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Evening star., 1938-01-30
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NORTH AMERICA

There are hundreds ef vari.
cites of cactus. Some Com.
mon types are shown here.
The Giant grows a. tall a.
an oak tree. and weighs
several tons.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

\ 4 US1C publishers make money
|" in radio according to the
wv number of times their songs
are heard on the air and the
number Of stations carrying the pro-
gram. and this is just where the song
plugger comes in-a tireless individ-
ual. all too familiar to radio con-
ductors and singers. but whose profess
sion is little known to the public.
The song -plugger's job. night and
day, Is to get the songs published by
his particular company played on the
air as frequently as possible. A top
notch song -plugser, therefore, knows
as personal friend as many radio
conductors and singers as possible.
There are no statesmen as persistent
as the majority of song ng-pluggers. and
they are an essential part of this busi-
ness Of broadcasting, says Jean El-
lington, songstress. who has come to
know scores of them by reason Of her
twice-weekly programs, Thursdays and
Saturdays, over the N. B. c. networks.
Many conductors who have trav-
eled to fame on their uncanny ability
to pick next months song hit and pre-
sent 1t first on the air naturally owe
a debt of gratitude to the music plug
gers. Without them Rudy Vallee. Guy
Lombardo and Richard Himber, for
example, would have a difficult task
keeping informed on the newest songs
published.
NOR do the good deeds of the music
men end there. Many of them
have been known to coach young sing
ers who could not afford lessons. Others
have supplied underpaid beginners
with expensive song arrangements
which. because Of their distinctiveness,
have helped the singers to reach star
DOM
"Cleverness and ingenuity help the
song-plugger In getting his tunes on
the air. Among the scores I know
there is one man who constantly sends
me personal notes and kilograms in an
effort to persuade me to sing his songs
Last week. because did not present
one Of his numbers on my program,
he sent me the following telegram:
Until I knew you'd done me wrong
The sun was bright,
The day was fair,
And there stood
Without a care,
Until knew you'd done me wrong
A full half hour without q song!"
Deluged with SO many requests to
sing various songs, Jean adds, care
must be exercised by the conductor or
singer in making up q program 50 that
1t will have q musical balance. After
all. the song-plugger is interested in
getting his own song on the air and
not as to how the program as a whole
might sound.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Air Listeners Foundation
Seeks Improvements
Non.P roft Organization Plans
Periodic Advisory Polls
To Aid Sponsors.
By Chris Mafhisen.

AsI week brought news Of orsansaion which may be able
exert strong sauay influence the broadcas
monhs the Radio Listeners profit
institution dedicated the general btermen Of
promotion schemes
but careful scrutiny this
Evening star., 1938-02-20

tions Commission, the broadcasters
heard some pointed criticisms Of their
programs and their tendencies. They
appeared to like 1t, nevertheless, and
took 1t" 20 well that the convention
hall resounded with their applause Of
the chairman. Mr.. McNinch, like
Senator Wheeler, asserted that he was
basically in favor Of the American
system Of competitive. private enter
prise as against the European system
OF government ownership of radio, but
he warned against commercial prac.
tices which abuse the American fire.
side, and asserted their continuance
in any aggravated degree would lead
to Government operation Of radio. He
suggested, though he did not order,
that the broadcasters reject all com.
merciab" having to do with the "en.
couragement Of the consumption of in.
toxicating beverages" He also said he
expected soon to launch an inquiry
into the structure and practices of the
networks
SENATOR WHEELER dwelt partly
on the importance of an inde-
pendent radio in democracy, making
clear he abhorred the idea Of Gov
eminent ownership He urged how.
ever. that radio stations themselves
DO not have editorial policies" but
rather that they be operated as public
forums. Mr.. McNinch was concerned
more with the cleanliness Of program
material, yet he made it clear that
the F. c. c. has no thought of out.
right censorship.
One point the Senator from Mon.
tana and the chairman were not in
apparent accord. Senator Wheeler
said he regarded the F. c. C.s recent
decision threatening possible reprisals
against radio stations carrying the
now famous Mae West" broadcast as
an undue reflection on the stations
since the program was fed from net
work headquarters in Hollywood and
the stations had no control over its
content He suggested that in such
cases the penalty, II any. should be
imposed upon the originating station
only.
In quite another vein. the engineer
member Of the commission. Comdr. T,
A. M. Craven. also a recent appointee,
spoke to the broadcasters about the
regulatory problem. Comdr. Craven.
who chiefly was responsible for the
recent North American wave length
accord with Canada, Mexico and Cuba.
told of its effects and urged its rati-
fication. He came out hatly against
censorship. and had kinder words to
say about the services the radio sta
tions were rendering.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Penner's AVERAGE.

