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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
Football in France

FOOTBALL has taken many a rap
during the wane of the past sea-
son, and the latest back-handed
boost takes on an international as
pect.
The American game made its de-
but before sports-l0ving Frenchmen
recently, and the verdict was that
the best thing about the game is the
"huddle."
A troupe of American footballers
coached by Jim Crowley of Fordham
played their first exhibition game in
Paris, where thousands cheered the
former collegians.
Several other exhibition games
were scheduled for the u. S.
athletes.
The game was described as a
coordination of Rugby, soccer,
wrestling and bullfghting," and
every much like collision between
an automobile and bus
The experts, however, were in
trigued no end by the huddle, though
perhaps they were a little mistaken
as to it's true purpose.
ut is by far the most interesting
part of the game" one sports writ
err said. "It is apparent they gather
to cheer, in the spirit of true sports
manship, before each play"
Another observer reported that
"They kneel down and seem to try
to brighten each other with grim
aces. Then they rush headlong at
each other, arms flying. Fantastic
things take place. Legs and arms
get mixed so that the field looks
like battle-ground after the
charge"
One Paris paper stated that foot
ball was "such bruising game that
in the United States it has been
banned by President Roosevelt"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
Floyd &16ons.
ADVENTURES CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES r
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF
"Storm on the North Sea-

II ELLO EVERYBODY:
your oil skins, boys and girls and aboard.
We're off in bad weather with Henry S. Cowden of Chi
cago with the shore of adventure off starboard
heavy gale blowing right smack into it.
In the Spring of 1885, Hank Cowden second the
ased bark Stanley of Liverpool homeward bound from
Calcutta India with of ute and cotton for Hamburg
Germany 1t the twenysixh of March, and the Stanley
had passed through the English channel the Straits of Dover
and poughing along through the North Sea.
1t the morning watch, and Hank at the wheel
heavy mist hung the and the captain stand
Hanks anxousy
must be land mister though can't in this fog
Keep good lookout lead
If squalls make north m going
breakfast"
The captain and Hank alone at the wheel.
A squan did up-but it suddenly that
didn't time the 1t caught the ship
under full SAIL 1t the topgaans ribbons and
blew the Stanley With
fog began lift The captain
aloft to look for
Sarboard Breakers Peril Ship
Hank could
didn't Starboard
breakers, and the ship them!
Hank knew then and there that the ship doomed. A
strong blowing straight into those
there a
this time the coils haliards
and braces being washed through the side
o'clock the ship with like
of big threw the flat the deck and began
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
Speeding of Sports
Sports Writers
Select Nations
No. l Athletes
BY ROBERT McSHANE

ONCE more the nations sports
- authorities have gone into their
annual huddle, and again they have
announced their yearly list of the
country's most outstanding figures
In the world of sports.
Admittedly it is no easy task to
designate any one man as the No. l
athlete Of the year. The divergence
Of opinion was manifested when
United Press sports writer's picked
Henry Armstrong as their "great-
est" and Associated Press repre-
sentatives named Don Bulge.
Rightfully recognized as a man
who may be the greatest fighter,
pound for pound, that ever lived,
Armstrong is the only one who ever
held three boxing championships at
the same tine-featherwight, light
weight and welterweight.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
About the Manx Cats

The Manx is the only breed hav-
ing no tail. Of course there are
lots of Observation-Disclosures try
to explain why they have no tails.
One ancient tale is that a pair of
cats were last to enter Noah's Ark,
and that the skipper slammed the
door of the boat shut on their tails.
Later, the pair were left on the
Isle of Man, according to the story.
biologists say, however, that Manx
cats have no tails because of Sc
lective breeding.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
Origin of Puzzles

