 10 to
p. according to Dick Molino. roll
cau chairman Hollville's quota IS
set at $500 this year. and members
are asking for strong support from
toWnspeopie 10 help meet this sum.
Wade Cock. chapter chairman,
asked the committee to accept his
resignation Dul viii continue to
keep up tho duties assigned to him
Until some one is appointed to fill
the Office.
a discussion Of the first aid class
e now in progress every Monday
and Wednesday nights at the Holt
vile elementary school under the
dictatorship 01 DR.. W. a. Clarke
md Dr. 2. G. REBEL was held, and
il was vo-ed that the Red Cross
,ould supply fael 10 heat the rooms
used for this purpose. In a report
25 me activities Of the first aid
classes. i was disclosed that there
~ % enrolled. r. J. McNeil an
1ounced that Monday. Nov. IA, is
the closing cate for enrolment.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Better Housing
Chairman Urges
Home Repairs

NJ. O. King. chairman OF the bet
ter housing committee in El Centro,
reminded property owners they
should mOdarnize for winter within
ne next two weeks.
The house shoJid be checked
5cr needed repairs. he said. for
any detects which. neglected now,
may be.ng havoc during December
ralrsto@ns. Roofs should be care
Iu,lv locked ever. for there's GER
t2.nly something very depressing
about hearing the water drip
througa some hitherto unsuspected
leak. and watching it slowly but
steadily spoil walls or ceilings.
King recalled that if ready cash
IS lacking fsr such Improvements
and repairs. he Property Improve
men- Credit Plan Of the Federal
Housing Administration may oe
pressed into service. This plan. he
observed, is not at all complicated.
The money advanced for repairs
and improvements to existing struc-
lures comes from private capital,
frcm lending institutions with which
the FEDERAL Housing Administra-
ton is cooperating by insuring them
again, loss on such property i'm
prCyement loans.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13

that ne might have been nervous as
he climbed into the plane Above
the motors roar he arranged with
Hudson to drop him west of the
airport, figuring the wind would
carry him back. As it turned out,
the wind died in the interval and
he came down too far west, in
ditch bank a quarter of a mile west
of the airport.
Couple of Seconds
It seemed a long time after Gre
veil leaped before his parachute
opened. although it could not have
been more than a second or so.
The first indication was tiny
patch OF white no larger than a
handkerchief. Then the main chute
bloSsomed OUT and he was safely
on his way downward. Hudson,
meanwhile. circled the Stinson and
diVed for the airfield. The field was
covered by tiny dots-children who
had run out to greet Grevell on his
arrival. The official ground crew
Of l.. w. Gonzales, Dick Davis and
Jessie Iona. were lost in the crowd.
Aooming once over the field to
drive away the crowd. it was anus
ing and frightening to watch the
tiny dots scatter. When in a few
moments, with the field cleared,
Hudson brought the ship down in
perfect landing.
A passenger car, one of scores
that raced to the point where Gre
veil landed, brought the jumper
back to the airport. His only in
jury was a Wrenched shoulder. suf-
fered when he opened the chute.
1T is quite jolt when the chute
take hold" he explained.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Operation Removes Pigs Tail from
Mans Lung in Madison Hospital

remove from JazinskIs left lung
one of the things he likes best
a pigs tail-one ne had eaten two
months agol
Dr.. w. NJ. Nesbit, one of the ma
tion's foremost bronchoscopists, per
formed the operation Tuesday, but
it was not reported until today. He
removed the tail actually one YER
zebra of the tail about am inch and
half long and a half-inch wide
with a No. z bronchoscope. after
placing the patient under local
anaesthetic
Into the tube-like instrument, DR..
Nesbit inserted a forceps with which
he loosened the bones from the
walls of the lung. In one Slow pull
the tail had been removed from
the lung The operation required
only four minutes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
SOUTHLAND
REPRESENTED
AT MEETING

To represent the Southland s
small home builders. Colonel VII
liam H. Evans. president Of th=
Building Contractors ASSOCIATION o.
southern California. IS in Milwaukee
Wisconsin. this week attending The
National Real Estate association
annual convention.
Col6nel Evans has been authoriz-
ed by his board Of directors anc
1900 association members TO repre-
sent the industry en- all matters
that may be presented at me con-
vention. ana Will BE- one Of tee
speakers on the program.
Frim thirty to fifty members Of
the Los Angeles Really Board are
DELEGATES at the convention. Con
vention dates are Nov. : 10 II aai
headquarters are IL the Hoe!
Schroeder in Milwaukee.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13

