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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Says Foreign Power Hired
Him to Shoot King

= FORGE ANDREW MCMAHON,
" on trial in London for draw
ing a revolver on King Edward
during a parade last July, made
the astounding assertion that he had
been hired by representatives of a
foreign power to shoot the monarch
and they agreed to pay him $50 lbs.
The man already had been acquit-
ted on two of the three charges
against him when he made the con-
fession. 1t will be remembered
that instead of shooting at Edward,
he threw his revolver toward the
king, who was mounted.
On the third charge, of unlawfully
producing a pistol near the king
with intent to alarm his majesty,
Mcmahon was given one year in
prison.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Brazil's Babassu Oil
Worries Dairymen

A MEXICAN dairymen are pro-
Atesting vainly to Secretary Of
State Hull against the reciprocal
trade treaty with Brazil which, they
assert, is seriously injuring the in
dustry by encouragement of the
manufacture of imitation butter.
Under the treaty Brazilian babassu
oil, unknown in United States mar
kets prior to 1885, now is being used
at the rate of more than a million
pounds a month for manufacture of
a butter substitute.
Mr.. Hull referred the protests to
Assistant Secretary Sayre, who
pointed out that the provision for
free importation of the nut and oil
was authorized by congress in the
trade agreement act of 1884. He
added that the success of the pro-
gram was of vital interest to the
American dairy farmer, who has
more to gain from the re-establish-
ment of prosperous domestic mar
kets for his products through the
restoration of an abundant foreign
trade than by a policy of excluding
even the most remotely competitive
products"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

" II, 1SPA CoOAiI1AAS
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New
York, said the only way to reduce
electric rates is by threatening pub
lie ownership. Three prominent pri-
vate utility men promptly ''took
a walk" and John c. Dalton, man.
ager of the County of London Elec-
trio Supply, criticized Davidson's
talk as 'tirade."
The discussion started in connec-
ton with paper by John E. Zim-
norman, president of the United
Gas Improvement company, who
held that power "yardsticks" such
as the IVA and Boulder Dam cam
not be compared with private utili-
ties unless operating conditions are
similar. Such yardsticks, he said,
will lead to competitive methods
already proved "wasteful and un-
satisfactory"
In papers taking the opposite
view, Prof. William E. Mosher of
Syracuse university, and James C.
Bonright of the New York State
Power Authority, held that public
competition with private companies
is ''indisputable evidence" of de-
clining faith in regulation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

where, ''the very foundations of all
order, all culture and all civiliza-
ton" He urged the constituted
authorities of all nations to oppose
''these great evils with every RENE
dy and barrier that is possible" and
prophesied that there will be utter
chaos if chose who have duty in
the matter do not hasten to repair
the breach-if, indeed, it is not al
ready too late"
The pope spoke especially of the
situation in Spain, but said the crisis
there is "a school in which the
most serious lesson is being taught
to Europe and to the whole world
to a world now at last wholly
STEPPED, ensnared and threatened
by subversive propaganda, and
more especially to Europe bat
tered and shaken to it's very founda-
ton"
For forty minutes the pontiff
spoke passionately, his voice at
times broken with emotion, and his
address was transmitted by radio
to all the civilized world.
Reichsfuehrer Hitler, too, took
another hard whack at the Com
munists at a ceremonial tribute to
the World war dead in Nuremberg.
Before 10000 uniformed Nazis and
$4,000 others he boosted of Ger
many's armed strength and
shouted:
"Our old enemy, bolshevism, is
vanquished within Germany, but
still active around her borders. But
let no one be deceived. We are
ready at any hour. We all have
one wish-to maintain peace - but
with it goes one firm decision:
Never to surrender Germany to that
enemy we have come to know so
well"
If Hitler, as some think, tries to
lead the coming five-power Locarno
conference into forming an anti
Soviet alliance, he will be firmly
opposed by France. Foreign Min
lister WON Delbos says so, and de-
clares France will under no circum-
stances abandon her military pact
with Soviet Russia.
According to Pravda, authorita-
tive newspaper of Moscow, Hitler
plans to attack and partition Czecho-
slovakia before he embarks on a
war against the Soviet union.
Benito Mussolini and his cabinet
appropriated large sums to build up
Italy's army, navy and air forces
to greater strength and planned to
carry on vigorously the campaign
for self-sufficiency in raw materials.
It looked as if the dove of peace
was preparing to leave Europe. and
as relations between Japan an d
China grew more strained every
day, she probably will have to take
refuge on the western continent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
San Sebastian Captured
by Spanish Rebels