The origin of puzzles goes back to
the beginning of civilization. The
construction of anagrams, for in
stance, is of great antiquity, it's in
vention being ascribed to the Jews.
They were known to the Greeks and
Romans and popular throughout Eu-
rope during the Middle ages. Acros-
tics, too, were common among the
Greek and Latin writer's at a very
early period. Another ancient ma.
ton much interested in puzzles as
China.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

worked in eight hour shifts to arrive
at the total.
Johnny Revolta ran a poor Sec
ond, annexing $3.50 in cash prizes.
Harry Cooper of Chicopee, Mass,
leading money player of 1897 with
$4,000, landed in third place with
only $7,765.
Others high in this years money
brackets, announced by Corcoran:
Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y,
81, ATS; Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa,
$4,000; Ky Laffoon, Northmoor, ILL.,,
$6,265; Ralph Guldahl, Madison, N.
j., $5,842; Jimmy Hines, Lakeville,
L. L., $5,525; Victor Ghezzi, Deal,
N. j., $4,831; Jimmy Thompson,
Shawnee, Pa, $4,750; Dick Metz,
Chicago, $4,137, and Horton Smith,
Oak Park, ILL.,, $4,058.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

CHAIN STOKES-Te1as' Con.
gresham Wright Pafman ,UiH in.
roduce his bill to tns chain
stores out OF existence. But the
bill is confronted ,Uith mounting
public opposition from such
groups as the american Fedora.
ton ot Labor, National Associn.
ton OF Real Estate boards, farm
and consumer groups, WhO be.
lieue il pould cut the farmers
market 30 per cent, raise Iiuing
costs. increase unem plOyment.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

RELIEF-Originaied by Demo.
Gratis but claiming Republican
support, measure will probably
be introduced to return admin
istratiOn OF relief to states, phere
bipartisan boards will be in
charge. Enlarged defense ap.
preparations, together 10Th the
predicted ups,oing in business,
may preclude a repetition Of the
large relief appropriations iUhich
congress has made every year
since the Ne,U Deal began.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

The EDWARD j.
Neill memorial med
al, perpetuating the
memory of t h e
grand boxing writer
and war correspond
ent who was killed
in Spain a year ago,
went to Jack Demp-
sey as the man who
has done most for
the fight game in
1888. The New York
Boxing Writers as
sociation medal do
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

TAXES-Secretary OF the Treas
ury Henry Morgenthau's budget
requests ,UiH possibly be smaller
for the fiscal year starting nest
June. Seriously considered as a
nelU revenue source is reduction
OF income tar exemptions for
single persons from 81 200 to
$500, and for married persons
from $500 to 81, 900.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

The APP nominee,
Don Bulge, nego-
tiated an unprece-
denied tennis sweep
in winning the Aus
tralian, F r e n c h,
British and Ameri-
can titles in one
year before electing
to cast his lot with
the professionals.
Forty-five of the
81 sports critics who
participated in the
eighth annual APP
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

Misunderstanding that the ma
tiOnal labor relations act as nOU
constituted is unfair to employ
ers, congressman ,oill seek re.
Uisions. Too proposed amend
ments would (l) require en-
ployers to ask for labor board
elections and (2) permit reuie,o
by the courts OF findings OF the
labor board.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
Colts Money Wizard

NJ ITH one major tournament left
~ to play, Sammy Snead, links
wizard from White Sulphur Springs.
w. Va, has emerged as the great
est money winner in all pro golf
history, accounting for $1,000 prize
money during the past year.
Snead's fairway income was an
nounced by Fred Corcoran, tourna-
ment bureau manager for the Pro-
fessional Golfers association, who
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

AGRICULTURE - Secretary of
agriculture Henry A. Wallace
may ask congress to approve his
't,Uo-price'' plan for domestic
subsidies, lohereby surplus Amer
lean agricultural products Would
be sold at a Observation-Disclosures
price to needy families. A gen
eral jarm reuolt is expected oper
acreage reduction plans.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
Solar system a Collection

The solar system is the assem-
blage of asteroids, comets, meteoric
material and planets, with their at
tendant satellites. which form a
family of objects intimately connect
ed with the sun and practically iso.
lated from the other stars.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
First University in World

In 387 B. c. Plato settled at Ath-
ems and founded his school of philos-
ophy known as the academy. which
attracted pupils from all parts of
Greece, among them Aristotle. This
school was endowed and became the
first university known to history
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

PENSIONS - Although the No.
uember elections sa,U defeat of
many unorthodo1 pension pro-
pOsals, many congressman Were
elected ,Uith the backing of such
groups as that formed by DR..
Francis E. Townsend, abope. The
original To,onsend proposal calls
for $2OO-a-mOnth pensions, but
a nnOdif fled uersiOn is expected.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

poll selected Patty Berg of Mime
apolis as the overwhelming choice
for No. l woman athlete of 1888.
Miss Berg, who climaxed a brilliant
golf campaign by winning the ma
tional championship, drew four
times as many first place nomina-
tons as her closest competitor.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
Lesson No. IL

