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The times-news., 1938-11-07
HANG TOGETHER, OR We
MAY HANG SEPARATELY

Editor, The Times-News:
This is no joke, it is too grave
subject for that. 1t has long
been recognized that farmers are
isolated, independent, Indifferent
and therefore, it is difficult To
get them together on any lmpor-
tant movement or enterprise.
Some contend that farmers are
conceited, contentious, contrary
and jealous Of each other and
will not pull together, but that
verdict is not unanimous, there
fore, under the law, it will not
"hold water"
If this were true, or half true,
then the thing here suggest, were
impossible, but it is not true, the
National Grange, the National
Farmers Alliance, the National
Farmers Congress, the Farm Bu-
reau, the Farmers Union, the Ma
tional Live Stock Show, the
Youths All Clubs, ct al, abund-
antly prove the opposite.
Which leads me to say that
Henderson county, N. c., is a
fruitful field for the development
of something new, unique and
very important, viz: To increase
public interest in the farm market
already established in Henderson,
The times-news., 1938-11-07
LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

, which, briefly, are these. .
Signora Virginia Venturola did
bring two gold bricks from Italy
to the United States, under con-
ditions which, according to law,
required their forfeiture to the
government; and by not declaring
this gold at port of entry, Signora
Venturola did lay herself liable
to heavy penalties. Nevertheless,
the Signora has been paid in full
by our government for her gold /;
and was not made to suffer any
penalty.
At the outset, Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau and United
States District Attorney Grobe
were convinced that Signora Ven
turola should be paid for her
gold; and they accepted her eX-
planation that the reason she had
not declared the geld when she
entered this country was for fear
that there were Italian agents
present who would give her trou-
BILE. But, in order to comply with
the law, it. was necessary, as a
mere formality, for the United
States government to go through
the motions of confiseating this
gold before the treasury, depart
ment could pay Signora Venture
la for it. ......
"The treasury department" "
says Mr.. Globe in his letter to me,
"took prompt action and advised
us to enter a decree at the ear
liest possible moment, forfeiting
the gold, and advised us and Mrs.
Venturola that she could select
any refiner she desired, who would
give her the highest price for the
gold, and that we would assist,
with all possible facility, to see
to it that such ref:ner received
the gold so that she would not be
delayed in receiving her money
therefor. As Z. consequence, Mrs.
Venturola had several refiners
appraise the gold and we cooper
ated with her in every detail, so
that ultimately the refiner of her
own selection got the gold and she
received her money for it. Need
less to say, this office and the
agents Of the treasury depart
ment acted promptly and with
genuine desire to be just in this
matter, and Mrs. Venturola has
expressed complete satisfaction
and deep gratitude for the action
taken by this office and the treas
ury department."
SO the good old U.S.A. is still
the good old U.S.A.
The times-news., 1938-11-07

the cake from sticking to the bot
tom of the pan?
Did you like green apples, and
peaches. and watermelons, and
lemonade.
Has the hot dog taste of old,
along with others, left you?
What's the matter?
The Rev. w. A. Vroman tells
you in the following:
TASTE AND MEMORY
what is the relation between
taste and memory?" care the
qualities of taste one carries over
to manhood real or fancied, and
is imagination mixed with men,
ory?" -. "Under such circum-
stances does taste or memory
function and register and store
away a taste for years and years 2"
"What do you think of it,"
The above questions are asked
by "Wait Minute" in The Times
News, on two different days, in
two articles. Both these articles
dealt with' the faculty of taste in
relation to the recognition of a
flavor today, after long years
since that flavor had contacted
the taste organs. Johnson ap-
Piles" and shot dogs" were the
things long ago and recently
tasted. The key words used by
"Wait a Minute" were, taste.
memory and imagination. To re-
capitulate, the words, recall, rec
ollect, remember and recognize
should be added.
Taste, as used here, is defined
as: "To try by the touch of the
tongue; to try food by the mouth"
Memory is defined as: "That fac
Continued on page six).
The times-news., 1938-11-07

