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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
Olson Funeral Saturday

The funeral of J. Victor Olson, GA one of the pioneer Swedish residents here, who died yesterday afternoon at his home after short illness, will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday after noon at the Salem Lutheran church. Rev. w. R. Frendberg, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Grove cemetery.
 Private prayers will be read at the home at 2:3O o'clock Saturday afternoon. Friends may call at the home tomorrow afternoon and evening.
 MT. Olson, a native of Sweden,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28

The Balkan Entente is considering exchange visits between children and students of its countries and those of other lands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
Junior Leaders COrps

Larry Curtin, Captain, Edward o. Connor, Arthur O'Donnell, Johnny Mahan, John Davey, Edward Schrul, John Haigh, William Hermanat, Jack O'Donnell, Edward Duffy, Bushnell Rodenbach, Edwin John- son, William Wyatt, William Roden- bach, Ray Kralis, Leonard Dennis, and Jackie Ashmore.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
Americanized Rapidly

People who have come to America from Sweden have Americanized themselves more rapidly than the majority of European nationalities, it was pointed out at an open forum yesterday afternoon. Discus sion revealed use of Swedish lan- guageS at the services in the churches is rapidly disappeared. Rev. Hjalmar Tillman of Newport, R. l., said in the midwest and far-west this use has practically vanished.
 Harold Lundgren of Worcester was unable to preside at this meeting because of illness and Martin Wick strand of Meriden took his place. Rev. Fritz Soderberg of North Gros- venordale, Conn.,, offered prayer. Frank Friswold, Roslindale, Mass, spoke on "Our Church and the Lan- guage Question. Wallace Swanson of Pontiac, R. T., read a paper on "Our and Amusement" ad Adolph Luthgren of Springfield discussed "Financing Our Church"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
Older Girls. Gym Class

Virginia Malline, Class president; Rachael Rodenbach, Althea Schaff, Martha McGeever, Dorothy Mo- Geever, Jean Martin, Jane Wyatt, Arlene zehnder, Virginia Scully, Helen Tynan, Dorothy McCollum, Betty Brennan, Mary Davis, Shirley ODonnell, Hazel Duffy, Marie Me- Sherry, Althea Oemcke, Ruth Jen- nings, Ellen O'Donnell, Ruth Beck ling, Jane ChisWell, Francis Bur- kem, Jane Richter, Catherine Bros- nahan, Ann Bowling, Patricia Sweeney, Ethel Grant, Peggy Cur tine, Laurian Richter, Ruth Bukas
 Other members assisting: Gene Montanari, Chuck Janik, Babe Sweeney, Tommy Edmonds, Bobby Wood, Charles Marcelynas, and Mi chael Mobile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
To Plan Activities

Plans for the spring and summer will be made at a meeting tonight of the Natatuc tribe, Improved Or der of Red Men, in Odd Fellows hall at 8 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28

at it's end, she was declared &C., ceptable to the Indians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
character and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him.
Mccarthy Fund Established

Establishment of a Charles Thomas Mccarthy Aid Fund" to carry on in measure the work MT. Mccarthy did to aid local young men and women to attain higher education featured the meeting yes- terday noon of the Naugautck Ro- tary Club. The society paid a silent tribute to its deceased member. Further plans concerning the fund are to be announced later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
Enecial Meeting Tnniphf

Special Meeting Tonight
 A special meeting of Centennial lodge, Odd Fellows, will be held to- night at 8 o'clock to take action on the death of J. Victor Olson, past noble grand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
To Install Officers

10 lnSt&u O111CerS
 Installation of officers of the aux Hilary of Crusader Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held Saturday in the post home on Rubber avenue. Mrs. Sadie Carroll, president of the auxiliary of Chateau Thierry Post, will have charge of the induction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
Rehearsal Held

A rehearsal for the Musical AL bum," May 6 in St. Michaels Epis- copal church parish house, was held last night under the direction of Alvin Wooster. The glee clubs of St. Michaels and St. Johns church will participate. The Girls Friendly society of the local church will spon- sor it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
Here's how we DRAIN OUTWINTER"!

