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Evening star., 1937-08-11
Dirt Cuts Auto Lights.

Dirt on lenses may reduce the light
intensity of automobile headlamps
from 10 to Is per cent in addition to
glare caused by scattering of the light
beam.
Evening star., 1937-08-11
New Communication System.

The worlds largest complete COM
muniCatlon system is to be estab-
lished between Moscow, Russia, and
kha baroWSkl. near the Manchurlan
border in Siberia, distance of $500
miles. The system will have telephone,
telegraph and radio broadcasting
channels.
Evening star., 1937-08-11
Writes in New Hampshire.

Carl GARNER, author of Stars Fell
on Alabama" and Listen for Lone
some Drum" does most of his writ
ing at the Mcdowell Colony In New
Hampshire.
Evening star., 1937-08-11
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Etiquette
BY JOS. J. FRISCH,

S. T-Watermelon does taste best
when one can dive head first into 1t,
but when it is served at the table we
must remember our manners and eat
it with fork. Seeds should be re-
moved from the mouth with the cup
ped hand.
Send a return envelope for the leaf
let "Resturant Manners"
Evening star., 1937-08-11
250.OO0 Volumes Yearly.

@oV,VVU VUIuHeS 1edIly'
People in the National Capital who
wish to keep up with their reading"
must read 250,000 volumes year. the
number annually received by the Lii
brary of Congress
Evening star., 1937-08-11

'" got 50 interested IN the bush shirt at the of the column
tell
well
completed by leather Norwegian
tween the Vikings and the Indians The slippers
however practical
types of
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
Once Famous Shrine
Now Almost Deserted

LORETTO, Italy, Dec. IA. up
Comfortably nestled on a high
peak of the Apennines-backbo
of the Italian peninsula - stands
the tiny village of Loretto, once
one OF Europe's most fbmous
shrines and today almost COM
pletely abandoned by its pilgrims.
Since the l4th century, Loretto
has been celebrated resort of
pilgrims. Our Lady of Loretto was
chosen as the patron saint of avi-
ators in 1920 But during the past
ten years the ever-growing popu-
larity of the shrine of Lourdes
cast Loretto into the shade.
No longer flooded by pilgrims
and tourists, once the principal
source of the small towns exist
ence, the 5000 inhabitants Of
Loretto have dedicated themselves
to making handmade rosaries,
medals and religious images
Exports Go All Over World
Each family has at least four
or five members who are special
lists at this work. Loretto exports
rosaries to all parts of the Catho-
lie world. e..E
- Though Loretto's rosaries are
famous the world over, they are
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
CUT OUT KISSING
DOCTOR ADVISES

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. IA. (UP)-
DR.. j. w. Bass, city health officer,
vas asked for advice in stemming
an epidemic of colds.
Cut out kissing and shakin !,
hands, ne said. Both spread
germs"
YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you READ the ADS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
FARM LABORERS
LOWEST PAID
CL SIS IN u. s.

WASHlNGION. Dec. IA. CUP)--
Farm laborers arr the lowest paid
class of workers in America a
Department of Agriculture survey
revealed today.
Annual earnings range from $62
to STAB year among groups sur
veyed and average approximately
$500 Average farm wages in many
localities were found to be less
than 80 cents day.
The department estimated there
are 2,500,000 persons engaged as
farm laborers. An intensive per-
sonal canvass was made of labor
ers in IL counties in as many states
in representative sections of the
country.
Investigators went into the heart
OF the corn belt, the wheat belt.
the cattle and sheep country. into
tobacco, cotton. fruit and dairy
regions. Tire survey included part
time as well as permanent en-
ployes.
Lag i'm Farm Wares
Farm wages, although they have
increased so per cent since 1892
have not risen as rapidly as farm
income and city wage earnings
the survey said. Compared with
other wage-earning groups farm
laborers receive 20 per cent less
than they did in the five years
before 1929.
=" In 1886, income from farm
production, including benefit pay
ments, averaged 13O per cent of
pre-war, non-farm income averaged
l48 per cent, but farm wages in
stead of rising to a comparable
level rose only to lot per cent"
the survey said
The average age of farm labor
ers is increasing. the report con-
cluded. Whereas young men pre-
viously dominated the average
age of farm "hired help" now is
about 35 years. One-third were
past 40 and in some areas men
past 60 were found working in
fields at SO cents day
Female southern cotton pickers
were the lowest paid class, earn
ing an average of $62 a year.
Male cotton pickers in Louisiana
earned an average of $178 a year.
Oriental workers in California re-
ported the highest average income,
$748 year.
South Far Below North
Average earnings of southern
workers interviewed were only
slightly more than half the earn
ings of northern workers. In no
southern county was the annual
earning as much as $1O0 per per-
son. Northern workers received an
average income of $40 per per-
son, which included all members
of the family.
Sharp sectional differences were
found in educational attainment
of the laborers, ranging from IL
literacy to high school education
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14

