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The Record also argues: ''This St
Lawrence seaway will be completed
about the time our national needs have
expanded to provide it with ample busi-
ness-and with gain rather than loss
to the Atlantic seaboard. One other
factor must be considered. Canada can,
and probably will, build this seaway on
her own if We do not ratify the treaty.
In that event this great natural artery
OF water commerce would be in foreign
control instead of In joint control, and
the benefit of that control would all 90
to Canada"
demand for further study Of the
enterprise is made by the Providence
Journal with the contention that the
present agricultural policy of the coun-
try is distinctly in favor of a self
contained economy" and that there
is less public inclination to set up more
competition for the railroads" The
journal says of the other phase of the
seaway; The Federal Government is
not justified in engaging in the power
business. Even if the st. Lawrence
undertaking were otherwise meritoriouS
the stress that Mr. Roosevelt places on
power development is a strong reason
for further weighing of the whole mat
ter before finally committing the Amer
tanned in the pending unratified treaty
with Canada"
Before obligating the United States
to vast expenditures in Canada" thinks
the Roanoke World-News, lit would
seem to be in order to show that some
new traffic will be generated, and that
the vast enterprise will not depend
wholly on traffic it diverts from car
riers already adequately equipped.
Counting interest and maintenance It
will hardly be claimed by any one that
without liberal Government subsidies
the proposed waterways can be operated
as cheaply as the present freight rates
from the Midwest to the Atlantic sea-
board. Minnesota wheat is now laid
down at Montreal for cents a bushei
The proposed st. Lawrence waterways
cannot meet that price without an i'm
mense amount of Government aid"
Objection to the cost is raised by the
New Haven Register in view of the
Nations present debt load" while the
New York Sun feels that IF the Fed
eral Government really wished to SUBJ
sidize the business of exporting wheat,
it could better afford to pay a fiat
bounty" The Wall Street Journal sug-
gests that st. Lawrence transportation
may prove dead horse" and that "oh
the power side 1t might be competing
destructively with private enterprise
now struggling to avail itself of the lit
tie encouragement it gets" The Spring.
field Union sees a conviction that "the
United States would not gain advar-
tages commensurate with the costs in
volved." The Hartford Times remarks
that opposition partly springs from
misgivings that the treaty will put the
Government deep in the power busi-
ness" and the Ashland Independent
argues that "the American people are
keeping their eyes open" because they
have seen politics sink millions in
waterways, ard follow them up with
more millions for maintenance and sub
Sidies.'
Evening star., 1934-01-17

The great mystery smell" Of recent
foggy days brought out many different
Ideas In Northwest Washington house
holds as to its cause.
TITS those wild onions growing in the
lot next door," said Mr.. Brown.
you had better take that cheese of
that mouse trap" Mrs. Jones told Mr..
Jones. Something is the matter with
it,"
II cannot see why you always have to
cook onions the day I stay home" ="
averred MIR. Green.
You should have taken that stuff
out to the garbage can. not left it in
the kitchen over night was the view
of MIR. White.
There's leak in the gas main down
the street" argued Mr.. Black.
THAT manure We used on the rose
beds is not so good" explained Mr..
Gray.
Stink, smell, odor, scent, aroma
People disagree upon these much as
upon other things in life.
What is plain stink In some nos
trils is nothing more than smell in
others.
An odor which strikes one person as
pleasant, even, assails another as dis
tinctly disagreeable.
The peculiar thing is that every one
believes implicitly in his own powers of
smell.
Few doubt the evidences of their own
noses.
Yet nothing is more sure than that
many persons nowadays have very poor
olfactory organs.
u X \
Authentic cases of woodsmen able to
detect scents for miles have been listed,
along with some remarkable instance
of the same power among the brute
creatures. The ability of the blood
hound is at least well known in story,
although very few persons know any,
thing about it from experience.
All these are exceptions. The aver
age person today mas lost something Of
the keeness of scent which distinguished
those of days past, when the quick de-
lection of strange odors was often nee
essary to the preservation of life itself.
Widespread diffusion of such smells
as gasoline, coal smoke, and other
gases in small quantities, has led tc a
bunting of the sense of smell.
y
1t is a well-known fact that a con-
ologists say that this is due to q fatigu-
ing of the nerves.
At the same time there is a general
dulling of this sense there must be
many persons who retain it in all its
vigor
No doubt these are the sensitive ones
who are called flnicky by all their
friends and acquaintances, perhaps
even by their own families.
There is the man who detests-there
is no other word for 1.-THE odor of
onions
Despite the assertion of others. he
cannot help this.
The smell of onions to him is highly
offensive.
He can smell them cooked or un-
cooked. at the beginning of the process
or at the end of it.
He can catch their distinctive tinge
hours later, even after every bit has
been eaten by other-and, he thinks
! less sensitive persons
! Even as he opens his own front door
| he can smell EN-.
| The odor makes him cringe.
He writhes inwardly.
This action may strike another as
somewhat absurd. but surely it would
Evening star., 1934-01-17
Hitlerized Labor.

