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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
Hitler: Stand by Japan

A DOLF HITLER, in manifesto
n to the German nation, offered
to stand by both Italy and Japan in
a defensive fight against bolshe-
vism." He charged that the "two
major wars" now going on (the
Sino-Japanese and the Spanish civil
wars) were the result of attempts
to spread communism"
The Reichsfuehrer's speech was
read to the Nazi party congress in
Nuremberg while he sat on the plat
form. It could not have been better
timed in view of the current friction
between Italy and Soviet Russia
over submarine piracy in the Medi-
terranean.
Germany and Italy's community
of interests" have emerged in re-
cent months, he said, more and
more an element in the defense of
Europe against chaotic imbecility."
His manifesto continued: "Our
(anti-communistic) agreement with
Japan serves the same fundamental
mission-to stand together in de-
tense of world civilization.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
McGrady Quifs Labor Post

X ONWARD F. McGRADY, assistant
secretary of labor, and chief
strike trouble shooter of Nine. Fran
ces Perkins department, resigned
to devote his talents to radio. He
left his $9,000-a-year job to take the
post of executive vice president in
charge of industrial relations with
the Radio Corporation of America,
at a salary variously estimated at
from SIS, 1000 to $4,000.
In a letter to McGrady, President
Roosevelt expressed "deep regret"
and added, ''Your efforts to main
tain harmonious labor relations
have always been in the public in
terest and in fairness to workers
and management"
McGrady had been one of the fed
eral mediators who failed to achieve
settlement of the c.. I. o. strike
against Little Steel" In his new
position, his services will be avail
able to the government upon call, it
was reported.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
Headache for the League

A T GENEVA, the Chinese delega-
4 "A ton framed an appeal against
Japanese invasion, to be presented
to the League of Nations. The APP
peal, which urged peace-loving
members and non-members to join
in action against the aggression"
invoked Article II of the League
covenant, which would invite Japan
to sit in on the council of reply. If
the accused nation refuses the invi-
tation sanctions may be applied
against it. Japan has definitely in
Dictated she intends to reject any
such invitation.
The Chinese statement charged
that since mid-August japan has
thrown 10000 troops into the
Woosung-Shanghai area.
1.-THE intention of Japan can
not otherwise be Interpreted than to
dominate Shanghai and to at
tack Marking, the capital" the
statement said. 1t also declared that
the Japanese blockade of the entire
Chinese coast was illegal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

suit was to be front page news.
Curley happened to pass the Of
fee at midnight, heard that the
sports editor had fallen by the way
side and that soon there would be
hell to pay because the story had
not been written. Curley went up
stairs.
The next day the paper had the
city's best written and most COM
plete story. From start to finish
it was in the sports editors best
vein, dripping vitriol, panning the
whole fight from opening bell to
count of ten.
That afternoon the sports editor,
sober but somewhat shaky and dim
about what had happened, APP
preached Curley, paper in hand.
Everybody says you're swell
guy" he said. 81 guess 1 did kind
of lay it into you. Especially this
story. It's terrible. 1 didn't mean
to be so raw in it and call you SO
many names. 1 don't know how /
came to do it,"
ooh, that's all right" said Cur
ley. "Forget about it. You didn't.
/ wrote it myself"
The only important money bet on
the Louis-Farr affair was on knock
outs and how many rounds the
Welshman would last . AS has
been mentioned here frequently,
Louis hands are much smaller than
the average heavyweight's and are
soft and puffy. Probably they do
get hurt easily in spite of the in
ordinate amount of bandage permit
ted him A reader suggests
Uncle Mike Jacobs should put the
Brown Bomber in that elimination
tournament, too Another writes
in to say that Marcellus must have
lust come back from $23 ducat
prize fight when he made that crack
about Denmark in Act l, Scene 4,
'Hamlet." A third mentions
that Bob Pastor had Louis looking
much worse than did Farr but, be-
ing a local boy, was not aided by
naudlin sentiment and a magnifi-
cent radio build-up.
A fourth points out that one rea-
son why so many gents are writing
for fairness to Schmeling now is that
the Nazi is the only gee certain to
provide the Twentieth Century S. C..
with a million-dollar gate next year
A fifth goes into details to
show how Braddock, by coming in
rearing, fought in the best possible
way to lose his title A sixth
mentions that Farr and Manager
Broadribb, previously known as vir-
uIent squawkers, took their defeat
most gracefully.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
Uncle MlG
Says: ~
Unwanted Effect

