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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Actress Recalls Early
Stase Triumphs. TrioIs

OF the stage That was because
my grandmother. when l was
naughty. called me little actress.
She meant it as a reproof and of
course I grew up thinking that an
actress must be very close to the
Evil One himself she recalled.
when I was u my family moved
from the Adirondacks to Michigan.
Because wanted to be a teacher,
and wished to find out the things
that teachers must know, I took a
teachers examination when l was
13 I passed."
Mrs. Manning Hicks did not 90
to teaching at once, of course. She
continued her schooling until one
day in high school an EngliShman
read Enoch Arden at an assembly.
The beauty of the lines haunted
ner, she longed to delve deeper into
literature. She Gid. and found her
self drawn to the stage as her great
est means of expression.
Works Alone
Time and scores of performances
have linked her name with those
Of Ibsen and Shaw, for in the inter-
probation of these two have come
her triumphs. She works alone.
without scenery or costume, and
she IS the whole cast unto herself.
She takes first one part and then
another. switching from one to an
other as easily as one takes a
breath.
1T is impossible, Of course, to go
Ieeply into each character" Mrs.
Manning Hicks said. Il merely
suggest the character with a ges-
ture. an infection"
Her skill is unbelievable. In fact.
cne time before a London audience
one young man went away COM
planning that she had planted"
other players behind the scenery
who spoke up in their turns
Mrs Manning Hicks displayed a
deep faith in the future of the
theater and denied the moving pic
lures could ever replace the stage.
Theater Changing
The talkies should, on the con-
trary. eventually benefit the legiti-
mate stage BY increasing the poten-
tial audience" she explained
The theater. like the world, is
going through a transition stage
As everything in life reflects the
growth Of man. so does the world.
At present We might be compared
to the adClescent age Just begin
ming to grow up and it is difficult
TO pass from the selfish, grasping
youth TO the more mature man
whose differences can be settled
without recourse to war. e"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Judge Announced
For Tournament

Paul Clark Stauffer of San Diego
has been appointed by the New
York office of the National Guild
OF Piano Teachers to act as Judge
for the Ell Centre playing tourna-
ment to take place Sunday and
Monday at the studio of Oria
Kenah. $50 Olive
Mr.. Staufier who arrives on Sat
urday, officiated last year and has
also served as judge for the Los
Angeles and San BernardinO county
units Since last in the valley he
has spent seven months in Europe
and New York City, re-opening his
San Diego studio in January. He
represented California at the Ea-
tional convention of the Music
Teachers association and was ap-
pointed western representative on
the national legislative committee
He is to represent the southern dis
trict of the state at the tri-state
convention program in Santa Cruz
June 1880.
Increased enrolment in the
tournament in the valley has war
ranted establishment of a local unit
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Students Enter
Thirty Posters
In { onte St

Thirty posters have been entered
in the annual Poppy poster contest
sponsored b. the American Legion
auxiliary in Ell Centro and the
judges will soon announce their
awards.
These Judges are Mrs Ethel
Plque representing the Ten Thou
sand clubs Arts and Crafts sec
ton; Jack Pique Of the Al G.
Smith company and Walter Phil
lips, art supervisor for the element
airy schools They will announce
their decision in the near future
and awards will be made in high
school assembly.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
BY LOGAN JENKINS

Her grandmother called her AN
actress!" and an Englishman read
Enoch Arden That did IL Mrs.
Louise Jewell Manning Hicks start
ed out to be an actress.
Since that time. many many years
ago. Mrs. Manning Hicks has look
ed past the blazing footlights of a
thousand theaters. flushed before
the booming applause of boisterous
American audiences or bowed to the
sedate praise of London.
In the living room Of the home
Of Mrs. Julia Bracket in Ell Centro.
where Mrs. Manning Hicks is stay
ing for a brief visit from her San
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23

Diego home. she looked the part of
"a dear. little. old lady-untn she
spoke
Gracious and smiling, she was
Barries Margaret Ogilvic or grand
mother" in any one of a hundred
plays. But when she spoke the
grandmother" part disappeared
There was still the quaint print
dress. the craving hair. the hand
that trembled slightly as it plucked
handkerchief from her purse; but
those were forgotten in the magic
flow of her diction. in the anima-
ton in her face.
Friendly Repr0of
As a girl I was deathly afraid
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
ALIAS SUMMONS

