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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-27
Flood Waters Take
Heavy Toll
Estimated Damage Reaches
Many Thousands Of
Dollars

Flood conditions along the Sus-
quehanna river reached their peak
on Thursday and Friday last, and
since then old man river has gradu-
ally crept back within his banks,
leaving trail of wreckage, mud,
and untold damage done by the rag
ing waters, which destroyed and
swept away property and caused
losses the extent Of which is stagger-
ing in the aggregate, and will require
months and the expenditure of vast
sums of money and labor to repair.
For days business was paralyzed
in the flooded area, sickness, hunger
and untold suffering resulting.
In our neighboring town of Port
Deposit the Susquehannas food
waters inundated homes and bust
ness places to the depth of three
or four feet, or more, according to
their location, and the only mode of
travel along the greater portion of
the towns main street for three or
four days was by boat.
Several miles of the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks, along the river, were
coverd with water and have been
undermined to such an extent that it
will be days before suspended traffic
can be resumed.
Residents of Port Deposit are
working with a will to again make
habitable their water-soaked homes
and places of business, and the in
dividual losses are numerous and
heavy.
High water caused the closing
down for time, of the immense
power plant at the Conowingo dam,
where thousands of dollars worth of
damage was done. The railroad
along the Hartford county shore of
the Susquehanna, owned by the
Philadelphia Electric Co., and run
ming from the dam to Havre de
Grace, was undermined and almost
completely destroyed in several
places.
The half-mile-long hydroelectric
power plant at HOLLYWOOD, Pa, one of
the principal links in the CONSOLE
dated Gas and Electric Company's
system, was also put out of commits
sion by the raging flood waters,
which on Thursday last, were the
highest at that point ever recorded,
and caused damage of over a million
dollars alone to the Pennsylvania
Water and Power Company at that
place.
At five o'clock Thursday morning
the concrete retaining wall extending
from the power plant to the island,
in a southwesterly direction, gave
way. This wall was about six feet
across at the top and forty feet in
height above the water level.
When the force of the food water
broke down this protecting wall it
allowed the angry waters to reach
the lower side of the power plant,
where the transformers are located.
Two of these, when the water, oil
and electric current came together,
caused them to explode and break
into fragments. The plant ceased
to operate at this time, otherwise
greater damage to the other trans
formers would have occurred.
One outstanding feature, despite
all the damage done along the Sus-
quehanna river in this locality, is
that no loss of life was reported.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-27
Dairymen Organize
New Cooperative
Interstate Group Offers New
Set-Up-Sign-Up Program
Under Way

Dairymen of the Philadelphia mix
shed are organizing a new coopera-
tive association for the marketing OF
their products. This organization,
chartered as the Interstate Milk
Producers Cooperative under the
laws of Pennsylvania, was set up at
a meeting in Philadelphia on March
4 at which the charter was accepted,
the Cooperative's bylaws and mem
bership marketing agreement adopt
ed and directors elected.
The new organization is designed
to eventually assume the present
functions of the Interstate Milk
Producers Association, the director
ships of the two being Identical at
present and the same officers are
serving both organizations. They
will serve until November when the
members will elect directors at the
first annual meeting, each district
electing it's own director.
The Cooperative will extend over
about forty counties in Southeastern
Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey,
Delaware. the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland, also two counties in West
ern Maryland and two counties in
Northern West Virginia.
officers of the Cooperative are B..
H. Welty, Waynesboro, Pa, presl-
dent; A. r. Marvel Easton,s Md,
yice-president; l. Ralph Zollers,
Philadelphia, secretary; and A. H.
Lauterbach, Narberth, Pa, general
manager.
The incorporators, in announcing
the start of the Cooperative, assert
that it will serve a vital need OF milk
producers, giving them united voice
that can speak collectively for all Of
them ON such matters as milk prices,
terms of sale, transportation prob
lens and rates, and sanitary rules.
In Joining the Cooperative, the pro-
ducers sign a marketing agreement
to this effect.
The organization will start active
service to members when a, sub
stantial part of the producers in the
area have Joined, at which time the
Cooperative will guarantee market
for the milk sold through it by all
producers accepted for membership.
Payment for this milk is guaranteed
also.
The Cooperative is organized along
strictly democratic lines with direc-
tors elected within the districts they
will represent. These districts must
be kept approximately uniform in
size. In addition, delegate body is
included which can advise with and,
upon occasion, instruct the directors
as to policies and programs. John
S. Reisler, Calvert, is the Cecil coun-
ty director.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-27
COVERED DISH SUPPER