Sometimes soft answer can be
so utterly soft as to loose ones
wrath instead of turning it away.
Yea, tolerance can be mere lazi-
ness.
People do not loosen up on the
purse-strings until you reach their
heart-strings.
Many may feel that their days
are full of chores and bores.
Two hours to pursue ones alb
sorbing hobby makes any mans
day happy.
Fla+tery VS.. Spite Talk
All flattery is delivered with the
idea of pleasing, which makes 1t
superior to the kind of converse
spread in the spirit of spite.
Peace of mind and approximate
happiness might perhaps be any
mans who will live a well-nigh
hermit life; but the poor chap
hasn't the fortitude to do it.
No man is criticized in trying to
be decent if he will be quiet about
1t and not shout.
How many have discretion
enough not to disagree with others
when it doesn't matter?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
Nazis Too Busy TO Fight

A DOLF HITLER, German dicta-
"A tor, struck what might have
been a cheerful note, in conference
with foreign government represen-
tatives at the Nazi rally in Nurem-
berg, when he declared that Ger
many is too busy to become involved
in any war. He said that the plans
which he and other Nazi leaders
have for the country would take
from 20 to 40 years to complete, and
that war might be disastrous to
them. s4le
The Reichsfuehrer reiterated his
belief that Germany's colonies must
be returned to her, to furnish mar
ket for her goods. He implied that
Great Britain need have no fear of
the Nazis maintaining naval bases
in colonies, for the expense of that
would Offset the economic advantage
created by them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

Italy and Germany had refused to
attend the conference when Russia
publicly accused Italy of operating
the pirate" submarines which sank
two Russian ships, and threatened
reprisals if Italy did not pay indem-
nifty.
The principal provisions of the
agreement, which Germany and
Italy were invited to join, were:
/. Mediterranean shipping will be
restricted to the regular ship lanes,
which will be patrolled by French
and British warships, in both the
eastern and western stretches. If
Italy agreed, she was to be al
lowed to patrol the Tyrrhenian sea.
2. Patrolling navies will attack
and attempt to destroy any SUBJ
marine which attacks merchant
ships other than Spanish, without
first giving passengers and crew OPP
portunity to leave in lifeboats, as
outlined in the 1886 London naval
treaty.
8. Signatories expressly declare
that they do not concede belligerent
rights to either party in Spain.
4. Patrol ships arriving on the
scene of an attack too late to pre-
vent it will be authorized to attack
any submarine in the vicinity, pro-
vided they are satisfied it is the
guilty one. - .a- ..
S. These measures will be execut-
ed by the British and French fleets
anywhere in the Mediterranean with
the exception of the Adriatic. East
ern powers will protect neutral
shipping in their territorial waters.
6. Signatories agree not to let any
of their own submarines put to sea
in the Mediterranean unless accom-
panied by a surface vessel, except
in certain Exercise" zones.
z. Signatories will not permit for
eign submarines in their waters I'M
less in urgent distress or on the
surface and accompanied.
1t was plain that delegates knew
that explosions might occur in half
a dozen European capitals if their
pact did not get into operation be-
fore there were any further attacks
on shipping. They were embar-
raised in conference by the Russian
foreign commissar, Maxim Litvinoff,
who insisted on naming Italy as the
pirate" Russia at first refused
to sign, on the grounds that the Sec
ond provision was no protection at
all, merely requiring submarine
commanders to be "gentlemanly"
before sinking ships, and that it inn
piled recognition of both Spanish
parties as belligerents. Britain's
Anthony Eden was reported to have
convinced the signatory powers that
it would be impossible for a SUBJ
marine to sink a ship under those
conditions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

