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a cloud.
appointed when they see her
A. the woman who killed the
man she really loved.
Herbert Marshalls work as Rob
ert Crosbie. Miss Davis husband.
is commendable and you VIII
credit James Stephenson with hav-
ing much TO do with the high
quality Of entertainment IN the
new top feature at the Hamriek
house.
Your little newsboy did not
see Calling All Husbands
and viii therefore withhold
any comments. The picture
features George Tobias. Lu-
cile Fairbanks and Ernest
Truck.
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Stale Cash Surplus
Goes Up Two Million

OLYnPIA--The state general
fund had 81 .sS3.670 on hand to-
day to 10 toward retiring 81
se4 033 worth Of registered war
rants on Dec. 1. state Treasurer
Phil ". Gallagher reported.
Total cash surplus In all ~ funds
went up two million 20 t16. 0ss .s7<
during the past week. Income wss
s2.tss.212 and expenditures ts0s.
go.
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High Finance!

Money Is the root Of all evil
at least that's the way the Ritz
Brothers feel about II in "Argen-
tine Nights. new attraction which
opened yesterday at the Rialto
theater.
The boys have so many creditors
they have TO rent a theater to talk
TO them, and II is money. or rather
the lack Of IT. which accounts for
much OF the monkey business
which keeps things in a merry
whirl from beginning To end
The vehicle is typically Ritz
and II YOU like the BOYS and
their screwy carryings-on. you
viii enjoy Argentine Nights"
Assisting them are the An
drews Sisters, of radio fame;
Constance Moore, george
Reeves, Peggy Moran and
Anne Nagel.
The other new feature at the
Rialto is titled The Mummy's
Hand" with Dick Foran. Peggy
Moran. Wallace Ford. Cecil Kella-
way, Eduardo Ciannelh. George
Zucco and Tom Tyler heading the
cast list.
II YOU are one who reads
murder mysteries In bed 80
you can work yourself mp To
the point where YOU are
actually afraid to turn out
the light. you will give The
Mummy's Hand" an enthusi-
astic shake ITS that kind
Of hand.
And that's the way things are
at the Rialto . laughs and thrills
furnished by three dummies and a
mummy,
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The Letter..

tIIt HiUUI SIPS SILENTLY Denlnl
Tragedy IS TO Miss Davis what
mud Is % a pig she literally
wsllows in II and likes IL
Perhaps, that is why she Is SUI
preme among Hollywood's &C.
tresses in the portrayal of drama
Give her a role no matter how
oifficult and she makes that
character LIVE.
so II - With her Leslie
Crosbie assignment In ..The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-29

II you're not using II. sell II with
Fast Action Times Want Ad
Phone Main 1881.
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Donald Dickson
Likes All Music

Donald Dickson. the popular
young American baritone. has a
wide and catholic taste in music
Il like all music. including swing.
he admitted in recent interview.
There Is no hard and fast rule
about what is good music What
ever people like Is for them good
music. When you hear people say
they don't like classical music. you
may be sure the fault is probably
with the musician whom they
heard interpreting IL.
As for myself l like TO sing
songs that produce a spark within
me. Whenever feel that spark.
my audience invariably feels it
too. 4"
Dickson will present his first
concert in Tacoma Wednesday eve
ming. Dec. T. at the Temple theater.
Seats for this outstanding musical
event are now on sale at Frasers.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Houses for Rent

SMALL 4-room house, furnished,
for rnnt. Inquire 48O Main.
33tf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

MODERN 2 bedroom house. partly
furnished, at 1861 Vine Phone
COS 3-l1
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Airp1ane Builders

SEE display ad back PAGE today
paper. Men will be interviewed
by appointment only
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

FOR SALE = Ladies full length
squirrel coat. Size 81. Reasonable.
Phone POP. 30
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
IS Auto Parts, Tires Acces.

SAVE "a
1T WILL PAY YOU to visit our
store. If it's auto or truck paru
you need see us. 1000 cars and
trucks in stock. All sizes in used
tires.
CARTER MOTOR & SUPPLY
1868 Main Phone -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
30 Trucks Tractors TrdilerS

1910, % it. MASTER CRAFT, 2
rooms, heat. oven stove. Mahog-
any. S1195. Nices Auto Camp.
Saturday. 3-9
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Business Services

