davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1935-01-15
SCHOOLS CONTROL
SHIFT is OPPOSED
Stanton Park Citizens Also Hit
Plan for D. G. Income
Tax.

Opposition to proposed legislation
giving the District Commissioners
control of the Board of Education was
voted lsst night by the Stanton Park
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Wander FOOdless

The entire winter and spring
she had wandered bout the
Ukraine, occasionally finding a BIZ
of food, which she apparently
gave mostly to her son.
After all. people like these do
not ask a great deal of life. All
this woman wanted was food and
a place to sleep, and was willing
to labor long hours to obtain
these simple things for her son
and herself.
Up to this point in my tour
had avoided the village ccnters,
as I had feared being appre.
hended by the GPU. but I decided
to see what the conditions were in
more thickly populated sections
Returning to village, which
shall not name. as l do not wish
to subject the few remaining resi-.
dents to the torture of the GPU,
I found small group of peasants
near what was serving as a com,
bined living and sleeping room for
nine peasants.
It was a former storage place
for vegetables, when there were
still vegetables in this former
grain bin" of Russia" which, not
so long ago, was one way of re
ferring to the Ukraine.
The first individual that talkec
with was a peasant who, until 9
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
BRITISH DUKE,
CRUISER SAFE

LONDON, Feb. 20 G.N.S.) ).-The
British cruiser Australia is safe
off Panama, the admiralty an
nounced today, but the delay
caused by two trips to rescue the
crew of the American schooner
Seth Parker cost the British gov
eminent several thousand dollars
and the Duke of Gloucester, third
son of the King and Queen of
England, visit to Bermuda and
the Bahamas.
Three days of excitement in
Panama over continued failure of
the Australia, bearing the Duke
back to England, to answer re-
peated calls of the United States
naval radio station at Colon
probably resulted from the sta
tion's use of the wrong radio
wave length, the admiralty sug-
gested.
Elaborate preparations had been
made to entertain the duke at
Nassau, Bahamas, and Hamilton,
Bermuda, but the duke advised
he would have to go on to Lon
don to prepare for King Georges
jubilee celebrations in May.
Several members of the Seth
Parker crew. but not their cap
tain, Phillips Lord. radio skipper,
are aboard the Australia.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Drunk in Court,
Asks 10 Days
And Gets it

Charles Pender, colored, con-
Tossing to 35 years with no
fixed address, shuffled into
court today, charged with in
toxication. The record showed
that he had been picked up
last night on D Street North
west. Clerk Dick Shaw asked:
Guilty or not guilty?"
Pender got the general drift
of the question, and answered:
"I'm drunk right now"
Judge Gus A. Schuldt, recog-
nizing the prisoners candor,
leaned forward in his chair.
Pender gazed earnestly at the
court and announced again:
I'm drunk as I can be-"
Judge Schuldt thought that
over. and asked:
what do you suggest that
we do about it,"
I'D shoIy appreciate 10 days,
Judge"
do you think you could get
the liquor out of your system
in that time?"
He thought he could, and
Judge Schuldt accommodated
him,
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
HAUPTMANN AID
ASKED IN D. {.

The first petition for public sub
scription to the fund to be used
in seeking to set aside the death
penalty imposed upon Bruno
Richard Hauptmann for the kid
nap-murder of the Lindbergh baby
made its appearance in Washing
ton today.
The petition is headed:
From the supreme jury Of
the world, composed of all
united justice loving people of
every nation"
The petition was sent out
through the M. B. U. Inc, 500
block Fifth st. N. w. The moving
spirit behind both the petition
and M. B. (which stand for
Master Builders Unions Earl w.
Howe.
Mr.. Howe said he had left a
copy of his petition at the White
House. He is undecided whether
a mailing campaign or a house
toulouse canvass will be employed
in obtaining SignerS.
After the petitions are signed
Mr.. Howe intends to forward
them to the governor of New
Jersey.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
.|CKES PROVIDES
RELIEF FUNDS

BY order of the President PWA
Administrator IckeS yesterday
transferred $45.OOO,OOO from the
PWA housing division to the Fed
eral Emergency Relief Admins
tration to carry on relief through
February.
Ten days ago $4,000 900 was
transferred from the PWA i'm.
pounded fund to the FERA 10
carry on up to today. The funds
were taken from unobligated and
uneXpended balances totaling
1898, 100000. which were i'm
pounded by Presidential order
last December.
The housing division has $15,-
100000 remaining in its fund. Mr..
IckeS said:
"Of course, we expect the
funds to be returned to us when
the S4,SSO,OOO works relief bill
Is passed"
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Asks New Law
For Marine Safety

