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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
NOTICE CALLING FOR BIDS

NOIlCE CALLlNG FOH blDS
NOTICE Is HEREBY GWEN that
the BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF IMf
PERIAL UNION SCHOOL DIS
TRICT OF IMPERIAL COUNTY
will receive sealed bids for furnish
ing all labor, materials, tranSpOr-
tation and services for repairs and
alterations to the school building
in Imperial California, formerly
known as the County Detention
Home, each bid to be according to
specifications on file with j. Ken
meth Hickox, Clerk of said Board
at Imperial, until August %, 1889.
at 10 o'clock am, and said bids,
will be opened and considered tNu
the office of the Clerk of said
Board at 800 O'Clock, pm, of said
day, the work under said contract
to commence within two days after
date of contract, and shall be fin
iShed on or before September 10,
1899. Each bid shall be accompan-
led by Cashiers or Certified check
or Bid Bond for SO of the bid, the
same to be payable to Board Of
Trustees of Imperial Union School
District of Imperial County,
All bidders must be licensed con-
tractors under the laws of Califor-, =.
mia, and must submit with their.
bids evidence of license being in
effect.
Said Board of Trustees has aScer-
tanned the prevailing rate Of wages
and rates for legal holiday and
overtime work in the locality in
which this work Is to be performed
for each type of workman or mech
anic needed to execute the contract.
the prevailing rates SO determined
being as follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
A PlOW-UNDER
FOR BOOKS
(ChriStian Science Monitor)

(ChrlStian Science Monitor)
A number of librarians echo the exclam-
alton of Ecclesiastes, "Of making MANY
books there is no end" according to dis
cussions reported in a library institute
at the University of Chicago. With an
estimated 100000 books rolling off the
presses of the world, and more than H.
900 of them in the United States, a pro-
fessor of history proposes-not too SER
iously-a kind of AAA crop reduction
program in books.
He contemplates that publishers would
be paid for not publishing histories
which are not scientific, well written. and
significant, and which contain no new
facts or no new Interpretation of old
facts" This, as anyone knows who has
attempted to compile a serious book.
would save incalculable expenditures of
energy on correcting galley proofs and
running down last-minute notifications
of footnoteS.
The history professor naturally thinks
of curtailment in terms of his own realm
but if there are to be subsidies or other
inducements for not writing books, what
about trying to head off some of the pen
ny-dreadful producers before they get
around to unreeling Murder With
Matchstick" or "The Mystery of the Loud
Ooh :"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28

day as long as
you live. And
that Is - what
you are going
to do for a liy-
ing.
Mill on S o |
people h a V e
wasted millions
of years before
finding out what
they were best
fitted to do. Some
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Dale
Carnegie

II you are between sixteen and
twenty years of age, you are faced
with the problem of making a
most important decision-a deci-
sion that will effect you every
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
You re Telling Me-

A survey shows city dogs live
longer than those in the rural sect
ion. And no wonder-the metro
politan pooches don't have to spend
their lives dodging Sunday drivers
II Mussolini gets any stouter the
italian government may face huge
increase in expenditures-for REIN
forcing those balconies he lust loves
to stand on.
One OF the unsolvable mysteries
OF life Is why no matter where you
decide to spread you picnic lunch
it's always on an ant hill.
We are far more athletic than
our grandparents, according to a
noted physician. That's easy to
understand. Cramps didn't get all
the exercise we do in crawling into
and out OF motor cars.
AAAS iiloii az tilC llcSk, WIN
never argues with anyone, says he
is simply exercising the theory of
mind over chatter.
The modern hermit doesn't hide
away in some inaccessible cave. He
simply stays home on Sunday after
noon.
The Scotch export more than
$l00,00O0 900 worth OF whiskey to this
country annually. Though they
don't drink any OF it, well bet they
get a bigger kick out of that item
than the Americans do.
During the early 10th century It's
said the Spanish conquerors used
gold dust AZ salt for their meats
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
One Minute Test Answers

/. Correctly used it is not "of
that kind, race or family" but
identical or the same.
2. A free lance is a person not
permanently affiliated with an or
ganization.
3. Yes. II he Is the child of
American parents.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
TOday's Horoscope

Today's birthday children are
favored OF fortune. They gain
through their own enterprise and
initiative, and their domestic life
will be happy and contented. A
child born today will have a kind,
altruistic nature, be benevolent and
hoSpitable. Such a one will be
cautious, but rather careless and
somewhat lacking in initiative.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Hints on Etiquette

