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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15
WALLACE LAUNCHES CORN-HOG
PROGRAM

The $3.50, 100000 corn-hog pro-
duction adjustment plan, newest and
largest of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration efforts to con-
troll production and raise prices, was
launched on Wednesday by henry A.
Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture.
In announcing approval of the
contract under which farmers will be
asked to agree to reduce corn acre
age by twenty per cent and hog pro-
duction twenty-five per cent during
1884, the Secretary said the plan
was designed to bring domestic pro-
duction into line with present do
nestle consumption and to give corn
and hog farmers the benefits already
gained by cotton growers in the
South and wheat growers in the
West.
The committees were named for
Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, South Dakota and Indiana,
with other committees to be named
later for Illinois, Kansas and Ohio.
The campaign will be carried on
principally in 1900 counties in these
States, where the bulk of the nations
corn and hogs is raised. Farmers in
other States, however, will be given
an opportunity to participate.
Wallace said reduction was neces-
sary because the SURPRISES in the
corn belt had been piling up for a
good many years"
The corn section of the contract
stipulates that each producer who
signs it will reduce his corn acreage
IN 1884 not less than twenty per cent
below the average acreage planted to
corn during 1882 and 1888.
In return, the farmer will receive
payment at the rate of 80 cents per
oushel, less local administration ex-
penses, on the estimated yield per
acre of the contract acreage based on
he 1929-1933 production.
The hog reduction section calls for
cutting the number of filters farrow-
I'D twenty-five per cent below the an
lual average from December /
1881, to December /, 1898: to re-
luce the number of hogs produced
Tor market from 1884 filters twenty.
i've per cent below the same annual
average, and not to increase the
lumber of feeder pigs bought during
he coming year above the average
lumber bought during the base
period.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
HrnrrmEI uEATTH

With the idea of finding out what
is most needed in the way OF dental
care for children throughout the
country, dental examinations are be-
ing made of children in the elemen-
tary schools all over the United
States. The survey is being carried
on under the auspices of the Amer1-
can Dental Association, with the ap-
prevail of the U. S. Public Health Ser
vice; OF State and city Departments
of Health and of Education, and OF
State and local dental organizations.
The work is being done in each
State under the direction of State or
local branches of the American Den
tai Association. To large extent
the examinations are being made by
dentists engaged in private practice
In some instances the work is being
done by the school dentists.
DR.. Richard G. Leonard, Chief OF
the Division Of Oral Hygiene Of the
State Department Of Health who is
in charge of the dental survey in the
elementary schools in the counties
of Maryland, said: "The study thai
is being made of dental conditions
that is. of mouth health-of the
children throughout the country, is
similar to studies that have beer
made Of other phases Of child health
The purpose is to find out all thai
can be learned about conditions al
they actually are, and to use this in
formation as the basis Of the denta
work carried on in the schools ant
elsewhere.
Careful records are being KEEP
in each State, and through the ex
change Of this information it is hop
ed that great deal can be done
that will have direct bearing upoI
the health of the children.
"A report of the results Of the ex
animation will be sent to the par
ents.'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15
WEAVING THE PATTERN
Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore. Md.

Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore, Md.
Life, and weaving the pattern,
Sunshine, and flowers bloom.
Weaving each moment and hour,
While swiftly moves the loom.
Weaving, with mingled therads of
time,
Jolors of different hue;
Weaving, yes, always weaving,
IN all we say and do.
Weaving, in service for others,
Jnselfish, kind and true;
The beautiful winding lane of love
With skies of azure blue.
some day we will finish the pattern,
The shuttle will cease to fly:
And the glad well done" our greet
ing,
n the home beyond the sky.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15
c. 8 P. TRAFFIC AGENT

Mrs. Julia B. Dale, traffic agent,
Chesapeake City, vice Mrs. Ralph
Watson, will act as company repre-
sentative in charge of the business
affairs of the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company of Balti-
more City for this central office area.
On matters concerning the public
Mrs. Dale will report to Mr.. C. Heath
manager of the North East business
Office. who supervises the telephone
company's affairs in this AREA.
The Chesapeake City central Office
y now served by 127 telsbhonss,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15
The Yule-Log With Their
Initials, i'm the Crate

