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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Great Wall Again Is Frontier Line

"The Great Wall is at Its best In its
eastern section. There its sheer faces,
from 20 to so feet high, are construct
ed Of carefully built masonry. In
places the entire wall is Of masonry, In
others the space between the masonry
faces is filed In with stones and earth.
North of Peiping (Peking) great blocks
Of carefully cut granite are used, held
in place by mortar superior to that
made by the Chinese today. In other
localities the wall is faced with large
bricks Of finer quality than most Of
those now manufactured In the
western world.
Chin Made Great Wall Great.
"Good engineers designed the wall
Rain water accommodating on the top
Is carried away by stone drains set
at intervals Of about 100 feet. The
fine preservation of much Of the wall
Is owing to the foresight in providing
these drains. More than $4,000 tow
ers were built along the wall, at in
tervals ranging from 100 yards to
mile.
1.-THE first disconnected walls along
the northern frontier Of China were
probably constructed as early as 469
B. c., when Xerxes was invading
Greece. But the ruler who made the
Great Wall great came two and half
centuries later: Chin Shih Huang-ti,
who tried to brush aside previous Chi
nese history, and who insisted on be-
ing called First Emperor Improving
existing walls and erecting new ones,
Chin created the first extensive sys-
tenn of defensive ramparts. Probably
a thousand miles Of wall was built in
fifteen years under this First Emper-
or and his immediate successor. The
structure has been extended and re-
paired at intervals during the past
1900 years. During the past 300 years
no extensive repairs have been made,
and many of the less carefully built
sections of the long rampant are fall
ing into decay"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

Washington.-China' Great Wall,
glamorous to all who have studied
geography, but usually considered sig
nificant only as work Of the dim
past, has become a marker in recent
news dispatches With the fall OF
Chinchowfu to Japanese forces; the
Chinese have moved south Of the WALL
and that ancient barrier now forms
the frontier between Chinese and en-
envy territory as it did for centuries
after its construction. A bulletin from
the National Geographic society tells
Of this great engineering wonder or
the world.
SIN a world Of airplanes. bombs,
heavy artillery and high explosives,
the Great Wall of China is Of no value
as an obstacle to an enemy army"
says the Bulletin. Because this Is
true, and has been for a long time,
the Great Wall has come to be looked
upon by many as a prodigious folly.
But In its day it was Of incalculable
value to the peace-loving Chinese who
were able for considerable periods to
keep the Northern Barbarians' out Of
their country.
Once Effective Barrier.
"The wall was effective because en-
emies Of the northern plains came
against China with unorganised
armies Of cavalry, which, many times,
beat ineffectively against the we'll
manned barrier. There were occa-
sions, 1t is true, when the hordes broke
through; but these successful forays
and the losses that flowed from them
strikingly emphasize the value Of ne
wall through the many years when 1t
functioned successfully.
Astronomers have speculated that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Marks Boundary of Chinese
and Enemy Territory.

the Great Wall is one Of the few
works of man on earth that would
be discernible by the naked eye from
the moon. No other single engineer
ing accomplishment of any age COM
pares with it in size. extent, and con-
struction difficulties. Starting at sea
level at Shanhaikwan on the Gulf of
Chill, it reaches an altitude Of $500
feet among the mountains Of western
China. In the intervening area 1t
crosses several mountain ranges quite
or nearly mile high.
'The Great Wall is not a single
structure but system with sections
built at different times. It's, magni-
tude can best be understood If it is
imagined that It were taken bodily up
and set down In the United States,
with its eastern end at Philadelphia.
This transplanted wall would extend
half way across the North American
continent!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
EAirplanes Garry Gold From Africa

ers and big game hunters, who save
weeks on the Journey compared with
other times when they had to spend
weeks at sea and then travel for days
by train from the east African coast
into the jungle lands.
Gold from the mines is brought down
from the interior by native carriers,
the journey to the lake occupying a
full day Of trekking. The precious
metal Is loaded at Mwanza, taken to
Khartum and then to Cairo. Here the
gold. which is often accompanied by
gold miners flying home on leave after
years in Africa, is transferred to the
Belgian air liners, arriving two hours
later In Brussels and then lodged In
the vaults Of the state bank.
Saving of three weeks on the ship
ment of gold to Brussels is highly
important for the Belgian bankers, en-
abling them to have rapid deliveries
OF fresh gold to replace gold withdraw
ais from the country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

