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Evening star., 1938-05-22

1904 VARNUM ST NW-Attractive
room. private shower: garage if desired.
1343 PARKWOOD PL. NV-Laree. clean
"nd-foor-f front room, near bath extra
large closet, c.h w, urlim. phone; 500 mo.
for l. S25 for . Columbia 5O05-W.
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Mt PLEASANT 1903 Hobart nw.-16th
St bus or street car; 81; single or double:
next bath Free phone. Adams 03o6.
312 RITTENHOUSE ST. NW-Front, att.
bedroom next bath cross vent, 4 WIN
dows. Randolph 5139.
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1929 WEBSTER ST NW.-Cool corner
room running water: south exp: End a.
front, near bath; newly dec; c,h.w: empl.
LADY, 500 Adams O151
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GAS RANGES-Two 4-burner gas ranges.
H.C.. I'd. and broiler S35, new; g, 3
burner and oven, Sl2.q5 new; steam
boiler. 1,2O0-ft.. coal oil. SIS. used; oil
3-burner Hotpoint elec. range. $40, used;
lieu. it.. Kelvinator elec, refrigerator,
500, used. Thos. J. Crowell estab. 1918.
1215-1339 Jefferson Davis hiehway. South
WASHINGTON. Va. Republic 44l1.
Evening star., 1938-05-22

FOR 9AL@76 hiEh.R!eoe 1egnorn cn!cx.
ems now laying, 81 each. kenS1ngtoo 166.
Evening star., 1938-05-22

1851 PERRY PL. NW-Single. private
family: no other roomerS: refined. clean.
homelke: unlrn. phone SIS. Col :464-J
1892 KENYON ST NW-Lovelv double
or single room. attractive home cool: rea-
Sonable Adams 154i
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1925 NJ ST. NV Apt. 5O7. Montana
Large south room, 3 windows. porch: lady;
walking distance. District S1S1.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
A STATE STICKS
ITS NECK OUT
(Wall Street JournaD

If one were seeking an illustration of
what is happening To the sovereignty of
the states as a result of the laundering
march of federal legislation, he would
need only to look at the case of Oregon
now before the Social Security Board.
That body confronts the question wheth-
er or not it shall certify the states un-
employment compensation law as COM
plying with the standards set up in the
National Social Security Act, such COM
pliance being a prerequisite to the release
of federal tax revenues both for local
administrative purposes and as rebates
offSetting taxes levied by state to set
up unemployment compensation reserves.
A controversy before the board, be
tween Oregon state officials on one side
and on the other the CIO and the A. +. Of
L.-Standing shoulder to shoulder in this
affair, believe it or not-arises out of
the referendum enactment Of Oregon
state laws defining and governing the
conduct of labor disputes and imposing
definite limitations on the workers free
dom to participate in strike. Counsel
for the labor unions contend that, con-
trary to the specific provisions of the
federal law, these new state laws III eff
feet deprive men who refuse to accept
jobs rendered available by u strike of
their right to unemployment compensa-
ton. Oregon state officials counter with
the assertion that the new laws We're not
intended to impair compensation rights
and would not be SO interpreted by the
states compensation commission.
Wholly apart from the merits Of these
conflicting representations looms up the
plain fact that state government which
hopes To derive financial advantages
from federal legislation loses its freedom
TO make what laws it chooses to apply
within its own domain. This case is even
worse for state sovereignty, since a re-
fusal by the Social Security Board to
certify the Oregon compensation law as
complying with the federal statute would
leave employers of the state subject to
both the &c federal unemployment tax
and the state levy of 2.792o of pay rolls for
the same purpose. The states new labor
laws may be as wrong as sin or as right
as rain; in either case state sovereignty
makes its exit.
If anyone doubts that, let him trace
down the unofficial tidings that the gov
ernor-elect of Oregon has promised to
seek changes in the state laws in the
event that the board holds them to be
obstacles to the issuance of Treasury
warrants payable to the State of Oregon.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
A BLEAK CHRISTMAS
FOR HALF THE WORLD