In an effort to prevent fur
ther marine disasters, Secretary
of Commerce Daniel C. Roper to-
day made recommendations for
improving conditions in the
American marine to Senator
Royal S. Copeland, chairman of
the Senate Committee on Com
merce, and Representative Schuy-
Ter o. Bland. chairman of the
House Committee on Merchant
Marine, Radio and Fisheries.
The Secretary recommends
legislation providing for the in
vestigation and trial of officers
of vessels involved in disasters,
and to increase the administra-
ton of laws relating to the in
spection of vessels.
Secretary Roper would eStab-
lish a technical staff in Wash
ington, with jurisdiction over in
spections extending to the hulls
of vessels and their equipment,
with supervision and control over
the construction of new vessels
and alterations on existing yes.
sells.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
FOOdless TlUO Days

These two infants CARRYING
on, with no hope of relief, was
one of the most agoniZing scenes
of the entire trip. Death seemed
kind in comparison to the star
vatiOn meted out as severely
and ruthIessly as it had been to
these children. Up to the time
of my arrival, they had not
tasted food in two days. and
then only slice of bread and
a small cold potato each, given
by some relatives in slightly
better circumstances.
While at Moscow I had visited
a world-famous home for children
run by the GPU. To be able tt
get into this home. however. {
child must have had the gooc
judgment to pick parents of pure
Bolshevik stock. There was NJ
place for the children of ordinary
peasants.
About a half-mile from thu
cabin of these two children
came upon a corpse laying JUS
off the highway.
The shoes had been taken by
some more optimistic peasant. anc
the body looked at first glance tt
be a man asleep. The stomach
was horribly swollen, however, anc
from the bloated look of the face
obviously it was another case O.
starvation. returned to the cabir
of the two children and askee
them about this corpse.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

Provision also would be made
for inspection and regulation of
vessels engaged in the transpor-
tation of inflammable and SINH
lar dangerous cargoes.
The cost involved in the Roper
plan is estimated by the Secre-
tary at $4,000 for the first
year and about 100000 per
year after that.
The Roper recommendation fol-
lows an assertion by Senator
Royal S. Copeland (DD of New
York that nothing is more i'm
portant to the American mer-
chant marine than the estab-
lishment of public confidence in
safety of ships.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Sigma Phi Gamma
Plans Convention

Members of the Sigma Phi Gam
ma sorority are planning the 1885
convention, to be held in Wash
ington. Committee chairmen to
direct arrangements for the gath
ering have been named as follows: !:
Ray Butt, general chairman; Dony
Fantom and Edna Patterson, as
Sistants; Elaire Frederick, recep,
ton: Agnes Workman, finance;
Helen Whitebread, registration; !;
Pauline Kinsinger, decoration; :;
Kay Whalen, sightseeing; Gather
inc Smith, entertainment; Kath.
leen Caputo. program, and Lucille
Conway, publicity.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Is Dead Bodies

In the course of half hours
walk with the elder child, I saw
IS corpses in the vicinity of her
cabin. Most of them had all their
clothing removed and were terri,
flying sights to behold.
Within so yards of this little
girls hut was body that had ap-
parently gone to sleep on a bit of
straw and died during the night.
The girl asked me to help her
bury him as he was so close to her,
but that she worried about seeing
the body when she went to fetch
water. There were some parts of
agricultural machinery steel lying
near the corpse with which we
used to cover the body with earth.
While we were at this task, a
woman and her small boy ap-
preached us. Despair was written
all over the mothers face.
She first asked for drink of
water for her son. Then she
asked if we would permit her to
take the shoes off the corpse and
boil them, as she though there
might be some nourishment in a
soup from such process.
Her son had not eaten in three
days. And by eating she meant
she had not tasted food.
This mothers story was like all
the others. She kept a picture
in her heart of the Hetman of
the Ukraine instead of Lenin,
Stain and Kalinen. Her husband
had been sent to Siberia for 10
years for the grave crime of try
ing to provide enough bread for
his little family.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

year ago, had had about three
acres of land nearby, on which he
was able to raise enough food and
fodder to supply his family of wife
and one child, and to feed his one
horse throughout the long Russian
winter.
He stated that he had grown
about 20 bushels of potatoes, about
so bushels of wheat and had had
a pig and one horse. He stated
that in the month of November,
1888, the GPU swooped down upon
him and took 80 per cent of his
(Continued on Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
Artists Hail
Mellon Gallery Plan

