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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25

Few know it. Thanks to the pages of the current
 sspe of Coronet it is now learned that the beautiful Christmas song Silent Night is not folk song but was actually composed by Franz Xaver Gruoer an AusIrlan Coronet relates, began his as linen-weavers apprentice and so far music wa concerned was self tanght He eventually was not only schoolmaster but orpanis at Oberndorf It there he became acquainted with Josef Mohr parish priest and poet. In l8lS Father Mohr Christmas poem and the day oe1ore te feast brought it to Gruber and asked him to write melody for it. so that it might be used as part of the Christmas services the following evening According o Coronet Gruber in less than hour composed the melody that still heard round the world whenever the joyful season of Christmas draws near and at many other times too The song was first sung and played that by 1850 it had spread from Germany through the civilized world The song travelled swiftly and never was forgotten: Grubers name and scant few ever had the courage to probe behind the melody for the one responsible It's still the song and not Franz Gruber, who died obscurity in 1862 but left the world price less heritage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25
Remember he1

Remember her More than twenty years ago the nation was quite excited the visit of unusual cert singer the of Ruby Heider Maybe the name is familiar to of you who have kept up your music down through the years of this wild and wooy century
 At any rate Ruby Heider out of the ordinary for her voice not the customary woman Scontrato or so which coming pretty close to Enrico Carusos high notes Her first appearance in New York was back in In 1915 she appeared in Maid in America and from then t procession of appearances the emphasis being concert work Her rendition O. Celeste Aida was by far her best and certainly her most popular Radio oo shared in her trumphs but she retired permanently in 1885 and remained at Hollywood until her death this week at the age of AS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25
CANADIAN LEGION
 POST PLANS SOCIAL

The Canadian Legion Auxiliary made plans at their meeting We'd nesday night to assist the post at a social Saturday night. Mrs. Nellie Sprano and Mrs. Julia White were appointed delegates to state meet ings and Mrs. Rllea Lawrence ana Mrs. Sarah Gibson are alternates.
 The following were appointed to the entertainment committee: Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Rose Mcdonald, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Nellie Ring, Mrs. Adrienne Vachon and Mrs. May Duley. Mrs. Lillian Jensen was named chairman of the sick com- mittee and Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, chairman of the membership com- mittee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25

Ralph c. Boyington of Beacon Falls and Ruth L. Chapman of Hartford became Mr. and Mrs. in Bratte- boro Vermont November To-. Nancy Kelly is sport ing attractive plaid skirt she received from Scotland
 Phyllis DiPietro is coming along very nicely with her bridge lessons. Lillian Cantin probably has bad of laryngitis after the usty cheering she of against Crosby . . Claire vadnais enlightened mem- bers of the Wilby Arts Club interesting facts about Thomas Chippendae, from whom Chppendale furniture was named
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25

Coming and going . A recent AP dispatch from Ol- cott N Y under date of November p stated Maybe this turkey it's days numbered Jacob Klump reported that fat rooster being groomed for Thanks giving, committed suicide by eating pan ot rat poison the Y Herald Tribune finds it necessary if the magi nation to be stretched that truth be apparent turkey rooster male turkey by the shade of the late Melville E. Stone is either gobbler or tom Yes and rat poison, the varieties that are sold today
 ost of them intended for around poultry houSes) not injurious to chickens turkeys dogs or cats It is made just to provoke last will and testa- poultry farm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25
KIWANIS TO HEAR
 CHINESE SPEAKER
K. A.Loh to Discuss Orien- tai Situation Wednes=
 day Noon

K. A. Loh of Shanghai will be the speaker at the weekly lunch con meeting of the Kiwanis club next Wednesday noon at the Hotel Elton. His topic will be "The Situa- ton in China"
 Both new and retiring directors of the club are urged to attend a meeting at the Hotel Elton a week from today at 1915 p. m.
 Names for the Christmas party will be distributed at the meeting Wednesday, December 2. Members wishing special ages or sexes are asked to notify Harold Post.
 Ralph Paine has agreed to make up packages as heretofore, for those who wish to have him do SO.
 A bowling match against the Ro- tary club has been arranged for Fri day, December 2. A cheering section as well as bowlers are wanted bk the Kiwanians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25

Something I've wanted to do on numerous occasions, but never got to- for fear of lodging for night at the Green Light Hotel to make left turn in the center But To and behold, Tuesday evening saw car bearing the marker numbers of EP 178 make the turn and get away with it. MT. and Mrs. James F. K1brlde ot Frederick street celebrated 40 years of matrimonial hap Thomas Finn of South Elm street mddle-asledit year ago today Mrs Tom is the former Peg Caffrey Fran cs Atier will observe another birthday tomorrow Just what one do not know.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25
Good Evening.
RAGGED RHYTHM

