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One American economist, watching
the proceedings, made this observation:
Il think the reason why these Euro
pean business leaders are so effective
is that they are their own economists.
They know from experience, and are
theoretical as well as practical. The
American business man hires his econo-
mist just as he hires his stenographer.
True, he does not always take his ex-
pert's advice, but when he gets into
conference such as this he is handi-
capped because he does not understand
the theoretical side as well as he does
the practical"
This comment, while striking, hardly
does justice to some of the American
delegates But 1t certainly does apply
to good many Of them.
Copyright, 1881, by North American News
paper AllianceD
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Babies in the Mo0ies Can Pose Only Thirty
Seconds at a Time Under oSUerf fri Lights.
only BY AcciAent DO They FoIIo0U the
Director'S Desires 7alkies COmplicate
Problem Of Keeping Them Quiet.

Sa5me, III nx haml" she prsuassA
The small darby WIS u m incurHbly sunny
temper however, and merely Krdnned
TN pun his hair" suggested the mgtker.
'D0nf hurt him." warmed the Airect1r.
Taking comb, the w0uld-be aid-tO-art mn
It roughly through the little fellows fnRtch
of kinks. He looked surprised, then thOughtfnl,
but apparently decided n was new play. 40
Cooed and beamed. The scene had 10 be given
up.
In working with very young actors, and with
only 80 seconds leewAy, much d-hbbing"
had to be resorted to when an eight infants
were IN q scene. Young Doug was excellent
ut this In fact, 1t Is reported that he was
marvellous with the double quartet OF babies,
that he knew how to handle them and how 10
make friends with them and seemed as much
ut home with an infant In ms arms as though
he were the father Of a dozen.
Once when concerted walls broke into q
scene he said: Must be feeding ttme!" and
again when yells from supposedly sleeping mites
greeted the entrance OF Slim Summervine he
turned on the comedian with Nov, see what
you've done!" thus saving the scene.
Woman-mters among the very young are
rare but not unknown. Donald Smith, aged
10 months, who played prominent part IN
picture In which he had several scenes with
Mary Brian, is an ardent misogynist, and
hardly a woman came near him. Much di-
plomacy had to be exercised and many bribeS
paid before he w0llld consent to go through his
action with Hollywoods sweetest maiden.
Donald's director Lothian Mendes, has come
to the conclusion that it is useless to direct
babies. He lets them do as they please and
hopes for the best At one point in the picture
Donald was supposed to burst into tears. He
was playing with q spoon, banging It On his
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the same mOtaans-1 perfect exEreasinn Of
delight.
In gne picture they wanted n baby to be
happy and fken to weep. The baby selected
turned cut to be pessimist vino Wept without
ceMsing Whenever he was On the set. At length,
suRme genius supplied him with q bottle full
OF sugar and water. Equipped with this aid
to Joy he registered the required expression;
when the hottie rolled out of his mouth he
shrieked, and the gamut Of emotions had been
run.
Perhaps the youngest acter ever used in a
Mlm was q day-old infant A cameraman went
10 the hollywood Hospital and photographed
the mite In his crib, which WAS fnoRed next to
q window. Only natural light was used and
no ref1ector, but the hRby went through the
eye examination latter for safety:s sake.
VT.HE cost Of hiring Patricia and Anne Swar-
hrick, twins, aged 2 weeks, exclusive Of
stndiO overhead and normal production time,
was I'm excess Of 81 ,00D, o quarter OF which sum
went 10 the young ladies for 10 minutes work
apiece.
Before 1t was possible to employ the young
STEERS studio officials were compelled to nm out
q standard contract form with the Board OF
Eaucation which forbade working he infants
under lights for more than 30 seconds at
time. The time limit set On their employment
was 40 minutes, with periods OF 30 seconds
between shots. at the conclusion OF camera
work lights must be diznmed and silence pre-
vail. A special nurse, doctor and . teacher
