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Evening star., 1939-09-17
By G. adams Ho,pard.

School opens tomorrow. That not
only means the end of the vacation
time for the city's youngsters and
the beginning of reading and writing
and arithmetic, but something
equally important. That is safety
for the children on their way to and
from school. Learning is not enough
If the child faces serious injury or
worse.
Motorists must use every precau-
ton that the lives of these children
are protected. Nothing is more vital
in the welfare of the city. It is up
to all drivers to operate their cars at
all times under proper control and
to take no chances. Slow down
when you see children hesitating at
intersections. Give them the right of
way. One may be one of your chill
dren or a neighbor's.
The Police Department and the
school patrols are doing everything
possible. Children are being taught
safety measures both at home and
at school. Therefore it is up to the
motorists.
A novel educational campaign
will be launched tomorrow by the
Traffic Department. 1t will be a
milk bottle campaign. On practically
every bottle of milk delivered in
the city in the we sma' hours of to-
morrow the following label will be
attached:
School is open. Thousands of
children are going to school this
week for the first time. Under the
protection of the police and school
safety patrols these youngsters will
cross many intersections between
home and school.
Motorists: Be especially cautious
driving through school zones.
Mothers: Teach your children to
cross streets only at intersections
and then only after looking both
ways. Children should be seen and
not hurt"
Your dairy is cooperating with the
Department of Traffic and Vehicles.
An added safety aid will be the
painting of signs on the pavements.
At signalized intersections the signs
will real Gross with the green light" >"
At intersections near schools the
signs will read Look both ways be-
fore crossing"
The sign painting was commenced
last week. and due to the great
number needed will not be COM
pleted for several weeks to come.
Funds for this education cam
paign were obtained at the last ses-
sion of Congress at the suggestion
of the Traffic Advisory Council.
Other interesting news of this
week is the announcement that the
goth annual automobile show def
nitely will be held here this year,
war or no war. Richard J. Murphy,
manager of the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association. authori-
lively states that the event this year
will be held October 81 to %, in
elusive. The only availabel location
Evening star., 1939-09-17
AutOmOtive Hints
BY Frederick &. Russell.

Early to bed and early to rise and
you'll never have headlights binding
your eyes
So many things can and do 90
wrong with automobiles it is in
teresting to consider some of the
things that could give a lot of
trouble, but which for some strange
reason do not do so. I never will
understand why there were not a
lot OF accidents due to failure TO
keep tight the cover of the reserve
tank of the hydraulic brakes. The
one now in general use is COM
blned with the master cylinder and
is not so subject to human failure
but In all the years the original
system was in use I never heard
of case where brakes were thrown
out of kilter unintentionally or ma
liciously.
We are still faced with the like
lihood of the fuel pump filter bowl
coming loose, but for some equally
unknown reason there doesn't seem
to be the anticipated trouble on this
score. All that needs to 60 wrong
is to have the clamp screw come
loose. But it seems to stay put.
More Danger in Stall.
You may not worry over the pos
sibility of the engine stalling if YOU
enter the traffic stream before 1t is
safely warmed up, but in slowing
down Unexpectedly your car may
YNrnhlnr1 fNr tha i
He naturally assumes that when
you are going through the gears
and are in process of, accelerating
you intend going ahead. Your sud-
den slowing down and subsequent
stopping takes him quite by sur
prise. I have seen some dangerously
abrupt stops due to trouble with
cold engines. Invariably it is done
without the safety of the stop
light signal or hand warning.
Tip for the Moderns.
On cars which have starter-motor
control combined with the accel-
orator pedal it is important to
remember that the hand control
Of the throttle does not bring the
starter into action. Also when the
control Is pulled out, even par
TALLY, the engine will not be cranked
by depressing the accelerator. This
simple fact has caused many owners
embarrassing moments. Sometimes
they have had to call for help only
to discover that by pushing the
throttle control flush with the dash
again everything worked normally.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