cherry week, during the Washington
birthday period. The dates are Febru-
airy 1922. They are building their
sales efforts around the legend of
Washington and the cherry tree. Cher
ry pie contests, radio addresses, and
appearances by the national cherry
queen, Maxine Weaver of Traverse
City, form part of their program.
Sixteen hundred growers Of Mich
igan and Wisconsin took the lead in
this movement, heard by 81. w. I'LL
sperger, Of the Fruit Growers Union,
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. They were soon
Joined by representatives Of the cherry
industry from the states Of Oregon,
Colorado, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and New York. Gamers. including
Howard Morgan, president Of the Mich
igan Gamers association, have given
their support to the growers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

study to the student or child. In
those days there was little child study,
but there was scholarship; and this
was an advantage to the child in
some ways. People did not study him.
but he was allowed to study"
It was the last sentence which at
tracted me. / am wondering If we are
not making things too easy In our
school work. am not at all sure that
with all Of our study of methods of
presentation of subject so as to
smooth out the road for the student,
and with all Of our study of the stu
dent in order that we may better de-
termine what he is best suited for and
then how to awaken his interest in
this most suitable subject, we have
succeeded in educating our young peo-
pie any better or any more easily
than we did before these problems
were seriously considered. I wish
some one would prove to me that we
have, for such proof would be very
gratifying to me.
I am wondering If in this fever to
study the student in schools and col
leges we are fitting him In any better
way himself to study. I'm just won
dering.
"a. 1882. Western Newspaper Union,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Many Days Are Now Saved in
Transportation.

Paris.-Gold from the mines In the
Belgian Congo, In the heart Of Africa,
which once required four weeks to
reach the Golfers Of the Belgian banks,
is now being rushed by air to Brussels
/ In four days.
The new regular weekly air service
!, of the Imperial Anyways from London.
via Paris, to Cape Town, has revolu-
tlonized the system Of precious metal
transportation. FOur-engined flying
boats link up in Egypt with the planes
from London and provide fast serv-
ice down to Mwanza, on the southern
shores Of Lake Victoria.
The sea lanes on the southern flight
carry gold miners. Kenya coffee plant
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

know" Our grandmother entirely ap-
proved of this method. She said it
gave us something to think Of as we
grew older. Every child
owned his own books and carried
them in bag slung over his shoulder.
Home work was insisted on. The les
sons were often given with enthusi-
asm, for the teacher loved the subject
matter even If. as often happened, he
cared little for the children. 1t Is re-
markable how the center Of interest
has now shifted from subjects Of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Smarty!

Daddy was becoming irritated al
his six-year-old son was bubbling
over with Christmas cheer. Every
day the boy added new items to
Santa's list, Rushing into the house
from his last trip to Santa's head
quarters, he said:
"Oh, daddy, Santa Claus prom
ised-"
Listen, the next time l see Santa
Claus I'm going to shoot him." daddy
interrupted.
"What are you going to do, daddy,
shoot yourself?" chimed in wise
nine-year-old boy standing by.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Cherry Growers Unite
to Boost Sale of Fruit

Traverse City, Mich.--A farm relief
movement not connected with drives
for special legislation, curtailment CT
acreage, or other cures suggested in
recent years is being undertaken by
the cherry growers of the country, ac-
cording to an announcement here.
The growers have determined that
the quickest and shortest route to
economic recovery lies in the sale Of
cherries. They've started out to sell
them by staging. first of all, a national
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

