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Evening star., 1938-04-27

PpoXdte SdIes OF Stocks on the NJ r Stock ExchonQe
1900 A.M---------16 100000 1900 Noon---- 24O 900
100 P.M.------- 100000 200 PM ~ 100000
Total Sales for the day. 100000
sActual sales: shares
xEx dividend. Ex rights Also or extras b lilo
snare OF g preference stock 10 share of
Pad last year Cash stock Accumulated paid
In bankruptcy receivershp under
bankruptcy Act or securities assumed
Rates OF dividends the annual dis
oassd the
on Unless otherwise noted are not
~N N'O N'0'
Evening star., 1938-04-27
BANKERS REPORT
BUSINESS UPTURN
Trend in March Revealed
Advances for Second
Consecutive Month.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Business improvement is reported
by the American Bankers Association
monthly review, out today. For the
second month in succession a poll of
Evening star., 1938-09-09
WALK OR THUMB,
STUDENTS CHOICE
),
Pupils in Greenbe|t High
Hike z to 5 Miles Daily
to Classes.
By stan Correspondent Of The star

By stan Correspondent Of The Star.
GREENBELT. Md, Sept. s.-The
pupils attending the Greenbelt High
School must either walk or thumb"
their way to and from school for dis
tances ranging from to 5 miles be-
cause no transportation facilities have
been provided by school authorities, it
WIS learned today .
The school. built by the. Farm Sc
curity Administration. and decided to
Prince Georges County, is located
slightly more than a mile from the
residential community OF the town,
bat has been removed to . distance
Of more than miles because a short
cut through the woods" washed out in
the rain Wednesday night.
More than 200 school children, both
boys and girls, lined Edmonston road
after school was dismissed shortly
Evening star., 1938-09-09

after noon yesterday. Almost without
exception they stood with thumbs
pointing In the direction they wanted
to 60.
Several were able to get rides in
automobiles. while others were picked
up" by trucks.
Some Of the pupils At the school
live as far away as Berwyn. distance
Of about miles. Others live at vary
ing distances outside the township.
All must walk to and from school or
thumb It," several Of them said A.,
Bus transportation is furnished. to
all schools in Prince Georges County,
with the exception Of the two At
Greenbelt. No arrangements have
been made for them.
In. a recent tilt between Supt. .of
Schools Nicholas Orem and r. s.. A.
ofhcials, 1t was revealed that the r.
S. A. had offered to pay only 81, ,30s
for the operation of the two Greenbelt
schools, while county education III.
thorities estimated the cost 1T $3s, 800.
Evening star., 1938-09-09
Workers Plan Beach Party.

Members Of Agriculture Locals Z,
United Federal Workers Of America,
will hold their final beach party Of the
season at 25l3 Keymar road. Wood
land Beach. Nd. next Sunday. Par
Elephants will assemble At union head
quarters. 532 Seventeenth street NV,
at 10 am. Sunday. Transportation
will be provided for those without cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
ADVERTISING THE VALLEYS
WINTER SUNSHINE

DR. Ford A. Carpenter, speaking be-
fore the Associated Chambers of Com
merce last week, voiced truth which
Is becoming yearly more evident to resi-
dents of this community-that Imperial
Valleys winter sunshine is its biggest
single asset.
DR.. Carpenter suggested the thing
which will eventually come to pass here,
an unending community campaign to
make the entire nation conscious of this
valleys winter perfection.
There are many points to be consider
ed, however before such a campaign is
embarked upon. Greatest among these,
perhaps, is the financial consideration.
1t takes money-lots of ito finance
an adequate advertising m p al gn
throughout the entire country. And such
a campaign as that which will be under
taken by the valley in years to come
must reach the nation. 1t will be no good
if confined to one place.
From time to time we have suggested
in these columns the organization of one
central agency to sell Imperial Valley
to the outside world. The valleys pub
licity agencies are so de-centralized at
the present time that they cannot help
. losing great deal of effectiveness.
Various chambers of commerce, out
standing among them the Ell Centre
. chamber, have done marvellous work in
publicizing this region. So has the county
board of trade, and also the Associated
: Chambers of Commerce. The Imperial
, county fair board is another agency
through which invaluable press notices
have been obtained for the valley.
How much more effective these agen-
cies would be, however if their efforts
were magnified in one single agency,
working for the good of Imperial Valley
as whole.
With irrigation district bonded indebt-
edness problems and drainage problems
seemingly nearing a solution, bringing
the security for investments that such
solutions are bound to bring, it is time
for the valley to begin thinking how it
will conduct the campaign to place itself
before potential residents and investors
in the best possible light.
We cannot spend the hundreds of thou
sands of dollars year that Los Angeles
spends to advertise itself-but we GER
tainly can centralize our efforts to get
the most out of them. And the time will
soon come when we must do this.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