THE record number of laughs on a
Joe Penner program is ITO, ac-
cording to Writer Don Prindle, who
checks them each week. They seldom
fall below 80, which means an average
Of better than five a minute for the
comedy portion of the show.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

ACkSTAGE IN the control
* room at Carnegie Hall. where
John Barbirolli was about to
open Philharmonic Sym
phony Orchestra concert, a young
man sat beside loudspeaker. thumb
ing pensively through pocket score.
The door was flung suddenly open
and another man called in. Look
out for a tympani fortissimo in the
'CoriolAnus,' Jim!'
I've got 1t, thanks" replied Jim,
showing his marked place in the
score.
This was not q regular Sunday AZ
ternoon Columbia network concert.
but broadcast Thursday night
program. The young man with the
score was James H. Fassett. assistant
production director for c. B. s. The
issue at hand was kettle drummer,
potential enemy of any radio trans
mitter, who was about to give his
instrument a good loud beating in
Beethoyen's "coriolanus Overture"
Every time the Philharmonic gives
a concert whether Thursday or Sat-
urday night, or Friday afternoon, Fas-
sett is there making tests with Charles
Kleinman, engineer. and Davidson
Taylor, head of the music department,
to outwit their potential enemy SO
that Sundays broadcasts MAJ be let
ter perfect. Fassett is equipped with
all the necessary scores. which he has
taught himself to read just as he
taught himself to play the piano.
And he knows all the answers because
he formerly was q critic in no small
way.
HE WAS an assistant to the late
= famous Boston critics. Philip Hale
and H. T. Parker oh. r. P.'), both
separately and simultaneously. Hale
and Parker were renowned for their
brilliant criticisms and the bitter feel.
ing they maintained towards one an
other. Fassett,.a Dartmouth graduate
with three years of philosophy at
Harvard in addition, came into the
rarefied Parker atmosphere with
love for music, but no training in 1t.
Said he to Hale: Sir, 1 should like
to be critic"
With those words he changed his
career from prospective one of teach
ing philosophy to that of music The
practical experience he acquired with
Hale. and later with Parker, together
with a sudden interest in radio script
writing, enabled him to progress to
the point where he was a commentator
in opera broadcasts and those of the
Boston Symphony. More than two
years ago he came to Columbia and
was assigned to the philharmonic
programs.
EASSETTS score has an appearance
resembling the Times Square sub
way station after o'clock rush
period. Pencilled arrows run in the
margins from page to page, like those
pointing the way to the Grand Central
Station shuttle. They end In asterisks
or underscorings at explosively loud
points, or at those of delicate cobwebby
softness. The arrows warn him Of the
approaching danger point and he. in
turn. warns Kleinman, a twist Of
whose volume control dial produces the
fidelity Of reproduction associated With
these broadcasts.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Script Neglected.

WALTER O'KEEFE, Mardi Gras
w master of ceremonies, seldom
reads from his script during a broad
cast. Long years on the stage, a facile
memory and the fact that he writes
much of his own material make 1t un-
necessary.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Odd Jobs Sought.

TN ONE day. the Voice Of Experience
got five letters asking him to tell
the writer's how to become, respec-
lively, a deep sea diver, q blood donor.
an exterminator, an explorer and q
jockey.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Air irCOncerts
Must Have
Controls
Production Man
Cues Engineer
Throughout.

n ACKSTAGE In the control
X room at Carnegie Hall. where
John Barbirolli was about to
. omen Philharmonic SYM
Evening star., 1938-02-20

More Than
Nuisance
Singer Declares
Lowly One Is
Her Friend.

\ 4 US1C publishers make money
M in radio according to the
wv number of times their songs
Il are heard on the air and the
Evening star., 1938-02-20
.Osty's Sleep Aid.