IT HE Spanish rebels scored their
l. greatest victory to date when
they captured San Sebastian, cap
ital of Guipuzcoa province and ia
NOUS Bay of Biscay resort. Santa
Barbara fort, dominating the city,
was first taken and the city's war
council then decided to abandon the
place, despite the opposition Of the
anarchists. The more conservative
Basque nationals prevented the reds
from burning the city, only paper
factory and two residences being
destroyed, and the defending forces
retreated toward Bilbao, accompa-
MED by thousands of civilians and
foreigners.
The municipal governor, Antonio
Ortega, and his staff boarded a
yacht to go to new headquarters at
Zumaya, about is miles west of
San Sebastian. The new line of
defense was established at Orio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Maine Is Captured by
the Republicans

the Republicans
M A1NE, the barometer" state,
Iva is Lack in the Republican
column at least so far as its state
ticket is concerned. The G. o. P.
captured the United States senator
ship, the governorship and three
congressional seats. Senator Wal
lace H. White, Republican, defeated
Gov. Louis ]. Br.,nn, who sought
to unseat him. Lewis o. Barrows,
Republican, won the governorship
by substantial majority over F..
Harold Dubord, Democrat.
The vote cast broke all records
for size and interest in the election
was intense. The state had been
visited by both President Roosevelt,
as he returned from his vacation
cruise, and Gov. ALT M. Landon,
the Republican Presidential nomi-
nee, who made speeches there only
a few days ago. Colonel Knox, vice
presidential candidate on the Re-
publican ticket, also had canvassed
the state. Brann, who was elected
governor in 1882 and reelected two
years later, was the first Democrat
to hold that office in Maine and
was personally popular. White was
elected senator in 1880 after ten
years in the house of representa-
tives. .. ..... ...
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Workers Undernourished,
Saws the A, F. of L.

Says the "A. r. OF Il.
IN ITS monthly survey of business
the American Federation of La
Dor asserts that, despite increased
industrial profits, there is wide
spread undernourishment among
the wage earners. 1t adds that
industry can well afford to raise
the wages of the workers.
A study of employed workers in
comes in North Atlantic cities, the
federation said, showed that only 26
per cent met the (income) require
ments for an adequate diet, while 80
per cent did not have enough food
to meet minimum requirements.
Asking what income will assure
a satisfactory food budget for a
family of four?" the survey said:
''The figures for Detroit indicate
that families with less than 81, 300
a year, for father, mother and two
half-grown children, do not spend
enough for food to buy the adequate
diet at moderate cost"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Sabotage on American
Warship Revealed

n UR navy's intelligence depart
~ ment has discovered that a
recent small fire on the cruiser
Indianapolis while she was being
overhauled in the New York navy
yard was caused by the driving
l., monograph needles and nails in
to an electric cable; and other sus-
pected sabotage on war vessels is
being Investigated. The work on the
cruiser was being done by civilian
employees and Capt. Charles A.
Dunn, industrial manager of the
yard, said the placing of the
nails in the cables was "undoubted-
ly'' deliberate attempt to damage
the cruiser.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Farmers Will Meet to
Plan Conservation

G ECRETARY OF AGRICUL-
~ TURE WALLACE is arranging
a series of community meetings of
farmers for the purpose of laying
out the agricultural conservation
program" for next year. He said
the AAA planned the meetings in
the farm areas in order to discuss
crop insurance and possible max
imum limits of benefit payments to
each farm. He explained tn e
program aimed at providing "great-
er abundance for the erag e
American home,' and should "help
to check soil erosion, improve fer
tility, encourage better land use
and maintain farm income"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

way of expressing
them. In greeting
and blessing some
five hundred Span
ish refugees who
were received at
Castel Gandolfo, the
holy fathe4 took oc-
casion to denounce
strongly the mad"
forces of Commu-
nisn which, he de-
clared, menaced, in
Cnain on1 n1co
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
British Workers Reject
Alliance With Reds

