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BarawcIL & C- Tli«rW*y. * STAR * ! DUST | * M.ovic • Radio t * * ★★★By VIRGINIA VALE A T LAST something long pre- dieted has happened. A real battle has been described over the air while it was going on. And never has there been a more ex citing broadcast. H. V. Kalten- born, the news commentator, stood on the roof of a hotel in Hendaye, France, and described the fighting going on just across the bay in Spain; his words and the rumbling of the big guns were clearly heard in this country. —— They’re building a new movie the ater in New York, and equipping it for television, though we’re told that television won’t really be practical for some time to come. —*— Would you trade Warner Baxter for Dick Powell, or vice ^versa? Twentieth Century- Fox think it’s a good deal. The for mer will get the lat ter for “On With the Dance,” for which elaborate plans are being made. This is only the second time Powell has been al lowed to stray from the home lot; the first time it was for “Thanks a Million.” And in return War ner Brothers will use the very popular Mr. Baxter as co-star with Kay Francis. Warner Baxter still remembers the time when things weren't going too well for him, and as a result of playing WORLD POWER CONFERENCE ENDS Politics, Supposedly Taboo, Causes Walkout of Some Delegates; Sun Machine Fails; President Sends His Message. 1 IMPROVED UNIFORM I NTH NATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By WILLIAM C. UTLEY ♦" lUBLIC utility executives and engineers from all parts of the world are on their way home now from the World Power confer ence at Washington, wherein it was hoped that all nations might ,gain a clearer understanding of the world’s power resources and how they might be used for the best good of civilization. Approximately 700 delegates came from abroad to attend the im portant parley, which has a tradition that only scientific advances will be discussed or reported, and that politics shall never “rear its ugly head.” The ugly head was reared with a vengeance this time, though, and its rearing resulted in the walking out of some of the most important delegates. Of course the delegates did visits a model electrified farm, and sub mitted endless papers on technical advancements more important and less understandable than most of the widely-publicized discussions of the parley. They also assembled on the green grass yard of the Smithsonian in stitution for what promised to be a highly spectacular demonstration of a machine designed to use power from the heat of the sun’s rays. Old Sol himself did not take kindly to this harnessing of his authority, and depended upon to support them selves and everything above them, were the only companies ^which owned any physical properties or had any real earning power, the local operating and gas utilities companies. "In certain cases there were as many as eight subholding companies interposed between the operating companies at the bottom and the holding or investment company at the top." The “disastrous effect” of pyra miding on the security values of Hr KEY Dtaa H AKOt.n L LUMDQGirr. MSwIaHNWR •f th« Mn*4r •f rhirago • Waatara N • wap* par Data*. Lesson for October 4 W Kay Francis the role of a thei 11 F 1 r! prt rer in ’' Forty-second Street ’ for Warner Brothers his star rose again. Funny. Isn't It. the way a star’s kts fee a while If he's tochy, •«*ce Mere. There's the case el Genrt# Bancroft, whe was at the top fee ae tong Than, apparently, he sHppai If yen saw Mr. Dee4a C'emes to Tewn” yen'll recall him hi s small part whHh he play*4 am pechty Aa a re Rail ef ihel Cmbmm- ton uUi star tom again, this time In “Bachetoer la Calls ' When yo« see “Swing Thun** ran U see Victor Moore, once one os the best comedinmi on the stage In fact, that's what he was till he oForfcod la “Swing Time ** For some years he has had Broadway In the palm eg his hand And he was cam tent to have tt that way. had an >earning* far IfoUjrwond. Yeoro ago h# 911*4# picture* — about fifteen y r. if# mgo . to be exert. About forty MtM *1 com todies and ae veral feature #f|| NfeC' tur** o#r# c hatoed up to Has Cf#4it • b#for# h# ( teetered that H* 4 ne%n f 90### SfMyf jh ter movie urn- MTSi! B SuCtVI alLLn# f #% OdLJl t »wpt to F v FStTY# ska * i Apfhsrmtljr the Rogers As! l*ir# p% a tur# o sb IKi Bf BEWtlClfung, foe he K* B • <f etj S ki mg term com- tri RKO Helen Hayes has chosen the ilecy for her series ef broadcasts. It Is “Bsmto.” a novel by Marjerte Ben ton Ceehe. wbicb tells ef the adven- taret ef a small town girl who comes to New York to go on the stage. II was published a boot twen ty years ago—If yon