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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
MEMBER
THE PRAYER OF 4 PILGRIM
TO THE SHRINE OF LOURDES

4 am one of the very few persons in
the world who have no worries. Many
would certainly like to change places
with me-
Those words were spoken at the Shrine
of Lourdes in France this week by
young man who hopes to live for many
years. They were given in explanation
of a prayer he had offered, a prayer for
peasants and pilgrims who had come to
the shrine in hope its reported miracu
lous power would heal them of infirmi-
ties This mans prayer was for others
"a fervent hope that they might live
to enjoy life to the fullest.
Fred Snite, jr.. was the young man
who prayed, and who explained his pray
ct for others by saying he himself is one
of the worlds luckiest persons. He ex-
planned because, if he had not, very few
persons would consider him lucky. Most
healthy persons, in fact, would regard
him with considerable pity.
For young Snite has lived for months
without end in an iron lung, mechani-
can contrivance forcing breath to and
from his body. Outside of the tiny pris-
on, his body could not live.
He suffered a stroke of infantile paral
ysis several years ago. He was placed
in the iron lung because it was the only
method of saving his life. He has re-
mained there ever since He must be
fed, dressed and cared for in every way
by an attendant. He cannot alter his
position beyond an inch or two He car
not walk through city streets, or in
country lanes. He cannot sit or stand
as others do. Movement is denied him.
The pleasures of life, as others know
them, are not for him.
Yet, because he has mo worries, he
considers himself one of the worlds
luckiest persons, and prays at the Shrine
of Lourdes for those other invalids who
come there seeking surcease.
Lucky? Perhaps he is far more
lucky than many of us who have all that
has been denied him. His is the mental
power to overcome infirmity; ours is
the misfortune to moan of little things
His is the ability to appreciate the spark
of life that has been left to him; ours
is the blindness that makes us dumb to
thousand blessings
While the pilgrim to Lourdes prays
for others, it might be we'll for US, be-
fitting our selfish lives, to pray for our
selves:
"Oh, Lord, give us sight to know the
happiness that is within our grasp"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS

School board members will be elected
June in 46 high school and elementary
districts in Imperial county. Every per-
son in the county should be interested in
the election, every person who is en-
titled to vote should do SO.
The schools, the way they are managed,
and the things they teach children, have
a direct bearing on the life of every
person in the community. Even if it were
not for the social significance Of the
educational institutions, there remains
the financial considerations All of us
pay to support them. All of US should
see to the best of our ability that they
are properly managed.
school board is just as much a pub
lie agency as a city council or board of
supervisors. It's decisions are just as
important to the average person in the
community, and far more important to
many. Only the most qualified, most out
standing citizens should be placed in this
position of responsibility
Even though it may take a few min
utes out of a busy day, every person who
can do so should vote June in his
school district
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28

Still one more of the problems
which men hopefully believed were
settled at Versailles now proves to
be, 20 years later, far from solu-
ton.
1t is that of the age-old Jewish
dream of a homeland in Palestine.
Under British mandate, the begin
nings of such a homeland have
been made. Thousands OF Jews have
returned there from many countries
of the world. They have worked
hard, invested capital, created the
beginnings of a Jewish state.
Now Britain, eXasperated at years
of friction when it has had to in
terpose troops between factional
fighting of Jews and Arabs, ap-
parently wishes to liquidate the
whole thing SO far as she is con-
cerned. The empire would withdraw
its mandate, withdraw its troops,
and leave behind an Arab state IN
which no more than a third OF
the population might be Jews.
Thus the world is presented with
a new problem which is almost cer-
tain to become acute. Jews in many
lands have actively supported the
building of a homeland in Pales-
tine, immigrants have gone there
from many lands as to refuge
Will they stand helpless and see
these immigrants become a mere
minority in an Arab state? 1t Is
not likely.
Already in Eastern Europe plans
are on foot to recruit a military
force from Jews of many countries
a sort of Foreign Legion, for SER
vice in Palestine in case the Jews
there find it necessary to defend
themselves and the gains they have
already won.
The Palestine problem is a COM
plicated one, on which even al
Jews are not completely united
1t is a subject on which most
Americans are not widely Informed
vet none can stifle an involuntary
sympathy for a brave effort which
has suffered so rude check.
Certain facts are pretty clear a.
regards the British policy: with
immense interests in the Far East
with millions of Oriental subjects
the British are evidently unwilling
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
WHY ARGENTINE BEEF
IS CHEAPER
(Napa Register)

