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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
MOSQUITO REPELLENTS

Discouraging hungry mosquitoes
from biting human beings is no easy
task, the United States Department
of Agriculture says in answer to in
quiries about mosquito repellents.
Different kinds of mosquitoes react
differently to the same repellents,
and some individuals get better re-
suits than others with the same
material, the department says.
Oil of citronella is one of the most
widely used mosquito repellents.
1t may be used pure or mixed with
mineral oil, vaseline, or lanolin in the
proportion of one part to five. AL
most any oily preparation on the
skin repells mosquitoes to some ex-
tent.
There is no cure for mosquito bites,
and the department urges proven
ton, such as keeping screen doors
closely fitted and having them open
outward. Another precaution is to
have good screens over the windows,
using full screens, if possible. The
screen mash should not be larger
than 16 opening to an inch. Another
move against the mosquitoes is spray
ing with kerosene pyrethrum mix
ture. This will destroy those struck
by the spray and also acts as a re-
pellent.
If the mosquitoes do get you and
the bites bother you, one method of
relief consists or rubbing the pune
lures gently with a moist piece of
toilet soap.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

off the brush land, increasing grain
yield, and at the same time producing
total clip Of 100000 pounds OF
mohair yearly. Every state in the Un-
ion has at least few members OF the
family, but the great bulk is conferred
in Texas, Arizona, Oregon, New Mex.
leo, California and Missouri.
Mohair or angora fleece must not
be confused with wool. Mohair ts even
stronger than wool, very lustrous and,
due to its structural difference, much
easier than wool to keep clean. Mo-
hair has many uses for clothing, dra-
peries, rugs and other domestic appli-
cations but by far its most significant
uses are for furniture and automobile
upholstering, for which it is made up
into a pile fabric called mohair vel
vet or sometimes velm0 for short.
Twelve million yards Of this fabric
are in use in passenger trains today,
due to it's extreme durability combined
with pleasing appearance and fade
less dyes, while over a hundred MIL
lion yards, it has been estimated, are
on the highways in the form Of auto
mobile upholstery.
The skin Of the angora is used for
making gloves, while the meat, called
chevon, is much like lamb or mutton.
But, Of course, by far the most Inn
portant use Of the angora goat Is its
mohair fleece which you probably rest
on every time you take out your car.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

1t is a very good plan to keep
few cans of your favorite fruit
in your refrigerator so that when
you come home and want to toss
together a meal in a hurry, you
can serve them at once, deliciously
cool with whipped cream. Or on
lettuce leaf with mayonnaise, for
a perfect salad.
Serve Cold
An excellent idea for a quickly
prepared fruit cup, is to combine
fresh and canned fruits. Use for
a first course or a dessert, for
example, this Raspberry and
BGatanG Cup: Slice or cube two
bananas into eight cocktail
glasses. Squeeze eight teaspoons
lemon juice over them at once to
prevent discoloring. Then fill the
cups with the contents Of one No.
can of red raspberries. Serve.
very cold.s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

no you remember how attrac-
~ tive the apple and peach
orchards were last year with the
rosy cheeks of the former and the
soft pink down of the latter's per-
feet compilations? Lots Of this
fruit, just as perfect and nutri-
tious as when you saw it growing,
is now awaiting you.
OF course you will use plenty
Of canned peaches-the best-seller
among canned fruits-canned
apples, applesauce and apple but
ter. But perhaps you have not
tried the wide variety of fruits
now offered to you in cans. There
are cherries, black, red and white;
cranberries, blackberries, straw
berries, raspberries, loganberries,
plums, pears, grapefruit, pine
apple, rhubarb, apricots, grapes,
figs as well as fruits for salad and
numerous fruit juices.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

Children, it seems, are not
supposed to desire any change
from their diet of oatmeal and
spinach.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

Why can you be so much
more amiable to some people
than others? Because they
are receptive and enjoy anna,
hility. ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

When a man makes a resolu-
ton to wear a porous plaster,
he sticks to it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

Put off till tomorrow what
you should do today, and some
other fellow will do it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31

Outspoken people are not
always. for that reason. honest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
Hopewen M. E. Charge

j. H. Whedbee, Minister
Hopewell Charge
Sunday School 10000 a. N.
Divine Worship HOO a. M,
and 1880 p. m.
Asbury Church
Sunday School 200 p. m.
Divine Worship 800 p. IN.
Every second Sunday--Sun-
day School $3.50 a. m.
Divine Worship 1880 p. m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-07-31
6 6

Parents of the great when
they realize that their child is
extraordinary are at first as
tonished and then prideful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

| freight train into the path Of q west
bound passenger express.
Fulmar's companion, Ralph Chepeeny,
10, of FL PaSo, reported the accident
to the police. A note found on Full
mars body read: I'm case Of accident
notify Mrs. E. Alexander, general de-
| livery, Tucson, Ariz.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
New Tax Source Found.