Organized labor, as such, will cease
TO exist in Germany after May l, in
consequence of drastic law promul-
gated at Berlin yesterday. Under it,
practically all the labor legislation
enacted since the establishment of the
German Republic at the end of the
World War is abolished.
Trade unions are wiped out, strikes
are outlawed and collective bargaining
is done away with Employers prac-
tically become laws unto themselves.
although they may not be banded in
associations. The new decree officially
terms employers the leaders" and des-
ignates their employees as their fol
lowers" The fixing of wages and
working conditions is to be exclusively
within the prerogative of the employers.
What appears to be projected is
tantamount to militariZation of Ger
man labor under the supreme domlna-
ton of the Nazi state. 1t is to apply
to all private establishments employing
more than twenty workers. The new
national labor organization" provides
for system of shop councils which Will
function under the supervision of gov
ernmental labor trustees" While the
Leader" employers have authority to
impose employment conditions upon
their worker followers" the latter re-
tain the right to appeal to the state.
The employer is to be the chairman OF
the shop council, which for the rest
will be composed of elected nationally
reliable employees more than twenty
five years old and at least one year in
the undertaking.
The principle and theory of organized
labor. as it is known throughout the
world, virtually disappeared in Ger
many when, with the accession OF the
Nazis to power last year, the Social
Democratic party was annihllated, and
with it the trade unions, which were
practically Identical with it. But the
German working classes, as such, con-
tiiued to be an individual entity in the
Third Reich. Now, like nearly every
thing else, they are to be thoroughly
regimented within the framework Of the
Nazi totalitarian state and the rights
which labor has traditionally enjoyed
since it emancipated itself from the
feudal system throughout the world
are to be submerged in Germany in the
Evening star., 1934-01-17
Franklin's Dav.

This is Benjamin Franklin's day, the
228th anniversary Of the debut of
the first great native-born American.
Printer, author. philanthropist, inven-
tor, statesman, diplomat, scientist and
philosopher, he Travelled a goodly pill
grimage through the earth to the ripe
old age of eighty-four years and SYM
bolized in himself the quintessence of
the American spirit Of his century.
The embryo Nation was exceedingly
fortunate to have such a representative
at such time, and the present gen.
eraton of citizens never can pay him
too generous homage for the example
of patriotism and devotion which he
furnished and the contribution to uni
versal civilization which he made.
Franklin, it might be asserted with
out violence to truth, was and still Is
the central man of American theology,
the Shakespeare of the Western World.
But his opportunities for practical serv-
ice were larger in democratic society
than the Bard of Avon's were in aris-
tocratic Elizabethan London. It might
be more appropriate, therefore, to COM
pare him to Da Vinci, who, in the serv-
ice of Italian and French princes, was
free to make his influence felt without
regard to the artificial limitations which
too often have hampered genius. The
point is that, like the unparalleled poet
and the painter who personifled the
Rena issance, the Milk street boy who
called himself Poor Richard had the
type of mind and of soul which exer-
oises dominion over human thought and
conduct to the everlasting benefit of
mankind. The men and women of 1884
mighty masters. Because of them the
race is rich and free-they proved the
right of the children of earth to climb
the stars, to storm the gates of heaven
But Franklin never for a moment
presumed to think Of himself as an
individual Of different caliber than his
kind. On the contrary, he. was at pains
to demonstrate that he felt the COM
mon impulses, the common handicaps
the common temptations. Perhaps II
was his conscious effort to maintain
contact with his contemporaries that
rendered him so successful in his labors
He studied and purposefully interpreted
as we'll as created, public opinion. He
went to school to the popular thought
of the period, permitted himself to be
governed by it, submitted to its dis
cipline, and it was for that reason thai
he could sr"ak with such magn'f"Tt
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general political interest Of the new
form Of state which the Nazis' creation
typifies.
1t Is a revolutionary innovation. and
its authors can hardly expect 1t to merit
the approval of other countries which
long since have recognized certain rights
of organized labor as fundamental and
irrevocable.
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matte and quite different from anything
Miss Morgan has done before. It is
dedicated to AL who suffer" and 1t will
undoubtedly be widely read and appre-
ciated. The volume contains a collec-
ton of other poems, some of them new,
and others which have been previously
printed. All of them are related in
some phase of their Interpretation Of
the human soul to the theme Of the
hardships and the joys which strew the
path Of life.
Evening star., 1934-01-17