0ACK BARTON was helping unload
y the Yule log when he noticed the
carved Initials 'Dl-JB" and the sur
rounding heart. With a shock 1t
brought back memories of the day, 80
long ago. when he and Dora had pic
nicked in the woods. and he had carved
those letters there.
The lighting of the Yule log was an
impressive part of the little towns
Christmas Eve celebration. As the
flames caught II up. Jack watched
Dora there across the hall. He won.
dered whether she had noticed the in
itials. And then he saw her brush her
hand across her eyes. and suddenly
leave the room.
Everyone else was too engrossed in
the festivities to notice, and presently
he, too, stole out.
He found Dora In parked sedan,
sobbing. Gently he opened the door
and came in beside her. She sat up
hurriedly and dried her eyes.
Ibid you see it, too?" he asked.
EYES," Dora answered. II suppose
I'm silly. but 1t seemed as If all the
past was burning there"
by jove." said Jack, that Is q
thought"
"What?''
"All the past did burn there, Dora.
There were some jolly times, but there
were lot of Misunderstanding too.
Let's carve our initials on another
tree, and start all over again."-Helen
GaisfOrd.
@. 1888. Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

Work on the last unimproved main
road in that section has begun be-
tween Penn Hill and Truce. on the
old Lancaster road. The work from
the Robert Fulton Highway north
for one and half miles is being d.
rected by Hartman Griest: from thru
Hensel to the Chestnut Level-Me-
chanic Grove pike. Seth Pollock, and
the remainder So miles, to Truce,
by contract, by H. R. Miller Co.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15
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Christmas Breakfast

Within recent years open house at
breakfast Christmas morning has been
growing more and more popular. 1t
probably all started when friends and
relatives dropped in to bring gifts and
found the late-rising members of the
family still at table. Mother made
another pot Of coffee, urged the visi-
tors to join the family. and another
of the most pleasant social customs
was born. Nowadays the perfect host
ess prepares for an indeterminate
number at the holiday breakfast.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15
CHRISTMAS PLATE

~ NE of the very incest things
W one can receive at Christ.
mas time Is an attractive odd
plate. and 1t will be nicer still
If II contains few homemade
cookies. Take large square of
holiday paper In color har.
mOnizing with the decorations of
the plate, gather 1t together at
the top. with the corners all
frilled out, and finish of with a
spray of mistletoe. gold or sill.
yer leaves. or a contrasting bow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

A fish diet may not strengthen the
brain, but little fishing trip often
tends to inyigorate the imagination.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

One must not take his cares to
bed with him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-15

1t is better to turn back than to
go astray.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
owerful In piline I'D the huge vote for

powerful In piling up the huge vote for
the bill in the House than sympathetic
consideration Of the maximum welfare
of the Filipinos. 1t is also well known
that in the new Congress this sympathy
for the farmer, as against the world.
concretely expressed in votes, is even
more irresistible in its strength than in
the Congress about to die on March 4th.
And to scme legislators there may he
slight appeal ii the argument that
the pending compromise bill should
be passed b. this Congress, in order to
avoid and pccvant the passage by the
next Congress of a measure even less
consideratc OF the real welfare OF the
Fihpino3 tkan that now pending.
Such considerations could not, of
course. swerve the President from the
veto CT a measure which. in his opin-
ion, touched hurtfully the prestige and
honor Of his own country and the ma
tcr.al interests and natfonal security of
beth America ana the Philippines. He
could only meet the present emergency
cquGrely and courageously and leave fu-
tue legislation to the conscience, ccm-
mon sense and spirit OF fair play Of the
Amer!c2n people.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
and then xpeedins along

