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Evening star., 1938-11-29
Carrier Income Drops
Far Under Year Ago
In 10 Months
$273,709, ,020 Compares
With $531,689, ,942 in
Same 1887 Period

Glass l railroads of the United
States in the first 10 months OF
1888 had net railway operating
income of $273,7Os, ,O2O, which was
at the annual rate of return of 12A
per cent on their property invest
ment, according to reports just filed
by the carriers with the Bureau
of Railway Economics of the Asso-
citation of American Railroads and
made public today.
In the first 10 months of 1887
their net railway operating income
was 1881 ,689 ,942 or 242 per cent on
their property investment, and in
the first 10 months OF 1880, their
net railway operating income was
$759, ,O36,6 or 343 per cent on
property investment.
Property investment is the value
of road and equipment as shown
by the books of the railways, in
Guiding materials, supplies and cash
The net railway operating income
is what is left after the payment
of operating expenses, taxes anc
equipment rentals, but before in
terest and other fixed charges are
paid
This compilation as to earnings
for the first 10 months of 1888 is
based on reports from 1877 class
railroads, representing a total OF
234,632 miles.
Gross at S2,927, ,472,79O.
Gross operating revenues for the
first 10 months of 1888 totaled ST.
927 ,472,790, compared with $3,547,-
SGT ,403 for the same period in 1893
and 23l8,485 for the same
period in 1880, a decrease of 17.e
per cent below 1887 and 351 pei
cent below 1880. Operating expenses
for the first 10 months of 1886
amounted to s2,258,2 ,269,819, com.
pared with S2,626, 1856 for the
same period in 1887 and S3.340 656,.
00l for the same period in 1880
Operating expenses for the first II
months of 1888 were IA per cent
less than in the same period OF
1881 and 32.4 per cent below 1880.
Glass l railroads in the first II
months of 1888 accrued s286, sol "a;
in taxes. compared with S278.579, ,05(
in the same period of 1887 ano
1903 226866 in the same period O.
1880. For the month of October
alone, tax accruals of the Class
railroads amounted to S30,944, ,357, al
increase of 81 .589.655, or 5.4 per cent
above October. 1887.
Thirty-hve Class l railroads failec
to earn expenses and taxes in the
first 10 months of 1885, of which l;
were in the Eastern district, in the
Southern district and II in the
Western district.
Decline is narrowed.
Class l railroads in October had {
net railway operating income O.
S68 565, ,755, or 199 per cent on in.
vestment. In October, 1887, theil
net railway operating income wa!
$50 1850, ,439, or lit per cent on in.
vestment, and in October, 1890, i
was s110,923, $40, or 3.35 per cent re.
turn on investment.
Gross operating revenues for th'
month of October amounted tt
S343, ,440, 1888, compared with S372,925,'
813 in October, 1887, and s477,966,'
434 in October, 1890 Operating ex'
penses in October totaled S242,4 400.
OBJ. compared with S27O357.354 il
the same month in 1887, and 1922,
443, ,081 in October, 1880.
Evening star., 1938-11-29

shall conclude its war ITO bring
peace to Asia"
The high percentage of casualties
among officers, including colonels
and generals, shows that they as
we'll as the common sollier have
faith in the army's proclamation
that Immortality is the reward for
death in battle and ito die for the
sake of the Emperor and fatherland
is to live forever"
The practice of high officers of
leading their troops into battle 4;
fine for the morale of the army, but
the losses decrease its efficiency.
At home, school children, univer-
sity students and adults constantly
Evening star., 1938-11-29

sing or whistle the patriotic tunes.
Only in the bars, which are
Tokio's principal places of enter
tainment at night, is there lighter
touch. There American popular
songs are still the favorites. The
bar hostesses learn the words from
movies and records, but often have
trouble with the pronunciation and
tunes, so that sometimes the result
Of their efforts is a meaning exact
ly opposite from what the lyrics in
tended.
Evening star., 1938-11-29

in the r. o. T. c. in the university,
or begins his military service, the
Japanese youth is constantly ex-
horted to absorb the Japanese
spirit" If he is out of step, If his
rifle is not properly cleaned, he is
told it is because he is lacking that
spirit.
The spirit is kept alive through
the military songs. Each separate
branch of the army, from infantry
to medical corps, has its separate
song, but each has the same theme
The songs promise victory and tri-
umph, not for the individual but for
the empire and the day when 1t
Evening star., 1938-11-29
CrisfieId YuIe Suvinqs
Approximate $4,000
BY the Associated Press

