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Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-19

would have been printed had it been
news 1t was not. 1t was, purely and
patiently, piece of propaganda intend
ed to discredit the irrigation district.
The credit of the irrigation district
is the credit of Imperial Valley. If the
district is worthless, then the valley is
worthless, and its people are worthless.
If that is the case, any investment here
would be the height of folly. We do not
believe this is the case.
1t is our duty to print news, but it
also is our duty to discriminate between
news and propaganda, and there can
be no worse sort of propaganda than
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-19
ANOTHER KIND OF PUBLICITY
BEGINS AT HOME

Wilbur O. Emerson's article, mention
ed above comes at a propitious time.
1t is light against darkness, white against
black 1t is the direct opposite of anoth-
er type of publicity, propaganda-call it
what you will-the purpose of which is
political but the affect of which is eco
nomic We hope the disseminators Of
this propaganda do not realize what
success of their efforts would mean to
the valley. We do not like to think
that any group would, with malice afore-
thought, attempt to ruin the credit struc-
ture of an entire community by trying
to build up distrust of that community
everywhere.
Chairman Evan T. Hewes of the I'M
perial Irrigation District, in letter to
the editor of this newspaper, says, in
part:
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-19

Last week there appeared in several
valley newspapers an article in which !
was quoted as stating that there will be
no profits from the districts power
program for several years.
Il have never, at any time, made such
a statement, and hereby deny the above
accusation | did state that there would
be no power profits available to apply
on our present bonded Indebtedness for
several years. The profits from district
power under the terms of our All Amer
lean canal contract, must first be ap-
piled on the payments of the canal.
81 did not mention tax rate of So or
SO. 1t is impossible for any board men,
ber to anticipate the amount of the tax
rate for next year, without knowing
what the district assessors valuations
will be for that year 1t is very obvious
should the assessors valuations be
lowered another SIS, 100000 next year as
they were this year, naturally the tax
will be higher in proportion to the low
er assessed valuation, even though the
amount of money to be raised by the
district would be the same"
This paper did not publish the article
mentioned by Mr. Hewes, although
the article was offered from the
same source which sent it out over the
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-19

Ses''CiAASAo iiASVNcNt vi tCIllCIS.
90
Some one tells me mystery ar.,
adventure writer's do their dandiest
work buried in some bleak outpost
for the winter. Arthur Soners
Roche wrote Loot" and "A Scrar
of Paper" on an icy sweep of the
Maine coast-when fod and finances
were low. Herbert Asbury. Arthur
j. Burks and Dashiell Hammett
hibernate to log cabins in the Adir-
ondacks to loll before great fires,
live on timed fare and enjoy a
whispering nexus with nature in
violence.
ThingumbobS: The lawyer Rich
ard Knight wears 9l2 sized hat.
The favorite diversion OF Walter
Lippmann is croquet Louis
Armstrong, hot jazz trumpeteer, has
salvaged $4,000 annunity out of
swing craze already. Fame: A
steak is named for Steve flanagan
at the Stork Club i. s. Daniel Froh-
man has been president of the
Actors Fund for 35 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-19
Thought for the Day

Happiness desirable 1t is an attribute of the soul
virtue is its root Every state of happiness
that appears in the body or mind is said TO be due
to the quality of goodness-The Mahabharata.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-19

tie finger when holding a tea or
coffee cup.
90
Words Of Wisdom
A good mind possesses a king
dom.--Seneca.
90
One Minute Test Answers
l. Two strokes under par on any
given hole.
2. First violin. second violin,
viola and violoncello.
3. The keel
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-19
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

ne-Minute Test
l. In golf, what is an eagle?
2. Name the instruments III a
string quartet.
3. What keeps sailing craft
from drifting to leeward?
Hints on Etiquette
Never extend or crook" the lit
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-19

would wander an aisle and kiss
some bald ram on the forehead She
says the only difference now is S4. 40
customers instead of 35 centers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

side Carmela and listened with con- cealed surprise as she revealed that Rosa and Carle were to be married. Carmela read with startled interest next morning that she had formal ly announced" Rosa's engagement.
 
