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Evening star., 1940-07-19
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON C., FRIDAY, 49, 1910
unable to do more than barely

unable to do more than barely
hold on.
Algae watched the horrible drama
helplessly. If he laid Phyllis down
she might be washed overheard
with the next roll of the ship; II he
tried to help while holding her in
his arms they might both 60 over
board because balancing on the deck
was SO perilous. And he knew that
before he could get her to q life
boat and come back the woman,
and probably the man, too, would
be gone.
The man seemed to know that
some one was near because he cried
out in the most awesome, stricken
voice Algae had ever heard: Help
me!-oh, for Gods sake, help me!
She can't go-oh, God, she can't
go-help!" The last word was a
penetrating scream and for a mo-
ment Algae thought to take the
chance and rush to the rail with
Phyllis still in his arms and do what
he could for the man. But the very
fact that the woman herself had
gone over SO quickly was proof of the
foolhardiness of such move.
So he stood there, clutching the
door and holding Phyllis tight
against him, watching and waiting
and feeling an ache in his heart
that he knew would be there long
after the drama ended. The ship
was diving now and as it dived the
smoke from the lower decks bill
lowed upward into the spray, nearly
concealing the figures at the rail.
And then the wave that lowered
above them as the ship plunged to
starboard began to descend like a
giant paw with long, tapering, drip
pings claws, and finding it's victims
it tore them both from their fatal
perch and dragged them into the
sea.
Algae shuddered. 1t was all over.
He still had Phyllis; that was
what mattered. He kissed her hair
and frightened his grip around her
and then while the slope of the
deck was still in his favor he ran
with her toward a lifeboat.
(Copyright, 1910, by the Chicago Daily
News, 1nc.)
Tomorrow: The last lifeboat leaves
the ship-and Algae is still on board
Evening star., 1940-07-19

The story thus far: When the South
America bound cruise ship Georgia is
OF the passengers go to their state
rooms, but Phyllis O'Brien and Algae,
the man she hired to shower attentions
upon her during the trip. remain in
the lounge. Algae. od-looking and
intelligent. is by no means the eigolo
type and his attentions are not, as
Phyllis expected they would, rousing
the jealousy of Dick Wieland. whom
she loves and who is on board with
Ada Burwick, New York socialite. and
her mother. The bufIeting and smash
ing of the waves break windows in the
lounge and panics the few passengers
a heavy piano from breaking loose.
sees Phyllis thrown against door
frame. An instant later he himself
loses his footing and slides across the
floor with the piano.
Evening star., 1940-07-19
A Behind>the>Scenes Star
Two Hit Musicals in One Season
B. De Sylva's Claim to Fame
NEW YORK,

Broadways
producersphcaly B. G. De Sylvia California last
a
musical
aeer Was Lady eighth month the
Evening star., 1940-07-19

SALESMAN. operating own car and ex-
perienced in selling to local grocery trade
lowance, liberal commission for opening
new accounts with opportunity to De.
velop own route on permanent be!is. Ap.
Ath and ChAnntug St. "a
Evening star., 1940-07-19
BEAUTY PARLoRS.

EXCESSIVE WEIGHT safely reduced: won
Ledendecker. 3025 o ST. NV Mich. l12O.
Evening star., 1940-07-19
HELP DOMESTIC.

GENERAL HOUSEWORKER. colored. good
| cook; must live in; $50 month; refs. re-
| auired. WI 3s52.
| GIRL for general housework and care of
child: small salary and good home. Box
| 1SQ-1
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MAID. white. general housework. care Of
2 childen; stay nights. Apply 1929 End
st. NV.
WOMAN OR GIRL. white for mothers
helper: stay nights 1904 r st. NV.
WOMAN. white. 23 to 35, ghw. cooking,
care of child; live in: good salary. 442O
18th st. NV.
Evening star., 1940-07-19

HOUSEKEEPER. white, between 25 and
45. employed couple. ! child; live in
Evening star., 1940-07-19

GIRL. white. housework and care OF
child, age A live out; no Sunday; refs.
$40 mo. Apply after $50 or before noon
dr., Silver Spring, Md.
GIRL. colored experienced, e.h.w. and
help care for 2-year baby: Jewish family;
Evening star., 1940-07-19

RESTAURANT MANAGER, eive age, ex-
perience and reference: excellent oppor-
tupity for right party. Box 174-J. Star. .
ROOFING and siding mechanics. must
have own equipment: may start to work
Immediately. Apply 1918 14th Ut. NV.
Evening star., 1940-07-19

CONTINUED On Nszt rsge.)
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call on printing trade: state experience,
salary. ETC.. nrst letter: strictly confiden-
tiAl Box 1S3.J Star
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BOOKKEEPER.