MAESTROANDREKOST
Americas No. / air traveller, Is
50 accustomed to the sound Of plane
propellers that he sometimes cures tn
somnia by turning on an electric fan
to be "hummed' to sleep.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Choice Of Industry Head
Delayed by Air Men
N. A. B. Reorganization Leaves
To Directors the Choice
OF a Radio "Czar."
By Martin Codel.

sn anynooys eu who VIII Be selected to
bosTed hish public s.nd1ne
should definitely
National Association
the structure of their as.ia
Evening star., 1938-02-20
FEBRUARY 20, 1888
WKv-1.lkok.

lS years old. The beautiful youne
sonsstress had her hrst auditaoa whe4,
she was Z. She won't - II until April
Il. =.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

" 8AAsA64 N1aSlC -ASy pfSSCUU8
Helen Jepson and Charles Kull-
! mann OF the Metropolitan Opera Co.,
singing excerpts from the music of
'"The 0oldwyn Follies";; MarRalo Gil
more, stage star; Linton Wells speak
:Qs from Mexico City; Felix Knight,
tenor, and the Tune Twisters, vocal
stylists (WMAL. ~.
Gladys Swarthout Is the guest per-
former on the McCarthy-Ameche show
CwRc, ..
Fl Brendel. Swedish dialect COM
edian. is the guest Of George Jessel
(WOL, 81. ....
Joan Blondell and her sister Gloria,
who aspires to equal screen fame,
are to be heard with Feg Murray
(@ldAI.. 7:30).
A double talk" expert who needs
no partner will be one OF the features
Of the On 4 Sunday Afternoon variety
show heard over VOL at 3 o'clock.
Also to be presented are an interview
with . veteran newsboy. Michael
Dowd. l7-year-old tenor; Oracle
Dunn, young contralto, and . comedy
sketch. E*
Dick Merrill, famed pilot. and the
only woman Texas Ranger are TO be
interviewed by Parks johnson and
WAlly Butterworth tWRC, -.
HRAMA-'"The Lincoln Legend"
presenting . dramatized charac-
ter study Of the Great Emancipator,
u the Offering Of The World Il
Yours" tWRC. 4:30).
fioyds Of London" the nlm version
eS which story elevated him to star
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22
Labor SIashing It's Own Throat by
Excessive Demands Backed by
Administration, SAYS Babson
BY ROGER BABSON

GLOUCESTER, Mass, July 22.-l expect to better
business each month from until the New Year real
upturn is in the cards But looking further ahead am
not optimistic. Our employment problem is being
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22
Ickes Ansered by
DirisibIe Expert

WASHINGTON. July 90 UP)-
Secretary of Interior Harold l.. Ickes
yesterday accused Commander Chas.
f. Rosendahl, naval dirigible expert,
of inconsistency in recommending
that the United States sell helium
supplies to Germany. He quoted
from a book by Rosendahl calling
helium a valuable military asset" ="
IckeS said he has not revised his
position in opposing the request of
Germany for sufficient supplies of
the non-inflammable gas to initiate
the Reich's new dirigible which is
being built.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22
Science Studies
Prehistoric Man

KANSAS CITY. Mo. July 90 CUP)
DR.. w. r. Wedel OF the SmithSon-
ian Institution in Washington re-
yealed today that skeletons of at
least 90 pre- historic American In
dians had been eXcavated from a
burial ground near here. and that
an entire Indian village might be
unearthed Soon
DR. Wedel termed the discovery
"One of the most important ever
made" as regards the lives and hab-
its of the races which inhabited
This part of North America.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22


joblesSness until labor and the ad-
ministration change their attitude.
Current union tatics are short
sighted. Labor is slashing its own
throat. Employers, SICK of fighting
with unions, are now bending their
energies to the development of labor
saving machinery.
I especially hope that the current
upswing in bisiness will not give
radical labor leaders further en-
coura cement. THE BABSONCHART
FOR JULY IS REGISTERING THE
FIRST MONTHLY GAIN IN BUSI-
NESS ACTIVITY SINCE LAST
AUGUST. The chart shows that
business has come up from % per
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22
Cue sts PayHonor
To Pioneer Couple

Mr. and Mrs Leroy Holt were
complimented Thursday evening a:
farewell dinner given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Arno c Y&cckel ana Mr.. and
Mrs Walter B. Hayekorst at thu
Havekorst home Oh WenSley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holt received the
guest prize at bridge. Other win
ners were Mr.. and Mrs o. G. Horne
Mr. and Mrs. j. p. Hansen and
A H Keller.
Guests We're Mr.. and Mrs. Holt.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Diller. Mr. and
Mrs. j. B. McNeece. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hansen, Mr.. and Mrs. Horne. DR..
Sem Bacon and Mrs. Bacon Mr.
and Mrs. Paul A. jenkins. A. H.
Keller, Ross Hickox and T. L. Skin
ner.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22

