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the conception of the child to plan
for its future. At such times they
are likely to open a savings account
not only to meet the expenses of
childbirth, but also that the child
may have something to carry it
through the adolescent years.
1t is just as important that the
mother begin to open in her own
body physical savings account for
the growth and development of the
infant.
She must watch her diet, she
must scrutinize her activities, so
everything that she may contribute
to the production of sound infant
will be contributed.
No longer should the physician or
the obstetrical specialist be called
only in the emergency of the mo-
ment. He should be consulted just
as soon as the mother realizes that
she is to have a child.
All of this is covered by the SUBJ
ject of prenatal care. It is the
means Of preventing many deaths
Of mothers and infants.
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1 cannot help thinking,'' says Lord Hugh Cecil
speaking before the Anglican church assembly ir
London, what pity it is that the attitude of the
bishops is like that Of MI Piclwick in being always
on the side of the largest crowd
When war is popular, you lear eloquent speeches
about the uplift and opportunities for sef-sacrfce
given by war and the heroism of soldiers When, ten
years after, is very unpopular we have resolu-
tons in favor Of peace"
Lord Cecil, years AFTER has reiterated thought
eloquently expressed years before the World wal
broke out Mark Twain in his Mysterious Stranger
wrote of war;
There never has been just one, never an honor
able oneon the part of the instigator of the war
can see million years ahead and this rule never will
change 4 so many as half dozen instances
The loud little handful-as usual-wiu shout for
The war The pulpit will warily and cautiously OBJ
JeeGat rst the great big, dull bulk of the nation
will rub its sleepy eyes and try to make out why there
should be war; and will say earnestly and indig-
unity, it is unjust and dishonorabe and there is nc
necessity for it,
"Then the handful will shout louder few fair
the other side will argue and reason against
the with speech and pen and at first will have
hearing and be applauded but it will not last long:
those others will outshout them, and presently the
anti-war audiences will thin out and lose popularity.
Before long you will this curious thing: The
speakers stoned from the platform and free speech
strangled by hordes of furious men who in their
secret hearts still at with those stoned speak
ers-as earlier-but do not dare to say SO.
land now the whole nation-pulpit and aI-wi
take up the cry and shout itself hoarse, and mob
any honest man who ventures to open his mouth an6
presently such mouths will cease to open.
Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies put
ting the blame upon the nation that is attacked and
every man will be glad OF those conscience-soothing
falSities, and will study them diligently, and refuse
to examine any refutations Of them.
"Thus he will by ana by convince himself that the
war is just and will thank God for the better sleep he
enjoys after this process of grotesque deception
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Dies in Torrent

CPENT the early part Of Saturday
- eve at a movie, where the lights
went out during a heavy shower,
and the latter part listening to tales
Of stalled tourists as they struggled
into the lobby of the Defining hotel.
1t must have been a real cloud
burst at Wellton. Not only was the
town flooded and all connecting
bridges carried away, but in one
place the roadbed actually was
washed out Of existence.
Three or four hundred cars were
caught. It took all day Saturday
for the state highway department to
pull them out with caterpillar trac-
tors.
One woman was drowned while
she, her husband, and her daughter
tried to wade away from a stalled
car. The three clasped hands, but
the pressure of the roaring, muddy
torrent was too much. They be-
came separated, the husband land
ing in the top of a mesquite tree,
the daughter against a barbed wire
fence, while the wife and mother
was carried half a mile to her
death.
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SCIENCE
.RY DAVID DIETZ-


NetO Movie Film Expected to
Effect Vast improvement
in Making of Sound Pic
lures.
VAST. important technical I'M
' proyements are expected in the
making Of sound movies as the re-
suit of the development Of q new
movie film by the Eastman Kodak
Company.
It is reasonable to suppose that
these technical Improvements will
be followed by artistic improve
ments as a result Of the decrease
in the difficulties of recording
scenes.
The new film, which Is three
times as fast" as those now In use,
was described for the first time by
a representative Of the Eastman
company at a meeting Of movie
oficials In Hollywood, Cal, accord
ing to information from the East
man company.
The new film cuts down the
amount of light needed for making
a movie, thus reducing not only the
cost of making finn, but also re-
ducing the heat and glare which
accompanied the old use Of intense
lighting.
Motion picture engineers are
quoted as saying that the new film
marks the greatest technical adj
vance since the development eight
cen years ago Of panchromatic film
the film which made it possible TO
record scene with proper and I'M
distorted tonal values.
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Task for a Giant