ID RITISH organized la DOR will
- have no truck with the Com
munists. The trades union congress
at Plymouth rejected, by over
whelming votes, three resolutions
favoring the formation of a pop
ular front" alliance with the reds.
similar to the combinations that cap
tured the governments of France
and Spain.
In this action the workers were
largely influenced by the fiery words
# Sir Walter Citrine. international
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Magnus Johnson, Former
Senator, Dies


M AGNUS JOHNSON, who came
AVA from Sweden as an immigrant
about forty years ago and made
himself a power in Minnesota pol
itics, is dead of pneumonia at the
age of sixty-five. Johnson was an
early enthusiast for co-operatives
and for the Farmer-Labor move
ment and served in both houses of
the Minnesota legislature. In 1923
he was elected United States SEN
ator to fill out the term of the late
Knute Nelson. Defeated for the gov
ernorship in 1926, he retired to his
farm, but in 1882 he was elected
to congress. He was defeated for
reelection in 1884 by Harold Knut-
son, ard in the primary last June
lost the farmer-Labor gubernato-
rial nomination to Elmer Benson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

will be of deep
interest to Japan.
T h e annual fl e e t
maneuvers, which
la st M a y were
shifted to the Canal
Zone as a concilia-
tory gesture to ia
pan, will be held
next year in North
Pacific and Hawai-
ian waters, a n d
probably the Toxic
pre- S s will yelp
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Health vrecking Functional
PAINS

Severe functional pains Of men
situation, cramping spells and jan
gled nerves soon rob a woman of her
natural, youthful freshness. PAIN
lines in a woman's face too often
grow into AGE lines!
Thousands of women have found
It helpful to take Cardui. They say
it seemed to ease their pains, and
they noticed an increase in their
appetites and finally strengthened
resistance to the discomfort OF
monthly periods.
Try Cardui. Of course If it doesn't
help you, see your doctor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

President Ju1iu s
Dorpmueller in the
C h a ir. Prospects
were good for a use
full discussion of the
problems connected
with the industry,
but discord crept in
early in the pro-
ceedings. At a round
table debate on pub
lie regulation and
ownership of utili-
ties, M. P. David
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

as they said they had, he would
build a battleship for himself.
The west coast states, California,
Oregon, Washington, cooperating
perhaps with their vigorous neigh
bors of Vancouver, and other points
above the Canadian border, might
well have few flying ships of their
own, sort of air militia.
San Francisco, where they COM
bine patriotism with plenty of mon
ey, and great civic pride and ener-
gy, might well start the idea of a
Pacific coast flying force. That need
not be very expensive. A hundred
machines to begin with, hundred
plucky young fliers, practicing the
gentle art of flying at night, and
dropping bombs, practicing espe-
cially mimic warfare against other
flying machines, would constitute an
admirable object lesson to the rest
of the country.
And if California, in San Fran
cisco for instance, should start a
little flock of one hundred machines,
Los Angeles could be relied upon
to hurry in with two hundred, Seat
tie and other coast cities also.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

from the naClOnal
government.
When a COM
mittee of rich
men from New
York called on
Abraham l. in
coin, told him
how much mon
ey they had, and
urged that he
send a good bat
tleship to do moth
ing but protect
New York city,
his reply was
that if he had
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Discord in the World
Power Congress

IT UNDREDS of delegates, from
L Il many nations, were present
when the third World Power con-
ference opened in Washington, with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
Fleet Will Maneuver in
North Pacific Waters

QACK at his desk after an illness
LOT six months, Secretary of the
Navy Claude A. Swanson immedi-
ately made an announcement that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
If you feeI...
Tired
-run-doWn
NERVOUS
out of sorts

THERE is usually a definite reason
l. for such complaints. so, now let's
reason sensibly.
Don't try to get well in a day. this
IS asking too much of Nature. Remem-
Der, she has certain natural processes
that just cannot be hurried.
Therefore, If you are pale, tired,
lack a Keen appetite, haze lost weight
and feel rundogn. "a frequent sign
that your blood-cells are weak, with
tendency towards anemia-then do try
in the simple, easy way SO many mil
lions approve-by starting g. course Of
S.S.S. Blood Tonic to feel like your
self again. 0s.s.s. Co.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