The Roosevelt Hotel duplicate will
begin a series of six games next
Thursday for the newspaper trophy
now held by Morris Portugal, who
won it last year. The rules of the
contest provide that an aspirant for
the cup must have played in at least
four Of the matches and with two or
more partners. The prize will 60 to
the player making the best score
above average in any four of the
games.
Mrs Eugene Nolan. who has con-
Quoted the successful Shoreham Ho-
tel duplicate for several seasons, has
returned to Washington from a two
month vacation spent at her former
home in Georgia Mrs Nolan will
shortly make an announcement con-
corning her bridge plans for the fall
and winter season.
The Washington Bridge League
has decided on November 9-12 as the
dates for holding its District of Co.
lumbia championship matches. This
will be the bridge event of the year
in Washington, and already the pro-
spective players are printing for the
play.
Mrs. Dixie T. Wright will attempt
another innovation in duplicate at
her New Hampshire avenue studio.
She has found that many players
object to late hours and wish to
have their game concluded by IL
Evening star., 1939-09-17

and Messrs. Whitten and Whitten,
third.
When one hand is void of suit it
frequently happens in the division
Of the cards that another hand also
Is void in second suit, and
sometimes third hand is likewise
without certain suit. If two part
ners are void in two different suits
both almost invariably will be long
in the same suit, and if one part
ner holds an outside ace to take
command of the opening lead there
is grand opportunity for a cross
ruff with highly satisfactory re-
suits.
Such a deal turned up in a recent
rubber game at the Cheeks Studio.
In fact, three players were each
void in different suits. The deal:
Evening star., 1939-09-17
S 7 6 3
H 7 5 4
D 7 6 3
C 7 6 3 2

Miss Cooper's partner opened the
bidding with a diamond and went
to three in that suit without, of
course, any aid from his partner,
who was forced to suffer in silence,
especially when the adversaries put
in a double. Fortunately, how
ever, the side was not vulnerable,
but went down three tricks for a set
of 500. This hand was slightly
worse than the famous one once
held by Harvey Jacobs, prominent
Washington attorney, when playing
in game with Representative Al
bert johnson of Washington as his
partner. Mr.. Jacobs held a similar
hand, except that in place of one
Of the seven spots in Miss Cooper's
hand. Mr.. Jacobs could boast of an
eight spot. His partner also suf-
tered loss of 500 points.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

South (E. Bublick) passed with a
hand that really warranted him in
making an opening bid, but with
his distribution he figured that one
of the other hands would open
the bidding, which East clarence
Edelson did, having 2l2 high card
tricks with 100 honors in a minor
suit. Generally such a fourth hand
bid is not recommended, but Mr..
Edelson thought he might get a
part score with an honor count
The hope of doubling such a bid
was one of the reasons why South
had originally passed. When his
partner (E. A. Perkins, took him
out with two hearts. of which suit
he had none, and after East's pass,
South bid three clubs. When North
raised to four. indicating something
beside the hearts, South jumped
to six clubs and was doubled by
West morris PortugaDD, who,
although he had no clubs, acted
on the strength of his partners
opening bid.
Vests opening lead was a dia-
mond, which dummy trumped and
led the ace of hearts, upon which
declarer discarded a spade From
that time on it was matter of
cross-rufing out the hand until de-
clarer was obliged to surrender one
trick to the king of spades. making
his small-slam contract, doubled. 1t
was quite an unusual deal and
Vests double doubtless was the
result of South's original pass, as
we'll as his partners fourth-hand
opening bid.
All We who complain of holding
bad hands and insist that the God
dess of Luck in the distribution of
her favors passes you by without
even a nod. draw nigh and take
look at the hand given below, which
was held by Miss Edith Cooper in a
recent rubber game in Airing
ton, Va:
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Algiers has released five New
York Worlds Fair stamps of identic
design-a ship of the American Ex-
port Line flying the Stars and
Stripes.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Eleven towns are reported to have
released the Scent baseball stamp
in advance of the stipulated date.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