1t may not prevent divorce, but
it would help immensely in pro-
noting and encouraging pleasant
home conditions If husband and
wife answered the mate pleasant
ly instead of swapping when ques-
toned If they happen to be deep
in interesting book or paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
Something Ought To Be Done About Alaska

frontier" and an end OF oppor-
tunity, have this vast area, almost
a continent in itself, at our dis
posal, and we do nothing about it
Nothing? Not quite that. But Ii
terally nothing compared with the
vast potentialities lying there un-
touched
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28

The foregoing schedule of wages .
Is based upon working day of
8 hours. Overtime and work on
legal holidays shall be paid at one
and one-half times the above rates
1t shall be mandatory upon the
contractor to whom the contract
Is awarded, and upon any subcon-
tractor under him, to pay not less
than the said specified rates to
all laborers, workmen and mech
anics employed by them In the
execution of the contract.
said Board of Trustees reserves
the right to reject any and all bids
or waive any informality In the
bid or bid bond. :.
BY order of said Board of Trustees.
DATED: August IL, 1899.
j. KENNETH HICKOx.
Clerk Of said Board.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

One- Wlnutc 1cSt
|. What does the phrase "of
that ilk" mean?
2. What is a free lance?'
g. Can a foreign-born citizen
be eligible to become president OF
the United States?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Words of Wisdom

Neither human applause nor hu-
man censure is to be taken as
the test of truth but either should
set us upon testing ourselves -
Whately.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Thoughts for the Day

And there no more unto the five and
thirteth year OF the reign of Asa-II Chronicles 1919
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28

Goiter is almost unknown among
the Japanese because they eat a
great deal of sea food which con-
tainS iodine,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Photographs

Amber may be picked up on the
coast of L.ithuania on the Baltic.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28

Falconry was so popular in the
days of knighthood, that laws were
passed limiting use of the best birds
to kings and dukes. Lesser mobiles
had the mediocre birds.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28

During the early 10th century It's
said the Spanish conquerors used
gold dust az salt for their meats.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Chevy Chase School
To Stage 'Frantics'

THE Frantics." annual political
satire of the Chevy Chase Junior
College. will be staged March 10 at
the Chevy Chase Womens Club.
This will be its 18th annual per-
formance, and proceeds will be
given to the relief for Chinese
orphans.
The title of this years production
which will have a cast of so girls,
will be Just Listen to This"
Leading roles will be played by
Alice Jean Whit of Oklahoma City
and Eleanor Hamilton of Santa
Monica, Calf.
Music for the show was written by
Jean Ellington of Oklahoma City.
Five of the songs are, the title song,
"Just Listen to This; "On to WASH
ington," "Wishful Thinking" "Des-
tiny" and Balancing the Budget"
Layte Wheeler of New Castle, Pa,
Is in charge of scenery. Lynda Lou
Hokerk. Utica, N. Y. will assist Miss
Wheeler. Media Embry, Kansas
City, Mo-, is in charge of costumes,
that are being designed and made
by girls at the school.
The show will be directed by
Maurice Greet, dramatic director
at the school.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
$40 10 Receive Degrees
Al 6. W. Convocation

Some 370 students will receive de-
grees and certificates at the winter
convocation of George Washington
University Wednesday evening.
Traditionally held on George
Washington's birthday, the exer-
cises will take place at 8 pm. in
Constitution Hall.
The university is recognizing on
this occasion the part that music
plays in the national life, and to
convey its convocation message will
present singer rather than the
customary speaker. Miss Gladys
Swarthout, young American mezzo-
contralto of concert and opera fame
will give a program of songs.
The only address of the evening
will be the charge to the graduates
by President Cloyd H. Marvin
President Marvin also will confer
certificates and award degrees.
A program of orchestral music
will precede the ceremonies and
there will be incidental organ music
during the evening played by John
Russell Mason, librarian of the uni
versity.
Led by the university marshal
Dean Elmer Louis Kayser, and with
the president. trustees, faculty and
graduates in line, the academic pro-
cession will enter the hall at
o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Question Box
To Inspire
Information

The Woodrow Wilson High School
Home and School Association will
conduct Question and Answer
program at its meeting tomorrow
at 8 pm. The purpose is to furnish,
information about the school and
It's administration to interested
parents and others who may wish
to submit questions.
A question box" has been pro-
vided which will be opened at the
meeting. Norman j. Nelson, princi-
pal OF the school, will read the
questions and the answers will be
given by a panel consisting of Mr..
Nelson, other members of the school
faculty and of the Home and School
Association.
Opportunity will also be given at
the meeting for asking additional
questions from the floor. A short
business session, presided over by
William j. Calnan, president of the
association, will precede the open
Ing OF the question box.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Washington Students
Win A. U.-Honors