Building in Fl CentYo took a hoH-
cay during ne past week, accord e
ing to Building material houses a0y
contractors in the city.
Scnes Lumber company reported
progress on several Jobs and ar
ucunca5 a number Of small repair
lbs. N new homes were sta~te5,
hoWever.
Gavin Lumber and Whiting Mead
had a Sprinkling of remodelnlg jsbs
and some repair work but no new
hcmeS.
Aubrey Moody reported progress
on the o. A Harky construction
at SIKH and Euclid and announced
the j. Il. Tackett home and the
WinslcW houses would be con0'eJed
before tle enc Of next week.
The parsonage at the S.. joseph
church n Ho,tyille was ready for
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Pacific System
Homes Would Make
Good Sized City

II all the families living in Pa
ciiic System Homes were grouped
t0gether it is estimated that their
Do.al number would be equivalent
TO city of 1872 900 population, such
q Albany, Tulsa or Salt Lake City,
Berne S. Barker, president and gen.
cal manager Of Pacific System
Homes, Inc, said Saturday.
RTost Of these modernly designed
homes, built by this pioneer firm
n ne construction Of prefabricated
houses are located in southern Cali
t'raia Many, however, have been
shipped to far corners of the world
Among the many features which
have contributed TO the advance of
,ne building industry in recent
years the prefabrication of mater
-ais is clteo for its unusual advan-
tSse- 70 me builder desirous of
durability fividuality. quality Of
workmanship sDeedy and economi-
cal construction
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Glenna Smith
Honored at Party

HCLTVILLE, Nov. PA host Of
small friends helped Glenna Smith
to celebrate her ninth birthday,
NOV 9, with a party at her home
on Saturday
Hostesses for the occasion were
her mother. Mrs. Gladen Little,
Mrs, Norman Little and Mrs. Eddie
Jones.
Refreshments of ice cream and
birthday cake were served to Grace
RubidouX. Grace Williams, Viola
Dresser, Vivian Dresser. Bettye
ONeil Faye ONeil. Maudine
Knight, James Knight. Fay Knight.
Betty Lou Watson. Marilyn Watson,
Millie Swift, Vernon Swift. Richard
Carr, Harold Sheldon, Sydney Jones
and Eunice Jones.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13

10 the side of Fred Hudson's mono
plane flying 5000 feet above Impe-
rial Valley. The wind from the open
door ruffled Hudson's greying hair.
He throttled the motor and nodded.
A faint grin whipped across the
little mans face and he dropped
like a plummet.
w. S. Grevell, Hindu aviator and
parachute jumper, was suddenly
vanishing. In a fraction of a second
his body became tiny thing hur-
Ting far below the plane. One second
ne was plainly visible a few feet
under the planes fuSilage. The
next instant it was as though one
observed him through the wrong
end of a telescope He appeared
hundreds of feet aWay-and he was.
1t is almost unbelievable the
transformation that takes place
place when a parachute jumper
.'bails out. In an infinitesimal
fraction of time a man-Sized man
suddenly becomes the size of mid
get. His face, his body, the creaseS
in his trousers, the parachutes
strapped fore and aft, every detail
is easily made out in the clear air,
Except that he has suddenly become
a doll-man, and rapidly changing
to a speck against the chocolate
background of Imperial Valleys
fields.
All Eyes Watch
Friday Grevell was the center Of
attraction for a crowd of several
thousand that crammed about Fred
Hudson's blue and red monoplane
at the Imperial airport. Most of the
crowd had drifted over to the air
port after the Armistice Day ccle-
bration. While strapping on the pair
Of parachutes the law requires a
jumper must carry, Grevell answer
ed a series of rapid fire questions.
''I've been in this country Is
years. I'm 30 now was born in
India and I believe I'm the only
Hindu aviator in the states. I jump
partly for fun, partly to bring good
will to my people over here and
partly to help patriotic celebrations.
Whenever I jump I start count
ing to myself as soon as I push off.
1t helps me keep track of how far
I've fallen and also keeps my nerves
steady"
What do you think about before
you pull the rip cord and open
the chute?" Grevell was asked.
Measures Plunge
while I'm falling? Nothing
much. Just counting. When I count
to five I figure I've fallen 500 feet.
After that it speeds up. One time
I tried a delayed jump of 5000 feet
before I opened the chute. That
is my record. I've forgotten how
high I counted that time. No, I
didn't lose consciousness"
A slight hesitancy in speech and
hand that shook slightly, were
the only signs that Greyell gave
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Windsors Happy at
Apparent Truce