A covered dish supper will be held
in the basement of James M. E.
church, Rising Sun, Thursday, April
End, from $3.50 to 1880 D. m. Price
soc. At 500 p. m. the same eve
ming the choir of Oxford Presby-
terrain church will render Stainer's
"Cruciflxion" in the church audi
torium, under direction of r. P. Mac
Lellan, of Philadelphia. Admission
silver offering.
Both the supper and concert are
under auspices of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-27
MUD STALLS FIRE TRUCK AS
BARN BURNS

Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed the barn on the farm Of Cal
vim McCleary near Mechanics Valley
last week together with a lot of
farm implements, hay, provender
and harness. The Volunteer Fire
Company of North East started for.
the scene but is auto truck became
mired in the mud before reaching its
destination.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-27
OFFICERS DYNAMITE LARGE
STILL

Federal and county officers on
Tuesday night last seized and then
wrecked with dynamite a 10OO-gal-
lon still found in the Principle Fur
mace section. The property seized
included watts containing 1000 gall
Ions of mash, large quantity of
sugar and 100 gallons of new liquor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-27
CHARGED WITH AUTO THEFT

Bill Scarborough, near Childs, and
Sam Wright, of Wilmington, Del,
who are wanted in Cecil county on
charges of larceny of car owned
by Hayes McCauley, Jr., of Childs,
and license tags owned by William
Kuhan, were taken into custody in
Philadelphia last week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-27

Hypocrisy is nothing, in fact, but a
horrible hopefulness.--Victor Hugo.
Evening star., 1936-05-15

However, declarer decided that his
best play was to force discards from
his opponents, and accordingly,
played out his remaining three clubs.
West, still thinking his partner held
the jack Of hearts, let 60 two small
spades and one small diamond; de-
clarer discarded low spade and dia-
mond from dummy, and East let go
two hearts.
'Declarer, suspecting that the origi-
nal heart distribution was SIS, now
cashed his jack of hearts and dis
carded low diamond. Now, since
all hearts were out, he led the sin
gleton diamond and finessed the jack.
East won with the king and returned
low spade. Declarer now played
the eight-spot, and West, who had al
ready blanked his ace of spades, had
to put it up and lead a diamond up to
dummy. Hence. South made four no
trump at his doubtful game contract,
and justified his partners optimism
in getting to the game.
Evening star., 1936-05-15
Natures Children
Delicious Morel (Morchella delicious)

blunt ridges, which inclose the irregu-
ar-shaped, depressed spaces. This is
where at maturity the spore sacs are
developed.
Young morels are buff yellow with
a slight brownish tinge. AS they grow
older they become much darker. The
stout hollow stem is almost white. In
some species they are attached to the
apex of the cap only, in others they
are also fastened to the rim. There
are the giant morels, which grow to
be five or even six inches high and
the dwarfs of only one inch. All the
species in this genus are edible and
in high favor with those acquainted
with them.
You can fry or stew the prizes you
bring home. but the best way of all
is to stuff them as you would green
peppers. Once having tried q dish
of these delicious mushrooms you will
not need to be coaxed to get up
bright and early on a May morning
to gather a basket full Of them.
Evening star., 1936-05-15
Curvature .
Of Spine
And Ulcers
Infection of Stomach
Sometimes Caused
by Pressure.