Northern workers generally were
better educated
A negligible percentage of south
ern workers had more than an
elementary education. but 25 per
cent or more of the northern
workers had completed at least
one year OF high school work.
The survey showed farm labor
ers took only a limited part in
organized activities of their COM
munities belonging to few formal
organizations, unions or farm
groups. Southerners went to church
more often than northerners. North
erners went more often to the NOV
les.
The II counties surveyed we're:
Placer. Calf: Archuleta, Colo:
Livingston, Hi; Hamilton, Ia;
Pawnee. Kas.; Todd, KY; Con-
cordia Parish, La; LacLui Parle,
Mimi: Wayne, Pa; Fentress,
Tenn: and Karnes. Tex.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
MAJOR CRIMES SHOW HIGHER
PERCENTAGE IN RURAL AREAS

WASHINGTON UP0 = Major
crimes, such as homicide and ag-
gravated assault, show consid-
erably higher percentage in rural
communities than in urban CEN
ters, the Federal bureau of investi-
cation quarterly crime reports
point out.
The percentage. based on each
class of offenSe in relation to the
total of all offenses, was compiled
from the crime reports of local
officers.
Cities led in larceny and auto
theft
Burglaries were per cent high
er in rural sections, robberies al
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
Huge Supply of
Food Ordered For
ElkS Yule Gifts

Ell Centre EIKs Christmas COM
mittee Tuesday began preparations
to distribute food to deserving
needy families of Ell Centro Christ
mas day
The lodge ordered the following
groceries:
Meat, 1900 lbs; potatoes 1900 lbs;
onions 1900 lbs; 1000 loaves of
bread; rs sacks of flour; beans 200
lbs; sugar 300 lbs; cabbage 800
lbs; carrots 800 lbs; coffee $50
lbs; three cases soap; ten cases
milk, three cases salt: six cases
oats; two cases syrup; $50 lbs. nuts;
500 lbs. candy; SO boxes apples;
IS boxes oranges; 750 lbs. tanger-
ines; 100 cans smoking tobacco.
The merchandise will be sacked
by members of the. lodge and their
wives who are expected to be at
the lodge room Tuesday evening
Dec. 81.
Hank Swanson. club secretary,
announced that 80 lodge members
will be on hand Christmas morn
ing to hand out nuts and candy
to children attending the free
movies at the United Artists the
ater
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
Hostel System
1naugurated to
Aid VagabOnds'

PHILADELPHIA. UP)-Modeled
after the Youth Hostels OK Eu-
rope. there is series of 10 hostels
ranging from Philadelphia west
to the Manada Gap and the APP
palachian trail for the enjoyment
of citizens who wish to become
autumn vagabonds."
The Horse Shoe Trail Club Inc,
founder of the hostels, has estab-
lished accommodations for mixers,
horSemen and cyclists who roam
over the Pennsylvania country
side.
The hostel system is similar. to
that already in use in New Eng
land Rates for sleeping quarerts
are as low as Is cents a night
St. John Catchpool, director of
the English hostel movement,
pointed out on visit to America
recently that if the young people
of the world could be brought to-
gether in common enjoyment of
nature, everyone would benefit.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
RIVER RISES 81.
NEAR CITY

KNIGHTS LANDING, Cal, Dec
ID. CUP)-The Sacramento river
rose to within few inches of over
flow stage here today but river
experts believed this city may es-
cape flood conditions.
The water level was expected to
go slightly higher during the day.
AT am. the reading was 32.5 feet
at the Knights Landing bridge.
Thirty four feet is considered flood
stage, but the levees here have been
reinforced and heightened at vul-
nerable spots.
None of the towns 600 residents
left their homes and few believed
the city would be inundated, despite
warnings by meteorologists last
night that a continued rise of the
river level would seriously threaten
the community.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14

made at extremely low prices. A
worker who turns out about IL
handmade roSaries day earns
six lire (about 30 cents daily.
Loretto consists of little more
than a single long street full of
shops in front of which, baSking
in the sun, the women and chill
dren work on their rosaries morn
ing and afternoon.
They make rosaries for all
prices: from a few cents string
to 500 or more. the latter string
being carved in ivory with gold
plated beads. These expensive ros-
aries generally are made to order
for gifts to high church ecclesiaS-
tics.
Work at Fast Speed
The women, sitting on low
benches. work their rosaries with
amazing speed. They carry around
their left arm heavy spool
thin strong metal is wound. They
carry the various colored beads
which are generally made of wood
around their neck In their right
hand they hold a pair of pliers
with which they carefully bend
the metal while they string the
beads, chatting and laughing while
they work.
New modern factories VIII h
turn out large quantities, of rosar-
les at low prices recently have
been opened at Loretto. But the
demands for rosaries from all
parts of the world continue so
great that the women and child
ren of Loretto continue their work
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
AUTO SALES
MEET HELD

