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Evening star., 1939-09-10
Trade Opportunities

Probably no phase of Americas
economic life will be so deeply affect
ed by prolonged war in Europe as
its export trade, both in quantity
and direction
The major factors assuring this
development are obvious
First perhaps is the fact that in
war of endurance such as the pres
ent one may turn into there will be
great need on the part of the bel
ligerent nations for the products OF
American farms and factories,
sources of supply second to none in
the world. Since the arms embargo
imposed as part of our neutrality
program covers a relatively limited
list of manufactured military articles,
and Anglo-French cash and credit
here is extensive despite prohibitions
against war loans, a rich market is
apparent in that direction.
A second factor is the virtual Ger
tainty that the British will achieve
domination of the seas which not
only will facilitate the flow of Ameri-
can exports to the allied govern
ments but will shut off all normal
trade between Germany and her
former markets in the South Amer
lean countries. That this also i'm
plies discontinuance of trade be-
tween the United States and Ger
many is of lesser importance, re-
flected by the fact that our exports
to Great Britain for the first seven
months of 1889 amounted to $685.
655,000 as compared with less than
$40000,000 to Germany. Further
more, German-American trade had
been showing a steady decline in re-
cent months.
Since Germany and Great Britain
both were major competitors of the
United States in exporting manu-
factured products to South and Cen
tral America their common preoccu-
patton with the war undoubtedly
will create new demand for Amer
lean products in those countries.
This condition should be definitely
stimulating when viewed in conjunc-
tion with peacetime increase in our
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Continental Solidarity.

vi OF dOOuJ OepJeWDeT Il, Cne
twenty-one sister Americas, at the
invitation of the government of
Panama, will convene in Panama
City to discuss questions of common
interest which are the outgrowth of
war in Europe. The Importance
which the United States attributes
to the meeting is evidenced by the
decision to send Sumner Welles as
chief of the American delegation
No one at the disposal of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hull-hard-
ly any man in the country-under-
stands PanAmerican problems as
thoroughly as the State Departments
second in command. Mr. Welles is
an admirable envoy of his country at
a meeting of minds which will deal
with continental solidarity" at this
grave international hour. His
scholarly fuency in the Spanish
language is not the least of the quail
tiles which will serve the Under
secretary of State at Panama City.
Panama called the conference, it
goes without saying, with the bless
ing of the United States. As it's
underlying objective is hemisphere
peace" the meeting will deal natur-
ally with measures Of hemisphere
defense, with which the United
States, under the aegis of the good
neighbor policy, has tirelessly con-
cerned itself-defense in the eco
nomic, as we'll as the military and
naval sense. The groundwork for
Pan-American cooperation in those
fields was laid at last winters inter-
American conference at Lima, and,
specifically, in what eventuated as
the Declaration of Lima. War in
Europe having broken out, the con-
ferees in Panama will, as a matter
of course, concentrate their thought
on major problems raised by the
conf1agration which Hitler set alight
on September l. They expect to
rivet their attention mainly on two
issues-D Neutrality, its main
tenance and ways and means of pre-
venting its violation; and (2) the
dislocation of economic and financial
systems, incident to hostilities in
Europe.
The United States and Latin
America have joint interest in
protecting the Panama Canal. The
choice of Panama City as the scene
of this months conference is prob
ably not without pertinence. This
country, with primary concern for
safety of the interoceanic highway
so vital to its national defense, has
already been impelled to take special
precautionary measures throughout
the Canal Zone. There were differ
ences OF opinion at Lima as to details
OF hemisphere Defense" but no diff
ferences as to the obvious duty and
the common interest of the American
republics in standing-and march
lng-shoulder to shoulder in the
hour of an emergency capable Of
lmpinging without notice on things
essential to the well-being of free
nations and institutions on this side
of the Atlantic.
Germany's longings for living
space" in South America are of an
clent origin, ante-dating the Nazi
era. Her recent attempts to under
mine the democratic system of gov
ernment in the Latin states and to
demoralize their economic structures
through the barter system of trade,
with blocked marks" and all the
rest of it, are notorious. The
Panama City conference will meet
at critical and psychological mo-
ment.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