Though only slightly more than
half Of the students at American
University are from the Washington
area, more than 80 per cent of the
honor group for the last semester in
the College of Liberal Arts are from
washington or nearby MARYLAND.
according to DR.. George B. Woods,
dean OF the college. Honor stu
dents are:
Seniors-Walter Bastian, Margery
Davis, Lois Evans, Justine Fairbank.
Lemuel Fraser, Eliza Goddard, Cath
crime Knockey, Jean Sartwell and
Charles Stewart, all of Washington
juniors - Erva Barger, Frances
Brewster, Ruth Finch, Melvin Fox
Walter Sanderlin, Dorothy Shepard
and Elizabeth Smith of Washington
and John Earle, Brooklyn, N. Y,
and Lillian Hawkins, Harmon, Md.
Sophomores - Frances Cruick-
shank, Edith Hill, Harold Lands
man and Sarah Ann Rapp of the
District; Charles Davidson, Silver
Spring, Md; Clayland Price, Ste
vensville, Md; Eloise Swick, Capitol
Heights, Md, and Nancy Warner.
Germantown, N. Y.
FreshmenyBetty Adams, Ilse In
gle, Virginia Goodwin, Charles
Johnson, Edgar Keller, Codelle
Lushbaugh, Elizabeth Matthews and
Ihomas Newby, all of Washington.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
City News in Brief

TO-DAY.
Meeting, Sigma Phi Fraternity.
Raleigh Hotel, pm.
Tea dance. Delta Lambda Sigma
Sorority, Willard Hotel, S pm.
Dinner dance, Social Club of A. S.
Beck Co., Bamboo Gardens, 7 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, National Symphony
Orchestra Committee, Carlton Ho-
tel. 2:30 pm.
Luncheon. Newcomers Club, Carl
ton Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Washington Execu-
tives' Association, Willard Hotel,
1890 pm.
Dinner, 500 Club, Hamilton Ho-
tel, 6 pm.
Banquet, Knights of Pythias, Will
lard Hotel, 6:15 pm.
Dance, Tall Cedars of Lebanon,
Wardman Park Hotel, 7::30 pm.
Meeting, National Panhellenic,
Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Democratic Women's
National Council, Willard Hotel,
8 pm.
Meeting, D. c. Student Loan
Committee, D. A. r., Willard Hotel,
pm.
Dance. Federal Crop Insurance
Corp, Hotel 2400, 8 pm.
Dance, D. A. R., Hamilton Ho-
tel, 10 pm.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

the Legation, as further adjuncts
for sociability and cordiality.
Particularly intriguing from a
culinary standpoint upon such occa-
sions are the delicious cakes and
other especial tidbits, to which you
are introduced as Nine. Closes "spe-
cials" by members of the Legation
staff. Prepared in the Legation
kitchen. according to recipes used
in her girlhood home, they are abso-
lutely as individual as the flowers
which surround her everywhere, and
the taste of one inevitably makes
you throw discretionary caloric eval-
uation to the wind.
Room Overlooks Garden.
The drawing room, which is OF
spacious proportions, extends almost
the entire rear length of the Lega-
ton and overlooks what Nine. Close
describes as "our bit of a garden. >
In terraced levels, to obtain the
greatest possible advantage from
every square foot of its inclosure
she has already planted bulbs and
certain shrubs for an early spring
Towering. Before summer comes
she hopes to have a succession OF
perennials blooming AS the season
advances, too, the Minister and his
wife expect to enjoy its privacy.
The library which adjoins the
drawing room invites ones soul to
repose and reflects the Ministers S
interest in economics and law, he
having been a successful barrister
before he went into the realm OF
diplomacy.
One of the handsomest rooms In
Washington is the dining room. Pan
eled to the ceiling in native South
African wood. it is akin in color to
the soft, warm tones of our Amer
lcan walnut. Its texture and design
remind one of the lovely crotched
patterns seen in the doors of highly
polished Colonial sideboards. The
dining room table. its matching
chairs and buffet are all fashioned
from this same satin smooth, lus-
trous hardwood. Among the most
recent of the large gatherings fire.
quently entertained in this gracious
room was the party of students from
the Union of South Africa with
their instructors. who visited the
Nations Capital in their educational
tour of the United States.
Both the Minister and Mime. Close
are greatly interested in young peo-
pie and their training for useful cit
izenship as well as in their formal
education, and are devotees of good
music, believing it to be a cultural
asset which should be a corollary
of their student tasks for their fu-
ture pleasure and comfort.
Nine. Close herself takes the great
est personal interest in all of the
details of the management of the
Legation household, as is evidenced
by its shining aspect upon all social
occasions. She believes that every
young girl should be trained to
shoulder her future household re-
sponsibilities, quite as matter of
fact, so that they need not obtrude
themselves as difficulties to be con-
quered later on in life.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Sir Willmott Lewis
To Talk at Struyer Rite