Jno. r. Robertson, Oldsmobile
dealer. and 80 members of his sales
and service organizations attend
ed a dinner-sales meeting conduct
ed by w. E. Young, Oldsmobile as
sistant zone manager, j. j. Witty
district manager, and D. w. Tay-
lor, factory service expert, at the
California hotel Monday night.
Various phases of automobile SELL
ing we're discussed by Robertson,
Young, and Witty; while Taylor
addressed the group on the advan-
tages of the new Oidsmobile auto
matte transmission
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
State Has Good
Chance of Getting
Funds For Arena

SACRAMENTO. Calf. Dec. IA
CUP)--Robert Muckler. secretary
manager of the California State
Fair, returned from an eastern trip
today optimistic over the states
chances of obtaining s800,000 in
federal funds to construct a new
fair grounds horse SHOW arena.
Mucklcr conferred in Washing
ton. d. c., with WPA officials on
the possibility of adding the arena
to a Sl,2OO,OOO construction pro-
gram already approved.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14

most one-half per cent. aggra-
vated assault % per cent rape
81 per cent, murder l per cent
and manslaughter o per cent
In cities of over 100000 popula-
tion, Chicago. reported 81 mur-
ders and manslaughters from July
10 September. inclusive: lbs rob-
berries. 2967 burglarics.
New York reported 80 murders
and manslaughters. 273 robberies.
and 866 burglaries Oklahoma City
reported murders, 81 robberies.
1863 burglaries. Washington had
20 murders and manslaughters. 21i
robberies, 768 burglaries Omaha
reported 2 murders, 6 robberies.
1863 burglaries.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
SRA ROLLS IN
VALLEY DOWN
TO 1O1 FAMILIES

State Relief Administration rolls
in Imperial county now contain
101 families with few applicants
for aid visiting the offices at Com
mercial and Fourth streets, Ell Cen
tro
A majority of the transients who
have applied for SRA help in re
cent weeks have been sent to their
places OF legal residence. Robert
Elliott. SRA head. said Tuesday.
Speed in obtaining verification OF
their residences made it possible.
he declared, to send them to their
former permanent homes.
Relief roll totals have varied but
slightly this winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14
Trophy Awarded
Navy FLYER Unit

WASHINGTON. Dec. Ia. (UP)-
President Roosevelt today present.
ed the Schiff trophy to Commander
Robert Fuller. commanding officer
of VP squadron seven of the fleet
base force at San Diego. Calf.
The trophy is awarded annually
to that naval flying unit which
has the best record for the year in
safety in the air.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-14

Jailed For Vagrancy-Lewis Lar
son, so, Brawley vagrant. was SEN
fenced to the county Jail for 30
days. He began serving the SEN
tence Tuesday.
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
Everyday Living
LISTENING In
By JOSEPH FORT NEWTON
tCopy,ight, 1881 by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.

After all, listening in is no new thing. All
science, all invention, all music, all rehSioh
is lust listening in on the universe, and one
does ot need a radio to DO 1t.
Or rather we make our minds kind or
radio receiving SET attuncd to the truth we
seek, The better the contact and the trecr
we are from static determines how clearly
we hear.
A man of science sits down before the
facts. intent, alert. listening to learn the
truth He is like man at an organ, trying
now one kew. now another, until he strikes
the right one
When he strikes the right chord, unimag-
Unable power is at his service. He learns the
law of the power, obeys it, and then the
powcr obevs him-mystery becomes friend
Poets. too, are listeners, singing in the day
what they have heard in the silence OF the
night. Wordsworth, brooding among the
English lakes, became a prophet OF our
out-of-doOr age.
Even before the idea of evolution became
a fact of science, poets like Emerson ana
TcnnysOn set 1t to music. lhcE hao pccii
up early, listening 10 a rhythm unhcaro DS
others.
Prophets are listeners; they enter the
place of hearing" as Moses did at Sinai
one listening for many. "Nho hears the
divine voice is delivered from many un-
necessary opinions" said saint,
Every great leader has his ear to the
ground: ne knows what people say but do
not think. But ne also knows what they think
and do not say. and he bases his policy on
that.
If we lav our ears to the heart OF human
ity and listen, it will make us more tolrraht
more patient, more pitiiul, more hopeful
We hear deeper music below all dlscordS'
Also. we find out that it is harder to Know
people than to give them our ideas, and that
while our ideas may often be wrong our
love is always right He is wise who listens.
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
What Other Editors Say
Gathering War Clouds

