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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-15
GIRLS TRANCE
ENDS AFTER
SIX DAYS

DETROIT, Jan. IS dN.sJ
Awakening from a 143-hour re
hgious trance hours before she
was scheduled to arise" 17-year
old Shirley Tapp claimed today
she had visions of God, Heaven
and long.dead friends during her
sleep"
In a state of coma since she
was slain by the Lord" at a
revival meeting last Wednesday
night, Shirley awoke last night
at $3.50 p. M, thus overthrowing
1.-THE predictions of other members
OF her faith and expectations OF
doctors.
Co-religioniSts previously had
said she would rise" on the
seventh day because that was the
number written in the Bible.
Doctors, who said Shirley was a
victim of a form of Self-hypnotic
hysteria, also expected her to re.
Vive on the seventh day but be-
cause it had been suggested to her
mind.
The seventh day would have
been today.
When she opened her eyes, the
girl said she saw little Jimmie
Ktlgore" during her sleep. The
Kilgore boy has been dead six
years. She said:
Jimmie was dressed all in
white. He had white hair and
seemed to be picking flowers on
. mountain pathway. I also
saw Don GOttfried dead since
1883. He was walking also.
Il seemed to be standing on a
cloud with the earth far below.
I had q glimpse Of heaven.
There seemed to be a veil.
, saw the God walking toward
me on . white path. There was
. veil between us and although
we walked toward each other,
We didn't actually meet. l didn't
; speak. Neither did God"
Physicians said the girl was
normal today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-15
AID MEN HEAR
EDUCATOR

Speaking before the Direct Mail
Advertising Association exhibit
and convention of business and
professional men at the Hotel
Raleigh yesterday, DR.. Howard T.
Hovde, professor of marking,
Wharton School of Finance and
Commerce, University of Pennsyl-
vania, said that advertising is
the pace-maker Of business" e..
He said that you can talk
against advertising, you can legis-
late against it, but you can never
make it unpopular. because it is a
vital tool Of business, fulfilling an
economic place in society. The
occasion was a luncheon spon-
sored by the Graphic Arts Asso-
citation and the Advertising Club
Of Washington.
In discussing advertising. DR..
Hovde said:
mot only in business, but for
society as a whole, advertising
is helpful. Like education, ad-
vertising tells people how, when
and where to buy. Like trans
portatiOn, it assists in the dis
tributiOn Of the goods them
selves. Socially it has been a
force for great good in this
country.
I'm the United States, there
are more passenger cars than
there are telephones, more tele-
phones than bathtubS, more
bath tubs than radio sets. The
United States leads the rest Of
the world in the number of pas
senger cars, in the number Of
telephones, probably the num-
Der of bathtubs, and is just
short of the number of radios.
I This bespeaks much for the
high standard Of living which
has been developed in this cOun-
try through the assistance Of
advertising"
DR.. Hovde praised the exhibit
tton of advertising in the ball
room of the Hotel Raleigh this
week. Here are displayed the
uses of all advertising media.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-15
Fish, Slayer Of Child,
Waits Thrill Of Death

NEW YORK, Jan. IS GN.S0.
Albert H. Fish, 70-year-old thrill
slayer" hopes Governor Lehman
will not extend c1emency to him.
Doomed to die tomorrow night
for killing Grace Budd. 10, seven
years ago. Fish. confided to his
lawyer. James Dempsey:
"The chair will be the SD
preme thrill Of my life"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-15
Co|ored Democrats
Will Dine ToniQht

Representatives Jennings Ran
dolph of West Virginia and
THOMAS F. Ford of California
will speak at a dinner of the
Allied Colored Democratic Clubs
at the Jungle Inn, 1911 U st.
N, w., at 8 o'clock tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-15
minute Oatmeal Facial for Rough Winter
Skin, Coarse Pores, BIaCkheads, Whiteheads!