must be On hand with q stop watch while
babies are at work, and transportation between
the studio and their home must be provided.
Hobart Henley, director Of this picture, used
q dozen children IN the hlm- he declares that
with children under 3, years OF age dramatic
actinn Is risky, for at Is only by accident that
child win do as his director suggests. Over
3 years old, children especially precocious
movie children-can do as wen as groyn-ups.
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Since It is hard to tel poor performance On
50 young . child he thinks that some very
bad acting has cOue under Juvenile dramatics.
"xt Is mainly CuteneEs that Is wanted, any,
way" he explains ';and in very young children
natural actions are all we nesd."
Sound pictures have hampered directors In
handling children, sinoe signs are not 50 efEec-
tive Is voice direction In the old silent days
rs the camera ground Calling: Gene here,
Betsyl Come here. Betsyl" half o daaen times
~ mnch more effective THAN beck0ning, no
matter how imperative year. Singers may be.
In the Henley picture one child had TO cut
on the curl Of another. There could be but
to be cut After two rehearsals without SciEsDFS
the director plunged into the scene and for
wonder b0th tots came through perfectly.
Many children were used in Western PC
tme. Thirty little ones with their mothers
went ON location into the desert around Yuma,
Ariz.. and I'D Into the wildnerness Of Wyoming.
At Yuma they stayed at the best hotel and
were taken to and from the location In cem-
PORTABLE cars In Wyoming they lived in log
cabins. On location, wherever It was estAk-
HShed, there was q hospital tent where the
bahles were fed and rested, with . doctor and
twe nurses In attendance. MIX and cereals
were dispensed at an hours.
THE Indian claildren uwed In this hlm we're
in the care of ttaeir own tribes and worked
with their own families.
Name of the youngsters had important pAEts,
they were cfiehy atmosphere, but the director
wanted natural ztmospRlere. Not being able to
attract the attention Of the small people by
shouts offstage, tine director arranged 20 have
actors not actually working IN the scene stand
beyond the camera range and walk on their
hands, throw knives or DO ether soundless acts
to interest the infantfle Fhespian 50 that he
would show the proper interest.
Chinese chi1dren needed IN Hollywood pic.
lures are recruited by Tom Guiobfns expert In
Oriental affairs The So Chinese youngsters
cast in Ruth Chatterton's latest picture were
selected, outfftted and trained by MIR. Gnbbins.
The script directed that the children sing two
English songs, and although most of his juvenile
actors spoke only Ia their native tongue, Cub
bins had them letter-perfect in word and tune
after one evening Of rehearsal.
~ChineSe are born mimics," asserts Gubbfns:
"the rapidity with which they learn roles Is
due to their mental a1ertness and obedience.
They love It, too. They win drop any task or
pleasure for one days work at a studio" y
The Chinese virtue Of obedience should be
handed ON to small Americans If they hope 70
make good ON the screen.
One casting director declares that unless an
applicant possesses it he win not even recoma
mend the child for a test.
AZ can tell after a yomgster has been In
my ONCE for two minutes how good his home
training has been,n he confldess& IF sister, or
brother begins pOking around an the drawers
or investigating the objects On top of my desk
and mother says Don't do that hnney-petl and
honey-pet goes right on that child is outI
lCouyright, iesfA
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tray. Accidentally he hit himself and cried
ct the night time
Sound pictures make 1t impossible to tell the
baby anything after the cameras begin grinding,
50 the old devices Of silent days for creating
laughter, such Is ringing bells, Growing, shak-
ing rattles, etc, have had 10 be replaced by
less effective soundIess methods
mfr. Mendes wanted Donald to show happi-
ness. Standing out OF range OF the cameras
he spread out his arms and teetered UP and
down on his toes in sight of the small actor.
The baby caught the idea, gurg1ed and made
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THREE WEEKS OLD AND EARNS SIS A DAY

