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THE MODESTO BEE I I A A Mensinger And Kidd Should Be Retained As Directors Forward With The March Of DBMS On February 1st voters In the first and fourth divisions of the Mc-desto Irrigation District will tlect directors for four year terms. In Division No. 1 four candidates appear on the ballot They Include W. R. Mensinger, appointed by unanimous vote of the board of supervisors two years ago to serve out the unex- pired term of A.

W. Stratton. resigned. Milton R. Kidd is asking reelection In the fifth division.

He has two opponents. Mensioger has worked harmoniously with the other members of the directorate in all vitally sffecting the welfare at the district. In the administration of the affairs of both the water department and the power system he has to his credit positive accomplishments and policies that should appeal to every voter whose first consideration for continued success of thlg great publicly owned enterprise. During the two years Mensinger has served as a director he has shown a complete understanding of the affairs of the district In Irrigation as well as power distribution problems he has proved fully competent to discharge the duties incumbent upon the governing board of the people's own business. Mensinger, both as a rancher and a business man, for years has been closely identified with the district's progress.

He 'was included in that small group of citizens ivlio led the successful fight against the Power Trust nearly twenty years ago that resulted in district distribution of electricity generated at Don Pedro Dam. His untiring efforts In that commendable movement were in a great measure responsible for the victory that led to the i successful public ownership enterprise that has paid such handsome dividends to the people both in low taxes and cheap power for domestic and Industrial purposes. the foes of public ownership fire growing fewer and fewer in number as the years pass, there still remains a powerful group of private interests who constantly are striving by-means of money and propaganda to discredit and tear down, if possible, that wlilch has meant so much to the development of the district and the general welfare of the people therein. Keeping as officials of the district men who have proved themselves impregnable against Power Trust tactics should be foremost in the minds of the voters when they cast their ballots. In Kidd, the people of the fifth division have had an able representative on the board the past four years.

He has held the office of president of the district for two years. In that capacity he has done exceedingly well. During his service as a director the affairs of the district have i excellent condition. Profits from the power distribution system periodically have been transferred to the water department for maintenance and operation purposes. As a result of such use of hundreds of thousands of dollars earned by the electrical department the tax rate steadily has been reduced until today It Is among the lowest in the entire United States.

Kidd's experience gained in the past four yean is an tsset voters of the fifth division should bear in mind. His ability to act harmoniously with his fellow directors, his broad knowledge of district affairs, and his constant devotion to the cause of public ownership and the best interests of the people not only of his division, but of the entire district at well, should recommend him to every fair minded voter. SEND TH6 PRESIDENT, WHITE D.C. In New York Public Thinks BOSS Venn. LC.CM.

ConmuM The Modesto Irrigation District's board of directors as it now stands should be kept intact The placing of inexperienced men In two of the five seats would result in uncertainty and a loss of efficiency. That would be most unwise. Every consideration of sound sense and the district's welfare dictate that Mensinger and Kidd should be retained in office. Voters in the first and fifth divisions will be do ing the entire district a service if they reward them with an overwhelming vote of confidence on February 1st. "i "i -J Power Trust Wins In Assembly Test Vote Those citizens who had anticipated the present legislature would be less amenable to Power Trust influence than some of its predecessors were disillusioned on the first test vote of the session in the assembly.

This was on a motion by Assemblyman Ralph Dills of Los Angeles County to withdraw from the public utilitfts committee a resolution asking the state railroad commission to furnish a report on the amounts expended by the privately owned public utilities to defeat the Garrison Revenue Bond Act at the last election. It also included a request for information on payments made to attorneys in addition to their regularly employed counsel and also the amount of financial support provided various civic organizations throughout the state. Requesting such Information was nothing new. The legislature several times has asked for and received it from the state railroad commission. As Assemblyman Ben Kosenthal of Los Angeles County well said: The expenditures of the utilities for politics is information the consumers who pay the bills ought to have.

And Assemblyman Vcrnon Kil'. patrick of Los Angeles put the issue still more plainly when he pointed out the vote would indicate which members came here to represent tho people and which thc Power Trust. The amazing fact was disclosed, however, when the roll call was completed that it was the latter and not the former who was the victor. And more amazing still to the Death Penalty Is Just For Hellish Murderers A 16 year old Wisconsin girl went to sleep in the peaceful quiet of her home. During the night, however, she was the victim of a hellish killer who tied her in bed and then beat her to death with a hatchet.