assurance when he dealt with European
statesmen.
The dictionary might be emptied Of
adjectives in his praise, but what mat
tiers is that Franklin's endowment OF
his country still is operative. His fame
never will fade, his glory never will die.
Evening star., 1934-01-17

Cuba makes it difficult to relinquish
high Office because of some confusion
as to the person sufficiently in authority
10 accept a resignation.
Evening star., 1934-01-17

A system of codes is still observed
with hopeful attention as a possible
means of lessening the distance be-
tween the original producer and the
ultimate consumer
Evening star., 1934-01-17

Many citizens who have had diff
Guilty in learning to count as high as
a billion are wondering where they go
from there.
Evening star., 1934-01-17

Economists are now examining gold
with a view to shutting it in one place
SO that it may be kept under strict
observation.
Evening star., 1934-01-17
A Movable Date.

From the Macon Telegraph.
To be fair about 1t. when Machine
Gun Kelly said he would be out Of
Leavenworth Prison by Christmas he
didn't say which Christmas.
Evening star., 1934-01-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHn.ANDER JOHNSON.

Change of Viewpoint.
I wish that / could ride again
Behind a faithful hoss.
I wish that friends in language plain
Would put their views across.
A slight apology it brings
As on my way hike,
AS go wishing for the things
I didn't use to like.
Perhaps some day I'll wish to hear
The motor horn so loud,
Or see an airplane acting queer
Above startled crowd.
For every generation yearns
An old-time pace to strike
When unto things fond memory turns
We didn't use to like.
Evening star., 1934-01-17
An Extinguisher.
, the Pasadena Post.

From the Pasadena Post.
According to a Cambridge aviator,
hurricanes among the stars proceed at
144,O00 miles an hour. A little difficult
to believe. su"'l a w'n so, >, ''"'g tle
Evening star., 1934-01-17

It is but consistent for Senator Shep-
pard to insist that repeal is itself only
an experiment.
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Evening star., 1934-01-17
The Silver Lining.

The Silver Lining.
Prom the Christian Science Monitor.
Some Americans, no doubt, construe
the present pronouncement on silver
from the Government as an indication
that the well-known lining of the clouds
is about to reveal itself.
Evening star., 1934-01-17
Illiteracy.
rom the Des Moines Register

So many modern educators don't
teach the alphabet that a race is grow
ing up which can't look up a phone
number or understand a Washington
dispatch.
Evening star., 1934-01-17
Brisk Trading.