 Now as Harry always says" is what Arlene Jackson always says, but the human chatterbox" of Al Pearce and His Gangs never pauses long enough in her rawlings to reveal IIarry's identity. One of those unauthorized research ex. perts, however, took it upon him. self to inquire about Arlcne's home town where he found Harry" to be Dr. Harry Harris, Los Angeles physician. Arlene is Mrs. Harris.
 Art may be art but business is also business as far as Harry Sal- ter's grandmother is concerned. Years ago the current music direc- tor of Your Hit Parade" started paying her for listening to his broadcasts at 50 much a flaw. Last week Harry's check was slow in reaching Grandma. Your remit tance," she wrote, flor the three blue notes as of December s is as yet unreceived. Would not bring this up but I am saving for new radio so can enjoy Al Goodman more. "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

Above the applause which greeted Oscar Shaw as he emerged from the wings of the CBS Play- house one recent night before air time sounded the hand-clapping of two grinning gentlemen in the first eOw. The two gentlemen then came in for their own share of applause when they were revealed as Amos m Andy. They were spending a pCstman's you-know touring Colum- bias studios.
 Rubinoff paid $50 for permis- sion to play in recent "Rhap- sody in Blue" as part of his spe- cial arrangement of "Sing, Baby,
 SIngn in the styles of Gershwin, RachmaninofR, Kreisler and Pad erewskL He could have gotten the whele "Rhapsody" for the same price but needed just the two bars for the Gershwin motif.
 Phil Baker told his production stan his accordion solo for one of his recent Sunday programs would be Strange Interlude." The whole stan worked overtime to find the name of the publisher so the com position could be authorized for broadcasting. Unsuccessfully they went to Baker, informing him he'd better play something else until they could find the publisher and get the necessary release.
 aNice work" declared the come-' dian, leering. T wrote Strange In- terlude' myself" Then he picked up the telephone, spoke to his pulp fisher, got prompt O. K.
 The curious 0rchestratiOns played by Mark WarnOw and his orchestra Tuesday nights on CBS represent the directors idea of the music America will be playing fifty years hence. Mark has writ ten some unique Swing fugues" with such unconventional titles as Swing, Swing, M0ther-in-La and "The Cry of Tonsil to Its Mate." These fugues have proved 50 popular that he is preparing to publish them in book form.
 It was a tongue slip by Rosa Pon- selle's sister, Carmela, that was re- gponsible for the announcement of the opera stars engagement. Car
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
-:- Business and Industrial Review -:-
Early Balancing Of
 Budget Anticipated
President Roosevel's First Statement Deals With
 Federal Deficit-Fiscal Year Starts in July

President and the congress would do more to restore confidence in our governments financial structure, or to stimulate industry and investors Once the budget is balanced-and kept balanced-we will at least know that the federal debt will grow no greater. And, with balanced bud- get, we can apply ourselves to the tremendous job of reducing the debt to a more normal level. That, ob- viously, cannot be done so long as government spends more than it re- ceives aid charges the differences against the future.
 It has been MT. Roosevelt's opinion that during time of depression a country should spend far beyond it's receipts and, once a reasonable amount of recovery is achieved, re- duce outgo and return to a business basis. Current conditions indicates that the time is here when business improvement should make emer- gency spending unnecessary.
 The president has apparently re- fused to listen to those who would have the government keep on spend ing vast sums in excess of income until debt repudiation or insolvency arrived. It is to be hoped that it will be possible to balance the bud- get very soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
NEW FREIGHT CARS
 LARGEST IN YEARS
34,ll3 Added to Service During Past Year Re-
 ports A. A. R.

Class I railroads in the first ten months of 1886 placed in service 34,113 new freight cars, the largest number installed in any correspond ing period since 1880, according to the Association of American Rail- roads.
 The number placed in service so far this year was an increase of 20.- 321 above the number installed in the corresponding period last year, and a gain of 12,442 over the same months in 1884.
 New cars installed in the ten month period this year included 15,35O coal cars, 14,621 box cars, D. 819 refrigerator cars, and 1923 mis- cellaneolis cars.
 New locomotives placed in service in the first ten months of this year included 73 steam and 27 electric and Diesel engines, compared with 31 steam and 102 electric locomo- tives installed in service in the same period of 1885, and 2 steam and l6
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

