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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09
SPREADING THE ROADS

More than $3.50 miles of Federal
aid highway projects were complet-
ed in the United States within just
the four months from July to Octo-
Der. inclusive, of this year. The total
cost was $115,833,521, slightly
more than half was contributed by
the Federal Government. These ng-
ures are from the current magazine
of the American Road Builders
Association.
Thev indicate that the average
cost of a mile of high-type main
road is upward of $4,000. At the
some time the Government is also
contributing on a smaller scale to
construction of secondary or feeder
road projects. OF these, the average
cost during the same period was only
about $3.50 mile. Yet only about
one-fourth as many miles were Dullt
with Federal assistance as OF main
highways.
Now obviously there are great
MANY more miles of secondary roads
To be built in the Unites than Of
through highways. 1t must be clear
too. to anyone who looks at the
man that the United States is pretty
well supplied with arterial ROADS,
while any traveller who gets far on
these highways finds that the con-
dition of secondary or OF farm-to-
market roads is far from compar-
able.
over the present fiscal year as a
whole, the Bureau of Public Roads
has appropriations of approximately
s295,OOO,00O available for aid to
the through highway system as COM
pared to only about $47,50o,ooo
for aid to secondary roads. Perhaps
it may be said that these feeder
roads should be the responsibility OF
local units of government-Counties
and States-rather than the FEEDER
al Government anyway, and that
States could build more of them II
thew did not divert gasoline taxes
to other non-highway purposes
Whatever the explanation there
may be, it does seem, in view or the
arguments for decentralization OF
population, that highway financing
programs now ought to make larger
and more proportionate provision
FIR secondary roads as compared to
arterial routes.-The Monitor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09

John L. Lewis has been unanim-
ously reelected president of the
CLIO. A short time before that, Will
liam Green was unanimously re-
elected president of the AT of L.
News accounts of the two conven-
tions said that there were "tumultu-
Gus demonstrations" on both occa-
sions. The National Administration
has been calling upon both groups
to bury the Ratchet, and while await
ing for this Utopian result most of
the Government agencies have been
partisan to the Lewis group. The
Green group claims that it has not
been treated fairly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09


It's in the news that the Pea Can
ners Of America are about to con-
duct an aggressive sales campaign
to move 1889 record-breaking pack
of 25,OOO,OOO cans. What makes
this news noteworthy is that the
Gamers are taking the American
way Of solving their problem. In
stead Of blaming the recession, run
ming to the Government for help
or closing up their plants, the
packers, large and small. have
hitched up their belts, rolled up
their sleeves, spat on their hands
and got busy.
Getting these cans onto the groc-
er's shelves and from there to the
pantry and the dinner table is the
next move.
Now the packers are making a
special effort to step up demand to
meet supply. Instead of begging the
housewives of America to buy peas
out Of sympathy, they tell them that
meas were never cheaper and never
better. If that doesn't turn the trick
nothing will, for what woman ever
Intentionally overlooked a bargain
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09

Will the new world of order and
peace men hoped to see rising phoe-
nixlike from World War ashes De
reformed in the New World? VIII
collective security, breaking up in
Asia and Europe under war OF
threats of war. find sanctuary In the
western Hemisphere under the
name OF continental solidarity!
will the United States, unable to
make the overseas world safe fof
democracy, develop and protect the
ideal Of reedom in the Americas?
These are some of the questions to
ask as delegates to the Pan-Amer-
lean Conference converge on Lima.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09
Inauguration of the Administra-

Inauguration Of the Administra'
tons long-heralded monopoly H.
yestigation was accomplished on
Thursday in a four hour
public hearing at Washington, dur
ing which the word monopoly was
not uttered and the subject OF mo-
npoly was not discussed.
Instead, the twelve official investi-
gators, the troupe of assistants and
some 500 interested onlookers pom
dered Isador Lubin's elaborate set
of charts and his special bit OF ad-
vice to those who are searching Tor
the way to business recovery and
economic security. 1t was:
Pay less attention to foreign mar
kets and the weather. customers at
home, and concentrate on the buy
ing potentialities of the masses OF
American families to be found IN
the low-income brackets.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09
COLLECTION OF CHRISTMAS
DISHES
DISHES

Every housewife will want to try
these splendid suggestions for Yule-
tide goodies. Don't miss the House
wife's Food Almanack In the De-
cember 18th issue of The American
Weekly, the big magazine distribute
ed every Sunday with the Baltimore
American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09

Italy has been somewhat hesitant
about anti-Semitism, IL judged by
the pace set by the other partner on
the Rome-Berlin axis. Almost week
ly, however, reports of new mea-
sures against Jews in Italy stress a
growing similarity Of outlook being
cultivated by the governments at
Rome and Berlin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09

Yes, Roland, feminine beauty is
the rock on which masculine intelli-
gence is often wrecked.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09

Although the average life of
butterfly is about four or five weeks,
some species have been known to
live as long as ten months.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09

Some men are forever mistaking
notoriety for fame.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09
Read The Bible, Read
The Bible
Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore. Md.

