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The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
General HousecLeaning
In Commission Needed

Again, even this condition could be
corrected and something of work
able nature developed if the bulk Of
the subordinates around the COM
mission were sound thinkers. That,
unfortunately, however, seems not
to be the case. The place is packed
and jammed with numerous men
who think they are hot shots, whose
only claim to recognition is that they.
themselves, claim to be experts, or
who have been unable to make good
in the industry and have succeeded
through political. endorsement to get
a place at the feed trough of gov
ernment checks.
So I say that 1 am unwilling to
charge continuation of the mess to
Mr.. McNinch. He apparently has
tried, but as long as some members
OF the commission manage to gain
public attention by their nauseating
blurbS and as long as some of the
silly flock, claiming to be original
New Dealers" continue to spew out
venom about ''unfairness of news
papers," it is likely the communica-
tionS commission is going to get no.
where very fast.
Much of the silly propaganda, that
newspapers are unfair to the New
Deal, bubbles to the surface from
points other than the communica-
tons commission. Those who serve
as the mouthpieceS for such clab-
Der, however, can be seen focking
together frequently. 1t is only nat
ural, therefore, to suppose that they
are active in spreading their views
among commission underlings who,
in turn, get the germs incubated
within their own organization.
l said earlier that it may be Mr..
Roosevelt will have to ask for a gen.
eral housecleaning and resignation
of most of those in key positions. 1t
is quite likely that he will dodge
that action if any other way can be
found to solve the problem. In any
event, I hope that congress looks
into the situation. If it does, may
be something concrete will be done
to establish a sound agency-one
that will consider the interests of
listeners and services and manufac-
turers equally, just as the Interstate
Commerce commission does in its
supervision of rail and other forms
of transportation.
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
Federal Control of Radio
Story of Troubled Doys

The history of federal control of
radio, as said above, is story of
troubled days. The bulk of the
trouble has been due to the type of
personnel selected for administra-
tion of that control That is to say,
politics is to blame as much as any
thing. Politicians will endorse any
screwy bird, long-haired theorist or
narrow-eyed half-breed if such en-
dorsement will get him votes or help
hold the royal order of nose-pickers
in line at election time.
And that is why, or largely why,
the federal communications COM
mission at this writing is undergo
ing pains like l used to have when
l allowed my childish enthusiasm to
overcome my judgment and ate ap-
pies before they were ripe. l
wouldn't care how many of the boys
on the government payroll had tum-
my aches about their jobs, or how
many private and bitter words
passed between highups or low
downs in the commission except for
the fact that precedents are being
established that will affect you and
me directly as the years roll by.
The things that have developed in
the F. c. c. concern US because
they involve free speech, involve it
as directly as any attempt to use
censorship on your newspaper or
mine. Besides, there is the certain
ty that radio has been used to TO-
ment or put to sleep some national
issues. 1t brings the nation within
any small room that happens to
house a couple of good, workable
microphones. If there was ever a
place for establishment of basically
sound and wise policies, it is in the
government supervision of radio.
1t is hard to get at the facts in the
current dust storm within the COM
mission. There are so many sto-
ries af1oat, however, that some
where there must be some truth.
And this belief is buttressed by the
Known fact that President Roosevelt
is considering what to do to get the
tangle Strengthened out.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
Defense

Knotted inseparably in recent
news have been Japan's conquest of
China and world democracies' at
tempts to strengthen their military
economic positions against German.
Italo-Jap aggression. Though Eng
land and the U. S. have been rub
bing noses in their trade pact ne.
gotiations, autumn of 1888 will be
remembered primarily as the period
when America first stood up and
barked at modern Imperialism.
Within "a hours two barks came
from Washington. First was Presi.
dent Roosevelt's precedent-shatter
ing condemnation of nations employ
ing force Japan), exile Germany
and repression Qtaly) as instru-
ments of national policy. Next day,
on the heels of Japan's conquest OF
Hankow, the state department made
public 21-day-old protest to Tokyo
against violation of China's "open
door" policy.
This was but percussion in the
new American overture of prepared
ness. Ginning in are plans to
strengthen military and naval forces
SO that "the Western hemisphere
may work out its own interrelated
salvation"
Thus, if Britain and France deny
it, the U. S. admits Japan has be-
come the Far East's No. l power
and bids fair to dominate the Pacific
unless stopped. Although Generals
simo Chang Kai-shek will continue
battling Japan in the hope his foe
will eventually commit military and
economic suicide, there is little like
lihood that China's door will be re-
opened to Western nations unless
Japan wants it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
TRANSPORTATION

