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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15

cific a great finland sea-" The plans
have been in the making for more than
a year and are claimed by officials to
have no relation whatever to Japan's
recent abrogation of the naval treaty.
Key to the whole project will be an
$11 100000 air base at Hawaii, supple
mented by large naval base. The en-
tire new frontier will of course re-
Quire considerable added man power
and equipment to operate.
The arrny's share of the appropria-
ton would be $4O5,O0O,OOO, as pro-
posed by Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
chief of staff. The budget of the navy
would be increased to $52S,S71 ,347, ex-
elusive of the $27S,O00,OO0 the PWA
allotted to 1t for new warships. The
latter amount is still largely unused.
Use Merchant Marine.
Besides this, President Roosevelt has
conceived a huge subsidization of the
United States merchant marine which
would permit modernization and
strengthening Of ships along basic
plans of the navy. This would make it
possible for the ships to offer a maxi
mum amount of usefulness as auxiliary
naval equipment in time of war. His
plan also includes gradual replacement
of 106 auxiliary naval vessels, with
construction of 80 vessels during the
next two years, at cost of about
$15O,0O0O00.
The present personnel Of the army
includes approximately 1880 men.
The expansion program would increase
this by at least one-third, and would
add 1920 planes to the air service
President Roosevelt would be given the
power of augmenting the personnel,
with a limit of 10000. The army's
budget would be increased by $90O0O.-
600; the budget only short time ago
was stepped up more than $48,5O0,O 900.
The expansion requires an amount
about double the average appropriation
to the War department for military
purposes.
AS indicated in a series of meetings
of the military affairs committee OF
the house of representatives, the army's
$4O5, 100000 would be spent somewhat
along these lines:
New and improved munitions sup
plies and purchase Of reserves, $45,-
100000; air corps expansion, as rec
commended By the report Of the Baker
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15

compartment for the reception Of
bonds and stocks.
The new structure contains two
vaults, one above the other and in
dependent of each other. The lower
vault has ten major compartments,
each % by 40 feet large, and 10 feet
high. The upper vault contains
six major compartments, somewhat
smaller than those on the lower floor.
An almost staggering amount Of
material has been used to insure the
imperviousness of the vaults, the
doors and partitions alone amount
ing to 800 tons Of steel. Besides this,
800 tons of steel plate lining, 1,20O
tons of cast-iron wall and roof slab,
and 1850 tons of steel reinforcing
were used.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15
By WILLIAM c. uTLEY

A PRECIPITATION Of approx
N mately $3.50, 100000 for mill
L y tary expansion on land, on the
sea and In the air is going
through the mill of legislation in con-
gress. It is the largest peace-time ap-
preparation of Its kind ever attempted
by the United States. officials in WASH
ington have taken particular pains to
emphasize the fact that all Of the pro-
posed additions are strictly of defen-
sive nature.
Included in the program are large
additions to and requirements for army
fighting equipment, naval requirements
and auxiliaries, and-what is regarded
as most important of all, at least by
the Japanese and other Orientals-the
projection Of Americas western from
tier 1000 miles out into the Pacific
ocean.
"The worlds largest air base," as the
Japanese press has been pleased to
phrase it, would consist of chain Of
air bases stretching in a gigantic,
sweeping curve from Alaska through
the Hawaiian islands to the Panama
Canal Zone. This would, in military eff
feet, make the Pacific coast the Sec
ondary western line of defense and
would create of the northeastern Pa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15
Plan to Strengthen Our
Land and Sea Defenses
Largest Appropriation for Army and Navy Ever Pro-
posed in Time of Peace Given Congressional
Consideration.