The contention of President Roose-
velt that the American Navy should use
canned meat from Argentina comes as
surprise on several counts. Chiefly one
wonders that he sees no inconsistency
in it.
The president has boasted far and
wide about our American standard of
living and always points with pride to
his sponsorship of legislation shortening
the hours of labor and regulating wages.
He now discovers that Argentine meat
packers can underbid American packers.
He writes to Secretay Hull: "Sympa-
thetic as | am with the spirit of the Buy
American Act, these facts compel me
to diect the Secretay of Navy to award
the contract for canned corned beef to
the Argentine Meat Producers Cooper
ative, the low bidder
Has the president considered why the
Argentina packers can be the low bid
ders? IT'LL
In the United States everything con-
nected with the production, transporta-
tion processing and marketing of that
corned beef is boosted in cost by govern
ment interference and regulation.
Government preScribes the hours of
labor and regulates wages.
Government taxes increase the cost of
everything used in the industry from the
ropes on the steers to the cans and car
tons for the beef
And finally, the government takes its
toll of gross profits without consider
ing whether that last deduction may not
push the true balance over into the red
In contrast, the Argentine packers
have the advantage of the cooperative
system, and instead Of having constant
government interference, are govern
ment-subsidized 1t is not hard to guess
why they are the low bidders
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28

has had new boss,-Attorney Gen.
eral Frank Murphy.
Mr.. Murphy ia rapidly winning
a reputation here as a cleanup
artist, law enforcement official
who strikes without fear or favor.
A common remark is that the adj
ministration is designedly building
him up in this character as an Off
set to the Republicans fearless
-favorless prosecutor, Thomas
E Dewey. But however that may
be, the fact remains that the Treas
ury tax people feel that they are
working in a different atmosphere.
Rightly or wrongly, they feel that
il they hand over a good case it
will be prosecuted to the hilt.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
PEACE AT ONE-TWELFTH
THE PRICE

christian Science Monitor)
Can you imagine what it would mean
To be told that the great nations of the
world were preparing a S1000,0O0,000
joint budget for the promotion Of peace
in 1910?
Think of the school pupils of all ma
tions writing essays on how to maintain
peace, with 100000 first prizes Of $3.50
each, 100000 second prizes of $3.50 each.
and 100000 third prizes of 500 each :
This S100,000,000 might inspire a resur-
gence of peace thinking among the
the worlds young people.
And suppose 20 leading advertising
agencies throughout the world were each
given S2,000,000 with which to present
the advantages of peace through the
worlds press, radio, billboards, and SO
forth. Then imagine an annual fund OF
S500,000, 900 available for research into
ways of solving disputes among nations,
for exchange of news, radio broadcasts
and scholarships across boundaries and
for support of institutions of conciliation
and arbitration. Would not such budget
come close to assuring peace2
No, the plan hasn't been presented
But, whether fanciful or not, some such
plan might suggest llSell 10 many as lney
consider the estimate by the Bank for
International Settlements that the world
is spending for armament, not $1,000
100000 a year but $1,000, 100000 a
month
Do the hard working family loving
clear-thinking citizens of the world really
think that they are buying peace by
spending S12,000,000 0,000 a year in pre-
pairing for war?
Or could not s11 900, ,000, 0-omitting
mention of thousands of lives-be saved
for constructive purposes?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
Willis Thorntons Editorial On.
The Old Dream of zionism Fades

to risk offending the Arabs, who
were allies during the World War,
and are now closely kin to Turkey,
newest British ally of today.
Thus it is clear that the fate OF
Palestine as a Jewish homeland Is
deeply affected by the great streams
of international politics, and Is not
a problem that can be considered
in a vacuum, or as an abstraction
The gallant effort of the Jewish
people to establish refuge and
homeland has been caught up in
vast tides. Today it floats like a
chip upon the angry waters of the
world.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28