In the opinion Of three experts,
American railroads have no right to
cut Is per cent from pay checks Of
$50, 900 employees because: Cd it
would be stop-gap measure at
best, only reducing the standard of
living at a time when business in
general is coming back; (2) the rail-
roads financial problem is still of
short term aspect, having been crit
ical less than year; 90 although
railway wages have not fluctuated
so badly as wages in other indus
tries, they have not been advancing
proportionately so fast as in other
industries; (4 a fat Is per cent
wage cut would not be equitable,
since smaller roads-which are in
worse shape-would derive less ben
eft than the larger, more prosperous
lines.
This was the gist of 40,000-word
opinion handed down by President
Roosevelts emergency fact-finding
commission after three weeks of de-
liberation. Board members: Chief
Justice Walter P. Stacy of the North
Carolina Supreme court; Dean
James M. Lands Of Harvard law
school, once chairman of the Sc
curities and exchange commission;
Professor Harry A. Mills, Univer-
sity of Chicago economist and for
mer member of the national labor
relations board.
Though offering well-considered
opinion. the commission gave no
help to sorely pressed railroads.
Only tangible result is that some
solution of Americas entire rail
problem will probably be speeded
Possibilities: Cd Wholesale reorgan-
izations, combines and abandonment
of lines to avoid duplicated service.
a program which the interstate com.
merce commission must approve,
and which would probably decrease
railroad labor employment; (2)
dSl GGIIlGul Will ldUOI lOI d lSIIiDO-
rary, smaller pay cut; CD federal
financial assistance, which would
only pile higher the already high in
terest charges and would offer only
temporary relief.
Reorganization is the most likely
solution. Already pending before the
l. c. c. when the fact-fnding COM
mission reported were proposals for
such plans. In the Northwest, stock
holders of Chicago & North Western
railroad wanted merger with the
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pa
cific line. In the Southwest, an l. c.
c. examiner recommended reorgan-
ization of the Missouri Pacific and
consolidation Of all properties now
operated as the Missouri Pacific sys-
tenn. In the deep South, the Gulf,
Mobile & Northern line wanted mer-
ger with the Mobile & Ohio road.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10

sound and judicial execution of a
technical law under such circum-
stances, and the matter becomes of
moment to everyone because this
monster, radio, is still in swaddling
clothes.
The battle within the commission
crops up every once in awhile, just
as it did when the commission re-
Gently fired Hampson Gary, its gen.
eral attorney. Mr.. Gary was asked
for his resignation, and an alterna-
tive of another appointment else
where in the government. But he
stuck out his chin, and said no"
Well, he promptly was fired.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
GERMANY IN AFRICA

OF onetime German possessions
(shorUn in black France holds man
dates for TogoIand ~ and the Cam
eroons ~; Great Britain has minor
interest in both. British South africa
(5J holds mandate for Southwest
africa ~, and Britain a mandate for
Tangdnyika "a. angola 10 is held by
Portugal.
claims, now handed to the Rome
Berlin axis for settlement. Musso
lini, Hungary's friend, wants Czech
oslovakia dissolved, moreover wants
Hungary to get the common border
with Poland which she desires. But
Hitler. temporarily angry with Hun
gary and anxious to preserve a path
to the east through Czechoslovakia,
will fight partition.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
How Women
in Their 4O'S
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during heI
change usually from 38 to 81, who feari
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, hrs. sleep and if you
reed good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for i0omen. 1t helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change of life. WELL
WORTH TRYING!
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
Domestic

Opponents of the administration
foreign policy have long criticized
Secretary of State Cordell Hull for
censuring japanese encroachment
on U. S. affairs in the Orient, mean
while allowing Mexico to expropri-
ate u. S.-owned oil lands. Secre-
tary Hulps answer has been that
Mexico's problem may best be set
tied by arbitration, not through
hostile attitude that may destroy
Western hemisphere peace The lat
est Mexican step has been seizure
of headquarters building occupied
by Standard Oil subsidiaries, an act
which brought only feeble protest
from U. S. Ambassador Josephus
Daniels CT made representations
-. But if the U. S. hopes to
stalemate Fascism in the Western
hemisphere by its kid-glove policy
toward Mexico, it may be doomed
to disappointment. Although Presi-
dent Lazaro Cardenas once said his
country would sell oil only to demo
cratic nations. he has just an
nounced consummation of con-
tract to sell several million dollars
worth in Rome. This, marking the
birth of friendly trade relations be-
tween Italy and Mexico, gives Fas-
cism another wedge into the New
world.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
International