With politics temporarily out of the headlines, and with the con- vening of the next Congress less than a month away, business news is again getting the biggest play" 50 far as domestic questions are concerned. And-aside from labor trouble, which is a big fly in the ointment-the news Is good.
 For a number of weeks now. prin- cipal business development has been the unparalleled distribution of financial largesse by corporations large and small. Wage rates have been raised-in some cases to the highest levels on record. Bonuses have been announced. Extra divi- dends have been declared. And a number of corporations whose stockholders have gone dividendless for years are welcoming the renew al of regular payments. Each day sees news of this kind, and more IS expected for the next few weeks. Acid Test
 The acid test for business recov- cry, however, is not dividends and wages-artificial stimulants, such as the surplus tax are greatly re- sponsible for these recent boosts but lies in the answer to this ques- tion: What is mdustry's earning record? In a recent issue, Business Week supplies the answer.
 This magazine has taken earnings records for the first nine months Of 1936 and compared them with the same period last year-which, 1t should be remembered, was in it. self good period in the light of the experience of 1882, 1883 and 1884 On this basis, nine leading air. craft makers made profits of $2,835,- GOO as against $504,000-a gain of 462 per cent. Three apparel manu- lecturers earned $l,855,000 as against ,048,000-up 77 per cent Automobile profits rose "A per cent -$227, ,676,000 as compared with $131, ,183, ,000O. Chemicals showed Al per cent earning improvement, and railway equipment 462 per cent 15,597,0O0 as against 77,00O Fourteen merchandising concerns did better to the tune of 159 per cent, and 97 per cent improvement was felt by g machinery makers Twenty mine food companies went ahead 21 per cent, and had earn ings of more than $91, ,000,000 for the 1936 period. Steel and iron showed a gain of 264 per cent-$S5, ,145, ,00l against $23, ,424,O00. So it went al through the industrial field, witt the smallest margin of betterment being four per cent-liquor ane confectionery industries-and thu largest 462 per cent-aircraft ant railway equipment. There were n' losses. Two classifications-ship ping and miscellaneous services supplanted deficits with profits.
 Earnings
 Total industrial earnings for 3S l companies were $978,274,000 a against $612,269,o00 in the sam period last year-a jump of 60 pc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

West Philadelphia Senior Carves Model of
 Popular Comic

Henry, the iniinitably funny little fellow created by Carl Anderson and appearing every day in the comic section of the Waterbury Democrat, has gone to high school, flgurativeiy speaking.
 The beloved comic character can attribute it all to his popularity with the senior class at the West Philadelphia, Pa, High school and the wood carving of Senior C. Wil- liam Woods, now Henry's classmate.
 Student Woods enthusiasm for Carl Anderson's boy, coupled with his bent for carving, caused him 10 formulate an idea for Henry as school mascot. He applied his art and in a short time developed Q perfect model of Henry as he ap- pears in the comic pages, and as the perfect pupil no less.
 woods painted the model himself and then persuaded Miss Regina Wolverton, also senior, to get out her knitting needles and yarn. Soon Henry was sporting a very unique knitted suit. The set-Henry Is shown seated at a desk and is ell" gagged in a popular class room ac- tivity-measures seven by nine by nine inches.
 Upon presentation of the model at a student body meeting Woods efforts were rewarded by the adop- ton of Henry as ofncial school
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
MILLIONS IN U. S.
 OWN SECURITIES
Wall Street Activities of Interest to WOrld-Ex=
 change Important

Possibly you are one of the people who view the great stock exchanges with something akin to suspicion and feel that they are of no inn portance to you.
 If that is so, here are some inter- esting figures: Listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange are approximately 1,200 stock issues and 1,40O bond issues. The former have a market value of about $55,000,- 100000 and the latter about $43,- GOO 1000, ,000. Those stocks and bonds are the source of capital from which American industry builds plants, provides work and oppor- tunity, and carries on operations.
 About 15,000,0O0 Americans are direct owners of securities. The number who own them indirectly cannot be calculated, but 1t must embrace the bulk of the popula- tion. For example, every one of the owners of the nations 39,000,000 savings accounts is an indirect se- curity owner-his money, along WILL t1ldU Ol tAAC OtAACA ACPCoAoSAS' has largely been invested in secur- ities by the bank. And that is also true of the owners of the 63,000,0 900 insurance policies outstanding in the United States.
 The stock exchanges provide a market place where these securities can be bought and sold at minimum of time and expense. Without such a market place big-scale industrial financing would be impossible there would be prohibitive waste of time and money in finding buyers. Without such a market place there would be no established price for a security, and buyer and seller would have to seek each other out and haggle over terms.
 The stock exchange is essential to industrial progress-and to the maintenance of industry as well.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16