9 Gears ''Aushed." Worn gear oil drained. o Gear box flushed. .refilled with correct grade of summer MoBILolL GEAR OIL.
 A Chassis Squeaks Stopped. Over 4S parts sf carefully fabricated with special sursa- mcr MOBlLCREASE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28
Union to Meet

Union to Meet
 A meeting of the local unit, United Rubber Workers of Amer ica, will be held at 7:30 tonight in St. Georges hall, Linden park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28

I Engine Protected. Your dirty winter oil " is crankcase flushed. Rcfslled with fresh, clean SUMMER MoBILoIL.
 a Radiator Worries Ended. Out comes rus- Z water. In goes clean water and MoBII- HYDRoToNE to stop corrosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE
MAY FALL VERY FLAT
(Christian Science Monitor)

(ChriStian Science MonitOr)
Caution and opposition, rather than
hearty enthusiasm. seem to have been
the response evoked by reported plans
Of the Roosevelt Administration to dump
requests for huge military and naval
armament programs into the hopper of
Congress as soon as it convenes. Con
gressmen uniformly are committed to
providing "adequate' national defense
hence no question OF pacifism or patriot
ism Is involved. But many of them are
openly skeptical of the bases on which
some demands for appropriations may
be made.
The bases involve so much a proven
military or naval need as a reported
theory that open handed government
spending and lending can be continued
and the criticism of it be Side-Stepped
if the OUTLAWS are directed into channels
that will qualify under the heading Of
armed preparedness. There has been
some suggestion that the building of
battleships. aircraft factories and so
forth is an effective method of economic
pump-priming. A case of the sort can
be made out. though in many instances
the effect is delayed about year and
must presume very protracted need for
the artificial stimulus.
But congressional criticism Is more
likely to make military preparedness
programs stand ON their own feet. After
all, that is sound practice militarily. An
army or a navy is more efficient if its
equipment is built up according to
Well-conceived long-term plan with reg
ular requirements and with attention
to strategic points than if it is overbuilt
i'm some years and underbuilt in others
in response To political waves Of shot
gun enthusiasm.
The recent book by Mai. George Field
ing Eliot, The Ramparts We Watch,
illustrates a commendable attitude. 1t
deals with defense as technical prob
lem, avoids Mysteries about it and shows
how relatively small if well-equipped
and well-supported army can be eff
cient. Editorial response to proposals
for protecting the Panama Canal indi-
cate a readiness to act where strategic
needs are pointed out But it will be al
together beneficial if Congress is careful
to keep the horse before the cart and
takes for its slogan in this realm, Mil
lions for defense, but not one cent for
pump-priming
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
EDUCATE THEM TO
DEPEND ON THEMSELVES

Representative educators of Califor-
MIA. attending a statewide conference at
Fresno last week, appealed to the fed
eral government TO help educate the
children of migratory workers in Cali
fornia.
We believe the federal government
should shoulder part Of this task but
regardless of who does il, We believe
that something more than the three RS
should be taught these children of mi
gratory workers.
For the future Of the state it is imper-
ative that these children be taught to
depend uTon themselves fer living,
and that they be taught the principles
of Americanism that are So important
TO people of their class.
The parents of these children. thanks
partly to depressed economic circum-
stances and partly TO relief program
operated i'm such Way that they have
come to regard il as a regular item in
the family income budget. have become
almost a permanent American gypsy
tribe. Altogether too many of them are
entirely satisfied with their easy-going,
poverty stricken way Of life. As long
as they can get relief they want nothing
else.
In this instance the truth of the say
ing that YOU can't teach an old dog new
tricks is measured only by its age. There
is not much chance that the great ma
iority Of these adult migratory workers
will ever be anything else but what they
are now.
Therefore it is with the children that
the solution lies. And only by educating
the children in a different way of life
can the solution be reached.
The danger is not an isolated one,
because t4e migratory families as a rule.
include far more children than other
families Where the average business
man or laborer who is representative of
the true American way of life has two,
three or four children, the migratory
worker and his wife usually have six,
eight or ten.
Should these children grow up in the
way Of their parents, mathematical laws
give US proof that they will sooner or
later make up an overwhelming major
ity Of our population.
If that day arrives, the economic prob
lens we know now will be nothing to
the economic problems people of that
time will face.
Thus it becomes apparent that the uSu-
al school curriculum will not suffice III
education Of these undepriVileged chill
dren. They must be taught more than
the average chld-for what the average
child learns in his home they never have
an opportunity to learn.
They must be taught, above all, re-
sponsibility, self reliance and AMERI-
CANISM.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
Bruce Cation Says
Don Be Too Pessimistie About France Future