At best, Germany, Italy and ia
pan are unnatural bedfellows with
nothing in common except totalitari-
anism and a grudge against the
world. Flushed by her imperialistic
victory at Munich, there is every
reason to think Germany might
abandon Italian and Japanese ALI
ances if they stood in the way of
her march to world power. Already
Gen. Franz Ritter Won Epp has point
ed out that Germany demands re-
turn of every pre-war colony without
exception.
First step in this direction has
been taken by Reichsfuehrer Adolf
Hitler in presenting African colonial
demands to Great Britain and
France. What Hitler wants-and
probably will GETS return of Togo
land, Cameroons, Southwest Africa
and Tanganyika, held under League
of Nations mandate by Britain and
France since the Versailles treaty.
IL luSy pay lIl1o pllSC AOA PS0~~'
Britain and France will also agree
to German arms equality. British
French gain through such transac-
ton would be German friendship
and an understanding that Italy had
better confne her Imperialism to the
Mediterranean area on pain of COM
bined German-Franco-British oppo-
sition. Moreover, II Duce would be
forced to withdraw from Spain.
Next Der Fuehrer may turn his
eyes to Japan. which now controls
one-time German islands forfeited
after the World war. Since Hitler's
aggressive Imperialism makes one
conquest merely an appetizer for
the next, moreover since sef-pity
ing Germany looks angrily at any
nation which controls large terrific
ries and resources. Japan may find
her Chinese conquest threatened.
Nor do observers overlook the
chance of a German-Italian breach
over Hungary's Czechoslovakian
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10

ton - which he denied - France
would never again capitulate. But
Premier Daladier's promise is not
borne out in fact. At the Marseille
convention of his Radical-Socialist
party he outlawed communists from
the government, plainly a move to
curry favor with communicating
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler and Pre-
mier Benito Mussolini. Many OBJ
servers believe this decision shows
Premier Daladier is frantically
grasping for straw, since by re-
pudiating the communist party he
throws away a large part of his
Popular Front support. Not only will
the premier lose his next election,
but France will probably break off
her treaty with communistic Russia
and thereby become isolated prey
for Italy and Germany.
. Rumania's complete shift TO
Modification marks another step in
Germany's economic invasion of
southeastern Europe. Acting under
orders from King Carol, the Ru-
manian government has proclaimed
100 per cent totalitarian principles
in the hope that Germany will re-
spect its territorial integrity in
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's drive
to the east" Since Czechoslovakia
and Hungary are already pro-Nazi,
Germany's economic orbit is ex-
tending itself with little difficulty.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10

a shortcoming might be good ad-
vertising for st. Lawrence project,
the President appointed commits
sion under Louis Johnson, assistant
secretary of war.
When the commission reported re-
Gently, it failed to mention st. Law
renee waterway plans. But it made
bigger and more puzzling news by
drawing executives of IA large utili-
ties to Washington and getting their
promise to start expanding. If this
was a peace gesture, it was over
shadowed by explanations that util-
ity expansion is an important step
in the governments defense pro-
gram and a healthy move toward
business recovery.
The program: In Is areas Gall
east of the Mississippi utilities will
spend an immediate $3.50, 900,
boosting it to $4,000, 900, 900 if power
consumption increases normally the
next two years. Only government
function will be Reconstruction FL
nance corporation aid in refnanc-
ing securities.
Though generally regarded as an
optimistic sign of recovery, utility
expansion has been minimized in
some quarters. The 100000 new
kilowattS in generating capacity is
only 8 per cent boost in U. S. power
potentiality, considerably below the
average increase in good business
years.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
How Jumbo Was Killed