atmosphere, and then speeding along
definite aerial routes to the poles. One
of the findings supporting this picture
is that the intensity of the rays Is
greater at the magnetic poles than at
the magnetic equator OF the earth.
The other IS that their intensity appar-
emily increases continuously at higher
attitudes.
The Belgian scientists contribu ion to
the subject is that Of having noticed in
his ascents the increasing intensity Of
which DR.. Compton speaks.
Prof. Picard is one of the scores OF
men who are searching the universe for
new sources of power Mankind exists
in treasury OF motor values, but to
ind them. to understand them and to
harness them to practical, utilitarian
uses is 4 prodigiou3 business. Hundreds
of thinkers are working on the prob
lem. Gains are made from day TO day.
ScTe of the victories are dramatic. al
most theatrical. Others have little
news significance. Washingtons guest
of last evening labored for years before
he was mentioned on the front pages
of the newspapers. Now he has ar
rived. And that fact makes easier the
Path Of his confreres.
The Columbus of the stratosphere
may not attain his ultimate gcal. That
may be reserved for some follower CEN
turics hence, But meanwhile he is
splendid entertainment. With NJ. Do
rian's assistance, he had made millions
consider a matter which normally
would not interest them at all.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
Prof. Auguste Picard.

At one time or another in his career.
every celebrity visits Washington. Last
evening Prof. Auguste Picard, Belgian
physicist, was here. guest of the Ma
tional Geographic Society. One of the
most picturesque personalities Of the
period it is not unnatural that he should
be one of the most widely celebrated
A new figure in the world scene, he
has been in the limelight during only
the past two years. But what tran
splendent limelight 1t has beenl His
friend Sylvester Dorian, has secured
for him such quantities of publicity as
rarely are granted to honest men. He
has had almost as much attention at
the hands OF the international press
as Al Capone ard Jimmy Walker.
OF course, certain phases of NJ. Do
rian's ballyhoo have been a trifle weird
So 1t is Just as well that Prof. Picard
has visited Washington. Had he failed
TO appear, there might have been some
ground for supposing that he was just
myth. a fctional character like those
OF H. G. Wells and Edgar Rice Bur-
roughs. ll,~ It is known that, despite
NJ Dorian's romances. the voyager of
the stratosphere is real. It was man,
and not just an idea, that rose ten
miles above the mountains Of Switzer-
land on August l8 last.
Prof. Piccard's specially is physics
and his present concern Is with cosmic
rays. Nolay reader need worry about
not understanding the subject, for
neither '1oes Prof. Picard. He makes
no viam to being able to explain the
phenomena All he can say with as
surance is that, according TO his OBJ
servations, cosmic radiation does not
come from cosmic space at all, but
rather Is produced In the uppermost
strata OF the eerth's atmosphere Dr.
A. n Compton has been more me-
quivocsl in his statement to the effect
that:
Cosnic rays are electrically charged
vagrants of space. shooting earthward
from remote distances. wayering as they
approach the lower strata of the earth's
Evening star., 1933-01-14
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

to any Fabian policies, tending to tire
out the enemy at the cost Of q longer
campaign. We are simply using ths
best strategy that offers, and as fer
the advantages and disadvantages Of
our situation, sometimes it is hard 70
distinguish one from the other"
Germans Play Important
Part in Brazil.
Diario Del Comercio, Barrar-
quilla.-Brazil's recent revolution, now
suppressed, had at its head the Gen.
Berthold Klinger- Holfer, who, as his
name indicates, is of German ancestry,
though Brazilian born. This cireum-
stance calls to mind that the Ger
mans have long been active In Brazil,
since the seventeenth century; in fact,
when the first Jesuit missionaries from
the south Of Germany began their la
borious and dangerous journey up the
Paraguay River. This was the incep-
tion of q German movement of Brazil,
until in these days in the State of Rio
Grando do Sui alone there are no less
than 100000 people who were either
born IN Germany or whose immediate
ancestors came from that land. In
the capital of this State, Porte Allegro,
III Is estimaLeds there are about Do, 600
descendants of German stock. In that
city and elsewhere throughout the State
there flourish German schools, news
papers, social organizations and CONTRA
ternal groups, which maintain and for
tify the old Teuton customs and tra-
ditions.
This influx Of German blood has done
much to make the new country diligent
and prosperous, though colonies OF the
Fatherland have not grown as rapidly
since the Great War as they did be-
fore. During this later period, how
ever, there has been a greater meas
ure OF cooperation between Germans
In the old continent and in the new
in matters Of education and religious
cultivation, and there Is no doubt that
as soon as world industrial conditions
improve these intelligent and ener-
getic people will again be influential
factors in the development Of German
trade and prestige throughout the
world.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
The Bureau of Efficiency.