man advisers finally won them over
to the theory that these positions
had been held at a cost far out of
proportion to their Importance.
Japan has depended largely upon
the naval guns for most of her ar
tillery Smelling and, attacking far
Their back from the river, will lose
that advantage. The presence of
Japanese warships was an impor-
tant factor in the heavy Chinese
casualty list, which totaled 10000
killed and 10000 wounded. The in
vaders lost 10000 men killed and
an unestimated number wounded.
The first strategic stage of the
Chinese fighting in Shanghai-as
planned by the German officers
was to slow down and harass the
landing of Japanese reinforcements;
the second, to divide the Japanese
lines, and the third, to deprive the
Japanese of the use of their naval
guns. 49,
Realizing what is going on, the
Japanese command has ordered
rapid advance no matter what the
cost, in an effort to change an or
derby retreat into complete rout.
AS a result, the Japanese for the
time being are the heavy losers in
men, rather than the Chinese. The
latter have been covering their ma
neuver well, leaving land mines in
their wake which have blown whole
Japanese units to bits, and continu-
ing to throw a curtain of artillery
fire in front of the invaders. The
city of Shanghai is mass of fires
and ruin such as no one has ever
seen there before.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:

he best line ever written about
4 prize fighting was one carried for
years in a New York afternoon pa
per. 1t was, "Don't bet on fights"
Teammates insist Joe Di Mag
gio's hitting is falling of because Of
that extra dough he Is picking up
doing commercial movies. Say he
spends so much time in the studios
that he is getting Kleig eyes {.
Art Rooney, the racetrack plunger
who also owns the Pittsburgh pro
football club, plans TO buy Big Ed
Smiths contract from Washington
where the former N. Y. U. star
is not precisely happy The
latest gag on steeplechase favorites
is for the rider to lose his stirrup
irons. In the good old days the rid
ers just fell and then picked them
selves up with the grace of aero
bats.
Not all the hold-ups at Saratoga
during the racing season reached
the headlines. Several (and I am
not referring to things happening in
the track betting ring or around the
town gambling houses) were kept
under cover. There is to be stricter
supervision next season Incl
dentally, one of the Spa lake houses
cleaned up 100000 on the season in
spite of an expensive overhead
Baltimore fans are giving Bucky
Grouse an automobile in apprecia-
ton of the great job he has done
in lifting the Orioles from cellar to
first division since he was appointed
manager a couple of months ago
Canarsie stadium wants the
world to know that it has made
$1,000 on it's prize fight shows this
outdoor season.
Bill Terry and one of the nations
sports editors are making faces at
one another because they used to
live in Memphis when both Of them
were young and ambitious :.
Mrs. Emil Denemark will race her
successful stable in New York in
stead of her native Chicago because
of the difficulty of getting along with
the western officials That cele-
brated sportsman, Buddy Walsh,
who sells SO many Posts around
the upper West Side, is running for
business agent in the Newspaper
Mailers' Delivery union.
When Jack Curley
Became Sports Editor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
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Cleaning Brass.-Never use vim
egar to clean brass. Though it
cleans at first, it soon causes
tarnish. The proper materials for
cleaning brass are oil and rotten
stone.
Removing Tobacco Stains.-To-
bacco stains may be removed
from washable materials by
moistening with lemon juice and
bleaching in the sun.
When Preserving.-Don't pack
jars too tightly when preserving
fruits and vegetables. Leave a
space of at least half an inch at
the top for liquid.
Egg as Cleanser.-The yolk Of
egg may be used for removing
mud, chocolate or coffee stains
from any kind of material ex-
cept velveteen. Rub into the stain,
wash off with warm soapy water,
and rinse thoroughly.
Treating Dry Glue. - Vinegar
added to dry glue will make the
glue fit for use again.
WNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

or night baseball.
Look at the strikeout record of the
present Newark staff.
Richardson does not compare to
BOley as a hitter but approaches
him as fielder. Fritz Maisel, our
third baseman, was a big league
player, playing in minor league
company because he chose to live
near home. Bentley was the best
hitter in baseball while pitching and
playing first base for us.
sour outfield of Lawry, jacobson
and Walsh was better than the pres
ent Newark outfield with the posi-
BILE exception of Keller. Keller,
think, is a natural and will be one
of the greatest players in baseball.
81 think Rosar, the Newark catch
err, has bright career ahead of
him. He is very good hitter and
very strong, thus being able to do a
lot of work. / think you will hear
from this young man in the future.
'Yours. JACK OGDEN"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
Mister Ogden
Writes a Letter