Some folks like their music scrambled About such things are not fussy, They'll rave about the Dipsy Doodle Contorted and combined with Debussy' Some folks have little or no regard So long as the rhythm is roVln, Are really quite indifferent to Mutiation of Mozart or Beethoven. Most of your dippy Dipsy Doodlers Are pirates brassy and bold, They snitch themes from Schubert ana wagner Appropriate Erlkhng or DaS Rhengolo. All which only goes to prove The old melodies are the tops But better far played or written Without your modern props. Some folks like their music scrambled, Jazz-classics bring down the house, While others like their Blue Danube WaltzeS As scored by Mister Strauss
 EM. EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25
SHOW OF FORCE WON'T WIN
 TRADE IN SOUTH AMERICA

Fascism follows the foreign salesman into South America. And while the Fascist trader invading our former markets creates a problem for our business men, the tOtalitarian propaganda involved in his sales talk builds up one for our statesmen. John T. Flynn, noted authOr-ecOnOmist, here discusses the twin horns of this dilemma in the last of four articles writ ten for The Waterbury Demo- crat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25
To days Answers to
 cRANIUM CRACKERS
Problems on Comic Page.

l. False. The Greeks gained en- trance to Troy with wooden horse. 2. False. Rattlesnakes do not lay eggs.
 3. True. Banana seeds will not grow.
 4. Falsa. An alewife is bird. 5. True. Fish can live at any depth in the sea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25

ABOVE: As good neighbors", delegates from all the Western Hemisphere will gather in the handsome Congress Building in Lima, Peru, when the Pan-Amer- ican Conference meets to cope with problems of American
 relationships.
 RIGHT: The map shows the distribution in South America of the rich commercial treasure for which all the world is now com-
 peting.
 Fascist Relationships as they now exist in South America are still Relationships. They are no more likely to invite foreign aggression or foreign allies to enter South America than the old dictators.
 Are we prepared to say that we will go down to South America to overthrow fascist dictators? If we plan that, we must, of course, pro- vide ourselves with a huge navy and army. If we have no such idea, then are we afraid of the fascist dictators coming up here to attack us? That is fantastic.
 Our problem is serious one. It is on the one hand a job for American exporters as business men. It is on the other hand a job for our national government in the sphere of international re- lations. No man can think of a better plan than the behavior of the good neighbor-not just pleasant speeches about the good neighbor, but the conduct of our commercial and national relations upon a plan of absolute justice and regard for the rights of these greatly troubled ten sisters and sympathetic under standing of grave problems which beset them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25
AnslUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6. 1. Gamma. 2. Yes.
 3. South Atlantic. 4. Mount Vesuvius. 5. K. G. Bugg. 6. Violet. !. France. 8. On the little finger or the third finger of either hand.
 g. Famous French musical composer. 10. Amethyst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25

Jim Finnegan is responsible for the story of the vicar who asked by of his least respectable parishioners to pray Sunday for Anna Bell. The clergyman did so few days later he asked the parish toner if he desired the prayers for Anna Bell to be repeated No, thankee kindly, sir She won last Monday and paid seven to one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25
A vICToRY OVER MILES

Victor McLaglen, now starring in RKO Radios Pacific Liner" is a
 confirmed globe trotter, and has ad- ventured in Tahiti, the Fiji Islands Australia, Bombay and Ceylon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25
FASHIONS ARE FuN-AT THE OPERA

Eruine fox and sable chinchilla and mink
 Were seen at the opera and lovely shades of pink; Skirts were voluminous- skirts had hoops, Fashion reporters busy parterre and scoops
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25

We're living in an age of shifting standards and definitions, says Euridte Egbert and what used to mean one thing means another according to what side you're on for instance the original definition to have changed becoming in its newer forms from day to day variable the winds whereas one, so- called once defined as an enemy of the government is rated just pal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25

The Netherlands is trying to ire duce Netherlanders to eat more pears.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-25

Second, as to the fascist neigh bors. That is indeed a serious matter. We have had long his- tory of getting along with mili- tary dictatorS of the old school
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08
YOUNG PEOPLE
ADVISED TO
TRAIN SELVES