view all the 80 people a day who
ask fer credit rating, for he has a
staff to take care OF most of that.
An assistant can say Yes but
only he can say No" I asked
Inn to tell me how he handled his
toughest cases"
He said his toughest cases were
good customers who had honest
grievances against the store and
wanted TO close their accounts. In
other words. cases where the store
was wrong and the customer was
right.
This is how he goes about it:
First He sends his secretary out
to see the customer. She learns
the nature of the complaint. Then
she gets the history CT the Gus
toners account and places it on
Mr. Malloy's desk. Mr. Malloy fam
iliarizes himself with the case.
Second The irate customer is
then politely ushered in to see Mr..
Malloy The customer is hopping
mad She's been preparing hersel:
for days for just this very momentl
She'll tell the credit man thing
or two.
But Nh. Malloy knows a thing
Or two himself.
Third He greets the person
kindly, and then does some small
service for her. Sometimes it is as
small as adjusting a chair SO the
light won't shine in her eyes. II
she has child with her, he gives
the child a piece of candy. or a
small present. The woman is a bit
taken back. 1t is difficult TO find
fault with a person who is con.
siGerate of you.
Fourth He gets out the printed
forms which are used to close an
account and carefully fills in the
womans name and address and hel
account number. Then he excuses
himself and leaves the room. Under
the glass on his desk, right before
her eyes, is motto. The woman
can't help seeing It, This is how
the first line reads: "A smile cost.
nothing but creates much.'
Fifth After she has had time u
reflect a moment, he comes bacl
and says sincerely that he does no
want TO close the account. He ad.
mits the store was wrong, but alsC
explains, that handling so mucf
business and at a high rate of speed
mistakes do occur The woman ha.
to admit this.
Sixth He says that If she vii
consent To remain the store win dC
/ everything in its power to max,
/ up for the way it has mistreateC
| her. The woman usually gives in
Il He has turned an enemy into {
d friend.
4 He has found that many of tn,
n xcustomers have been patronizin1
4 the store for 25 years, and do mo-
+ like the new salespeople because
they don't know them, and becaus,
y they think the new salespeople arr
= flip He has a picture over hil
p desk, taken years ago, OF executives
B who are still with the store. The
= old customers see this, they fee
& they do know some one represent
Ning the old days and usually decide
4 to continue with the store.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

WASHINGTON. - The federal
governments machinery for prose-
cutting violations of the income tax
law is working smoothly and re-
lentlessly these days. 1t has pro-
vided the press with some big head
lines in The last few months, and
will provide some bigger ones before
fall.
Boss Fendergast of Kansas City
goes To trial next month on an
income tax charge. An indictment
has been returned against Enoch
"Nocky' johnson of Atlantic City,
influential political boss. On June
5 a Chicago grand jury will listen
TO evidence in the case of Moe
Annenberg, wealthy politician-pub-
Usher. Also in Chicago, grand
jGry will be given the evidence
against william r. Skidmore, re-
puted gambling boss
In each of these cases, the gov
ernment is proceeding against big
shot. IN each case. the political
Importance of the central figure
has been unable to call off the
dogs. More of these cases are
coming; currently, for instance
treasury sleuths are quietly inyes-
tigating tax cases relating to some
of the bigwigs in Hollywood.
Against this record, as a gentle
reminder that things were not al
ways thus, there is the fact that
less than month has passed since
Abe Shushan. New Orleans politico
and one-time intimate of the late
Huey Long, finally closed the in
come tax case against himself by
paying the Treasury $62, ,465.
The Shushan case is good high
light for the present situation-be-
cause it Is SO different.
Eleven prominent New Orleans
politicians were indicted on income
tax charges. The Long machine
and the Roosevelt administration
were at odds at the time. One OF
the eleven, a minor figure, was
tried and convicted Shushan was
tried and acquitted. A third case
was called. Numerous delays and
postponementS interyened before
the trial was held the Justice De-
partment mol pressed the cases
and the fact that peace was re-
ported to have been made between
Longs political heirs and the New
Deal led administration critics tC
complain that there might have
been some connection between the
peace settlement and the no
presses.
Now the thing to remember II
all of these income tax cases /.
that they are not finished by the
agency that starts them.
The Internal Revenue Bureau o.
the Treasury Department starts
these cases 1t is made up pretty
largely OF career men, who have
no particular political ties and gt
ahead without regard for the pol
itical implications. just inciden.
tally, it might be noted that where
as the Louisiana cases we're COM
monty supposed to be a method O
reprisal against Long by the Roose
welt administration, the case agains
Shushan was started in 1932-be
fore Roosevelt even took office.
All Of which leads up to the re
mark that, since about the first o
the year, the Justice Department
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