Washington artists and art
lovers today hailed with joy the
plan of Andrew Mellon to estab-
lish one of the greatest galleries
in the world in the national
Capital.
The Mellon collection of the
works of the masters. for which
the Pittsburgh capitalist has ex-
pended more than $19,000,OOO in
recent years, will be housed in a
great art museum here, to be
erected with funds provided by
Mr.. Mellon.
Praising Mr.. Melons action.
C. Powell Minnigerode, director of
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, point
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
MELLON DENIES
SHORT SALE
IN 1881
That's All a Mistake He Says
Regardin g SeCretary's
Testimony in Tax Case

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 20 0.N.
SD.-Andrew w. Mellon today
smilingly dismissed as a "miS.
take" testimony of his conf.
Dental secretary before the u.
S. Board of Tax Appeals that
while Secretary of the Treasury
he sold "shOrt" on a falling
stock market. He said:
"There wasn't any short sale,
that's all mistake"
Howard M. johnson, secretary
to the financier, testified the
banker made $4,000 on q
short" sale of Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing
Company stock in March, 1881.
Mellon was Secretary of the
Treasury at that time.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 20 0.N.SD.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew w. Mellon profited by
selling short on falling market
in the panic year" of 1881, his
confidential secretary, Howard A.
Johnson, testified before the
United States Board of Tax Ap'
pealS here today.
Under cross-examinatior in the
tax case in which the Govern
ment seeks $3,O75,103 in taxes
and penalties from the financier,
Mr.. johnson admitted the multi
millionaire banker made $4,000
on short sale" of Westing'
house Electric and Manufacturing
Company stock.
Had Stock to Cover
Mr.. Mellon had "in his pouch"
more than twice the amount OF
stock necessary to cover the short
sale, Mr.. johnson said.
Concluding his testimony for
Mr.. Mellon who seeks a refund of
$139 900 on his 1881 income pay
ment, Mr.. johnson said the one
time ambassador to England lost
$68,302 in a similar short sale Of
the same company's stock little
later. Government Chief Counsel
Robert H. jackson asked:
DO 1 understand you to be
testifying here that Mr.. Mellon
while Secretary Of the Treasury
was making short sales?"
Mr.. johnson replied:
"Yes-we sold some Westing-
house that year (193D."
Mellon Listens
Mr.. Mellon, surrounded by a
battery of attorneys, listened care
fully to the testimony-the most
exciting since the hearing started
three days ago.
When Mr.. Jackson inquired If
the witness meant TO tell me
that Mr.. Mellon, then Secretary
of the Treasury, in the panic year
of 1881, was selling short on a
falling market" Frank j. Hogan,
chief counsel for the financier,
objected. Mr.. Jackson withdrew
the question and examined the
witness on other stock deals.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
By THOMAS WALKER

In the Guide Book The Soviet Union, reads
The peasants huts of the Ukraine always clean care
fully whitewashed and buried in the foliage of their
gardens.
At small village below Kharhov went into typical hut
with dirt floor thatched roof and containing the only
of furniture, bench There garden.
The occupants Of this cabin thin girl Of fourteen
and her brother of two and onehaf years.
This child crawed about the floor like frog and
its poor little body defomed from lack of nourshment
that it did not resemble human being Its mother had died
of starvation when it year old.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

ed out that this will go far to-
ward making Washington one of
the great art centers of the world.
DR.. Alexander Wetmore, assist
ant secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, also praised the move
as making the Capital the cul-
tural center of the Nation.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
DIR. Lewis Conner
Speaker Tonight

DR.. Lewis Conner, New York city
heart specialist. will be the speaker
at tonight's joint meeting of the
Washington Heart Association and
the District of Columbia Medical
Society to be held at the Medical
Society's auditorium, 17l8 M st.
N, w.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
STARVE AS FOOD,
HOMES ARE TAKEN OVER
BY GPU; CH|LDREND|E

The Russian famine is not famine, but planned
process of determination By Moscow, writes Thomas
Walker noted American journalist IN the second of his
series of articles on his travas In Soviet Russia.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20
D. A. r. PLANS FETE

FALLS CHURCH, Feb. 20-The
Falls Church chapter of the OAR.
will give a benefit bridge party
Friday afternon at 2 o'clock at
the home fMrs. E. C. Hough,
vice regent of the chapter.
The Washington times., 1935-02-20