From the Butte Montana Standard.
Merchants have reported q very brisk
business in post Christmas exchanges.
Evening star., 1934-01-17

Natural:
did you hear my speech on the
radio?" asked the colleague.
ct did," answered Senator Sorghum.
"How did it sound?"
Natural as life. It put me to sleep
in five minutes"
Jud Tunkins says entertainment has
got to be so sensational that some folks
can't be amused by anything short Of
a war scare.
Evening star., 1934-01-17
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got to be so sensational that some folks
can't be amused by anything short of
a war scare.
Price of Gold.
How much will gold be worth today?"
A citizen made bold to say.
"Of course, I know there's none that I
BY any chance could hope to buy.
Politely, none the less, say
How much will gold be worth today"
His wise companion said, "a lot
Depends on how much gold you've got.
If to report 1t you should fail,
Your gold may cost year in jail"
improvements.
Flows your boy Josh doing with his
music?"
Fine" answered Farmer Corntossel.
He traded off his saxophone for a
ukulele, which is easier to play and
can't be heard so far"
Even courtesy may be distrustedp
said HI H0, the sage OF Chinatown. He
who Is invaluably polite cannot always
be absolutely candid"
Candid Professor.
Said the professor, kindly tell
II you have learned your lesson we'll"
then confessed, From A to z,
The alphabet still puzzles me-"
Said the professor, "Can you show
How money values ebb and how?"
answered him in terms direct
Nobody knows" Said he, "Correct!"
Nobody Is q complete failure" said
Uncle Eben. "Dar is always someth1n'
you can make a success of it it's only
cuttin' de gre~s - hin a
Evening star., 1934-01-17

Nobody Is q complete failure" said
Uncle Eben. "Dar is always somethin'
you can make a success of 1t it's only
cuttin' de g~e-s - ~ hin a
Evening star., 1934-01-17
L'AFFAIRE JONES. BY Hillel Bern
stein. New York: Frederick A.

She has been the recipient of many
other honors, both in this country and
in England, as q poet and author. and
she has an imposing array OF member
ships in literary organizations. She has
published at least ten volumes OF poetry
and two novels, the latest OF which re-
ceived high commendation upon its ap-
pearance last year. Her newest con-
tribution Is a book of verse, having for
its title the somewhat startling cry
which Is the theme Of the inscription
poem. -,
The inspiration for Cruelty Mel"
came through the suffering of expert
ences in which the author states that
all material things were swept away,
leaving no barrier between herself and
the masses of humanity, and bringing
her to a point of unity with mankind,
which has given her an understanding
and a happiness that can never be at
tanned by those whose lives are spent
in the security and safety Of wealth
and ease.
In the easy style Of free verse Miss
Morgan has pictured the remorse OF
one whose soul has been awakened to
the misery and helplessness Of the
homeless hordes of men and women
who nightly seek the slim comfort OF a
thin current of warmth through the cell
lar gratings, those whose only bed is the
pavement. The cry for crucifixion is a
plea to the Almighty to bring suffering
and torment to the sou: of one who
has known it not, to arouse the spirit
that in q world of material blessings
stagnates and dies. and to resurrect
the battered and bleeding body with q
renewed life, devoted to an unSelfsh
and sympathetic fellowship with man.
- r~--l is both powerful and dra-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-05
BooTBLACK QUITS JOB

NORTH ADAMS. Mass. (U.P) -
Nicholas Delnegro has shined his
last shoe. On recent Saturday
night, he shut the doors of his
shop and went into retirement. A
bootblack for 81 years, he had been
at the same location since 1906.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-05
IMPERIAL READERS COLUMN

friends in San Diego over the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. d. Hanks were
recent visitors in Imperial as guests
of Miss Mary Lee Moore. Hanks
was a former member OF the Lin
coin school faculty but is teaching
at Seeley the present school year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cox and fam
ily spent the holidays with Cox s
mother, Mrs. j. II. Cox, of High
grove
Elyis Adasr iett Tuesday for a
brief visit with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. +. V. Adair at Ontario. Mrs.
Pat Caradine accompanied him,
going 10 Pomona to bring her
mother here as her Thanksgiving
guest.
Mrs. Charles M. Preble. mother of
A. Y. Preble, spent the holidays
With her son and his family. Mrs.
Preble is spending the winter in
Jacumba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Bowman
spent the weekend with Mrs. Bow
man s parents at Burbank.
Mrs. Pinckney Poor and son spent
the past week in Imperial with Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. Poor and sister
Dottie Mallory.
Miss Lois Cook spent the Thanks
giving holidays in FL Centre With
her mother. Mrs. Cook. Miss Cook
is teacher in the Lincoln gram
mar school.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Boyd are va
cationing in San Diego and nearby
beach cities.
The following students received
cash prizes for the selling of tickets
TO the Senior class play "Believe 1t
or Not. > Pauline McElroy received
first prize $3.50; Donald Hicks, sec
end prize $l.50 and Hortense Tay-
lor received third prize of $1.OO.
George Conley spent the holidays
with his family in San Bernardino.
DR.. and Mrs. d. B. Marchus and
family spent the holidays with the
dcctor's parents of Escondido.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Carter spent
the holidays in Los Angeles with
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Olga Poole and children
Jane and Junior were the Thanks
giving dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Anderson of CaleXico.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mort Snyderwind
had as their guest over the holi-
days Mr.. and Mrs. Howe OF Los
Angeles.
Claude Wynn. Ted Watson and
Steve Corporis all of the Army and
Navy Academy in Pacific Beach
spent the holidays at their respect
i've homes, Claude and Ted in I'm
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-05
EASTERN STAR
INSTALLATION
At IMPERIAL