It is difficult to conceive the proposal
to abolish the Bureau OF Efficiency as
move based on any sound economy. for
the savings" represented by covering
the bureaus annual appropriation of
3l46,293 into the United States Treas
ury is so small in relation to the Gov
Crnnent's huge budget OF more than
54,000.00000O as to accomplish prac-
tically nothing for or against budget
balancing. 1t would t.Sc the abolition
lock, stock and barrel, Of about ten
thousand bureaus of an equal size be-
fore really stable dent was made
in the Federal budget.
The question of the bureaus con-
tinued existence, therefore, Cannct b.
approached sincerely from the angle Of
its cost to the Government. There
should be an objective appraisal OF the
bureaus services and whether it is the
part Of wisdom to dispense with them.
There was definite neei felt for
such bureau when it was created al
most twenty years ego. 1t was cstab-
lished as an independent agency to
supply the President, Congress and the
administrative heads of the Govern
ment with information requiring spe-
cialized study and 10 make recommen-
dations for improvements and short
cuts in governmental business. There
are figures to show that the money
actually saved by those OF its recon-
mendations which have been adopted
largely exceeds the money spent by
the Government in maintaining the
bureau. But as an Independent bu-
reau, responsible only to Congress and
to the President. and given the occa-
sional task of studying methods and
ways Of improving the methods Of other
governmental establishments, its work
has, at times, aroused natural antag-
onism. 1t is equally true that such
antagonism has been short-live5, and
once the bureaus recommendation
have been adopted they have survived
on their merits. With the complex
problem of government Reorganization
awaiting the incoming administration.
the bureaus services as an investigative
and advisory agency will be more
in demand. II other commissions
or existing bureaus are to serve
the new President in this respect,
their stats must be enlarged by
new personnel, 1t only seems rea-
sonable that the Bureau of Efficiency.
already well equipped with experts IA
miliar with the governmental set-up,
should be utilized and it would in ad-
dition appear to be only logical to sup
pose that the dictates of economy
would be more nearly met by the bu-
seau's retention than by its scrapping.
There is an additional factor to be
considered In connection with this
bureau. 1t is one that arises in con-
nection with any bureau in the Gov
ernment service. This is the factor
IF humane dealing with employees. Until
there is a clear-cut case established,
showing that the bureaus abolition is
in the public interest, there is no JUS
tification for arbitrarily throwing forty
three employees, involving as many
families, out Of work.
Evening star., 1933-01-14