Americans, gathered at family fire
sides or meeting friends in convivial Gel
ebration Of Christmas, Worshiping at the
shrine of the Christ Child each in his
own way, today can cast about them
on the world horizon and find the best
reason of all for the American way. the
way of democracy and good fellowship.
For half the world this year Christmas
is at best, a bleak season. In Spain and
the Orient, broken families and blasted
homes, lost liberties and sudden traged-
les have tinged the JOY of Christmas with
a sadness altogether unfitting In Eu-
rope millions live under a cloud of fear
and persecution which no holiday can
overcome. Their prayers on Christmas
cannot be prayers of thankfulness. They
must be prayers of supplication
Today we celebrate the natal day of
the One who said:
Peace on Earth, Good Will to man."
Yet Throughout a great part of the
world there is no peace on earth, nor
any good will to man. Instead there is
the horror or the threat of war, the
hatred and the fear of suspicion and
intrigue
We in America, free from dictators
at peace with other peoples, can truly
celebrate this Christmas in joy and
thankfulness; and as we do so it should
be our fondest hope that another Christ
mas will see the entire world celebrat-
ng as we do-in peace and good will
And as the Christmas season passes,
it should be our firm resolve that we, as
a people, will honor the Christ with
faithful observance of his admontion
for peace, that we shall not encourage
war with any other people, that we shall
do all in our power to spread the gospel
of democracy and the ideal of liberty
to those who are most in need of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
SOME DAY THAT
LIMB MAY CRACK

We, the American people, are being
pushed out on a limb, and unless we
balk soon about going any farther out,
that limb may crack some day. When it
does we're liable to be in mess of trou-
BILE.
Just now we're at pens point with
Germany-and a very vitriolic pen it is
because a member of President Roose-
velt's cabinet took it upon himself to
voice in public speech sentiments which
should have remained publicly unspoken.
Perhaps something has happened in
our foreign office which most of us
don't know about but on the surface
it looks like our national government is
going out of its way to make itself very
unpleasant in an official capacity to
Germany. We can't see any reason for it.
The American people as individuals
may think as they please about Germany.
Most of them think unpleasant things
But it is different when representa-
tive of the government, supposedly
speaking the sentiments of the President,
openly calls the people of another ma
ton barbarians, torturers and unciviliz-
ed rats That is what Secretary Of In
terror Harold L. Ickes called the Ger
mans.
Our newspapers, free from govern
ment control and in no way identified
with the official government of this
country, can do very good job of criti-
cizing German officials. They have done
it. For the most part they voice the
sentiments of the people.
We should like to see the government
leave the job to the newspapers : at
least until Germany has done something
which is direct affront to the United
States as a nation. So far, Germany has
been very careful to do nothing of the
sort
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Photographs

The longest will known in the
United States measures II feet. 1t
was filed in Oakland county, Mich,
probate office in 1886 by Arthur
Powers. 1t was written in long
hand on many sheets of paper
which were pasted end to end to
form one long document.
II we do such things as these,
then ur conquest by the totalitar-
ians is half complete already.
So our real defense is not a mil
itary matter at all. 1t is some
thing for each of us as an individ-
ual to concern himself with. As
individuals we can refuse those doc
trines admittance to our minds and
hearts; as individuals, we can in
sist that our society similarly re-
fuse them admittance.
If we can do that, then our mil
itary deGenses can easily be made
effective. If we fail to do it, the
preparedness program we are pay
ing for will be wasted.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Barbs--- ---

Is all that moving in Berlin
necessary just to make room for
Lindbergh?
It went be long until everybody
is on the public payroll and we
can all stop worrying about taxes
and such.
Alf Landon's selection of Gov
ernor Lehman as the ideal man
for the Democratic nomination for
President in 1910 indicates that
Now is the time for all good men
to come TO the aid of the other
party.
Agitation against unsightly park
ing lots may lead to development
of invisible automobiles.
Suggested slogan for the west
ern hemisphere: Lima Alone.
Suggested headline for the story
of Policeman Deyer of Indianapolis
who aimed at an injured cat and
shot his foot Shoots at cat, hits
dog
An inventor has been granted a
patent on a device which enables
back seat drivers to control a car S
speed. Our device doesn't need a
patent; it's a gag.
By now Mr.. Chamberlain must
have realized he was 'putsehed
around pretty badly at Munich.
Australians tearing up phone
books at a great rate in rash OF
patriotism after Germany's Count
Won Luckner tore one in half al
Sydney to demonstrate his strength
That seems a harmless way of set
Ting international dispute
if the phone company doesn't OBJ
ject.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