Jumbo, Barnum's famous Afri-
can elephant, was killed on Septem-
Der IS, 1885, on the Grand Trunk
Airline track, half a mile east of
st. Thomas, Ontario. His keeper
was leading him along the track
when a freight train came up be-
hind unnoticed and ran him down.
Jumbo was injured so badly that
he died in 80 minutes. His value
was estimated at $500, ZOO.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
Utilities

New Deal dams and power plants
have offered public utilities serious
competition, forcing down their
prices and creating an unfriendly
breach between electricity execu-
tives and the administration. One
government power project not yet
started is the ST. Lawrence water
way, which President Roosevelt
praised during September when the
war scare first began. At that time,
partly because he feared a lack of
power reserve, partly because such
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
PHOTOGRAPHY
BOYS AND GIRLS

BOYS AND GIRLS! You can play dozen
games with SPIN-BOL, great party enter
tainer. And you can earn some extra good
money selling it in your spare time. Send
S 80 for sample and for particulars regard
ing proposition that will help industrious
boys and girls to succeed.
MAINCON SPECIALTIES, INC.
CONN.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
Free-Hund Embroidery
Design Is Fun to Do
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

Here is another free-hand en-
broidery design that should be as
much fun as those in our book.
This attractive border is suggest
ed here for a bed jacket. You
will have no difficulty in finding a
pattern for a jacket as they are
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
Foreign

After the peace Of Munich,
Frances Premier Edouard Dala-
dier went to great lengths justifying
his position before the senate and
chamber of deputies. He won conf
dence by assuring Frenchmen that
if Munich's treaty was a capitula-
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
sQuOteSs

JULEAN ARNOLD, U. S. COM
mercial attache at Shanghai:
"Unless Americans awaken to
what is taking place in the
Orient, this nation will lose
its place as a Pacific power
and also it will lose its lucra-
tive trade with China"
u. S. SEN. EDWARD r. BURKE
on the 1910 election: Garner
has just what the country will
need in 1910, lots of common
sense. And sentiment to put
him in the White House is
growing by leaps and bounds"
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-A few years ago,
' this writer had the job of get
ting up an amateur entertainment.
Robert Sherwood was just an added
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-10

self sustaining.
For the opening
of its new sea-
son, the Met an
nounced IA new
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1938-05-13
TITS HERE AGAIN

TITS HERE AGAIN
Tho timo has conc to taho inventory
Of our progress. We &C II it "Ccl-
ony Day.. ..s
Whom our oncos tors arrived On tho
cold, bleak shores Of the Atlantic
some throo hundred yocrs ago, thor
called it tho Landing Of the Pill
Crims. Thoy must have had many:
uncertain and oven doubtful NOM
onts. Times whom th3y wanted to
go back to Friends and doar ones
on the other side, or shall VIC say
noutsido"? Beck tie TIC ccn2fortinr
arms Of mother end familiar plccoa-
surrounded BY fond rocolloc tions.
Perhaps Q fow OF thom did. now
land cnd pioneer ltfo is no place
FOR weddings.
Decisions wore not lightly made in
those days. once Q problem wcs
definitely solved by the family, t
was stucl. to till tho ond, what
ovor that might 90. Progress end
development woro not hoped for :=.
Whilo waiting for spring to como.
Progress wcs nedo to happen. It
Wos the uppormost thought OF ovo1y
individual and produced by tao con-
slant pulling together of 9 group.
Tho pioneers Of That day wont to
church and prcyod, nan, woman CnJ
child, for Cod to Give them Q holQ3
and tho possibility to support thct
home. Then they returned to put
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1938-05-13
&c tic "Vclloy Settler" :
~, :; ;; 49, x, Ky ~ x

Cur plans for leaving woro made SO
suddenly that II has been impoa-
siblc for US TO say goodbye por-
scncl1y to ell tho people hero in
tbs valley that We have mot end
enjoyed knowing. I dc wish I
could hoVo had the oDportil1it y tc
toll everyone tEct i t h2s boon Q
f;LocsUro Certainly to have laid
the 1'cundo tions Of to "VcIloy
Sot5,lor" Gl4d to have lived cnd
worked hero in the valley I'd tn the
many Zinc people who mako up this
community.
: cannot help BUT fool that, tho
pos sIhiliUios for .tl1rivinc con-
r"unity Will continue to incrocso
and that those who orc. working
with tho idoc Of mailing this fhoi,
rool homo Will find tho hcppinoss
they deserve for thorls Q lvos and
their fcmilios. Certainly 7 Wish
oSch and everyone in tho VClloy
tho greatest Of. pcrs onel success
and Tor tho co4nnun i ty--co cooperative
success and. prosperity.
Sincerely yours,
uoy G, 1855 - -.''
Evening star., 1938-07-03