can remember that far back yon may recall It. —■*— Rudy Vallee will go to work in Hollywood again in October—the picture being entitled “Mr. Melo dy.” And gossipy folk arc renew ing the talk about a romance be tween him and Alice Faye. In “Sing, Baby, Sing” Adolphe Mcnjou gives one of the best per formances of his career. Alice Faye, the heroine of the picture, has improved greatly. The story is obviously based on the romance of Elaine Barrie and John Barrymore —there's the pursuit across, the country and all the rest of it; no wonder John objected! If you want to get in touch with Kate Smith, who’ll be back on the air waves soon, write to Kated, In corporated; the address is 1819 Broadway, New York city. That’s her business name, and she employs no less than 55 persons. Some at tend to charities, some to the pro fessional basketball team which she owns, three give their time to her fan mail, others look after her radio and theatrical affairs and there’s a special department devoted to help ing young artists. —¥— ODDS AND ENDS ... Joe E. Brown, back from his London triumphs, will make a picture that Douglas Fairbanks made years ago. "Flirting With Fate" . . . Harry Horlick, of the air waves, has « collection of autographs which includes those of many of the Russian nobility who perished in the revolution . . . Phil Baker's favorite brouhaMs are private ones; he loves to talk abbut his two-year- old son . . . "The Gorgeous Hour" is a grand picture, with Joan Crawford 4o*ng fuse ustrk. but it certainly mangles tka hiUnrwal farts on wkirh il’s supposed in be based . . , Paramount t "Tka General Iked at Dasen" tt of ike usost thrill- mg of current pirthM . . . And yon eee- astofy don't moot "Tka J Rangers “ • ■* caw** S ~ w iO». sr Dr. W. r. toroed mi ttm hast oo gore: ■.nj.i' y kot ha surraadad m malting an am wnllai bearing of lha rootraptom. ■haraby poalpuamg mdcdfuiely aw ippanunity foe the showing of lha n a china to tha great nUnda of lha jower towinsm Hold mg Compaay — Fro a ad Cam. This, from tha layman's point of maw, was proha toy tha moat spec- torular single pmea of now* to come from the comferamra. After that tha ialagatas tattled daw t! to O fC’O' It VO* y time-honored bones of contention, lha public utility holding company, and public ownership Judge Robert E lleaty of tha securities and exchange comrms- oon led tha attack oo tha holding rompony. Defense was taken up by Max Frederick Horn, representing tha Belgian government. One of the iest holding company executives of Europe, Mr f Horn argued that the folding company was the salvation at the utilities throughout the world. That continent, he said, is genuinely tpprehensive concerning the work ing of the American holding com pany law. He hoped that the law «ould not result in the destruction )f the holding company system, on Ihis side of the water. Dr. Harlow S. Person of New York, e •annulling economist, threw the meeting a nice morsel to fight over when he de clared that priiate utilities of the United States place a "book value'’ of 17 billions of dollars on their properties, while the actual physical value does not come with- tn 5 billions of that amount. Judge Healy’s paper went Into what he called the “public utility story of 1920-30.” He described fea tures which he termed unusual. “The extreme and often dis astrous competition of holding companies to acquire additional properties was,” he said, “charac teristic of this period. Holding com pany representatives and promoters combed the United States in search of municipal and private utility companies which could be pur chased outright or tied up with an option. There appeared to be no limit to the prices that could be paid for new properties or the,, ex tent to which anticipated profits could be capitalized. Pyramiding Holdings. “Many of the holding companies were increasingly impressed with the ease of floating new securities through investment bankers, who were eager for commissions and profits on securities which could be sold to a public hungry for invest ment outlets and speculative oppor tunities. “One holding company was piled up on another. So-called investment trusts and companies were erected above the holding companies, equi ties were divided and redivided and ’■ - 4 A I believe that public ownership of electrical utilities, or the threat of public ownership, is the only prac tical method by which this object can be obtained. This has been proved so in other cities and only a short time ago the New York City rates were reduced because of the drive put on by Mayor La Guar dis for a municipal power plant in that city and the able paper pre sented here by