board last year, $90OOO,O0O; anti-alr-
craft equipment, $4,000, 900; coast de-
lenses, $23O0O,000; mechanization of
army units. $18,O0O,0O0, and procure
ment Of new types developed since the
World war, $1S,O00000.
Housing the army would take gen.
erous slice of the total: air corps con-
struction, $44,600,000; army quarters
and barracks, $S0,100,000; National
Guard camps, $6,400,000, and automo-
tive equipment, 22,1S9,O00.
According to General Macarthur,
army equipment is in a deplorable
state. The boys are still drilling with
1903 Springfield rifles, he says. He
urged that 175 pursuit, 200 bombing,
14O observation, 100 training and 65
cargo lanes, be secured for defensive
purposes, and asked that $16,000,O00 be
set aside for modern arms and mech
anism.
Mechanical Equipment
This amount would equip only one
regiment with medium weight tanks,
one with light tanks, a mechanical
brigade of cavalry, battery Of field
artillery, seven troops with armored
cars, and seven infantry companies
with light tanks. This force would re-
quire the acquisition of 2S5 lightweight
tanks, 1852 medium tanks, 4S armored
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15

cars, A combat cars, SO scout cars and
76 half-track trucks. All these would
be armed with 80 and so caliber ma
chine guns.
Increases in the National Guard per-
sonnet from 10000 to 100000 would
require $2,500,000 and an additional
$S54,O00 year for maintenance. Pay,
clothing and the necessities OF life for
additional officers and men would take
$25.000,00O.
Not included in this outlay Is $780,
100000 which will go to the CCC for
the next year, the administration per-
sisting in its declaration that the
camps are in no way military ventures.
Asked if it would not be more advis-
able to double the standing army than
to double the CCC personnel, General
Macarthur replied, Eyes, the argu-
ments are invincible. 1t costs you less
by a third for soldier than CCC
boy, the training is just as good and
you are insuring the future Of your
country"
Long-held ambitions of the air serv-
ice may be realized with expansions
which would give the United States by
far the most powerful aviation force
in the world. The proposals which
were suggested by the Baker commit
tee in its report on the army air corps
last July have the full backing of the
Federal Aviation commission.
Projections outlined would more than
double the air strength of the army.
By 1941 the United States would boast
1920 airplanes, force much stronger
than any which exists in the world at
the present moment.
Present strength of the army air
corps is about 1,497 planes. Under the
expansion program, this would be in
creased to 1920 by 1888. The navy to-
day has Oh planes, and would in
crease this to 1910 by 1941.
America Not Behind.
The aviation commission reported
that America is not seriously behind
other nations in the air. Its report
said:
"While we are laggard neither in
numbers of aircraft nor in their gen-
eral quality at the present time, we
might easily become so If we fail to
accept these lessons of the current
policies of other powers"
This hardly agrees with the charge
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15

of Brig Gen. William e. Mitchell, for
mer chief Of the army air corps, before
the patents committee Of the house of
representatives. The fiery general said
the United States did not have sim
gle airplane suitable for engaging In
warfare against first-class power. He
also let loose TRADE against. the man.
ufacturers' aircraft association, which
has control of most of the aeronautic
patents, declaring that an airplane
could be made for $1,000 If 1t were
not for this monopoly.
Said the Baker report: TN general
aviation the United States leads the
world It Is superior In commercial avi-
alton, its naval aviation is stronger
than that of any other power, and
with more financial support Its army
aviation can be raised to world posi-
ton equal to that held by our navy"
The Federal Aviation commission
was all in favor of the expansion.
Nothing short of radical change
in the international situation should be
allowed to interfere with the compile
ton of this program or with the MAX
ing of the necessary appropriations TO
carry 1t out" said its report
Aviation Plans.
Military aviation plans in this coun-
try-and frequently in others-have al
ways been hampered by two directly
opposed schools of thought These have
been deplored by the Baker board,
which held that recriminations and in
dividualistic public announcements
have destroyed harmony and co-opera-
ton.
One of these schools feels that "the
next war will be fought in the air." to
employ phrase that has become hack
neyed by frequent repetition in the last
few years. This faction, supported most
laudably by General Mitchell in Amer
lea, contends that the air force should
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15
LAST WORD in
SAFETY VAULT