no national strain in Europe has
such toughness of fibre; nor is any
people as quick to drop domestic
quarrels and present a united front
to the foe in case of need.
Somehow the other nations never
have realized this.
Away back in the 1790s, when
Frenchmen were at one another'S
throats with revolutionary ardor
and the whole land was torn asun-
der by the most gigantic of quarrels,
the time looked ripe for a descent
on France, and divers nations tried
it. But when their armies crossed
the border, the French managed
to put their quarrel in their pocket.
The invaders were hurled back
and before the dust had settled
Napoleon was astride all of Europe
In 1914, once more, the French
looked like an easy touch Domestic
scandals and political rows were
common. If the German general
staff supposed that the nations
patriotic unity had been damaged,
it is hardly to be wondered at;
yet 1914 quickly showed that any
such suppoSition was a laundering
mistake.
And so. today, the same picture
is being presented. Outmaneuvered
at Munich, outclassed in the air,
torn by bitter internal strife, France
looks like land that is ripe to be
taken. But the safest of all bets
is that any nation which takes the
picture at its face value is due
for an unpleasant surprise.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
SOMETHING FOR THE
FADDISTS TO REMEMBER

Secretary Of State Cordell Hull never
spoke truer words than these:
There is no place in the western
hemisphere for a revival of such doc
trines and theories, which our nations in
common with an Overwhelming majority
of mankind, rejected long ago
He was speaking at the Pan-American
conference. talking Of the isms and poll
tical fads now sweeping the world, and
which have found supporters even in
the United States who claim to be new.
Communism was rejected by the cave
men. Fascism was kicked out in the mid
die ages, Socialism failed centuries ago.
And yet there are those who, thinking
in their political ignorance that these
things are new, would like TO see them
tried in the United States.
Democracy is the newest thing in eco
nomic-poitical life-and thus far it is
the best
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
Famous Sayings

1t looks as if someone down in
Rome really believed all of the
things people have been saying
about France lately.
After the Munich settlement it
was commonly said that France
had sunk to the level of a second
class power Then when the wave of
strikes greeted Daladier'S security"
program, it was remarked that
French democracy was tottering
and that the needed unity was
impossible to attain.
So the Italians seem to have
decided that if all this was true
the time was ripe for getting on
the muscle with respect to Tunisia
and other points.
Just how far these threats were
meant to be taken seriously is, of
course, an open question. The to-
talitarian states have a way of
making Warlike maneuvers just to
see how the land lies Having no
domestic public opinion to worry
about, they can pull in their horns
if need be without losing face.
If that is what is going OH now,
no harm will be done. But if II
Duce really thinks that France is
ripe to be despoiled, he is apt to
get a very rude awakening before
very long. For it is bad business
to sell the French short, no matter
how bad their situation looks.
1t would be interesting to learn
just where the popular conception
of the French as light-minded
volatile and essentially frivolous
people arose. No picture could be
farther from the truth. Actually,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
TOY LENDING
Riverside Pressl

NRlNefSlde ffeSS)
Five years ago, Mrs. Ida Cash, pro-
baton officer in Brooklyn, New York,
observing that many delinquent young
sters stole toys because they didn't have
any of their own and no money with
which to buy them, founded toy library.
Today there are similar institutions in
fifty cities.
"Toyery, Inc, the New York office, is
supported entirely by personal contribu-
tions. 1t gives advice on organization
and occasionally ships some of its toys
to other branches. The toys first used in
this work We're second hand, collected
by a settlement house and repaired for
free distribution.
Teachers approve of this toy lending
plan. They find it excellent training for
youngsters who learn to take care of the
borrowed toys. They find it really does
tend to decrease the amount Of delin-
quency among children Of needy homes
who lack playthings of their own.
Perhaps there is in this program a
hint for handling the vandalism wrought
by boys and young men in city parks
and elsewhere. These youths evidently
need occupation and recreation of a con-
structiye sort and vigorous physical eX-
ercise which is denied them in crowded
city conditions. They need to be building
things, or chopping wood or doing tasks
comparable TO farm chores.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
legal ADVERTISEMENT A
S y M M o Y S
No. 1928