PARIS. Nov. -. oUP)-The dukes
and duchesses of Gloucester anC
Windsor we're parting today with
such a show of affection that ii
seemed the estrangement of Great
Britain's royal family was ended.
and the former Wallis Simpson OF
America soon would be accepted
in its ranks.
The Duke of Windsor, who aban-
doned the throne two years ago to
marry Mrs. Simpson, was happy
that his brother had come 10 visit
and it WAS reported that contrib
uting FACTOR to his 10y Was that the
visit had been suggested by King
Cecree. their reigning brother. as
Il prelude TO inviting the Windsors
TO En- land.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Remington Wins
Photograph Prize

Phil Remington won first prize
IL vacation picture contest al
the kactus Kamera K,ub meet
Thursday night.
Second prize went to Philip Fahs
and third 20 Barnard Schiller.
Judges for the contest were Mrs.
Z. 4. Fitzhugh, MIS-. ". c. Costello
and Mrs. Edna Morrison.
The contest for Nov. II is entitled
Original Christmas Cards. An
illustrated lecture and a talk by
Mrs. Morrison Will complete the
program.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Union Authorizes
New Auto Strike
To Get Contract

DETROIT. Nov. p OUPp-A new
strike threat arose in the automo-
Die Industry today as negotiators
sought - aetle q dispute which
his forced 10000 workers into idle
ress.
T.r United Automobile Workers
union executive board authorized {
l.Ee 81 me Hudson Motor Ca!
,emJaog plant IN al attempt 70 oD-
tain o new contract.
IRE idcn- Homer Martin Of the
JAW returned rom the unions
esecurile board meeting in Pitts
5lreh % diIec. negotiations with
M Budd Wreel company to settle
q strike called by tne union in pro
test against the dismissal Of tHC
union sacp stewards. About 200C
employees Were affected By the Budt
COMPANY walEoul and an addiciona
500 workers were LETT idin waeT
lae Packard Motor Car COMPANY
vas forced 70 close because Of q
shortage Of parts supplied BY Budc
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Aimee Again in
Center of Storm

les ANGELES. Nov. y. up
Thc coming of DR. Gerald B. Win
rod. sa-called kansas Hitler as q
guest minister today involved Evan
sclist Aimee Semple Mcpherson auc
her Angelus temple in heated con-
trovarsy
Labor, the clergy and the Anti
NaN league quickly resented the
appearance of Winrod repudiated
by the Republican party in the con-
oressional primary They accused
him of being anti-semitic, a NazI
and religious bigot
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
One Bull Wrecks
Two Big Trains

LACROSSE, Ind. Nov. -. up
A bull in a china shop would be
hard pressed to match 1900 pound
ed Shorthorn responsible for wreck
ing two trains on the Lon2ancpCrt-
Chicago division of the Pennsylyan-
Ia railroad yesterday.
The bull wandered onto the rail-
roads right of way and was hit by
q freight. The engine and 80 cars
were derailed.
An hour later, passenger train,
detouring past the Wreckage over
Chicago and Erie railroad tracks,
backed into an open switch ano
three cars were deralled. No one
was injured. The bull was killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Popeye a Sissy,
MussoIini Rules

ROME, Nov. y. CUPD - Popcye
has been branded sissy
He, Mickey Mouse and other child
favorites Of comic strip and juvenile
story are to be barred from Italy
IN the interest of the totalitarian
education of children.
Our aim is to raise children in
the firm imperialist spirit OF the
Fascist revolution,' said DR.. Cher
ardo Casini of the ministry of popu-
lar culture in making the announce
ment at national conference OIL
literature for children at Bologna.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Alert Campaign
Would Regain
Prestige