E. s. Donoho, president of Stray
er College. announced yesterday that
Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington
correspondent for the London
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Har|equins 10 Give
) 0ne.Act Plays
|At Catholic u.
Productions Represent
Widely Divergent
Techniques

The Harlequins, the undergradu-
ate dramatic organization at the
Catholic University, and the grad
uate department of speech and
drama are cooperating to produce
three plays today and tomorrow
in the auditorium of the Music
Building on the university campus.
Three one-act plays, each drawn
from different period of the thea
ter Of the past and representing
widely divergent dramatic tech
nique - Thornton Wilder's 1.-The
Happy Journey" the comedia del
'arte and Walter Kerr's "Hyacinth
on Wheels" be presented.
Neither scenery nor properties are
employed in THE Happy Journey"
their presence being left to the in
genuity of the actor and the imag-
ination of the audience. Students in
the graduate department of speech
and drama, Edgar Kloten and Al
fred Loritsch, will direct the play.
The cast includes Rose Rupert and
Mary Ann Kennedy of Dunbarton
College, Helen Jones of Immaculate
and Thomas Murray, John Hutton
and Frank Spitzig of the Harlequins.
The background of the play is sup
piled by the verbal comment of q
stage manager" following the ira
dition of the Chinese theater.
Constructed in Rehearsals.
The 10Th century Italian comedia
del'arte, in which the actors pro-
vided with a basic script improvise
the dialogue as the play progressed,
is not being followed strictly in the
second play, for in the Catholic
University production the entire
play has been constructed during
rehearsals. The final production,
however, is the work of the per-
formers.
Mary Olive O'Connell and Helen
Hickey, graduate students in drama,
are directing this play. The cast
includes Mary Agnes Bier, Frances
Williams and Patricia Hickman of
Immaculate. and John White,
Thomas McKenna, Edward Dough-
erty. George Hayes and Romeo
Martini of the Catholic University.
Play by Instructor.
Walter Kerr, an instructor in the
department of speech and drama at
Catholic University, is the author
Of the third play, "Hyacinth on
Wheels" an original verse-drama.
In this play Mr.. Kerr uses the
chorus to personify an elevated
train.
The author will direct this play
himself. The cast includes Imelda
Coleman, William Coleman, Grace
Mary Colliflower, E. Parker Dupler,
Matthew Schoenbaum, Mary Vir-
ginia Shea and Leo Brady, all of
the Catholic University department
of speech and drama.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Cy Pres Club Banquet
Wednesday Niqht

The Cy Pres Club, composed of
woman law students of National
University, will hold its annual ban
quet at the Shoreham Hotel We'd
nesday night. Representative William
D. Byron of Maryland and Miss
Nina Kinsella, assistant to the di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, will be the speakers.
Miss Ruth c. Marvick, president,
will preside, while those attending
will include Dean Charles Pergler
of the law school, Dean Eugene Ca
rusi of the school of economics and
government and number of women
prominent in legal circles here.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

1 lilies, Will De
t h e principal
speaker at the
midyear gradua-
ton exercises.
The exercises
will be held in
Memorial Con-
tinental Hall on
February %, at
which time 13C
secretarial di-
plomas and 80
bachelor of COM
mercial science
and master of
commercial SCI
ence degrees
will ho c0pforraI
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Columbus u. Announces
Two New Instructors

Appointments Of Chester H. GRAY,
assistant corporation counsel, as
professor Of torts, and Paul r. Con-
way as professor of contracts was
announced yesterday by DR.. John
r. Fitzpatrick, provost Of Columbus
University. Mr.. Conway is a senior
attorney in the division of public
loans Of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
Mr.. Gray will conduct tort classes
In the new freshman law course
initiated this semester. Conway will
teach contracts in the new fresh
man class.
Appointment OF Capt. Corley P.
McDarment, writer and lecturer, as
head of the public speaking depart
ment. was announced yesterday by
Francis J. Mullen. dean of Colum-
bus University's junior college.
George H. Byron has been elected
president Of the junior college fresh
man class. This week he will an
nounce formation of a freshman
committee to sponsor social activi-
Ties among Junior college students.
Arrangements for Columbus Uni
versity's annual senior prom will
be completed tomorrow night, Al
bert Clayton, president of the senior
law class. announced yesterday
The prom will be held Tuesday night
at the Raleigh Hotel and will be at
tended by students, faculty men,
bers and alumni. Proceeds of the
affair will be donated to the univer-
sity's school building fund.
James E. Moriarity, senior law
student and chancellor of Alpha
Mu Chapter, Sigma Delta Kappa
fraternity, announces that proceeds
from the annual crimson and gold
ball, held last New Year Eve, have
been used for the purchase of two
microscopes for science classes in
the university's junior college.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Mrs. Mary Ward Appointed