~ Women by thousands,
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Lavena is the years cosmetic sen.
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cially for winter rOughnees, coarse
pores, blackheads, white heads. And
eDecial directions for over-oiliness.
Results guaranteed or money back.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-15

LAvENA' e; E: Z. !. ;: :;::
H.R1lWuSO OatmOa Facial O&0eti1 as US Soy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-23
FOUR PATCH

"Four Patch"-a quilt of Strik.
ing geometric pattern, is all its
name implies-you need but four
patches for each, easy-to-piece
square. And what effective con-
traSt but two materials make!
Pattern 1921 comes to you with
complete, simple instructions for
cutting, sewing and finishing, to-
gether with yardage chart, dia-
gram Of quilt to help arrange the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-23

blocks for single and double bed
size, and a diagram of block
which serves as a guide for plac
ing the patches and suggests con-
trasting materials.
Send 10 cents in stamps or coins
(coinS preferreO for this pattern
to The Washington Times, Needle
craft Department, 80 Eighth Ave-,
New York, N. Y. Write plainly
PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME
and ADDRESS,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-23
Prayer Answered

WHEELING, w. Va, April %.
A gold communion nup stolen from
the Polish Catholic Church at
Wheeling while the building was
opened for flood rescue work, was
sent back the day after the congre-
CATION held a special prayer SER
vice for it's return.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-23
Never Had License

BROCKTON, Mass. (Q.N.S0.
st never knew I had to have a
license" said william King, %,
of East Bridgewater, arrested for
operating an automobile while
drunk, when it was learned he
had been driving Is years with
out a license.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17
BEGINNING A NEW VOLUME

This issue of THE MIDLAND
JOURNAL is No. 1 of new volume.
Established in October of 1878, by
VIM. H. Pennington as 1.-The Home
Journal the name was changed
some time later to 1.-The Rising Sun
Journal"
In May of 1885 the paper was pur-
chased from Mr.. Pennington by the
late E. E. Ewing, father OF the
present publishers. The name was
again changed, shortly after Mr..
Ewing assumed ownership, to the
Midland Journal"
In all these years of existence OF
this publication there have been but
the two names at the editorial mast
head-that of the founder, Penning-
ton, 1878 to 1885; since then the
Ewing name.
There is no single motive power
can exert an influence in a COM
munity equal to a live, wldeawaKe
newspaper. But every citizen should
take an interest in it, give it support
and encourage its growth and useful
ness. Let us have this encourage
ment and support from you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17
THE MAGIC WORD

What is the magic power that lies
in the word "gold?" The sound OF
it seems to temporarily paralyze
thought centers and certainly its
mere name time and again defeated
William Jennings Bryan with his
16-to-1 silver insistence.
A stable, sound currency is essen
tial to world trade and essential to
our own welfare. Since President
Roosevelt took the United States OF
the gold standard, our currency has
been stable and sound. The Amerl-
can dollar may be a "boloney dollar
to AL (Take-A-Walk) Smith, but 1t
is still the most precious piece OF
currency in the world.
Strangely enough, the Republicans,
when in convention assembled, did
not intimate that our currency was
unsound, or that our present dollar
was unstable. But their candidate,
Gov. ALT Landon, came out and said,
in his telegram to the convention, i
consider sound dollar a gold dol
lar" A sound currency to the Re
publican Hope means gold standard
currency. This is Old Guard stun,
conservative, Hooverish.
We were on the gold standard at
the time our foreign trade slumped
six and a half million dollars and
three million people lost jobs. We
were on the gold standard, with
every dollar worth one hundred
cents, when farmers found they
couldn't sell their crops at any price.
We were on the gold standard when
bank doors were closing, never to re-
open, and factories were shutting
down in appalling numbers. Mr.
Hoover, instead of following Great
Britain's lead, kept us on the gold
standard when the currncy through
out the rest of the world was being
stabilized in terms other than gold.
Index, Dover, Del.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17
FEDERAL AID FOR DROUGHT
STRICKEN AREA