Stanley J. Sokolis, Jr., is not only
captain of the wrestling team Of the
University Of Pennsylvania, but also
has been elected captain Of the foot
ball team for 1882. Sokolis, who
weighs 2O5 pounds and is a junior in
the educational department, has been
a varsity tackle for the last two sea-
sons. incidentally, he has rescued
more than 200 persons from drowning
during his six years as life guard
at Wildwood, N. J.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

sickness but his mother says: when
Leroy was just little fellow, we
found his stomach and bowels were
weak. He kept suffering from con-
stipation. Nothing he ate agreed
with him. He was fretful, feverish
and puny.
"When we started giving him Cali
fornia Fig Syrup his condition i'm
proved quickly. His constipation and
biliousness stopped and he has had
no more trouble of that kind. I have
since used California Fig Syrup with
him for colds and upset spells. He
likes it because it tastes so good and
I like it because it helps him so
wonderfully"
California Fig Syrup has been the
trusted standby Of mothers for over
so years. Leading physicians recon-
mend it. 1t is purely vegetable and
works with Nature to regulate, tone
and strengthen the stomach and
bowels Of children so they get full
nourishment from their food and
waste is eliminated in normal way.
Four million bottles used a year
shows how mothers depend on it. AL
ways look for the word california"
on the carton to be sure of getting
the genuine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Rel;c Of Old Dav.

A striking relic of the old Com
stock days was unearthed at Virginia
City by Albert Dressler, of Berkeley.
a souvenir hunter, when he found an
imitation glass cigar five feet long
that was used to advertise famous
cigar store so years ago. The device.
forerunner of electric signs. was
lighted with gas and is constructed
of $1,000 to 10000 glass prisms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

spent her life In
the s ervice of
young people. The
biography is writ
ten by her sister
who tells, among
other things, some
thing of the school
life Of the young
English girl.
Children learned
things then" she
says. "that they did
not understand, as
well as things they
ust grasp and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Why Not?

Mummy. why do men shoot lions
and tigers"
Because they eat sheep and kill
the lambs. They should not do that"
Mummy. why don't men shoot
butchers? - Schweizer Illustrierte,
Zofingen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Rheumatic
Pains
Relieved this
Quiick.Way

If stabbing pains
shoot across your
back and cripple
you, rub on good
old ST. Jacobs On.
Relief comes before
you can count 60l...
Relief without bum
ing or blistering.
This famous oil
simply draws out
inflammation and
pain. It is soothing,
healing. For the
- -~saA rs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
PoTPoURRI
Equal Days and Nights

The equinox, or that time when
the sun passes across the eQua-
tor at one Of the equinoctial
points, occurs twice yearly. The
spring, or vernol equinox occurs,
March 81, and the autumnal
equinox occurs September %.
At these times day and night are
equal all over the world. Storms
often accompany these days.
t@. 1888. Western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lumbagos
Neuralgia or Backache there's noth-
ing 90 quick or sure to bring relies:
Get a small bottle Of ST. Jacobs On
from your druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

A woman can get used to man
who has faults, but never to one who
has no money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
lust Being Himself

Mary-I wish Bertram would stop
acting the fool.
Polly-That's the trouble-he isn't
acting!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet forsS
o laxative-three for cathartic.-A3 N
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Fine Business

"War is getting worse than ever"
"Huh?"
snow if you win war. you have
to pay for it."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

Cunning and treachery are the Off
spring Of incapacity.- Rochefoucauld.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
STUDYING THE
STUDENT
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Emeritus Dean Of Men,
University of Illinois.

have just read the life Of Rachael
Mcmillan, an English woman who
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05

Not all ehs walls fell down when the lsrea marched around
archaeological
The Illustration
The
1900 to 1900 B. c.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-02-05
Los Angeles Boy
Needed Help

Leroy Young, 1116
Georgia ST., Los AM
geles, is a regular
f clio W." active in
sports, and at the
top in his classes at
school. To look at
him now. you'd think
he never had q days
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

Want to buy q business Of your
own? Follow the many unusual Bust
ness Opportunities advertised daily in
paper.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
SCHOOL CL j B
SETSPROGRAM

The District of Columbia School
Club, composed of the male prin-
cipals, supervisors and teachers
in the high and Junior high
schols Of divisions 1913, will open
its winter activities on Decem-
ber 10.
The club will meet four times
in 1888. The dates are January
IA, when Henry Grant. Of the
Dunbar High School faculty, will
speak on Three Periods Of Or.
chestral Music; February II,
A. K. Savoy, assistant superin-
tendent, will discuss the ele.
mentary schools: April 18, G.
David Houston, principal of Arm.
strong, will speak on The White
and Black of the Color Question:
May 13, C. C. McDuffie, head of
the department of foreign Ian.
guages, will speak on "A Different
Point Of View in Education"
Officers Of the club include
E. A. Clark, president Of the
Miner Teachers College, presi'
dent; Charles M. Thomas, Of Arm.
strong High School. vice presi.
dent, and A. K. Savoy, secretary
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
SHORTRIDGESAyS PAyDEBTS
Honorable Countries
Should Settle Up
Their Accounts
By SAMUEL M. SHORTRIDGE