memoratives for the 5Oth anniyer-
sary of the Montevideo Congress,
listed as follows: 1c, light brown:
&c, light green; SC, light rose; 12c,
hight blue, and SOC, light violet. The
central motif of the composition is
reproduction of photograph of
the conferees assembled beside a
table.
Weekly Philatehc Gossip reports
that many of the designs for the
1906 stamps of Liberia were repro-
duced from book on that country
by Sir Harry Johnston. He was a
man OF many-sided genius-an ex-
plorer, administrator, author of
books of travel and ethnoeraphv and
writer OF a series of novels carving
forward the adventures of charac-
tiers from Dickens and Thackeray.
D. Blake Battles, chairman of
the Program Committee of the Rub
ber City Stamp Club, Akron, plans
to remove to Wooster, Ohio, shortly
International Philatelic Week will
be celebrated from November 12
to 49,
Prof. John M. Wilson of the State
School of Mines has been elected
president of the Missouri Precancel
Club.
According to the Dictionary of
American Biography the name of
the pioneer Massachusetts, printer
should be spelled Stephen Day" and
not Steven Daye' nor Stephen
Daye."
Stamp collectors have been called
upon to help finance a number of
Olympic Games meetings, beginning
with those in Greece in 1906.
The late Frederick C. Pauling, it
is reported, engraved many stamps
while employed by the American
Bank Note Co, of New York.
Add to the list of eminent physi-
clans who collect stamps the name
of DR.. Ivan Fawcett, Wheeling, w.
Va, a specialist in eye, ear and
throat conditions.
Paraguay has issued six new air
mails of two designs-3p, rose; 6p,
blue: 10p, pink. battleship Para
quay; 340p, brown; 340p. green;
5 3.40p, blue, plane over Asuncion.
When an adult collector COM
plains about catering to juniors it
is fair question to ask him, How
old were you when you first became
interested in stamps?"
Mail for Poland is being routed by
way of Rumania, for Germany by
way of the Netherlands.
Collectors are warned against ad-
vertisements of stampless covers Of
fered for sale as bearing "provi-
sional postmarks
A German slogan cancellation
reads in translation: Have grand
children and become an ancestor"
The Swedenborg stamps of Swe-
den were printed by dry process" on
press manufactured in Germany.
Eleven towns are reported to have
released the Scent baseball stamp
in advance of the stipulated date.
Algiers has released five New
York Worlds Fair stamps of identic |
design-a ship of the American Ex-
port Line flying the Stars and |
Stripes.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

The Swedenborg stamps of Swe-
den were printed by dry process" or
press manufactured in Germany.
Evening star., 1939-09-17
AutOmotive Briefs

A Ford V-8 truck with a record of
All 900 miles of active service visited
Washington last Monday and was
greeted at the District Building by
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Patrick H. Tansey The vehicle was
on its way to the New York Worlds S
Fair, having been driven across the
continent from San Francisco, where
1t was on exhibition at the Golden
Gate Exposition.
The new 1910 WHY'S line of pas
senger and commercial cars was in
troduced to Washington in a salon
showing at the Mayfiower Hotel last
Tuesday. Maurice j. Golden, Willys
sales manager from the factory in
Toledo, attended the preview.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Queen Victoria never wore St.
Edwards crown, as represented in
the Victoria stamps of 1882
Evening star., 1939-09-17

A German slogan cancellation
reads in translation: Have grand
children and become an ancestor.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

The Canadian Post Office De-
partment soon will issue a guide
book for the stamps of the Domin-
ion.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

The Mercury head stamps of
France are available in two addi-
tional denominations-50c, blue, and
75c, red brown.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will hold an exhibition of stamps
and an auction on Tuesday evening
at 8 o'clock in the Thomson School,
Twelfth and L streets NV, to which
the public is invited.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Japan has brought out a 5-yen
olive green stamp, showing a por.
trait of Kamatari Fujiwara, a 18th.
century courier.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