Al .e sales program Is neeaeo
#. f.. building industry. Larry
H0.- nationally known building
afou4 said in on interview Sat
f#at
Ta building industry has de
vel an inferiority complex since
-. 81. Iression of 1881 Wood said.
~. IS a result sits back to wait
-af .le customer rather than to go
M ana sell.
Every renter pays for his home
mU, Zines over in rent" Wood
-sla $50 it should be easy to prove
hm that he owes it to himself
5ua rs family TO buy the home IN
Naieh le lives. rather than pay Tor
4a4fres persons in rent
= is perfectly all right for q
man 20 step from the porch Of a
Iall nome but let a man step from
NO year ole automobile and he
s warmed by auto statesmen to get
. new car.
IF the building industry expects
10 recoTer from the depths Of de-
% -ssion it must develop a sales
program to compete with auto deal
RS. with radio statesmen and with
insurance men. Wood said.
If man SuCCumbs to the selling
pressure of an auto salesman and
buys an auto every year or so he
has little money left 10 buy a
house. Therefore. the builder must
sreate a selling plan to compete
With other industries and at the
-ame time build his own recovery
.rogram.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Phone 300. The Want-Ad
Result Number
THE POST-PRESS

Published every Sunday by Thf
Imper 81 VALLEY Publishing Com.
pany. 625 State street, El Centro.
CallforT "A, as successor 10 the
sunday issues Of The Morning
P1-t and Valley Farmer, and the
saturday isgue Of the Imperial
Valley Press.
Entered at FL Centro, California,
post office as second class mat
ter
Paul jenkins, publisher; A. c.
Johnston. vice-president and gen
eral manager; /. A. FitzhUgb
secretary and managing editor.
Member California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
West-Hoiliday Co., Inc, National
Advertising Represen' atiyes.
Sui cTiptiOn Rates: sc per copy
or. in conjunction with tho I'm
nesial Na'lev Press or The Norn-
ing Post. n Month. 6Oc; Pala ~
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Dis strous Quake
Fore Cast in Asia

ROME, Nov u. CUPp-Prof. Raj
.ael2 Bendanoi, famous scismolo-
gist, and astronomer OF Faenza, pre-
dicted today that earthquakes o.
disastrous Importance would ocCu
next Wednesday and Thursday IL
Turkestan and Asia Minor.
He said he believed tharc would
be minor shocks IN the Balkans.
with the epicenter in the Mediter-
ranean.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13

MADISON. Wis. Nov. -. (UP)-
Alex Jazinski, middle-aged Mil
waukee tavern keeper who dotes
ON sauerkraut and pigs tails, vowed
tonight to take his sauerkraut
straight henceforth after an un-
precedented operation that probab-
ly saved his life.
The operation was necessary to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Youth Rescued
From Deep Canyon

TArENA. Cal, Nov 70. up
RW.. Is lowered rope 200 feet
,or'y t9day and rescued 15-year-olC
IecYse Clnaorlt trapped all nigh.
III a narrow lcdsc Of Mt. Wilson.
IAe Fa-s3e"o haE descended intc
1 boz canyon while hiking yester
lay afternoon and could not climb
out. A companion managed &c
soalo the cliff and notify rangers
Wno toiled over trails to reach
Young Orndorif, budding beside q
ire Of twigs throughout the chilly
nl2ht
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
BUILDING
Selling Prosran1 Need in
Building. Expert Says.
BUILDING TAKES 4 HOLIDAY
IN Ell centric; NO New HOMES
STARTED DURING PAST week

plaster ard the I. F. Borge hama
in BraUley was completely franco.
Builders supply announced th&t
he Dr A Arlaudo home would be
eompiessG before the end Of the
week ard that General Petroleum 6
new plant would be completed nest
week.
Corraeatc non has been placed
IL one half Q. the Freedman shed
and tie Grassland courts are nea"
camOleIon.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
James MoIlison
Weds in England

LONDON, Nov. y. UP)-James
4. Mollison, trans Atlantic flier,
was married at Caxton Hall regis
,er office today to the wealthy Mrs
Lydia Phyllis Hussey.
Molllson was divorced last Febru-
airy by Amy Johnson MolIison. an
equally famous flier who accom-
panied Mollison on one of his trans
Atlantic crossings and made many
spectacular flights of her own.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Chinese Recapture
Fortified City

HONG KONG. Nov y. up
Chinese soldiers have recaptured
Tamshui, a fortified town near Bias
bay from which the japanese start
ed their drive on Canton, Chinese
reports said today.
The Chinese have been threaten
ing 10 make a mass attack on the
japanese in the Canton area
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Three Perish in
Blazing Hotel