BY JAMES w. BARTON, MD.
nESPITE the fact that ulcer Of the
stomach and of the first part of
the small intestine is quite common,
the exact cause or causes is always a
matter of close search on the part of
the physician who notes certain points
about the majority of ulcer patients.
First the ulcer patient is usually of
the nervous type, usually high strung
and apt to be irritable or "jumpy."
This is the nervous" cause. Second,
there Is often something wrong or
rather different" about the position
of the stomach. so that there is some
interference with its action. This is
the mechanical" cause.
Third, there Is something different
about the lining of the stomach, due to
infection or certain foods, something
different about the juices and their
action. This might be called the
chemical, the infective or by some
other name.
In considering the mechanical cause
of ulcer. Dr. I. Pines, in Medical Clinic,
Berlin, directs attention to curvatures
of the spine, which causes pressure on
certain parts of the stomach and
thereby lead to the development OF
ulcers. He reviews his own observa-
tions and those of other physicians,
one of whom reported IL cases of ulcer
in persons with spinal curvature.
The two most frequent forms OF
curvature is when the spine is bent
forward at the small of the back tsway
back and the curvature to the left
which lowers the right shoulder.
1t was found that in sway back the
ulcer Is usually found at the left side
the part of the stomach into which
the food enters from the mouth.
When the curvature is to the left
side the ulcer is over at the right side
(the outlet), where the stomach con-
tents enter into the small intestine
This can be understood to some extent
as the right shoulder is low and there
would be less room for the right end
of the stomach.
The remarkable land yet it should
be suspected point observed was that
the ulcer was located at the exact
points in the stomach where the most
curved part of the curved spine
crossed it.
In all cases the course of the ulcer
was extremely slow and the treatment
was disappointing. The point would
seem to be then that in addition to
1tI 1F ef4 81, iv,fn ,ol
(duodenaD ulcer number are caused
by spinal curvature.
Spinal curvature can be prevented
by standing and sitting "tall'' or erect
1t can be cured in Its early stages by
spDnts and exercise.
Evening star., 1936-05-15

(l) One-nOtrump DlQ Dy NOrtn at
this point would indicate strength in
hearts.
CD Correct.
90 North's only reason for not pass
ing at this point lay in the fact that
there might be play for three no.
trump. At the same time his bid of
three diamonds clearly warned his
partner that he, North, had no pro-
lection in hearts.
a. With two certain and three pos
sible heart shoppers, South tries three
notrump.
Rather than lead into a suit which
North had bid and rebid, West de-
cided to open the deuce of hearts.
East played the ten and declarer
won with the queen in order to con-
ceal the jack. The king of clubs was
Immediately led and West won with
the ace. Now West shot the king of
hearts IN the hope that his partner.
East, would hold the jack. Declarer
won with the ace and played the
queen of clubs, dropping the ten from
the West hand and establishing
dummy's nine-spot as possible en-
try
Evening star., 1936-05-15

at crack-o'-dawn. They know the
true value of these delicious mush-
rooms.
Where you look for your violet
friends, baby ferns and jack-in-the-
pulpits. you may look for the morels;
hillsides, where there are few trees,
in pastures under trees. You remem-
Der the clump of them, where the
cattle stood during the hot days and
chewed their cuds? Also along the
stream banks and in the woods as
you climb the steep paths.
1t is claimed that this mushroom
Is fool-proof. That not even a child
would fail to identify it after one
close inspection. That is welcome
news. AS we know, mushrooms are
a delicious food and fine reason for
being abroad so early in the morning.
In the genus Morchella you will find
the cap covered with a network of
Evening star., 1936-05-15
MEALS Often FAIL
TO give NEEDED
Internal EXERCISE
ALL-BRAN Relieves Common
Constipation.

Meals that are low in bulk" are
common failing OF the average Ameri-
can diet. Frequently, these meals re-
suit in irregular habits.
Constipation due to insufficient
"bulk" is often . consequence. This
condition causes discomfort, and may
lead to headaches and loss Of appetite.
Even serious disease may develop.
Danish the danger of a diet low in
"bulk" by eating Kellogg's ALL-BRAN
regularly. This delicious cereal is an
abundant source Of gentle bulk"
Within the body, it absorbs moisture
and forms a soft mass, which exercises
and strengthens intestinal muscles.
and cleanses the system. ALL-BRAN
also furnishes vitamin B and contains
iron.
Two tablespoonfuls daily, with milk
or cream, are usually sufficient. If not
relieved this way, consult your doctor.
How much pleasanter to enjoy this
natural food in place of pills and
drugs. Serve ALL-BRAN In some
form each day, either as q cereal or
cooked into mullins, breads, etc. Eat
it regularly for regular habits.
ALL-BRAN Is sold by all grocers.
Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
'Constipdtion due to insufficient bulk"
Evening star., 1936-05-15
Spider Called Biggest Eater.