BY The Associated Press.
CRISFIELD, Md. Nov. 29.-Checks
totaling approximately s25OOo will
be mailed, beginning Thursday. t.
members of Christmas savings clubs
in the two Crisield banks.
Bankers said the total represented
an average payment of about $28 to
each club member.
Evening star., 1938-11-29
ADVERTISEMENT.
CarIlc-Parsley an Aid In
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

Medical reports say that Garlic-Parsey COM
centrate has double action in reducing high
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aid in reducing blood pressure and relieving
headache and dizziness caused by excessively
high readings. To learn what raises your blood
pressure and for medical treatment consult
your doctor. Large box, 500. Special economy
1se, 81 90
Evening star., 1938-11-29
Check Volume Drops
Further in Week
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ports that the volume of checks
cashed in banks of 274 leading cities
was s7,710,250000, compared with
s7,717 ,976 900 in the preceding week
and $8,031 $4,000 year ago.
Evening star., 1938-11-29
No Hope Of Returning Home
In Japanese Soldiers Songs
Aim in Melodies to Keep Up Spirit
Of People Behind the Gun

Cried through blood-stained lips
these dying words:
Thrice banzai for the Emperor!
AS he contentedly passed away"
From the day he is first enrolled
Evening star., 1938-11-29
Is Your Nose a TARGET?

Isyour nose irritated-isit choked with sticky
mucus-does your throat get thick with Phlegm
are you losing your sense of taste, smell, hear
ing, due to cold? Are your breathing passages
corked up7 Get tube or jar Of Mentholatum
today. Wake up tomorrow morning with clearer
head and feeling like a new person. This sooth-
ing balm-when applied in the nostrils-vapor-
ICES almost instantly Its active comforting
vapors help break up the choking mucus. re-
lieve irritation and local congestion and open up
stuffed breathing passages. Mentholatum stays
put and brings soothing comfort with every
breath. Ask your druggist for Mentholatum
today. In jars or tubes. 30t.
Evening star., 1938-11-29

Military officers in Australia have
been ordered to keep out of politics.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
Bruce Cation Says
With a Social Conscience

eViate this mass OF misery
This may seem a strange occu-
patton for the one time head of the
great steel combine. Yet it is not
SO TRANCE when it is first remember
ed that Taylor is a Quaker AS
such he is a member of the sect
which is making so gallant fight
throughout the world to see that
pity shall not perish, nor mercy be
forgotten.
People were astonished when Tay-
lor took his revolutionary step in
signing a labor cntract with the
CLIO. on behalf of u S STEEL.
They would have been less SO if
Taylor's Quaker modesty had not
obscured a social conscience which
guided a long career devoted to New
York's Family Welfare, United
Hospital, and Mobilization for HUI
man Needs relief campaigns. He had
also quietly served his government
on committee under both Presidents
Hoover and Roosevelt.
If Taylor succeeds to any extent
at all in this role of the Samaritan
who was "a neighbor unto him that
fell among thieves" he may well
be considered valuable addition to
his countrS's diplomatic forces.
And in thus Offering his services
to mankind as we'll as to the country
in which he prospered and tTed
well. he is setting an example lat
might well be followed by others Of
his position whose social con-
science seem less active.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
Well II!
Tell You.
says
Bob Burns

Nowadays you hear so many
people kickin' about the high taxes
but don't know where iii the
world man'd go to escape 'em.
A let IA poor people amt maxim
any money at all and when a man
is lucky enough to have a good in
come. he Oughta be glad for the
privilege of rayin' taxes on it.
L knew a man out here i'm Cal
ifornia that made a lot of money
and he was always kiekin' about
havin' TO pay taxes SO he picked up
and moved to a little town in the
middle west. The second day he was
there, his wife was fined $500 lii
parkin' the baby buggy too close
TO fire plug and the baby was
fined 10 cents amusement tax. ...
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
HOWARD HUGHES
PUTS TIME TO FLIGHT

