The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-08-10

THIS WEEK


nigh peak throughout the nation, de
positors having Increased In the past
six months BY 27S.S90. The total num-
Der Of individual depositors Il now
13,6S8,947. and total deposits are near
" ten thousand million dollars, q good
deal Of money.
That Is good news for those that
have something and know enough to
save part Of It. It means, however,
that many open or increase savings
accounts because they do not know
any other safe way to invest money,
and that Is not SO cheerful. Good
times depend on new ventures, bring
Ing more employment.
Steel production, q sort Of indus
trial and prosperity Indicator, ID down,
of 81 per cent In a week. Total pro-
duction Is only about one-Quarter Of
what the industry could do. Dull steel
production means a dull labor market.
Steel makers look for. Improvement
this month and next from automobile
makers. %'5
The automobile news Is more cheer
Unpleasant proof that citizens are
''lifting up their hearts" and beginning
to spend again. s5f
The shortest great love song in his
tory seems to be the one that Hitler
and Mussolini, with heads thrown
back. sang recently In Venice.
It's a complete divorce Of dictators
now. and because Of that little rift
within the lutte France and Italy are
said to be drawing closer together.
They were far apart before Dollfuss
was killed. Political and other assas-
sinations are never profitable. One,
twenty years ago. started the great
war. $%'f TIKI
This Dollfuss murder breaks up a.
beautiful budding friendship between
dictators. and threatens Germany with
complete national isolation.
Marie Dressler Is dead. after Z brave
fight against death. The world learns
from her that success depends ON
brains and courage. She lost the good
looks Of youth. shortly after forty. 20
Mr.. Ziegfeld decided that he could not
give her work. a. he hoped to do. She
struggled. u~nsuccessfully, for fourteen
years. lost all her savings, never lost
her courage. And when she died. ct
sixty-two. she was one Of the greatest
successes in moving pictures, most
highly paid. respected and admired,
with no help from any beauty parlor.
Moving picture men should notice
that Miss Dressler was able to earn
great profits for her producers, In
plays not immoral, clean plays deal
ing with the normal interests Of nor
NAL human beings.
The Bible says that to 'shim that
hath shall be gwen" and many New
York landlords perhaps remembered
that when they read the gigantic
Rockefeller building enterprise in New
York called Rockefeller Center %
'out Of the red" self-supporting, with
80 per cent OF space rented. Good
news for an undertaking that cynics
called "a great white elephant
Optimists look upon Rockefeller
Center success al proof Of improve
ment In business. Wise men know
that It il another proof Of Rockefeller
efficiency.
Not bidding for tenants from other
buildings at cut rates, MI. Rockefeller
has brought tenants from afar. includ-
Ing extremely important tenants from
Europe. and has built mp Z business.
ne~ighborhood Of his own.
The government u willing, and
would like to spend about $600.O00,000
on it, PWA public works program In
New York. but strikes may prevent.
Labor leaders complain that men get
ting 50 to 90 cents an hour should b
replaced by more highly skilled men
getting $1.45 to $1.s5 pen hour. There
are internal labor troubles also. based
ON quarrels ~ to Jurisdiction among
different unions, two or more claiming
control Of the same job.
Soviet Russia finds herself In posses
sion Of 4 great treasure, thanks to
the Greek church which she has treat
ed 20 harshly. The churches and
cathedrals, now government property,
are said to contain hundreds Of mil
lions worth Of precious objects, sacred
images, sikons." framed in solid gold,
and huge doors Of massive silver. One
image Of the Virgin Is said to have
been ornamented with more than 1000
diamonds. Of which many had been
stolen.
The British government Is learning
more and more about airplanes and
their importance In the next 4 a
recent experimental .air attack ON
London shows that enemy bombing
planes would do .heavy damage
making direct hits on important build
ings.