Her widowed mother also was attacked by this same fiend and critically injured. Florida Climate For Hay Fever By DE. MORRIS FISHBEIN Frequently the person with hay fever or asthma feels better when he changes climate. Sometimes relief is obtained because the new surroundings do not contain irritating factors. In the Winter season many patients go to Flo 1 rida because its subtropical character makes its i a i ferent.

a Florida cian has given special attention to the uses of Florida climate for patients with hay fever and asthma. He points out that frequently when patients have found relief in Florida, careful study of the condition has revealed the irritating ingredient. It was then found that this could just as easily have been removed from the patient's environment at home as by travel to some distant place. When patients are sensitive to pollens of various types they should realize that certain pollens also are frequently found in Florida. In Florida ragweed is just about as common as in any part of the country.

Many factors enter News Behind The News Copyright, Newspaper Syndicate FROM WASHINGTON ANALYZED --The famous McKellar resolution requesting the number of names of all "foreigners" working for Uncle Sam has urned out to be a political dud. When and if the infamous list is released for general publication, the handsome senator from Tennessee will blush for shame--or something. The idea behind the demand was to demonstrate that certain agen- cies--WPA, SEC, NLRB, the labor department, loaded up with Keds and Communists and foreigners who have not yet become American citizens. Well, the reports disclose that comparatively few aliens are employed by these agencies, and that even those foreigners occupy minor posts such as janitorships and clerkships. Oddly enough, the two departments which employ the largest number of foreigners are those which should be the most careful and conscientious--the war and state departments.

Between them they probably give service to at least 20,000 aliens'--in Europe, in China, and around the Panama Canal Zone. But the majority of these socalled are ditch- diggers, interpreters and trade representatives. They would not know a state or military secret if It hit them in the face. jdulge In various other time wasting activities. It amounts to streamlined procedure.

Davis, however, notified Leader Barkley that he thought the senate ought to open up with prayer every noon. The Kentucklan acquiesced, but did not tip off Vice President Garner the first time. So Garner was placed in the embarrassing position of banging his gavel against prayer. The pious practice will be discarded, however, when the session gets hot. Then politics will come before prayers.

Vincent Carroll, Shadow and Substance (track like bombshell last a a an electric occasion with the opening of hi new play. The White Steed. Again Carrol 1 dramatized conflict i i the a i Church in Ireland, and again critio received his play i universal enthusiasm. And so Irish schoolmaster who was a $15 a week Glasgow teacher until Shadow And Substance brought rlchen and fame to him has scored again. Plays of spiritual, quality are not supposed to be "box office." Yet Carroll's plays, which are more concerned with the soul than with worldly affairs, are smash hits on the Rialto, labeled in story and song as the hardest artery in the world.

He has given up his schoolmaster duties in Glasgow's slums. Forfeiting the compensation of $25 a week is no longer a hardship. He has moved his family from a tenement quarter to more comfortable surroundings and has lavished a few pounds on sundry luxuries that he never dreamt of a few years ago. But in all other respects, thc Glasgow dramatist reveals no visible signs of his new found affluence. Though the royalties pour In, the tali, gaunt and bespectacled playwright occupies a modest room at the Algonquin--the same modest room he reserved when he came here virtually penniless.

He has several new items of clothing and a refurbished tuxedo testifies to the position he has gained in the world of the theater. But, unlike most playwrights who wake up with a hit on their hands, he has shunned gold cufflinks, elaborate suites and a wardrobe from Fifth Avenue shops. American playgoers and movie fans remember Dodle Smith, the ex London department store clerk, as the chronicler of pleasant, little family stories. Her play, Call It A Day, told the nostalgic story of a charming family on the first day of Spring, made a successful picture and was quite a hit an the BliVEB8MX TO CAVK MAX Editor of The Bee--Sir: When missing Itak finally became human, the race, both male and female, was decidedly hirsute like other land animals. As time marched on, man adopted clothing of sorts and the need for fur under the covered portions of bli body passed, and with llie need, the "fur.