With the governments statement
that 1t was In the market not only
for old gold, but for old silver as
well, the question arose: "Where Is
Uncle Sam going to store this hoard
of newly acquired treasurer"
The answer to this query is found
In the new storage vaults in the old
courtyard of the Treasury building
at Washington. These vaults are,
according to government officials,
absolutely fireproof, explosion-proof
and burglar-proof.
Never before have such intricate
mechanical devices been conceived
and employed in the construction of
a safety vault, and their success will
no doubt revolutionize the con-
struction of future bank vaults.
No tap of hammer, no click Of a
chisel, not even the suspicious whis-
perings of persons within the vaults
can go unheeded by the sound-detect-
ing microphones, which are con-
cealed within the vaults.
All the entrances are likewise pro-
tected by hidden circuits which pass
about the steel door jambs, ready at
the slightest provocation to trans
NIT an unusual disturbance to the
detecting microphones. These micro
phones are in turn wired direct to
the captain of the watch's Office and
emergency alarm system.
No sooner would such an alarm
sound than all exits to the Treasury
building would automatically close
under lock and key, and would stay
closed until opened by the captain
Of the guard himself. Meanwhile,
from all over Washington would
come emergency police and fire en-
gines in answer to the treasury's
call for help.
Constructed at a cost of 1856, 900,
and possessing storage space of 1885,
600 cubic feet, these vaults are de-
signed to provide storage for all re-
serve stock of paper currency need
ed at any time by the treasury, as
well as storage for all gold and sill
yer coin necessary to hold In the
treasury.
The vaults will also store the
metal needed for any activities of
the department, and have special
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15
Control of Imagination
Important to Mankind

Imagination is one of the greatest
blessings with which mankind Is en-
lowed. Imagination uncontrolled or
improperly used may be a curse.
WithoutI imagination our lives would
be dull and our progress practically
oil.
Our definition Of Imagination Is the
ability to picture in our minds, things
Or ideas that are not evidenced by
our senses. Practically every inven-
hon or improvement made by man
was conceived in someone's imagina-
lion and made real by creating that
which the Imagination pictured. We
are indebted to the imagination for
the best Of our music, painting, poetry
and the finer things in life.
The artist and the creative me-
ehanic are dependent upon their i'm
tpgination for all new ideas.
On the other hand most of our
troubles and our ills are purely i'm
aginary. They exist only In our
lmaginations. have spent large
part of my life imagining calami-
ties that never happened. In Sc far
as this aided In avoiding danger it
was beneficial. When the things
feared were purely imaginary it was
harmful.
Without a proper Imagination we
can accomplish little. With an I'M
controlled imagination we can suffer
enormously and unnecessarily.
It behooves us, therefore, to train
and control our Imagination, for it
can become our most valued servant,
otherwise we may become its slave.
Frank A. Garbutt, in Los Angeles
Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15
Doctors Know!
.. +. and they use
liquid laxatives

You'd use liquid, too, if you knew
how much better it makes you feel.
A liquid laxative can always be
taken in the right amount. You can
gradually reduce the dose. Reduced
dosage is the secret Of real and safe
relief from constipation.
Just ask your own doctor about
this. Ask your druggist how popular
liquid laxatives have become. The
right liquid laxative gives the right
kind of help-and the right amount
of help. When the dose is repeated,
instead of more each time. you take
less. Until the bowels are moving
regularly and thoroughly without aid.
People who have experienced this
comfort, never return to any form OF
help that can't be regulated The
liquid laxative generally used is DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. 1t contains
SIENNA and cascara, and these are
natural laxatives that form no habit.
It relieves a condition of biliousness
or sluggishness without upset;
To relieve your occasional upsets
safely and comfortably, try Syrup
Pepsin. The druggist has it.
G0A.@AGoeN
lz||| SYRUP PEPSIN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15