XXTHAT a giants task that was!
w In great race, the Colorado
had burst its banks and made a
new channel through which it was
emptying into the Salton sea.
The Salton sea is dried-up lake,
lying far below sea level. The I'M
perial valley, richest garden spot in
America, is situated at it's southern
end. If it were to be refllled, the
imperial valley would disappear.
Go down and stop that river, %
wired E. H. Hartman from New
York and the Southern Pacific got
busy, dumping not only thousands
of trainloads of rock into the abyss,
but some of the trains themselves
and an engine now and then for
good measure.
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One BRIGHT SPOT

THE highway east is still i'm
l. passable at Wellton, and prob
ably will remain so for another
twenty -four hours. Barring rain, it
would be open by Tuesday morning,
but you can't tell much about rain
in this country.
When I began to write this
column, the sun was shining. Half
way through, Jupe Pluv opened up
another downpour. Right now the
sun is shining again.
Tucson reports more showers,
there is ten inches of snow at Flag
staff, and the weather bureau re-
fuses to commit itself.
But it's a queer rain that does
nobody good. Sunday afternoon
brought news that the price of
lettuce had doubled on reports of
crop damage in the Imperial valley.
That made people around here
happy, since their farms are on
higher and better drained ground.
They say that the flood has a
bright side and that all one needs to
see it is sense of Yuma.
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About the iInkieS'

THE change from silent to talk
ing movies introduced technical
problems into the making of movies
far beyond the dream OF the lay
man.
It necessitated at once the eliIni-
nation of arc lights, which had pre-
viously been used to light scenes.
This was because of the kissing and
suffering of the arcs, a matter OF
no. concern in the making OF silent
movies, but an impossible handicap
when the microphone was intro
duced.
Incandescent lights were intro
duced into the studios. Out in Hol-
lywood, they call them 'inkies" for
short.
The 'inkies" we're found to con-
tain a higher proportion Of red light
in their spectrum than did the arc
lights.
Because of this, and because Of
the lower luminosity of the @inkies,
the cameras had to be operated
with the diaphram more open.
This in turn cut down the depth
of focus. In other words, actors
had to be kept closer to the camera
than before, thus restricting their
range of activity before the camera.
If actors moved out of certain
restricted plane, their outline be
came blurred and fuzzy.
The Eastman Kodak Company an
nounces that its research depart
ment began to work on these prob
lembs three years ago, when the diff
ficulties of making talkies were re-
allied.
The new film represents three
years work in the company's re-
search laboratory.
With the new film, it is expected
that the movie people will find that
they again can stop down" the dia-
phrams of their cameras, and re-
gain the old range of action.
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A CHILD psychologist in Georgia
4 named DR.. Mandel Sherman
has been making an investigation
to find out how many different ways
child can annoy parent.
I don't know whether he figures
it double if both parents are an
noyed. At any rate, he's figured out
2,124 ways.
His system was to ask the CO.
operation Of thirty-two people. Each
of them went around with a little
notebook and kept a record for each
day.
Whenever Junior got on their
nerves they put a small cross in the
boot and then sent the details tc
the inquiring psychologist.
The doctor admits that in some
cases the parents got the children
coming and going. Thus, one moth
err would confess her annoyance be-
cause the small boy Of the house
was SO dreadfully dirty and untidy
while the father sent in the COM
plant that his young daughter al
ways was combing her hair and fix
ing herself up. It seems there's nc
pleasing parents.
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been going along on the theory that
they punished their children in the
hope of making them better citi-
zens when they grew up.
There can't be anything much in
that. Millions of youngsters have
been spanked over and over again
and grown up to vote Republican
just the same.
Even the system of putting Willie
to be dat o'clock in the evening
isn't just for Willie's health and
well being. 1t represents an attempt
to get him quiet If possible.
This notion that there is a special
kind Of morality in early hours runs
all through society. I see that the
police commissioner has fallen a
victim to it. He wants a / o'clock
curfew for all night clubs and cab
arets.
Copyright, 1881, by The T!mes)
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Questions and
Answers