Constance BeaResr sUith enc Of
she babies used ip o recent pic
rssTe. The screen version of Ekse
sbOry oGlSed for Onty one isfnHE.
bat e sUas necessary 30 hSUe
three present &C The studio %
relieUe each other and q dell
sOms nsed IN rehe1rsaEs.
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BY ALICE Z. YTLDESLEY.

II KWRE Old they ret that WoA-
aerfM Aahv7" ygu cry when
mn yea hnRe watched q very
yUmg nck9r give IN emotional
ner9@mazace On the screen
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
HOld-Up Reported
Near HOltville

Another holdup by two young men
was reported to the sheriff's office
today when man who withheld his
name told officers he mad been halt
ed on the highway three miles north
of Holtville and robbed of So.
The robbers were apparently new
at the game, said the victim. They
appeared nervous and excited. and
IN their haste overlooked 5000 car
ried In his upper pocket and $50 in
another pocket.
The robbery took place at 2:30
this morning, and was Immediately
reported to the sheriff's office. Few
details of the robbery were available
today,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
SUPREME COURT
REVERSES RULING
ON CAR LIABILITY

Word has been received by the
local farm bureau. according to
Scott B. Foulds, secretary-manager
that the supreme court has de-
clared constitutional the new law
on the responsibility of the drivers
of motor vehicles.
This law, passed year ago. pro-
vided that in case of a collision, II
the driver of the car at fault does
not pay whatever Judgment Is
against him, his license plates and
his drivers license will be taken
from him and he will not be per-
mitted to drive car in this state
until Judgment is settled.
The appellate court declared the
law unconstitutional and accord
ingly the state returned a number
of licenses and plates which had
been confiscated. Recently. how
ever. the supreme court has re-
yersed the decision OF the appellate
court, upholding the constitution
atty of the law.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
JAPANESE PAPER
MAKES OFFER TO
OCEAN AVIATORS

TOXIC, April 1S U.P Tht
newpaper Osaka Asahi laid til {
foundation for a trans-Pacific air.
plane race today by offering 10000
yen (about $4,000 for the first
nonstop flight between Japan and
the United States, increasing the
price to 100000 yen if the flyer is
japanese.
The newspaper said the flight
may be made in either direction and
that the offer is open to all avia-
tors, any kind of plane and with
any number in the crew. Osaka AS i.
ahi specified the flight must start
from Honshui, Japan. and end
south of Vancouver. B. c., or begin
south of Vancouver and end at
Honshui. Refueling in the air will
be permitted.
Osaka Asahi. which has possession
of the airplane City of Tacoma
II" used by Lieut.. Harold Bromley
in his unsuccessful attempt TO span
the Pacific, has been discussing the
use of the plane with three other
American aviators.
Two of the applicants for the
plane are Major F. N. Schumacher
Of Denver, Colo, aviation advisor to
China, and Lieut.. Robert Short.
Short claims to hold a power of at
torney from Bromley to dispose of
the plane and he and Shumaker
have considered the possibility of
making trans-Pacific flight.
Another claimant to the plane
was Thomas Ash, who said he had
the backing of Seattle millionaire
to use the City of TacomaII" on
a transoceanic flight of his own.
Seiji Yoshiwara, Japanese flyer,
plans to take off from the Haneda
airdrome April &c in an Amphibian
plane in an attempt to cross the
Pacific. The newspaper Hochi is
sponsoring the venture.
The Osaka Asahi said all contest
ants for its prize must register with
the newspaper and that 1t reserves
the publication rights in Japan to
all news of the flight. The offer is
effective April 20 and will be held
open one year.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
San Diego Man
Hurt In Crash

Harry II. Nolen of San Diego was
injured last night when struck by
an automobile driven by a Negro
who later refused to give his name
to witnesses, but drove away after
stopping for a short time.
The accident occurred on the Yu-
ma highway % miles east of Holt
vile.
Nolen was driving truck and
towing car owned by l.. Marcias.
He had stopped on the highway and
examined the tow rope.
When Nolen stepped from behind
his car he was struck by another
truck, travelling east. Nolen was
going west. Three witnesses were
present when Nolen was struck.
He was rendered unconscious by
the impact, suffering cash over
his right eye, and injuries to his
left knee and right shoulder. They
we're not Of a serious nature.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

Continued from Page u
Gracias A Dios was attacked by the
| insurrectionists. The U. s. S. Men,
phis is now at Puerto Cabezas.
MEXICO CITY, april l8. WP)-
The deaths of American citizens at
the hands of insurrectionists III
Nicaragua this week were due to
their failure "to pay taxes to the
Sandinistas," DR.. Pedro Zepeda.
agent of the Nicaraguan insurgent
| leader, Augusta Sandino, said to-
day.
simultaneously, zepeda m C
public a letter he had addressed to
President Hoover. saying that San
dino would "be the first to cooper
ate" in establishment of peace in
Nicaragua If the United States plan
for withdrawal of the marines is
/ carried out.
The letter congratulated Mr..
Hoover on "the change of policy of
the United States toward Nicara-
gua", expressing the assumption
that the state departments action
| IN leaVing responsibility lor- main
tenance of order in Nicaragua in
the hands of the national guard
would mean the complete with
drawal Of the United States ma
rines.
In explaining the letter, zepedo
said:
THE Americans recently killed in
Nicaragua owe their fate to the
fact that they asked the marines
for protection instead of paying
taxes to the SandiniStas. Other
Americans, particularly the mining
companies in nearby districts. en-
JOY tranquility by paying taxes"
In his letter, Zepeda addressed
Mr.. Hoover in the name of "the
soldiers defending our national SOW
ereignty"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Divorce Scores
Round Over Cupid