The child, I learned from the
girl, had never tasted milk or but
ter, and had only once in it's life
tasted meat. Black bread and
potatoes in very rare quantities
had been the sole nourishment
of this infant. that had been on
the point of death many times in
the past winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
JOANNA M. STRICKLAND

Joanna M, wife of the late w.
Smith Strickland, passed away Sep
TENDER 81, at the home of her
daughter in West Philadelphia.
She was born near Rising Sun,
August II, 1857, her parents being
the late Daniel and Ellen Russell
Maloney. They moved to Oxford,
Pa, when she was an infan. and she
spent all her life in that town until
last November when she made her
home with her daughter.
These children survive: J. Orvil
and Mrs. Earle T. Wilson, West
Philadelphia; Norman r., East Lans-
downt: two sisters, Mrs. Belle. R.
Currie, Jersey City, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Howeth, New York City; seven
grandchildren also survive.
Interment was made in Oxford,
Pa, cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
WOODLAND

The l.. T. L. held the October meet
.ng in the Church House, Saturday
fternoon
Mrs. Edmund Perry. and brother
alton Williams drove to Franklin,
" Va, Friday after the close of
3hool to remain until Sunday with
er husband, who is employed there.
Mrs. Ernest Benjamin and her two
Dung daughters moved to Port De-
sit last week.
Mrs. George Tyson and Miss Ida
thompson drove to Baltimore Satur-
ay afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
artin Tyson, of Port Deposit, to
sit Mrs. Eva Fox at the Home For
lcura bles.
The stork visited Mr. and Mrs
homas Benjamin, Thursday eve
ling, the third, leaving them son.
The Ladies Aid held business
Meeting in the Church House, Fri
lay afternoon, the 4th.
Mr.. and Mrs Horace Hall, Miss
ruth Williams and Mr.. Rufus Will
Jams and Mr.. Rufus Benjamin at
ended York Fair on Thursday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
MRS. BERTHA NIELDs.
w. E. Fisher, Auct.

This is to give notice that the sub
scriber of Cecil County, has obtained
from the Orphans Court of said
County, Letters of Administration on
the Pei sonal Estate of
SALLIE G. MORRIS
late of said county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof duly authenticated, on or be-
fore the 18th day of April, 1886,
they may otherwise, by law, be ex-
cluded from all benefits Of said estate.
All indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate paymen.
to the subscriber
Given under my hand this both
day of September, 1895.
SAMUEL L. NORRIS, Executor.
Port Deposit. Md, r. d.
True Copy-Test:-
JESSE PIERSON. Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
AT THE ACADEMY

The West Nottingham Academy
will open it's football season this Fri
day afternoon at 800 o'clock on the
local field when it will meet the
powerful and heavier eleven from
Franklin Day School. This game is
bound to be a fight to the finish due
to the Maroon's surprising and over
whelming defeat at the hands of said
aggregation last fall in their op-
ponent's home park.
Coach Hanna and staff find that as
raw as their material is, they have
tie ground work for light but very
potential showing this season.
Few regulars are back and as to
lust who will fill the berths is much
in dispute, and no definite assign
ments or hints as to who will COM
prise the initial Maroon eleven will
be given out until just prior to Fri
days contest.
Taking all in all, the Maroon ma
chine has a few more cogs in the
works than last year-and from all
reports is going to run more smooth
ly than ever for this opening battle
of the season, this Friday.
G.. K. V.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
CHARLES d. RACINE

Charles D. Racine, aged 49, a
farmer of Elk Neck, died at his
home Monday evening, after a pro-
longed illness from heart trouble.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
four sons and two daughters, William
d. Racine, Wendell Racine, George
Racine, all of Elk Neck; Mrs. Glenn
entine Stafford, of Stanton, Del. );
Irwin Racine, of Kennett Square,
Pa, and Mrs. Ann Gillespie. The
funeral was held from his late home
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
with interment in North East M. E.
cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Della Lee England, daughter of
Mrs Flora L. England, North East,
and Charles r. Reynolds, son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Reynolds, of the
same place, were married Monday
evtning, Sept 80, at the North East
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage by
Rev. Paul E. Reynolds.
Following short honeymoon
through the near South, Mr.. and Mrs.
Reynolds will reside at North East.
The bride is a graduate of North
East High School and Beacon Col
lege. She is employed by John H.
Terrell and Son, insurance brokers,
Elkton. Mr.. Reynolds is manager OF
the produce department of a chain
grocery store in Havre de Grace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
MRS. JULIA ANN COsDEN