Federal relief agencies cut all red
tame to rush succor to drought-burn-
ed farms in nine north central and
southern states on which approx
mately 100000 persons live.
Expansion of the emergency pro-
gram for giving financial aid to the
distressed farmers and conserving
food supplies for man and beast, fol-
lowed the addition of III new coun-
ties to the Department of Agricul-
lures drought list, bringing the. total
to 26S.
This list, compiled for purposes of
administering relief programs, now
takes in the whole of North Dakota
and sections of Montana, Wyoming,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Oklahoma,
Missouri, Virginia and South Caro-
lima.
Other counties will be added to
the list after further reports are
studied, the departments special
drought committee, predicted, esti-
mating that the number of persons
in these affected areas would run up
to 100000.
At the height of the 1894 drought,
more than 1900 counties were on the
emergency list, with a population of
approximately 100000 persons.
President Roosevelt has estimated
that 100000 farm families, or about
100000 people, are in acute dis
tress at the present time.
The resettlement administration
dug down into it's funds to allot
S393,000 to six states for use of
farmers who did not have enough
cash to subsist Some of the money
will be used to ship livestock to bet
ter feeding areas. Grants will be
made at an average rate of $40 a
month for each family.
The bureau of entomology and
plant quarantine announced that
supplies of poison bait had been dis
tributed to states to fight the grass
hopper hordes that are laying waste
crops in the plains area. All funds
available for this purpose have been
| exhausted.
According to the bureau, grass
hoppers, so far, have been most de-
structive in Oklahoma, where they
have wiped out about $4,000 acres
of cotton and $4,000 acres of corn.
The pests will move further north in
| the next two weeks unless they can
| be killed DR.. Armand warns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17
A.T.&T. Stock Widely Owned
Vice President Page Ahrms

owned by many persons, none of whom
has control.
"The American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company has stated many
times" Mr.. Page said, "that it is
publicly owned company in that its
stock is widely distributed and that no
one owner owns as much as one per
cent of it's stock. The testimony of the
Federal Communications Commissions
Investigator, June 10, that five per
cent of the stockholders own so per
cent of the stock, has apparently been
interpreted as questioning the truth
of the company's statement.
"The fact is that the five per cent
represents $4,000 stockholders holding
on the average about 280 shares each.
The balance of the stock is owned by
some 617,500 people. The fundamental
fact remains that the company is a
publicly owned institution, that its
stock is widely distributed through
$4,000 holders, and that it is not con-
trolled by any small group of people"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

The farmers who band together In
to cooperative selling groups never
get through learning. Continuous
education in questions relating to
farming is one of the most important
activities of the cooperative move
ment.
Central organization for the dis
semination of information and
opinion is the American Institute OF
Cooperation, which meets each year
and is attended by several thousand
representatives of the 100000
farmers now enrolled in co-ops.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17
HITCH-HIKE R-HIGHWAY PEST

Again the hitch-hiker is abroad in
the land, inviting himself to a ride
at the expense of the country's beavi-
est taxpayers. So many compiaints
have reached the Keystone ,Automo-
bile Club of Maryland lately about
this highway pest that the Club feels
it necessary to repeat its warning
against acceding to the opportunities
of the thumb-jerkers.
so long as some motorists give
hitch-hikers a lift, so long will this
form of parasite continue to thrive, i"
said Garrison P. Knox, Manager of
the Club. Motorists have it well
within their own power to squelch
the pest. Unanimous refusal of driv-
ers to pick up the ride moochers
would soon put an end to the prac-
tice.
There is no reason why man
who buys an automobile and pays a
heavy tax to operate it should feel
under any obligation to give trans
portation to any Tom, Dick or Harry
who makes the request with jerk of
the thumb The hitch-hiker who
confidently waggles his thumb at a
motorist wouldn't think of getting
a ride on a street car or train by the
same means, because he knows it
wouldn't work.
For their kindness, motorists fire.
quently have been repaid with a
clout on the back of the head and
robbed of car or money. Others
have found themselves defendants in
damage suits because of injury to the
self-invited guests. Aside from these
serious considerations, motorists are
jeopardized by the appearance of the
mixers on the highways. Cars often
are forced to swerve sharply to avoid
them. and crashes with approaching
vehicles sometimes result"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