Everybody has his two cents
worth to offer about the way to
combat foreign "isms' in America.
Usually the two cents worth is laid
ON the counter and promptly for
gotten.
Things are working out differ
emily up in ManitoWoc, Wis. There
someone decided that the way to
overcome un-American ideas is to
promote American ideas. 7 n e
townspeople got behind the idea,
and the result may prove one of
the most significant citizen
ship movements in modern Ameri-
can history.
II started simply enough. DR.. r.
J. Colbert OF the University of
Wisconsin suggested to local adult
class III municipal administration
that a Citizenship Day might well
be held. A committee was ap-
pointed 10 look into it. 1t drew up
a sensible and appealing plan.
Under thsi plan, next May 81 will
be celebrated in ManitoWoc as Cit
izenship Day. On that day all of
the young people who have just
reached the age Of 21-there are
about 1900 Of them--will be for
mally welcomed to their new status
as -fledged voting citizens; and
the occasion will be used by the
rest of the people of ManitoWoc
to reaffirm their own faith in
America and American democracy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
GENERAL PUBLIC GETS ONLY
END ZONE SEATS AT ROSE BOWL
{ (Hanford Sentinel)

Advices indicate that the $4,000 end
zone seats for the John Doe fans in the
Rose Bowl for the use Dukes game
January ?, had been snapped up in
quick sell-out at $3.50 and $40 each.
Which indicates that there is ample
money in circulation for amusement.
The other $4,000 seats are not avail
able to the public. They have been par
celed out to use alumni, 44,000; root
ers $500; Festival of Roses patricians
1900; Duke 5000 press, radio, Pacific
Coast Conference officials 5000.
The choice in the bowl go to the pre-
ferred holders of tickets. The end-zone
places are most distant from the mid
field and therefore less desirable. But
the John Doe fans will not be denied.
Attendance at this classic is sort of
stamp of gentility, quality that the
Does go for in big way. And yet they
are as much entitled to see the big annual
game as the select. Their money is Just
as good and their enjoyment measures
as keen
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
An Economist S
Viewpoint
By John I. Flynn

While in certain quarters men
are talking about building arma-
ments to protect our trade in South
America from the Germans, there
is a much more intelligent approach
to the problem-plans for financ-
ing American trade with our South
American sisters through the EX-
port-Import Bank.
One of the first eXertions of this
kind Of aid. however, is to finance
a large corporation which engages
rot in trade between this country
and South America but in indus
trial enterprise within the borders
of South America.
In all this subject of protecting
our trade to the south. we must
remember that there are two kinds
of business men doing business in
South America. There are Ameri-
can business men and corporations
Who manufacture goods in the
United States and sell them in
South America. Then there are
the American corporations which
produce goods in South America
and sell them in the United States.
1t is this last group we have to
be most particular about. There
is certainly nothing wrong in Am
orleans investing money in South
Dttf
there are two very distinctly diff
terent economic results in the case
Of these investments and those OF
our home producers who sell to
South America.
First. while Americans own those
South American industries, they
are operated in South American
countries, worked by native labor
and are far more important 20
South America than to us.
Second IN many cases the cor
porations which operate these en-
terprises hold them as concessions
exploiting the natural resources OF
those countries. This, too, is quite
all right But in SO many cases
these resources have been obtained
in the first place through many
sorts of practices which have left
very bad odor among the people
there.
These industries have done nc
small amount of harm in breeding
a dislike for the great giant at the
north which is pictured by the
southern population as being SYM
bolized by the few Americans who
have exploited them
What America needs now is trade
!, between our producers and the pro
, ducers of South America. We neec
to sell the output of our factories
there. Selling this output is a jot
for the American producers, theil
sales forces and our financiers. II
that sales effort our government
should give every reasonable all
: which will not produce irritation
among those neighbors One suci
aid is to finance export and impor
j. transactions between the two coun
tries. That will win far more TO
us than battleships.
But in doing that we must dis
tinguish between the manufactur
, ers and producers who will thu
1 make trade for us and those larg
American corporations which en-
Joy monopolies in South America
:, countries and contribute very lit
tie to trade between nations O
both sides of the equator-contrl
: butte more, in fact, to the irritation
between those nations.
d SELL. farra urndnc.. through
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