What country exports the largest
amount # sea shells?
Oceania is the greatest exporter
of mother Of pearl shells, and the
bulk of the other shells come from
Newfoundland and Labrador. A
number of other countries export
shells, but not in such large guam
titles.
What is white plague?
Another name for tuberculosis.
Which is the more formal saluta-
ton, Dear Mr.. Brown or My Dear
Mr.. Brown?
The latter is more formal.
Are there bridges across the
Panama caraI?
There are walks across the Pan
anna canal at the locks and at Pedro
Miguel there Is a small ferry for
automobiles.
Who played the title role In
Nina" produced by David BeIasco
in 1928?
Lenore Uric.
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ZZANSSSs
97doAHF bfTk9s.
ANNIVER$ARYI
DECATuR,S EXPLOITS

Feb. is
ON Feb. Is, 1904, Stephen De-
" catur led small party which
burned, in the harbor Of Tripoli, the
American frigate, Philadelphia,
after its capture by the Tripolitans.
The Philadelphia had been sent to
Tripoli with other frigates to take
action against that country for mo-
testing American shipping.
The frigate was captured when it
attempted to chase an enemy cruis-
er and struck a reef. The Tripoli-
tans surrounded the helpless boat,
1oated her, and brought her under
the guns Of fort.
The officers became prisoners Of
war and the crew, 800 or more in
number, were put to hard labor. On
the night of Feb. Is Decatur ran
into the harbor, boarded the frigate
within half-gun shot of the pasha's
castle, drove the Tripolitan crew
overheard. set the ship on fire, re-
manned alongside until the flames
we're beyond control, and then
withdrew without losing a man.
Admiral Nelson has called this
exploit "the most daring Of the
age"
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Silence Not Golden

L IMAGINE that this record OF
4 2,124 devices to annoy the grown
ups all could be summed up in the
old story of the father who was OPP
pressed by a prolonged silence in
the playroom and shouted upstairs,
Johnny, whatever it is you're do
ing, stop it right away"
And it seems to me that this COM
pilation would have more scien-
tific aspect if it included some &C
count of the number of ways in
which parent can annoy a child.
There should have been little
notebooks for the kiddies so that
they could do some jotting on their
own account.
And whenever the command
came, GO upstairs and wash your
face, and don't forget the back OF
your ears"-when that happened
some father or mother would get a
black mark in the book.
I'm not unfriendly to children.
I'm much more friendly than the
inquiring psychologist who seems
disposed to put the fault entirely
on one side.
If I sit down to read murder
mystery melodrama and a small
son of mine wants to beat drum
around the house at the same time,
there is a clash.
I am, let's say, right in the middle
of the chapter where the radio an
nouncer is found in the middle OF
Studio 6, lying on the floor with an
ivory paper knife through his heart.
It's a good story. I can't tell how
it's going to turn out. There are
so many people to suspect. Almost
anybody would like to kill a radio
broadcaster if he got a good chance.
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Peoples Voice
10 North Illinois street.