On November Is the Philippines
Commonwealth will issue three sets
of stamps, described as follows: 2,
and 12c, triumphal arch, symbolic
of American and Philippine amity;
2, 6 and 12c, Malacanan Palace, and
2, and 12c, President Roosevelt
signing the constitution of the Com
monwealth. The new adhesives are
being manufactured in the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing. COL
lectors are warned that editions will
be small.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Prof John M. Wilson of the State
School Of Mines has been elected
president of the Missouri Precancel
Club.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

According to the Dictionary of
American Biography the name of
the pioneer Massachusetts printer
should be spelled stephen Day" and
not Steven Daye' nor Stephen
Daye."
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Collectors are warned against ad-
vertisements of stampless covers Of
fered for sale as bearing "provi-
sional postmarks."
Evening star., 1939-09-17

The post Office at Lima, Peru,
opened in 1897, was built from the
profits derived from the sale Of q
set of commemorative placed on
sale September 9, 1895, and with
drawn IL days later.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

International Philatelic Week will
be celebrated from November IL
to 18.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Because Of the war the European
termini of the Pan-American Air
ways trans Atlantic airmail service
have been changed from Marseille
to Lisbon for the southern route,
from Southampton to Foynes for the
northern. Beginning September 8
the southern system was extended
to include a brief stop at Darrells
Island, Bermuda.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Polish night will be observed by
the Washington Philatelic Society,
meeting at the Mayflower Hotel
Wednesday evening. DR.. Ellis Ha-
worth will preside, and there will be
an exhibition of the stamps of the
war-torn country, with a paper pre-
pared by James Waldo Fawcett,
stamp editor of The Star
Evening star., 1939-09-17

More than 100000 persons have
examined the exhibits in the Post
Office Departments philatelic truck
since it left Washington on its tour
of the New England States.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

D. Blake Battles, chairman of
the Program Committee of the Rub
ber City Stamp Club, Akron, plans
to remove to Wooster, Ohio, shortly.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

The Post Office Department plans
to give advance notice when new
denominations of the presidential
series of stamps are available with
the electric eye perforating.
Evening star., 1939-09-17
In Local Bridge Circles
Schedule Is Announced for Clifford Cup Series
By Frank B. Lord. )
BY Frank B. Lord.

and Messrs. Whitten and Whittier
third.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Uruguay announces I'VE CON
Evening star., 1939-09-17

The late Frederick C. Pauling, it
is reported, engraved many stamps
while employed by the American
Bank Note Co. of New York.
Evening star., 1939-09-17

Stamp collectors have been called
upon to help finance number of
Olympic Games meetings, beginning
with those in Greece in 1906.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-04
Friends Surprise
Mrs. johnson

Mrs. Noel K. Johnson OF 464 Ell
Centro avenue. had an unusually
pleasant birthday anniversary Wed
nesday for it was marked by a sur
prise party given by group OF
her friends and also by the fact
that it was the first time in seven
years that she had had the JOY
of having her mother and brother
with her to celebrate that day.
Mrs. Stella Anderson Dalziel and
Robert Dalziel, both of Minnesota,
are visiting the Johnsons.
The birthday party took place
Wednesday afternoon when a group
of friends arrived at the Johnson
home. completely surprising the
guest of honor. Mrs. Dalziel served
The birthday cake and other re-
freshments, those present includ-
ing MeSdames j. A. Eubank, Lydia
Duff, A. B. Amet, II. j. Strain. Glen
c. Cole, A. Williamson of Ell Cen
tro; Mesdames Vance Moore, Wal
ter Pollard, H. Hollabough, William
Ramel of Imperial and Mrs. Dal-
ziel and the guest of honor.
Recently Mrs. Johnson gave a
surprise dinner party celebrating
the birthday anniversary OF Mrs
Cole.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-04
.Neishbors Give
.HOuseWar
For Mrs. Cook