Without a marriage license hav-
ing been issued, or even a notice of
intention to marry filed. two inter-
locutory DEGREES of divorce were
filed in the county clerks office yes
terday afternoon.
The interlocutory DEGREES were
granted to Dora Forgona from An
tonic Forgona on grounds of ex-
treme cruelty, and to Victoria Sis
neroz Hates from Dolores Kates on
the grounds that the defendant had
been convicted of a felony.
Final DEGREES of divorce were
granted to Vera Mae Forester from
NJ. f. Forester and to Ziba G. Ash
craft from Helen Vera Ashcraft
both on grounds of extreme cruelty
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Heald Addresses
Local Kiwanians

Elmer Heald. district attorney
~as speaker of the day at Kiwanis
club luncheon at the Barbara Worth
hotel Friday and discussed the SUBJ
iect. Activities of the Commun-
lists"
He traced Communism from its
beginnings to the present day. He
spoke of the first international
congress at London, the second at
Paris and the third in 1919 in Rus
sia.
The speaker also described the
activities of the Communists, how
they organize and the methods they
use. His instructive and enlighten-
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Local Worker Is
Painfully Hurt

C. B. McGrew suffered painful
accident yesterday afternoon when
the crank of the hoist on a wreck
ing car struck him over the eye.
A cash was cut in half circle
about the eye but the organ itself
was not injured, it is explained.
He was working at McGrew
brothers repair shop on Sixth street
when. the accident occurred.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Items Of News
About Town

IT. J. Bensinger, assistant man.
ager Of the Firestone Tire company
branch in Los Angeles, was a busi-
ness visitor In Ell Centre yesterday.
Mrs. w. C. Brewer arrived from
Los Angeles yesterday for a visit
with her husband. Brewer Is en-
ployed at the Pacific Greyhound
stage office here.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
HOOver's Doctrine
Being Watched

CONTINUED from Page u
Gracias A Dios was attacked by the
insurrectionists. The U. S. S. Men,
phis is now at Puerto Cabezas.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
BASEBALL SCORES
National

At CINCINNATI
Pittsburgh ~ 020 022 02l-9 Is 0
Cincinnati ....... 900 02l 030-6 IL /
French and Hensley; Wysong,
Benton, Carroll and Sukeforth.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

At Philadelphia
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
Daily Reports
OF Finance And
Grain Markets

NEW YORK. April l3. (U.p)-Th,
stock market today overcame a er.
rifle bear raid-a bear raid which
saw Auburn Auto lose al points il
short space of time-and finished
higher for the day.
Support which rallied as the mar
ket dropped to new low levels fol
the year, and in some cases lows
which approached the levels of last
December and more, brought the
higher close.
Auburn was the chief figure in the
drastic setback the market took. Fol
time the pool operating in this
stock seemed to have collapsed
From lethargic beginning the mar
ket gained momentum as the Bears
started concentrating. Auburn sag
ged rapidly. 25-30-and down to Al
points below its close of yesterday
1t was at 1876. Earlier in the week
Auburn sold at 295ia. so the low
represented loss of more than 100
points in a week.
United States Steel was sold heay-
lily. 1t touched new low of l3o
and Bears drove to break it under
that point. But there support was
met and the entire market came
back. Steel reached 1872 in the re-
covery. which was gain over the
closing yesterday.
Steels assumption of leadership
on the recovery quickly turned the
trend all along the line. Early
sellers turned buyers. Bears covered.
Tickers ran at top speed.
Even Auburn participated. 1t
came back to 208 and closed at 203,
being off 80 points at the latter
price.
Gains of fractions to points pre-
vailed in the list at the close and
the majority ended the day at the
best levels of the day.
CHICAGO. April Is. UD-
Wheat closed higher on the board
of trade today in very active
session. A big demand for Can
adian wheat. with some sales of
hard winters. gave Winnipeg
strength which was communicated
here. Liverpool was strong and
closed * to one one cent higher
with BuenoS Aires 17s to 1Ssc up at
the last. The five per cent increase
in French milling regulations was
an important factor as were the
dust storms In Canada. Spreading
operations between July and Sep
tember were resumed and the lat
ter month went to a premium over
the former December advanced
sharply. gaining on September but
profit taking brought about a quick
reaction. Corn held to- marrow
limits. closing actionally higher de-
spite heavy selling on the large
receipts and bookings from the
country. Oats followed corn close
ly.
At the close wheat was 7s to l2.c
higher with May unchanged. corn
was unchanged to &c higher and
oats we're unchanged to &c high
er. Provisions were steady to
easy. e
Cash prices were wheat unehang-
ed. corn was unchanged to sc low
er and oats were unchanged.
Receipts were wheat ID, corn liz
and oats l3 cars.
May wheat old closed at .83. May
corn old at .60is and May oats ole
at .30',.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