c0ntlScatl0n OF Cne gOlu. mere
would be a name for an individ-
ual who did this sort of thing. 1t
would be an unpleasant name,
The man would be branded with
it."
Thus commented a well-known
publication on the case of Sig
nora Virginia Venturola, who
emigrated to the United States
with her life savings, which she
had had converted into two gold
bricks in order to get her assets
out of Italy. Furthermore, Signora
Venturola, by not declaring this
gold at the United States port of
entry, had laid herself liable to
penalties totaling $3,762.
Since the handling of this case,
as above reported, sounded more
like a Hitler, a Mussolini, or a
Stain than the democratic United
States, | determined to get the
facts. So | wrote to the Federal
Reserve bank at Buffalo, for par
ticulars.
A quick reply from Managing
Director R. NJ. O'Hara informed
me that the matter had already
been disposed Of, to Signora Ven
turola's entire satisfaction, and
suggested that l contact the Unit.
ed States district attorneys Of
flee, which had told him it would
gladly inform me with regard to
the real facts and developments.
In his immediate response to
nv inquiry of his office, George
l.. Grobe, United States district
attorney, Buffalo, N: Y, gave me,
under date of October 20, 1888,
full details of the Venturoia case,
The times-news., 1938-11-07

favor employees. However, when
the equilibrium" is on the
other side and a business be-
comes Improbable, the law
does not operate to restore
equity to the employer. In such
cases the government DEGREES
that "in the public interest"
the properties, plants, equip
ment and land shall be either
"nationalized" or turned over
to a workers cooperative"
The many technical as well as
conscience" interpretations of
this law by the ''packed" Mexican
courts provide union leaders and
government officials with grounds
FOR undertaking any action which
may appear to them desirable
against any industrial organiza-
ton. ---, ----.---t---
The times-news., 1938-11-07
THREAT OF BOMBING CITIES IS ACE
.'''' CARD OF DICTATORS : - -
(Bv BRUCE CATTON)

Word from overseas has it that the Brit
ish government hopes for an international
agreement to ban the bombing of civilians
in wartime. Negotiations for four-poWer
treaty to that effect are to begin shortly,
it is said, with Germany, Italy, France and
England as the interested parties.
An agreement like that would be very
nice, if it could just be signed and lived up
to. Yet one does not need to be an incur
able cynic to suspect that such an agree
ment is the one thing which the Fascist
powers will not grant. '''
1t is common knowledge that the democ-
racieS knuekled under to the dictatorshlps
at Munich because they were scared to
death of what the German and Italian air
forces might do to them. England still has
the worlds greatest navy, and the French
army-despite all that has been said about
German re-armament-is still as strong as
any in Europe, if not stronger. Yet because
they were outclassed in the air, England
and France caved in.
And that fact carries its own moral
While military experts are not yet unan-
imous about the role of air power in mod
ern warfare, it is pretty generally agreed
that-from strictly military point of view
-airplaneS cannot win war; in the old
sense, by themselves. They cannot seize
and hold territory. They cannot destroy
armies. The final decision still belongs to
the man on the ground.
So the democracieS were not threatened
with military defeat, in the old sytle, at
Munich What they were threatened with
was something very different-and infinite
lyworse: destruction of their great cities,
the death of many thousands of women
and children, diSorganization of civil life
on terrible scale. .-.' '.'' '' =. .>
1T was this threat that compelled them
to. back down. They could have won the
war; but they could not have won it with
out suffering losses too frightful to con-
template. '' S'''' .-
In other words, the threat of bombing
civilians was the ace card held by the Eas-
cists. 1t was the one card which the de
mOcracieS could not match. Without it.,
Hitler could not Tor one minute have over
awed his rivals. ~.. '...
1T is clear, then, that any international
agreement to outlaw the bombing of civil
ians would (if entered into sincerely and
lived up to on all sides deprice the dicta-
tor states of the one big advantage which
has enabled them to get their own way.
Does anyone suppose that Mussolini and
Hitler would agree to any such thing?
The world today needs few things more
desperately than it needs an end to this
threat of raining death on defenseIess civil
lans. But to expect those who profit by the
use OF that threat to give it up meekly and
without protest is like expecting the lion
and the lamb to lie down together in per-
feet friendship. " ... set F,. -,
The times-news., 1938-11-07

vile and after a decade :. -.
cedented se sn; success has '5 , % ~ =
5,t OF thelr , ow"' has moner 't| y.
bank and has bought |yL r,,.. q
Church street onto wni.S S'op':t
,!I move e. their quarters. %''sn en- tng
building and have n,yl.: ylH:.arg,
for themselves and r1,G5as ,Sn;s !
erS. '"cIF cUI
Now, my naoposi,io,
The scope Of this rn f,r.,, Is
tion should be enlarge" q, /" G.r}
ready the pride of yor;: y|,e: !,
and the entire conm,,,. Y,N Cal
it is known. y !" ia
The. The initial i@oa or pr,,
exhibit and sell lIcndcrr.,,.na r.,n ra
products. II the wri,n.. ,on W.. o
aging the market. he melGN
admit stuff from out>id.Ola d"Ola
in compctition with II H.@ .
products. but would 20 aSog. ,.ss
once to improve and ,$J $aJT.a
rietieS of fruif. l,. wv" asr
The times-news., 1938-11-07