WARSAW, Poland R).-The govern
ment has tapped a new source OF reve-
nue.. A tax of one-ffth to 2 per cent
Is to be levied upon the incomes Of all
men not in the army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
BOY DIES IN TRAIN LEAP

ELIZABETH. N. j.. october 9 LPl-
Paul Fulmar. 10, of FL Paso. Tex, was
killed yesterday when he leaped from
an eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
SHIP MERGER PLAN REPORTED.

Herald-Trlbune said today steps 10
organize a merger CT IL American and
foreign shipping companies owning and
controlling 18l passenger and cargo
lines, with a total Of 100000 gross
tons, were taken at a meeting in San
Francisco attended by Herbert Fleisch-
hacker, Capt. Robert Dollar, r. Stanley
Dollar. Kermit Roosevelt and John M.
Franklin.
The merger. If concluded, the paper
said. would bring under one head COM
panies operating from Atlantic and
Pacific Coast ports of the United States
to Europe, the Orient, around the world
and in the intercoastal trades.
Roosevelt and Dollar interests were
expected to take the lead in direction
CT the merged lines. Paul w. Chap
man, owner of the United States Lines,
was reported willing to step aside If
assured present shareholders of the
company would be protected.
Basil Harris, vice president of the
ROOSEVELT. M. M. Lines, declined to
comment on the reported proposed
merger. R. Stanley Dollar, president
of the Dollar Lines, attended meet
ing here three weeks ago with Vincent
Aston and Roosevelt, when the merger
was first discussed, and when he laid
the plans before FleiSchhacker the
banker Immediately summoned the
Roosevelt Line officials, the Herald
Tribune said. Aston is a director of
the ROOSEVELT. NJ. M. Lines.
1t is believed that one big holding
company would be organized, but that
the Roosevelt and Dollar Lines will
retain separate identities. The forrer
would look after transatlantic opG:a-
tionS and the latter the transpacific.
The various intercoastal services, the
newspaper says, probably would be
grouped and operated Jointly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
LAURETTA GOSS.

LAURETTA GOSS.
Dancing in one of BroadWay's newest
hits is only a part-time Job for Lauretta
Goss. She is one of New York's best
known commercial artists and is espe-
cially famed for her pastel portraits.
She halls from Belleville, Ill.
"A. P. Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
i. S. LINES BUYERS
CONFER ON RATES
Prospective Purchasers Hold
San Francisco Meeting
on Rivals Operations.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, october 9-Joint
operation, financing and reorganization
of the United States Lines was the sub
iect of meeting here yesterday between
Herbert EleiShhacker, financier, and
representatives of the Dollar Chapman
Dawson shipping interests and the
International Mercantile Marine-Roose-
velt Lines.
Participants said the meeting had to
do solely with the United States Lines,
which for months have been a bone of
contention between the rival shipping
groups, and with the fixing of rates for
! both intercoastal and transatlantic lines.
| Representativesof the groups asserted
| that they did not discuss a merger of
| the vast shipping interests controlled by
the two agencies and that no consolida-
ton was contemplated.
Rate Separation Reported.
The Chronicle, however, quoted an
unnamed spokesman for FleiShhacker as
saying the conferees discussed plan
whereby all American shipping lines,
both passenger and freight, might
operate profitably without crossing the
schedules, rates and routes of each
| other
RODefC DOllaT, II. Stanley OOlldT,
Kermit Roosevelt and John M. Frank
| lin were the principals meeting with
Fleishhacker, the Dollars representing
their own interests and those of Ken
| meth Dawson, Portland, Greg, and Paul
Chapman of the United States Lines
Franklin and Roosevelt represented the
| I. M. M.-Roosevelt lines. Both the
Dollar Chapman-Daws interests and
! the I. M M.-Roosevelt group were bid
ders for the right to operate the United
| States Lines.
Operations Discussed.
The United States Shipping Board
suggested the two opposing interests get
together on the operation and drew ur
contract with the Dollar Chapman
Dawson group relating to the purchase
of the lines, which the prospective buy
erS have until october Is to sign.
The I. M M.-RooSevelt represent
atives, after the contract was drawn up
approached the Dollar group, suggesting
the two get together, and Dollar re.
piled that unless an agreement On botf
Atlantic and intercoastal rates could bt
worked out there could be no discus.
sionS
The meetings continued today rela.
tive to the rate and schedule operation!
of the lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
500 TO ATTEND F0REMEN'S DINNER TONIGHT
American Brass Has Reservations
 For 112 Officials
Chase Works Sending 100 to Central When Dr Harry
 Myers, Noted COnsultant in Human Engineering,
 Will Deliver Address