Major Claud Hammond. repre-
senting the governments visual
education forum. will be in Impe-
rial Valley for two weeks, to en-
courage young people in training
themselves for employment in
fields where there is a demand for
them.
He will speak Wednesday to Cen
tral junior college seniors and later
confer with the parents of those
interested in taking training in
trades.
Boys are encouraged to take
training in acronautiCs. diesel en-
ginecring and air conditioning
Girls arc urced 10 train themselves
for dress designing. millinery de-
signing, and intensive preparation
for business from the executive
angle.
He plans to speak at service clubs
and other organizations in further
ing the governments plans, he said
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08
POW Err POLES
RISE IN RURAL
ELECTRIC PLAN

Rural identification poles in the
Imperial Irrigation Districts power
system were rising Tuesday along a
country road five miles southeast
of Holtvillc.
Forty poles day will be raised
oy the construction crew which fixes
cross arms to the poles and plants
.hem in holes dug by special equip
ment, said Earl Templeton con-
struction superintendent for the dis
trict. Twelve poles are set up to
The mile.
Two trucks and trailers were busy
Tuesday carrying poles from the
iepot at Holtville to the conStruc-
tion scene. o. T. Trimble, Temple
tens assistant. is IN charge of the
fleli chew.
Meanwhile, the district had been
assured by factory representatives
that additional diesel generating
machines will be ready for installa-
ton in the Brawley standby plant
by July. The plant will serve the
rural lines.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08

d. M. Graham again demanded a
mons share of the S51.61645 be-
cause, he contended. his district has
more mileage than any other dis
trict the board voted. Supervisors
Graham, I. Schlatter. A. Y. Preble.
and Dave Vencill voted in favor
of CaleXico getting 20 per cent. FL
Centre and Imperial 10 per cent
each. Brawley % per cent and
Holtville 20 per cent. Chairman
Hugh T. Osborne. who favors an
equal division of the fund among
the various districts. voted against
the motion.
Supervisors then decided to have
a battle TO end all battles about
the division of the fund. They
gathered around a county map
with an idea of redistricting Impe-
rial county so each district would
have an equal number of roads.
This took too long so they returned
TO the board table still in search
of a way out.
Finally they decided to do a
little road trading without the for
mality of redistricting. Graham
will pass part of his roads down TO
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08
Housing Official to
Talk at Dinner Meet

material men, contractors and pros
pective home builders the regula-
tions controlling the federal plan
for insuring mortgages covering
new home construction.
President Walter B. Havekorst
of the Ell Centre Chamber and M.
o. King, chairman of the Cham
bers Better Housing committee,
have sent communications to all
the cities in the valley, extending
an invitation to all their citizens
interested in home building to at
tend this meeting. The Federal
Housing Administration have so
many calls it is possible, according
to Harris, to have only one meet
ing in a community and the peo
pie of other cities must attend the
El Centro dinner meeting, if they
are to have the benefit of advice
from the Federal Housing Admin
iStration and its experts along
building lines.
The neeting Wednesday evening
is regarded as the opening-gun
in vigorous campaign in Ell Cen
tro to increase home building.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08

William o. Harris. assistant fed
eral housing administrator, will be
the principal speaker at dinner
meeting Wednesday night at the
California hotel, sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce Better HouS-
ing committee.
Harris, accompanied by architec-
tural experts from the Federal
Housing offices. will explain to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08

Preble and Preble will take over
the task of maintaining them.s Pre-
bles part in the road brigade will
be duplicated by Vencill Preble
and Vencill in turn will hand
some of their roads to Osborne and
Schlatter. This horse trade, they
hope. is the answer to the contro-
versy which has torn the board
aSunder for years.
Details OF the swap Will be WORK
ed out by county officials and road
foremen in time to forestall a
fight when the tax is ready to be
sliced again.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08
Wednesdays
Fair Program
Wednesday. Mar. .
FARM BUREAU DAY

lO:00 a.m.-Judging of horses TO
be shown i'm hand.
1880 a.m.-E Nh bit buildings
open for inspection.
go p.m.-Operetta Dreams
Fantasies by 1870
rural school children
under the direction
of Miss Marjorie Me-
Farlane.
800 pm.-Farm Bureau Pro-
gram.
$50 p.m.-Five free acts of
vaudeville.
7:30 p.m.-Stage show main cx-
hibit building, $50
free seats.
$50 pm.-Amateur Contest.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08
RESULTS OF JUDGING
ATL.V. FAIRGROUNDS

Score o in
Iun land a
mruo ppemenhry results in OF al
a number
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08
GASOLINE TAX FIGHT
FLARES UP ANEW

Another bout in the continuous battle TO determine
basis for dividing Imperial counys gasoline tax fund
among the five road districts, off by the county
board of supervisors Monday with the customary burst
of verbal fireworks After workout in which Supervisor
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08
MARRIAGE LICENSE