 In services industries there was also betterment, though in no case did it reach extraordinary percent ages. One hundred forty-four class I railroads earned $52,000, 900 where they had sustained g.. deficit of $66, 300, 900 in three-quarters of 1885. Fifteen traction companies earned $10,031, 900 as against $7,5S5, ,000-a gain of 32 per cent. Thirty-one power and light utilities went ahead 8 per cent-$147,944,000 as com- pared with $136, 1000.
 Grand total for all the businesses --571 in number-showed earnings of $1,178,249,000 in the first nine months of this year as against $689, ,995, 900 in the same period a year ago. Grand total percentage betterment was thus n per cent.
 Consistency
 As Business Week also points out, Consistency has been the jewel Of recovery"-that is, 1t is highly sig nificant that all major industries have improved, none have lost ground. In previous periods since recovery started, the picture was al- ways mixed-with at least few i1l- dustries showing declines to offset the increases in output and earn ings of other industries. As we come to the end of 1936, 1t is un- deniable that every branch of American industry has made great strides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
COFFEE SHOP CARS
 PROVING POPULAR
Latest Feature Interests Patrons; Union Pacific
 Investing Millions

The Union Pacific Railroad has announced that 1t will spend $8,- 100000 for new engines, new pas- senger cars, an additional fleet of automobile freight cars, and the air. conditioning, re-equipment and modernization of other passenger cars. This supplements an extensive improvement program which has been carried on during 1936.
 Contract has already been award- ed for 20 high speed freight and passenger engines, to cost $3,000, ,000. Bids are now being taken for 40 new passenger coaches and five new coffee shop" type dining cars. Three hundred automobile cars of record capacity will be built at the systems shops in Omaha. The air conditioning and modernization phase of the project has started. and several hundred additional workers employed.
 Here is real industrial progress the kind of progress that provides employment, stimulates 8 multitude of other industries through purch- ases, creates real productive wealth and taxable income and, finally, improves the standards of a vital public service. It is emblematic of the kind of progress being made by other railroads as well.
 And this money is being spent in face of the fact that the railroad industry has a long way to go be- fore 1t can operate on a generally profitable basis. It is true that both passenger and freight traffic are increasing-it is also true that the lines as whole are doing little bet ter than breaking even, largely be- cause of our negotiable transport policy that favors other carriers at their expense. Think of the millions that would be spent if we created a policy that gave the railroads far competitive break and placed them on an even regulatory basis with their competitors!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
oS8.. ..WTIC--Hartf0rd--lO4O

2. M. yr,.s Family" 3:f5-Ma Perkins:
 3.30-Vic and sade.
 2.45-The O'Neills. ,
 @.o9-Harry Busse's Orch. l.So-Men of the West.
 1:I5-"Dick Tracy, ,.u s.o0-Jack Onslows Basepaii ''' school of the Air.
 5.i5-Tom Mix.
 e.aS-"Iack Armstrong" s:sg-"Littie orphan Annie" ee:yyS-Tsekie Duggan. Songs e.aE-Wrightyille Clarion e:@@y Iackie Cooper, Chester Morris; Victor Youngs s orch' 1,ao.-Amos n Andy. ,.t 5Js-IJncle Ezra's Radio Sta'ioi'' "Eour Star Hits." 4.1S-"Count of Monte Cristo' s.oo-One Mans Family;
 SS.yS-Wayne Kings Orch. -Ered Allen. with Peter van steeden's orch. Hit Parade.) 1S:30-Roy Shields Revue. ! iiii::q9yy--Cocoanut Grove orch. 11tt.5E- -Erankhe Masters orch. i 1a.00-Weather Report. 15.02-Shandor, Violinlst. 12:08-Bobby Hayes Orch' 12:3O-Lights out.
 1:0O-Silent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

The first statement of the Presi- dent as to future policies dealt with the problem of the federal deficit. MT. Roosevelt, in brief announce ment, said that he believed it would soon be possible to balance the bud- get and that he intended to do so at the earliest possible time.
 Various commentators. some of them close to the White House, anticipate that the budget will be balanced at the end of the 1887 fiscal year, which starts next July.
 It is doubtful if any act by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
FURS LEADING