No. 13457
I'm The Superior Court of tho State
of California, in and for tho
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT. Plaintiff
VS..
CORA B. METZ, ct al,
Defendants
Harry w. Horton and George r..
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of the State of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
CORA B. METZ. SYLVIA f.
RTTzMAN. also known as SYLVIA
f. CLEMENS. j. w. RITZMAN. also
known as JOHN w. RITzMAN. II.
OSBORN. II. E. GLEASON. JOHN
F POOLE. D. GROSS. JOHN DOE,
JANE DOE. and RICHARD DOE,
Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed To APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State of
California, within ten days after the
service on you OF this Alias Sum-
mons-if served within this county;
or within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
o. damages demanded in the COM
plant. as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
ether relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 5th day of April, 1899.
w. j. McCLELLAND.
CSEAD County Clerk.
BY CITHA BAMSON.
Deputy Clerk
M. Q 8 Is % 30-J. 6 13 20 27-.I 4
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Woman Killed as
Limousine Skids

MONTERREY, Calf, May %. tUP)
Mrs. Maurice Henry Lehman of
Los Angeles was killed and three
women companions and their chauf-
feur were injured today when their
limousine skidded off the Carmel
San Simeon highway 40 miles south
of here and plunged over a 300
foot cliff.
The injured were Mrs. Hattie
Lehman. Mrs. Daisy Strauss and
Mrs. Alma Goodman, all of Los
Angeles, and Vito Schon, the chauf-
feur.
They we're taken to the Carmel
hospital where physicians said they
would recover.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Guilty Plea Cuts
Morals Case Short

Mrs. Lenora Sanchez, Brawley
housewife, was sentenced to one
year in the county Jail Monday af-
ter she pleaded guilty to two counts
of contributing to the delinquency
of minor children.
She originally was charged with
teaching perverSion to her own and
other children in East Brawley. Her
plea OF guilty cut short a trial in
superior court in which a group of
small children were the main wit
neSSeS for the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Fingerprints of
ReIiefers Ordered

LOS ANGELES, May %. up
Relief check paid to clients who
cannot write their names hereafter
must bear not only the usual "X'
but also the fingerprints of the
client. the board of supervisors or
dered today.
Copies of the clients prints will
be kept by the sheriff's office and
after the checks have been cashed,
Cnce a month they will be checked
to make sure they went to the per-
sons for whom they were intended.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Fish-Game Group
Meets TONIGHT

Members of the Imperial Valley
Fish and Game Conservation aSso-
citation will meet at the Imperial
Irrigation District office in Imperial
at 7:3O pm. Tuesday to complete
details Of organization.
The group was formed last Tues
day by valley sportsmen interested
in getting the valley represented
on the state fish and game COM
mission
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Japan Rushes New Troops to Soviet
Border as Outer MONGOLIA Battles

scribing the opposing forces as
"Mongolians" and "Manchukuans. -
Japan's finest armed forces arc
stationed in Manchukuo.
Yesterday dozen Mongolian
planes. including light bombers
and fighting craft, machine-gm-
ned the Manchukuo position. Man
chukuo planes counter attacked,
down three Mongolian
craft within Manchukuo territory.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23

Established Apfi1 20. 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday (Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by The Post-Press Sunday. (es-
tablished 1886 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company. 625
State street. El Centro Calf
Paul Jenkins, publisher; A. c.
Johnston. vice president and
general manager; T.. A. Fitz-
hugh, secretary and managing
editor. West Holiday Co Inc,
National Advertising Represent
atives.
Entered at El CentYo. California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Subscription rates, SC per copy.
In conjunction with the POST
Press (Sundays), per month,
soc; paid in advance: 3 months,
$1.66; 6 months, 1925: one year,
$500.
Member California Newspaper
Publishers association.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23

TOKYO, May %. tUP)-Japa-
nese advices today reported rein
forcements were being rushed TO
the Manchukuo outer Mongolia
border, adjacent to Soviet Russia,
after three days Of severe fighting
in which strong aerial fleets were
involved.
Heavy fighting near Nomonhan,
on the Manchukuo frontier, was
reported by the Domei news agency
from Hsinking in a dispatch de-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
War Department
Orders AirpIanes

WASHINGTON. May %. UP)-
The war department today con-
racted with the Seversky Aircraft
corporation, Farmingdale. N. Y, for
an unannounced number of new
type of pursuit planes for 1914, ,324
They are all metal low wing, sin
gle motored one place monoplanes
capable of more than $50 miles per
hour. The department said the
planes are especially streamlined
fer speed and efficiency.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Negro Gets Year
In Morals Case