Final returns from the members 0f the board of governors of the Industrial Foremen's club indicate that over 500 men will attend to- nirftss dinner-meeting in the Gen. trol Y M c A gymnasium. The American Brass company including the main plant the American Metal Hose, the Waterbury Brass Goods and the French Manufacturing con- pany will have 112 representatives in attendance. The Chase Brass & ond with 100 men from the Chase Metal Works, Waterbury Manufac- turing company and the Chase Roll ing Mill. Third in line will be the Scovill Manufacturing company with S5 men from the main plant and the plants at Oakville and Waterville
 Among the smaller companies the seth Thomas Clock company will have a commanding lead with 40 men present. The Bristol company, the Beardsley & Wolcott company, and the Patent Button company ex- pect to have 30 men each present. The Farrel Foundry and the Lux Clock company will be well up in the running with 25 representatives each. Naugatuck will be represent ed by 20 men from the u. s. RuD- Der company. Other companies which will be represented are: Steele & Johnson, Shoe Hardware company, Waterbury Clock company, A. Q. Campbell. company. American Ring company, Connecticut Light & Pow. er, Cromium corporation, Logan Pat tern Works. Seymour, smith and Sons, Bridgeport Brass company, General Manufacturing company, Henderson Brothers, Waterbury Iron Works, Parisian optical company, and the Thomaston Manufacturing company. ' Progress, People and Prosperity. will be the subject to be discussed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

questionable assets. In fact I have kept this $22O,O00 asset created by the special tax off the books this year in the hopes that the legisla- ture would cancel it. Of course I have no real authority to do so but it confuses the city's books and gives a false picture of the municipality's assets"
 Congressman Goss explained that the asset Is nuisance in that it is never to be collected. He added that the factories, for instance. are in- convenienced by the existence of the tax on the city's books because they have reserves aside to pay the tax if it is ever collected. Passage of the bill would release these reserves, he declared. It was explained that a temporary loan was borrowed against the special tax and that this money was paid back out of the funding bonds allowed two years ago by the legislature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
OBITUARY