This diagram shows One-third
ball break shot.
When playing this shot, just forget
about the cluster of balls at the left,
and take careful aim 70 left on the
object ball; hold your cue level;
make firm bridge; strike the cue
ball in the center; and by all means
rest your cue on the table for sec.
ond after the stroke is delivered.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
Oil Found in Odd Places

Oil may be found in irregularities
in sediments in places where there
are no surface indications of struc-
ture.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05
Total Outlying Territory

The total outlying territory of the
United States is I'll sos square miles,
the total continental area, 1925, 789
square miles.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

iMMICRATION- Because Ger.
many is prosecuting JeiUs, some
congressman ,oiH ask partial
lifting OF american immigration
restrictions. This plan is OPP
posed by Senator Borah, among
others, on the theory that an in
fus OF ne,o population ,oouId
only add to Americas unemploy-
menf problem.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

DEFENSE - To guard against
WF,at he considers threat from
nations, President
Roosevelt tauors throwing de-
tensiue ring around the entire
Western hemisphere. The ,car
department wants greatly en-
larged air force. Also planned is
industrial mobilization.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

nors, voted Henry Armstrong hon
orable mention for the coveted
award
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-01-05

CONGRESS GOES TO WORK
Faced Nth than its usual quota OF ,oorld and
domestic problems, congress opens session tchich OH
continue far the months Picture Parade
gives you glimpse OF the ,COrk at hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30
Olson Will Send
Son to Meetinq
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and young Olson will be the most
prominent speakers on the program
They are scheduled to arrive al
the county airport aboard a private
plane at 7 p. m.
Other speakers on the program
are DR.. Towne Nylander, NLRB d.
rector, and Don Healey, assistant
state secretary of the league. Gov
ernor Olson asked Ned Holmes,
chairman of the Democratic County
Central committee, to introduce his
son at the gathering.
Ware said he had seen no mdica-
ton that any disturbance was plan
ned but would be prepared TO ham
die the situation if developments
made it necessary. He told the
governor he would appreciate his
cooperation in requesting speakers
to refrain from melting or inilam-
matory remarks.
In spite of PatterSons statement
last week that he would ask for
20 highway patrolmen for protection
while in Imperial Valley, up to a
late hour Tuesday he had not ask
ed Chief Raymond Cato. head OF
the California Highway patrol, for
any protection. Cato instructed
Captain Frank Oswalt of El Centre
to place the Imperial county patrol
at the disposal of Ware if he need
ed them and TO handle traffic IN
front of the fair grounds. Cato also
instructed OSwalt 10 meet the visit
ors at the airport and escort them
to the fair grounds.
Patterson had a change of heart
late Tuesday and nullified all
previous kilograms by stating that
he would speak. His last message
ended a series of II will !. won't
-. will messages received from
him at intervals since the league
asked the fair board last week for
permission to use the building.
The lieutenant governor tele-
graphed Danny Deaver, league and
CIO member of Brawley In
view OF urgency of situation in In
perial Valley I am flying to El
Centro to speak at mass meeting.
I feel that there Is no more i'm
portant duty that I could perform
as lieutenant governor and as a
champion of civil liberties. He did
not explain what he meant by the
urgency OF situation"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30
Britain Abandons
Hope for American
Baby Plane Pilot
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Smiths plane was certain to be
down. That hour marked the max
imum flying time OF his gasoline
supply under the most favorable
conditions. 1t was believed unlike
ly that he could be down anywhere
in the British Isles because of the
absence of reports. There was a
faint possibility that he had land
ed on some inaccessible island off
Scotland or had put down at sea
beside small boat unequipped with
radio. Those possibilities failing. Of
ficials feared that he had drowned.
Smiths flight caught the fancy
of Britons and there was general
regret at his apparent end. A
crowd had waited at Croydon until
dusk hoping he would come in.
In an editorial, the Daily EA-
press said: .. ....... ..-
Millions of men in Europe are
engaged in preparations for killing
each other. Dictators glorify the
perils their soldiers will face in
war. So we welcome on the front
page the kind of man who Is un-
afraid to live dangerously but who
risks nobody's life but his own"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30
Farmer Tells of
Buying Verdict