nef ana the aDll-
ity to win friends
instantly. T h e
O I h er bristled
with antagonism
that created dis
like. The pleas
ant conductor
greeted m e a s
though I were his
personal g u e S t
and made me feel
thatlle was eager
to do everything
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
T0day'S HOrOScOpe

Those born on this day have high
ideals and are mentally active.
They should not allow themselves
To be governed by their emotions.
Better take life easy on your birth
day, for the signs are neutral. Fin
ish tasks that have been neglected
instead of starting new ones.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Hints on ETIQUETTE

The forx is held, prongs down,
in the left hand and the knife in the
right while cutting food After the
food is cut, it is the custom i'll the
United States to lay the knife on
the plate and take the fork in the
right hand to convey the food to
the mouth.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Horoscope for Sunday

Persons whose birthday Is today
must use all their self-control and
discretion to prevent discord in
their homes. They should strive to
rise above whatever vexations arise
and preserve the spirit of the day
Take advantage of any material
benefits the day may bring, how
ever.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test


/. Can you finish this quotation:
THE shades Of night were falling
fast y?
9. Between what country and the
United States does the Rio Grande
river figure as a boundary?
8. For what is a seismograph us
ed?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
You re Telling Ne -

The four -year-old Dionne quin-
tupless have earned S800000, prov
ing a great help to their parents
before they grow up.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
DALE
HA -
" 80
CARNEGIE
Author of How TO Win
Friends and Influence
People

While travelling in Switzerland
last summer. I met one afternoon
two railroad conductors who were
almost exact opposites. One was
agreeable, had a charming man
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Words of Wisdom

Man spends his life in reasoning
on the past, complaining of the
present. and trembling for the fu-
ture.-RiVarol.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

APARTMENTS Are Renting Thru
PoST-PRESS WANT ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

TODAY'S DEFINITION: A New
York newspaperman IS a fellow
who somehow always can discover
that male celebrities from Europe
think American girls are grand.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

If you are sure of yourself you
don't have TO pretend or pose All
you have to do is just to be
natural. Listen to what General
Charles G.. Dawes, author of the
famous Dawes Plan says:
"I have never met a man l con-
sldered ercat VINO was not simple,
natural and unaffected. Affecta-
tion is inevitably the mark of a
person who is not sure of himself.
Josh Billings observed years ago,
the game Of life is like a game of
cards: the chief credit goes, not
70 the man who wins, but to the
one who plays a poor hand well.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

SELL farm produce through
POst-Press Want Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

Chicle, a rubber-like substance
of which chewing gum is made IS
obtained from the sapota tree,
which Is found growing wild in
Mexico, British Honduras and Ven
ezuela.
The mine where Sir Harry
Lauder, the Scotch singer, worked
as a boy, is visited yearly by many
tourists. II is at Hamilton, near
Glasgow, Scotland.
The CCC (Civilian Conservation
Corps planted 365 ,233,50O forest
trees during 1897.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
Bruce Cation Says
-Manitowoe Does Things for American Way