A study made by the Northwest ern National Life Insurance Co. of the sales of 236 department stores shows that fur coats for Miss and Mrs. America led booming "pros- perity goods" sales in the third quarter of 1886. Sales of all types of luxury items made percentage gains which exceeded store sales as a whole and the upturn in sporting goods, pianos. furniture and lug gage was almost as great as that for furS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

electric locomotives placed in serv- ice in the first ten months of 1934.'
 Glass I railroads had 14.068 new freight cars on order on November 1, this year, compared with 6.433 cars on November 1, 1895, and 3,080 cars on November 1, 1934..
 New locomotives on order on Nov- ember l, this year, included 67 steam and ten electric and Diesel engines, compared with IA steam locomo- tives and three electrics on order on November 1, 1895, and 34 steam and 1O1 electric locomotives on order on November 1, 1884.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16

mela, star of the CBS Broadway Varieties" programs, disclosed this after Rosa was wed last week to Carle A. Jackson, son of the Balti- more mayor. A large engagement party was given Rosa by her fiance at his fathers home. Among the guests were some newspapermen &C., customed to covering Mayor Jack sons activities. One of them sat be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
ITALY HoNoRs AGED COUPLE

San Jose, Cal. (UP) = On the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary Benjamin Cribari and wife, who were married in the prov ince of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, had the honor of receiving tributes from Pope Plus, King Victor Emmanel and Premier Mussolini. The Pope conferred his blessing, Mussolini an iron wedding ring, and the King a medal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
ooo.. oo..WDRC..nartford--l33O

::.00-Mnnhattan :: Matinee. s.20-Melodic Moments. t 1.00-Curtis Institute or MUSIC 4:45-Gogo De Lys. 5:OOJunior Nurse Corps. L.15-Chrlstmas Tree Grove. s:30--Treasure Adventures or
 Jack Masters. b.45--News Service. g:0O-Buddy Clark. G:I5-News of Youth. G:30-News Service. 6:35-Nutmeggers. . G:45-Renfrew of the Mouhteu' 7:0OPoetic Melodies with Jack
 Fulton.
 7.fB-Popeye the Sailor. ?:aO--(;oose Creek Parson. 7.46--T3oake Carter. s:oO-Cavaieade of AHerlca. s,aO--George Burns aaa Oracle a.oo--Slno Martini ane Andre Kostelnnetz' n9th. a.aO---"Cona on. Lots Sing 1O;OO-"Gang Busters"--Phillips
 Lord. iOt30---To Be Announced. l0.lS--Dal CtislnO-S0ngs. if,0O-News Service. Ilils--llenny do0dman's Orch ff fia0---It0Rer pryOr's Orch. iasoQ--Onsie Neln0n'n orcl. leis0--t0bby Aeeker's Orch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-16
5OO--WICC--Bridgeport.-600

r. M. 3:O0-Molly of the Movies. 3:15-Manhattan Matinee. 3:3O-National School and Studio
 Series, Drama by Shelton
 High School Pupils 345-Emery Deutsch presents
 "Melodic Moments" 4:0O-Curtis Institute of Music
 Concert. 4:45-Gogo De Lys, Songs 5:00-Jack Onslow's Baseball
 School. 5:15-Dorothy Gordon's children's
 Corner. 5:30-Treasure Adventures, Jack
 Masters. 5:45-WICC News Bulletins. 6:00-Yankee Network News sI5-Jackie Duggan. "on Wings s:30-The Merry-Go-Round. 6:45-Renfrew of the Mounted, 7:O0-E. K. Polish Orch. 7:15-"Popeye. the Sailor" Drama. 7:30-"The Goose Creek Parson,"
 Sketch. 7:45-Rubinoff-Virginia Rea. s:Oo--Germania Chorus Contest. 8:3O-George Burns and Oracle
 Allen; Henry Kings orch.
 and Tony Martin, Vocalist. 9:00-Andre KostelanetZ Orch.,
 Nino Martini, tenor and
 Chorus. 9:sO-"Come On, Let's Sing"
 Homer Rodeheaver, Conduc-
 tor. 10:O0-"Gang Busters" true crime
 drama. 1O:30--To Be Announced. 1O:45-Patti Chapin. Songs. News and Local
 News. 11:30-Roger Pryor's Orch. 12:O0-Ozzie Nelson and His orch. 12:30-Bobby Meeker and His Orch