NEW YORK, May 80. (UP)-A
Connecticut poultry farm operator
told further details in federal court
today OF the manner in which he
allegedly obtained a favorable de-
cision from the court of Martin II.
Manton. resigned senior judge OF
the U. S. circuit court OF appeals.
He is Almon B. Hall of Walling-
ford. Conn, who, under direct ex-
animation by U. S. Attorney John
T. Cahill, testified that he obtained
favorable patent suit decision from
Manton's court after paying $4,000
to Manton's alleged co-conSpiratorS.
Hall, whose poultry farm matches
45O0,000 chicks a year, had told
earlier that an adverse decision
would ruin him. The patent in
fringement suit was instituted by
the Samuel B. Smith co.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30
Tragedy Mars 9th
Memorial Day Race
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Cliff Bergere. Hollywood stunt
man driving In his 18th Indianap-
oils race, passed Meyer in the clos
ing laps to take third.
Meyer, who had held the lead
from 257l2 miles until a tire blow
out sent him to the pits at ass
miles, wound up failing to finish
when his car went into spin only
three laps-7k nliles-from home.
His mishap threw fourth place to
Ted Horn of Los Angeles.
Babe Stapp, Los Angeles, finish
ed fifth. ...--.
Shaw's winning speed was l15.035
miles an hour, slower than expect
ed because of the three-car coils
sion which killed Roberts and in
jured two other drivers and two
spectators.
Roberts had established new
record Of ll72 miles an hour IN
winning the race last year. His
records were falling at every turn
when the accident slowed the fielo
to rs miles an hour for 81 minutes
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30
Valley Movie
Shown at Meeting
OF Future Farmers

Agricultural problems facing I'M
perial Valley farmers should not be
allowed to darken the future OF
the county, Paul jenkins, publisher
of the Post Press, told a group OF
El Centro high school Future Farm
ers Monday night when he showed
a moving picture Life in Imperial
County" at the annual F. F. A
installation meeting.
This is a new community, Jen-
kins said. and We have not had
time to overcome many of the
problems that present themselves
in every agricultural community
If. for instance, We had wrestled
with those problems for 100 years
and still had accomplished nothing
as is the case of the Mississippi
valley then We would have some
thing to worry about.
New FLA officers installed at
the meeting we're: Carl Vogt, preSi-
dent: John McCaslin vice president;
Lee WeStmoreland, secretary; Stan
lev Scaroni, treasurer; Robert King,
reporter; John Waterman, sergeant
alarms.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30
Burgunder Pleads
Murder innocence

PHOENIX, May 80. UP)-Robert
G.. Burgunder. % year old former
Tempe college student. spent the
holiday today in his county jail
cell awaiting his second pleading to
a murder charge. Yesterday after
noon he entered a plea of not guilty
to the charge of numbering Jack
Peterson, Phoenix automobile sales
man.
Trial on the Peterson charge was
set for June 10 by Superior Judge
Howard c. Speakman and County
Attorney Richard Hairless said he
would elect to try that case first.
Burgunders plea to a charge OF
numbering Ellis Koury, another car
salesman, will be heard tomorrow
by Judge NJ. T. Phelps.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30
King, Queen Back
In Bit o EnqIand'

VICTORIA, B. c., May 80. (UP)
king George and Queen Elizabeth
were figuratively back in England
today, although 5000 miles away
from Buckingham Palace.
They enjoyed a day of rest In
this quaint capital of British Col
umbia to prepare themselves for
the arduous return trip across Can
ada, to Washington to visit Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt and to
the Worlds fair at New York.
Their majesties found Victoria
more like England than any other
Canadian center they had visited.
Whereas Vancouver Is almost AM
erican in its cosmopolitan makeup,
Victoria is inhabited almost enI
tirely by Englishmen who wer
attracted by the climate.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30