Uected. It probably dlun coSU
nat railroad more than TWO cents
to give me that glass OF orange
mice. but. as far as I was con-
cerned. it bought them more OIL
nv good will than ten double page
spreads of colored advertising IN
the Saturday Evening Post would
have done.
The late E. NJ. Statler made
fortune for himself in the hotel
business by giving the customer
some little service that other hotels
would have charged for.
For example. years. ago, stop
ped in a Statler hotel in Buffalo,
and I found under my door the
next morning. a copy of the But
alo News" and pasted on the top
of The front page was a little slip
bearing this greeting. Good Morn
jngl compliments Of Hotel Statler.' "
That newspaper probably cost
the hotel only one penny; ana yet
if was such an unexpected and
thoughtful gesture that l still re-
member it twenty years later, al
though I have forgotten now Whe-
ther I paid two dollars or SIX dol
lars for my room)
Now contrast that with a certain
European hotel where / stopped
last sumner. 1 paid an ail-incluslve
price for my room and three meals;
hut if YOU wanted coffee with your
dinner, you were charged twenty
five cents extra Wouldn't it have
been far better for that hotel TO
have charged fifty cents a day
more for room and hoard and to
have given the coffee free with
the evening meal? In which case,
the hotel would have gotten fifty
cents. and I would not have re-
membered that ! had an extra and
unexpected charge.
How can you use this philosophy
Of giving something plus IN
order TO win friends and get ahead
in life? Suppose, for example, that
YOU are hired to work eight hours
day. Why not give your employer
little more than he expects ic
time. in effort, in cooperation, III
enthusiasm. If you do, that will
make you stand out head and
shoulders above the crowd The
man VINO does that will Usually
be the last one let out in hard
times and the first one to be pro-
noted in good times
On the other hand if you are an
employer. why not give your help a
little more than they expect in
words oil kindness ar3 apprecia-
ton. Some New York offices are
following the English custom of
serving four O'Clock tea. This
means probably a twenty minute
relaxation period. but workers will
accomplish more IN forty inmates
after a little relaxation than in
sixty minutes Of continuous grind.
Does that sound unrea sonable?
Wei. that fact has been demon
strated time after time by scientific
laboratory tests
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Famous Sayings

The commonest excuse for die
tatorship is that it gets things
done. Democracy is fine in theary,
say the totalitarians. but it is in
efficient. 1t substitutes talk for ac-
ton. and 1t just can't function
properly in a complex and problem
laden world like the present.
So it is a pretty good idea to look
at the record now and see how
things do get done in democracy.
1t just happens that democracy's
actual record of achievement is
nothing to be ashamed of; it also
happens that this habit of talking
everything over at great length is
an essential part of the machinery
by which things get done.
A recent bulletin from the Ma
ternity Center Association of New
York points out that our American
democracy has been quietly but
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST
HIGHWAY BILLBOARDS
(Santa Monica Outlook