People employed in the national capitol
at Washington are not guilty of conduct
frequently attributed to them, spokes-
man has said. Taking a little guilt off the
dome, en-? % I.r ID. n ~
The times-news., 1938-11-07

the 1eQeIdl Ic-
serve bank in
Buffalo to con-
vert them back
into money. Fed
eral officers seiz-
ed them and a
federal j u d g e
ordered t h e m
forfeited to the
United S t a t e S
government. The
federal attorney
who handled the
case said that it
was 'pitiful,' but
that under the
law there was no
other course than
The times-news., 1938-11-07

Football players at the larger universe
ties may be required to learn to count to
four as result of a referees permitting a
fifth down ' -. -'., ;5-r i.5s,:9-t
The times-news., 1938-11-07

That simulated news broadcast proved
stimulating as well. '"ea so.e .r. % :. -
The times-news., 1938-11-07
GET The FACTS

"The federal treasury is richer
by S1,25O in gold and the Italian
woman is poorer by the same
amount. She took the bricks to
The times-news., 1938-11-07
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

NOTE-No unsigned commu'
nications are published by ne
Times-News. All letters must be
signed with the real name OF
the author. No communications
signed with a fictitious name
will be published.-EDlTOk.
The times-news., 1938-11-07

The pathetic condition of Germany's
military system now becomes apparent.
They are down to their last red-haired spy.
The times-news., 1938-11-07

By Hartley w. Barclay, Editor Mill and Factory
= t;--.; Magazine of New York City .'
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Warning to Dictators Seen.
Rv PERTJNAX

PARIS, jan CN.A.N.AD.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's message to Congress
Is interpreted here as timely warm
ing to the totalitarian states.
1t Is remarked that the President
went much further than on October S
when he delivered his Chicago speech
Then he referred to the economic re-
preston of aggressors, but at the same
time boasted that America would never
wage war, and because of that contra
diction the whole address was deprived
of practical meaning
Now he proclaims that q peaceful
nation must be strong enough to. i'm
pose peaceful settlement Of interna-
tional conflicts. 1t is inferred from
that phrase by most political observ-
ers that the President leads his peo-
pie toward adoption Of huge pro-
gram OF ornaments, which, by the
way. is believed likely to prove a stimu-
lus to depressed American economy
and may reawaken the heavy indus
tries, which. as result of investors
abstention, never had its share of the
l935-37 recovery. But it is above all
as q reputation Of isolationism. with
which Berlin, Rome and Toxic will
have to reckon, that the presidential
message Is welcomed.
Copyright. 1888. By the North America
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Hl Twelfth Street.

h's one Of the biggest of the annual merchondsino
events OF the entire yeo-ond the present occosion
truly precedent breoker-n the vorietv Of periods
represented as we'll as the actual savings to be enioved
Evening star., 1938-01-04

for . test Of the act in the Supreme
Court.
Bashore announced that he had
received hundreds Of tips" of vio-
lations Of the besieged act and that
his department was checking up on
these with view to prosecution.
In Philadelphia, where the Supreme
Court was In session, the attorney
general said that he would confer this
week with counsel for 1877 industrial
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Man Throws Sea Lion