Due to the courting habits of our ancestors in their on neighboring tribes for women, the desire for younger women led them to pick the least hairy ones. that in time the women lost their facial hair and acquired "the skin we love to LESS WWUl TO Editor of The Bee--Sir: Nearly everybody has heard of tccbaolof- ical unemployment and how tt contributed heavily to out of men and women who are yet capable of work. But few pec- pie realize that technology to forcing long active dollars InU idlesness, too. Dollais are employed when they can bring their a retun, usually in the form of interest During the world's fastest expansion of the past 150 years oppor- tunitijs were abundant and long term investment dollars could shells to use as clippers or a I gages. piece of obsidian to use as a razor.

However, our physical eipansUm A shave was truly an ordeal. Some has slowed down and the of the more courageous for investment where dollars eaa for example our American In- W0 rk bring a return are be- dians persistently plucked the of- coming fewer. In the remaining fending hair from the face until places where Investment can now his race Is practically hair- profitably made, mostly for less But the sissier tribes dis- placement of obsolete equipment, liked the torture of the shave as modern technology is reducing practiced by the early barbers and tj me investment by reducing so the beard persisted In many the time for capital payoff or lands. amortization. High speed, efficient However, with the advance of operation of todays technology is civilization, shaving equipment amortizing or paying back capital was so much improved that even Investment faster than ever before the most timid of the males could and is dooming the price system remove the objectionable foliage ca of Idle dollars to shorter and from his jowls and get In step shorter employment, until finally with the times.

The mustache cup they cannot be used at all. joined the dodo, the mustache wait le technological production of is now used on golf clubs, and pbyica! wealth has brought about the barber lost his skill in ampu- as C5 capital payoff In hls- tatlnpr the ends of the wiry whis- tory nam ely, the capital ker to produce the weird effects me in hc latest technological! known as the Van Dyke, the cqu jp me nt can now be amortized goatee, (lie burnside, the imperial. jn tn ty months of full load opera- or the Galloway, as well as many instead of sixty years. It others now lost In the limbo of the na ur! follows that this terrific past. Increase in thc rate of financial In- So the whisker, Instead of being vestment amortization, due to the a mark of manhood, is really a re- increasing productivity of tcchno- minder of the days when man was logical processes, will bring about a fearful, crying adolescent, afraid hc end product of increasing II- to pull out the useless papillary qu idity, tending to force thc Irter- fllamcnts which marred his face, and instead allowed his beard to grow and whistled in the grav yard to hide his cowardice.

C. A. M. Modesto, January 18, 1939. SUBSIDY PROPOSED FOR MEN WHO FARM LAND Editor of The Bee--Sir: Permanent farm relief still Is the topic cst rates finally to zero.

C. W. McCLINTOCK. Fresno, January 18, 1939. SUGGESTION IS MADE FOK CONTROL OF DOGS Editor of Thc Bee--Sir: I have read with Interest the article In the Public Thinks column written by Daisy Belle, in which she relates her trouble with police The horrible story is worthy of mention in the editorial columns for one simple reason--and that is that the Wisconsin law forbids the infliction of the death penalty.

So the perpetrator of this foul deed, when arrested, naturally expressed little concern either over his victim or.his own fate. He Is safe from the avenging hand of Justice beyond the degree of becoming perhaps a permanent recip- ent of the board and room provided by the taxpayers. There must be many people oven Wisconsin itself who are revolted by this protection granted to one who already has forfeited every just claim to continued existence. into the time when the ragwood pollenates and also into the concentration of pollen present in the air. This depends, of course, on nature of the winds that prevail.

Dr. Frank C. Metzger points out that ragweed pollen granules are found frequently in the atmos- INEPT Harold Ickes has phcre in Miami and that a far higher concentration has been But what of California? There are those in her own legislature who would put a like foolish restraint on the law in this state; who are bonding every energy to abolish capital punishment; who want to substitute scntimentalism for sense and shackle Justice to the post of their own half baked theories. This Wisconsin crime is a warning signal against any compromise with them or any weakening of thc statutes with respect to making the lives of killers forfeit for found in Coral Gables due to the east winds. In some parts of the state the pollens appear earlier in the year than in others.