(ChriStian Science MOnitor)
The blazing flight of Howard Hughes
200-horSepoWer star wagon east to west
around the world knocks our conception
of time into another tailspin. From
Moscow to OmSk and off again Almos
as quickly as the printed page can spread
the news; sooner than excited stay-be-
kinds can devour the thrilling details of
this roaring bolt across the blue Hughes
and his mates have sighted, landed left,
what headlines complacently call the
next objective. Manhattan commuters
learn that the Hughes plane is winging
over mid-Asia from Omsk to Yakutsk.
But that was morning. BY afternoon, the
headlines have whisked them out toward
Bering Sea on the welcome lap that leads
to an American outpost at Fairbanks,
Alaska
Actually there is much more to this
running drama of plane and press than
that which the hurried flight of Howard
Hughes provides. The 220-mile-an-hour
tempo his Lockheed motors are pound
ing out of space is slow compared with
the lightning speed of radio which brings
the fler's voice to listeners at home, or
the tranSradiOmarine device which trans
mits photographs of the landing at lie
Bourget to New York within a few min
utes.
Aviation has progressed in more ways
than one in the past decade. The Hughes
planes radio equipment weighs a ton
and-a-half This is more than half the
total weight of the plane Colonel Charles
Lindbergh flew to Paris. Much has been
made of the fact that aviation has halved
the time for the Atlantic crossing within
the last eleven years. But the progress
in radio communication is proportiOnatc-
ly many times greater. Progress does
not run in grooves. And the Hughes flight
only shows how many different ways men
are winning out in their conquest of time
and space.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
AN ADMIRABLE MAN
BUT A FOOLISH ONE

Douglas Corrigan, the young Los An
geles mechanic who flew from New York
to Dublin in a nine-year-old alrplane
without radio government permission,
passport or instruments, stands as an ad-
mirable figure among the days aviation
heroes-an adventurer of the kind about
whom books are written. We chuckle at
his exploit and secretly hope he will not
run into too much trouble because of his
hair-brained flight. We grin with the
young Irishman when he contends that
he really started for Los Angeles, but got
turned around somehow and landed in
Dublin.
But we can't help thinking he hasn't
done aviation any particular good. He
may even have done it considerable harm.
He landed safely after that long over
ocean flight. Another young flier, insplr-
ed by his example, might not land safely.
The headlines of another death at sea
would cOunterbalance Corrigan's flight,
and perhaps Howard Hughes journey,
too Rightly or wrongly, the public would
feel again that such a flight is too dan
gerOus for average people.
Luck rode with COrrigan, but he add
ed nothing to the knowledge of men who
design and men who fly planes. Therein
he differs from Howard Hughes Amelia
Earhart and Charles Lindbergh. Theirs
were flights that advanced aviation in
public acclaim. Corrigan's was a stunt
flight purely and simply.
We NAV cheer the man for his courage
and admire his spirit-but we cannot
compliment him on his flight.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
SYMPATHY FOR TRAMpS;
DEATH FOR MOTORISTS

Near Wickenburg. Ariz., on a lonely
stretch of desert highway, a woman mo-
torist stopped TO offer a ride to hitch
hiker. The day was hot, and heat waves
shimmered across the desert. On such
day anyone would sympathize with a
man walking disconsolately along the
road.
The hitchhiker approached the side
of the woman's car. He opened the door.
Then, without warning, the woman found
herself looking into the muZZle of a re-
volver. She was ordered to hand over
her money. She did so. 1t amounted
to eight dollars. The hitchhiker fled
The woman was lucky. Other who
have offered rides to roadside wanderers
have not been SO lucky. In cases too num-
erous to mention. death instead of simple
robbery has been their fate.
Most hitchhikers are what they seem
to be-men trying to get from one place
to another without paying for their ride.
Most of them cannot pay, for they haven't
any money. Here and there among the
hitchhiking ranks, however, is a criminal
who thinks no more of inflicting death
than he thinks of thumbing a ride. And
there is no way motorist can tell the
harmelss from the deadly among them.
There is only one way to be safe.
Stop for none of them. Offer none of
them a ride.
Entirely aside from the danger to the
motOrist who picks up man unknown
to him on the highway, there is the dam
ger from an ever growing army Of pro-
fesional wanderers, forever going from
one place to another in somebody else's
car, forever becoming a drain on this
community or that, forever boosting the
4 l.. +oo
nation. The motorist who helps this un
shaven army in its travels is encouraging
a menace to the economic structure of a
country the we'll being of which is found
ed upon homes and home loving families.
Personal wisdom and civic spirit both
dictate mo rides" policy for hitcthik-
ers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
PROMISE NO PRICE FIXING