The Masonic han was the scene
of a lovely ceremony Tuesday eve
ring when the Imperial Eastern
Star officers were installed for the
coming year. Music through the
ceremony was provided by Willie
Alice McChristy in whistling mum.
hers, accompanied by Virginia Rae
Preble; violin solos by Mrs. Lee
Landerman, accompanied by Mrs.
Russell Bennitt; and vocal solos by
Marjorie Rawlings of Tustin, ac.
companied by her sister Mrs. L. E.
Hess.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Hudson acted
as the inviting matron and patron;
while installing officers were Mar
garet Rau, worthy matron assisted
by Mrs. Ethel Varney and Miss
Estella Falla: Emil Krepla, install
ing patron; Evelyn Powers, install
ing marshall; Laura Webb, install
ing chaplain; and Ethel Baugh, in
Stalling organist. Mrs. Esther Kava
naugh, Holtville, deputy grand
matron, received a special escort.
Following the ceremony refresh
ments were served and the officers
presented with corsages.
Five little girls representing the
star points and dressed in attractive
cellophane cotumeS in colorS of the
corresponding star points, were
Marilyn Ingle, Mildred Webb, Joy
Lawson, Barbara Cox, and Shirley
Rau.
New officers installed included
Ruth Cox. worthy hatron; Ralph
Powers, worthy patron; Esther
Ingle, associate matron; Fred Cox,
associate patron; Mabel Edgar,
secretary; Evelyn Powers, treasurer;
Elena Swinney, conductreSs; Lillian
Brock. associate conductress: Laura
Webb, chaplain; Helen Niles, mar
Shal; Margaret Rau organist; Mat
tie Stewart. Adah Ethel Baugh,
Ruth; Addie House. Esther; Lelie
ester, Martha; Hazel House. Electa;
Hilda Nelson, warder; and Mildred
Sayidge, Sentinel.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-05
NEW
DEVELOP NENT
IN TULSA PLOT

TULSA. Dec. 5 (UP)-The states
case against Philip Kennamer, 49,
year old son Of a federal court
Judge charged with first degree
murder, was complete today. but
investigators still sought informa-
tion that may embroil a number Of
youths in criminal charges of a
less serious nature.
Young Kennamer, whose father,
Federal Judge Franklin E. Ken
hamer. Sr., is widely known for his
stern dealings with criminals, has
confessed he shot John Gorrell, %,
Thanksgiving night. He said it was
self defense. Gorrell'S father. Dr..
John Gorrell. has employed a spe-
cial prosecutor to represent the
family in the trial.
Homer Wilcox and his sister, Miss
Virginia Wilcox, were still in the
east on a shopping trip" and
police who wish to question them
will have to wait until they return.
Both were friends Of Gorrell and
Kennamer. Their father, H. F.
Wilcox, Sr., millionaire oil man,
was to have been victimized in an
extortion plot the state says Cor
rell and Kennamer were involved
n.
H. B. MadduX, detective sergeant,
and Detective George Reif left
Tulsa last night on a mysterious
errand. MadduX has been in charge
CT the murder investigation He and
Ref were armed with a machine
gun when they left.