In Tampa, ragweed attains its night about May 20th, hut the pollen is found most concentrated in August. The various grasses pollenate during every month of the year in Florida because there is so seldom a freezing temperature. The heaviest pollenation begins late in Feb- niaiy and continues March and April. When patients with hay fever and asthma were examined for the presence of sensitizing agents it was found that those most frequent were house dust, orris root, feathers, animal dandruff and dusts associated with occupations. The foods to which many patients wero sensitive Included oranges, citrus fruits, thc condiments and sea foods, milk, rice, wheat and vegetables.

Altogether, Dr. Mclzger is convinced that it is a mistake to send patients with hay fever and asthma to Florida in search of relief until they have first had a thorough study at home by a competent specialist to determine the substances which are responsible for producing their symptoms. tangled with Cordell Hull again, although this time it is through a proxy--the socalled Colonial Governor Ernest Gruening. The secretary of state, as usual, will win. A few weeks ago Cuban Dictator Batista announced after his visit to Washington that the duty on his people's sugar imports to the United States would be reduced from 90 to 75 cents a hundred.

The "little dictator" was a bit premature, for under the new procedure the state department must hold hearings for all interested parties before revising the tariff. Gruening apparently did not understand, for he appeared before the Hull tariff committee on behalf of our possessions--Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Hawaii, denounced the proposed arrangement with Cuba. His attack on Hull was vitriolic, volcanic. Gruening docs not know it, but FROM NEW YORK SENSE President Roosevelt's rearmament message was somewhat disappointing to speculators who had counted on an immense and immediate outpouring of funds for notional defense. But most informed New Yorkers, including those who feel that thc political motif is a potent factor behind the arms program, found the president's requests more realistic than they had privately expected.

Of course, the 5500,000,000 addition to the defense budget is not exactly chicken feed, but Roosevelt is credited with having made a good case for most of the items suggested. In particular, Roosevelt brought the airplane construction program down to earth after fanciful flights of ballyhoo. Thirty four hundred extra planes make much better sense than the widely advertised 10,000 the administration was supposed to ask for. This column reported weeks ago that the latter figure was a government press agent's pipcdream. The entire air- stage.

Now Dodie Smith has sent another family saga over to Broadway from London. It is Dear Octopus, and the other evening a first night audience hung around and cheered for quite a while. It concerns a devoted couple who have beckoned their children and grandchildren to their golden wedding anniversary. This being thc first time they have enjoyed family reunion in many a yeat, the offspring crowd the house. Their loves and hates and prejudices come to the fore over thc weekend.

Underlying the story is a love affair between one of the sons and a servant, impersonated by Lillian Gish. Without venturing too deeply into the lives of anyone in the plot, Miss Smith spins a nostalgic yarn about brothers and and uncles and aunts who suddenly are thrown together. Whatever bitterness and rankling resentment they nurse toward each other are dismissed at the end, when the eldest son drinks a toast to the institution of The Family, which he defines as the Dear Octopus, stretching its tentacles and drawing back prodigals to the family hearth. of the day, to help thc farmer and UOKS attacking her while rld- kecp the real farmer on thc a By real farmer I mean a man ing her bicycle on the highway. It Is a noticeable fact that many --i 1L la i whose family actually resides on ogs show ant i pa thy for riders on the farm and does most of thc work and not a city capitalistic fanner who makes his living elsewhere.

When his farm docs not pay he still has a larger Income than most farmers. No person who hnlda a government position should bo allowed to form on tho side, as government positions pay enough to keep family and farming should be left to farmers. To all thc actual farmer, a subsidy of $25 a month should be granted, so long as he is an actual farmer and derives 90 per cent of his income from the returns from his farm. When this Is carried out it will soon put the land in thu hands of actual farmers and then they can compete with the nonresident farmers. If all land farmed by nonresident farmers were left idle, there would be no surplus of farm products as at present.

The actual farmer must make a living for himself and also for the city farmer indirectly by paying his bills. PAUL ZSCHEILE. Chowchilla. January 18, 1039. bicycles.