Telephone directories listing cities,
towns and communities throughout the
country have been aptly named "Amer-
ica's calling lists" Annually more
than 25,OO0,O0O copies of telephone di-
rectories are printed and distributed
to Bell Telephone System subscribers.
If all of the 1000 separate issues of
telephone directories compiled by the
associated Bell System companies
were bound into a single volume, it
would make book more than rs feet
thick.
Telephone directories originally con-
tanned lists of names only. The New
York City telephone directory of 1878
contained 271 listings with no numbers
indicated. New York today is served
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17
JEST A-WHITTLIN' AN A.
THINKIN'
A state Farmer Section Feature
BY PETE GETTYS

Away back yonder when they had
to set your leg or cut your tonsils
out or anything the doctors had to
do for you-theyd take a wooden
mallet an bust you on the head with
it so you'd be unconscious and
wouldn't know if it was hurtin
while they was dom the cutting
but they've got all kinds of an@es-
thetics now-gas when they pull
your teeth-ether, chloroform, every
thing-even brands of corn Ticker
that makes it easy for thugs to lift
your pocketbook.
But here's what started all this
talk: They've gone to putin fruits
and vegetables under the influence
of a anaesthetic. That oughta be
news. Carbon dioxide, so they say,
"anesthetizes" fruits an vegetables
in storage, and keeps em fresh by
retardin' their breathin' an other
things about Twin
U. S. D. A specialists found this
out in studyin' the possible uses of
solid carbon dioxide in shippin
fruits and vegetables. Their tests
shows this treatment may be right
well used in preservin' the qualify
of newly harvested stuff durin' the
day or two required to cool EN- in re-
frigerator cars by ordinary refrigera-
ton, an at cannin' factories that
amt got ice boxes.
Strange how you see mules an
horses aridin' along in truck
seems like they're really enjoyin' il
too-and here's somethin' about
loadin 'em for the ride that maybe
you never thought of, and the Dept
of Agriculture gives the advice.
When horses are loaded crosswise
into an open truck they're safer il
their heads are toward the outside
of the road. You read in the papers
of horses seriously hurt by passin
traffic-often another truck-whel
they're loaded with heads toward
the center of the road. It's more
dangerous at night.
Generally when haulin' horses il
open trucks you load 'em half ar
half; that is, crosswise with every
other head toward the center of the
road. The length of the average
horse from tail to breast is about the
same as the width of the average
livestock truck. Although horses
load conveniently an compactly il
this fashion, with the head and neck
extended over the side of the truck
it's safer to load 'em so all face the
outside of the road.
Seems funny seem mules an
horses speedin' down the road in g
truck-used to herd 'em and drive
the cattle to town too-an' about the
queeres ridin' thing you see is taking
a whole train across a river ON {
ferry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

For the third consecutive year the
crime of arson has decreased in the
United States, reports the National
Board Of Fire Underwriters. And,
the reports adds, mot only has the
number of incendiary fires decreased,
but there has been a marked lessen.
ing Of such fires resulting from or
ganized or professional criminals. "
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

More than 1000 carloads OF sur
plus apples were sold to the Federal
Government for relief distribution
under the surplus removal program
of the AAA. Approximately 1000
carloads of these apples were bought
in nine apple-growing States OF the
East, in which Maryland apples were
included.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

by more than 100000 telephones.
Calls in the early days were made by
names, which the operators had to
memorize. AS the service increased,
names were supplemented by numbers
and users were requested to call by
number. Directories today, in addition
to telephone numbers, contain names,
addresses, and in many cases the oc~
equations of subscribers.
Telephone directories are essential
to the nationwide service that init
mately touches innumerable times
daily, the lives of hundreds of mil
lions of people. Few books more truly
reflect the romance of a nations life.
Certainly, no book is more vitality i'm
portant to the citizens of the country
than the telephone book.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

In Europe-Sudden death. by vio-
lence, of an important public per-
sonage.
All mature persons born July 49,
10, have month of highly important
administrative work ahead-till Aug.
18th guard position and credit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17
JULES vERNE's STORY