Mr. E. F. Scatter- good of Los Angeles only serves to further strengthen us in this con viction. Division of Savings. “The very nature of the privately owned utilities with their monopo listic feature and their complicated financial structure will always tend to hold the rates up in spite of all the technical improvements which the engineers may discover. "Where savings are made they can never go in their entirety to the con sumer. They are always divided between him and the owner, and sometimes, l fear, not always equally. “These factors, together with the high cost of regulation, although not high enough yet to*be efficient or effective according to Messrs. Bonbright and Mosher, convince Mayor La Guardia and me that the full benefits of electrical genius in this country will never be enjoyed under our present methods of pro duction and distribution.” Indignant at the New York man’s conduct was Morris L. Cooke, chair man of the conference's executive committee, administrator of the rural electriciflcation authority and one of the top men in the biggest of all public competitors of privately- owned utilities, the TV A Apology of Cbairasaa. **I deprecate the emergence of politics this morning.” Mr. Cooks said in his statement. “An effort 1 has been made from the beginning. In accordance with the treditions of the World Power Conference, to THE MACEDONIAN CALL Household * Q Ques/mr Kota !•:« LESSON TEXT — Romani 15:18-21. OOLDEN TEXT—Oo jra tharefora, and teach all natlona.—Matthew 28:19. PRIMARY TOPIC —Paul’s Wonderful Dream. JUNIOR TOPIC—God’a Call to • New Continent. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—A Cry for Help. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —The World’s Need of Chriat. Break crisp cooked becoti left over after breakfast into potato soup. It improves the flavor. a a a A cloth saturatad with vinegar and rubbed over brick tiling will make the tiling look like new. a • a When preparing mustard add a drop of salad oil to it while mix- ng. This will greatly improva tha lavor. • a a a After frosting cakes dip a knife n hot water and smooth over the frosting to make it glossy. © Awociated Newspaper*.—WNU Service. > % keep the discussions on n I meal plane "f par tonally dragiy ergprS SaS * arrurreroa 4 mrdsnal g roptsom km koan antwa ft spoork an nsonndr and Sotkno tkt* msam Mr. Lwet ■bed wfcei Leoha Oa ths principel h> -Lng t^mperura wee iMtod by Judge Heely, who outonittort a chart giving the egg re- gale market value ef the securities ef twenty Avv companies lag the years !ft9. ItU and IBM. Charges laAsUsa There were m IMNNNMt 4#cUr#4 ige Heely, **0 ih#f# Ul# ki f i le wp t used aa a b ssts fur *1 anljr ibsminl B#runu#s iitsy#4 iMMt **#t#f 1a # v#rf few mb* «-* ■ 1 I war* directly to tha public, but in meat cease they were delivered to n bold ing company which issued and sold its own securities against them, so that, indirectly, many securities based on inflation or write-ups were sold to the public “ “It is dsfkwlt." ka eonrhsdod. “to too mherrsm lha well -etSmbls tkod romponses m the large estset thing foe ikomteltet when they were ac quired ky kaldsmg rmmpamseq. Several of era sets sneeessfml and ora not ky holding companies. “The experience of the last few years leads to the conclusion that, generally speaking, holding com panies which are not in the first tier above the operating companies, or which are not necessary to hold together an efficient integrated sys tem, do more harm than good. “As to the future, it will un doubtedly see electricity used to an extent not now envisioned. The fu ture of the privately owned utility company depends to a great degree on whether a fair and easily work able method of rate regulation can be developed, and upon the in dustry’s success in completely freeing itself from the hands of the jugglers of finance and devoting itself more to the production and sale of gas and electricity and less to the production and sale of securi ties.” Politics Comes In. Maurice P. Davidson, former New York city utilities com missioner, representing Mayor La Guardia, touched off the political bombshell, advocating the threat of public competition as the only ef fective means of securing lower rates. “The threat of public competition produces an immediate and salu tary effect on the rate policies of the companies,” he said. Following Mr. Davidson was Langdon W. Post, chairman of the New York City housing administra tion, who complained of the way in which the poor of his city were, in his opinion, exploited by high rates. "They, tka poor of our city," ka cate tinned, “sora nickels while you and I try to sate dollars. Tka diferenea baUeaan