AVE you (the ladies) played
what 1t would be like to be married to
new has just metz. It's fascinating pastme-parcua
when the him" unmarried movie star
Evening star., 1938-07-03

uleS and enormous budgets. Producers
are demanding that directors photo
graph each scene not more than three
or four times. They reason that any
one can be director If permitted to
shoot sequences in every conceivable
manner and then assemble the com.
pleted picture from the choicest of the
takes"
Goldwyn feels that Hollywood has
overreached itself with its multi
million dollar epics and that even the
more pretentious pictures should be
made with nominal budgets. The
Lady and the Cowboy" with Gary
Cooper and Merle Oberon was de-
signed as $500, 900 to 500, 900 vehi-
Gle. Had Wyler been allowed to con-
tinue in his hyper-cautious manner,
with actors salaries, union wages,
stage rentals, technicians' pay, ex-
posed film and all the other inciden-
tails, the budget would have totaled
well in excess of 81 600, 900 which, with
theater business the way it is, would
have made it an unattractive invest
ment. Goldwyn admits that he has
spent too much money for his own
good on recent pictures. While some
have shown profit the average on
the seasons releases has been small.
To permit him to gamble on quality
films it is necessary for him to make
financial killing on an occasional
lsee CHURCHILL. Pare D-2l
Evening star., 1938-07-03
By Douglas ". Churchill.


TEMPERAMENT is becoming in
creasingly unpopular in the
town. Producers once were i'm
4 pressed by the outbursts of
stars and while many of them still get
away with murder, rebellions by new
corners are being squelched with alac-
rity. lisa Miranda's removal from the
title role in "Zaza," in which Claudette
Colbert has been substituted, is an
instance of the dispatch with which
revolts are put down. Miss Miranda,
an actress of considerable charm and
competence, was inclined to view her
self as great movie star Having
heard how stars act, she conducted
herself accordingly. Paramount stood
it for week and decided that it would
be cheaper to find a substitute who
was more concerned with how she
would appear on the screen than how
she impressed executives.
There is an amusing story going
around about Miss Mirandas first
day on the set. Nazimova, who Gre
ated the role in Russia in 1901, was
engaged to coach the newcomer
When the cameras were ready to turn
Nine. Nazimova sought to guide the
actress. With an outburst that would
have done credit to Marlene Dietrich,
Miss Miranda exclaimed. You tell me
how to play Zaza? AM Zaza!"
Evening star., 1938-07-03

have every right to be saying already,
is not exactly the yarn to furnish food
for thought. for it has the ring of good,
old familiar melodramatics But there
should be more than just the story to
you and Me-" for it was directed by
Fritz Lang.
Mr.. Lang, who made the suspense
filled M" then came to Hollywood
to turn out Fury" and start every
critic in the land singing praises for his
direction Of it. particularly that not
easily forgotten mob scenes, is a chap
from whom much is expected in a
cinematic way. He hasn't attained
the peaks expected as yet, but has
commanded the attention Of those
people who hope for intelligence in
motion pictures, by bringing q fresh
directorial approach and by steering
clear Of the cliche.
1t should be exceedingly interesting
to see what he has done by way of
making "You and Me" into an out-of-
the-ordinary photoplay. It also should
prove interesting to note the manner
in which he has welded together the
dramatics of his story and the musical
underscore provided by Kurt WE'LL,
whom you remember as the man re-
sponsible for the background music of
Johnny Johnson"
THE other item which = certain
to prove Of interest Is the
screen version Of Having Wonder
full Time" which is due Friday at
Keith's Theater. For one thing, the
film script for Having Wonderful
Time" was prepared by the author of
the play, Arthur Kober, 50 the re-
suit can be entered on one or the
other side Of the ledger in the battle
Of those novelists and playwrights
who scream at the way Hollywood
treats their brain children.
On the stage Having Wonderful
Time" was play Of charm and ten
derness. which told its point Of youth.
full futility today with considerable
lsee MaaARfH0R 10 0l5