THE Boy Castaways," hitherto I'M
published story of high adventure. by
Jules Verne. master writer OF adven-
ture stories. starts July rs in the pre-
date issue of the BALTIMORE sum
DAY AMERICAN. Don't miss this,
great story -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

Arthur W. Page, vice-president of
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Co., vigorously affirms the COM
pany's contention that its stock is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

One of the second set of seven
deadly sins is to withhold praise
from man when he deserves it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

A wise old lawyer says that a
cross-examination should be good
natured one.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17
Telephone Directories Named
"America's Calling Lists"

Modern naidens skoaO the old
and neqV IN telephone directories.
Margaret E. Bowling (left) holds
the first telephone directory of
NeaU York City, published IN
1878. Numbers qUere not listed.
(Right) Alice e. Elliott auth an
armful of the several directories
making up greater NeaU York
City sUith its I sos, 900 telephones
of the present.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

If you want thing done we'll
don't do it yourself unless you know
how.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

The farm population of the United
States as of January l, 1885, was
81, 8OO,907. the largest ever re-
corded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17

Even the people who are addicted
to the habit of butting in don't al
ways relish being the goat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-07-17
JOHN RANDS
Teacher Lecturer Counselor
Astrological
THE AsTROLOGER FORECASTS
For You


For You
If you were born between July It.
%, of any year, your year ahead ac-
cents distant interests, travel, rela-
lions with in-laws, and matters per-
tanning to religion, philosophy, high
er education and study. These mat
tiers can be made of lasting benefit to
you, especially during the first three
months of 1887. Domestic tension
and possible loss in estate matters
threatens between December 1-Jan.
5; turbulent emotional or intensely
romantic period about March s.,
1887, and again, later, during July,
1887.
For Everybody
The. period July 1923, 1887, will
bring strong declarations by con
tending groups, political and eco
nomic. A crime wave, gangs and
gangsters arouse public indignation.
Force, and threats of force, Will be
employed by groups and organiZa-
tons to obtain their ends. Upsets
with partners and in occupation
threaten till July 25th. The young
should be careful and discreet in all
that pertains to the new or sudden.
July 17-Guard social and fnan-
cial position. The evening hours
favor movement and effort.
July 1S-Complete old matters
and tie up loose ends. Contact eld-
ers and superiors. The evening
hours favor business expansion.
July ia spiritual and rejuve-
mating force leads to inspired utter
ances and Transforming power. The
evening can be made constructive.
July 20-Financial plans favored.
Travel. Correspond. Make business
and occupational decisions.
July 21-Start new ventures. Till
$50 P. M. good for creative effort
Consolidate plans and purposes. The
evening hours social and pleasant.
July 22-Guard finances, credit
and position today. Relax during the
evening hours.
July 23-Routine till mid-after-
noon. Careful all the way. The
evening hours favorable-push your
affairs. Plan ahead.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-14
Rainbow Club Gives
Another Dance
MUSIC BY ROCK GAM

The Rainbow Social Club is CIV
ing another dance at the Rainbow
Gardens, on the north shore of
MacCarron's Lake, Monday, Aug.
18th.
The music of Rock CAM and his
Cotton Club Orchestra will be the
main attraction.
Although their last dance wasn't
the success that the club had wish
ed for, they believe that they will
have the support of the Twin Cities
in their comeback dance. The club
still intends to support civic in
stitutions and organizations.
During intermission the Elite
Social Club will give away three
homemade cakes.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-08-14
BUT ONE GOOD LEG LEFT;
HE'S SHOT IN THAT

Baltimore. - Because she al
legedly shot Charles Cofield, 80,
wooden-legged man, in his good
leg following a domestic dispute,
Mrs. Mary Miles, 80, of the TOO
block s. Charles Street, was fined
$25 and costs in Southern police
court, Monday.
The couple, police stated, became
involved in a dispute over money
which the woman accused Cofeld
of. spending on friends. Officers
stated that Cofield's right leg Is
wooden and he was injured in his
left leg by Mrs. Miles. &