Communism Is Denounced
by Pope Plus
OPE Plus XI may be physically
weak, as recent reports say, but
age and illness have not lessened
the vigor of his opinions and his
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
For the Pacific States
A Good Example
1t Sold for $500

The Pacific states should interest
themselves in air defense, apart
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25
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Seeing Is Believing
What the world sees, it under
stands better than what it hears.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

Such machines need not be a to-
tai loss. ,.-..
In the first place, many young
gentlemen with rich fathers, not
knowing exactly what to do with
themselves, extremely anxious to
find work worth while, and prefer
ably dangerous, would delight in
each equipping his individual ma
chine, for the service of the Pacific
coast and of Uncle Sam, as the
mobiles in the old days delighted in
equipping each his regiment, or his
fighting ship, for the service of the
king. AZ .t- d
Two hundred OF three hundred
high powered, swift flying ma
chimes, directed by quick and coura-
geous American brains, would be
worth more to the safety of the Pa
cifc coast than a hundred battle
ships. For the fighters that come,
if they do come, will fly miles above
the battleships.
They would come less gaily, less
confidently, if they knew that
trained fiiers awaited them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

Hideyo Noguchi, who gave his life
to fight yellow fever in Africa, will
inspire many men. He was born of
proud, warlike race, intensely self
conferred, for 1000 years a hermit
people. The loyalty of a Japanese
was to family, clan, above all to
the emperor representing his race.
The rest OF the world was nothing
to him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-25

Born one generation after Japan
opened her doors to the world, No
guchi felt the new spirit of the
times. He was loyal to family,
clan, emperor, race; but he was
devoted chiefly to all human kind.
From boyhood to the last, through
poverty and many perils, he studied
how to wipe out disease. He dis
covered the germ of yellow fever,
developed serums to prevent the
fever or cure it, led in the work
that has driven it out of America
and will soon put an end to it
throughout the world.
Yellow fever killed countless mil
Ions of all peoples. Noguchi's skill
and devotion have saved the lives
of millions, too many to estimate,
most of them foreigners to whom
his forefathers would have paid no
attention, calling them hei-min. or
no-folkS. .--
Noguchi's self-sacrifice to human
welfare sets an example that is sure
to be followed. Perhaps, in time,
most men will see that it is better
to help one another than to kill or
even rob one another.
/ It is said the Hackensack Indians
sold to the white men for so many
bars of lead, and some finery, worth
altogether $500, land on which now
stands the entire city of Newark,
N. j., and great deal of land be-
yond.
!. The poor .Hackensack chief, with
his $500, couldn't buy today enough
land for a tight grave at the corner
of Broad and Market streets in New
ark. Land goes up wonderfully.
Doctors at Kansas City report
that birth control information so
much discussed does little good to
the poor, and has caused an alarm
ing slump in child bearing among
educated families"
That is how reform works, usu-
ally But since 80 per cent of hui
man beings worth while come from
poor families, providence may be
working inits usual mysterious way.
Q King Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNu Service.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

eed, the less the atmosphere was capable of
supporting human life However, a curious fact
was discovered. Living spires of several earth
fungi, including some which cause plant dis
eases, were carried aloft on the outside of the
gondola, fully exposed to extreme cold, rarefed
air, extremely low atmospheric pressure and the
powerful ultraviolet rays from the sun. Most of
the spires terminated after the 1ight-proving
that forms of life can live under strato-
sphere conditions 1t is possible that the sur
face of the moon is covered with fungi of un-
known kinds, and that low form of plant life
can exist upon its cold surface.
A CCORDING to the English scientist, Jeans
~ the moon is doomed because of it's con-
tinual effect of tides upon the earth In some
places the tides rise to enormous height = as
much as 80 feet in several bays, and in the
Bay of Fundy the height reaches 60 feet! I'm
fortunately, the tides raised by the drawing
power of the moon predict her ultimate DEATH
for every tide she raises, just so much does her
speed slacken by what scientists term "gravita-
tonal friction" Slowly but surely the moon Is
being drawn toward the earth. and although
her capture will require several billions Of
years, it is certain, contend some scientists She
will come closer and closer until danger zone
is reached - then will come the breaking UP
process, in which the moon will smash into
thousands of small bodies. which In turn be-
come moons pelting the earth like giant
meteorites and causing destruction all over the
world.
Until that time so far away that we need
not worry about it scientists will study tha
silver orb, and poets like Alfred Noyes win
write lines like these:
"The echpses timed In Babylon help US no.p
To clock that gradual qtichening Of the ssoos,
Ten seconds in century
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
y Gravitational Friction May Cause Earth's
Scientists Say Gravits
Nearest Neighbor
To Disintegrate !
By John H. Burnett