Any reader OF this newspaper is well
come to make use at any time Of the
free information service of this depart
ment. Address your inquiry to The
Washington Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton. D. c.. and you will receive per-
sonal letter in reply. Inclose cents
in coin or stamps for return postage.
Do not use post cards Be sure to state
your question clearly. and to write your
name and address plainly.
@. Are there more males in the
United States and Canada than fe-,
males?-S j. s.
A. In 1880 the male population Of
the United States totaled 62I27 ,o8O
and female 60,627 .965 In Canada the
male population was 4,529,94 and fe-
male 4,253,538.
Q. What proportion OF our exports
and imports is shipped in foreign YES
sels?-D. c.
A. For the year ending December.
1881, GAL per cent of our exports and
66.1 per cent of our imports were car
ried in foreign vessels. This. of course,
refers to the water-borne commerce.
Q. Are there two kinds of margarine?
W. S. w.
A. There are two kinds of margarine
-oleo oil margarine, made of animal
fats. and nut margarine, made of vege-
table fats.
@. Were many officers court
tailed in the World War?-B. E.
A. 1t is military practice to maintain
secrecy concerning courtS-martial, but,
in his memoirs, recently translated into
English. Marshal Joffre says that while
he was commander IN chief of the French
Army he court -martialed so generals for
cfenses ranging from costly errors to
cowardice. The number of officers OF
lesser rank was proportionately large.
@. Who devised the system of abbre-
viations of chemicals in formulas &C.
T. D.
A.. A. The present system of symbols
was devised by BerZelius, and consists
of abbreviations of the names of the
clements with small figures at the lower
right hand to denote the number CT
atoms Of each element present.
@. What was the real name of Lau-
renee Hope?-N. NJ. j.
A. Laurence Hope is the writing
name of Adela Florence Cory Nicolson.
She was born in 1865 at Stake Bishop.
Gloucestershire, England. She died of
poison, lf-administered, at Madras,
India, October 4, 1904.
@. What states compose the Ger
man Republic?-R H.
A. Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Wurt-
temberg. Baden, Thuringia, Hesse,
Hamburg, Mecklenburg-S -Schwerin, Old
enburg, Brunswick. Anhalt. Bremen,
Lppe, Lubbock, Mecklenburg Strelitz
and Schaumberg-Lippe.
@. When did the drama come into
common presentation?-C. S. E.
A. The earliest European drama Is
the Greek. which, growing up in con-
nection with the festival of Dionysius,
eliminated in Attica, where the festival
came to be celebrated by the perform
ance of tetralogy. consisting OF one
comedy and q trilogy of serious plays
or tragedies celebrating connected Sc
ries of mythic episodes. In Medieval
Europe mystery, miracle and morality
plays, acted in connection with the
church festivals preceded the appear
ance during the Renaissance, of the
modern drama which has developed be-
sides tragedy and comedy, tragi- comedy,
melodrama, opera, burletta, farce, etc.
@. Who appoints the poet laureate Of
England?-M. A.
A. He is appointed by the King
@. What is aerated bread?-W. 3. B.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
He who does not feel the compulsion
Of numbers scarce can understand him

He who does not feel the compulsion
Of numbers scarce can understand him
who does.
The man who never thinks of ques-
tioning the popular thing cannot, for
his part, and for the life of him, un-
derstand the other.
The questioner will have much the
better chance however. because he has
that fundamental virtue, curiosity.
He wonders about what the other
merely accepts.
This is one of the basic splits in hu-
man thinking. always interesting be-
cause it is human nature.
1t is so common indeed, that it is
seldom given consideration. but 1t plays
a part whenever two human beings
meet and talk things over.
II a book, for instance, is selling by
the thousands Of copies. one type of
person will accept 1t eagerly and find
1t good
The other will be suspicious of it
simply because it is selling so largely.
1t will have to prove itself to him.
The first will chew the gum his fall
low citizens are chewing, mostly be-
cause he knows they are chewing it.
The other VIII question that gum.
is not better.
The first will listen to popular radio
program because every one else is
listening to it.
If the other suggests that the pro-
gram in question is the bunk or
really poor stuff the first will look at
him in perfect smazement.
The great 10 Jones "the bunk? Why,
he gets four thousand iron men" a
week for singing few minutes each
evening!
How can he be poor?
Here one discovers the original East
and West. and never the twain shall
meet, indeed.
In all outward essentials the two men
may be as alike as twin peas in a rather
small pod. but somehow they are COM
pletely separated inside where the
Wsst begins"
The real difference comes in the ways
of acceptance.
One accepts without question, auto
matically. the other questions on gen.
cra1 principles.
Acqulesence is automatically made for
The other by many persons outside his
circle, with whom he has no acquaint-
ance, and whom he will never know
They decide for him, however al
though he will never know it, just what
he shall like
They supply him with his reasons"
for his likes.
He is the perfect slave of forces out
SIDE himself. forces which he does not
even recognize exist, and who. therefore,
he can disclaim in all honesty.
This is one Of the biggest reasons
(but there are others why the man Of
the other type learns at last TO avoid
all argument with him.
In his youth. when the search for
truth went on in the light of day. he
fondly believed that all man had to
do was to see truth and proclaim it,
for it to be accepted by an eager man.
kind.
Day by day he grows nearer to a be-
lief that the truth is more precious than
he thought. and must be well hid, in
many instances, after it is found. to
prevent it from being sullied by those
who are unable or unwilling, or both,
to comprehend.
The futility of arguing about such
matters as these IS apparent when one
realizes at last that the fellow who
cannot understand Why one does not
speak we'll of a certain vulgar motion
picture. is absolutely sincere in his
protestationS.