be completely separated from land or
sea forces. General Mitchell, when in
office, went so far as to secure the avn
ators special pay and different uni
forms. According to his views, good
air force could wipe out all surface
vessels of the sea with dispatch and
could reduce armies by overwhelming
numbers because of the suddenness and
effectiveness of their attack.
The other school contends that the
air force is only part of the general
military program Of defense, and this
school seems to find General MacAr-
thur on its side.
This faction, of course, would expand
and foster the air service, keeping its
speed and efficiency at least on a par
with that of the forces of other ma
lions, but it declares that since the
planes depend upon ground forces for
supply and support, they should be re-
garded only as extremely valuable aux
iliaries to the fighting forces Of the
land, which in reality take, occupy and
hold territory.
This important dissension has caused
congress for many years to be exceed
ingly wary in the matter of appropria-
tions of money for aerial expansion.
Indeed, the air corps has at times been
able to keep a decent pace only by
effecting transfers of personnel from
other branches of the army, these
transfers generally having been accom-
rlished through the efforts of General
Macarthur.
Might Lose Next War.
To the house military affairs commit
tee General Macarthur calmly assert
ed that unless the army's proposed
$4O5, 100000 expansion legislation be
passed, the United States would with
out doubt be the loser in 1.-THE next
war;"
I'VE are paying now for the inertia
of fifteen years." said the general.
'Ten years from now this program will
cost a billion dollars. If you give us
400 million the army will reach high
state Of efficiency"
1t is largely through the never-tiring
scheming Of General Macarthur that
the army, although it ranks seven
teenth in total strength, actually ranks
third In air strength.
@. Western Newspaper Union
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15
Expert Camel Riding

In recent Arab gymkhana at Tel.
Aviv, Egypt, dusky rider made his
camel jump through the "eye Of o
needle" by vaulting one man
stretched between two benches, at
the same time passing beneath an
other held horizontally by two 9TH
ers mounted on stools.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15

No Heating with Matches or Torch ...No
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r EDUCE your ironing time one-third
your labor one-halfl The Cole
man SelfHeating Iron will save you
more time and work than a 500 wash
ing machine! Iron any place where you
can be comfortable. No endless trips carrying
iron from stove to board. Operating cost only
M an hour. Helps you do better ironing.
easier, quicker.
See your hardware or housefurnishing dealer.
nlocal dealer doesn't handle, write us.
THE COLEMAN LAMP & STOVE COMPANY
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-03-15

To keep clean and healthy take DE.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv,
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-01-02
bank likewise established a ,

bank likewise established new
high record of service to northwest
farmers in 1894. It's loans and dis
counts of $69,365 1926 compares with
$40, 702, 422 in 1888. 1t does not loan
direct to individual farmers, but
acts as a federal reserve" system
for agriculture, making credit avail
able to qualified agencies which fin
ance farmers and stockmen.
Big Volume of Discounts
A big part of the banks growth
discounts of $26,022,111 for the 81
local production credit associations
organized last spring under the SUI
pervision of the Production Credit
corporation of Spokane. These To-
cal cooperative farm credit organi-
cations make live stock and crop
loans to their stOck-holding mem
bers on a sound business basis at
actual cost. Their membership now
numbers approximately 1900.
OF the credit banks total loan
volume, approximately $57,000,000
went into live stock financing and
$8,O00,OOO into fruit. Cash repay
ments and renewals during the year
amounted to $63,392,618, and the
bank has approximately $366,OOO,-
coo in loans and discounts outstand-
ing. In addition to serving the 80
newly organized production credit
associations, the FICB also made
loans to % other agricultural fin
ancing organizations and 10 coop
erative associations.
The Production Credit corpora
ton of Spokane, other FCA unit,
does not itself make loans but serves
as holding and supervisory agency
over the local production credit as
sociations. It supplies a major por-
ton of the associations original
capital but it is intended that ulti-
mately farm borrowers will gain
full ownership of their local associ-
alton through their required invest
ment in its stock at the rate of SIS
for each 500 borrowed.
The Spokane Bank for Coopera-
tives, fourth FCA unit, makes facil-
ity and working capital loans to CO.
operative marketing and purchasing
groups on a sound business basis.
The regional Agricultural Credit
corporation, organized in 1882 with
FRO fund to meet the emergency
need for farm and live stock financ-
ing whAl other sources of credit had
collapsed, is now winding up its
emergency operations in an orderly
way under supervision of the F'CA.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-01-02
WORLD SHORT-WAVE LOG
ISSUED BY FEDERAL BUREAU

The Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, has recently issued a
world Short-wave Radiophone
Transmitter" compiled from official
and unofficial listing by Lawrence
ID. Batson. Basic information was
obtained from publications OF the
Bureau of IUnion Internat1onale
DIES Recommendations, the Brit
ish Broadcasting corporation and
the u. S. Federal Communications
commission.
Recognizing the trend Of the radio
receiving set industry toward the
"all-wave" receivers, and anticipat-
ing the growing need for COM
prehensive list of short-wave radio
phone stations to facilitate the use
of these sets by the buying public,
the Bureau of Foreign and DOM
este Commerce has recently COM
piled log, or directory, covering
data on some 2400 short wave radio
phone stations throughout the
world. Its size is 8x 10 inches,
more than half an inch thick, and
contains SO pages. It may be OBJ
tanned at the Seattle district office
of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, 800 Federal
Office building
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-01-02
WASHINGTON ONLY STATE
THAT HAD NO 1884 DROUGHT

SPOKANE-During the crop-year
1884 Washington was the only state
west of the Mississippi river that
had no drought-not an emergency
drought county nor even second
airy drought county was reported.
Her fields and pastures remained
green throughout the year and the
combined yield per acre of import
ant crops, expressed as a percentage
of the ten-year average yield, is CIV
en- by the Department of Agricul-
ture as 1905 against very low fig
ures reported for many other states.
I'm short, Washington state main
tanned her well-esta blished reputa-
ton as the place where health and
plenty cheer the laboring swain
said John S. Dennee agricultural
statistician for Oregon and Wash
ington in a recent report.
Mr.. Dennee reports that the total
value of all Washington farm crops
in 1884 was $80,886,000 compared
with $73,050,00O for last year ano
SAT ,776,000 for 1882.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-01-02
Dam Site Quiet
On Christmas Day
Holiday Observed By Hating OF
OF All Work On Big
Project

GRAND COULEE DAM-For the
first time in many weeks the con-
slant roar OF machinery and equip
ment in use here was stilled Tues
day when residents of the Grand
Coulee cluster of communities cele-
brated their second Christmas.
The machines used to prepare the
way for construction of the dam
stood idle, and only an occasional
curl of smoke indicated any life
at all.
In Mason City, all the offices were
closed, with practically all the Of
ficials Of the company having left
for the holidays to scattered points.
III the huge mess hall, under the
direction of Chief Cook Bill Arndt,
a special Christmas dinner was pre-
pared for the men, and served them
as the "mess call sounded at 1915
Icicles hung on the lower tim
bers Of the temporary trestle bridge
and below the the largest of the
Whirleys, a short distance upstream
Residents reported water pals
frozen inside their cabins, and
cream sticking out of the tops OF
milk bottles. A few small skating
parties ventured out in the after
noon and evening.
Big Change
A year ago, small Christmas
party for the community was given
in what was then the new school
house, built by volunteer labor fol-
the Is children of school age then in
the district. There are now severa.
hundred children in the area, vito
part Of the grades going to schoo
In shifts to make room for all.
Tanks for the storage of gasoline
for the contractors in the prelimin.
airy excavations had just arrived Al
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-01-02
DEMAND FOR HIGH DAM CROWS

WHILE few dehard opposionists still attempting block
w development the Grand Couee dam the growing demand for
of the high dam indicates that the has bright
prospects for construction the ultimate height which will make
possible the development of the irrigation phase.
The Four County Council representing Okanogan Celan Grant
and Douglas undertaking program behalf
OF the high DAM Leading reclamation experts have stamped their
approval the project and President Roosevelt himself had ndca
ted that his favor lies with the completed structure.
At Wenatchee Saturday the efforts underway federal
approval of the high dam will reach climax when
from twentygh Chambers of Commerce North Central Wash
ington will with members of the legislature and the Columbia
Basin commission and them cooperate the efforts
the high dam.
TO this community and district approval of the high dam holds vital
Importance Its construction would lengen the period of activity
the DAM and result the of thousands of
of irrgable land bordering this district