Rain during the last week In
March caused temporary suspen-
sion of spinach packing In a plant
at Oakdale. Stanislaus County, en-
ploying 200 persons.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
American

At Philadelphia
Philadelphia ... 00l 600 000-l 8 0
Washington ..... 600 200 O0x-2 S l
Grove and Cochrane; Jones, Mar
berry and Spencer.
At New York
Boston ............. OOl 600 O2l O0-Tie
New York ~ 600 O04 600 OO-
CASTOR. Moore and Connolly, De-
berry; Sherid and Dickey.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

ing remarks were greatly enjoyed
by Kiwanians.
Final preparations were made for
a golf tournament between a XII.
wanian and Rotarian team. The
match is to be played on April IS
and 26, with qualifying rounds to
be played tomorrow and Sunday at
the Barbara Worth Country club.
Losers in the tournament will en-
tertain the winning club members
and their wives at dinner and
bridge.
Miss Bea Waters sang solo selec-
tions. accompanying herself at the
piano. w. L. Apple was chairman
of the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18
THE WEATHER

Los ANGELES AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday
with moderate temperature; gentle
shifting winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-18

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Sunday but
cloudy or foggy on the coast: nor
NAL temperature; moderate north
west winds offshore.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-02

LOS ANGELES. Oct =. U.P)-
California's biggest banE robbery
had been solved today with the ar
rest of two asserted leaders of the
bandit gang which secured $4,000
in the holdup of the Belvedere
Gardens Branch. Security First Ma
tional Bank four weeks ago, and
the recovery Of S23,1l3.
One of the suspects. Emmett
Perkins, %, alias Jack Bradley, will
be charged with the murder of
Nathan Black, crippled bookkeep-
er, in a $4,000 holdup last July
police said.
The other suspect was Roy Cant
"a. Both men were paroled ex
convicts, according to Detective
Lieutenant Jack Molina.
Perkins was arrested at the home
of his neither in Belvedere Gardens
after he had been traced to Granite
City. Ill, and TO Jacksonville, Fla.
before returning here voluntarily
to report to his parole officer.
Since the robbery. police said
Perkins has been in regular con-
tact with his mother Someone at
the house had devised n plan to
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-02
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GLORY OF AUTUMN

IT is little bit odd that spring is gen.
orally supposed to be more of a hope
fsl, restless ana unsettling sort of sea-
son than autumn.
Nobody expects much Of fall. 1t Is
collection of melancholy days. it abounds
with chilly rains and raw winds, and it
has funeral overtone that sets poets
and other sensitive people beating their
breasts. Spring. on the other hand
then the young men see visions and the
old men dream dreams and each man
wants to leave the place where he Is and
so places where he has not been.
That, at any rate. is the tradition. But
it doesn't jibe with the facts. Autumn
has been frightfully maligned. 1t is time
justice was done. In most parts of the
country, autumn provides the incest
weather of the whole year. Further
more-since our moods depend so greatly
on what the sun and wind and sky Go
to us-it is time for visions and dreams,
for the birth Of new hopes and the re-
vival of old ones; ; a season In fact, which
does most Of the things spring is sup
posed to do much better than spring
actually does them.
To be sure. autumn brings death and
decay But it works with greater artls-
try than spring, for 1t clothes all IN the
beauty of flaming woodland and misty
field that is breath-taking; it reconclles
us to them it Bonuses US and persuades
us-as supremely great artists do-that
death and decay are only prelimnaries
to a rebirth.
It's hazy air. too, carries a breath OF
vagabondage A morning in May can
incite one to truancy; but on October al
ternoon, when the corn-shocks stand IN
uneven rows like the tepees Of an Indian
encampment on a rolling field, IS the
time when the ped Gods are really astlr.
For then one perceives that the road TO
the end of the earth starts wherever ones
feet happen to be, and there Is apt to be
lust enough of nip in the wind 10 de
lude a man into thinking he can walk as
far as the spirit moves him.
And suppose that we are too mundane
to be stirred by such fanciful things?
Well, in the mere matter of material COM
fort fall offers more than spring. Spring
gets you ready for warm weather and
then sprinkles snow on you. The spring
cold" is proverbial, and the bright days
have an icy sting underneath the sun
shine. Autumn is more honest. You eX-
pect the worst-and, very often, you get
the best.
The old tradition needs revising. Au-
tumn, once you get to understand 1t, IS
the best time of all the year.