ITO North Illinois street.
Editor Times - The Democratic
state chairman, together with his
candidates, adopted the resolution
to reduce taxes, by putting all coun-
ty officials upon straight salary
basis instead of the fee system. This
resolution was adopted as a result
of a popular feeling OF opposition
to the excessive expenditure Of
money over the state.
To date, 366 bills have been pre-
scented in the house, but none Of
these has any bearing upon the
above subject.
Knowing what the platform con-
tanned, the legislators seemingly
have gone to work and evaded their
platform pledge to put all county
officials on a salary basis, until such
a time as it appears impossible to
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have the bill passed, against the
will, I would say, of 80 per cent of
the taxpayers of Indiana and have
needed the remonstrances Of a few
counties, such as Lake.
In other words, is it going to be
the policy to continue to permit a
few of the counties containing the
larger cities to dictate the manner
in which salaries shall be paid?
It seems apparent that those VIII
rarron the Democratic ticket for the
legislature knew not what this plat
form contained, or else each Of
them is slipping his pledge and
merely used it as a pledge among
themselves to gain votes.
A TAXPAYER.
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M. E. Tracy
The Desert Not Only Goes
Vet, but It's Submerged
By Rushing Torrents.
SAYS

Wet, but It's submerged
By Rushing Torrents.
Yuma Ari7-' Feb. is--Mar00nedl
a The desert not only has gone
wet, but has sunk.
Ordinarily an oasis, this little city
of sunshine now is an island.
Friday afternoon traffic was
stopped by the washout at Wellton,
thirty-four miles east. Saturday
afternoon the Imperial valley went
under, sixty miles west.
Drove through the Imperial val
ley as it was submerging. Acres Of
lettuce, with the top leaves just
above water, acres Of citrus fruit,
knee-deep; intermittent sheets OF
rain, between which lowering black
clouds we're visible on every hand.
Old Sol showed his face for half
an hour or so before going down
behind a thunderous horizon and
flooded the sand dune country with
golden glory, but at 8 o'clock it
was pouring again in Yuma.
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= . .
Hurts Me More

T OTIS of children don't mind
IL spankings so much. What they
resent is the moral overlap.
Even small person knows the
fake lying in any claim, This hurts
me more than it does you" He
realizes that if this actually were
true there wouldn't be any spank
ing.
And for centuries parents have
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas rlost inter
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this uaper.-Tha Editor
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A Not Distant Drum

A ND just at the moment when
N I'm following the detective in
his search and wondering what viii
come out Of the clew Of the bunch
Of orchids, the size Is shoe and the
two tickets for. the symphony con-
cert there comes to my ears the
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XXTE must not proceed on the as
w sumption that the human be-
ing as we know him today is the
best possible human being that ever
can be developed.
We need only to look at some of
the contributions already made to
realize that the application of
scientific knowledge to growth and
development of the child may in
crease happiness, vigor, and achieve
ment for the future.
The girls who entered Vassar col
lege twenty-five years ago were on
the average for the same age three
inches shorter and seven pounds
less in weight than girls who enter
Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley COL
legeS today.
The reasons for these differences
lie in the application of modern
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A well has been discovered in Illinois which spouts
mud 200 feet high every half hour. A mushroom
growth of beauty shops on the site is foreseen.
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Yale freshmen recently asked Dr. Einstein list
Of questions on relatively. And thought all the
time there wasn't anything a freshman didn't know.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Prenatal Caution Is Important

This is the third of a series of four
articles by DIR. Fishbein on child prob
lens.
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Daily Thought

Woe to him that buildeth a town
with blood, and stablisheth a city
by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 2:12.
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D Il DkC. N1U1GNIS EI6I1DEIIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
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A good thing can't be cruel
Dickens.
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Copyright. 1881. by The T.mes)
The Washington times., 1931-09-19
TRUMP
ON CURB MART

NEW YORK. Sept. 19 GN.S.).
Bearish forces again swept tri-
umphantly through the list in
Curb Market dealings today, as
a d.. new barrage of. selling, re
lentless and persistent in char
acter depressed prices of stocks
to new record levels for the pro-
tracted bear market period.
The utility group: continued its
drastic process of deflation. Com
monwealth Edison broke 4 points
to 1884, Consolidated Gas of
Baltimore dropped ga to S2B,
Duke Power fell off 314 to S9A.
Electric Bond and Share sagged
11s to 2234, and declines of a
point and'more were sustained in
American Gas and Electric, Amer
ican Superpower, Associated Gas
and Electric, A. United Light and
Power. Middle West Utilities, and
Electric Power and Light war
rants.
Oils fell in line with the gen
eral downturn in prices. with
Gulf off 1 point at A. Standard
of Kentucky off IA at 1872.
South Penn off / at is, and
Standard Of Indiana off at
22A.
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Army Orders