1t is said that If any attempt were
made to abandon the daily broad
cast of the proceedings of the New
Zealand Parliament there would be
revolution down under" OF all re-
motely possible causes of revolution
in this country, that one would come
in a poor last.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

exemption, and the question of
subsidization. Citizens who have the
county's welfare at heart will use
their influence to obtain community
acceptance and support for any rea-
sonable project which the authority
develops.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

political alliances and to the character
of the issues that will interest and divide
the American people.
But, when war Is over, whether soon
or after long period Of fighting, Ill Of
the old problems, and more, too. win be
back again demanding solution.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

The startling fact is disclosed that
belligerent nations nevertheless ex-.
change commercially essential war
materials. This is somewhat like
couple of prize-ring artists pausing
occasionally to give themselves hard
Smashes on the Jaw.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

Archaeologists have discovered that
prehistoric Siberian Eskimos built
houses the entrances to which were
on top. That Is q point the designers
Of moderntstic homes have 20 tar
overlooked. 4.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

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credited to it not otherwise credited IN this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
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Entered as second class matter post once.
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Rate by Mafl-Payable in Advance
MarYland and YirEinia
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i
When the American selective service
bill was under debate in Congress amend
ments offered exempting objectors were
rejected as providing loopholes for draft
evaders. As passed, the act did exempt
members of pacifist religious sects with
the proviso that they remained liable to
-combatant service. Friends, Dunk
ards, Seventh Day Adventists - more
than q score of sects-were included in
the exemption. Local boards allowed
56,830 such claims.
There were 29,679 ,objectors who were
indicted into the service against their
will and no alternate, non-combatant
work was assigned. Trouble started
early. Although Secretary Of War Baker
directed that men holding personal
scruples against war" be given the same
treatment as members of religious bodies,
this attitude was not held by more than
few officers. AS always in wartime pas
sions ran high and hard-boiled top
sergeant was unlikely to see the objec-
tors point of view. =
There has not yet been time to show
how objectors will be dealt with in the
British Army, but only last May, in dis
cussing conscription, Prime Minister
Chamberlain declared: I'VE learned
something about this in the Great War
and think we found that it was both q
useless and an exasperating waste OF
time and effort to attempt to force such
people to act In . manner which vas
contrary to their principles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Judge Thomas Quits;
Probe Of 7 More
Jurists Hinted
Jackson Heads Group
Appointed to Study
Bankruptcy Procedure

The cleanup in the judiciary which
! Attorney General Murphy under
took on assuming Office has brought
another resignation.
The White House announced yes
terday the resignation of Federal
Judge Edwin S. Thomas of Connec-
ticut, whose financial affairs are be-
ing investigated by a New York
grand jury, and there were indica-
tions the activities of perhaps two
more jurists are under scrutiny.
Some weeks ago, Judge Thomas,
who has been in i'll health, was re-
called from a South American cruise
to testify in the cases involving the
Coster-Musica swindle and Martin
T. Manton, former senior United
States circuit judge, who has been
indicted no charges of accepting
loans from companies which had liti-
cation pending before his court.
Committee Appointed.
Judge Thomas resignation, the
Attorney General said. has made it
unnecessary to give further consid-
Grafton to the question of impeach-
ment."
The Attorney General also fol-
lowed up his recent announcement
that study of bankruptcy procedure
was contemplated by appointing
committee headed by Solicitor Gen.
eral Robert E. Jackson to handle the
matter.
For long time there have been
many complaints that the admins
tration of bankrupt and insolvent
estates in the Federal courts has been
at times inefficient, costly and dila-
tory" he said.
Expense Accounts Pr0bed.
The committee will examine exist
Ing procedure and make recommen-
dations for improvements.
In another move to improve con-
ditions surrounding the courts, the
Attorney General said an investiga-
ton of the expense accounts OF
United States marshals had been
started. Some Irregularities involv-
Ing small amounts" had been I'M
covered, he explained. 1t was indi-
Gated some of the practices in mar
shals' Offices. such as using men,
bers of their families for guards
when transporting prisoners, were to
be corrected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Radio Program on SIums
Beqin TONIGHT