10 IToVIue new employment 0ppor-
tunities. and pay unemployment
benefits tot hise who have paid into
the fund, said Rdssel Bailey, dir
ector of the Imperial county branch
The district divisions were abol-
ished at a recent conference in San
Francisco. he said, and each office
operated through an area coordin-
ator TO the central office in Saera-
mento. Tie local manager is the
direct agent of executive officers.
including Executive Director Carl
Hyde and Area Coordinator H. r.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22
Union Chief Asks
Cooperation from
Business Groups

ClldlltS d. COplSIlllul, resident
of the Imperial Valley Building
Trades council, this week offered
all valley chambers of commerce
the cooperation of unionism and
asked for cooperation in return.
A bright copper penny was af-
fixed to the top Of each letterhead
in messages sent to the president
and the secretary of the chamber
of commerce in the seven munich
palities in the valley.
The letter follows in full:
A Penny Fer Your Thoughts
"The time is at hand, we be-
lieve, when a better understanding
should exist between our local busi-
nessmon and the organizations af-
filiated with the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
"Organization in our group is very
similar to organization in your
groups. We find certain individual
workers, even as you find certain
businessmen, VINO do not feel that
organization is necessary. AS a mat
ter of fact, they are quite opposed
to organization in any form.
Men of this type retard the prog
reSs of any community. Sane think
ing men realize the necessity of
organization for local as we'll as for
national progress.
I'VE feel that the thing to keep
in mind is the welfare and op-
portunities of the working class.
They are the ones who spend the
most of the money. They are the
Cnes who keep the wheels of prog
ress turning. 1t is up to men Of
your type to see that the workers
get square deal.
You are aware of the advantages
of organization in your own groups.
We are aware of the many good
deeds and Of the accomplishments
of the Chamber of Commerce. We
know these things were made pos
sible by organization.
ut is our belief that it will BE-
advantageous for you TO lend your
assistance to organized labor and
to concern yourself with the vel
fare Of its members for you have
to reside in the same communities
with them. You know the French
and Russian revolutions were Gre
ated because of a lack of interest
and understanding Of the working
classes. Let Us acquaint ourselves
With the whole situation.
If you will you, and your broth
ars in business and commerce, can
do much to help solve our prob
lens in a sane and peacea ole man
ner And not through strikes and
strife.
"Organized labor has 25 million
individuals to feed and clothe and
in that vast group we can find the
answer to many of our surplus
crop problems.
I'VE have methods of conveying
our message TO the various groups
from coast to coast, and they have
always cooperated AS an example,
| cite The tobacco business. A half
a dozen brands of tobacco have
become popular, almost over night,
because of union cooperation.
Believe US when we say we wan.
your suggestions and cooperation
and, in turn, we shall do all we
can to cooperate with you.
Let US pledge ourselves to strive
to make Imperial Valley a better
place in which TO live not only for
the men in business. and commerce
but for the farmers and workers
as well.
1--WE shall greatly appreciate any
suggestions you may have TO offer"
SUNSHINE OR RAIN! Want-Ad
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22

uary 1929, to which Mexico, the
United States. and most other AM
erican republics are parties.
Hull tacitly accused the Mexican
government of having failed to
make an honest effort to pay for
the seized property, ana scolded the
regime of President CardenaS for
jeopardizing not only the good
neighbor policy of this government,
but also the whole realm of amicia-
bic international relations.
Specifically. his note dealt only
with farm lands, owned by u. S.
citizens. which have been seized by
the Mexican government since 1915.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22
Navy Plans Big
Bomber FIiqhts

SAN DIEGO, July %. CUP) -
During August the navy will ferry
80 OF its big ply type patrol bomb
ers to strategic defense posts in
mass, nonstop trans oceanic flights
it was revealed today.
In addition a mass flight of AZ
planes from Seattle to San Diego
ending an intensive maneuver in
the Puget Sound-A Alaskan area. is
scheduled.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22
DR.. George Thomas
Under Ire atment

DR.. George w. Thomas left Tues
day morning for San Diego where
he entesed a hospital for eXamina-
ton, He and Mrs. Thomas have
taken an apartment there for The
summer at 1854 Third avenue. DR..
Thomas left the hospital Thursday
but is to be under medical care for
some time to come.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22

FIaNCISCO CdSIIIIU NdJUId' IIuI pro-
posed that an international court
Of arbitration be established to de-
termine whether the Mexican gov
ernment shall pay for the eXpro-
priated property, how much should
be paid and the terms of payment.
He made this proposal under the
terms of a general treaty of arbi-
uation signed at Washinton in Jan
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22

SUNSHINE OR RAIN! Want-Ad
Results Repeat Again and Againl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22