But Citizenship Day will only be
the climax of a continuing cam
paign. The young people of Man
itowoc county who will have
reached 81 by next May are being
organized in each of the county's
80 voting precincts. Between now
and May. each OF these groups will
hold at least three major meetings.
at which they will be addressed by
educators, jurists and public Off.
cials. They will hold many group
discussions to discuss both the
philosophy OF democracy and the
practical workings of it in ward,
city. county, state and national
politics.
So by the time Citizenship Day
rolls around, the 1900 youngsters
will have a pretty thorough ground
ing in what the American form OF
government means. beth i'll theory
and in practice. They will under
stand what democracy is all about;
presumably they will have seen
enough of its Workaday mechanics
to begin their careers as adult cit
citizens with their eyes wide open.
Familiar with its ideals, they will
also be familiar with its necessi-
ties-and so will escape the disil-
lusiCnment that settles on so many
citizens once they realize that poll
ticians are not really knights Oh
white chargers after all.
All of which adds up to a first
rate idea-one which, judging by
the inquiries the ManitoWoc people
have received is going to be wide
ly copied in other cities, and which
fully deserves to be copied.
An intelligent and lly-informed
electorate is our first line of de-
Tense in the fight to save the Am
erican way OF lite 1t is more than
that. in fact-it is just about the
only defense we need. If our new
citizens" each year could get a
thorough grounding in the essen
tial facts about our democracy, plus
an intelligent understanding and
appreciation of the ideals on which
those facts rest, there would. pres
emily be little need to worry about
the danger of any foreign "isms'
getting a foothold here.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
THOUGHTS for the Day

Whose soever sins ye remit they RENTED unto
them: and whose soever sins We retain, they are
retained-John 20.23
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

The WPA has gone into many
projects, but vaso field remains
untouched. How about starting
night clubs in New York for en-
ployment of debutantes who can
sing?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25
One Minute Test Answers

One Minute Test AnsWers
/. "As through an Alpine village
passed"
g. Mexico
3. To register earthquake shocks.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

possible 10 make my rice d pledSdllI
one. He could hardly have been
more cordial had 1 been in his
own home. I asked him about
train schedules. and he walked
back through six cars TO get me
2 time table. He also brought me
a map of Switzerland and gave
me more information than l had
requested. all in a manner that
showed he enjoyed doing it. When
I left the train. he personally
carried my bags out of the tram.
said goodbye and wished me a
happy journey Emily Post, her
self. couldn't have been more
gracious.
Now contrast his personality With
that of the next conductor 1 met.
He served on a cog railway that
ran up the side of mountain to
one of he most superb views in
ali Switzerland. I was travelling
with several sui.Ga&es including
one filled with books. This con-
ductor said TO me in a grutf, bel
ligerent tone. Does all that bag
gage belong TO you? You'll have
to pay for some of it. You're only
allowed Thirty Kilograms free. =
When I handed him twenty
franc note TO pay for my fare, he
said. in an irritated tone: Haven t
YOU any small change?" Arriving
2t the station. he personally saw
to it tha5 my baggage was weighed
and that 7 was charged about seV-
enty-fiYe cents extra Sour, glum,
rude. curt, he gave one the inn
preston that he was annoyed by
having passengers III his train.
One Of those conductors gets an
inner joy from doing his job sup
eroly well and from being a we'll
bred man and making people hkt
lin. The other gets nothing out
G his job except annoyance. irri-
tdtion and d salary that he prob
ably grumbles ABOUT One of these
men IS getting a great deal Of hap
piness out OF life; the other is ap.
parentiy getting none. The ONLY
real difference between them i
their mental attitudes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-25

The motorist who has the right
Of way sometimes follows the path
of Wrectitude too lar.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
BY the Associated Press,

by t0c ASSOCleteQ fIeSx.
ROME, Aug. 23-Italy started her
special census Of Jews today.
Questionnaires more than a yard
long were distributed to all Jews and
suspected Jews" with the admonition
that there would be severe penalties
for those evading the census or CIV
ing false information.
Since the count included all Jews in
Italy as OF midnight last night. for
eign Jewish tourists, including Amer
leans. were among those given ques-
tionnaires.
In Rome. police distributed blanks
to hotel porters and apartment house
janitors with lists Of suspected Jews"
in each place.
suspected Jews" were compelled to
state whether the suspicion they were
Jews was erroneous. Some of them
proved to be Germans with names
resembling Jewish names.
Information asked included names,
ages. addresses of all members of the
family, parentage. profession. citizen
ship, religion. date of arrival In Italy
and war service.
Families having even single Jewish
member were included. The census
was taken on the basis of race rather
than religion.
The questionnaires contained no
questions on money or property hold
ings. This reassured many Jews who
had expected such questions and had
feared the information might even