a bJl i: > ' electric light raey mock to yon H U ell +a dsfee Guardia wbem India Sent Mme. Kapoorsundri Agarwal to the Conference. tion of all the facts and all the arguments, so that the public may have a basis for arriving at a de cision. Everybody has agreed that there is to be no politics or propa ganda.” Russia Speaks Her Piece. On the closing day of the con ference, Floyd L. Carlisle of New York, who had defended the utility companies, declaring that they “would co-operate with any plan, government or otherwise, founded in sound economics for the public good,” made the statement that “modern industrial civilization has been almost exclusively confined” to countries where private owner ship is the rule. B. E. Yusim, a Russian delegate, immediately an swered. “Russia was last among nations in power production in 1923 but today it is third, lagging only behind the United Stales aad Ger many President Ronawvtot addressed tha conference before B ended 0 VhMMBHI IldMBfe The roots of American life, cul tural and religious, reach back in to the European soil on which our forefathers dwelt. The lesson be fore us is therefore of peculiar in terest, for it relates the first step in the carrying of the gospel into Europe, and ultimately to America. Paul, the missionary with a pas tor’s heart, felt constrained to go and visit the centers where he had ministered on his first journey. As he proceeded he was providentially hindered and led by the Holy Spirit to Troas. Here his next “step” seemed for a time to be a “stop/* but soon God in a vision called him into Macedonia—and the gos pel had come to Europe. It is of interest to note that Paul, as he thus began his second mis sionary journey, was I. Obedient to the Spirit (Acta 16:6-12). He had certain plana in mind He set out with a purpose, but he was willing to have his om itinerary changed aa the Holy Spirit led. It is significant that the guidance was negative aa well aa positive. The stops aa well aa “the steps of a good man are ordert by the Lord’’ (Pa. IT S). Chris- dans will do well to remember that providential hindering circum stances may be aa much the lead ing of God aa the heavenly vision, w* are to bo obedient to any guid ance He gtvee but are ere not to bo merely peeetve. but actively submissive to Hie wftt. Paid wee about the Father s buemeee, not Idly waiting lor the speaking of a voice from boo von. It la to such a man or woman that the Mace daman call comoa oven to our day, »r\iy new B comae from Chine, India. South America, or Africa U Fatfhhrf to Teetlmouy (re. U, Ml. Paul. wNh bto companion St las, Timothy who bod )omod thorn at Lystra. and Luko (note that the “they" of e. 8 b*r<*noe **vo M to ' v Id) cams to Philippi to Macw dome, but they f«Mnd ae Macw donton man waiting fee them. Had they keen mietehen m their * .»*■ >o and call* True rr.iM.rei*rtea are net thuo come so nun am goes after them Paul aeon discovered that there 1 wea e place ef prayer at the river, evidently a gathering place ef de vout Jews lor warship There he met the man of Macedonia whe ' turned out to be e woman For , some reason the men were absent from the place of prayer oa that ! all - important Sabbath morning. Lydia was e woman of diatmc- 1 lion, business ability, and of high moral character. But Paul knew that even good people need to be saved. He spoke the truth of God. She accepted the message ae God opened her heart, and at once she entered into III. Fellowship in Service (v.15). Lydia proved herself to be one of that noble succession of women who have served Christ and the church. She and her household shared in the ministry of Paul by their Christian hospitality, thus helping forward the missionaries. Observe carefully that she was not saved by her works, but that her works followed naturally after her salvation. Turning now to one of the epis tles of Paul we look at his exposi tion of certain IV. Fundamental Missionary Principles (Rom. 15:18-21). Those things which Christ had wrought (Paul took no glory to himself) through him Paul had consistently directed into fields where no one else had preached the gospel. The spirit of the missionary of the cross is that of the pioneer, pressing ever 'onward, taking new land, not duplicating the work of others, not jealous of their suc cess, not seeking comfort or glory. Men need the gospel; they are lost without it. Let us press on into the yet unoccupied territory. KEEPS HAIK NEAT A little Moroline rubbed into the hair makes combing ea*y and keeps hair neatly in place. The 10c size contains 3^$ time as mudi as the 5c size. Try it today. Demand MotoUne. 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