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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22
Rats and Mice Are Cunning

Rats and mice are VIGOROUSLY
cunning, and many stories are told
of their smartness in getting out of
difficulties or adapting themselves
to changed circumstances, says
Tit-Bits Magazine. Rats, for exam
pie, have been known to turn them
selves into living lcrries. They have
actually been seen to turn on their
backs and clutch with all four paws
an egg that is too difficult to carry
in the ordinary way while a COM
panion in crime drags them away
from the scene of the robbery by
the tail This same tail has also
been used to extract refreshment
from otherwise burglar-proof bot
ties. 1t is hung down inside the
neck, and after extraction it's owner
sits down and enjoys refreshment
Both mice and rats have been
trained by electric shocks to find
their way to the center of complicat-
ed mazes without a mistake.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22
!
Friday, the Thirteenth,
Held to Be Unlucky Day

Few adults seriously believe that
four leaf clover brings luck, that
spilled salt must be thrown over the
left shoulder, that if the sun shines
through rain the devil is beating his
wife or that warts come from touch
ing toad, but aversion to the nu-
neral 10, an aversion centuries old,
fingers still and strongly.
A 10 anywhere, except 10 trumps
in bridge, is held to be unlucky. Any
Friday similarly is day of i'll omen.
Thus when both come at once, a
double hex is cast. Both beliefs ante
date Christianity, stretching back
into the days of the early Norsemen
when Frigga was goddess of the sky
and Baldur, her son, was god OF
justice and the sun, writes Marcia
VIM in the Chicago Tribune.
Friday, named for Frigga, was a
day sacred to her, and those auda-
cious ones who pursued their own
fancies on that day, ignoring her
festive worship, were doomed to Ill
fortune. Thus began fear persist
ing through the ages and perpetu-
ated with the crucifixion of Christ on
Good Friday. Fridays moon,"
goes the legend, still repeated,
''come when it will, it comes too
soon."
Fear of the mystic Is Also is cred
tied to the Norsemen, who had IL
aesirs or demigods. Into their
midst, at a banquet in Valhalla,
strobe Loki, the evil one, making 10.
Shortly thereafter Balkur, the be-
loved, was slain.
In American history both 10 and
Friday have played pleasant roles.
Columbus set sail on Friday,
sighted America on Friday and
landed on a Friday. The Is colonies
chose flag with 10 stars and Is
stripes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22
CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOTHS
NEED NOT BE EXPENSIVE

A household safety first campaign
against the clothes moth need not
be expensive to- be effective, accord
ing to Miss Helen Shelby, Clothing
Specialist for the University of Mary
land Extension Service.
She says that the simple, mex
pensive method of thorough clean
ing and careful packing Is still
among the best for protecting win
ter clothes and blankets. Dry clean
ing, washing in soap and water,
thorough brushing, airing, and sun
ming are effective and cheap ways
of destroying moths. And firm, un-
broken paper with edges tightly
sealed will prevent moths from
reaching these cleaned garments
while they are stored for the sum-
mer.
Napthalene, Observation-Disclosures
and gum camhpor in the form of
familiar moth balls or fakes will
give added protection to stored ar
ticles by evaporating fumes which
penetrate fabrics and kill any moths
in them. But such fumes must be
concentrated to be effective and
should be used at the rate of one
pound for each 100 cubic feet of en-
closed space. The mere odor will
not spoil the moths appetite.
Miss Shelby points out that in a
test conducted by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture moths were
found to eat heartily in an atmos-
phere scented with cedar, dried
lavender, tobacco, tar, pine oil, or
even insect sprays or camphor. The
entomologists also found that the
odor of tar or cedar oil in paper
clothes bags has no lettering effect
on moths.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22
Cartier Founded Quebec

Quebec city was founded by
Jacques Cartier, the st. Malo adj
venturer, in 1908, and since that
time has written its epic story in
battlements, and monuments, in
churches and universities quaint
houses and winding cobbled streets.
Two structures overshadow the en-
tire city-the Chateau Frontenac
and the Citadel. Both are perched
atop precipitous Cape Diamond
overlooking the St. Lawrence and
side by side they contrast the grace
full architecture of a Norman
chateau with the grim bastions Of
a fort designed by the duke of Well
ington. ----
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