NOW ON DISPLAY
Lei US show you why 50
many families in imperial
Valley choose zee" Refrie-
orators.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22

solved. There is no hope b ending :
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22

Harnish. former CaleXio resident
Bailey explained.
Uniformity between state organi-
cations and achievement of econo-
mical administration by elimination
of duplicate efforts are sought.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22

cent to 25 per cent below normal.
This advance is not big-but the
trend is in the right direction. In
fact, sharp jump IN business this
fall is inevitable. This upSwing will
not be due to pump priming. To
this falls business, federal spending
will be only what a dessert is to
a man who has already had a full
meal. Irrespective of pump priming,
natural rally from the year-o
recession was bound to come.
A LABOR" RECESSION
There were many outstanding con-
trihuting causes to the recession.
Forced stock selling was a major
item. But the decline was really
started by labor troubles. Everyone
manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer.
consumer-WaS scared that higher
wages would force prices into the
StrastoSphere. There was a stampede
Of forward buying. Goods were over
produced. Inventories all down the
line were oVer-stOcked Then buy
ing started to drop because of the
mafk-up IN prices which the higher
wages forced. The drop in demand
together with the huge supply of
goods on hand, put business into
the Sharpest tailspin in history.
Now 1t looks as though the losses
OF the past year will be wiped out
oy sharp upturn. Several millions
Should 60 back to work between now
ana Christmas. Looking ahead into
the longer term future. however
l see little prospect of ELIMINATING
unemployment until there is a real
chahge IN the attitude of labor and
IN the attitude of the administration,
concerning labor. Any gains in iobs
que to increased demand for goods
VIII De offset by more technologicaI
employment due to radical labor
demands. CBy chronological unem-
ployment 1 mean workers are he
ing put out of jobs by labor-saving
machinery
TWO Do WORK OF THREE
The possibilities of labor SAVING
machinery are almost Iimitleee
Ihey stagger the Imagination This
means that our standard of livins
Is rising, and that the two mon
nave more leisure. But to the third
man. who is thrown out of work
II seems just the opposite, Even
tually, this jobless third man NAV
be absorbed into some other bust
ness Pehaps he will 90 into the
INDUSTRY which makes labor savino
machines. Maybe he will On hack
10 ms old industry where sales are
booming due to lower prices for the
machine made product which he
formerly made by hand. Eventually.
ne Will lind new job; but, in the
interim, he creates a real problem.
~ 'AAAE HAS given
US our wonderful standard of living
To continue TO produce goods bv
hand when they can be made by
machine is to retard progress. But
the sensible policy is to bring about
chronological process slowly. ANY
program which artiIicially stimu-
lates the use of labor saving devices
aggravates the phole problem. YET,
LABOR LEADERS ARE DOING
JUST THAT. Their radical de-
mands and violent actions are fore
ing employers TO install more of
these labor saving machines and
processes. 1 do not blame workers
for wanting more money. That is
only human. Furthermore. I be-
lieve in collective bargaining. But
labor is foolish TO kill the goose that
lays the golden eggs. AS l warned
workers in March, 1887, Higher
wages are not all they are cracked
up TO bel" / repeat that warning
today!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22
Mexico Receives
Showdown Note

WASHINGTON July % CUP)-Secretary of State
Cordell Hull demanded show down with Mexico today
the payment for appropriated land and oil properties
owned by Americans.
In a formal note handed to Mexican Ambassador DR.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-22
Stote Job Office
Handles Security

The State Employment service and the Unemployment
Compensation department of California included
IN one organization the State Department of Employment
Three purposes sought by the consolidated or
ganizationto alleviate conditions due to unemployment
Evening star., 1938-10-12
Surgeon appeals to People
To Will Eyes to Hospitals

using the eyes Of rabbits. He believes
most of these stories are due to mis-
understanding of his corneal graft
operation.
A long series Of experiments, he
said, has shown that no graft can be
made Of an animal cornea into the
human eye. The chemical structure Of
the eye cells of different species Of
mammals differs, he explained, so
that it Is impossible for the two to knit
together. Every such graft which has
been tried has failed, he said. Expert
ments are being continued, however,
and some day the precise chemical
difference may be found and com.
pensation made for it, Dr. Casfoviejo
said.
Whole eye gratis are even more i'm
possible. They would require in the
first place superhuman surgery. 1t
would be necessary to join up at least
"a invisibly tiny muscles, and dozens Of
very minute blood vessels. Every such
junction would have to be perfect. The
only other thing necessary for the sur
(see SURGEON, Page A-5.)