ENJOY the healthful pastime OF
horseback riding BROADWAY
Riding Stables, 315 BdWy., Phi. 1897
For Your HealthS Sake Drink
TRIPLE A
PURE ARTESIAN WATER
Ell Centro 492 BraWley 63-J
PLUMBING WORK
Priced Reasonably
BUILDERS SUPPLY CO.
Phone $50. Imperial Ave. 81 Euclio
SPECIAL OFFER
Second Sheets, good white news
stock, size 8kx11, wrapped in
packages of 500 sheets, only 4Oc
per package. Post-Press.
JUST RECEIVED
a large quantity of used 2''x14'--
all lengths up to 90. This mater
ial is all No. l stock and ideal for
bridges, etc.
Ell CENTRIC LUMBER t&
TRADING co.
1909 Adams st. Phone 1902
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

STREAMLINE TRAILER, sleeps
four. See at 765 Holt. 3-8
FOR wheel trailer Bar
gain. $1,000. 1245 Holt 3-9
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07

MAID FOR GENERAL house work
Must. be able to cook If not
capab'" and experienced do not
apply. pEune 928 for appoint
ment. 3-8
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Nant Ads Practically Everybody Does - ProfitabIy
instruction

AIRCRAFT MECHANICS NEEDED
Every graduate Of Irwin Aircraft
Schools to date, employed in S. ID.
Aircraft plants after special
Three weeks course. Full tuition
only $500 until quotas filled. IN
struc.iOn unGer factory engineers.
See L. F. Roberts at Mayan Hotel
to m9ke applications for enroll
mcnt. References: S. d. Chamber
of Commerce and Better Business
Bureau. 3l2
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
Help " anted

MAN OR WOMAN-One Only. Lo-
cal resident. Make a room in
your home store-supply friends
and neighbors with 300 daily used
household necessities. Big profits,
steady income. prizes. bonus. Free
advertising. No experience requir-
ed, nc investment. Must furnish
references Write Mr.. Bordeaux,
1910 Hollis St, Oakland, Calf
3-9
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-07
STACOAT

SPARK GAS RANGE, $3.50; Elec-
trio Washer, $3.50; Hotpoint Elec-
tric Range, $3.50; General Elec-
trio Refrigerator, new unit, $500.
Imperial Hardware.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30

Expected to be a star government
witness in the trial Of II Am" cult
leaders in Los Angeles, Col. E. P.
Bailey says he was condemned to
suffer through "12 rcincarnations"
and threatened with destruction by
;ghtning when he disagreed with
"mltiStS' claims of Immortality.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-30

Los Angeles police charge that
Ralph w. Griggs killed Gladys
Long, SO, with an ak, after lovers
quarrel, and drove about Los An
Igeles for two weeks with the corpse
stuffed in the trunk of his car.
Griggs was arrested when a gas
station attendant reported a
I"strange odor" coming from the car.
Evening star., 1940-11-03

plucky one lodged the hand when 1t
next entered the pan for d victim.
Then out he hoped again.
There was bucket near by, a
bucket with high walls; so the fisher
man dumped the whole mess into it
and continued his job. But still, each
time the fisherman groped in the
bucket, the peppy little fish escaped
As the number of survivors continued
to be reduced, this fish eyed the high
walls of the prison with increasing des-
peratlOn. Worth trying? Why not? He
Evening star., 1940-11-03

That ''one drink too many can make
you feel pretty miserable. Often it sets
up a temporary excess acid condition
in the stomach, and you suffer with
gas" belching, heartburn and similar
distress. You know what can happen
in one word it's 'HANCovER!"
Next time you get that hangover"
feeling, do as thousands are doing
today. At the first sign of discomfort
lest" chew a JEST" or twol
'IEsrs" are those perfectly amazing
new antacid tablets that bring such
fast and efectiue relief from distress
due to temporary stomach hyperacid-
Evening star., 1940-11-03

lie finished his drink, shuddcrcd,
and tired to stand up He almost did,
but not quite, on account OF the char
ne tired to walk up and over, He fell
fiat on his face, tired. to get up,
decided the floor was pretty good
bed, and Just lay there.
Pete came out from behind the bar
to look at him Maybe | can get him
on your back, Silver" says.
= Pete just grlns. Give me hand.
Wen get HIM room at the hotel.
Evening star., 1940-11-03