LINCOLN BEACH, Oreg., Jan. F.:
F.-The Depoe Bay Aousri,,n h.,
= new exhibit today and Mix,
schroeder Of Glenenden Beach har
PROOF OF his claim to the sea lior
wrestling title. '-''
Mike clinched with the off-shor,
meanle when the lion ran aground
chasing a perch. Mixes water snaniel
Coony, kept the record clear BY dash.
ing into the surf and throwing tn,
1ish for 4 loss, too. '''
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Deficit
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page.)
but the deficit would be smaller than
this years.
Secretary Morgenthau, comment
ing on the Presidents announcement
said that business conditions had
changed the situation completely sinca
he and Mr.. Roosevelt had expressed
hope in the fall OF achieving 4 BAL
ance.
IT business should pick up, w
could still balance the budget" he
said.
The President expects to send his
1889 budget to Congress tomorrow
but probably will tell the lawmakers
that next years relief needs cannot
be estimated for 4 few more months
The budget figures on naval con-
struction also will be tentative.
The continuance Of an unbalanced
budget, laid chiefly to relief needs aris-
ing from the business recession, point
ed up the current congressional issue
OF whether to trim expenses or to
spend heavily to create work for the
unemployed.
President Roosevelt has proposed
curtailing Federal aid for highways.
reducing the enrolment of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, and generally
tightening departmental expenses.
The new session OF Congress was
certain to hear strenuous objections
to the highway and c. C. c. reduc-
tions. together with new demands for
expansion OF the w. p. A.
Ohcial figures showing the unem-
ployed between 7.s22,sl2 and l0.s7o,-
600 were relied on by proponents of
Government spending as giving sup
port to their contention that Govern
ment still must take up the slack" in
providing work.
Representative Dies Democrat, Of
Texas, leader Of a House economy
group. said the Presidents message
convinced him there is not much use
of our going ahead" with plans to
balance the budget.
Mr.. Dies said, however, his bloc
might still try to frame some recon-
mendations behind which the Presi-
dent can rally the House to effect
economies"
The oficials who predicted that Mr..
Roosevelt's revised estimates for this
fiscal year would set the deficit at
$l.250, 900. 900. said his previous esti-
mate of 1896. .245 900 deficit was made
October 10, before the extent OF the
business recession could be guaged.
In the year ended June 80, 1894,
the deficit was 1896, $685. Pre-
vious deficits In the Roosevelt admini-
stration were: l934-35, 33.O82, ,l29, 900;
1886, $4,8l0,894,0 ZOO, and 1867,
$2,8ll, $4,000.
Expenditures reached a peak of
So, ,78l 1885, 900 in the 1856 year, and
the Presidents October estimate
placed this years spending at $685.
655,000. He told Congress yesterday
expenditures cannot be cut much be-
low $1,000, 100000.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Roosevelt's Speech
Spares Republican
Blow Torch Blast
Ry the Associated Press,

Ry the Associated Press.
ROMEO, Mich, Jan. 4.-Dan
Frost. = lifelong Republican,
readily admitted today he was In.
debted to President Roosevelt.
While thawing frozen water
pipes in the attic with . blow
torch, Mr.. Frost was interrupted
by his wife who called him down.
stairs to hear the President's mes.
Sage on the radio.
+. As Mr.. Frost was taking his seat
at the radio, the blow torch, which
NE had left in the attic, blew
apart. demolishing part Of the
roof.
: II guess I got . new DEAL"
hs said.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
PENNSYLVANIA PRESSES
4.HOUR.LAW FIGHT
By the Associated Press.

6y CH9 ABBOCI3Ceu FIe1S.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. l.-Ralph
M. Bashore, State secretary Of labor
and industry. made good his threat to-
day to "crack down" on violators of
the new 44-hour law. while Attorney
General Charles ]. Margiotti pressed
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Democracies CHALLENGED,


BERLIN. Jan. 4 P).-Commentin
on President Roosevelt's speech. a
German foreign office spokesman to-
day said "democracies have failed 30
far to prove they alone can safeguard
peace in the world or otherwise We
would not have war in the Far East"
The spokesman emphasized that
the speech still is being examined in
Berlin and, because only the con-
densed version is available, I'VE do
not have the proper perspective on
the full speech"
Germany has given sufficient evil
dence Of safeguarding peace" he
said, adding democracy and dictator
ship are two concepts which never
will march together"
Evening star., 1938-01-04
Pass Erst.Aid Test.

More than 10000 employees Of q
British railway have passed examina-
tions In first aid.
Evening star., 1938-01-04

concerns which challenged the con.
stitutionality Of the law.
Evening star., 1938-01-04
ROOSEVELT WORDS
SCORED BY GAYDA
italian Fascist Authority
Sees Speech Furthering
World Hostility.
BY the Associated Press,

~ tAU hooVCAAteu 1I0Bb.
ROME, Jan. 4.-Virginio Gayda, au-
thoritative Fascist editor, declared to-
day that President Roosevelt's message
to Congress had furthered creation Of
= state Of permanent international
hostility.
Gayda, whose writings often reflect
the onhcial Italian viewpoint. in an
editorial in his Giornale dItalia, said: :
president Roosevelt insists upon
dividing the world into two parts, the
democracies and the authoritative re-
gimes, and upon creating between one
and the other state of permanent
dindence and hostility, contradicting
those principles Of conciliation and
collaboration which he claimed for his
policy"
Gayda asserted the re-
gimes had appealed vainly for a peace
full solution Of their problems, but
these appeals had been rejected by the
democracies.
Roosevelt Speech Greeted.
LONDON. Jan. 4 (P1.-Europe's great
democracies and the League of Ma
tions last night expressed warm ap-
proval Of President Roosevelt's message
to Congress, especially his assertion
the worlds peace was most safe in
the hands Of Democratic representative
governments"
In France and Great Britain ma
tion-wide applause greeted his state
ment OF the American peoples belief
that democracy would "be restored or
established In those nations which
today know 1t not" and his declara-
ton that lin that faith lies the future
peace of mankind"
Sources close to the British gov
eminent declared that Europe gener-
ally-Germany and Italy excepted
welcomed what they called = bold
condemnation Of the policies Of dc
tatorial countries.
League circles at Geneva hailed the
Presidents prophecy Of a return of
democracy to totalitarian states as .
prediction of a similar return to in
ternational collaboration through the
League.
British quarters expressed disap-
pcintment that Roosevelt had failed
to elaborate the extent of the leader
ship the United States was prepared
to take In curbing international law
lessness.
Evening star., 1938-03-03