Experienced, must have had experience
in automobile business: excellent oppor-
tunity for right party: give experience,
Evening star., 1940-07-19

Although De Sylvia has in all truth
come from California to assume the
position of the No. song and dance
Evening star., 1940-07-19
d maple. ACNE STOR.
L FOR THIS CUSTOMER

smust must SELL: bed. vanity and wardrobe.
81 90; maple dinstte. table, 4 chairs.
CHINA cabinet. SACRIFICE. Living room.
pieces. wine boucle. chair. blue; LOOKS
NEW. Maple cricket chair: Gu it. elec.
refsr. tkelvinator). absolutely perfect con.
I'VE have no store-no show windows'-
our salesroom IS RIGHT IN OUR WARE
HOUSE: FREE FIREPROOF STORAGE
AND LOCAL MOVING ESTIMATES ACME
MOVING & STORAGE CO. 461S 18th ST.
NV Georgia 7002. OPEN NIGHTS,
Evening star., 1940-07-19

THROUGH FAY THOMPSON
NE. 3116 After 5, or Box 40o-H Star. I.
PERMANENTS, SIPS;
Wave, 15c; Manicure I5c ME. 771s.
Mabelle Honour School, 1340 N. Y Ave
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
WILL WE MISS THE BOAT
ON LAND BANK LOANS

For some time officials of the Federal
Land Bank have evinced interest in again
making Federal land bank loans available
in Imperial Valley.
viii Imperial Valley make the most OF
this opportunity TO get such credit and
all il means? Or will we make only
half-hearted, partial effort and either
fail completely, or fall short of making
a convincing case and open the door Tor
long-eXtended delays before final accom-
plishment?
Wednesday and Thursday eleven land
bank representatives were in Imperial
Valley. Wednesday night there was a
private hearing Of hand-picked individ-
uals, virtually all farmers. Thursday
evening there was to be an open meet
ing. Both meetings apparently were
worthwhile and gave opportunity for the
right people to be heard.
But nowadays success isn't attained
by hit-and-miss methods. Success is
achieved by careful preparation OF the
strongest most complete case possible
made bv experts if necessary and pre-
sented in complete and most impressive
manner.
We wonder if Imperial Valley would
not be wise-if another occasion devel-
opes when these visitors who are the
Judges and jury in this all important
VIII DE mere W IGCtlNe CCSllllioiiy
and argument-by uniting the efforts and
resources of ALL valley agencies on this
important task
The seriousness Of the matter warrants
each Chamber of Commerce, the County
Supervisors, the Board of Trade, the
Farm Bureau and the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce, cooperating with cash
and abilities in the presentation of a 100
percent complete and effective case. We
do not need just good case; we need
a Successful" case and no effort is too
great-not even if it means retaining eX
pert economists and spending plenty of
our hard earned dollars-to achieve that
end.
The time has come and gone when we
can be satisfied with mere efforts. We've
got to start showing results!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

giving us reputation We don't deserve,
and creating poor market for any alb
sentee-owner who does want to sell.
Furthermore, there is pronounced
trend toward the Capitalization OF acre
age in the hands of large, wealthy owners.
These big owners have credit and I'm
ance available. They can step out and
each season extend their holdings. AS
they expand, out goes more and more
families who, with proper credit available
could have become lifetime owners and
residents.
We must make it possible for the intel
ligent, small and middle-class farmer to
compete with the big vested interests. AS
it is. tie big, rich farmer has things all
his own way.
This does not make for healthy val
ley.
1t does not make for best farming con-
diticSs.
1t does not make for decent livelihoods
for the thousands of city folk in our val
ley towns who also have a stake in this
valley, who also are part and parcel OF
it. ana who from clerk to employer de-
pend upon valley trade, and healthy, i'm
proving valley conditions,
agency uniting to present the most effec-
tive and convincing arguments possible
to the visiting loan officials.
If we don't, and if federal land bank
loans are not forthcoming, we will have
the sneaking suspicion that we missed
the boat" through our own neglect.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
WHAT LAND BANK LOANS
WILL MEAN FOR THE VALLEY