A marriage license was issued
Monday to Charles A. Freeman, 20,
Yuma. and Beulah V. Lerley, l8.
Somerton. They were married by
Judge John E. Simpson in El Gen.
tro Justice court.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08

Seeking to avoid protracted trial
and indicating he was anxious to
get it over with, John Henry
Seadlund is shown, left, departing
from Chicago court, where he
pleaded guilty to the abduction
murder of Charles Ross, prosper
Gus Chicagoan. sThe prisoner told
his attorney he wanted no aid and
that he would rather die thar
serve a long prison term.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08
INTEND TO WE'D

A notice of intention to we'd was
filed with County Clerk w. J. Ne
Clelland Monday by Ernest Vidana.
%. and Christina Raya. 13. resi-
dents of BraWley.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08
FILE NOTICE

FILE NOTICE
Fernando Rubalcaba, %, Braw-
ley, Dolores Nuno, 49, Mexicali,
filed notice Monday of their in
tention to marry
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08

YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
f9t trAi sea9 al j, st;ssLia.N 4
until you've read the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-08

DEPARTMENT. DOMESTIC ARTS
Quilt. cotton patchwork - First,
Mrs. M. 0. Simms; second, Florence
Singh; thir1,- E. l.. Collins.
Quilt. cotton appliqued First,
Olive Cannon; second, Florence
Singh; third. Mrs. J. r. Stewart.
Quilt, embroidery-Second, Flor
ence Singh.
Quilt, silk-Third. Olive Cannon.
Quilt. crazy - First, Mrs. Roy
Breedlove; third, Mrs. T. Won Ratz.
Quilt, novelty-First. Lottie Mack
lie; secon1. Lottie Mackey; third
Mrs j. Robertson.
Quilt. any kind over so years old
First, Mrs. M. o. Simms; second,
Olive Cannon.
Coyerlet, hand woven-First, Mrs.
Leroy Holt; second, Olive Cannon;
third, Francis Plecher.
Spread, knitted-First, Mrs. H. P.
Meyer.
Spreai, rocheted-First, Mrs. w.
E. Taylor; second, Mrs. j. p. Long;
third, Mrs. C. d. Dayton.
Spread. appliqued-Second, Mrs.
Charles Hacklcman.
Spread, novelty-First, Mrs. j. w.
Malloy.
alAfghan, crocheted - First, Mrs.
III Hall; second, Mrs SIC.
Kenahll;i third, Mrs. RE. Corliss.
Evening star., 1938-01-02

from a hunting cabin in South
. Carolina, located nine miles from
railroad, | talked recently to
friend in the Grosvenor Hotel in
London. Had he been in Japan or
Australia it would have been as simple
and as satisfactory. The connection was
established twelve minutes after the
long-distance operator took my call.
Sixty years ago there was not tele-
phone switchboard for commercial serv-
ice in the world, and radio communica-
tion was not even dream.
In 1895 four automobiles we're manu-
factured in the United States. Forty-one
years later our people operated more
than twenty-eight million cars - one to
every FIVE of our population - and more
than half the families in our country
owned automobiles. Seven out of every
ten cars in existence are driven over
he highways of the United States.
Less than sixty years ago the creative
genius of Thomas Edison brought the
world out of relative darkness with the
invention of the electric globe. The first
effort at a moving-picture continuity,
titled "The Life of an American Fire
man," was screened thirty-four years
ago, and two years later the first notion
picture theater was opened'at Pittsburgh.
Thirty-two years ago Wilbur Wright re-
mained aloft for thirty-eight minutes in
a heavier -than-air machine and thereby
established worlds record for sus-
tained flight.
Radio broadcasting Of Indifferent
merit began less than twenty years ago.
Receiving equipment was expensive,
crude and of poor fidelity. Today, a
Copyright. 1873. United Newspaper Magazine Corporate
Evening star., 1938-01-02

and women accepted the challenge of
competition American initiative and in
dustry were unfettered by tradition or
undue paternalism. For every person
who would contribute his share to human
welfare there awaited a gratifying and
certain personal reward.
Your own mother, if you are more
than thirty years old, has seen all this
mighty panorama pass in review. Her
life span has provided grandstand seat
for a transformation more spectacular
than that of all the past from the begin
ming of recorded history.
And it is not finished. 1t is hardly be-
gun. Each new discovery is spring.
board from which we may pioneer an
other world. Who will bottle the sunshine
of summer to dispel the rigor of winter?
What new energy sources await us in the
atom, and what will applied science do
with the cosmic ray? In the vast jungle
that is the human mind, what new spir-
itual values are to be tapped and ex-
plored?
And if change has begot certain con-
fusion and complexity, let us not be mis-
led by it; rather be heartened that our
country is no more confused than it is.
The American way has given the world
most of its progress in applied science.
Here there is no room for false and
vicious philosophy which, however ap-
plicable to other peoples, is out of tune
with our own economy. Forget this, and
you may be sure that envy and malice
and lack of individual courage will surely
halt our spectacular march toward des-
tiny which no mans arithmetic can
properly calculate at the present time.
Evening star., 1938-01-02
bv ELMER RANSOM

twist of your dial brings the latest news
and the worlds greatest entertainers to
YOUR hreside. Their voices travel over
telephone wires in national hook-ups
from coast to coast, to 60 on the air at
scores of stations, so that no matter
where you are or what the capacity or
cost of your receiver, you may always
tune in on any important program.
Aforementioned homes, offices and
trains moderate the seasons for your
comfort. Pipelines convey natural gas
for thousands of miles. Tiny strands of
copper harness mighty cataracts to the
homely needs of the family wash.
No longer can the stork lead the
doctors tardy chariot dizzy race. For
your choking baby science has magic
potion, and even if you are thousand
miles from its source, modern communi-
cation methods can catapult an airplane
into our skyways to arrive in ample
time to save human life. Radio, tele-
phones, automobiles and airplanes are
the Paul Reveres in times of community
disaster, and the whole stands as chal-
lenge and reward to the imagination of
mankind.
The last half-century has been an era
of glorious progress. Man spans con-
tinent overnight and an ocean between
the suns. Photographs of London
street scene fash over nothing more
tangible than the air itself to appear
simultaneously in the newspapers OF
London and San Francisco.
In all this application of science to
human safety and comfort and need, our
country has astounded the world. And it
has been no whim of chance. Our men
Evening star., 1938-01-02
Magazine Section

IHIRD-person autobiography of
]. P. McEvoy, whose story,
Lucky Girl, appears in this issue:
"His latest book is Father
Meets Son. consisting of advice
which is so good he wishes he had
followed it himself. Trying out
his own version of the more
abundant life, he recently became
a bridegroom and a grandfather.
His hobby is making 6ve-year
plans for self-improvement, and
his favorite sport is trying to find
where he has mislaid them"
Evening star., 1938-01-02
THIS WEEK
FICTION

tI(uON
HALF An Hour Tox,o ,
Tie Somvsoi Code. ond The Girl
BY F. Bar1Eh AUSTIN
Nivstro'ed BY J. +. Ciymer
The FIVE MUsxEIEERs
An Exciting New Adventure Series
BY SAX Rot4MER
Illustrated BY c. c. sson
LUCKY GIRL
A Sparkling Tole Of Hollywood
BY J. P. MeEvoY
Hivssrofsd BY Jvls, Ceflieb
ARTICLES 4 FEATURES
Your COUNTRY
II Hos led the World in Ptesress
BY ELMER RANSOM
STARS OF THE SKI 7
ThrII.Hvn'ns on Wings Of Hickory
bv Ono EU0Eh ScHk!Ees
Dvowins BY O. +. Schmidt
A HUSBANDS S OS ~
Wien His Vile Keeps Up Win ths Joncses
by EMILY Posi-
Dyowins BY Ckose Cossody
KEEP Your EYE ON SAFETY! 10
Don't Combis WIN Your Sight
BY PAUL w. kEARhey
STRANGER THAN MAN 10
Two.Heodsd Lizords, Golfers Brides
by CARL kULssRG
Drowinss BY G. de Zoyos
FIGURES OF 1893 II
And Otkes Bsovsy Hints
BY MARTHA LEAvlTT
Drowns BY Major Fslten
Cooks DAY Our ~
Froeess Lonsfosd Likes Diskss Mother kokss
BY GRACE TURNER
ToDDLERs Orr GUARD IS
Mokins Fine snossGofs Of Tiny TOTS
Cover Design by E. B. Seener
Evening star., 1938-01-02

NORWAY has new answer to the
drunken-driving problem. Police
men stand outside bars, watching
like hawks. Out comes gentle
man who they suspect has i'm
bibed too freely, and gets in the
drivers seat of his car. Up steps
the cop: "Sorry, sir, but it's the
law" He leads the gentleman to
police station. takes a sample
of his blood, tests it. If it shows
an alcoholic content indicating
the equivalent of three highballs.
the drinker goes to Jail - twenty
one days; no fines accepted. OBJ
vious intent to drive is enough to
convict. One of the first persons
caught was a prominent hnancier.
Latest reports say accidents from
drunken driving have heen greatly
reduced. M.