(Santa Monica Outlook
A recent widely attended conference
in New York City has undertaken a
nationwide movement to abolish bill
boards on the highways. The enterprise
deserves the hearty cooperation Of the
public at large and from all public Off
cials, especially from the state legisla-
ture of California which meets in its
regular session in January.
The public generally feels as Col. Fred
crick Stuart Greene, superintendent of
the New York state department of public
works. declared at the conference. Mr..
Greene said the billbOardS outraged good
taste and that the state had an obliga-
tion to prevent them from blotting out
the scenery for motorists. He added that
they pay nothing to the general taxpayer
and are a definite danger to traffic.
The two plans suggested by the con-
ference as effective remedies against the
billboard nuisance and the marring of
the landscape by signs are First, a park
way development plan which would in
cude wide spaces on both sides of the
road on which advertising would be pro-
hibited. Second, the creation of zoning
powers that would restrict billboards,
signs and unsightly stands and keep
them within designated areas so that
they would not become nuisances. The
latter seems the mdre practical and
much less costly than the parkway idea
This conference is evidence of the ma
tionwide interest in this very important
subject. The automobile clubs of Cali
fornia and other associations of motor
lists ought to unite in bringing in before
the California Legislature this winter for
effective legislation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
NOT AS BAD AS PICTURED
(Ontario Report)

(OntarlO REPORT
Citrus growers who last week visioned
immense new competition for their pro-
ducts because of reports of extensive
planting in Russia. were reassured today
bv the statements of John Phillips, state
senator from Riverside county, who has
recently returned from the Soviet coun-
try.
In letter to an Unitarian, Senator Phil
lips says it is fact that in the past five
years Russia has planted half million
little citrus trees soWn in the region bOr-
dering on the Black Sea. But, he adds,
what southern California citrus growers
have not heard is that 80 per cent Of
these trees are tangerines. These were
the citrus fruits Russia knew and so
these are the fruits they planted. Of the
remaining 20 per cent, three-fourths OF
the paintings are lemon trees and the
rest divided between oranges and grape
fruit
The Russian packers, Senator Phillips
adds, know little about production, ship
ping and other details and in recent
shipment from the new citrus area to
Moscow. two-thirds Of the cargo had rot
ted when the destination was reached.
Russians, the senator wrote, have hablt
Of counting everything by individual
items and recent shipment that was
reported as 100000 lemons meant just
that, not 100000 boxes Translated into
carloads, the shipment would not seem
important to Ontario and Upland grow
crS.
These statements from Senator Phil
lips should be reassuring to those local
growers, beset by low prices at present
because of a large citrus surplus, who
have been worrying over Russian cOmpetl-
tiOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
IT'S NICE, PLAYING
SANTA CLAUS

81 want a play doll and play tele-
phone that rings, Santa. That's all l
want. Please, Santa, please!"
In a cramped little hand, not too GER
tain of the spelling and entirely oblivious
of punctuation, one little girl in Ell Cen
tro last Saturday wrote Santa Claus her
dreams for Christmas.
How could anyone, reading that des-
perate young plea, forget that Christ
mas, season of joy, means only heart
aches to some little fellows. The girl
who laboriously scribbled that note, per
haps, will get her doll, and play tele-
phone that rings. But others? For them,
weeks of hope may well be turned into
day of such black despair as only the
very young can know, when Christmas
comes.
And yet, if each of US played Santa
Claus for some little boy or girl who II
otherwise have no Christmas, there might
be no despair in tiny hearts on Christ
mas morning.
And who can question that, in our own
hearts that morning, there would be Such
a Christmas as we've never known!
Isn't it worth trying?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Bruce Cation Says
DEMOCRACY Not as inefficient as Critics Claim

steadily solving one of its most dif-
ficult and pressing problems-the
needless waste of mothers and chill
dren in childbirth.
For two decades or more the ma
ternity death rate in America re-
mained at a shockingly high level.
The science of obstetrics was MAX
ing rapid strides, but Americas
maternal death rate was the high
est in all the civilized world. For
one reason and another, mothers
simply weren't getting the care
they needed.
People began calling attention to
this. Newspaper and magazine ar
ticles were written, public health
authorities made speeches - the
democracy, in other words, began
to talk. But there is one thing the
critics of democracy forgot to men
ton when they denounce this hab-
it of talking; sooner or later, the
talk has an effect People listen to
it and are stirred to action. And
so it was In this case.
The medical profession studied
the problem. 1t found that a part of
the blame was its own. Poor medical
training was responsible for some
of these deaths; poorly managed
and poorly equipped hospitals were
responsible for others; shortcomings
on the part of individual doctors
and nurses were responsible for
still others.
So the profession went to work
to remedy matters. County medical
societies offered special training
for doctors doing obstetrics. Steps
to improve the teaching OF this
science in the medical schools
we're taken. New maternity clinics
were opened. The care given moth
ers in hospitals was improved.
What has been the result? The
bulletin from the Maternity Center
Association gives the answer:
THE maternity death rate is no
longer stagnant. 1t is falling stead
lily, and in many states Is falling
rapidly In New Jersey and Rhode
Island, where this cooperation and
self-criticism reached its peak, the
maternal death rate is far below
the national rate
This problem was extremely COM
plex and involved; the last sort OF
problem, one would say, that a
democracy could hope to handle
successfully. Yet it is being solved
and the job is being done in the
typical democratic manner, through
self criticism and cooperation. Fol
democracy is not, after all, quite as
inefficient and slipshod as its crit
les like to maintain.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
You're Telling Ne -