THE Chaldeans Egyptians, Greeks and Romans
all had different stories to account for the
presence of those things which they believed
they saw In the moon.
According to Teutonic legend, the Man in the
Moon was an old wood-cutter, who, while travel
ing on Sunday, carrying bundle of sticks
his back, was met by fairy who stopped him
and demonstrated with him for working on the
Sabbath.
He laughed and replied, Sunday earth
or Monday in heaven, it's all one to mel"
Then carry your bundle forever" the fairy
answered. And as you regard not Sunday on
EARTH you shall stand for eternity in the moon"
Thereupon, the lengend says the wood-cutter
was caught up with his bundle into the moon,
where he may be seen to this day.
There too, is the Buddhist legend according
to which the god Indra while walking through
the woods disguised a Brahman met
monkey, fox and a hare travelling together.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

A STRONOMERS have studied the moon for
~ centuries, and because of its comparative
nearness to the earth, their observations are
perhaps accurate than about any other
sphere in space. Several facts worth know
ing:
The center of gravity of the earth and moon
(the point about which they both actually re-
volve in their course around the SUM lies
within the earth at a depth of 1850 miles be-
low the earth's crust
A partial eclipse of the moon occurred July
4. 1t was invisible in the United States, but the
beginning was seen in the Antarctic ocean,
Australia, and the south Pacific; the ending be-
came visible in Africa, Asia and the south At
lantic.
Scientists are awaiting the full eclipse of the
sun (when the moon swings directly before it)
on December IA, 1936-which will be visible in
Tutuila, Samoa, New Guinea Australia New
Zealand, and the western Pacific ocean
So far, there seems no possibility of reach
ing the moon via rocket or balloon. The highest
humans have ascended was record hung up
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

age we shall see only half of it's face. The re-
verse side remains an unsolved enigma to NOR
tails. No man has ever seen it. The probabilities
are that "the other side of the moon" is much
like the portion which we view through pow
erfu telescope but we can never be sure.
This invisible section of the great sphere
fascinated Robert Browning when he sat down
one moonlight evening and wrote:
"What, there's nothing in the moon noteWorthys
Nay: for If that moon could love a mortal,
Use, to charm hin, $50 to fit fancy
All her magic Otis the old Sweet mythos),
She 0ould turn q neU side to her mortal
Side unseen of herdsn1an, huntsnlan, steersn,an;
Blank to Zorodster on his terrace,
Blind to Gdhleo on his turret,
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

And Here Is the Man in the Moon
Whose Smiling Face Has Been Familiar
To Lovers Since Time Immemorial.
Dumb to Homer, dumb to Keats - him, euen!
Think, the t0onder of the moonst,uck mortal
When she turns round, come again in heGUen
Opens ont aneto for t0orse or better"
Unlike the EARTH the moon can be struck
easily by fall of tremendous meteors, since 1t
is not protected by layer Of atmosphere
which would burn to ashes the meteors in their
flight
Astronomers value the total eclipse of the
sun so much that expensive expeditions are sent
across the earth to make special studies of the
phenomenon but this is only the result Of
the moons creeping over the face of the
until the latter is blotted out In ancient times
millions of superstitious people kneeled before
the darkening orange circle, believing that the
world was coming to an end. And even today.
when the moon begins to shadow the sum- mil
lions Of people stop work and gaze upward at
the spectacular event Animals grow restless
frightened, not understanding the cause. Hens
often go to roost believing that night has como
somewhat early.