Baltimore. Md
Search the Scriptures for in
them We think We have eternal
life, and they are they which
testify of Me.-St. John 5:39.
Would YOU know about the shepherds
On the plains of Bethlehem.
Read the Bible, the Bible, read the
Bible.
And the appearance of the Angel;
How it frightened all of them;
Read the Bible, the Bible, read the
Bible.
Would you know about the body,
That in the manger lie,
Read the Bible, the Bible, read the
Bible
And the star that shone so brightly
In that early morning sky,
Read the Bible, the Bible, read the
Bible.
Would you know. about the empty
tomb;
How the stone was rolled away;
Read the Bible, the Bible, read the
Bible.
Our blessed Lord had risen,
On that glorious Easter Day.
Read the Bible, the Bible, read the
Bible.
Would you know about the kingdom,
That will soon be coming down,
Read the Bible, the Bible, read the
Bible.
And the blowing of the trumpet,
That will sound out all around,
Read the Bible, the Bible, read the
Bible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-09

Even busy men are never too busy
to stop and look at q dog light,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
TODAY'S
SPORTS PARADE
BY HENRY McLEMORE

the lowest form of sports l
have ever watched was muo
wrestling match between two over
buXom Amazons . . II that SorC
of thing doesn't kill the once tine
mat game, nothing will
Lawson Little still has all the
wooden clubs he used in winning
his amateur championships &.
he watches over them like moth
er does an only child, and uses but
once a year-in the open cham
pionship the only thing that
stands between Lou Gehrig and
stardom as a movie cowboy is this
little obstacle-Lou has difficulty
staying on the back of a horse,
be it an ever so gentle one .
one of the reasons Sam Snead isn't
any too keen to finish the winter
tour with the pros is that Cali
fornia is a iong, iong ways from
White Sulphur, and that's where
Sans sweetheart lives e.
One of the reasons the st. Mary's
(of Saa Antonio) football team
travels $4,000 miles a year playing
games is that they can't get in the
Southern conference those
South American horses all of us
thought would burn up the track
at Santa Anita have shown just
about as much speed as a home
sick llama, Well-laden parti
cularly Amor Brujo, and he, you
will remember, once was my three
star special for the 100000 han
dicap now l have switched
to Pompoon next week I plan
TO move over to Seabiscuit q.
speaking of the Biscuit, don't try
and buy him Charley Howard
wouldn't part with him for GER
titled check for $l,0000O0 g.
thank goodness Mrs. Decorrevonts
boy has finally decided on a seat
OF learning now if only Joe Di
Maggie and Colonel Rupert will
get together, the world can return
to normal
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04

NEW ORLEANS Feb. 4. up
Notes jotted on the back of a road
map: Jimmy Kits of Rice is do
ing all right for a young fellow
who was just a small town basket
ball coach few years ago .
since he took charge of the Owls
football fortunes they have won
two conference titles and Kits
IS the second highest paid coach
III the southwest Dana Bible
of Texas is salary man No
Rice. incidentally, will win the
national championship in 1899,
when sophomores Lain and Cordell
come Of age Maryland does
the motorist a great favor by
painting all police cars white =.
they can be seen miles away and
in plenty of time to slow down q.
for tops in eating III cast my vote
for Juarez, Mexico, just across the
Rio Grande from Ell PaSo
what the boys over there do to
teal and a quail is worth all the
The best golf course in the coun-
try 'for a Guffer, anyway is the
one at Butte the fairWays are
so hard that a topped brassie will
travel 300 yards or better the
most progressive and interesting
group o. sportsmen 1 have encoun-
tered in many a year sit each week
around the round table in Spokane
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
l.. A. VEGETABLES