SUM MONS
No. 1928
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
VS..
R. P. GREENLEAF, ct al,
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
r. p. GREENLEAF, T 1 T LE
GUARANTEE AND TRUST CON-
PANY, a Corporation, as Trustee,
FAYETTE A. SMlIH, GRACE c.
SMITH, his Wife, EDNA 6. BUSH
NELL. LOS ANGELES ESCROW
COMPANY, a Corporation, as TruS-
tee, A A. CITIZENS, DAVID KOE-
MIG. EARL l.. BANTA, MARION
AGNES STILES, ED M. LEE, w.
w. LEE, M. P. HARRISON.
CHARLES E. DAMERELL, MAG
GLE LEE, HANNAH L. BROWN,
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, JOHN
DOE TWO, JANE DOE TWO, JOHN
DOE THREE, JANE DOE THREE,
RICHARD ROE, JOHN DOE CON-
PANY a Corporation, JOHN DOE
COMPANY TWO, a Corporation,
JOHN DOE COMPANY THREE,
Corporation, RICHARD ROE CON-
PANY, a Co-partnerhip, and JOHN
DOE as Administrator of the Estate
of Richard Roe, Deceased, Defen-
dants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State
OF California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Sum
mons-if served within this county.
or within thirty days If served else
where.
And you are hereby notified un-
less you appear and answer as above
relief demanded in the Complaint.
required, the said plaintiff will take
judgment for any money or dam
ages demanded in the complaint, as
arising upon contract, or it will
apply to the Court for any other
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 18th day Of July, 1893
W j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk
0. II "a 3l-N. 7 ID 81 28-D. 5 IL 10
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12

sell liquors and bottled goods. Then
along came Prohibition. and so
Matthew Cummings said, I'm not
gong to retire. I'm going 70 Go
what I've always wanted to do.
I'm going to be a contractor
The neighbors pretty nearly
laughed their heads off. Why,
Matt. you've never even built
hen-coop in your life!'
He had a great deal of business
experience behind him. So he
locked around, found where there
was going 10 be a small contracting
JOB and put in bid.
He got il! He started in to make
q success OF the job Good work was
his chief aim
He studied contracting. He all
but slept on cement and combed
his hair with handspikes.
The job was a success. He put in
a bid for another. Got it! On ev-
cry job he had one main thought
To Go a good piece of work.
That Was fifteen years ago. He
is now 78 He has done $4,000 600
worth of work.
He is the only individual con-
tractor in the United States to
build one OF the government hous-
in2 projects.
He has build what is considered
one of the finest high schools III
America. It is the jeremiah f
Burke High School in Boston. Mas
sachusetts
He built the Surgical Building at
the City Hospital in Boston.
His payroll is $4,000 a week.
He is now putting up buildings
in the towns of Butler and Tor
rance, Pennsylvania about 30 miles
from Pittsburgh. These constitute
a three million dollar job.
His health was poor when he
started his contracting business. II
is now excellent. II used to take
pills" he says. Now take eXer
cise."
here's d salute to you. Matthew
CUmmings-th man who lost his
JOD at % ana llldue lIlllllOu uol-
lars after that!
I have just been down South lee
turing, and here's an item about a
Mrs. Marsh, who lives at Number
q. Seventeenth Street, Atlanta.
She attended Smith College
studied English Composition. bui
DIDN'T do very well Never got
above 90.
Back home she started a novel
She knew nothing about noVel
writing 50 she wrote the last chap
ter first A friend said it wasn't
much good, bu; Mrs.. Marsh said she
guessed she'd 70 ahead. anyway
She spent eight years writing
that novel
But the book she wrote back
wards turned out al right. She
called 1t Gone with the Wind
Her maiden name (Which she uses
FOR writing was Margaret Mitch
ell.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
An Economist S
Viewpoint
By John 7. Flynn