Eddie White, El Centre Negro.
was sentenced to prison from one
year to life Monday for commit
ting a morals offense against a
small girl
The specific charge against him
was lewd and laScivious conduct.
He was found guilty by jury.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23

tion civil-damages.
international law or no interna-
tional law. something has to be
done" the sheriff muttered So
today. he wrote a second letter to
Hull, this time giving him a COM
plete report of what was going on
behind the sacred portals.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23

Major General George Van Horn
Moseley, retired, and John D. M.
Hamilton, Republican national
chairman, are ordered to appear
before the Dies committee in
Washington, which is investigat-
ing un-American activities. Cen
eral Moseley and Hamilton will
be questioned regarding their re-
lations with a highly-organized
anti-semitic propaganda cam
paign in this country.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Consulate Comes s
Stymie Sheriff

LOS ANGELES May %. (UP)-SheriH Eugene Bis
ailuz today inquired of Secretary of State Cordel HUI
if there wasn't loophole in international law which
would permit him to stop gambling in the consulate of
West Indian republic. The consulate, situated in West
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23

WIS., Il iuhd Il dhucT
Death of Potter D'Orsay Paine,
III in Sarasota, Fla, from a blow
struck during fight at barbe-
cue, Makes Mrs. Puma Louise
Abatiello Palmer, his waitress
wife, heir to a fortune of S5,OOO,-
900. Though young Palmer was
disinherited by his father, Honore
Palmer, because of his marriage
to the former Miss Abatiello, Pot
ter had a third share in his late
grandmother's s15,OOO.00O estate.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
HoLTyILLE MAN RECEIVERS

HOLTVILLE, May 23.-J. x
Fahring, we'll known businessman
of this city. is recovering at his
home after severe heart attack
suffered last Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-23
Imperial Valley Press

M. . 9 IS % 3o-J. 6 10 20 27-J
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Burial Rites Tomorrow
For Ex-hurse Of War

Burial services will be held here
tomorrow in Arlington National
Cemetery for Daisy Elizabeth Per-
rine, nurse wath both the American
and British forces in France during
the World War, who died Saturday
night at her home in Franklin, Pa,
it was learned through the Associ-
ated Press.
In later years the deceased served
as a field nurse for the Veterans
Administration at Lexington, KY.
Subsequently, she suffered a nervous
breakdown. Then, although classed
as unfit for service, she refused to
retire.
A graduate Of Allegheny Hospital,
Pittsburgh, she enlisted with DR..
George H. Crile's Lakeside Unit Of
Cleveland, serving first with the
British expeditionary forces.
She became public health nurse
in Cleveland after the war and was
one of three nurses named to es-
tablish field nursing force in
Cuyahoga County, Ohio. After the
Lexington assignment she worked in
New York and New Haven, Conn.,,
hospitals and organized the Univer-
sity of Nebraska clinic at Omaha.
In 1895 she suffered a cerebal hem
orrhage, from which she never fully
recovered.
Military funeral services were
scheduled to be held today by the
American Legion, of which she was
a member.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Albert Ford Ferguson
Dead in CHICAGO

Albert Ford Ferguson, member
of The Star staff some 30 years ago,
died in a Chicago hospital Saturday
after months illness, friends here
learned today.
Besides The Star, Mr.. Ferguson,
who was 81 at the time of his death,
worked on the old Washington Post
and the old Washington Times,
where he edited a dramatic column
under the pen name of Gardner
Mack" He also wrote a radio COL
umn under the name of "Sewell
Ford"
Mr.. Ferguson was born in Wash
ington and attended public school
here. He was a son of Robert B.
Ferguson. one of the pioneer drug
gists on Capitol Hill.
At various times during his long
career in and out of the newspaper
business, he worked for the Manila
Gable News in Manila, P. l.; the
Duluth (MinnD Chamber of Com
merce and the International Rotary
Clubs in Chicago.
At the time of his death he was
associate editor of the Young Re-
publican Magazine in Chicago and
was understood to be writing a mag
azine series on music masters.
He Is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Joseph Saunders and Mrs. Alfred
H. Terry. both of Washington, and
a brother, Warren Ferguson of Sill
yer Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Burns Prove Fatal
To Mrs. Marqaret Grace