Los ANGELES, Feb. 4 OUP) -
Trading was generally slow, partly
mostly in moderate supply. Lettuce
was lower and late prices on
squash dropped. Most fruits con
unued plentiful and slow. Apples
were weak.
Brussels sprouts; Davenport and
PeScadero 25-lb iced drums $2.2o,,
1925 crate stock Pismo- Oceano and
san Luis Obispo 79c.
Bunched vegetables per crt beets
75c. Mustard 30-40c. Parsley 50-6Oc.
Radishes small red 40-6Oc. Spinach
60-75c. Coachella Valley 75-90c. Tu-
rnips 4O-5Oc.
Cabbage local cannonball 50-6Oc
Red cabbage 90-$1; savoy mostly SOC
crts 5O-65c. San Diego co S5c-Sl.
Golden slef- blanching local 24-in
50-6oc. San Diego co 7O-75c. Hearts
in small crts local Utah type 35-50c.
Golden self-blanching local 4o-6oc.
Peas San Diego co bush 6-7c.
pole S-9c lb. Imperial Wy 6h -7c
some crates $3. $3.50; Oxnard 5-5Ec
local and Orange co Sic. Carpineria
7-Sc; Coachella Wy 6H &c. Me. Y.
&c lb.
squash white summer Impserias-
co Jugs $2.$2.25 Italian Imperial
and Coachella Wy flats S165-$1.75
San Diego CO lugs $.1K75-$2. yellow
crookneck Imperial Wy flats 10
50; San Diego co flats ordinary few
SIPS.
Tomatoes Imperial Wy and Nj
S1.65 16S $1.-$1.25 2OS 75-9Oc luGs
No Is 50-75c flats 4x5S $1.25-S1.35
6x5S and 5X6S S1.35-$1.40 SKIS $1.27
Sl.35 7xSS 90c-$1 Sx9S 65-75c. Mex
stripped large S-9c small 7c lb.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
Long Hitters
Favored in
Sacramento Meet

SACRAMENTO. Cal, Feb q (UP)
The players who hit them long
and far were favored the golfers
who depend more on their short
game as the $1,000 Sacramento
open. next to the last of the Cali
fOrnia winter golf trial, opened at
the Sacramento municipal course
today
Players like Jimmy Thomson,
Sammy Snead and Lawson Little
were expected to do better than
Harry Cooper Paul Runyan and
other light hitters.
Ed Dudley, the 1897 champion,
was not on hand. In this tourna-
ment last year he set golfing rec
ords by knocking Is strokes off par
and by finishing 10 strokes ahead
of the runner-up.
The municipal course is 6,727
yards long, fully 1000 yards longer
than the Sequoyah club on which
Cooper won the Oakland open last
Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
Bench
BY Il . kinne
Post Press
Sports Editor
Warming

Down the valley sports trail
Basketball has come into its own
in Imperial Valley Thursday
night IN the high school gym near
ly 400 people crowded into SOC
seats to watch FL Centre high
school defeat BraWley. 1882
Junior college basketball gam1
are dlaWlns we'll this season too
If Hcltville high schools track
team is half as good as the cadd:es
at the Barbara Worth country club
claim, the Vikings will win in a
walk But then e. Centro and
BraWley will enter strong teams
Speaking Of track meets, the
Bench Warmer hopes no more of
them are held at night Two
were tried last season and the re-
suit was anything but impressive
Athletes and spectators alike
nearly fIoze standing in the cold
wind that whipped across the track.
Again arise the problem of am
ateur fighters in the valley fighting
too often Thursday night in the
CaleXico arena three fighters lest
decisions that would have been
won in ordinary circumstances
The battlers looked stale Their
lacked zip . A layoff would do
those boys a world of good and
would aid amateur fight programs.
Steps should be taken by the
A. A. U. CAs long as they have so
many rules anyway to limit the
number of fights GER month in
which amateur fighters can take
part
Commercial league DasKetball
teams are Showing up well this
season Every game has been
interesting to watch and each team
is showing improvement with play.
Second round competition will be
equally as good as any high school
or junior college games
Fred Perry and Ellsworth Vines
will show in El Centre Tuesday
afternoon . This will be the first
time top ranking performers have
played in the valley Seating ar
rangements for 1000 customers have
been completed -.
BraWley c Gag 'ro defeated Z
Centro c basketball team Thursday
night to run their winning streak
at the expense of league opponent;
to a new hlgh 49,. Only Bill Burton
Of Brawley knows the correct fig
ures, but the Brawley Gees haven't
lost a game since 1882
El Centro high school boys anc
r1Y-lr &c I.F
vile Thursday afternoon The
Central boys are IN second place in
the league standings and the girls
are perched atop the list And
that's probably the way the league
will wind up CaleXico boys
are in first place
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04

before flying to Miami tonight. i
got the titlefight guarantee. Pro-
moter Mike Jacobs didn't want to
give it to me. That's why l an
nounced Tuesday that l wouldn't
fight Baer 1 was ready to sail for
England on the lie de France next
Wednesday"
This return bout between the
Welsh coal miner and madcap
Make is slated for rounds. Tom
my beat Baer over the 12-round
route in their first meeting l
London last April Is. Farr eX-
planned Il had Make helpless in
the 18th round, with three more
rounds to work in, should be able
to put him away this time" Each
will receive 27i2 per cent of the
net gate. The winner is guaranteed
a September title fight with the
winner of the June Louis-Schmel-
ing bout.
Farr and Promoter Jacobs bick-
cred over the Baer match since
Sunday when Jim Braddock an
nounced his retirement from the
ring. Braddock had been tentative
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
l.. A. STOCKS