/. What age may modern child
expect to reach if it survives the
first month?
2. Who was the American pio-
neer who explored Kentucky?
3. What is the capital of the
state of Washington?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
Hints OH Etiquette

If you are entertaining guests in
your home. don't apologize for your
home, its contents, the food you
serve or amusement you provide
will only make guests feel they are
a burden to you and will render
them i'll at ease
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28

nent store in
Brooklyn, which
did a gross busi-
ness OF $4,000
900 during 1888.
OF this amount,
AZ per cent was
sold on monthly
credit accounts
SO imagine his
responsibility.
He does not
have to inter
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
Dale
~ H.
Carnegie

Do you want a lesson on how TO
handle people? Well, here's a man
who is an expert at it. His name
is James NJ. Malloy, and he is
credit manager of q large depart
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28

Moscow's subway transports near
ly 100000 passengers a day. but
there is no smoking and no dis
carded newspapers or rubbish-it is
spotless.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
Photographs

The Dnieprostroy plant in Rus
sia is the largest hydroelectric pow
er plant operating in the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28

Danish courtesy requires that the
guest shall, after a meal, say,
Thank you for the food"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
Horoscope for Sunday

If your birthday is on this date
look tor good year ahead. Losses
through friends must be guarded
against however. The child born
today will have well-balanced
nature. be affectionate and of even
temperament. He will love peace,
justice and accord He would be
successful in the law or ministry.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28

Scientists say that no left-hand-
ed child should be made to change
to right -handedness.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
Words of Wisdom

Garry the cross patiently and
with perfect submission; and in the
end it shall carry you.-ThomaS
a Kempis.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
thoughts for the Day

It is easier for camel to go through the eye of
needle, than for rich to enter into the king
dom of God-Mark 1928.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-28
nne-AI;nute Tast Answers

One-Minute Test Answers
l. Fifty-nine if a boy; 63 if q
Girl.
2. Daniel Boone.
3. Olympia.
Evening star., 1939-08-18
Jefferson Memorial
Junior Hiqh Contract Let

Contract for the construction of a
new Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Junior High School and Library, on
site between Seventh and Ninth,
H and I streets S.W., was awarded
today by the Commissioners, and
work was scheduled to be started in
about 10 days.
The award went to Jeffress-Dyer,
Inc, of this city, the low bidder,
which offered to do the work for
$769,9 The award was recon-
mended by Municipal Architect
Nathan c. Wyeth and Capt. c. L.
Adcock, Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner.
DR.. Martin A. Stohlman today was
reappointed by the Commissioners
member of the Board of Dental
Examiners. His term will run for
five years.
Evening star., 1939-08-18

number of Well-knoWn store
thieves.
Mrs. Clarke's request for retire.
ment after Is years of service was
the result of a bronchial ailment
which followed an attack of pneu-
monia several years ago, her su-
periors revealed.
Mrs. Clarke entered the police
service in 1914 after the death of her
husband. To support her seven
small children, she became a police
matron. She was given a special
classification by Congress in 1916
and in 1919 her outstanding work on
child labor case resulted in her
appointment to the newly organized
Women's Bureau.
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of Metropolitan police,
made Mrs. Clarke a precinct detec-
tive in 1887 and placed her in
charge of the shoplifting detail,
where she made more arrests than
any of the men detectives stationed
in the stores.
Neither man nor woman prisoner
ever escaped her and she knew by
name the country's most notorious
store thieves, many of whom she
had arrested.
Mrs. Clarke went on sick leave
June 6.
Evening star., 1939-08-18
Priest Tells Of Carinq
For Chinese War
Refugee Patients
Bombs Fell Within
100 Yards Of Him, Says
Father Gehrinq