! FI4ANAGAN-Mrs Mary Elan agan, wife of James Flanagan, died this morning at her home, 50 Hill. view avenue. She leaves besides her husband, one sister, Mrs Katherine
 Haggerty of this city; three brothers,
 James Murphy of this city and Ed ward and William Murphy of Naug- atuck.
 Mrs Flanagan was born in Naug- atuck but for the past Is years made her home in Waterbury. The body was removed to the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street
 from where the funeral. will be held
 Saturday morning to St Thomas church and burial will be in St EJalnes' cemetery, Naugatuck. The time will be announced later. F LOkTBARDI-Felix sLombardi, age I35 years, died yesterday afternoon at the Waterbury hospital following E a short illness. i- He was veteran of I the World war, having enlisted with l Co G, 102nd infantry and served lswith tho 26th division, A. F. F.. At | the close of the war, MT Lombardi
 enlisted in Co l.. 9th U. 5. Infan-
 MT Lonabardi was native of lmads ra his SS home S R in this HSs country. lie l leaves one sister. Mrs Angelo Ventlit- lti of Italy. The body was removed Ito the Colasanto funeral home, 932 Hank street. Arrangements for a military funeral are to be announced later.
 | KASTANKEWfCZ-Michael Kas- |tankewicz. age g years, son of John
 KastankeWicz of Buckingham street, Oakville, died yesterday at the Nor- wicf state hospital following an ill.,
 ness of ten years duration. Besides his father, he leaves one brother, Nikolae and q sister, Mrs Julia Stokes of Oakville and another sis- ter, Mrs Tessie Carbon of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 The funeral will be held to-mor-
 Russian Greek Orthodox church on Crown street Burial will be in the Russian Greek Orthodox cemetery. NICHOLS-Mrs Ruth (Griffin) Nichols. wife of Howard K. Nichols of 43 Eastwood avenue died at her home early to-day after an illness | of one week. Mrs Nichols was . native of Worcester but had resided here practically all her life. She was married ten years ago. Mrs Nichols was very we'll known and had a wide circle of friends who will be grieved to hear of her death. She was a devout member of Ss Peter and PauPs church.
 | She is survived by her husband,
 Howard E. Nichols; her parents, John and Abbie Carroll Griffin; three brothers, John of Woodbury and George and Charles of this city and 1 two sisters, Mrs James Cream and Miss Helen Griffin.
 The funeral will be held from her home Saturday morning at S:30 o'clock to SS Peter and Paul's church where solemn mass of re- quiem will be celebrated at 3 o'clock. Burial will be in new St Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
City Bonding
 Fully Explained
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 agreement on all the measures and it was explained to the committee that the increase in the bonded in- debtedness, if all the bills are passed, will be only $90,000 as the
 remaining money realized, $1,000,- 900, will be used to pay off the fioat- ing indebtedness.
 The park bond bill calls for $40,- 900 while the one pertaining to the
 pumping station calls for $50,O00. Earlier in the session $50,000 golf course bond bill was also passed, meaning that for the next two years the increased bonded indebtedness sanction by the legislature will be
 only $140,000 over what the city is already authorized to spend. Attorney O'Connor explained the need of the community house in Washington park and the necessity | for the pumping station in the west ern section of the city.
 l Controller Leary explained the bill pertaining to the $1;060;006 fundtng Etbonds. He declared that the city Twill save interest if it pays back
 the temporary loan with funding
 bonds. The issue proposed would | would be paid off at the rate of $100,000 annually.
 During the past year. Controller ,, Leary explained, the administration paid off $1,000,00 of the $2,00O,0O0 floating Indebtedness inherited from the previous indebtedness When the end of 1881 is reached, he add- ed, the administration will have paid off $1,S50,366.22 on the bonded in-, debtedness, also. Interest involved will be $1,537,576.56. Half. of the 1881 payments on bonds has already been paid, he declared.
 the remaining $1.000.000 of the bonded indebtedness by the issuance of bonds, he said, for it would save
 interest and lessen the burden on the people Congressman Goss de-
 clared that he heartily agreed with Controller Leary.
 | On the bill to validate the tax
 bills of this year and last year 1t was explained that the new form of bill. recommended by the charter commission, contained an error which was not noted in time to rem edy it. A state statute rules that if
 taxes are not paid within 90 days, both installments become due at once. This notice was included on the Waterbury tax bills.
 | But, however, special act in the | Waterbury charter provides that the | two installments become due and payable after 80 days delinquency.
 Therefore, in order to avoid any
 mix-up on interest, the legislature
 is asked to validate the 90-day period allowed on the tax bills for
 the two years. It was explained that under Mayor Hayes amended
 charter the 90-day period Is allowed and, therefore, will be in effect next
 year in uniformity with the other cities and towns of the state. Controller Leary urged the com
 mittee to report favorably on the bill which would declare null and void the special one and one-half
 mill tax laid to repair the flood dam age several years ago. The special tax was merely laid so that 1t could
 be borrowed against as an asset. 1t was explained. There was never any intention to collect the tax but it is
 still carried on the city's books as an asset.
 This is bad bookkeeping, de- 1 clared Controller Leary. T want to keep the city's books clear of all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
NATIONAL DEBT CREEPS HIGHER
 DAY AFTER DAY
Secretary Mellon Worried Over Such a Thing Hap- pening in Peace Time Debt To-day Is Sl6,857,- 868,436
By THOMAS l.. STOKES United Press Staff COrreSDOndent)