gathered his strength. Out he went -
This, the fisherman decided, would
be a good time to clean him. But it
was becoming Increasingly difficult for
him to think Of the little fellow in
terms of food. He had most positive
identity all his own. Besides, there
were dead fish left that should be
cleaned ahead of this live one.
Get back in there. Big Shot" said
the fisherman, and tipped him in.
One by one the other fish were re-
moved and cut up. Only Big Shot and
one dead companion remained. The
little sunfish seemed to sense the
growing urgency of his predicament
He fitted back and forth and round
and round. AS his enemy watched, he
nosed up and over the side of the
bucket with startling suddenness.
The fisherman watched him for a
moment. Then he dumped the dead
fish into the sink ran a little clean
water from the faucet into the pail,
and put the fighting sunfish back in.
He picked up the bucket and walked
down to the lake shore. AS he stood
on the dock and watched the small
sunfsh disappear into deep water with
final and triumphant flip of its tail,
he pondered a lesson he had learned.
He was thinking. "If gameness and
courage and never -give-upn in the
lowlest of fishes can win me over, then
surely the same degree of spirit in a
human being will not go unnoticed by
fellow humans"
1t was a good lesson. We're never
licked till we quit. The jig is never up.
lfever you come to the time when you
think it is, remember this sunllsh.
Evening star., 1940-11-03

ity. Relief is not only fast-relief is
longer! That's because of a special
added ingredient in 'JEsTs" which,
in effect, "sponges up" the excess acid
as it forms in the stomach, thus help
ing to avoid return of distress.
''JEsTs" are mint favored to sweeten
your mouth and your stomach.
They contain no soda or other free
alkalis. They are not constipating-
not a laxative. And they will not form
a habit! Garry 'JEsTs" with you
always Jest" in case! In handy
rolls for pocket or purse. JEsrs, Inc,
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
go FLY a KITE"
Continued from pose -four

He's some boy, he is. Yes, sir, some
boy"
We picked him up and carried him
into the lobby and got room for him
and carried him up. We each had an
arm. and he could walk If we held
him.
Up in his room, we pulled off his
shoes and pants and shirt
Good old Dawn Patrol he says to
me That must have reminded him of
something because he says: Squad
Evening star., 1940-11-03
YOU'RE NOT LICKED TILL YOU QUIT
by Worthington Stewart

first step there, he decided was to
jump out of the pan. So he did. As he
Topped about on the floor, the fisher
man scooped HIM up and put him
back IN the pan - and again he
jumped out.
The fisherman was annoyed as he
tossed him back again. but he was
forced to note this peppy little fellow
who was so different from the others.
With calculating alertness the
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Next time you are
discouraged. think
OF this tiny sunfish

= p WAS just one IN mess to be
cooked and eaten. ! was the
u fisherman who had hooked
him, and | fully intended to polish
him off. come meatme, with fried
potatoes and the other hxlngs. His
was hopeless situation indeed.
1t became more hopeless as the
fisherman carried hlm away from the
lake. He was Just like you would be
without air to breathe. Every minute
brought him nearer the limit of his
endurance Every foot OF distance from
the water was foot Re was un
equipped to travel even II he could be
free to return. And when he was
finally inside the cottage IN a pan OF
water, and the fisherman commenced
cutting up fish to be fred, the jig was
definitely up If ever the jig was up for
ANY living creature. Nevertheless, this
sunfish got out of that latetul pan and
back into the lake 1t was his insane
unwlngness to stop trying that got
hIm out of that mess of fish. 1t was
his belief that the tiny might OF his
httlcness was greater than all the
things that stood in his way
Dumped into the pan OF water along
with the other fish, he drew in a few
revlvlng gasps of water - then started
trying to get back to the lake. OF
course he didn't know where the lake
was, any more than an unemployed
man knows where job IS, but the
Evening star., 1940-11-03

ron Leader I've got favor to ask"
Fire away
You got Goody Good Bye out
there at the statlon?"
Sure"
Then after you play I'm Through
with Love, you play Goody Good Bye
from me to her. That'll show her. Will
you?"
Sure, I'll do it. ="
'I'll be listening" he mumbles. "I'll
be up for The Dawn Patrol"
said good night to Pete down in
the bar and started home, and began
to think about this. The way saw it,
Bessie Rowley and Jimmy Lynch was
just two stubborn people. They'd been
calling each other names over The
Dawn Patrol and now they was too
stubborn to stop. Why? Because they
was in love with each other, How was
sure? Well if she wasn't in love with
him, what was she doing up at six
o'clock moonin' over a milkman's pro-
gram. the same as him? How come she
was ordering double brandies just as
if she could drink them? She was Just
too proud and mad to listen to him,
and if played his request tomorrow,
that would be the end of it.
l SLEPT on it. About five next morn
ing | knew what | was going to do !
grabbed breakfast at the Manhattan
All Mite Cafe, then jumped in my car
and headed out for Hotstetter's place
about five miles out Of town. When
got there the place seemed asleep, but
knew where I'd find the old man.
He was milking, and when he saw me
he was kind of surprised.
"Muriel up, MIR. Hotstetter?"
Nope"
When will she be-"
when the works done, reckon.
Why"
Mr.. Hotstetter, she's got phono-
graph record | got to have this
morning. You think | could find it
myself? | know where they are" He
said go ahead, so | went in the
Hotstetters' parlor and started look
ing through the records. 1t was getting
late, and if didn't hurry I'd miss for
The Dawn Patrol But had to find
that record.
did, finally. and | didn't even close
the door leaving. run out, jumped in
the car and burned up the road into
town. | sailed down Main street at
sixty and out the other side of town to
kNkN on the hill
When | come through the door, |
could hear All the World is Waiting
for the Sunrise already playing. Tom
was standing in front of the mike, get
CONTINUED on pose 15)
Evening star., 1940-11-03