Since shooting has been recommended to her as a last resource of protection, and she does not want to injure the animals, I think tho solution of her problem Is to take along a bodyguard a few times, also on a bike, and armed with ft shotgun loaded with fine bird shot. When her road enemy No. 1 appears on the scene, and before he gets within too close range, give him a gentle reminder with a load of bird shot, preferably In the rear. It niny take a first shot without hitting to turn him so it to get him in the right position to shoot at. injury to him, this will teach him to keep his distance from all bicycle riders at all times.

This practice has been used in the training of hunting dogs, and is very effective. When a dog learns that someone or something can be tougher than he knows himsplf to be, he never forgets the lesson. A. H. E.

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D. C. Q. What is the meaning of the inscription, "Qui plantavit curahit," President Roosevelt's coat of arms? A. "He who plants will take the Q.

Who won the Nobel peace prize for 1938? A. It was awarded to the Nan- PAWNS--Financial insiders get sen International Office for Refuses at Geneva. The Nansen of- plane manufacturing capacity of th the country could not have turned --H out that many in a year and a half. word that the project oC turning over thc Guianas to Jewish refugees from Europe is due to be revived in a hlg way soon. This suggestion originally was offered by the British Government last November.

It was not favorably received at the time and was al- the scheme for lowering the duty on Cuban sugar is cut and dried; it is in the bag. Thc state department will deny it, but Colonel Batista knew what he was talkine about. If they are smart--and Washington is beginning to wonder about that --Ickes and Gruening will back down before it is loo late to sugar the secretary of state. flee ia named in honor of the Nobel peace prize winner of 1922, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, who worked unremittingly in the interest of refugees.

Q. Our company must comply with the provisions of the Fair lowed to drop out of sight, but Labor Standards Act of 1938 (the TOURIST- In private political circles Irish President de Valera's trip to the United States has been heralded as a slap at King Georjje'n tour of Canada and the United States. It ig also supposed to be a maneuver to mobilize the religious forces of thc western world against the dictators, ay recently noted in these columns. Both theories sound logical at thc moment, but both arc wrong. President do Valera has notified the chairman and the vice chairman of his American committee-- voters of California was the fact that many assemblymen, elected as registered Democrats and supposedly in sympathy with the public ownership policies of both the Democratic platform and Governor Culbcit Ii.

Olson, voted airainpt the motion. Po one very black mark has been chalked up against in this FCHsMon. It is possible that at some later i i i i i will "Ut thc i r.nnthrr mil c-'ill: and that I I v.h" "ii t'o a i with thc 11 in the it wife and con- i i i to i they were clo.cj'.H lu the lo rrpic- Ecnt the tint to act is mouthpieces for thc privately hellish deeds. Some Balm Being an interim United States senator is not financially a profitable investment. This is thc opinion of Miss Gladys Pylc, a South Dakota Republican, who was a for fifty five days and I was paid $1,500 in pnlnry.

owned public utility corporations. She estimates this sum "any more than cover" her ex- r.rmTs in going to Washington, loss of income suffered in private during sib. i me. has r.ot thc greatest satisfaction thc job offers been Beins tagged a semUor. one has to put foimci hoforc it, is a thai may heal even an injured pockot In Stanislaus 20 Years Ago JANUAUT 19, 19)9 Fred W.

Ellcby, breeder of registered Jerseys of thc Prcscolt district, reported the pale of five head of heifcrs to the JIcarst Ranch at Plcasanlon. A. L. Rutherford, county horticultural commi.ssionpr, issued Ills annual report setting forth tlic value of crops in Stanislaus Conn" 301,250 I tv during 1018. A total of 301,2 will not a crcs pro nrc 702.0S5 tons witli book.

value of G. P. Schafcr, chairman of the civilian relief committee, Amr.r- ican 1U 1 Cross, in Modesto svnl hit-- lo Mis. pirMrlrnt of tlic lor.il tliiipr-r. Srhufor j-ai'l in view of thr conclusion of the war, hte services no longer needed.

Two vacancies on tlio school board in Mndeslo wore exprded lo be filial in tho Otlicr ttii'inbMs of (he hoard xvne li H. llazen nml .1. W. Hawkins-, a ti'jwly F. A.