Washington, April g. (UP)-Sec- retary of the Treasury Mellon, who won a reputation by scaling down the national debt nearly 10 billion dollars in 10 years, saw it creeping upward again to-day due to the drain of veterans loans, extraordin- ary emergency appropriations by congress, and the sharp fall in in- come tax and customs collections.
 An increase of the public debt in peace- times is an unusual event, and the financial talents of the 76-year- old treasury head will be taxed in meeting thir present fiscal situation.
 The public debt stood to-day at as the result of a gradual upward trend since last December, when 1t had been cut down to $16,026,087,0S7. When Mellon took office in 1921, the na- tional debt totalled $26,000, ,00O, 900 participation in the World War. Since that time 1t had been gradual ly reduced until 1t began to edge up again recently.
 It was boosted bit further by the issue yesterday of $275,00O 900 in eight-month certificates to secure money for current expenses.
 The government, it is estimated, will need billion dollars to pay off the veterans loans. In addition, many outstanding obligations are coming due. Income tax collections were only $335.000,000 in March, $225, 100000 below March last year. Customs receipts are $123,000,000 off for the fiscal year beginning last July 1, totalling only $297.000,000 on April 6.
 The government faces deficit on
 July 1 estimated at around $700,- 900, 900 or over, the first deficit since 1919. The deficit that year. due to the mammoth outlay for the war, was $14,297, 100000 a record deficit for all time. There have been AS deficits since the first in 1798. The present short-term debt out
 standing is $2,7OO, 100000. It all comes due within the next year. A large part of this obligation has been incurred by issues at low in- terest in the last few months, one of | the busiest periods of such financ- | ing the treasury ever has faced. Treasury officials are looking be- yond this, also, to huge volume of Liberty Loan bonds which mature beginning in 1882. when some of the | first Liberty Loan series of 1932-47 1 are callable. This issue totals $1,. 933,537,30O. The fourth Liberty
 Loan series of 1933-38 become call.
 able beginning in 1888. That issue
 totals $6,268,232.45O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
RY HENRY MINoTT

Limited Press Stan COrfespOnOcmtl
 Boston, April 9.-UP) .-Scions of famed families attending New Eng land colleges apparently are not bent on following the footsteps of their distinguished dads.
 check-up to-day by the United Press reveals that of 10 student sons of national figures, only two appear to be pursuing paternaE paths Tn the preliminary shaping of their ca reers.
 It also Is noteworthy that where as tn efathers have been almost per petually in the public eye, the sons. with few exceptions, occupy seclud- d inches in the undergraduate scheme of things and in some tn- stances are well-known to only handful of their fellow students.
 Such quiet and retiring youth IS
 Allan Hoover, younger son or the
 president, who is completing his sec
 ond and last year as a graduate stu dent at the Harvard School of Busi-
 ness Administration. His course has
 included financing, marketing, ac- counting and industrial management.
 Only once has he come in for eX-
 tensive publicity during his many
 months. at America's oldest unver-
 sity. This was when. two winters ago. he was one of several students
 who assisted firemen in battling the Harvard locker building blaze. Francis Warren Pershing of Lin coin. Neb., son of General John J.. Pershing, retired, is a senior at Yale. Four years ago he was member or the freshman crew until, it was said, his father forbade him to engage In athletics. He is member or the Shelf club of Saint Anthony.
 Dwight w. Morrow, Jr.. son of the senator and brother-in-law of Col onel Charles A. Lindbergh, Is a sophomore at Amherst college. for mer President Coolidge's alma mater. Young Morrow, a Beta Theta Pi man, is studying for bachelor or arts degree. He has not decided what he will choose for a career. Recent ly he participated in the 125-pound class in the trials of the annual col llege boxing tourney but was elim- mated by "Stu'' Cowles of the Am herst soccer team, who won three- round decision.
 Smedley D. Butler. Jr., is, like his father, fighter. The son of the ma jor-general of the marines is senior at Massachusetts Institute Of Tech- nology, where he is taking a civil engineering course, specializing in railroad operation. He is one of the stars of the M. I. T. boxing team in
 the 175-pound class. and is mem- i Der of Delta Psi fraternity.
 !! Yale boasts another son of fame | in Tyrus Raymond Cobb. Jr., a fresh. lman. Whereas his fathers name has