alameda Times-Star)
Upward trends in stock markets and
business are due perhaps, as much to the
Washington declaration that there is to
be no price fixing or control of produc-
tion as it is to the growing shortage of
merchandising stocks. That the country,
as a whole, is far below normal in its buy
ing is we'll known to statistical officials
and those who follow their reports.
With the assurance of free market
as promised the cOuntry's industrial lead
ers after recent Washington conference,
and the prospect Of another three billion
dollars of federal funds being turned
loose in which all sections of the country
will share, the depression may be expect
ed to lift. A healthy business momen-
tum, if not interfered with by meddle-
some individuals who appear to think
their plans are an improvement on both
nature and supply and demand, may be
expected to continue after the New Deal
money has been exhausted.
Anyway, there is a ray of sunshine
through business clouds and the univer
sal prayer is that it may not be obscured
by those who think they can improve on
it's brightness.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19

Kelly. As soon as Kelly got the as
signment he called at Mr.. Rookie
fellers office. Mr. Rockefeller was
not there. He went to Mr Rookie
eller's town house on West 54th
Street, he was not there FREQ
boarded a train for Tarrytown. Mr..
Rockefeller was there but had guests
and was not to be moleSted. But
Fred Kelly wasn't going to give up.
Not Fred!
The following Sunday Fred went
to Mr.. Rockefeller's church. He
learned that Mr.. Rockefeller was
going to talk to the Sunday School.
So Fred went to Sunday School!
He sat in the back row and listened
to what Mr.. Rockefeller had to say
to the children and became SO IN
terested in what he heard that ha
forget all about the interview; ana
Mr.. Rockefeller left for home be-
bore he got a chance at him.
Fred hoped into a cab. The taxi
driver, sensing Fred's eagerness,
placed his foot definitly on the
gas and Fred reached Mr.. Rookie
feller's home a few minutes before
the old gentleman did.
When Mr.. Rockefeller emerged
from his car, Fred was at hand
Mr.. Rockefeller he said I've
Just heard you talk to the Sunday
School, and I am very much i'm
pressed. May I ask you few
more questions?" Note this. 1t is
important. Fred Gidnt begin by
talking about what he wanted. He
began talking Immediately about a
subject Mr.. Rockefeller was interes-
ted in.
Well, Mr.. Rockefeller was SO
pleased at Fred's interest in his Sum
day School class that he invited
him In and gave him all the time
he wanted.
1t may seem that Fred got that
interview through a fluke. Not at
all. Fred was truly interested in
the talk of Mr.. Rockefeller, and
since truth will come out, his SIN
cerity shone in his face, and ran
through the tones of his voice.
Because of his sincere interest
he got more than he had antlcl-
pated in the way of an interview
and all the information he wanted
Bob Brown, one OF Chlcagos
most popular radio announcers
gestures almost constantly While
facing the microphone. A splendlo
idea! Naturally his listeners don
sec his gestures; but they fee
them. If you ever face a micro
phone, gesture as you speak. What
kind of gestures? Any kind tha'
comes natural to you. You can
possibly let yourself go physically
in a gesture without also letting
Yourself 60 mentally and emotion
ally. Gesturing will help to get you
out of your shell. Gestures, Will
cause you to speak with more spon-
taneity, with greater naturalness..
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
Famous Sayings

A brand new American diplomat
is launching his International ca
reer amid difficulties, but in a cause
that is SO broadly humanitarian
that many eyes are fixed on him.
He has been elected chairman OF
the inter-governmental committee
which is trying to find q place in
this broad world for Thousand of
people whose countries have de-
clared they do not want them.
To solve Jointly this heart break
ing problem, President Roosevelt
has called a conference in SwitZer-
land of representatives of 80 demo
cratic nations, to canvass and pool
in these 20th Century Ishmaels.
goth Century Ishmaels.
Heading the American delegation
and the general meeting, is a di-
plomat new to diplomacy, and yet
not new to great affairs. He is
Myron G. Taylor, sometimes chair
man of the US. Steel Corporation
Taylor, who rounded out long
business careeer by reorganizing
financially the huge us. Steel Cor
poration, and by signing the first
general labor contract ever granted
in the United States by great
steel company, appears now in q
new role. His business career behind
him. he announced that he intended
to devote much of his remaining
span to the public service.
The assignment to the refugee
conference followed. Taylor is hare
at work there to get definite re-
suits that will to some extent al
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
ENGAGE IN THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES


TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that fifteen
days after the above date, the un-
dersigned proposes to sell alcoholic
beverages at these premises, de-
scribed as follows:
1O2 w. ORANGE STREET,
Ell, CENTRIC, IMPERIAL
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
Pursuant to such intention, the
undersigned is applying to the State
Board of Equalization for issuance
of an alcoholic beverage license cor
licenses) for these premises as fol-
lows:
ON SALE BEER
Anyone desiring to protest the
issuance of such license (s) may
file a verified protest with the State
Board of Equalization at Sacramen-
TO, California, stating grounds for
denial as provided by law.
RICHARD BAYLOE.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19

approach? Well,
this is the way
he once managed
to get all the time
he wanted with
one of the most
difficult men in
the worN. the
late John D. Rock
teller. John D.
bookseller didn't
see any reporters
at all in those
days but he did
see Ere d c.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
One-Minute Test Answers

|. No. He merely enjoys floor
privileges in the house of repre-
sentatives.
2. Ruins of a great circle OF stone
pillars BURT by the early inhabi-
tants of England.
3. The Orinoco.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
News Behind
the News
Vaudeville Votes
Pension Pledges

WASHINGTON. - A secceSStul
radio salesman of flour, campaign
ing with a hillbilly band, is leading
a field of IA candidates for the
Democratic nomination for COVER
nor in the great state of IeXaS
He is Lee ODaniel of Fort Worth
a Snowman who, according to Varl-
Gus reports here, is running away
with the show as far as the state
July % primary is concerned.
ODaniel draws huge crowds
exudes personality, promises S3C
monthly pension for every Texan
over IS. sings songs of his own
composition especially "BeautliuI
Texas" - intersperses his speeches
with the hillbilly band music, takes
up big collections.
Most experienced observers for
see a run off primary between
ODaniel and Attorney General Will
liam McCraw, another colortuI
campaigner.
Railroad Commissioner Ernest
Thompson, backed by big oil money
is likely to run third, and former
Postofftce Solicitor Karl Crowley
who left Washington after a test
imonial dinner toatmastered by
Jim Farley and attended by Cabi-
net Members Ickes, Cummings, ano
Hull as we'll as Supreme Court
Justices Black and Reed - is
likely fourth.
Roosevelt, Vice President Garner
and RFC Chairman Jesse Jones
have been neutral. Only possibility
of an administration victory or de-
feat is tc be found in the Sar
Antonio congressional district Wher;
New Dealer Maury Mavericks le
nomination is hotly cntested b!
Paul Kilday.
A Federal district judge who doe
not owe his new job to Senator
Harry Byrd or Senator Carter GlaS!
has been appointed in Virginia. Ont
of Senator Pat McCarran'S politi'
cal enemies has been named U. S
district attorney in Nevada. Tht
federal housing administrator fol
Maryland, who was in Senator
Millard Tydings' patronage coop
has been fired.
The four senators, anti-New Dea
Democrats, are boiling with indig'
nation at these snubs, which the,
allege are instances of Roosevelt
retaliation against his foes. Simlla
instances may become frequent be
tween now and 1910, but these alon'
call attention to certain significan
facts:
Big federal jobs, especially in tn
states, and including even theoret
ically sacred judgeships, are trodi
tionally items of political pie ant
it's practically unheard of to ap
point a federal judge or other Off
cial without endorsement by tn
senator or senators belonging to tr
right party and representing hi
district.
For five years Democratic sen
ators have had their own men ap
pointed judges, district attorneys
postmasters marshals, WPA admin
istrators, and SO on, and the ad
ministration has made little If an
effort to discriminate in patronag
between New Deal and anti-Ne'
Deal senators.
The fact that federal machiner
in most states is manned by part
isans who owe their jobs to incum
bent senators presents res
stumbling block when RooseVe
attempts to defeat Democratic cor
servatives who have opposed nj
measures.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19

The two psychologists who lived to-
gether in a cave for SO days to make tests
came out with the announcement they
couldn't agree on their findings. 1t does
MT take that much living together for a
lot of people to find they can't agree on
anything
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
TOday'S Horoscope

Love of nature is character
istic of many persons whose birtA-
dav occurs today. The outdoors
brings them rest from the rlgors
of life.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
PeOple'

You have probably read maya
zine articles by Fred C. Kelly.
Would you like to know how he
manages to get interviews with
famous people who are difficult to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-19
Barbs .-..

An actress is quoted as saying
the moving picture people should
stick TO one type. That startled
us too, but it turned out she was
talking about roles.
A well known golfer has just
decided to become a farmer Lots
Of farmers would boil his career
down TO: Off the green, into the
red.