Mrs. Margaret Walker Grace, 80
year-cld wife of First Glass Metal
Smith L. James Grace, U. S. NJ,
died Friday at the Naval Hospital
Bremerton, Wash, from burns she
received week before while cook
ing in her home.
Mrs. Grace, a native of WASH
ington, moved to Seattle a year
ago when her husband was shifted
there from the Naval Air Station,
Anacostia, D. c. She had spent
all her life here until she moved
Vast and had many Washington
friends.
Her dress caught fire while her
husband had gone out to a store
for short time. Neighbors rushed
to her rescue, rolling her in blan-
kets and taking her Immediately
to the hospital in Bremerton. She
lived for only a week.
Her body is to arrive in WASH
1ngton early Wednesday morning,
She Is survived by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Walker. of
1882 First street NE, and two
sisters, Mrs. Helen w. Day and
Miss Annie Mary Walker.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Grange Is Against I.C.C.
Ruling Water Carriers
By the Associated Press,

By tie Associated Press.
The National Grange urged the
House Interstate Commerce Com
mittee yesterday to reject a Senate
approved provision in the transpor-
tation bill which would place car
riers on inland ard coastal water
ways under control of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Fred Brenckman, Washington
representative of the grange, wrote
Chairman Lea, Democrat, of Cali
fornia that there were only two
grounds on which the Government
could be justified in attempting such
regulation-to assure safety and to
guard against monopoly.
80 far as safety is concerned"
the letter said, "the Bureau of Ma
rine Inspection and Navigation,
coming under the Department of
Commerce, already looks after that.
And when it comes to protecting the
public against monopolistic rates
and practices, the truth Is that no
monopoly exists among the inland
water carriers nor in the coast wise
trade"
Evening star., 1939-06-26
David ". Gall, 81, Dies
OF Heart Attack

David w. Gall, for nearly so years
a practicing lawyer here, died Sat-
urday of heart attack at his home,
121 Twelfth street NE. He would
have been 88 on July Is.
Born in Philippi, w. Va, Mr.. Gall
served as West Virginia State Sena-
tor shortly before coming to Wash
ington in 1890 He was member
Of the West Virginia State Society
here and served as it's first presi-
dent. He also belonged to the New
Jerusalem Lodge of Masons, the
Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows
and the Sons of the Revolution.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Hennie R. Gall, and daughter, Miss
Mamie R. Gall, this city.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow in st. Marks Epis-
copal Church. Burial will be in
Glenwood Cemetery, with Masonic
rites at the grave.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Girl, 7, Found in Storage Room,
Winning Way to NormoIcy

She can't talk. She chatters in
gibberish like a 16-month- baby,
but her playmates-an of her age
don't seem to mind.
Alice weighed 31h pounds-20
below normal-When she was found.
She. had been fed from a bottle and
nipple and only in the last few
months has she learned to chew
solid foods.
She was taken from the County
Hospital several months ago and
placed in the home of Mrs. Jennie
Rowan, who has patiently taught
her to walk, and hopes soon to
have her talking and going to
school.
DR.. Kinsley Davis, a sociologist
Of the Pennsylvania State College,
reported after he had examined her
last December that although she
had grown, she apparently had little
ambition to learn anything. Her
lack of ambition was ascribed to
an absence of training during the
years she lay in the broken rocker.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
lit mrn1nrtant

BRAxTON, HENRY. In sacred memory
of our beloved father, HENRY BRAXTON,
who died June 20, 1887
I would as soon expect to see the sun
Fall like dead king from his height
sublime.
His glory glory stricken from the throne Of
As thee unworth the worship thou hast
HIS CHILDREN CARRIE MOSS AND WILL
LIAM BRAxToN;;
CLARK. SUE B. In loving remembrance
tered into eternal rest one year ago. June
20. 1888 W. A. CLARK.
CLARK. SUE B. SCOTT. In memory
Of my beloved, sister, SUE B. SCOTT
CLARE TILI x yh9 yshhS9e left US one year ago today
HER LovING SISTER. VIRGINIA SCOTT.
CRAFTY, JAMES A. In sad but loving
remembrance of our dear father. JAMES A,
CRAFTY. who departed this life three years
ago today. June 49, 1886.
Oft we think of you. dear fathers
And our hearts are filled with pain
Oh. this would be heaven
Could We hear your voice again.
You're not forgotten. father. dear.
Nor ever ,,s shall you be; ,..
LOVING DAUGHTERS. MARIE AND EDNA.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
British Limited to One
Ship a Week at Swotow