been added TO the sum of human
knowledge by the opening state
ment with which the long-herald-
Ell monopoly Investigation va S
launched. The statement va s
made by Dr.. Isador Lubin. COM
missioner of statistics of the Labor
Department, and it has been un-
derstood lie has been working on
this Tor some time.
Dr. Lubin revealed that our rate
of population growth has been
diminishing; that our rate of pro-
duction goods has been diminish
ing and that wages and employ
ment have diminished.
From all this he drew the pro-
found conclusion that employment
decreased because business has
shrunk He added the further
conclusion that because of tech
nical developments less labor was
required to produce more goods.
There is scarcely a school boy
who would not have been able to
duplicate these revelations. One
might, however, suppose they We're
introduced as the beginning OF a
picture of the American economic
scene which is 10 be painted in
larger detail as the inquiry pro-
gresses. Perhaps SO.
But there were other statements
which leave much to be desired on
the score Of illumination and. to
put it mildly, precision.
Dr. Lubin informed the commit
Tee that this was Il durable goods
depression That, incidentally, Is
not a new pronOuncement. In 1929
when economists first began to
point out the facts on which this
idea rests, it was little understood
by the business world and even less
by most statisticians. But it has
had eight yeala OF intensive ad-
yertisemenJ.
The chief criticism Of this state
ment, however, is the use OF the
term durable goods" Occasional
" writers refer to it as a heavy
goods depression, meaning the same
thing.
The use of the terms heavy
and durable" goods is quite in
adequate to describe the phe-
nOmenOn.
DR.. Lubin. has included automo-
biles as durable goods. But are
watches durable goods? A watch
will outlast several automobiles. An
evening coat will last man
twice as long as a car
Besides, this is not an "automo-
bile" depression While automo-
bile production has suffered along
with every kind Of consumers
goods, it has done better than
EIany.
This is a capital goods dcpres-
sion.
1t is a depression caused by the
falling off in the production OF
goods. whether heavy or no., dur
able or not. which are produced
on long term credit such as build
ing. plants, machinery railroad
equipment, utility equipment
houses, etc.
The depression proceeds from
the lacJ lnaJ WICn BOOQS mace u
be sold on long term credits arr
not produced, then the production
of new supplies of money and in
come are not produced
DR.. Lubin's own statement re-
Veals this fact for he found the
weak spots TO be in the induStrie,
which supply building construc-
ton.
Another odd statement is thai
IN the depression years we lost
1873 billion dollars
Taking 1929 as his base, DR.. Lubir
concludes that if we had gonc
on making what we made i'm 1926
we would have made 1873 billion
more than we did make. This hC
calls loss Of 1873 billion.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
TOday'S Horoscope

The person born on this date is
inclined to be proud, Self-confident,
even quite satisfied with himself
His brain is full of plans for max
ing money, and his enthusiasm
may bring him success. He should
be careful about expressing his
opinions too freely, however. His
iGeas are good and his opinions
sound, but tact is necessary to
avoid offending some of those who
do not like to be directed or ad-
ViSed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12

AZ l. - ~
the house doing
nothing construc-
tive and spong-
ing off his child
rem? Not the
man I'm telling
you a'bout. No,
sireel He turned
In and made a
million dollars.
He was run
ming a Smal !
general store in
Boston and he
had a license to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12

We don't blame that Chicago
woman for asking for a divorce
after her husband blacked not only
her eyes but their dogs too.
When a man no longer is kind to
animals, he must have lost his helf
respect
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
Photographs

The newly matched humming bird
il no larger than a honey bee.
The cost of the New York Worlds
Fair in 1899 is put at $125, 100000
Construction is said TO be ahead of
schedule.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
Hints on Etiquette

Engraving and printing are in
equally good taste on Christmas
cards. Printing is less formal but
is now more popular.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

l. Where do we get the majority
of the cork used in the world?
2. What is nostalgia?
3. To what country do the Virgin
Islands belong?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
thoughts for the Day

Reproach hath broken my heart and I am full of
heaviness; and I looked for some to take pity, but
there was none; and for comforters but I found
none.-PSalmS 69:20.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
You're Telling Ne -

Chairman Jim Farley pleads for
Democratic harmony. Some of the
boys lately have been singing in a
MINOR key.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
Words of Wisdom

There are FEW who need complain
OF the narroWneSS of their minds
if they will only do their best with
them.-HobbeS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12

Texas Christian university and
Carnegie Tech meet in the Sugar
Bowl came in New Orleans Jan.
2-and both schools are hoping for
heavy sugar.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12
One Minute Test Answers

one-M1nute Test Answers
l. From the bark of the cork tree
or cork oak.
2. HomesickneSS.
3. To the United States, which
bought them from Denmark in 1918.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-12

Buyers Of repossessed cars often
find it hard to drive a bargain.