Sponsored by the United States
Housing Authority, the first of a
series of weekly radio sdramatiza-
tions. 'Slums Cost You Money" will
be broadcast over Station VOL Of
the Mutual System tonight from
1918 to 1890 o'clock.
The program will be given each
Thursday evening at the same hour
for Is weeks. The episodes were
written by w. P. A. writer's in New
York and have been offered in
many cities. They dramatic the
fire and other hazards of the city
slums and the cost to municipalities
of servicing the ill housed one
third of a Nation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
High School Student
Who Feared War
Found HANGED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 13.-
Impressionable Buddy Merriel,
17-year-old high school student,
spent a restless night after
reading stories of the possible
involvment of the United States
in a war.
Pale and dispirited, he arose
yesterday and trudged to school.
Within an hour he was back,
telling his mother he was i'll.
Later she found his hfeless
body hanging from his school
bookstrap in the garage.
Capt. Frank Katzenberger,
police detective, said the boys
mother told him her son AL
ways had a horror of war and
was afraid he would be called
to fight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Dean at Cornell to Give
Talk Here Tomorrow

DR.. Dexter S. Kimball, dean of the
College of Engineering at Cornell
University and former president Of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers and of the American En-
cheering Council, will speak at the
Agriculture Department Graduate
School at pm. tomorrow in the
departments auditorium on Adjust
ing Ourselves to the Machine"
DR.. Kimball is the third lecturer
In the weekly series on Social Prob
lens of Today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Hosts FIuq in Making

Hotel administration students at
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y,
have received napkins from the
Ambassador, Shoreham, Mayflower
and Willard Hotels here for sewing
into a huge banner to be known as
the Flag of the Hosts of the
Nations" according to information
received here.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-30
Famous Sayings

If and when Imperial Valley has
a museum to shelter the rapidly
vanishing mementos of her his
tory, its curators will find great
store of exhibits awaiting them.
Packed in the fireproof vault at
the county assessor-collector's of
flee in the court house are the
historic gifts OF pioneers They are
stored there because they are too
rare, too valuable, to take their
chances with time and careless
world.
A heavy brass backed hand mir
ror, supposedly from the home of
Robert E. Lee, is one of the most
Interesting of the future museum S
exhibits. The card was lost so As
sessor- Collector Dan West, in
whose care it was placed, does not
know the name of the donor.
H. r. Henderson of Calipatria
presented a cook pot discarded at
Carriso Creek Springs by some
prehistoric Indian tribe. 1t was
found in 1906.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-30
IN DEFENSE OF
WOMENS SHORTS

Nettleton, Ark, seems to be the sort
OF town, where sin, to be respectable.
must be fully clothed, and where respec-
liability, to be sinful, needs only to wear
shorts.
Mrs. Grace Alexander, 10, daughter of
minister, was fined $50 in Nettleton
this week because neighbors did not like
TO see her wearing shorts, and complain
ed to the city court about it.
The neighbors, we'll wager, would be
among the most eager customers of the
nudity shows if they were to attend the
New York or San Francisco fairs. People
like that are that way. Take the purity
campalgner, for instance, who found one
OF the New \ 1ork fairs shows so shock
ing that he had to go back three times
to see how shocking it really was.
Someone in Nettleton should start an
intense campaign for purity in the minds
OF the neighbors. If such a campaign
were successful, there would be no more
remarks such as that the court made
when he fined the young lady whose
greatest concern, most probably, was per-
sonal comfort.
We can't allow indecent things to go
on" the judge said
Indecent, indeed. The most indecent
thing about the whole performance was
the act Of the busy-bodies who filed
complaint against the girl The minds
Of those people must have been filled
with such an array of filth that it be-
comes matter of wonder how they could
take bath without first blindfolding
themselves.
Shorts, to the casual masculine eye,
are about the most comfortable thing
woman could wear Further than that
they are attractive, neat and sensible
and not nearly as suggestive as some of
the fashions which offer complete cover
age for all extremities
One aches to point out to Mrs. Alex
ander's neighbors in Nettleton that they
don't have to wear shorts if they don't
want to, that they don't have to look at
anybody wearing shorts if they don't
want to, and that nobody, in fact, would
do more than smile a bit if they clothed
their bodies in keeping with their minds
by wearing a chain armor and green plush
pantaloons, or a series of q petticoats,
as the case may be.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-30
MANS MOST VALUABLE
SCIENTIFIC ASSET