There must be a great many pe0-
pie in Spain who would trade places
with the 100-year old Arkansas
man who has never seen an air.
plane.
The police department of Tacoma
now has a press agent. Any day
we're expecting the glorification OF
the well known dragnet.
TODAY'S DEFINITION: An
optimist is a man who buys hair
tonic from a bald-headed barber.
Mrs. Roosevelt completed her
Christmas shopping before Thanks
giving. The first lady probably is
busy this wee kpicking out valen-
tines.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
legal ADVERTISEMENT
n OTTO E
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial

In the Superior court OF the o'a'e
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial
In the Matter OF the Guardianship
of HIROKO KAWAKITA and
TOMOYA KAWAKITA, Minors.
Notice is hereby given that Y.
KaWakita, Guardian of the persons
and of the estates of Hiroko Kawa-
kita and Tomoya KaWakita, minors
has filed in this court Petition
for permission to execute renewa'
note and trust deed the hearing o
which has been fixed by said Court
for Friday, the 9th day OF Decem'
her. 1898, 81 2 o',iuck PM. at the
Courg Roc.A thereof, at the court
house ir. SAID County of Imperial,
and all persons interested in said
estate are notified then and there
to aupear and show cause, if any
there he, why the said Petition for
permission to execute renewal note
and trust deed should not be grant
ed.
DATED November 23rd, 1898.
w. ]. McCLELLAND,
Clerh
BY G. o. KENYON,
Deputy.
Clarence p. Smith, Attorney for
Petitioner.
N. 28-D, 8 incl.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
An Economist S
Viewpoint
By John 7. Flynn

NEW YORK.-We are beginning
to observe phenomena in the gen.
eral economic situation not unlike
those which appeared in the latter
part of 1896.
First of all. production has been
increasing with reasonable speed.
employment mas been increasing.
This occurred all through 1886,
striking finally a sort of accelera-
ting spark which sent it into high.
This has not occurred now by any
means. Whether it will or not IS
beside the point for the moment.
The moment this 1896 condition
began TO manifest itself the cry
went Up that we were enjoying
real recovery and with this went
a demand for tapering off of gov
ernment expenditures. The admin
istration responded to this demand
and thereafter all through the lat
ter half of 1896 and the early part
of 1897 expenditures were cut.
Meanwhile prices rose, thus add
ing to the Oppressive influences and
1897 moved swiftly into a tail spin
of impressive proportions.
Now as production has increased
and as employment has expanded,
the same talk about recovery has
spread around and the same de-
mand for curtailing government
expenditures has begun. Again
the President responds and, if we
are to believe the stories from
Washington, expenditures for re-
lief are to be cut drastically.
OF course there is the feeling that
these reductions are to be accom-
panied by increased expenditures
for ornaments. But the money for
the armaments is not yet available
and when it is will take some time
to put it effectively to work.
Now if this curtailment OF gov
ernment expenditures takes place
there is no doubt that the mild re-
covery movement will very quickly
be checked and that we will go in
to the same kind of a tail spin we
more serious. For now there is a
Oppressive influence which did not
exist before. Then the government
was raising funds by loans from
the banks. This was 100 per cent
inflati3nary. But now the govern
ment is getting it's funds partly
from the banks but partly from
loans of tax money.
Loans of tax money may sound
strange. 1t is strange. 1t is one OF
the strangest of public finance odd
tiles. The government imposes
heavy tax on pay rolls and employ
efs for social security. 1t then Dor
rows" this tax nancy and issues
bonds for it. Seemingly it is spend
ing money obtained by loans bu'
it is actually spending money OBJ
tanned by taxes. This will run into
many hundreds of millions This
year ard even more next year.
The time to think about the
coming economic effects OF govern
ment action is now, before that ac-
ton is taken. and when the effects
lie in the future. The time to per
ceiye that the plan to cut quickly
the extent of WPA funds is going
to send us into a reverse movement
is now. If the government wants
to listen to business and reduce re-
lief payments then it must not
merely reduce relief payments but
must accompany this action witt
a whole series of other arrange
ments which will tend to adjus
the national economy to change.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Photographs

