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Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01
Words of Wisdom

The careful reader of a few good
newspapers can learn more in q
year than most scholars do in their
great lihraries.-Sanborn.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

Recently I went to a building at
216th Street and upper Tenth Ave
nue.. New York. and was moved and
stirred profoundly. I was moved
and stirred by something that hap
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

Wigs were DOTTED during a re-
cent hot spell the other day in
London by all but one lawyer. Ru-
NOR has il he had a women friend
i'm the court and feared he might
have embarrister.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

If the trend TO six pickets on
pickess continues, children's rid
dies ought to be much more anus
ing in the future. AS: How many
pickets could a picket picket pick
ct if a picket picket could picket
pickets?"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

The chicken population of the
United States, it is revealed, is
4OO. 600 900 Now there's sCmeb
thine, To brood over.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01
Barbs -.-.

Mussolini challenged some SOL
diers to a foot race the other day.
The bows did their best, but they
won anyway.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

Now that an actress has finally
been chosen to play the lead in the
adaptation of Gone With the
Wind. things will probably start
moving a little faster. Who knowsP
1t may be given to our grandchil-
dren to learn what the title will
ba
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01
thoughts for the Day

He that believeh and is baptized shall be saved but
he that believeth not shall be damned.-Mark 1916
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

Severe cases of sunburn have
been recorded in the Arctic circle
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

ESJdJb OF
HANNAH BAUDLER, also known
as H. BAUDLER and MRS. G.. c..
BAUDLER,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

Pacific coast orchardistS have
marketed bottled apple juice.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

Cheese, lard and breakfast food
may now be made from peanuts.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-07-01

j. 81 - j. 7.
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
STOP SPENDING,
REMOVE BUSINESS
STRAIT JACKET

"In every country Off one excerpts
the dictatorships) in which a spend
ing program has been followed by
lasting recovery. two conditions
have been met. In the first place, the
program has been adopted as an
emergency expedient only, and has
been tapered off at the earliest pos
sible moment. In the second place,
it has been accompanied by policies
designed above all to restore conf
dence on the part of business and
the investor. Here on the contrary,
many Of those in authority have
seemed to regard Government spen-
ding as in itself good, while of the
other policies of the Administration
too many have seemed designed to
harass rather than to reassure. II
genuine recovery is to he achieved.
it can only be under Government
policies that, without sacrificing the
general welfare, seek nevertheless to
conciIiate and encourage the BUSH
ness leadership in whose hands re-
covery finally rests"
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
Hunters Are Warned About Taking
Precautions To Prevent Mishabs

a tree or leave 1t lying on the ground
If you have dogs about when you
stop to rest; they may knock it down
or step on 1t.
Don't lay your loaded gun down
in the bottom of a boat; picking ii
up sometimes causes 1t accidentally
to discharge and shoot out the bot
tom.
Don't shoot your gun after falling,
climbing a bank. or walking over
newly plowed ground until you have
examined the barrel and find It clear.
Don't let your gun muzzle point
toward water; If the gun is fired
with muzzle under water it will ex-
plode in most cases.
Don't shoot at movement-it may
be a man, COW or other livestock. Be-
sides, every sportsman not only
wants to see his game, but hit 1t in
a vital spot.
Don't shoot at game until after
you have assured yourself that no
other living creature, house. barn or
other such property is in the line
of fire.
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
SEEK WEDGE JOBS
PITKIN COUNSELS
AMBITIOUS YOUTH

Get yourself wedge job" That's
the advice Walter B. Pitkin gives
young people eager to get running
start in life. Lumberjacks use we'd
ges to tOpple mighty trees, says the
psychologist and author in the cur
rent ROtarian Magazine. and youth
can use the same device to crack open
the doors of opportunity.
ITO get a wedge job. develop an
accessory skill" Pitkin counsels the
young men and women, explaining
that high competence in low field is
necessary first of all. You seek
work that brings you into close con-
tact with some man at or near the
top. The work must be humble. But
your skill at it must be. as the movie
advertisements say, supercOlOssal, if
not positively mastOdortic."
Many of today's big shots started
as aides to private secretaries. then
became private secretaries. then ex-
ecutive secretaries. and so on up.
he says. For that reason mastery OF
stenOgraphy. bookkeeping, or sim
liar skill gives a young person with
ability and ambition an unparalleled
opportunity to learn about company
trends and conditions. AS he makes
himself useful in small jobs, bigger
jobs will come to him.
Law may be a wedge skill, Pitkin
informs impoverished young attOr-
neys looking for clients. By study
ing new and proposed laws as they
affect a specific business. an able
lawyer may create job for himself.
Facility in writing may enable a
young man to make technical reports
and scientific abstracts readable to
the public and thus make himself use
full to an industry. DOOr-to-doOr SELL
ing. mechanics, photography, and
many another skill may be used to
serve a similar purpose.
mo skill. we'll mastered. is too
slim or incOnsequential to be laughed
off. if you thing hard enough about
how to use it as a wedge" concludes
Pitkin. use it ingeniously. not to
begin at the bottom and work up. but
to crack into the big stuff with a
very small tool
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
NEW FIREPROOFING
METHODS MAY CUT
HOME FIRE HAZARDS

The man on budget-and who
isnt?-may think of freproofing in
terms of costly construction or reno
walton. But he's wrong. asserts Sell
ma Robinson in the current Rotarian
Magazine, for there are many in
stances of low-cost, fire-safe dwell
ings in the $4,000 class, and the safe
! ty i'm small houses as well as in large
is achieved by careful attention to
! the whole problem and not merely by
spending money.
"The modern house with its inn,
proved living conditions, has not
served to eliminate fire hazards, but
merely to change their source" she
declares, commenting upon the use OF
labOr-saving devices, mechanical
appliances, air conditioning. and bet
ter heating methods. Air condition
ing systems. with tunnels from the
cellar to every room in the mousse
provide vertical arteries which can
be highly dangerous in case OF hre or
escaping fumes.
OBVIOUSLY, the answer is not to
eliminate air conditioning in the
home. but to eliminate the hazards OF
inexperienced construction and made
0uate materials" Miss Robinson
noints out. Noneombustible Innings
in ducts should replace infammable
material. automatic hampers that viii
close if the temperature becomes too
high. an automatic shutdown for the
fan in case of fire, and other ire
PROBING aids should be Installed.
r.rs rarslf a q rIefaff
to protect homes is fame-stOpping
spray that has been used with great
success on draperies. blankets and
rugs in hotels, ships, restaurants,
and other public places, according to
the writer. Fabrics and even paper
which are treated with this solution.
which does not weaken or injure Ia
brics. char at the touch of fire and
the carbonization extinguishes the
fame. A paint that smothers hre ana
a method of processing wood for fire
proofing it have been developed.
Asbestos shingles and siding for ex-
terror walls and roofing. brick or
mineTal-wOol fire stops, and asbestos
millboard also can be used to reduce
fire hazards in the home.
Because two-thirds Of the fires in
the United States occur in private
dwellings. efforts of homeOwners and
fire departments to prevent fires are
exceedingly important, concludes
Miss Robinson. II every family is
protected by a fireproofed home with
an automatic fire alarm. handy hre !
and a rope fire escape, |
parents and children alike can re-
lax and feel safe both day and night. !
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
Conservation PrOgrDm
In Kent Nearly Ready

farms in regard to soil-building
practices, field supervisors within
the next few weeks will start check
ing over the acreage Of wheat that
was seeded this fall for harvest in
1899. This information is necessary
in order to determine the benefit
payment that may be due farmers
for reducing their wheat acreage in
accordance with the 1888 allotted
acres for this county. OF this num-
Der of wheat acres, 30.094 represent
1926 commercial wheat producing
farms, and the remaining 1.444 acres
represent 230 farms which normally
produce 8 acres or more Of wheat
mostly for home use. These 1926
wheat farms include 1928 acres of
crop land, representing a large pro-
portion of the total tillable land area
in the county.
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
GREENWOOD

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Cannon and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Seely and
daughters, Harriet, Alma, Mrs.
Clara Stuart, Mrs. Ethel Stuart mo-
tored to Crisheld, Md, on Sunday to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Clara
Stuart's brother, Nelson Clarke.
Walter Spence spent the weekend
with his sister in BettertOn, Md.
Wallace Turner spent the week.
end in Philadelphia.
Vincent Holland spent the week
end in Philadelphia.
Leon Oskiera and son Henry spent
the weekend in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Porter Of
Milton spent Monday in town.
James Graves spent the weekend
in Holmesburg, Pa.
Edward Maginnis spent the week
end in Philadelphia.
Oscar Spence of Centreville spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Hynson.
William Spanish of Georgetown
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spanish.
Louis Cahall of Georgetown spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Earle Cahall.
Mrs. Laura Prettyman spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Ely Of Wes-
ley.
Norman Booz spent the weekend
in Philadelphia
Paul Keen spent the weekend in
West Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Reaves are
entertaining Mr. Reave's mother Of
Philadelphia.
william Robinson spent the week
end in West Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan spent Sunday
in Cambridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Sadowski
spent Tuesday in Easton.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Church
will serve their annual chicken and
oyster supper in the Community
Building on Saturday, November IL.
Price, SOC.
The Methodist Protestant Church
will have a guest preacher Sunday
morning, DR.. A. NJ. Vivian, who will
preach on the subject, "The Great
Pyramid Of Egypt" which will be IL
Illustrated with a large chart. He says
the Pyramid is of solid granite, oc-
cupies Is acres, and was built be-
fore the time of Moses, but closed
for thirty centuries. II is not tomb.
What is it? DR.. Vivian is a member
of the Philadelphia Methodist Epis-
copaI Church. He has been the pas
tor of Eve large churches in the City
of Philadelphia.
Annual Community Fair will be-
held on Friday and Saturday, No
vember 4 and 5, and will be open
until 10 O'Clock Saturday night. Pro-
gram at school building, Friday at
s o. m, DR.. Morris from the State
Board of Health will be the guest
speaker. of the evening. An illustrat-
ed lecture on Good Health" Musi-
cal numbers will be presented.
Sweepstakes and grand champion
awards will be awarded as part OF
the program Friday night. Turkeys.
geese and ducks will be CHANGED on
Saturday night.
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
Hints On How To
Store Vegetables

Temperature is the important con-
sideration in storing any vegetable
through the winter. Pumpkins,
squashes, and sweet potatoes keep
best where the air is warm and dry.
Onions do well in an upstairs room
or attic. White potatoes and most of
the root vegetables need a storage
place Of their own, partitioned off
from the main part of the cellar and
provided with at least two openings
to the outer air for ventilation. The
partition need not be elaborate. 1t
may be one board thick and covered
with building paper to stop the
passage of warm air, If near the
heating unit. An earth floor is more
desirable than concrete or brick, be-
cause it supplies a certain amount
of moisture.
When there is no basement or
where it is impossible to partition
off separate storage room, out
door storage in a pit or storage
cellar is preferable. A good storage
cellar is often dug in the side of
hill, which contributes part of the
necessary insulation that prevents
the vegetables from freezing. Earth,
sod, straw, or corn fodder helps to
protect the products In an outside
storage place.
Several small outdoor pits are pre-
ferabIe to one large one. The best
storage temperature for potatoes has
been found to be as to 50' F. Gel
cry and small supply Of carrots,
beets, satisfy, and parsnips for inn
mediate use may also be kept in the
cellar storage room with the pota-
toes. Apples should not be stored
with vegetables that have pronoun-
ced odor as they will absorb such
odors. thereby producing unpleasant
havors in the fruit.
Cabbage and turnips should never
be kept in the cellar. They are best
buried in the open or kept in q suit
able outdoors cellar along with the
main supply Of ROOT crops but in
separate bin or compartment.
Whether the vegetables are kept
indoors or outdoors, good products
will not come out of storage unless
good products are put in. /
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
How Men Progress
And Succeed

The eternal verities for progress
and success in life-particularly the
adage that imam lives by the sweat
fhis brow"-holds as true today
as ever, in spite of the theories of
recent years.
A parent of wisdom so or 100
years ago undoubtedly gave the
same advice as a parent Of wisdom
today, II you let your memories go
back to some of the good advice CIV
en- you in childhood, you will read
lily recognize the fundamental ele-
ments for progress and success Civ
en- by B. d. Kunkle, director OF the
manufacturing staff OF General Mo-
tors. to the graduating classes OF the
General Motors Institute, recently
In Flint. Michigan.
lizard work is still the main char
acteristic by which men progress
and succeed" Mr.. Kunkle said. "And
always keep in mind that ability to
get along with others and to gain
their goodwill is essential to the
achievement Of any large degree OF
success in life.
"Many people mistakenly believe
that progress is made through per-
sonal consideration. and through in
fluence. but II is my observation the
men who hold the places Of impor-
lance today, have achieved those
places through sheer weight Of their
own ability.
sThey have progressed BY doing
the things that come to their hands
TO do. better. Their progress has not
been achieved in one dramatic move.
They have accumulated considera-
ton by the successful filling OF less
important achievements" Il
McGu0y readers contained such
fundamental tried and proved wis
dom.
Mr.. Kunkle's concluding optimism
Is likewise refreshing: Industry
needs youth. needs its vision. It's
fresh viewpoint. it's courage and en-
thusiasm. for industry is essentially
progressive and only through con-
slant renewal Of creative thought
and driving enterprise can It pro-
gress."
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
MORE DANGER OF FIRE IN
WINTER

A graph prepared by the National
Board Of Fire Underwriters shows
that fire losses usually increase at
an alarming rate from September to
December. "The reason for this is
obvious" states the Board. People
start their stoves and furnaces as
soon as cool weather arrives; in
many cases neglecting to check ov-
er their heating plants. AS result,
there is an epidemic Of serious fires
from defective equipment"
Soot-loaded chimneys are major
hazard. It is important to check up
on chimneys for cracks and holes.
and to clean the 1ues every year.
FIue Innings are essential for safe
ty.
Also, sagging, rusted smoke pipes
cause trouble. Sparks may fly out
and start fire. Don't take this
chance! Install new pipe q safe
distance from combustibles.
Another cause is overheated stoves
and furnaces, the result of poor
maintenance and faulty operation.
If you don't get as much warmth as
you should, the heater is probably
out Of order. You should consult a
heating expert. Never @force" the
fire in cold weather. Keep your heat
ing plant clean and in good repair,
Use metal containers for hot ashes.
For safety's sake check your heat
ing equipment now. before real cold
weather sets In.
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04

NkoutAAeD1 AA1Ah AAA@s A-aNt
In the bedrooms: Chief fire dan
ger are from cigarettes and match
es, electric heaters and curling
irons. and other such electric appli-
ances. If kerosene lamps or candle
sticks are used. they should have
wide bases and guarded flames.
In the basement: The furnace
room should be as nearly fireproof
as possible. The furnace should rest
on a concrete or brick foundation
set away from the walls and at least
IS inches from any woodwork. Cell
ing joists should be protected with
asbestos above the furnace. Pipes
and joints should be tight. The Chin
ney should start the season clean OF
SCOT. Hot ashes belong in metal con-
tanners. Rubbish should not be al
lowed to accumulate in basement
but should be disposed Of regularly.
In closets, attics and storerooms;
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
Eight Causes of Fires
In Farm Homes Listed

Electric cords should not be hung
over nails or sharp edges that may
wear through the insulation. An
open light, such as candle or a
kerosene lamp. should never be car
ried into a closet. Using a flashlight
is a better practice. The attic gets
hot in summer and should be reg
ularly ventilated. Material liable to
spontaneous combustion should not
be stored there and forgotten. Space
should be left around the chimney.
Articles stored too near may some
day catch fire from a defective
chimney. Family habits likely to
start fires should be analysed and
corrected. For example. using kero-
sene to start the kitchen fire; leav-
ing an electric iron attached to the
source Of current when called to the
telephone; putting oily or paint
soaked rags carelessly in the cellar
instead of in closed metal contain
ers
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
STRUGGLE TO SAVE BIRDS MUST
60 on, SAYS JOURNALIST

Skeptical. hardheaded business
men today are beginning to realize
that bird protection pays-nOt only in
terms of education and recreation,
but also in the coin of the realm, de-
clares William Vogt in the current
Rotarian Magazine. Where hunters
once want with guns. tourists now
go with cameras and field glasses to
sanctuaries where the egret, wood
ibis. roseate spoonful. and other
birds are bling saved from extinc-
ton.
The sanctuary movement begun in
1900 and taken up in 1902 by the Ma
tional Association of Audubon Socie-
ties, has faced bitter opposition, &C
cording to the writer, who is editor OF
"Bird-Lore." Just as Theodore
Roosevelt was condemned for his ef-
forts to reduce the kill of birds. so
also have organized cOnservationists
been denounced as persons VINO
would destroy a great industry and
throw thousands of men out OF work.
Wardens of sanctuaries have been at
tackled, even murdered! Yet BIRD
lovers have persisted in their work,
which shows results today.
but the increase in the number
of birds is not the sole result" Vogt
points out, IAN almost universal
charity for wild life is another. Hun
dreds of thousands of people every
winter regularly feed birds. Even
hawks and owls. once killed indis-
criminately. are now protected IN
most states both by law and by SEN
timent.
This has resulted in a better Am
erica" he urges. "Songbirds that
were formerly killed now rear their
families to help man control the in
sects. In the Theodore Roosevelt
IL has never been neces-
sary to use an ounce of insecticide."
The struggle is not yet over. he
says. for the public must realize that
a bird in the bush is worth two in
the hand. Destruction of swamps.
forests. and prairies still is Obliter-
ating habitats without which wild
life cannot survive and. hence, cannot
help to restore a natural balance faV-
orable to man.
No one need wait to establish a
great sanctuary like those in Florida,
or other states, Vogt con-
cludes, for anyone who will use
little ingenuity can create his own
in suburb, garden, or farm.
The same formula may be used that
has been so successful in Audubon
protection plus cover
plus food plus water equals birds.
Its success has been proved, time
Ind again, dor the last SS years"
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
An OminOus Warning

Latest example of the trend to-
ward arbitrary Capitalization of gov
eminent in the United States may
be found in the life and death"
power over the private electric in
dustry which Congress has vested in
the Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary, as Public Works
Administrator, is authorized to make
grants (give As per cent of the pro-
ject cost as an outright donatiOn)
and loans to federal funds to NUM-
cipalities wishing to undertake the
construction of public projects.
Moreover, in cases where cOnstruc-
ton of such projects would result
in destructive competition with ex-
listing private electric utilities, he
alone is given the authority to de-
termine the price at which the prt-
vate utilities must" sell their prop
critics or be faced with duplication
and federally subsidized cOmpeti-
ton.
The new program is under way
and the savings and jobs of invest
ors and workers in private utilities
in twenty-one cities are almost COM
pletely at the mercy of single gov
eminent official in Washington! AL
ready a total Of more than $780, 600
of the taxpayers money has been
allotted to destroy the private util-
ity properties in these twenty-one
cities, either through shotgun" bar
gaining or cutthroat competition.
All Of this may not seem to strike
very close to hame as far as you are
concerned, unless you happen to be
one OF the. unfoftunates directly AZ
fected. But suppose Congress en-
powered one man to sit in Washing
ton and hand out money to destroy
your business. your job or your saw
ings-tax money that, ironically.
you had sweat to help pay?
Unless this spreading evil is halt
ed, it will sooner or later touch the
lives of everyone. The public-versus-
private-Ownership controversy OF
the electric utilities is an Ominous
forewarning.
Milford chronicle., 1938-11-04
PROCESSION" RENDERS
PUBLIC SERVICE

Even "recessions" have silver lin
ings occasionally. The one from
which the country seems to be cur
rently emerging should lay bare to
the public gaze one grave fact,
namely the rising expenditures Of
the federal government.
Until recently record tax receipts
tended to narrow the spread between
income and outgo, creating an illu-
sion of decreased expenditures. For
example, fiscal 1888 showed feder-
al deficit Of only about billion and
a half, compared with record de-
felt of nearly four and a half bill
lions in 1886. This led many per-
sons to believe that the bureaucrats
were actually practicing some of the
economies that they constantly
preach-all of which was just so
much hot air.
Expenditures have risen steadily
for the past eight or nine years. To-
day the regular annual budget Of
the federal government is perilously
close to 100000, 1000, What the re-
cession with its consequent falling
off of tax receipts. together with new
emergency spending" reveals, is
an estimated deficit for 1889 of at
least $4,000 100000. BY the end OF
this fiscal year the federal debt will
touch another of its periodical "all
time higs" of more than $40,50O,-
100000.
The experts" differ as to just how
big a debt burden the country can
stand without suffering chaotic
collapse. But most of them agree on
two scores. It is doubtful whether
representative government can sur
vive national bankruptcy, and the
public debt is nearing the danger
point.
II the recession awakens the "av-
erage citizen" to the true state Of
the nations fiscal affairs, 1t will
have indeed rendered public SER
vice.