The international situation continue" OMNIBUS oii
the European and Asiatic fronts Inc growing
offensiveness of the military nations felecC0 'ii
views of the seriousness of the demoranzat4oi' All
the Russian army and Of the economic troubles VI
France The Fascist countries believe that the
Russian Anglo French group is too weak ana 100
apurehensive to resist new aggreSSlonS' out lAS
time thew are meeting with greater stubbornnesS
than they had anticipated
Russia is more conciiatory than Japan with re-
spect to the frontier fighting on the Amur river
in which the casualties were greater than IN ofol-
nary frontier skirmishes. The japanese seem 10
have started the shooting, but they claim that the
Russians we're on the wrong side OF the tronuer
Moscow's promise to withdraw its troops from the
islands in dispute. which not of much import
ance has relieved the tension but the ADMISSION
by Russia that she is in weak and confused con-
dition may lead to new provocations.
Russia wishes to keep away from war Whlch
would jeopardize her integrity and the success OF
her economic experiments Should war come, the
pressure upon the Chinese government to get back
some of it's own from Japan probably would be
irresistible Then the question would arise whether
Germany could keep her hands off the Ukraine
The political balance is evenly adjusted and
slight shifting of weight would involve the world
man preparations are not complete. The odds
against the dictators are too great to give them
confidence But they cannot carry indefinitely
the burden of their colossal ornaments and they
face the prospect that opposing forces may be
relatively stronger year from now. British re-
armng may convince them that they Ihould not
delay.
Hitler and Mussolini say that the rebels must
win the Spanish war They refuse to back the
non intervention plan or to allow other nations
to act Mussolini's paper shouts, The last word
is decisive and belongs to cannon" But
Britain and France have not fallen into their usual
panic and the French foreign affairs committee
has unanimously resolved to reconsider the whole
Anglo-French policy towards isClating the Spanish
war" unless the Fascist nations change their at
titude This means that Britain and France will
send military equipment to the Spanish loyalsts
unless the Fascist powers agree to real neutrality
With these conditions on either side the cautious
man would hesitate to predict that war will not
develop-Toronto Daily Star.
The daily independent., 1937-07-12

AS I walked to the library this
morning I witnessed a little scene
that has troubled me all day long.
Mrs. Endicott has lovely
garden and two attractive little
girls. The wide stretch of shady
lawn, with its border Of bright
flowers, has always seemed to me
an ideal place for children to play.
Where could they learn to love
and appreciate beauty better than
in such surroundings?
This morning three-year-old
Betty was following her mother
around as she gathered an armful
of roses. A bed of pansies lifted
smiling faces to the child, who
stopped to pick a blossom and
handed it to her mother with the
exclamation, Pretty! Pretyy!"
Betty looked very much like a
small sweet pansy herself as she
stood there in the sunshine, but
Mrs. Endicott answered her sharp
ly, NO! No! Betty must not
touch! Baby must never pick
Mothers flowers!" "
Preoccupied with her own pleas
ant occupation of cutting roses.
the mother did not see the light
die out of Betty's face as the
blossom she had picked so joy
ously dropped unheeded to the,
ground. :,
In one corner of the garden
someone had stationed a painted;
wooden figure of a child with s.
watering pot. Strange that the
wooden form should stand con-
tiuously among the flowers, while
the real child was never allowed
to share her mothers interest
and joy in them. /,
I'd like to take Mrs. Endicott to
visit the garden of my friend,
Flora Barron! There isn't much
space in her back yard, and I do
not see how so many children
and flowers can grow and thrive
together, for some of the neigh
bors' children are always play
ing there with Flora's four.
When I asked my friend how
she managed to raise both chill
dren and flowers successfully, she
laughed and said, "Oh, the chill
dren do most. Of the work in the
garden. I'm too busy to do very
much of it myself"
Knowing how Flora has always
liked to grow flowers, I can guess
that she would find some time for
gardening if she did not feel that
her children needed the respon-
sibility.
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
Children And Flowers
LUCIA MALLORY
National kindergarten Association Service