ROUYN, Que, Nov u. up
Three persons were known to have
died today in a fire which destroyed
Alpert's hotel and eight other build
ings before the combined forces o.
the Rouyn and Noranda fire de
D1rtments were able to bring it un-
der control.
The ruins of the hotel, a bricG
building, were still too hot TO per-
nit searchers to enter While no
bodies had been recovered at least
three were known to have died.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
RIXER NAYIGATED

GRAND CANYON, Ariz., Nov. IL
tUP)-Three French explorers, one
a woman, who navigated the Color
ado river more than LOCO miles ir
quiet trip were reported resting
at Lees Ferry, Ari2., above here to-
Gay
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
BOYS BLAMED FOR
BROKEN STREET LIGHTS

Broken street lights at Tenth and
He'll streets in Ell Centro Saturday
Wre blamed by police on several
boys who fled in an automobile.
The boys were throwing stones. Of
ficers reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
PUP. GUARDING AUTO.
ELOPES WITH THIEF

A Boston bull pup, left to guard
a parked automobile in Ell Centro
fell down on his job Friday night
and eloped with a thief. the dog's
owner. Kenneth Ritelman. reported
to police
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Traffic ViOIafor
Fine Dollar

HOLTVILLE. Nov. y. - Jack
Claude Gilhlaud was fined one dol
lar for a traffic violation in Holt
vile justice court by Judge T. T.
Mdyfield. Gllliland was driving On
tho wrono side of tpa rood
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
= By LOGAN JENKINS

space 1900 dizzy feet Friday and lived He carried
Wrenched shoulder and the memory of his 28h parachute
Lean "Al right Fred?" the little man asked he clung
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-13
Man.Sized Man Becomes Doll Sized,
Reporter Notes in Covering
Chute Jump from Up in Air

Logan Jenkins flying with Fred hud-
Friday Grevels parachute jump from up in the
follows
The Washington times., 1938-08-23
Your |. O.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER


This is a mathematical quiz
with a time limit Of 10 minutes.
Score 10 for each question.
!. q is what part Of 48?
2. How many hours and min
utes in three-fifths Of a day?
3. If five lemons cost as much
as z peaches, how many peaches
can you buy for 35 lemons?
4. Fifteen per cent is what
per cent Of go per cent.
5. Two and one-haf dimes is
what per cent Of IS?
6. Express decimally one.
tenth per cent?
Z. What is one and one-third
per cent Of 1,500 nuts?
8. Subtract twothirdS from
three-fourthS.
Q. What part of ~ is IS?
10. Mary has three-fourths Of
an apple. She gives Jane one
half Of this amount and then
divides the remainder equally
between three smaller children.
What part did each of the three
smaller children receive?
ANSWERS ON Page 24)
The Washington times., 1938-08-23

v v u y LIlC w. A. B. Douglas
liquor-and also to bid him be q
guest. Under these circum-
stances Max said the refresh
ments must be of the very best.
He knew where there was q
consignment Of the very finest
honest-to-goodness Scotch whis-
key. The hoSt-to-be demurred
only because he thought the cost
would be more than he could af.
ford. He was assured that the
price would be about the same
as he had been paying for
Brooklyn Scotch. In fact he
would get it at less than cost.
TNHE party was a huge success.
L Whiskey epicures tasted
Max'S Scotch, pronounced its
bouquet something that brought
back dim but pleasant memo
ries, and toasted him almost
throughout the evening. Trag-
edy, however, descended with
the last bottle Of the two cases.
The host uncorked it and
poured out libations for the half
dozen or so who were left out
Of an original gathering of more
than fifty.
A little piece Of paper twinkled
out Of the neck Of the bottle
and was seized upon by the news
papermen present. After much
study-while Max was devouring
sandwiches and paying no at
tention-the scrap was identi-
fled as part Of a Baltimore
newspaper printed and sold less
than q week before. Max's en-
barrassment was such that he
blushed to the roots Of his hair
and has remained high-com-
The Washington times., 1938-08-23

and all are dependent upon him.
1t would take a rather brutal
son to completely ignore his
family in such circumstances.
However, he might suggest hav-
ing his wife live with his family
until such time as his support
would not be needed"
\
Russell F. KinSey, 818 Four
teenth st. N. w., engraver and
fountain pen specialist: