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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03
Business Holding Steady.
And Ahead Of Last Year
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drop at this season. Coal mining and
crude oil output are approximately
the same.
Electric power consumption is
breaking all records this winter.
Many people cannot understand whv
this is so in view of the fact that
business is not breaking any records.
The reason is that there are more
household appliances in use TODAY
than ever. Rates are steadily droppino
thus encouraging the purchase of
more and more refrigerators, ranges.
etc. Yet, only a small number of
homes are completely "applianced".
Here are the figures: refrigerators, So
per cent, ranges, nine percent; and
water-heaters, two per cent. With a.
firm control over all COSTS except
taxes and labor, the utility companies
have an interesting year ahead.
Building Still Increasing.
Building, however is the real work
horse in the present business situa-
ton. New contract awards are way
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03


ahead of the year-ago levels and are
at the highest point in many years.
AS result, the lumber .cut" is very
neavy; cement (. and brick sales are
good; and orders for structural steel
are propping operations in the whole
steel industry. Moreover, l expect
building to hold these big gains this
year, thus stimulating activity in the
twenty-siX allied industries.
January retail trade was, of course,
off from the Christmas peak; but it
held close to the relatively high vol
ume of January, 1888. Much of my
hope for good year is pinned on
retail sales. Naturally, we cannot have
higher factory activity, more jobs,
and bigger payrolls if goods do not
move briskly across store counters.
In this connection, I want to warn
merchants and other business men,
You cannot expect to get your full
share of the 1889 pickup if you do not
push your advertising. The time to
spend money on your promotions is
now rather than when business is
booming.
Railroads Out of DOG House..
The railroad situation is better Ex-
penseS have been slashed drastically
There has been an encouraging pick
up in freight carloadings since last
summer. The combination of these
two factors has allowed many roads
to pay all bills, including interest on
their bonds, and still have a little
money left over. Consequently such
carriers are beginning to buy new
locomotives, freight cars, rails and
the like real burst of railroad buy
ing might boost business into pros
porous period quicker than any other
development.
The mining business looks a little
uncertain to me. Last week I spoke
about the failure of raw material
prices to rise. This should help busi
ness, but temporarily it is tough on
the mining regions. l cannot foresee
any sharp gains in metal prices in
the near future. They await more
monetary initiation. Actually, the wind
seems to be blowing toward a reduc-
tion in the 65-cent government price
for domesticallymine silver. I am
not mining expert, but this might
benefit, rather than hurt, the copper
and lead business.
No Change in Outlook.
Summarizing: The recent develop
ments on the domestic business front
have been satisfactory. The first
month of 1889 was the best January
in nine years, excepting only 1887.
Not one of the favorable factors
which led me to predict a good year
has changed. The European situation
is no worse than a month ago; it sim
ply is coming to head. If business
men keep their perspective and do not
suddenly get a new fear" complex, I
see no reason why business should
not continue to improve.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03
Relief Defeat Was Slap
At FDR; Garner Helped
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Continued from page One.)
an overwhelmingly Democratic con-
gress, what he recommends.
STILL as previously remarked the
legislators admit that maybe the ori-
ginal presidential estimate was not
too high; if more is needed presently
they agree that doubtless they will
have to dig it up. Why, then, did they
not do it initially? The only logical
answer is that they felt like taking
jab at 1900 Pennsylvania Avenue
right now, while the jabbing is good.
Their purpose was to notify the New
Deal that they think it is over-spend-
ing.
Briefly, it was a deliberate, inten-
tional White House-ward slap.
Vice President Garner.
Nobody disputes that Vice President
John N. Garner had more than any
other one individual to do with or
ganizing the anti-Roosevelt rebellion
in Democratic ranks on the Senate
1t is traditional that, a vice president
is uninfluential in the house over
which he presides. Garner is an ex-
ception. He has lot of pull. He has
a huge pull in the House of Represen-
tatives also;- he has, not lost. it since
he was speaker there. True, he did
not fancy the idea of voting in the
Senate to break tie on the relief an
preparation. He was absent, attend
ing cabinet meeting at the White
House when that, vote was cast. Sen
ator Key Pittman, president pro tenn,
was presiding in his absence. The
closeness of the division demonstrate
ed how cagey John N. was.
Pittman, by the way,rvoted on Fres-
ident Roosevelt's side, but he would
have done that anyway.
Senator Alva B. Adams. of Colo
rado Ca Democrat, but opposed TO
presidential spending) nominally led
the fight against White House fig
l1res Yet the real campaign was waS
ed by Garner, with, as his chief lieute-
nants, Senators Pat Harrison of Mis-
sissippi and Joseph F. Byrnes of South
| Carolina. .t
Senator Harrison notOriously is sore
On the administration. When the late
Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Demo
cratic Senate leader, died. Pat want
cd to succeed him. The adminisrra-
tion plugged for Senator Alben W.
Barkley of Kentucky and he won.
| That may not be the reason, why Pat
| has been an anti--New Deal Demo
crat ever since, but he has been.
Senator Byrnes IS different. Early
| in *he New Deal ne was an enthu-
siastic New Dealer. Gradually he has
been shifting contrariwise. I don't
know exactly why - conscientious
scruples, suppose.
Republicans and Democrats.
| The nub of it is:
| The Senate of Republicans couldn't
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03

There were only 20 Republicans;
26 Democrats.
The queer thing is that the odd .47th
vote (tne decisive one) was cast by
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03

Senator Henrik Shipstead of Min
nesota, a dyed-in-the-wool Farmer
Laborite radical. There were some ad
dltional miscellaneous ballots, some
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03

have made a dent in the Democratic
lineup for the presidential, $875, ,OOO,-
900 relief allowance if it had not been
for the Democrats.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03

pairs and an absentee or two.
But essentially it was a John N.
Garner victory, lining him up som's-
what with Republicanism.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03
Florida Fruit Store
Fresh Load Fruit and Vegetables Just
Arrived From Florida
VEGETABLES

Green Cabbage, 3 lbs. 1Oc.
Green peppers. 3 for 1Oc. To-
matOes II 1-2c ID. No. 1 new
Red Bliss potatoes, SC pound.
White cabbage, a lbs. 1Oc.
Turnip salad, 2 lbs. 15c. Gel
cry, SC stalk. Lettuce &c
head. Onion sets, 3 lbs. or
3 quarts 25c. White potatoes
10 lbs. 23c. Turnips. A lbs.
10c.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03
FRUIT

Oranges 35c peck, $1.OO bag.
Grapefruit, 5 for 1Oc. Tang
crimes, 1Oc dozen. Bananas,
&c pound. Fancy grapes, 15c
pound. Large lemons zoe
dozen. Winesap apples 4Oc
peck. Paper shell pecans
zoe pound. Shelled peanuts,
IL 1-2c pound.
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Society can reduce the divorce
rate by education for marriage,
by readjusting its economic sys-
tenn to eliminate poverty. by the
establishment Of clinics for mar
riage counsel.
The individual can reduce his
own possibilities of divorce by a
thorough study of marriage before
he decides TO marry. by develop
ing willingness to resdjust him.
self to marriage conditions and by
disposition to face the facts
frankly and pleasantly when some
thing goes wrong with the mar
riage.
II is important to remember
that the word "incompatibility''
is overworked.
Many failures in marriage who
use this term freely mean an in
ability or an unwillingness to ad-
just themselves for marriage.
People are not made for each
other" but they can make them
selves adaptable to each other. 1,
is question of intelligent ADJUST
mcnt rather than destiny.
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Smart Tips For
Your Fingers

ut has been that pointed finger
tips denote an impulsive nature.
but they're the envy Of every wo-
man who doesn't own them" says
a famous nail lacquer expert.
However, II your fingertips are
pointed. it's . mistake to file your
nails to sharp, elaw-like points.
Sharply pointed nails are no longer
considered chic, anyway, but, chic
or no, they are not for fingers
which are naturally pointed. So
let the shape Of your nails be al
mond-like and don't forget to wipe
your polish off the tip of each
one"
She went on to discuss spatu-
late fingertips, generally thought
to denote practical capability.
MAKING STURDY FINGERS
LOOK MORE SLENDER
Such fingertips are broad and
unless the nails are shaped COR
rectly, the hands will seem too
short. too chunky-looking. II nails
are filed reasonably short at sides.
with the center portions left long
but not pointed. the fingers will
appear to be longer and more
slender than they actually are,
Polish ought TO. be started at the
edge OF the moon and carried
downward the full length Of the
nail with only hairline at the
tip removed"
The nail Of a comic fingertip-
not too pointed and alleged to
signify creative artistic tempera-
ment- should be filed into an oval
shape with the faintest suggestion
OF point. Polish ought to extend
from moon to tip. with only 4 line
thair width removed.
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|Ilz!1zgNl

This method Is not effective in
reducing the cause of divorce
unhappy marriage. 1t may have
some advantage in preventing the
hasty divorce of people who later
learn to adjust themselves II the
divorce were denied. But il does
nothing for the individual who
finds his life tor her life) trag-
ically dissipated by an unhappy
mating.
There would be fewer divorces
II married men and women rea-
lized that divorce seldom solves
the personal problem involved in
unhappy marriage. Although I'M
happy married individuals are
likely to blame the marriage part
ner. or circumstances. or a mis-
take in choice. they seldom place
the blame on their own failure TO
understand and master the tech
nique of marriage. They seldom
realize that when they marry again
they have the same problem TO
face-complicsted by the unhappy
experience of divorce.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Below are the answers to test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
l. San Jose.
2. Two.
3. Ministers rank Immediately
below ambassadors.
4. Fo-tom'-e-ter; not fo'-to-me-
ter.
S. Great Britain.
S. Washington Irving.
7. MDCCCXH.
s. Helen Dettweiler.
2. Snake river.
10. An instrument for measur-
ing the curvature Of spherical and
other surfaces.
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Good Taste
Today
BY EMILY POST
When Does a Woman Rise.

Dear Mrs. Post: I think l must
have just "growed" as the cele-
brated Topsy. At any rate. there
are so many questions l cannot
answer TO my satisfaction. and
few OF them are listed below: /
hope you can find space in your
column TO answer them.
/. II | am seated in my own
living room and a woman Older than
myself enters. do l rise and greet
her?
Answer: As hostess you must
rise for everyone. even for young
girl OF Is. OF course you would
not have to rise If the young person
coming into the living-room has
come to sec your daughter or your
son and you are busy doing some
thing that makes rising inconveni-
ent. II you arc not busy. you would
instinctively rise to greet even
them.
2. II / am seated at my cwn table
dining, do I rise IL friends come in =?
Answer: II they are late for
meal to which they have been invit-
ed. the man should 60 up to you to
shake hands with you and then
take his place; the woman takes
her place as quickly as she can
without going up to you because
every gentleman at table would
have to stand. Since no one except
most intimate friend or member
of your family could possibly walk
into your dining-rom while you are
eating, you would not think of
getting up. Children above high
chair age should rise of course)
3. II l am seated in someone's
living groom. whom do | rise to
greet?
Answer: II you are alone with
your hostess and she is an intimate
friend, and a woman much older
comes into the room you would
rise. II your hostess is formal
acquaintance you would not rise.
II there were many present, you
would not rise in any case.
4. II / am waiting in the lobby
of a restaurant, and my friend
arrives, do l rise
Answer: Yes, you go forward to
greet her Tor him).
5. Does a young woman greet an
older woman first?
Answer: Either way. Older peo-
pie are very pleased to be spoken to
by younger.
6. What about the theater? IL
an older woman should stop TO
chat. do I rise?
Answer: No.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-11

Am not the only one Durdcned
with good but unressona BILE and,
al times, ignorant man.
READER.
have had this mentioned be-
fore. Evidently all married per-
sons experience this difficulty. Az
you say. however, there Ia no rea-
son why a woman. just because
she Ia q woman, should be the
first TO pave the way toward more
peaceful living. II In up TO a man
10 be polite and thoughtful just
as II Ia TO a woman. When he
feels that this n mans world
all ! can say Ia that some day he
will have rude awakening. for
there In always some woman or
girl who can make him either act
human or look positively foolish.
Wear Stacks
Dear Miss Grey: May offer a
word of advice TO the wife and
mother who wants to wear slscks
at the beach when she goes on her
vacation? Tell her by all means
to wear them. am q wife and
mother. Ny family objected to
having me wear Stacks but I in
sisted on having my way and we
had q grand time on our vaca-
ton. Now this year. there IL no
question about my Stacks. II Is
taken for granted that I will wear
them.
The trouble with most people In
this world IL this: Too many
(even family members ~ other
persons) are busy telling innocent
people what to do. l notice they
don't pick on the wise" persons
because they would be told to tend |
TO their own business and II
would serve them exactly right.
X. o.
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Tomorrow Menu
0STEOPATH ADOPTS
CHILDREN AS HOBBY

L0ND0N-Adopting children is
a hobby with George Max, g.
yesr-old osteopsth Of Hove, Sus-
sex. Max. a Hungarian by birth,
is also a director of a leading Eng
lish football team. He began
adopting children in 1904. Alto
gether he has adopted IL.
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LUPE LOVES PETS

A lover Of all animals and birds,
Lupe Velez. fiery Latin star cur
rently playing the title role in
RkO Radios The Girl From
Mexico has at her Beverly Hills
home IL dogs, parrot and 6s
canaries. .
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hearty dinner and saw That hiien
was through, he arose to 20. ana
led the way to his car. Again he
took her arm, and she had no
chance to flee even If she had had
the strength.
After they had driven for several
minutes, she noted that they wers
headed up the beach.
You're going the wrong way
This isn't the way home"
He shot a quick glance at her,
and stepped on the accelerator. the
car sped onward, into the night.
All Ablaze
The cottages on the beach. near
" all were ablaze with light, and
/ in some of them parties apparent
+ " were in progress as Ellen could
hear gay shouts over the noise oil
the purring motor.
1t didn't seem possible, with peo-
pie so close-dozens OF cars pass
ing them, that she could be
prisoner. That's what she was,
she knew. Duly, she wondered
what Rayburn intended to do.
She realized how little she knew
about him, despite the fact that
she had worked with him for
months. He had always seemed a
quiet sort of man, rather con-
ceited, she thought, but apparently
efficient in his job.
He must know his business or
he never would have risen to the
position he now held with the Hem
don Aircraft Corporation.
He was the last person in the
world she would have suspected OF
engaging in anything violent. Yet
there he was. kidnapping her -
taking her some place, she knew
not where and scarcely dared to
imagine.
The brilliant lights of Malibu
had been left behind half an hour
when Rayburn slackened speed,
and turned to the right off the
beach road.
1t was a steep road, and he had
to shift into low gear to get to
the top, which, she guessed, was
little more than hundred yards
from the main road.
There was a small filling station
at the point where they had turned
off.
Dirt Road
At the top of the grade, Rayburn
swung the car onto a dirt road,
and a minute later, stopped and
switched off his lights. Only the
dim dash light of the car was
left on.
"Now it happens" Ellen told
herself, whatever it is" Sudden
strength surged through her body,
and in an instant she had pushed
the door open and started to jump
from the car.
! roy puiH hdliu sliol Jul dllu SiiS
found her arm grasped in grip
like steel band. She cried out,
involuntarily, from the pain as his
fingers bit into the muscles of her
forearm.
mo. you don't, young lady," He
pulled her back into the car. Then
he reached over, yanked the door
shut and clicked the automatic
lock.
From his pocket, he produced a
small revolver.
Lucky for you, you didn't get
out of the car" he said. There was
deadly menace in the voice, usu-
ally so smooth, so suave, so pol
ished.
Continued on Page 8, Column 81
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Foolish Importance
Defeats Popularity
Reason Why Many Girls Manage to Have
Best Times Is Explained by Reader
BY CYNTHIA GREY

Dear Miss Grey: like your column because il allows US
the readero ourselves Certain other persons
bound to please just others apt dspease
Why them shouldn't get chance to express ourselves
and reaction to certain personalities and conditions
think should particularly when certain readers ask
our opinions about matters that are bothering them
young girl wrote YOU recently to say that nobody
liked her and result ke Brother Crawfords wfe)
was unhappy. She had friends who better
looking than herself lin fact often good ooknQ and
her clothes smart any of the girls she knew.
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summer will be more fun with this
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42-PREvENTION DIVORCE

understood that the way to prevent divorce
to make it almost impossible from legal standpoint
ring it with techncaes moral preceps as to make
it virtually impossible.
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RECIPES
Chopped Beef Outlets
tServes 81

(Serves o)
One tablespoon chopped onion,
1 tablespoon butter, l pound of
chopped steak. fresh or quick
frozen, thawed, Il teaspoon salt
dash of pepper, n cup fresh
bread crumbs, l egg, slightly
beaten, /. cup milk.
Saute onion in butter. Add to
chopped steak. Add salt, pepper,
crumbs, egg and milk. Mix well.
Shape into 6 outlets. Broil in hot
skillet 10 minutes, turning care
fully to brown on both sides.
Serve at once on cutlet-shaped
pieces Of toast or buttered rolls,
Garnish with sprigs of parsley.
Watercress Sandwiches
watercress sandwiches always
taste refreshing at picnics with
broiled or fried meats. Make them
just before you leave the house.
Use thin slices of bread. evenly
buttered, and sprigs of watercress
chilled and delicstely seasoned
with salt and pepper. Fold be-
tween slices OF bread, but do not
press down too hard. Do not use
msyonnsise II you want the water
cress TO keep fresh.
Tomorrow's Menu
BREAKFAST: Iced melon,
cresmed finnsn hsddie. hot
mullins, currant jelly, coffee,
milk.
DINNER: Pot roast Of beef,
sour cream gravy, parsley po-
tstoes, green corn, lettuce and
green pepper salad, cherry
water ice, coffee. milk.
PICNIC SUPPER: Chopped
beef outlets. watercress sand
witches. whole tomatoes. cake,
fruit. hot or iced tea. milk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-11
Asserts Divorce Is Seldom
Solution Of Basic Trouble

This of articles
Of
standing authority the family.
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A Superstition

Dear Mrs. Post: Is there any
really bad luck concerned with
having the bride and bridegroom
dress for their wedding under the
same room? Ny grandson, who
has lived with me for many years,
Is being married here at my house,
where his fiancee has also lived
for several years. In fact, they
met in my house when I took the
girl in and gave her a home after
she lost her parents whom l had
knows years ago. Now she feels
that she should dress in a neigh
boris house on her wedding day or
bring bad luck to all concerned.
Isn't this a foolish superstition
Answer: This is just as foolish
as any other superstition. But the
fact remains that a great many
people are superstitious and l think
you will have to let the bride have
her own way about this.
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Beauty Hints

Benay Venuta, lovely radio and
stage star. agrees with experts
that consistency is the most i'm
portant must" about any beauty
routine.
you can't expect any cream or
any lotion to do much for your
complexion unless you use it regu-
larry day in and day out, and al
ways exactly according to direc-
TONS An occasional brushing
won't keep your hair shiny, scalp
free from dry cuticle. In order 10
achieve excellent results. you must
use your hairbrush every single
night
II is also true that no woman
possibly can expect diet TO be
really effective If she stays on 1,
for a week. then completely for
gets about 1t for day or two.
Why bother to forego desserts
gravies, starches and a number
Of other things you really like If
within a week, you are going to
eat enormous quantities of fstten-
ing foods during an entire day OF
two
OF course. the real reason that
the sveraEe girl doesn't stick to a
diet is because the diet is too rigid
in the first place. Rare is the per
son who can stay on a very strict
one for more than four days. Even
II she could. she shouldn't. Exotic,
so-eslled fad diets often are harm
full.
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CUTWORk
PATTERN 2234

Cuwork linens they're simple tn en,byo,a.
these Pattern 2234 contains
from 3%xe. to 2Ax2 inches required Illustrators
o
pattern tn The raoom, r,u.
Needlecrsn Dept Tacoma plainly PATTERN VIM
NAME and ADDRESS.