Until the John w. Cooks moved
this fall to their new ranch home
they had spent seventeen years in
their former residence, l016 Ell Cen
tro avenue.
Wednesday a group of these
neighbors who, for the greater part,
formed this group of friends who
had been intimate for II years, sur
prised Mrs Cook, giving a house
warming for her at the Charles
Knights home, 1851 El Centre ave-
nue.. The affair had been first
planned for the Cooks residence
but since Mrs Cook suffered an
accident recently it was decided to
hold the affair in Ell Centre with
Mrs. Charles Knights and Mrs.
Phil Knights as hostesses.
The party was a complete sur
prise to Mrs. Cook as was the gift
of a handsome set of pottery which
she will enjoy using in her new
home.
Guests were: the two hosteSses,
the guest of honor, Mesdames c.
H. H. Small, Rollie Clark, w. S.
Heating, jr., Charles Hit, j. A.
Whitacre, E. N. D. Hatch, A. N.
Bucklin, George Bucklin, Frank
Young, F. Bowles. Russell Graves
H. L. Bush, j. E. Patterson, Herbert
Holt, James Schofield, Russell Gull
bault Charles COrrell
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-04
Schools NC Clubs
Churches vi Il1lClCSI ~ w O11lCll Society
Baptist Women
Install New
Officers

Officers Of the Baptist Women's
Union were installed wednesday by
the Rev. Mr.. Harold E. Doty pas
tor, in one of the most impressive
of ceremonies, in which each OF
flee was likened to a flower. This
service TOOK place that afternoon
in the First Baptist church.
Mrs. E. l.. Bennett was reelected
to the office of president; Mrs.
William Measures, vice-president;
Mrs. Gene Higgins, secretary; Mrs.
l.. A. Dunlap, treasurer. Chairmen
of the various departments are;
Mesdames M. H. Gavin, John Bas-
kins, Hugh Heating, Edith Hobby,
K. r. Hines, j. E. Whitacre, L. Tay-
lor, William Measures, George Can
non, H. w. Rogers, Harold E. Doty,
H. r. Johnston.
AS each was given her charge by
the Rev Mr.. Doty she placed her
flower in a cut glass vase, a beauti-
full bouquet being completed at the
conclusion of the ceremony.
Mrs. George w. Thomas was
speaker of the afternoon and gave
splendid inspirational talk on
The Challenge of the New Year"
Refreshments were served at the
close of the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-04
.HoItviIIe Juniors
Have Banquet in
ElCentro

Using an Hawaiian motif for their
annual banquet Tuesday i'll the
Barbara Worth hotel, the Holtvllle
Junior Women's club ended its
season with the installation of Of
ficerS, the banquet and program
that evening
Tables were decorated with palms
made from cork and cellophane and
with a beach scene as a center
piece, complete in every detail
from the grass hut to the Hawaii
an girls. At each place were leiis
as faVorS.
New officers are: Eleanor Nc
Gown. president; Lucilla Marquand,
vice president; Gertrude Cameron,
secretary; Grace Press. treasurer;
the outgoing officers being: Ruth
Savage. Juanita Marquand, Louise
Roger, Evalyn Harrison.
Mrs. o. G. Horne gave the pro-
gram on Business Women in the
News. Mrs. r. w. Ware, Ten Thou
sand club president: Mrs. C. l..
Shaw, Holtville Women's club presi
dent and Mrs. Ernest Edwards,
advisor for the juniors were spe-
cial guests.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-04
Two Hostesses Preside at
Charming May Day Party

Mrs. f. +. Clements and Mrs.
Romeo c. Smith entertained friends
at beautifully appointed May day
luncheon and bridge party We'd
nesday at the attractive Smith
ranch.
Perfect weather, the delightful
country setting the many spring
flowers decorating the house and
the pretty table appointments car
Aie6 out the theme in detail. Each
table was centered by May pole
whose streamers radiated to the
places which were marked by tiny
dolls, representing the dancers.
Mrs. Sem Bacon had a pleasant
surprise during the day, which also
happened to be her birthday, in
being presented with an appropriate
gift from the two hostesses.
Bridge prizes were awarded as
follows: Mis-. Tondro high; Mrs.
Meagher second; Mrs. Delp, third;
Mrs. Diller fourth.
Invited guests included: Mes
danes A. B. Hanson, R. C. Glenn
ons, H. K. Barker John T. Rice,
Sem Bacon, Ruth Teeple Reid, w.
j. Meagher, Philip Hodgkin, Fred
!. Kenyon, Frank Richmond, w. A.
'Tondro, Warren Currier, Elmer w.
Heald, j. l.. Davis, Charles p.
Delp, w. H. Tyler, Jrn j. w.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-04