"Of course those III .a '.
bushes were her. when
she continued. DO. -a -
playhouse under t-e o-. ~
corner. We've acce@
bushes from year 10
season we had 50 ....n ".'
spend that We jus, gaze '~.' 70
the children perml>s.oa 70 ,' I.
few packets Of seeds aid "~.. p
garden of his own
Jack planted tho~" "o..'.'.- 80.
along the back fence. D.~ y.
ever see taller ones: II ~.
the rose bushes 70! me aaa o.
care of the lawn.
Helen is spec!a!.l.A- ~ ,..m
peas. They're Just coi..A- %. 1.
bloom now and They're -'."- "
be lovely. j..
Dot takes more H.aa@ -, /,
making hollyhock .ac.@ 70 %. =.
in her playhouse tina" }" ...-, %,
flowers for herself 0U. ,.e ~
care of the panSlo~ ana ~
them picked so they b so''.''''
blooming.
Bobby seems to haze .@......
nv fondness for garca.-
cause. little as he i. b. o.. -,
more time with hi, sma- -a.-..
plot than any of the o.' a..
dren spend with t.e-, 2
bring you some bouquets ~
summer
Sure enough. a. l"r yep -.
ment when ! was Tcra...'.-
conversation with Flora ana W., w.,
ing that Mrs. Endico', cong ''o. o..
to let her children -'. -.
flowers. Helen Ra:E'4 '''', :.
the library to return some o.e -.
Small Bobby was W!l -'.' 90
|ing a bunch of mayiao.5 .a'. T.
had picked for no .o."
garden. The blossom. "-''
most wilted in the IT, 80
his chubby little hani '', }
honestly tell him thcN "s'0
tiful.
It would be a bette. "''''
every child had a ga!G"!.
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
SECRETARY of Agrlcul-
WALLACE'S
WARNING

WAILACE'S turc Wallace gives voice "
WARNING warning that The DaiiS
Independent has repeated
l.. stressed in this column. Speaking ol 'i'c
nrowtb Of the paper pulp industry IN the
Sou,b at Augusta, Ga, the other day, Secre-
tarv Wallace said:
IF the forest resources can be reasonaoN
r,aoaged there should be no danger. II tne
pulp wood should be cropped systeiiia'ioI yeaI
no one would need to be afraid ABOUT mcte"'eo
The gap that separates promising anu
beneficial development on the one mana Hoii. M
donoerous over-exploitation on the otiiet i,i"S
49, be very wide The fact is that, unless
forest management methods are appieo V'e
oxnanSion of pulp mill capacity in that part ol
the south that borders the coast Is geICiiis
close TO the danger line :r
7 am convinced that note OF warning
sbouId be sounded. 1 am especially ANXIOUS
70 give this warning now, because 1t Is not yet
TOO late TO do the main things that need 10 De
done.
Here is q voice of authority speaking
Evorv owner of SO much as a woodlot III
This mart of the south should inform himself
os to approvcd methods of forest manage
mcnt. TO paraphrasc western lesehu'
.Tbar's cold in them thar pines s"-if prop
erly managed
The daily independent., 1937-07-12
MUCH disappointment has
been voiced locally over the
slimncss of the audiences
that up to now have at
COURAGE
NEEDED

tended the performances of the epic drama,
''Thc Lost Colony" in the waterside theatre
on Roanoke Island.
Here is an open air bowl designed to seat
upwards Of 1000 spectators, which at no
time has been more than half filled. Here
is a pageant drama requiring expensive cleo
trio lighting and sound equipment, an cleo
trio organ, a superb choir and large and cx-
pensivc cast of characters. If the gate re-
ceipts arc not properly conserved and man
aged the presentation of this drama this
season may easily set Dare County back
many thousands of dollars
But let no one be discouraged. Here is
a great enterprise that can not be expected
to score financial success in one or even
several seasons. Support for this great
drama is going to come from all America
and ii is going 10 require a lot of publicity
to bring thousands of strangers weekly to
Roanoke Island. Fortunately, this publicity
will not have to be paid for. Paul Green,
Fred Koch, Matte Mathis, w. p. A. and the
Roanoke Island people are staging mighty
and inspiring spectacle that will command
an increasing volume of priceless newspaper
and magazine publicity. The newspapers
are taking hold; the magazines and periodi-
Gals of national circulation will come along.
1t might. indeed, be disastrous for the
whole enterprise and for Roanoke Island it.
self. should vast crowds swarm to this
uniUue spectacle at once Roanoke Island.
at this time, is i'll prepared to receive great