Wawatam was an Ojibway chief
who befriended the English trader,
Alexander Henry, at the time of the
massacre at Old Mackinaw in 1868,
says a writer in the Detroit News.
He had shown strong friendship
for Henry, had warned him as plain
ly as he dared, and had tried to get
him away. After the massacre he
appeared before the chief who held
Henry prisoner and pleaded sue
cessfully for the life of his ''broth-
err" Henry was concealed by him
until all danger was past. In later
years Wawatam became blind and
he was accidentally burned in his
lodge at Ottawa Point.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22
ENTRY LIST Is OPEN FOR
TEN-TON TOMATO CONTEST

Tomato growers of the State will
have an opportunity to participate
this year in the Ten-Ton Tomato
Club contest, which is being con.
Quoted for the eleventh consecutive
season, it is announced by Herman
A. Hunter, specialist in canning
| crops for the University of Mary
land extension service. The contest
is free and open to all growers who
produce two or more acres of toma-
toes.
Mr.. Hunter states that the contest
watches or other suitable prizes will
be awarded the winners in each
group.
Growers producing from two to five
acres of tomatoes are included in
one group, and those having more
than five acres make up the second
group. Prizes are given for the high
est yields per acre.
In addition, all growers producing
ten or more tons of tomatoes to the
acre Will UC 6lNSn C0ItluCdtOo VI
membership in the Ten-Ton Toma-
toes Club by the University of Mary
land. The four winners will be
given free trips to the annual can
ming crops conference at College
Park in February, at which time
the prizes will be awarded The
prizes are contributed by CONNER
cial concerns interested in the can
ming industry.
The contest is sponsored by the
University of Maryland extension
service in cooperation with the Tri-
State Packers Association. Its OBJ
ject is to stimulate interest in more
efficient methods of producing can
ming tomatoes. Larger yield per
acre generally results in better quail
ity and greater profit.
Any growers who desire to enter
the contest may do so by notifying
their county agent prior to August
l, Mr.. Hunter states. He urges those
who enter to keep receipts of all
tomatoes sold, as yields are deter
mined from these receipts and acre
age measurements.
The largest yield made in the con-
test to date is 176 tons per acre,
which was made by Clarence D. Gull
len of Cecil county in 1886.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22
American Indians Not Nomadic

The American Indians were not
nomadic in the sense that they
roamed about without a regular
home. According to the United
States Bureau of American Ethnol-
ogy, every tribe and every con-
geries of tribes, with but few ex-
ceptions, laid claim to and dwelt
within the limits of certain tract
or region, the boundaries of which
were handed down by tradition and
not ordinarily relinquished save to
a superior force.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22
Rheumatic Fever Attacks Young

Rheumatic fever is known to the
public as infammatory rheuma-
tism but its principal effects may
not be on the joints which become
temporarily inflamed and painful
but on the heart which is some
times permanently weakened by in
f1ammation. The disease occurs
most frequently among children and
adolescents. 1t is quite likely to
strike an individual again and
again. In its occurrences it be-
comes more and more serious and
annually kills at least 10000 per-
sons in the United States. The aver
age age of its victims at death is
only thirty years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

II the lawn is to be watered, soak
the ground thoroughly once week
is the advice Of Walter r. Ballard,
extension horticulturist Of the Uni
versity of Maryland. The daily light
sprinkling SO often practiced Is Of
doubtful value. he declares.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

The total value of agricultural
commodities officially inspected and
certified by the Maryland State De-
partment of Markets in 1897 was
approximately $1,9s2.916. These in
cluded sweet potatoes, fresh toma-
toes, canning crops, Irish potatoes,
apples, peaches, Strawberries. cam
taloupes, eggs and dressed poultry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

The number of livestock on Mary
land farms on January / this year
was not materially different from
recent years. Greatly increased IL
terest in production of some kinds of
stock has been evident, but 1t has
focused more particularly upon Inn
provement in quality, rather than on
largely increased numbers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22
ORPHANS COURT

Bond of Roy H. Snyder and Flor
ence S. Clapp, executors of Carrie H.
Suyders bond of BERTHE Bennett
Sweet, executrix of Ellsworth N.
Sweet; second and final account OF
R. j. McCauley, administrator OF
Effie ]. Whitmore; second and final
account of R. j. McCauley, admin
istrator of Fife J. Whitmore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

England is thoughtful. She al
ways goes a piece of the way to get
us well started before she turns
back.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