OF valleyWide interest is the we'd
ding Friday of Miss Adella Travers
Of Calipatria TO C. Ben Herring OF
Ell Centro. to be solemniZed at :
o'clock in the Calipatria Union
church and to be followed by a re-
ception at the Vance Wilson home
Miss Travers has been guest oil
honor at a number Of smart affairs
recently including the bridge tea
and shower given recently by Mrs
w. V. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
Moore of BraWley.
The rooms and the tea table were
beautifully decorated with spring
flowers. the hostesSeS being as
sisted by Mrs. Fred Noble and Miss
Elsie Ford Of Ell Centro
Miss Travers received many
handsome and useful gifts.
IN the bridge game prizes were
wen by Mrs. D. d. BroWnell, Mrs.
Dennis Ford Miss Julia Riley and
Miss Ruth Asbury, the assistant
hostesses receiving gifts, and Mrs.
McKendry, the travelling prize.
Invited guests were: Miss Grace
Mueller of RedlandS; Mesdames
Elmer Heald, R. w. Ware, j. E.
Russell. E. L. Hiteman, Miss Elsie
Ford CT e. Centro; Mis-. Harold
Prandt of BraWley; Miss Elizabeth
DetWeiler of Los Angeles; Miss
Catherine DetWeiler and Miss jan
ct Johnson Of Mulberry; MeSdames
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-04
Calendar
THURSDAY

THURSDAY
Citizenship class, 10, high school
$3.50 club. I, 566 Brighton
Elks club, I, Elks hall
Barbara Worth Rebekahs, 1880,
535 Olive
Townsend club No. 2, 1880, court
house
Troop Ia, B.S.A, 1880, Scout hut
Troop 25, B.S.A., 1880, McCabe
school
RAM. No. 1O9, 1880, Masonic
temple
May program, 7:45, Acacia school
Operetta, 8, McCabe school
Band program, 8:15, CaleXico
high school
Dance recital, s, Washington
school
U.S.W.V., 8, Veterans hall.
FRIDAY
Kiwanis club, Barbara Worth
Harding P.-T.A., 10, school
Cooking school, 2, United Artists
Girls club, 4, Christian church
Spruce WestmOrland, 6, JOhu
Scott home
Townsend club No. l, 1880, Will
son music room
Magnolia Mulberry, 7:45, Mag
noiia school
Cake walk, 7:45, Mt. Signal school
Recreation Council dance, 8:45,
Imperial Veterans hall
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-04

Tyler, Neal II. Gavin, Dwight
Smith, L. w. Rider, j. P. Hansen,
3. A. Harrigan, Harvey A. Ken
yon. w. E. Whitacre, U. L. Martin,
Howard P. Meyer, Warren E. Sage.
Norman c. Deaton, r. w. Ware,
w. A. Scheniman, H. c. Diller, w.
E. Smith, John r. Robertson, Guy
G.. Beynon, w C. Reed, Rodney
jenkins, o. j. Bradshaw, E. j.
Mack, p. N. Van Slyck, Forrest
E. Kutz, John F. Waterman, Nor
man E. Dupont. j. w. Donohue, L.
c. House, w. j. Thornburg, c. j.
Brooks, John B. McNeece, j. b.
McNeece, r. j. Clevenger, Minor o.
Simms, Mark Magee, Ben Hulse,
L. r. jefferson, Earle G. Davis, w.
j. Elvander, j. l.. Dubois, all OF El
Centre: Mrs. John Zenos OF Holt
vile; Mrs. David L. Goodrich and
Mrs. j. w Hendry Of BraWley,
and Mrs. Adolph Binder of CaleXi-