BY SAMUEL M. SHORTRIDGE
United States Senator From California.
(Written Exclusively For International
News Service.)
This concerted propaganda on
the part of the European nations
to educate the American people
into the belief that the United
States Government is acting un-
justly in demanding payment Of
the war debts should be exposed.
If the debts were not just, it is
to be presumed the nations of
Europe would not have put their
seals to the written agreements to
pay.
Time For Payment
Each nation was given a long
time in which to pay, each nation
knew all the facts, each nation
was familiar with the terms and
conditions.
Why, then, indulge now in all
this camouflage, all this circum-
locution and elaborate diplomatic
language?
These imaginary details and in
ferences should be left out of the
notes regarding the debts.
It is simply a question of pay.
ing a debt acknowledged in writ
ing to be just and to be paid. We
have told them the economic con-
ditions of our people is such at
[ present time that our Gov
ernment cannot justify the post
ponement of debt payments due
or soon to become due us.
I suggest a more straightfor-
ward course on their part. AS
there is honor among honorable
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
BUDGET SMALL
FOR RIVERS,
HARBORS

Recommendations for rivers
and harbors improvements in the
United States for the fiscal year
1928, involving the smallest
sum for this work since 1924,
were submitted to the Secretary
of War today by Mai. Gen. Lytle
Brown, chief of Army engineers.
The recommendations for the
coming year advocate spending
$39, 9,388,129 both for maintenance
of projects already completed or
well under way and for new i'm
provements. BY far the greater
sum is for maintenance. The
latter accounts for $24,441,0 ,029,
leaving $l4,947 100 for new i'm
provements.
Are Nearly Completed
Most of the engineering prof
ects authorized by Congress in
1920 are now nearly 81 per cent
completed, and some of the big
projects are more than 80 per
cent completed.
The largest appropriation for a
single improvement project was
Tor the connecting channels of
the Great Lakes system, which
Will form part of the proposed
st. Lawrence Seaway when com.
pleted. General Brown recon-
mended that $4,298,900 be spent
Tor this purpose, along with $685..
600 for improvements to harborS
IN the Great Lakes system.
For Inland Waterways
Other inland waterways, includ.
ing the intra-coastal waterway,
and the Mississippi and Missouri
ElVer systems also came in for
large appropriations.
Brown recommended also ex-
pend1ture of $2,842,900O for i'm
provements and $4,000 for
maintenance on the Caloosahat-
chee-Lake Okeechobee, Fla
project, 100000 for improve
ments. and $4,000 for main
tenance on the Cape Fear to
Miami project, $718,2OO for i'm
provement and $4,000 for
maintenance on the Mississippi
River to Corpus Christi (TexD
project, 100000 for. improve
mentS and $645, 900 for main
tenance on the Boston to Cape
Fear River project.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
RAP|DAN CAMP
D|S|NANTLED

Rapidan Camp, where President
and Mrs. Hoover have spent most
of their brief vacations has been
closed for the winter, with the
First Lady of the Land personally
supervising the details.
Before another spring, the
camps transfer to the Shenan-
doah National Park will have
been completed. The President
has given the camp to the State
of Virginia with the recommends
ton that it be reserved for the
use Of succeeding Presidents. He
had purchased it at an estimated
cost Of about $4,000 and had
spent nearly 100000 for i'm
provements.
= Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh, jr., Ramsay Macdonald,
1shbel Macdonald, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., all of the
Cabinet members and scores of
other notables have been guests
at the camp.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
PARTY FOR D. A. R. GIRLS

The girl homemakers commit.
tee OF the D. A. r. will meet at
8 o'clock this evening in the
Evangeline residence, 1880 l. St.,
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Religious Bickering
DeDLOred in Sermon