p YE WAS just one IN mess to be
cooked and eaten. | was the
fisherman who had hooked
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War Boom Near
For Trail, B. {.

TRAIL n Ca large srsis pro-
assesson program without = cent
NJ PROFIT ~sII - undertakes Ina
nsdistssy for ms nvisIsh sovsrn-
msnt ~ Consolidated Mining snA
smsii,ax company. II Trail. n G.
u -ss annosas&d BY .. q. Stay
o<k. president ana msaAstne
dirsetos NJ th@ company.
Addressing > eisixsns NESTING.
fIiayIoek said the esmpspys offsr
10 turn oat wsr materials AT
cost had bsen accepted ~ I'm
pesssI sashesfsles -Arvsnasvnsuts
are b~inx msas n bssisd special
plsnts.- be saki. and from four
10 eight sA1lslonsl shifts : mn~sh
will e. lnto operation Immediate
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b. . direct contribution 10 Inc
var he seia fhs werk~ss -when
fivstlax gaas start. svsry sss -
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loes ssia. 10 replace for nTfiAtn
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Today I want to go back to Vita
min A and tell something Of the
history Of its discovery.
Back in 1907 several professors
and teachers at the University of
Wisconsin decided to make tests
on cattle feeding: Prof. Stephen
Babcock suggested the idea, and
Prof. Edwin B. Hart took active
charge of the work.
The plan was to feed groups OF
cattle different kinds Of food, and
then to find out how well they
would get along. One group was
fed wheat, another group was fed
oats, and a third yellow corn. A
year passed, and 1t was found that
none of the calves born in the wheat
or oats groups lived more than an
hour or two. On the other hand,
the little cornfed herd contained
healthy calves.
Babcock and Hart and their help
ers were on the track of Vitamin
A. but did not know it.
One of the faculty men, = chem
ist named E. v. McCollum, carried
over the tests from cattle to white
rats. He made cages for the rats
out Of dry-goods boxes, and placed
the boxes In the ONCE which he oc-
cupied in company with young
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A Little Saturday Talk

teacher named Harry Steenbock.
That was in 1908.
At the same time that DR.. Nc
Collum was testing rats to find what
different kinds of food would do
for them, work of nearly the same
kind was going on at Yale. Prof.
L. B. Mendel and DR.. Thomas Os-
borne were the Yale men who had
become interested.
As a result of the tests at Wis
consin and Yale, it was learned
that rats would have sore eyes If
they were not fed certain fats,
along with other food. Not all fats
would do. Olive oil, for instance,
did not stop loss Of weight and
sickness.
Butter, on the other hand,
brought an end to the eye trouble,
and SO did egg yolk, which Is one
third fat.
Those findings led the scientists
to figure that certain fats must
contain a needed chemical. BY
and by this chemical was called
"Vitamin A."
When McCollum left Wisconsin
to teach at another university, his
office mate, young Steenbock, car
ried on work with the rats. He
tested them with other foods, and
found they would get along well
on yellow corn but not on white
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corn. He also found that yellow
carrots were good for the rats, but
not white carrots.
These tests led Steenbock to be-
heve that yellow coloring had much
to do with Vitamin A. Although
this point was not proved at the
time, it has been proved since.
An extract Of carrots and Ger
tain other vegetables is known as
"carotene." 1t changes to Vitamin
A after 1t is eaten. Yellow vege-
tables supply much Of the Vitamin
A needed by human beings. Green
vegetables also contain carotene.
Hens and various animals change
carotene into Vitam1n A, and that
Is why we are able to get 1t from
eRRs and meat,