Mars was practically a neXt-door neigh
Dor of the earth this week. 1t was a mere
matter of something more than SO mil
lion miles away-closer than it had been
for years, and closer than it will again
for Is more years.
While Mars swung earthhward on its
heavenly orbit mans greatest scientific
asset was given full play. 1t is curiosity.
Curiosity trained telescopes, professional
and amateur on the earth-sized planet.
Curiosity provided table-talk in numer-
Gus homes Curiosity made the ap-
proach of Mars one of the weeks lead
ing news stories
And curiosity, scientifically trained and
directed may one day answer the ques-
tion mans curiosity poses: ''Is there life
on Mars
Without curiosity, man would have
none of the things he has devised to make
life more comfortable. He would have
remained an animal in animal surround
ngs. But curiosity made him wonder
what made fire burn, what made water
boil, what made lightning flash what
made stones fall-and curiosity drove him
to seek the answers. They were heat and
power, light and gravity.
May man never lose his curiosity.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-30
FAME AND FAME
(Merced Sun.StQr

Since July seems to be something of an
anniversary month, why not give a
thought to another great benefactor of
umanity-Edward C. Berner of Fond
du Lac, Wis.
Brener, who died recently claimed to
be the father of the ice cream sundae
He often told the story of how GUS
toner walked into his ice cream paror
one hot July day, SO years ago. He Or
dered an ice cream, and Put some of
that on it." he said, waving at bottle
of chocolate soda flavoring Berner held.
Now Berner was an experimentive soul,
and he did it. He might have cried, mo,
no. a thousand times no! This has never
been done!" But he didn't. He tried it.
and liked it, recommended it, and sold
it, and introduced new delight to the
world.
A modest achievement? Pehaps, but
which would you rather have invented,
the ice cream sundae or the thermite in
cendiary bomb?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-30
Many Fascinating Exhibits Await
Openinu of New Pioneers Museum

AWAY back in 1900 c. r. Rock
wood gave Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Gillett heavy steel triangle 10
use as a gong to call the diggers
OF the first canals to their meals.
IT. too, Is a museum gift.
One of the latest gifts is a copy
of an address made by A. H. He
Ter. president of the California De-
velopment company, to the set
tiers in Imperial Valley in 1902.
II was presented by A. H. Reh-
kopf.
In courthouse storeroom West
found a leather binder stamped
with the name of Fred Fuller, first
assessor of Imperial county. 1t was
used to hold the first assessment
sheets of the new county. West
added it to the museum exhibits.
West is president of the Imperial
Valley Pioneer association. He said
he always is glad to receive the
exhibits and cares. for them the
best he can.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-30
COMPARATIVE TAXES
HERE AND THERE
(PetaIuna ArguS-C0urier)

What you kicking about?' say the
New Dealers when we complain about
high taxes.
Look at the British, they pay, on the
average, S107. .55 in taxes. You pay S75.16
per capita.
This looks like pretty good case for
the New Dealers.
The trouble is they do not tell the
whole story.
They do not tell you that the Britisher
pays one dollar in taxes for every dollar
the government spends. They pay as
they go.
But the New Dealers spend two dol
lars for every dollar collected from you.
Figure it up and you will find that,
if you were paying taxes to meet eXpen-
ditures, you would be laying out far more
than the Britisher does.
You will also discover that you are
piling up a debt that will have to be paid
some time in the future, by you in your
old age, and by your children and your
grandchildren and your great-grandchild-
ren.
What will the coming generation think
of us? Will they say: 1--WE did not con-
tract this debt, SO why should we pay
it?" Or will they say: I'VE owe this
debt because our parents contracted it
in an effort to pull the country out of a
difficult siuation?'
If the present trend toward irresponsi-
bility does not destroy the sense of OBJ
legation III our youth, they will probably
point the finger of scorn at many Of us
and say:
you We're a bunch of pikers who refus-
ed to take your medicine. You did every
thing you could to avoid paying for your
own foolishness, you failed to meet the
unavoidable obligation brought about by
the condition of your time You sought
the easiest way out. You thought you
could spend yourself out of the depres-
sion instead of working yourself OUT
Many more indictments can be brought
against us, but chief among them is fail
ure to meet our plain moral obligations.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-30