Los ANGELES. Feb. 4 CUP) -
Less than dozen issues figured
in the lstless trading on the Los
Angeles stock exchange today. with
only three moving into highc'
ground and one recording new
low for the year.
The new low came in Lockheed
Aircraft. down IA to ~ on sale o.
100 shares. The trio which sold a.
prices higher than yesterdays
close was In the oil division; Han
cock, up y to 28A on sale of 200
shares; Richfield mp II to 6h on
sale Of 100 shares; Republic up h
to on sale of 100 shares.
Other sales included: Central In.
vestment 4 shares IS. unchanged
Union Oil 100 shares 1914; unchang
ed; wellington oil 100 at 5k, down
II; Claude Neon 100 at 7B. down y
Goodyear 100 at 18A, unchanged
Edison comon 100 at 2OR, unchang
ed.
Approximate volume of sales, b.
500 shares, three issues up, two
down. six unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
kOvacs Upsets
Bryan Grant

MIAMI BEACH Fla. Feb. 4 up
FRANK Koyacs of Oakland, Cal,
who defeated Bryan "Bitsy" Grant
OF Atlanta Yesterday, meets Wilmer
Hines OF HOLLYWOOD, Cal. in the
semi-finals of the Surf club invita-
ton tennis tournament today
KoVacs provided the tourna-
ment's major upset wnen he elimi-
mated Grant 6-3, 3-6, Ga in the
finals. He overpOwered the
pint-sized Georgian with a hard
baseline game that Bitsy could not
handle
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
PLASTERERS TO
MEET YUMA
IN Ell CENTRIC

q Centric Merchants will relin-
suish their Sportsman park to
Plaster City All Stars. one of the
few teams able to beat the Mer-
chants. Sunday afternoon when the
Pacific Portland Cement club IS
eIated 10 meet the Yuma Mer-
chants. The game will start at 2:15.
Bob Elliott. former El Centre high
school player and now the property
of Montreal of the international
league. will lead the Plasterers
against Jimmy Ridge and his boys
Sunday afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
C N TRIAL ]. {.
SEEK s UPSET
OVER PHOENIX

A sharpshooting Ell Centre junior
college basketball team will meet
Phoenix jaycees Saturday night IN
the FL Centro high gymnasium IN
the first Of a three game series
against the Arizonans. The other
two games will be played in Phoe-
nix later in the year.
Tne Phoenix team. while not 50
strong as last seasons squad, boasts
a well roundede lineup and has
emerged victorious in the majority
Of its games.
El Centric Jaycees have amassed
a better than average record this
season and are counting heavily on
turn-in an upset victory Saturday
night.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04