Wcasl and J. J. Pine ic- signcd. Frank P. Walsh and Undersecretary of the Interior Harry Rlnttery --that politicis is not Involved in his tour.

He simply wants to revisit the cities and states which gave him such gracious welcome and financial reinforcement when he was only an Irish fugitive twenty years ago. It in a trip of thanksgiving rather than propaganda. President tie Valera hns informed American friends that he is emulating U. S. Grant after the latter left the presidency.

Now that Ireland is in what he believes lo he "good hands" i very words in his IntcFt letters), the distinguished Iri. patriot feels lli.it he oupht to see tho world. From the United States ho will to thc Orient and return home, thc longest way around thc globe. backstage discussions have since developed new angles that are due for an airing, Astute observers always have contended that an important motive behind the British promotion of Palestine as a Jewish haven under their wing -was to give them an opportunity to develop Haifa as an enormous oil port. Putting the Jews there neutralized thc territory and assured a worldwide protest if any other power tried to molest the setup.

Now it appears that once agajn the Jews are to be made pawns in a world game of power politics. The Guianas have a most unsuitable climate for European colonization except on the virtually inaccessible inland platenus. But if British, French and Dutch Guiana could be established as a Jewish refuge under the protecting mantle of the United States aa well aa of the powers named--it would amount to first class insurance against totalitarian interference with these colonies and their resources. You might like to bear this angle in mind when the subject cornea up again. wage and hour law).

In my office it often is necessary to work overtime. Is it permissible to work over forty four hours per week if I do not report more than that? A. An employe who reports only forty four hours per week vhen he has worked more, may cave his employer open to a charge of violating the law. Q. When and where was the first cutlery factory in America established? A.

Although some tools were manufactured in Pennsylvania as early us 1810. the first cutlery fac- toi-y was at Worcester, and dates from 1829, when a pen and pocket knife factory was established there. Q. When was Tuesday after thc first Monday in November chosen as election day? A. New York was the first state to fix upon that day, which was in 1841, Congress, in 18-15, in order to make the day uniform throughout the United States, adopted the New Yoik day as that for the election of presidential electors.

Q. Is thcro any government publication on common colds? If so, where may it be obtained? A. Common Colds, by Robert Dlesen, assistant general, United States Public Health Service, may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington) D. for 5 cents. Q.

wrote the song, That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine? A. Jimmy Long and Gene Autry. Q. Recently, on the radio, I have heard comedians refer to each other's jokes as "corny." What (loos that mean? A. It is a slang term for old and trite.

Q. When was the last civil service examination for substitute railway mall clerk? A. The last examination for thc whole of the United States was in 1935. By Gluyas Williams LAX--Wall Slrccters arc heartily in favor of Senator Charles L. McNary's resolution for a congressional investigation of Latin American bond defaults.

Most of tiie "good neighbor" nations are in default on bond issues floated in the United States and show very little concern about meeting their obligations, even in part. The Republican senate floor leader fiom Oregon craves to know how come. Tho reason i a i a men like the idea is hrcaurc hankers always have taken thc rap for the losses suffered by investors In those femurs. The Roosevelt administration has belabored them on this score more than once. Heretofore, no one connected with government hns shown the sliEjh'est Interest in npccrlaininn whether borrowing nations not been unnecessarily lax about paying their debts to out citizens.

If they have been, it rc- lirva the bankers of at least purl of Ihr? onus. Informed New York sources Insist a several In countries-Colombia--could easily ibrtnriHal payment? to PRKCTCnKNCK-Scnator J. Davis 1 piety has upset senate routine--to indignation of more industrious colleagues. Oidinarily tho senate recesses from one day to another Instead of adjourning. The device of recessing 'mts to start next flay right where it left off the preco'l- ing fltiy riiminntc? nuinbly by Uio'rhaplaln.

alxo (he mottling i rnako hour i which members in- i thotr l-niicd rredHors Jf trotlucp bills and pell- they chose--but they just do not lions from constituents and in- 1 choose. Ttffe OVEROftf OH HW6ER Hfff UP 6VERCOT, KMOtRiHG DOWN MORE Coftf Wft Rlfr (Copyright, 1109, by ThtBcIl Bjndioite, Inc.).