OF Commerce; mail circulation direc-
tor, United States Daily, Washington;
magazine circulation consultant, Amer
ican Red Cross, Washington, and con-
sultant, Science Service, Inc, Wash
ington.
Mr.. Rodlun has addressed various
life insurance and general advertising
audiences on advertising subjects, in
cluding the Advertising Club of WASH
ington. He has written extensively for
life insurance and advertising trade
magazines and in 1924 was a delegate
to the International Advertising Con-
vention in London and Paris.
Mr.. Rodlun was the first advertising
manager to attain the chartered life
underwater designation, conferred on
him in 1882 by the American College
of Life Underwriters.
Evening star., 1938-03-03
j. s. RUBBERNETS
S,6O7,9|)2 PROFIT
Earnings Compare With
$1O,172,484 Recorded
in Previous Year.
nv the Associated Press,


NEW YORK. March 3.-United
States Rubber Co. for the year 1887
reported net income of So 8,607902 after
charges, taxes and inventory adjust
ments. equal. after preferred dividend
requirements. to S227 common share,
against Sl0,172,4 ,484, or 1881 a COM
mon share in 1886.
Income after all current charges ex-
cept inventory adjustments and in
come taxes in 1887 was 1,765, ,127,
compared with S13,280,02l in the pre-
ceding year.
In letter to holders accompanying
the report the company announced
q special stockholders meeting would
be held March 81 to vote on proposal
to change the common stock, now
without par value, to par value of
$40 share, effecting reduction in
capital. Holders also will be asked
to vote on plan to refund present
outstanding first and refunding per
cent bonds with new mortgage bonds
bearing lower interest coupon.
Holland Furnace Co.
Holland Furnace Co., Chicago, re-
ported net profit for 1897 of 81 ,42l $780,
equal to $500 a share of common
stock, compared with 1886 profit of
Sl,383096. or $3.50 common share.
Pacific Western Co.
Pacific Western Oil Corp, operating
properties in California, Kansas and
Texas, reported net income for 1887
of sl,38S.710, equal to S139 a share
of capital stock, against Sl,582,325, or
$l58 share, in 1886.
Container Corp.
Container Corp. of America reported
1887 profit of 81 ,7S4, 104 was the largest
in the company's history. Earnings
were equal to s228 a share and COM
pared with 1886 ,942, or S197 a share
in 1885,
International Salt.
International Salt Co., with prop
critics in Michigan. Louisiana and New
York, reported 1887 net earnings of
S506,936, equal to S211 a share on
capital stock. This compared with
S397l29 or S1.65 a share in 1886.
Electric Storage Battery.
Electric Storage Battery Co., with
properties throughout the country. re-
ported 1887 net income of S2.1l0.084,
equal to S2.32 share on combined
common and preferred stocks. This
compared with S2,595 $40, or S286 a
share on the combined stocks in 1886.
Calumet & Hecla.
Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Cop
per Co., which owns mines and mills
in the Lake Superior area, reported
net profit for 1887 of s1,866,776 or
SO cents a share, compared to $751;
122, or ~ cents share in 1886.
Reed Roller Bit.
Reed Roller Bit Co., tool manu-
facturers with Houston, Tex. plant,
reported net profit for 1887 of ST.
94i152, or S3O8 per share, compared
with the previous years figure of
Sl,480, 700, equal to S235 ? share.
South Penn Oil
South Penn Oil Co. and subsidiaries
reported net profit of S4,643,266 for
the year 1887, equal to S4.64 a share,
compared with s3,589.6OG. or $3.50
share. in 1886. The company is a
large operator in the Appalachian
field.
Evening star., 1938-03-03

MS position TO
establish an ad-
vertising a n d
sales promotion
service.
Mr.. Rodlun was
formerly assistant
advertising man.
a 6 er, magazine
distributing divi-
sion of the Hearst
group Of maga-
zines. New York;
chief, mail pro-
motion division of
Nations b u S j.
n e S S, u n j t e d
States Chamber