Schneider 32-Zo
c. E. sones, 1913. Max sones
l4-15, Harry Sones 2l-23, Logan
jenkins 4-3, B. Kellerman 1913
Johnny Kepley 1919, Burdette Kin
ne 1920. F. Leng 1872 Dick Lott
6-5. Bob Mcnamara 12-l2, r. D.
McPherrin 1918, w W McEuen,
1917. Russ Nance 1915, Paul Pace
1913
H. Engel Alb. Bon Fans 26-24.
E. II. Ferguson 8-8, r French "a
Is, Forrest Ferguson 8-8. Pat Glas-
cow 1876, o. G. Horne 1913. Dick
Haas 1915. Walter Havekorst 49,
q, Massey Horton 1916, Paul Jen-
kins 1929
Bill Apple zI-2l, Z. C. Barnard
l2-13, w. E. Beale 1916, r. R.
Birchfield 6-8 w. J Burke 1916,
" A. Carroll 1873 Warren Currier
25-2O. Z. L. Carson 27-22, w. A.
Clark 14-9 Louis DeVita 34-30, d.
Dinsmore 14-14, Wayne Elvander
II j. Stone 1913, w. Saunders
1921 Dave Taylor 7-9. Dan Taylor
1853, John Tyler 24-26 Laddie Will
loug1by Gil, A. Yaekel 1918.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (UP) - \
statement by White House secre-
tary that President Roosevelt be
lieved a majority of recommends
ions made by small business men
were possible of fulfillment sent
the stock market higher today af-
ter a decline to new lows since 1885
The advance was quiet. many
traders staying on the sidelines
pending action on the business
mems plans.
Meantime. business reports con.
tinued to reflect lack of demand
Automobile production slipped off
compared with 1886 last week
cording to Wards reports. The re-
port noted Improvement in used
car sales and predicted pickup
next week in new car production.
Packard cut prices of its 6-cylin-
der models by 500. This was ex.
pected to be followed by other au
tomobile & makers; 1t was g., expected
other prices, notably steel.
Car loadings declined and Dun
Bradstreet reported retail distribu.
ZION slackened.
The market began at lower levels
with volume moderately active: 1ni-
tial blocks ranged to 1000 shares
In U. S. Steel which made a new
!ow for the year at 493s before
meeting support. 1t later came back
to 51A up 13s net. Bethlehem made
similar recovery.
All groups participated in the re.
covery and at the highs the list
had gains ranging to more than 2
points.
American Telephone. early weak
feature, came back to a net gain
II touched 1874 off 3h and rallied
to 131 up 3s point.
National lead. recent weak fca,
ture. rose more than points. 9th
er issues to gain points or more
included Du Pont. Eastman. Inter-
national Harvester. Sears Roebuck
Westinghouse Electric and Union
Carbide.
Railroad issues Joined the upturn
after Santa Fe had made a new
low for more than a year. Ana.
Iecott, Homestake anC
Dome gained more than Il point
Rubbers were fractions to more
than point higher. Building issues
rallied under lead of u. 5. Gypsum
and Johns Manville.
Stock sales approXimated $4,000
shares, against 1.090,000 shares in
the previous session. Curb stock
sales were 146,O00 shares. against
18S,000 yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
VINES, PERRY
NEAR VALLEY;
PLAY TUESDAY

Ellsworth Vines and Fred Perry
the worlds outstanding tennis
players will continue their fight for
supremacy Tuesday afternoon on
the Ell Centro high school courts.
Vines. once the worlds No. l
amateur player and now the pro
top ranking player, holds a slight
lead over Perry, the man who won
more amateur tennis titles than
any other netter, but the English
man only recently hit his peak.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
MONTOYA WIN STREAK BROKEN
ike BLAIR IN AN
EASY TRIUMPH
.OVERCALEXICAN

CALEXICO, Feb. 4-The puZzling
style of Alex MonJoya puzzled Ike
Blair for only two rounds at the
Calexico atheletic club Thursday
night, and when the bout was over
a puzzled Montoya was barely able
to Chamber from the ring as the
Ell Centro Negro stopped the win
streak of the CaleXico SharpShooter
The Montoya Blair bout climaXed
the best card of the season at the
Border City arena. frankie Jack
son decisioned Bull Mateo in a
wild semi-Windup, FRANK Cannett
defeated Bobbie Hagar, Steve Am
ador rallied to whip Luther Jack
son, Lee Flores kayoed Bill Dickey,
Johnny Antuna decisioned Cleo
Shans and Al Cuin kayoed Kirby
Rose.
Montoya started fast in the first
round of the main event to take
an edge in that canto. He Stung
Blair with rights and lefts and
pushed the fight to the Ell Centro
Negro.
Blair began to fathom the pecu-
liar Montoya style in the second
round however, ana held the Mexi-
can even.
The El Centre Negro opened up
with barrage of jabs and right
crosses in the final round that con-
vinced even the most ardent Mon
toya rooter that it was all over but
collecting the judges decisions.
Every fight Thursday night was
packed with action. There were no
big names on the card but there
were a host of big hearts which car
fiStic glory
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
Fred Perry
Humbles Vines

FRESNO, Cal, Feb. 4 IUPJ
Fred Perry. of Great Britain. won
a 14-12. 6-2 victory over Ellsworth
Vines of Pasadena, in a profession
al tennis match here last night
The win left Perry trailing six
matches to eight since the start of
their transforming tour. They play
again Sunday at Palm Springs.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-04
CHICAGO GRAINS

trading turned dull on the Chicago
board of trade today after early
buying had brought out the lar9-
est volume in wells and sent prices
into firmer ground.
At the close what was "a to II
cent higher, corn 4 to " cent
higher. and oats unchanged to h
cent higher.
Overnight export business was
fair consisting mainly of 100000
bushels of Manitobas.
Corn took its cue from wheat, but
responded mildly. Light export de
mand and beneficial rainfall in the
Argentine discouraged enterprise
Receipts here totaled 119 cars.