New rules of craftsmanship: Foul
your man at the start. That costs
you the round, but cripples him
enough to make the rest of the fight
easy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

You can always tell an envious
community. Business men dress
sloppily to keep customers from
thinking them prosperous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

A statesman thinks in terms OF
the nation. A Congressman thinks
only of his section and darn the
others.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

In youth he is proud of being out
late; after that he deducts an hour
or so when you ask what time he
got in.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

Yes, Roland, life's gamble. and
every man has chance unless he's
a Wall Street iamb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

The world has seem few states
men, but only politicians who will
sacrifice a nations future to fatten
thsnselves today,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

Even crook may take his liquor
straight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-22

Cairo ;. Automatic telephone ex-
changes were first introduced in Cairo,
Egypt, in 1882 and in subsequent years
at Alexandria, Port Said, Tanta and a
few other important provincial cities,
including Guizeh, near Cairo. The
policy is to extend gradually this sys-
tenn over the entire country, according
to the American Commercial Attache
at Cairo.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
FaIlOn Campaign
Manager Issues
Final Statement

The stand taken by the churches
of st. Paul is increasing interest
in the city election campaign now
under way in st. Paul and is ex-
pected to be a big factor in bring
ing out a big vote April 26, cam
paign managers of the candidates
agreed today.
]. Russell Sweitzer, chairman of
the committee which is working
for the election of William H. Fal-
Ion, the independent candidate,
said he is counting heavily on this
factor to swell the vote.
"The action of the forty-nine
Protestant ministers of the city in
submitting to the candidates q
QUESTIONABLE asking their attitude
on law enforcement certainly has
focused attention on one of the ma
jor issues of the campaign" Mr..
Sweitzer said. "Mr. Fallon made
an unqualified statement that he
was in favor of strict law enforce
ment and promised to assign Com
missioner Gus Barfuss to the de-
partment of public safety if he is
elected again. His opponent would
not agree to do this. The state
ments of the candidates on this
point have helped to crystalline
public appreciation of the differ
ences between the two candidates
and stimulated interest in the cleo
ton materially"
Mr.. Fallon has expressed ap-
proval of the administration which
has been carried on by Mayor
Mark Gehan during the last four
years and indicated that he will
endeavOr to continue this type of
administration during the next
two years.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
Contest Nears
End with Miss
Copeland Leading

Going into the fifth week the
Twin City Popularity Contest,
sponsored by the Minneapolis So
cialites for the benefit of the
Phyllis Wheatley Camp Fund, finds
Miss Marcella Copeland Of st.
Paul still leading by a narrow
margin. Miss Copeland is backed
by the Junior and Senior Credja-
fawn Clubs of the Twin Cities.
Because the contest was slow
in getting under way and several
contestants have asked for a few
more days in which to report, the
contest has officially been extend
ed from April % to 10 p. m.
Saturday, April 80, the night Of
the Mardi Gras. For this reason
the winner, nor the cash prizes
cannot be announced until thai
evening. sr'- -aa ~
The Mardi yGras, from all indi
cations, is going to be huge sue
cess. The floor show has just beer
completed with the entire fiool
show from the Ramona Cafe in
down town Minneapolis, to perform
for the Mardi Gras patrons. Roy
Dysart's new band will furnish
new swing music.
Listen to Ray Dysart's new
music over WMIN Wednesday
April 81, from 7:45 to 8 p. m.
Because of added expenses tt
the Mardi Gras, all complimentary
tickets must be accompanied with
one paid admission, the contest
managers announced.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
Babe SaIters
Not In Prison
AS Reported

A report which has been cir.
culating in st. Paul for several
weeks and which was carried in 6
column in this newspaper of April
8, to the effect that "Babe" Salt.
ers, former st. Paul musician, was
in a New York prison is untrue &C.
cording to a letter received from
Mr.. Salters last Friday.
According to the letter, Mr.
Salters is in the seventh week OF
a long time engagement at Radio
Franks Club at 55th and Park
Ave., New York.
This paper is glad that the re-
ports which have been in the air
for several weeks and the account
printed in this paper were in evil
dent error and hasten to apologize
for the evident failure Of one of
our columnists to verify rumors.
Publisher.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
Civil Service
Exams Listed
For st. Paul