Improved farm credit is one of the five
paramount needs of Imperial Valley. All
are necessities, the absence Of which will
continually retard conditions here and
without which, Imperial Valley cannot
become the healthy community which it
deserves to be-and CAN BE-
The other four needs are: Actual op-
Grafton of the refunding program; COM
plete-and-working All American Canal;
complete-and-succes operation of the
District Power Program; and effective
and steadily developing drainage pro-
gram.
Until Imperial Valley has all five (and
populated East and West mesas), we will
enjoy only stunted and impaired growth.
Only about 40 per cent of Imperial
Valley land is oWner-farmed That
means, sixty per cent of our acres are
farmed by tenants-owned by people who
live elsewhere. That does not make for
Improvement Of soil for healthiest farm
ing practices; for neat, oWner-interested
dwellings, for improved social and home
life in farming areas or for local expen-
diture of profits. To correct this situa-
tion easier credit must become available,
credit which will encourage the good ten
ant to buy and to own and become a part
of this community.
Poor farm credit is high stone wall
against new, trained, capable farmers
buying into the valley. Many agencies
will not loan here because the federal
land bank feels we are poor risk.
Such a condition shunts dozens of pros
pective buyers TO other parts Of the state,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
by Willis Thornton :.
Revolutionary Reform in Mexico

the communities are as badly in
hook to the government bank as
they ever were to the landlords,
while production fell because what
was eVerybody's business was no
body's business" The other is that
the ejidos have been successful.
Whichever may be correct, the
new President Avila Camacho has
apparently decided to reverse this
communal current and try the plan
of the other half of the revolu-
ton by parceling land among in
dividual peasants. The step is to
be gradual, with communal opera
ton continued for the present. but
1t is regarded as forerunner to
the end of the ejido system and
a return to individual tillage.
1t is hard to appreciate in the
United States how really revolu-
tionary this step is. 1t is certain
to cause the most violent contro-
Versy. Radicals will regard it as q
betrayal of the revolution. Their
opponents will say it is step tow
ard real freedom, individualism. op-
portunity
How it will work, no one can GER
talnly say, but within 10 days of
his own Inauguration, President
AVlla Camacho has taken a step al
most as revolutionary as the Reyo-
luton itself.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
SELECTIVE SERVICE
(Chico Enterprise)

Once again, selective service offers the
United States chance to look itself
sqaarely in the eye.
We took good look in 1918, and we
didn't like what we saw. Low intelligence
test ratings all too-high illiteracy, NAL
nutrition, poor teeth--all these things
showed up in the mirror as we eXamln-
ed our young men.
Now once again we hold up the mirror
to a cross-Section of young American
men-and what we see is not cause for
elf-congratulation Reflections for phys
ical reasons have run from 10 to 25 per
cent of men sent to camp for induction,
and of course many of the more obvious
ly unfit had been rejected by local draft
boards before that final winnowng out.
The standards of the army are not
those of an Olympic athletic team. They
require only good normal health and cap
acity Yet up to 25 per cent of young
Americans fail to show even that.
There are failures here, failures of pub
lie health, of education, of clinical faclll-
ties, of diet A sensible people will re-
gard these revelations, not as something
at which to wiring Intellectual hands, but
as a challenge.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