Old people are always welcome in
the older families of Japan. Their
presence in household Is said to
add dignity to it. The house of the
man who has the care of three gen.
erations of parents is called "the
honored seat of the aged
It used to be thought that only
native HaWaiians could master the
sport of surfboard riding in that
island. The belief has been dis
proved
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Hints on Etiquette

At an informal party, a new
conner may be introduced to a small
group of people, instead of to each
person separately. The correct form
would be. Mr.. Jones - Mr.. Rob
erts. Mr.. Franks, Mr. Browning.
If the group is composed of both
men and women, it is better to in
troduce each separately.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
GRAB BAG
Onc-Minutc Test

/. What city in the Dominion of
Canada is walled?
2. Where is the worlds largest
active volcano, and what is its
name?
3. What three musical composers
are known as the "three B's'?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

the dinind c a +
W it ers walked
through the train
serving ice cold
orange juice free.
Here was a rail-
road with inltia-
tive and inagina-
tion. They not only
gave me all I paid
for and all I eX-
pected-they gave
m e something
plus. something
more than | eX-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
OVERHEAD

A Wisconsin woman on relief spent
So fer a permanent wave, It's just as
we've been complaining all along; too
much relief funds 20 for overhead.
=WashinptOn Post.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

The Hon. Unity Valkyrie Free
man-Mitford was fined $480 for
speeding in England. It's worth
that much just to write her name
in the book,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of how to Win
Friends and Influence
People

II you Wnt to know how 10 win
friends. here is an idea that may
help You. Last winter I went down
to Florida On train called THE
Orange Blossom Special" One OF
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Words of Wisdom

Real glory springs from the silent
conquest of ourselves. - Without
that the conqueror is naught but
the foist slave. - Thompson.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Barbs--. -.

The Monday morning quarter
backs may now break training un-
til Jan. 3 when Congress meets ag-
ain.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

The hero of this generation will
the fellow who figures out some
way to dance cheek to cheek with
a college gal in hoop skirt.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
thoughts for the Day

And they went forth and preached everywhere. The
Lore WoINne with them. and confirming the words
with signs following.-Mark 1920
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
Today'S HnrnScnne

You are fond Of good living II
you are born on this date, and you
are willing to work hard to obtain
it. You are cautious in your bust
ness dealings, however you go to 1t
vinced all is we'll you go to it with
with will. You do not make many
friends, but are loyal to them when
made. You expect gratitude for
favors and are hurt when you meet
with ingratitude.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

If Roosevelt wins the Nobel
Peace Prize it will be only ordinary
courtesy if he shares it with Fer
dinand the Bull.
A science note which may be
helpful to recent college graduates
is that most leather gloves are
made OF sheepSkin.
In Europe, it's a wise child that
knows his own fatherland.
It is untrue that Ringing Broth
ers are considering trading Gar
gantua for Goeing.
A delegation has called on Sec
retary Ickes to ask him to run for
mayor OF Chicago. The dispatcn
failed to state what city the gen.
tlemen were from.
Public improvements being COM
pleted throughout the country
cause hope the Indians may re-
consider and take the country
back when it is in shape again.
Brave men in days of old nailed
their colors to the mast Now gen.
tie ladies color their nails.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06
One-Minute Test Answers

l. Quebec.
2. Mauna Loa in the Hawaii Ma
tional Park. 1t is 1850 feet above
sea level.
3. Beethoven, Bach and Brahms.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-06

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