Enough of such things, though.
What really started this piece was a
letter from Jack Ogden. Jack was a
star athlete at Swarthmore. He was
a shrewd, work horse pitcher
worthy of being rated along with
Grove and Earnshaw when Jack
Dunns Orioles were winning their
seven International league pennants
from 1919 through 1925.
After that he pitched more than
capably for the st. Louis Browns,
Cincinnati, and another big time
club or two. Now, for three seasons
he has been business manager Of the
Baltimore Orioles. This year his
team was off to a bad start and for
a month or two looked worse than
Jersey City. Now it is fighting for
second place.
First place, of course, is safe, hav-
ing been won long ago by those
Newark Bears. Ogden's letter con-
Germs those Bears, called by many,
the greatest of all time minor
league teams. From now on you
are reading what Ogden has to say
about them as compared to the ORR
oles with whom he played.
"In the first place the pitching
staff of Earnshaw, Grove, Thomas
and Parnham was much better than
the present Newark pitching staff.
With reference to myself, you can
form your own opinion.
81 talked to Joe Mccarthy this
summer and he said that any big
al "a hnI
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
Yanks in Far East Kick

"A MERICANS in Shanghai, con-
"A stantly in danger of their lives,
cabled Washington, demanding the
protection of United States ships.
The American Chamber of Com,
merce in the war-torn city asked
Secretary of State Hull for immedi-
ate Qualification of the State de-
partment's stand. Some Of them
were bitter toward President Roose-
welt, who, from his yacht, had told
newspaper men that Americans in
the war zone would remain there at
their own risk. No deadline for
evacuation had yet been set, and
when rumors spread that the United
States flagship Augusta was making
ready to leave Yangtze waters, PAN
ic spread among the Yanks in
Shanghai.
Many business men, with lifetime
savings invested there vigorously
urged the President to adopt "a
foreign policy with a strong front
and keep zte American flag wav-
ing" One veteran Yank resident
circulated a petition demanding that
the President "get off his yacht,
get on his feet and get some CUTS
above them"
American missionaries and bust
ness men protested that the United
States position in the Far East was
largely the result of their LIES
work, and insisted on more stead
fast attitude to keep the American
stake in China. The State depart
ment replied that there was a broad
distinction between getting out OF
the line of fire and relinquishing
privileges established over the
years. Vice consuls in many Chi
nese ports were ordered to leave
their posts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
China's German Strategy

TAPAN'S long-awaited "big push"
~ in China was believed definitely
''on' as the Japanese assumed vir-
tual control of North Hopei, and
made important thrusts into the Chi
nese lines, at Shanghai, after the
most terrible fighting of a month of
undeclared warfare.
At about the same time, the Chi
nese, needing at last the advice of
German officers generally conced-
ed the "brains" of the central army,
began strategic retreat to the
third area of defense" mapped out
by these same officers after the
Shanghai conflict of 1882, which was
conducted under identical condi-
tons.
Included in the Japanese drive to
break the 20-mile Chinese line from
the Woosung forts to Liuho were
more bombings and shellings of the
heavily populated Chinese districts
of Nantao, Chapel and Lunghwa,
with women and children account
ing for most of the enormous casu-
atty list.
The Japanese conquest of North
Hopei appeared to have been
clinched with smashing victories at
Machang and Tsinghsien. Tsingh-
sien is 40 miles south of Tientsin
and only l6 miles from Tsangchow,
where the principal Chinese de-
lenses of the area are located. From
Tsangchow to Paotingfu there exists
a strong, unbroken Chinese line
which includes the finest Chinese
war equipment and the country's
heaviest artillery.
Apparently the Chinese plan of re-
treat was to withdraw defending
troops from the range Of Japanese
naval guns in the Whangpoo and
Yangtse. rivers. The Chinese were
reluctant to leave positions which
they claimed had been held against
the japanese invasion. but the Ger
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
Bill Terry Can't
Get Away From
Managerial Job
THROUGHOUT most of his years