Revolutions are not all made with
bombs and barricades. Any sudden
reform that gets down to changing
the basic nature of a system may
be called revolutionary.
On that basis, Mexico has had
revolution since Avila Camacho as
sumed the presidency on Dec. /.
Not the predicted Almazanist revO-
luton, but another scarcely less
basic than that might have been.
President Avila Camacho has an
nOunced that individual land titles
are to be given as soon as possible
to the 100000 peasants living on
the $1,000 communal farms of the
Republic.
The deep significance of this is
only seen against the background
of Mexican revolutions and of The
Revolution Cof 1910. LandlesS poems
have been the curse of Mexico
since the conquistadores. Reform
ers, radicals. revolutiOnaries, all
have marched to a battle-cry Of
Land and Liberty! The land
hunger of the landless has been the
central fact of Mexican politics for
decades. zapata, Villa, Obregon-
the whole procession of revolution
ary leaders all promised land for
the landleSS. Until the Cardenas
regime little was done about it,
Then exploration of millions Of
acres became a reality.
But there were always two views
within the revolution as to how to
handle the land after it had been
taken from the big landlords. One
was that it should be owned and
worked by communities Cejidos).
That was the Cardenist view That
was what Cardenas brought about.
But the other view was that indi-
vidual peasants should have their
mule and 40 acres"
There is a wide difference of
opinion as to the success of the
ejidos under Cardenas. One is that
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19-With
Edward F.. McGrady. former assist
ant secretary of labor, on the scene
as the War Departments adviser
on labor problems, the crossed
wires that were short-circulting
the governm,.t'~ "andling of labor
disputes in defense .-.>.,, s have
got unsnarled at last. TIL -
likely to be fewer episodes like t.4u
lamented Vultee strike.
Trouble there was that the Labor
Departments expert Cancellation
service was elbowed aside so that
the War Departments trouble
shooters could take a whirl at
things. A fine mess resulted, con-
gresS began talking about no-strike
legislation, and the Defense commits
sion had blue fits. After the Labor
Department experts finally got
back into the picture and settled
the strike, there was a general re-
Shuffling of the cards.
Besides McGrady's new function,
Sidney Hillmans plan for a special
strike preventing service under the
Defense commission has been clari-
fled and de-kinked. Lastly, Hill
man and John Steelman, head of
Labor Departments Cancellation
service, have had a long chat and
arrived at a harmonious under
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 19.-Short
takes: John Steinbeck, who's writ
ing a play now, is a newspaper
comic strip fan. But he regards
Major Hoople, Captain Easy, Red
Ryder and the rest with a semi
academic interest-says comic strips
have sounder dramatic construction
and better dialog than most movies.
That Shirley Temple-Metro deal
is hot again, and the studio is
cooking up a Rooney Garland
pie story. Another of those kid
musicals.
Last company to join the musical
parade will be Warner Bros, now
hastily trying to whip up a sche-
dule of tune shows. Since losing
Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and a
few other standbys, they've figured
for more than two years that there
wasn't anybody to put into musicals.
And yet under contract and work
ing only in talking roles is Dennis
Morgan (once Stanley Morner) who
under any name easily might become
Hollywood's top singing lead. In
a straight role in another picture
is Olympic Bradna, pretty enough
for glamor stardom and also the
best acrobatic dancer in town.
Lupe Velez and Big Boy VIII
liams, who are engaged, are appear
ing together in Universals six
Lessons from Madam La Zonga.' -
And in one scene Lupe screams at
him: II wouldn't marry you if you
were the last man on EARTH" . .
And speaking of Latin fury, Car
men Miranda in "rhe Road to Rio"
will heave these articles at Don
Ameche: Two books. four shoes, two
bookends, a purse, box of candy,
three punches of flowers, one table
knife, three coat hangers.
Ameche, by the way, has financed
an elegant new restaurant that's
to be run by his brother, Louis.
Until recently, Louis was a truck
driver at 20th-Fox and somebody
mentioned it to Papa Dominic Ame-
che and added, How come, with
Don a star, the other boy is just
a truck driver?"
Hes not Just a truck driverr'
roared the old man. Hes a dog
goned good truck driverl"
Those too-too mischievous Ritz
Brothers were clowning around a
fashion show at Palm Springs, and
that absolutely killing Jimmy grab
bed mink coat and began 10
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
HILLMAN DOESN'T WANT
MEDIATION TASKS

Hillman wants to set up a staff
Of picked labor leaderS-maybe
eight or ten, maybe two dozen-de-
pends ON how many good men he
can get who would keep in close
touch with the workers in key in
dustries and key localities, keep the
Defense commission advised about
things, spot trouble before it deVel-
oped and do what they could to
head it off.
He doesn't want to take over
the job of conciliating or mediating
disputes after they have come to
the strike or lockout stage-Which
is where he had previously been
misunderstood. Both McGrady and
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
by Bruce Cation =.
The Inside Track in Washington

tho bnsiness men on the Defense
commission insisted that was Steer
mans job, and Hillman agreed.
1ilmans big concern-Which, IN
cidentally. is FDR's also-ls 10 IN
duce labor to take a responsible
attitude toward defense productlon'
and head off the chance that con-
aress will pass special laws deallng
,, l., 1rcblem / -llman is ready
to be h...-Soilnd. One specillca-
ton for the mvn who are TO acG
as local keeper-in- -touchers for him
is that they must be big enough
and smart enough. to tell those
fellows where to get off, II neceS-
sary."
MURRAY
MOVES SLOWLY
Meanwhile, indications are that
c. I. O.,s new president, Phil Mur-
ray. will proceed with considerable
circumSpection in his new job.
The understanding at Atlantic
City was that Murray took the Jop
only on the basis that he was 10
have a free hand in reorganlzlng
the set-up at c. I. o. headquar-
ters. No drastic general shake-up,
however is in the cards. MurrayS
policies are going to be consider
ably different from those of John
Lewis, particularly as regards the
81 Communist fringe in the c. l. o.,
but they'll be eased into effect
gradually.
One thing to bear in mind on the
c. I. o. situation is that Lewis still
pretty much holds the purse strings.
The C. I. o. treasury doesn't con-
tain an awful lot besides the dough
which the United Mine Workers
contribute. Some of the biggest G.
|. O unions are f-sustaining but
little more. Hence, when big Or
ganlzing drive is planned-as in
the case of Ford, for instance-it'S
Mr.. Lewis miners who will put up
the money if anyone does.
Result: No longer c. 1. o. boss,
Lewis nevertheless is considerably
more than just a revered presi-
dent-emerituS around headquar-
terS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
by Paul Harrison -.
HOLLYWOOD S Fads, Fancies and Foibles