The spider is the worlds biggest
eater, according to entomologists in
South Germany who have been in
vestigating. Munich reports they dis
covered that it eats four times its
own weight for breakfast, nine times
its weight for luncheon, and 13 times
its weight for dinner. To equal this
ration the average man would have
to devour about one and one-half tons
of food every "a hours, the scientists
declare.
Evening star., 1936-05-15
The Old Gardener Says:

Water lilies are growing in pop
ularity. which is natural enough
when one remembers that they
can be grown without being
weeded, or cultivated or sprayed.
Formerly garden makers were in
clined to believe that the making
of a pool was a difficult matter,
but they have learned better. A
cement pool 10 by 4 feet and 2
feet deep costs but little if made
by a professional and much less
If the gardener happens to be a
handy man. AS a matter of fact,
pond lilies may be grown sue
cessfully in a half barrel. There
are kinds which bloom at night,
others which bloonf only in the
daytime. There are hardy kinds,
which may be kept over the Win
ter readily, and tropical kinds,
which usually freeze up at the end
of the season, but which are cheap
enough to permit the purchase of
new plants each Spring. They
are very lovely.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-05-15

Deports Snake.
Brazil Is shipping snakes t,
Europe.
Evening star., 1936-05-15
Swiss May Colonize.

Swiss colonies may be established in
South America. A commission sent
from Berne to Southern Brazil, Argen.
tina and Paraguay reports that the
plan is feasible. Some settlements
will consist of between 10 and 80
families Individual Swiss Of means
may also emigrate to these and other
South American countries in large
projects.
Evening star., 1936-05-15
RY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

n VOW is the time to begin your
M mushroom education. Morels
" are May children and to be
4 found by the thousands in the
very same locations where you go to
renew your acquaintance with the
many folks of the outdoors that you
met last var.
Buy yoDrselr a ioose-leaf note book.
It will save you much time and all
you have to do Is TO turn page or
two OF It to refresh your memory.
Morels ask for two things in order
to perfect themselves. First, rich,
loamy soil; second, warm, misty.
showery night in May. You must
90 very early to find them in their
perfection. If there are foreigners
nearby you will sure have to get up
Evening star., 1936-05-15

NTow COMES new kind of shortening! shortening so
utterly different, far in advance of ordinary shorten
gs that you really appreciate how truly remarkable
it is until you try it for yourself!
That's why we say: "Try Spry Try it at our risk Well
give you your money back tiee if it isn't the BEST
shortening you ever used"
The instant you open of Spry you'll knosv better.
See how white and smooth it is! How wonderfully creamy
And so fresh and sweet For Spy purer ALLvegetabe
contains not an atom of animal fat.
Nothing like Sb,y for baking and fynel
But that's ALL Spry stays fresh and sweet auay5 No
need put the refrigerator right the pantry
shelf You can keep it for months and the last spoonful will
be good the first And will auays be the right
sistency for quick, easy creaming.
Put Sry the actual and discover all other
great advantages. What JOY cook with Spry How easily
blends with other ngredients 1t mixes readily and thor
oughy give fine, texture cakes pastries and bis
The new, purer Ally
Evening star., 1936-05-15
Cooks Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.

U
SUPPER MENU SERVING TWELVE.
Assorted Canapes
Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice
Cocktails
Potato Salad
Buttered Rolls
Radishes Celery OHres
Strawberry Sponge Dessert
Coffee
HAM RELISH BALLS.
2 cups chopped Is teaspoon salt
cooked ham a teaspoon
] hard cooked paprika
egg, diced l tablespoon
3 tablespoons cream
salad dressing "a teaspoon
tablespoons chopped parsley
chopped pickles.
Mix ingredients and shape into balls
inch in diameter. Roll in palms of
hands to shape Chill.
CHEESE NUT ROLLS.
cup cottage Il teaspoon salt
cheese dry Is teaspoon
u cup chopped paprika
ilueo IdUieSpOOilS
4 teaspoon cream
chopped onions "a teaspoon
"a teaspoon chopped green
celery salt pepper
Mix all ingredients excepting nuts.
Shape into rolls y by l inch long.
Roll in nuts. Chill and serve.
STRAWBERRY SPONGE DESSERT.
2 baked cake "a cup orange
layers juice
package l cup whipped
strawberry cream
favored GEL ! egg white
attn mixture beaten
] cup boiling cup straw
water berries
2 tablespoons "a cup confec-
lemon juice toners sugar
Pour water over gelatin mixture
and stir until dissolved. add fruit
Juices and cool until slightly thick,
beat until frothy and beat in cream
and egg white. Pour over one cake
layer which has been placed in shall
low pan. Chill until quite firm, cover
with remaining cake layer and chill
until serving time. Spread with
more whipped cream and top with
berries blended with sugar Serve
cut in squares or bars.
One-half pint whipped cream will
be sufficient to cover dessert.
White or yellow layer cake or angel
food cake can be used.
Evening star., 1936-05-15
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