Religion has different meanings
for different men. says Father Fred
erick Gehring. For some, it means
security-a sense of calm assurance.
But for Father Gehring it has
brought the welcome excitement of
standing in a hail of bombs, of rae
ing his motor cycle over narrow
mountain trails far in the interior of
China-and it even brought strange
comradship with Communist
/ bandit" general
Broad shouldered and SO, Father
Gehring told his Chinese exper-
! fences today while striding back and
forth across the floor of bis office in
Providence Hospital. He has just
been appointed chaplain of the Sis
ters of Charity there. so that he may
receive treatment for an eye in
fection picked up from one of his
hundreds of Chinese refugee pa
| tlents.
! At the end of a year he will go
back to Kanchow, in remote Kiangsi
! Province, China, to carry on six
years of work as priest in Cath
olic missionary order founded three
centuries ago by St. Vincent de Paul,
who sent his missionaries off from
Paris to Madagascar.
Devote Lives to Poor.
Members of the Vincentian order
must vow to spend their lives "in
the service of the poor" and in
| following his vow Father Gerhing's
regular job has been to carry spir-
itual and material aid to peasants
dwelling around Kanchow in noun
tains rising higher than any in our
Eastern States"
Sometimes I throw off by black
robes and straddle my motorcycle,
which the natives call 'Popo' be-
cause of the noise it makes" Father
Gehring said. But often there are
not good trails and l must walk 35
or 40 miles day-most of it climb
ing"
~ "do wal tIldt upset ILLS lie. III
Kiangsi Provinces soil lie buried
great deposits of gold, silver, oil and
tungsten. China's enemy desires
them, and the mercantile riches of
Kanchow, Father Gehring said. So
bombings have been constant and
effective.
Il think no bombs have been de-
liberately aimed at our church or
hospital, but our buildings have still
been damaged, our employees killed
many times I have had the eggs
drop within 100 yards of me-" he de-
clared.
More Needed, He Says.
Now thousands of patients 90 to
the six trained Sister of Charity
nurses at the hospital, and emer-
gency camps for refugees spread for
a great area around it. Two of the
nurses, Sisters Clara and Vincent,
were trained at Providence Hospital
here. Father Gehring said that the
need for more is desperate"
Perhaps the strangest development
in the war, he believes, is a senti-
ment of friendly tolerance between
the Catholic missionaries and the
Communist military organization in
China.
Evening star., 1939-08-18

manded jury trial on all charges
and Judge Curran set bond at 81, 700.
Robert L. Vaughn. 17-year-old
telegraph messenger of 1901 B street
NE, was said to be in fair" con-
dition at Casualty Hospital today
with severe head injury received
when knocked from his bicycle by
a taxicab at Second street and Con-
stitution avenue NV. yesterday aft
ernoon. The cab, police said, was
driven by Abe Romanov, As, of 646
Newton street NV.
Another telegraph messenger was
knocked from his bicycle at about
the same time. The second accident
befell James Gindlespenger, 10, of
1708 R street Sc, who received in
juries to his left arm in collision
With an express truck at Massa chu-
sets avenue and Second street NV.
He also was treated at Casualty
Hospital.
Evening star., 1939-08-18
Doll kidnapping
|SC|eored Up
In Arlington

The mystery of the first kidnapping
this year in Arlington County was
cleared up happily today despite the
refusal of the victims mother" to
pay the ransom.
"Marshie' is back, four days after
Mr. and Mrs. Austin M. Kays and
their l0-year-old daughter, Barbara,
found her missing and the following
note lying beside an open window
IN Barbaras playhouse in rear of
their 708 North Irving street home:
IF you want the doll, you had bet
ter leave IS cents in the window sill,
If ransom is not paid in a week,
good-by, Miss Dolly"
The message had been written on
piece of paper, torn from a bag
and was signed with a crude black
star.
Barbara, whose affection for
"Marshie' had increased ever since
she acquired the doll two years ago
at an outing at Marshall Hall Park,
at first intended to pay the ransom
from her savings, but the family and
neighborhood playmates talked her
out of it. Instead. a neighborhood
search was sponsored.
Three days passed and no clue
Then Barbara's mother found
"Marshie' sitting in the open WIN
dow of the playhouse through which
she had been taken. Dirt on the
bonnet and dress was the only sign
of rough treatment.
Barbara now knows who kidnapped
the doll but he confessed it was only
a prank. Anyway. she was SC
pleased at having "Marshie" back
that she won't give him away.