Preaching yesterday at Trinity
Episcopal Church, Takoma Park
the Rev. David Cartwright Clark
struck vigorously at bitterness be
tween religious denominations
He said:
Nothing can be more dis
pleasing to the sincere Christian
than the spectacle of relentless
and bitter controversy among
the various denominations"
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Shotguns Used to Collect
Mountain Mistletoe

LURAY, Va, Dec. 5.-An army
OF holly and mistletoe hunters
who have lost their jobs in diff.
ferent parts. of the country are
beginning to scour the Massanut-
ten Mountains, the Blue Rridge
and other wooded tracts Of the
countryside t.h roughout Page
county:
Most Of the holly and mistle-
toe hunters are natives of this
country who have settled down
to this method of making Christ
mas money. Mistletoe, in most
cases, grows at dizzy heights on
oak and gum trees. 1t is a para.
site, sapping the life out of the
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

They knew you have to watch every penny so they
achieved economy of gas OIL tires and upkeep Look at
the Plymouth atA Three-and May the Best Carwng
NEWLOW PRICES Business $4o Rumble 4Doo
Sedan $685. Convertible Coupe $685. all prices
time Low delivered windshield
matte Clutch $s Dupate Safy Wdows-Coup $1O Sedan
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

trees on which 1t grows. Thous.
ands of dead trees of these spe-
cies attest what the growth Of
mistletoe on them has done.
Gathering it is a hazardous
undertaking unless "mistletoe
spikes" are used to assist in
climbing. ShotgunS are being used
in some sections of the county.
One well-directed load from the
gun often brings down enough of
the mistletoe to command two
and three dollars.
Holly trees seldom exceed 10
feet in height, making the gather.
ing of the berries and leaves a
comparatively easy task. Holly,
however, is scarce.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Marine Corps Head
Thanks Fire FinhterS

In a letter sent to their head.
quarters, Gen. John H. Russell,
commandant Of the Quantic0 Ma.
rine Barracks, thanked the Alex.
andria fire department for their
efficient work in handling a fire
at his house, Ill North Alfred st.,
Alexandria, on the night Of No
vember 26.
The house, owned by General
Russell, was unoccupied at the
time.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
RUM CHARGE COSTS S1oo

Found guilty Of having liquor
in his possession with intent to
sell, Lloyd Harris, Of Silver
Spring, Md, was fined 500 and
costs by Judge Donald A. De-
Lashmutt at Rockville. The court
suspended the prison sentence.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
School Board Vote
Plan To Be Debated

The advisability of having an
elective school board in this city
will be discussed at the "Old
Town" meeting of the District of
Columbia Public School Associa-
tion to .,e held in the District
Building at o'clock Wednesday
evening. Charles I. Stengle, presi-
dent of the organization, has ar
ranged for several Members of
Congress to speak.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Negro GrOcerynGn
Hailed as Success

Special emphasis was given to
the success of the negro as q
groceryman by James A. jackson,
business specialist of the Depart.
ment of Commerce, in an address
at the monthly forum Of the Mu.
So-Lit Club yesterday.
Jackson discussed the grocery
business in it's relation to the
colored business man from a ma.
tlonal and local point of view,
also giving particular attention
to the National Colored Mer.
chants Association and the Ma.
tional Housewives League. Theo.
dore Bolts, president of the Con.
sumerS' League, presided.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
WILL ELECT CHIEFS

Candidates for the posts Of
chief and assistant chief of the
Kensington Volunteer Fire De-
partment will be nominated at
its meeting December IL. The
election will be held in January.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

men, so there is honor among
honorable nations.
These debtor nations are hon.
orable and I cannot, will not be.
lieve that they will forfeit their
regulations by violating their sol
ema written agreements.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Home Entered, Mans
SIS Taken by Thieves

w. C. Poole, of the first block
of Beach Ave-, Alta Vista, Md,
reported to Montgomery county
police at Bethesda that his home
was entered last night through
a window and between SIS and
$50 was stolen from his clothing
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

W7ALTER P. CHRYSLER and his engineers knew wbat
w the public s0a"ted They knew that you wanted SMOOTH
of when you put your foot the acceerator
they built 7OhorsepOwer Six with Floating Power!
They knew that Americans hate be squeezed in and
they designed ued family car! They made serthan
other owpriced by giving you hydraulic ourwheel
brakes, Safeystee body and safety glass windshield!