Mrs. Julia Ann Cosden, widow of
Curtis Cosden, died Sept "a at the
home of her son-in-law and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred J. Blome, in Mid
dletown, Del, aged "a years.
Mrs. Cosden was native of Cecil
county, her maiden name being Julia
A. Stradley She was twice married,
her first husband being John Ross,
and her second husband Curtis Cos
den. She is survived by four chill
dren; also by sister, Mrs. Molly
Wooleyhan, widow of James A.
Wooleyhan, of Chesapeake City.
Interment was made in Bethel ceme-
terry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
MRS. MARGARET JONES

Mrs. Margaret Jones, aged 20,
widow of the late Malvern Jones, of
near Elkton, died at the home of
her son, Howard Jones, near Union
Church, Tuesday, after several weeks
illness. Two sons and two daugh-
tiers survive her: Mrs. Woodall Holt,
of Elk Neck; Mrs. S. Ralph Andrews,
of Elkton; John Jones, of Elkton,
and Howard Jones, of near Union
Church. The funeral was held from
the home of her daughter, Mrs. S.
Ralph Andrews, Elkton, Thursday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, with inter-
ment in Elkton cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP and
MANAGEMENT

Required by the Act of Congress
of August "a, 1912. Of The Midland
Journal, published at Rising sun,
Cecil County, Maryland
Publishers, Ewing Bros. Rising
Sun, Md.
Editor. Evans e. Ewing. Rising
Sun, Md.
Business Manager. Evans E. Ewing.
Rising Sun, Md.
Owners, Cecil e. Ewing and Evans
e. Ewing, Rising Sun, Md.
Bondholders. mortgages. or other
security holders, None.
EVANS q. EWING.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
John PATTERSON EVANS

The funeral of John Patterson
Evans, aged 81, was held from the
home of his mother, Mrs. Jennie F.
Evans, on North street, Elkton,
Tuesday afternoon, with interment
in Elkton cemetery. He was a son
of the late William S. Evans, law
yer and was unmarried Besides his
mother he is survived by three
brothers and two sisters--James F.
Evans, Harry c. Evans, w. Sterling
Evans, Mrs Emily Evans Constable,
and Mrs. Bessie S. Constable, wife of
Reginald Constable, all of Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
MRS. ARTHUR RAMBO

Mrs. Susie Rambo, wife of Arthur
M. Rambo, died Oct. at her home
in Elkton Heights, aged 81 years.
Mrs. Rambo was the daughter of
the late Isaac and Deborah Swan
Lum, Of Town Point. Her married
life was spent in Elkton. She was a
member of the Elkton M. E. Church
and was highly esteemed by all who
knew her. She is survived by her
husband and three sons-Charles,
Clarence and Philip Rambo, all of
Elkton.
Services were held at her late
home Friday afternoon at two
O'Clock. Interment at Elkton Gene
terry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
WEST NOTTINGHAM PRESBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH
Rev. A. HI. Hibshman, Ph.D., Pastor

Sunday School 1000 A. M.
Worship 1880 A. M.
Evening Service 1880 P. M.
The Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will be administered next Sun
day.
Dr. Frederick R. Thorne, Secretary
CT the Young Peoples Work, Board of
National Missions, New York City,
will be the speaker in the evening.
You are cordially invited to all
these services.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
ELLIS Il. PHILLIPS

Ellis E. Phillips died Sept. "a at
his home in Port Deposit, aged 81
years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Callie Burkins Phillips, and two sons,
Albert Phillips, Baltimore, and Stan
ley Phillips, Cecil county. Mrs. Har-
old Towson, Port Deposit; Mrs.
Jacob Rider, John Poteet and Shelf
field Poteet, all of Baltimore, are sur
viving step-daughters and step-sons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
DEATHS
HALvoR WRoLDsEN

The death of Halvor Wroldsen, of
Chesapeake City, occurred Oct. ].
He was 80 years of age, and is sur
yived by his wife, one son and several
daughters. The funeral was hell
Saturday afternoon, with interment
in Bethel cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11
RISING SUN M. E. CHURCH
Rev. A. b. Frye, Pastor

Sunday School 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship 1900 o'clock.
Evening Worship 1880 o'clock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-11

The Ladies' Aid Society of Mt
Pleasant M. e. Church will hold their
annual supper on Thursday evening,
October II. Tickets SO cents.