I love this eulogy to a dog be-
cause it is a perect description of
"Tippy the little yellow haired
mongrel whose companionship fill
led my childhood with love, excite
ment and adventure.
Here is Senator Vests tribute:
The best friend a man has in
this world may turn against him
and become his enemy. his son
or daughter that he has reared
with loving care may prove un-
grateful. Those who are nearest
and dearest to us, those whom we
trust with our happiness and our
good name. may become traitors
to their faith. The money that a
man has he may lose. 1t flies away
from him, perhaps when he needs
il most. A mans reputation may
be sacrificed in a moment of ill
considered action. The people who
are prone TO fall on their knees
to do US honor when success is
with us may be the first to throw
the stone of ma ice when failure
settles its cloud upon our heads.
The one absolutely unselfish friend
that man can have in this selfish
world, the one that never proves un-
grateful or treacherous. the one
that never deserts him. is his dog.
Gentlemen Of the jury, a mans
dog stands by him in prosperity
and in poverty, in health and in
sickness. He will sleep on the cold
ground where the Wintry winds
blow and the snow drives fierc y,
if only hs may be near his mas
ter's side He will kiss the hand
that has no food to offer. he will
lick the ounds and sores that come
in encounter with the roughnesS
OF the world. He guards the sleep of
his pauper master as if he were a
prince. When all other friends de-
sert he remains When riches takes
wings and reputation falls TO pieces
he is as constant in his love as
the sun in it's journey through
the heavens. # fortune drives the
master forth an outcast in the world
friend ess and homeless. the faith
ful dog asks no higher privilege
than that Of accompanying him to
guard against Danger to fight
against danger. to fight against
his enemies, and when the last
scene of all comes, and death takes
the master in it's embrace, and his
body is laid away in the cold
ground, no matter if all other friend
pursue their way. there by his
graYeside will the noble dog be
found, his head between his paws,
his eyes sad but open in alert
watchfulness, faithful and true even
unto death"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-30

Somehow is comes as a shock to
learn that an old, old lady out in
San Diego who has just died was
the author ,of "Curfew Must Not
Ring Tonight"
A whole generation has come
to regard that phrase as sort Of
joke to be flipped off all by itself,
without realizing that it was the
title and punch line of one of the
most famous poems ever written.
wild her eyes and pale her
features, as Bessie realized that
lat the ringing of the curfew,
Basil Underwood must die" A
whole generation thrilled at the
rhythmic description of how Bessie
climbed the rickety ladder to the
belfry, and then, as the hour
approached. Shall she let it ring?
No, never! flash her eyes with
sudden light, as she springs and
grasps it firmly-Curfew shall
not ring tonight"
They remember the picture OF
Bessie, hanging firmly to the clap
per of the bell as it swung there
'twixt heaven and earth suspended.
And they sighed with relief when
assured that curfew not having
rung. Cromwell arrived and par
doned Bessie,s Basil Underwood
I'm his brave, strong arms he
clasped her, kissed the face up
turned and white, Whispered
Darling, you have saved me,-Cur-
few will not ring tonight
OF course it is all incredibly
hammy today, so definitely of a
past era that it seems incredible
that Rose Hartwick Thorpe, who
wrote it as a schoolgirl, should have
lived until July. 1899, a venerable
lady of SO.
Yet, long as she lived, her poem
written rs years ago, has outliveC
her and lives on. 1t has become
one of those classics, like "The
Face Upon the Floor" which keeE
recurring in anthologies and col.
lections with peculiar power anc
persistence, because in them is 6
simplicity and an innocence tina
Is also in every man and woman
II gets covered with a glaze OI
sophistication of various thickneS.
ses in various people, but it i!
there.
Just as people laugh today al
the simple moralities of the Nc.