David BIrpst Michael optsb oswald JasO5y and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-12-04
THE SWEAT OF COMMON FOLKS

Taxes, little or great, are the sweat
of common folks said the Portland Ore
gonian in recent editorial.
The common folks are the great tax
payers of this country-sooner or later, di-
rectly or indirectly, they pay almost all Of
the cost of government. There aren't
enough erich folks to tax to make dent
in the Federal, state and local tax bud
gets.
Authoritative surveys have shown
that if government took ALL the net in
come of persons in the higher income
brackets, plus all the net income of Amer
lean corporations, revenue would still fall
far short of meeting outgo.
The moral is plain. Tax reduction is
in the interest of every citizen and every
busineSs-and the greatest beneficiary of
all would be the person of small means
and the small business. The new excess
profits tax is a case in point. Tax experts
have pointed out cases where, under its
provisions, some very large corporations
can actually pay less in taxes than they
did formerly-while almost all small cor
porations will have to pay more. The prin-
cipal burden of the law will fall on the
/ little, fellow.
.,{,<I you card $25 week, taxes take
six or seven q those dollars-because
what you pay pr the article you buy must
also cover its pEppOrtiOnate share of the
hundred and Of e taxes pay by the pro-
Queer, the, manufacturer, the transporter,
the insurer, the broker, the agent, the re-
taller, ad infinitum
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-12-04

stock. at the beginning of another
four years. Errors have been made.
many of them very costly. Americans
of all shades of political opinion want
them corrected Some of them can
be attacked at once and there is no
valid reason for delay.
First. is the large amount OF over
tapping in government activity
There is no need to give particulars
here. The fact of the overlapping, is
not questioned Until it is corrected
there will be Implications of effort
and unnecessary expense. Time after
time there have been gestures made
by the appointment of "coordina-
tor" but little or nothing has been
done. A special committee of Inde-
pendent experts is now studying the
whole question and will in the near
future make Its recommendations
Their report should have the widest
publicity and not be pigeonhoied or
ignored This has occurred often IN
the past with such studies and neither
the administrator nor the Congress
should be permitted to do it this time
Another aspect of confusion is the
contradiction of effort that occurs
when an organization is not well CO.
ordinated A concentration of respon-
siblities and reduction in the large
number of boards and commissions
will surely lessen the number of cases
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-12-04
You and Your
Nations Affairs
Confusion i'm Government
M By ERNEST MINOR PATTERSON
President American academy OF Political and Social Scenc

where one board or bureau adopts
policies or plans which are directly
opposed by the policies OF some other
government body.
For example it Is grotesque to try
to increase the volume of farm prod
ucts by irrigation projects. opening
up new land and reducing costs by
better methods of cultivation while
farmers are being paid to reduce
acreage. Similar conditions exist In
other directions and better organi-
cation of government administration
will definitely help.
Perhaps the most important need
in Washington is a clearer and more
consistent statement of general pol
icies than has prevailed in the past.
Much of the resentment and uncer-
tainty toward the administration has
been due to failure on the part of the
public to see clearly its general pur-
poses Spectacular things have been
done Some have been properly con-
demned by thoughtful critics who
had no political bias. Others have
been accepted with some hesitation
because of the confusion in the pic
ture as whole. Statements of policy
have often clashed sharply with the
government acts. ~
1t is to be hoped that these mat
tiers will now be clarified. The pub
lie does not expect perfection II
realizes that conditions change so
rapidly that plans must undergo oc-
casional readiustments. The general
direction of administration policy.
however. can and should be made
clearer.
Among the many questions of pol
icy concerning which the public seeks
light are these
ta) When and how will the Fed
eral budget be brought to2balance?
tb) What government activities
are to be abandoned Because the
emergency is passing or has passed?
tc) What activities are to be re-
tanned? ~
I'D What kind of a monetary sys-
TEN are we to have in place of the
peculiar system now in effect?
These are only four of p long list
OF questions. all of vital Importance.
Now that the heat of the campaign
is over it Is time for little light.
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