free from hate and free from relig-
ious hatred, free from regimenta-
ton and free in q democracy dedi-
Gated to liberty"
Bergdoll, awaiting formal sem
tence at Fort Jay, Governors Is
land, said he was conscientious
objector" during the World war.
Thereafter he said, while a
fugitive, I felt that my country
might need my services. With the
same impetuoSity which often got
me into difficulties during my youth
while the war was still on, offered
my services as an aviator to the
United States.
This was an offer made through
the public press in Philadelphia,
but I was informed by the chair
man of my local draft board, the
late Mr.. John B. Dwyer. that !
would first have TO serve year in
jail and then would be told what
branch of the service I would be
allowed TO enter.
Again with the same impatience
of youth, because I could not have
my way, refused TO come in and
surrender"
Though he denied he could be de-
Scribed as a man without a coun-
try" the former Philadelphia play
boy recommended that his critics
read Edward Everett Hale's the
man without country, especially
the lines That there was no going
home for him, even to prison.
"I ask them to read it," Bergdoll
said, without tears-if they can
I had prison TO come back to so
that my children might have q
country of liberty to live in"
Recalling that he had not seen
his ailing mother in l6 years and
had never seen his child, Vega
born in the United States, Bergdoll
said he was "homesick" and wants
eventually to see Philadelphia and
the country around it where I was
a happy, even though l was a
very reckless young man, too much
fond OF deyiltry."
Il love the United States" he
wrote. Il never loved any other
country. My wife's brother died in
the world war fighting for Ger
many but my wife and I want the
liberty OF America, If not for me,
at least for herself and our chill
dren.
II have been treated well by the
German people even down to that
time that left and I have nothing
to say against the German people.
However, the welfare and happiness
OF my wife and children and my
mother Is what I want most in
this world"
He denied that expectation of
war In Germany prompted his de-
cision to return. adding that "as
an American citizen, I would not
have been drafted" He denied also
that he offered his services to Ger
many before America entered the
war or at any other time.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30
Associated Group
To Champaign for
Main Line Here

Since the railway commission
granted the Southern Pacific COM
pany permission to continue the
present train schedule between I'M
perial Valley and Los Angeles, val
ley chambers of commerce now
want the company to route a main
line train through the valley.
E. E. Cavanah, president of the
Associated chambers of commerce,
Monday planned to call a meeting
of the executive committee to make
plans to get the main line trains
routed through the valley as soon
as possible.
He declared that the increased
business and advertising would pay
the company for any expense en-
tailed. Only one night train would
be necessary under a mainline train
arrangement.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30
Wife Nags, So He
Sues for Divorce

LOS ANGELES, May 30. (UP)-
Harry Schwartz weighed 1877 pounds
when he married Blanche Schwartz
and he earned money "on the side
by wrestling. Now he weighs only
l64 pounds and is nervous and i'll,
he alleged today in a divorce suit,
He alleged his wife:
Argued, quarreled. nagged, used
profane language; gambled at pok-
er, rummy, bingo and tango; bor-
rowed money and kept her husband
continually in debt.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-30

Olson took office the first of the
year and the state legislature con-
vened, seven major inquiries have
been launched, some of political
character others based on Olson's
promise TO "clean up the capital"
The inquiries followed closely an
l8-month probing into legislative
corruption by the Sacramento
county grand jury under district
Attorney Otis Babcock and the sub
sequent publication of the now
famous Philbrick report on the ac-
tivities of lobbyists, lawyer -legisla-
tors and other administrative
groups.
Since the grand jury ended its
chores, the following varied charges
and agencies have become the chief
subjects of scrutiny.
/. State seizure of the $4,000, 900
Pacific States Saving & Loan COM
pany and the subsequent federal
indictment of President Robert s.
Odell in Los Angeles.
2. Indictment, trial and convic-
tion of Mark Lee Megladdery. jr.,
appointed a superior court judge
by former Gov. Frank F Merriam,
on bribery grand theft charges re-
sulting from the attempted sale
of a pardon TO a convicted slayer
3. Claims that certain doctors
retained by the state workmen's
compensation fund were forced to
buy gold mine stock TO remain in
the good graces OF the funds Off
cials, and that state officials
granted injury claims without ade-
quate investigation.
4. Mishandling of food supplies
at San Quentin prison and intima-
ton that other state institutions
may be affected.
5. Failure of state athletic COM
mission TO enforce its rules, leading
to payoffs and graft in wrestling