Paul j. Leverone, principal of the
Columbia Tech Institute, announced
yesterday that Mrs Mary Ward has
been added to the instruction staff
of the commercial art department.
Mrs. Ward has had many years
OF commercial art experience with
various business houses in Wash
ington and also has free lance
clientele, he stated.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

President Donoho also announced
that other activities of commence
ment week will include a dinner
given in honor of the new initiates
OF Sigma Eta Sigma. Strayer honor
society. and closed dance for the
graduates and their friends, both
functions to be held at the May
flower Hotel.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Hoycock to Talk

Robert L. Haycock, assistant super
lntendent of public schools, will ad-
dress the Southeast Council at its
meeting Tuesday at pm. in No. II
police precinct on the school needs
in the Southeast section.
In order that Mr.. Haycock may
have clearer conception of the
wants of the different associations
William A. Maio, president, said that
all chairmen of the Educational
Committees of the affiliated bodies
had been invited.
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Public Address

NeW Short Tern,
Includes:
. Rodio Drill
. Outline Of Course
. Textbook by Your Teacher
. Privote Voice Analysis
. Vocabulary Building
. Diction Drill
. Constont Platform Proctice
. Professional and Gloss
Criticism
. Tone Troining
Begins March 1. Ask for fur
ther details. Learn to speak.
Fluency Is essential to success.
Register: 1 to Z Pm.
The
RenShaW School
Established 1S years
7la eann. Axs. North 69oe
Evening star., 1939-02-19
Report on PIuyorounds

Report OF a special Committee on
Fairgrounds and discussion of sew
eral petitions for liquor licenses in
the neighborhood by store owners
will be the principal business at a
meeting of the Petworth Citizens
Association at its meeting Tuesday
night.
Raymond E. Gable, secretary, an
nounced that the group would meet
at pm. In the Barnard School in
stead OF the Petworth, as is GUS
tomary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-25
Pasniick Hits 625
In Major League

John Pasnick, shooting for Pa
cific Match, rolled 201, 232 and
1872, to register 625 for the only
500 score made In the matches Of
the Major league on the Play Nor
alleys Friday night.
The first half of the Major
league campaign will end with
next weeks play. Two teams.
Columbia Beer and Pacific Match,
have a chance to win the first half
championship. The Columbias lead
the Matchmen by only one game.
Listed among the higher scorers
were: Elmer Haring 553, Mike
Berry 551, Bill Herdman sos, Ben
Overdahl 555. Howard Kennedy
567, Toby Tyler, 551 and Ted
Tadich 557.
No league play is scheduled on
Tacoma alleys until next Tuesday
but all lanes will be open over the
holiday period for practice and
special matches. The Commercial
league will be first to resume its
schedule, rolling on the Broadway
alleys next Tuesday night.
Richfield Hi-octane rolled 2e24
for the high team total of the night
and won two games from Play Nor
alleys.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-25
Bobcats Play
Lincoln Here

Coach Wayne Tolvsnen leads
his t7-man A hefdesn fsohcAs
squad onto the Lincoln hiEA
naples tonight IN = renewal ~
easaha relations between the Ah~z
and kittens. A preliminary TIT
between Tell faenl's Lynx mid.
gets and the japanese Crusaders
opens the bill ~ o'clock.
ilaceln and Ak>Fdeea have
not played sinr~ thc Old mig
nix conference. hrae.
iak Heauism ssa Olympia
along with The nshcai. ard
three Tacoma prep schools.
va. disbanded IN 1888. TIE
Southwest and Cross state
took In the tears after ske
league dl.handea.
Five isttsrwinners form the
nucleus Of Coach Toivanen's M.
chine. which has won three out
OF four practice trays against
strong opposition. Rotheli fell
2s-22 and Valley lost 10 the Har-
boritss. 2e-7i. The Cats split =
iwo-game series with Lonsview.
winning s7.2i and losing si-7s.