model it over his bathing suit.
So the utterly-hysterical Al and
Harry pushed him, coat and all,
into the pool. And now some
deadly-serious aut h rites have
handed the suddely-sobered kiddies
a bill for $1,000
That gin-rummy game seems to
be taking the place of all other
chancery pastimes, especially now
that the gambling houses have been
closed in honor of a new district
attorney. Three of the towns pay
boys were taken for $4,000 each
the other evening. There seems
to be almost as much discussion
of casting For Whom the Bell
Tolls" as there was about GWTW.
Paramount will test Ernest Heming-
ways 28-year-old bride, Martha
Gellhorn, for the role of Maria.
like the remarks about the
actress who's so ritzy her home in
Beverly Hills has Venetian blinds
ON the keyholes.' . . And the
objection of an executive TO the
buying of a popular novel. Other
biggies at the studio were enthu-
siastic about it, and they asked
the one dissenter why it wouldn't
make a good picture. Take away
its essentials, he replied, land what
have you got?"
Therell be a divorce announce
ment any day from Paulette God
dard Charlie Chaplin will spend
the winter in Florida =. Ann Miller
is the latest to have her nose re-
modelled The wonder-boy pro-
ducer, Robert Sherwood, has hung
another one on Movietown: He'll
bring out Elizabeth Bergner, sought
for year by all studios. for her
first Hollywood picture.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
FREEDOM AND THE INDIVIDUAL
dayton, O., Journal-Herald)

dayton, o, JOufnaI-IIeraIuJ
The freedom of the people depends up
on the excellence Of the individual If
then the future of these United States
rests upon general attainment OF fine
character, our immediate objective should
be the building of such character. But
how can it be built? Fortunate, indeed,
for lis the laws are already at hand. They
were given us in the Ten Commandments.
They were augmented by the Sermon on
the Mount.
Weak natures have become strong
through the study of these laws and
through seeking to obey them. Poor citi-
zens have become ones of nigh worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
Answers:

Answers:
Kichisaburo Nomura, former
naval attache at the japanese en-
bassy in Washington, was named
ambassador to the United States
2-Tom Harmon, who won the
Heisman award as the outstanding
collegiate football player, said he
preferred a radio career to playing
professional football.
3-Joseph p Kennedy, former
Boston financier, resigned as u. S.
ambassador to the Court of st.
James in London.
4-Davey O'Brien set a new pro-
fessional league record by COM
pleting 80 passes in his final game
with the Philadelphia Eagles be-
fore becoming federal agent.
5-Vice President-elect Henry
A. Wallace was welcomed through
out most of his tour of Mexico,
but some opponents of the Camacho
regime demonstrated against h is
visit.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
So They Say

On the reservations the army can
control matters, but when the SOL
der leaves the camp our troubles
begin.
General George c. Marshall, chief
of staff.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19
Uranium Crackers
Who Are They?

Who Are They?
Outlined below are the reasons
five persons made news in recent
weeks. From each description, can
you name the person?
IA former naval attache at the
japanese embassy in Washington
took a new position at the embassy.
2-Winner of the Heisman Mem
orial Trophy announced he did
not wish to capitalize on the ability
that won him that trophy.
"a former Boston financier left
the Court of st. James.
"A professional football player
returned in his most brillian per-
formance in his swan song.
5--A United States ambassador
of goodwill got a varied reception
in Mexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

A survey has shown that out of
every ten dresses bought in the
United States, four are returned
for exchange or refund.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

At one time a leader in the de-
struction of wild life. the United
States now leads the world in its
conservation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

1t has been estimated that AM
ericans buy approximately 28,000,-
900 phonograph records annually.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

According to scientists, cats claw
at trees to rid their claws of
ragged, loose pieces of toenail.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

Light waves arnd electic waves
both travel at the same rate of
speed: 10000 miles q second.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-19

There are about so natural bridg-
es of good size in the United States.