Major Robert l.. Tebbitt, Medi.
cal Corps, to Letterman General
Hospital, Presidio of San Fran
cisco, Calf.
Capt. Carroll H. Newell, In.
fantry. to the Salt Lake City High
Schools, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Capt. Lincoln, F. Daniels. In
fantry. to New York University,
New York,
First Lieut.. Walter D. Buie, In
fantry, to Hawaii.
Capt. Holland S. Chamness. In
fantry, to Pomona College, Clare
mont. Calf.
First Lieut.. Arthur N. ZiAgler,
Infantry, to San Francisco High
Schools.
Lieut.. Col. Guy v. Rukke, Medi-
cal Corps, to be retired.
Capt. Don Longfellow, Medical
Corps, to the Army Medical Mu-
scum, Washington. D. c..
First Lieut.. Ralph r. Sears,
Quartermaster Corps, to Porto
Rico.
Second Lieut.. Thomas Kent, Air
Corps 1nfantry), to the second
division. Fort Francis E. Warren,
Wyoming.
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Navy Orders

Comdr. Leo L. Gindley to duty
as aide on staff commander base
force and additional duty as force
material officer.
Lieut.. Charles A. Whiteford to
duty as engineer officer, U. S. s.
Oglala.
Lieut., willard s. Sargent
(M. c., to U. s. Naval Hospital,
Charleston, s. C.
Lieut.. q. g. Clifford C. De
Ford ID. c.; to duty Norfolk
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
Lieut.. John M. Holmes Is. c..
to duty Navy Motion Picture Ex-
change, New York.
Lieut.. Miehae j. Kirwan
tareS.
Lieut.. comdr. valentine j. Nc
Manus &C. e. c., to duty Navy
Yard, Pearl Harbor, T. H,
Lieut.. Comdr. Edward c. Sci
bert &c. E. c., to duty Navy
Yard, Pearl Harbor, r. H.
Lieut.. q. g. Walter e. Eckberg
&C. E. c.. to duty as public
works officer Seventh Naval Dis
trict.
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IN AUGUST
JOBS AND PAY

Despite seasonal employment in
crease in the canning, and coal
mining industries, the Department
Of Labor today announced a de-
crease of o.S per cent in employ
ment from July to August. with o
decrease Of IL per cent in earn
ings. The figures are based on
reports from 46.917 establishments
in IS major industrial groups, hav-
ing on August 4. 583,2 employees
with a combined weekly earning
Of sos, ,527, ,49l. :
Increased employment was shown
In the canning and preserving in
custry with 1913 per cent; anthra-
cite mining, 3.4 per cent, and
bituminous coal mining. 0.S per
cent.
Decreased employment was
shown in the other IL groups,
ranging from wholesale trade, 0.3
per cent, to dyeing and cleaning,
SO per cent. - a..
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COTTON PRICES
REEAS|ER

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 G.NSJ.
The New York Cotton Market
was slightly easier. during the
early trading. today, all months
making new lows for the season.
and being at the lowest level in
80 years.
Trading was in heavy volume
and the market was somewhat
confused. The trade and other
shorts made covering purchases
in the, Liverpool market. Although
heavy selling pressure came from
the South, New Orleans and spot
firms, considerable resistance de-
veloped in the form Of trade buy
ing and speculative support at
limits under the market.
Ring observers reported a num-
ber of 5,000-bale blocks wanted
at a point or two under the open
ing prices. There was heavy
liquidation of october for the
first notice day, next Friday. This
was taken up by spot firms
against sales of more distant
months.
Futures we're easy at the close,
with October at 6.19. off IA; De.
cember at $40, off 16: January at
$50, off Is; March at 6.68, off 16:
May at $50, off 13; and July at
7.0S, off S.