THROUGHOUT most of his years
i'm New York John McGraw
wanted to be president Of the Giants.
That most people regarded him as
the Giants made little difference. He
wanted that particular executive job
and he never got 1t.
Bill Terry, who succeeded Nc
Graw as manager, has few char
acteristics i'm common with the late
little Mac. But he does have such
an amazing fair for winning PEN
nants that most fans have come to
regard him as the Giants. That
fact, together with his new five
year contract for $4,000 or SO a
season, should make him very
happy.
The probability, though, is that Bill
will not be entirely at peace with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

full wishes ever will be realized.
Thereby hangs strange trend of
thought. Players of forty years or
y ago were generally reputed to be
:. hgh, tough, unIettered men. Yet
many of them-Charley COmiskey,
Clark Griffith, Jack Dunn are prize
examples-have later achieved even
more enduring fame and wealth as
club owners or top-ranking execu-
tiveS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
Many, Many Women
Say Cardui Helped Them

BY taking Cardui, thousands Of
women have found they can avoid
much of the monthly suffering they
used to endure. Cramping spells,
nagging pains and tangled nerves
can be relieved - either by Cardui
or by physicians treatment.
BESIDES easing certain pains, Car
dui aids in building up the whole
system by helping women to get
more strength from their food.
Cardui, with directions for home
use by women, may be bought at the
drug store. pronounced "Cardui.")
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

took a terrific dis
like to Jack. He
PANIED the fight day
by day, letting poi
son drip into every
word he scribbled.
On the day of the
fight the sports edi-
tor fell off the water
wagon. His daily
panning and the
buildup by the other
reporters had Great
ed wide interest in
the battle. The re-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

treasury's "steril-
lied" gold. The
move was believed
to have been made
because of recent
weakness in the
market for govern
ment bonds and a
16 per cent decline
in the stock market
over a period of
about four weeks.
In addition, the
open market COM
p
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
1903. Ooo-BaIe Cotton Crop

IT e fifth largest cotton yield
4 in the nations history, was fore
case by the Department of Agricul-
ture, which estimated 1887 crop of
l6,098,O00 bales. The cotton crop
September ! was rs per cent of nor
NAL, indicating an average. yield
per acre of z28.5 pounds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

himself, even II his
red hot team comes
up with another pen
nant and a world IL
tie this year. Like
McGraw, Bill al
ways has wished to
get away from the
playing end Of the
game, to distinguish
himself in the big
ger business depart
ments. Like Nc
Graw, also, it is i'm
Al.l L.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

reserve board announced that it had
authorized the twelve federal re-
serve banks to buy additional
amounts of short term government
securities.
In some quarters, the treasury's
move was interpreted as an about
face by the administration, reversing
its year-cld policy of trying to pre-
vent an untimely imitation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
When Jack Curley
Became Sports Editor

A bunch of newspaper men were
sitting around the other night talk
ing about what swell guy the late
Jack Curley was. One of them came
up with this true tale of the time
Jack promoted fight in western
city and began lifelong friendship.
For some reason the sports editor
of the city's most important paper
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

safeguard neutral
shipping from at
tacks by pirate"
submarines, as a re-
suit of the agree
ment signed by nine
powers at Nyon,
near Geneva. The
powers signatory to
the pact also in
cluded Greece, Jugo-
Slavia, Turkey, Ru-
m a MIA, Bulgaria,
Egypt and Russia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24

league cluD tnat nad
our pitching staff
could have won the
pennant easily. You
know the record
that EarnShaW,
Grove and Thomas
made in the big
league and also in
the World Series.
Earnshaw, Grove
and Thomas struck
out over 300 men a
year without the aid
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
$500, 100000 in New Money

g ECRETARY OF THE TREAS
- URY MORGENTHAU has
agreed to issue $300,0O0,O 900 in cash
against an equal amount of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-09-24
Showdown on Sub Piracy
SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK
ewes,ern Newspaper Union

- REAT BRITAIN and France
" were massing the greatest de-
stroyer fleet ever operated in the
Mediterranean sea, to police it and
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Remarks in ExtenuatiOn
On Two Broadway Plays
"Susan and God" and MIR. Hecht's
ITO Quito and Back" Up for
Further Discussion.
By Richard Watts. jr.

this department. was more am.be about TO Quito and
~ Of its colleagues While a up
with considerable ferocy
beng gentlemen toward seems