SHANGHAI, June 26 P).-Jap-
anese naval spokesmen here in
formed British today that only one
British merchantmen weekly would
be allowed to enter Swatow Harbor
British authorities instructed their
naval officials to press for immediate
lifting of all restrictions at Swatow
and said that, If the Japanese re-
fused. British warships would escort
merchantmen to and from Swatow
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Suicide Certificate
Issued in Poison.Cu

A certificate Of suicide was issued
yesterday by DR.. Llewellyn Powell,
alexandria coroner, in the death
OF Mrs. Hazel Van Middlesworth, A,
Alexandria businesswoman who died
IN the hospital there Friday.
investigation disclosed, the coro-
ner said, that she died from effects
OF poison, swallowed at her home.
600 block of North View terrace.
Monday night.
Mrs. Van Middlesworth was presi-
dent OF the Alexandria Soroptimist
Club and secretary of the PEOPLES
Building & Loan Association. Fu-
neral services and burial were held
yesterday at Asbury Park, N. J.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
BY the Associated Press.

oy tue Ab0OCl6CeO fIe6S.
UN1ONTOWN, Pa, June GA
7-year-old girl found emaciated,
unable to talk and crippled in a
dingy farmhouse room Is months
ago weighs go pounds today and
can walk.
She is auburn haired Alice Harris,
who was kept-humane agents
said-for five years in a broken
rocker in third-floor storage room
of her grandfather's home.
Her 27-year-old unwed mother
said she kept Alice there because
her father did not want to see the
child. The granfather said his
daughter had one child and when
she brought this other one home
I had to do something to make her
realize this thing couldn't go on"
Alice's legs-once spindly and
weak from rickets-are plump and
carry her about in a lottery FASH
ion. Her cheeks are chubby and
tanned by plenty Of sunshine and
there's a ready smile on her lips.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
T okiio
Continued From First Page.) }

the entry at Swatow OF military
supplies or the withdrawal of any
already stored there.
Chinese said they expected the
next phase of Japan's campaign
to be an attack on Foochow midway
between Hong Kong and Shanghai
and the last important coastal city
remaining in Chinese hands.
Japanese naval and aerial activ-
ity in the vicinity of Foochow, they
said, apparently foreshadowed a
landing at the mouth of the Min
River, which the Japanese already
are patrolling. Foochow, IS miles
upriver, is inaccessible to seagoing
vessels.
The military phase OF Japan's oc-
cupation of Swatow, meanwhile, was
almost completed. Japanese agents
were attempting to organize a pup
pet Chinese government there and
Japanese money had made its ap-
pearance,
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Fred Linton Appointed

Appointment of Fred Linton as
secretary in charge of public affairs
OF the United States Junior Cham
Der OF Commerce was announced
yesterday from national headquar-
ters at st. Louis. Mr.. Linton, former
U. S. j. c. c. representative in the
Capital, will establish an Office in
this city. Thomas r. Reid, jr., and
Raymond E. Millard will be asso-
ciated with him.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
1n Mrn1nrtunt

HUNTER, KATHLEEN PEBBLES. A
tribute of love and devotion to the memory
of one Of the best women who ever lived
HuarR who R9der departsd ths s
three years ago today, June 90. 1885
j. B. HUNTER. CHARLES H HUNTER
HUNTER AND Betty P HuNTER. -
HUNTER, KATHLEEN PEBBLES. In sad
but loving remembrance of our dear
mother KATHLEEN PEBBLES HUNTER
who departed this life three years ago
CHARLES, GRACE KATHLEEN AND
BETTY
SMITH, BESSIE. In loving remembrance
Of my dear wife. BESSIE SMITH who died
one year ago today. June 90 1898.
Your memory is as dear today.
AS the day you passed away
DEVOTED HUSBAND. ROBERT SMITH
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Midcity Citizens to Meet

Senator Arthur Capper and L. A.
Carruthers, president of the Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associations. will
speak tonight before the Midcity
Citizens Association. The final meet
ing Of the association for the season
is to be held in Thomson Community
Center, Twelfth and L streets NV,
A. J. Driscon presiding.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Glee Club Concert Tonioht

The Elmhurst College Mems Glee
Club will give its concert at Con-
cordia Lutheran Evangelical Church
tonight at 8 o'clock, instead of
Wednesday night, as previously an
nounced.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Qarh nf Chunks

BROWNE, CHARLES H. The family Of
the late Charles H. Browne gratefully
acknowledge with deep appreciation the
thoughtfulness extended by friends CO.
workers and organizations on the passing
ef our loved one. WIFE AND FAMILY.