The Rondo Farmer-Labor Club
announced through its educational
secretary, o. C. Hall, Sunday, that
several civil service examinations
for st. Paul city positions will be
held in May.
Among the positions for which
examinations will be held are those
Of maid, lamp operator, pickup
boy, refectory sales clerk, regis
tration clerk, dog catcher, tree la
borer and life guard.
Detailed announcement of ex-
aminations and application blanks
may be secured at the Civil Serv-
ice Bureau, Room 265, City Hall.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22

the girl and her husband were
domiciled in a Chicago apartment
her brother Joseph rushed to Chi
cago by plane. Accompanied by
two city detectives and a Negro
private operative the couple was
visited by the brother.
The husband refused to al
low his wife to go with her brother.
The husband later told newspapers
that he told his wife she could &c
with her brother but that she re-
fused and then he also told hel
brother to leave the apartment.
Later young Lazarus, accompa'
MED by the same trio, visited the
apartment in Stewards absence anC
bundled his wife on a stretcher.
Stewart told newspapers that HI
would fight the abduction of hi
wife.
The Lazarus family claims tina
the daughter "has not been RICH
since she had a nervous break
down in 1929"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
CATHOLIC MOTHERS CLUB
SPREADS EASTER JOY"

Thrilled with the real spirit Of
Easter the Catholic Mothers Club,
of which Mrs. Laura Oden Will
hams is the president, distributed
80 Easter baskets and articles Of
clothing to the needy children of
st. Paul. Happiness and joy these
children displayed as they grasped
their baskets filed with all sorts
of candies, for each basket con-
tanned one chocolate bunny, one
chocolate chick, one large chOco-
late egg, a chocolate cross, one
dyed fresh egg and lots of mixed
candy eggs. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nc
Farland and Mrs. Margaret Oden
Wilson spent two hours of Satur-
day afternoon distributing the
baskets.
The Catholic Mothers Club ex-
pressed appreciation for those who
helped make effort a success.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
AfrO-American
Society Meets
Sunday Afternoon

The second meeting of the Afro
American Society will be held at
Pioneer Hall, 5SS Rondo St., Sun
day, April "a, at 4 p. m. Guest
speakers will be Mabel McGavock
Lewis, business woman, and Ches-
ter Johnson, grand master of Min
nesota MasOns, and James L. How
land, commander of Leslie Lawr-
ence of the American Legion.
All three of the speakers will
give their views on Economic con-
ditions and their effect on the Ne
gro"
The public is invited to attend
the meeting. E. o. Pearce, chair
man of the society, said this week,
"This organization is not a politi-
cal society. Its chief aim is to
help raise the standards Of the
Negro; to help him secure posi-
tons; to fight determinations in
jobs and other fields"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
Pearce Resigns
From Farmer
Labor Club

E. o. Pearce, former vice chair
man and one of the chief organ
izers of the Rondo Farmer-Labor
Club of St. Paul, resigned from
that organization April 8.
His resignation was understood
to have been precipitated by reso-
lutions submitted to the club by
some members criticizing Pearce's
support of certain candidates in
GLIDING VIM. Fallon, candidate for
mayor in the st. Paul city cleo
tons.
Mr.. Pearce's resignation was &C
cepted at the clubs meeting held
April II. Pearce's only comment
was that he could not conscien-
tiously support some of the candi-
dates on the labor endorsed ticket
because he questioned their atti-
tude towards the Negro.
Whether Pearce's break with
the Rondo Club means he will
sever all connection with Farmer
Labor activity in the state is not
known. He was a delegate to the
state convention in Duluth and his
personal political activity in past
campaigns has been very helpful
in turning the formerly nominally
Republican Negro vote in this
state into an active Farmer-Labor-
Independent voting majority.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
Three Hundred
Kids Join i'm
Egg Rolling

Three hundred Northside Min
neapolis kiddies carried their
Easter celebration into Easter
Monday when they gathered at
Sumner Field for an egg rolling
and hunt.
The affair, sponsored by Phyllis
Wheatley Community House with
the cooperation of Cecil Newman
of the Spokesman and Recorder
newspapers, was made possible by
the donations of eggs and money
from % clubs, lodges and individ-
uals who responded readily and
willingly to letters and phone calls
to the worthy cause.
Those who contributed were:
The Mystic Circle through its
president, Mrs. M. o. Cannon;
Minneapolis Association of Col
ored Women's Clubs, Mrs. Fannie
M. Shanks, president; Southtown
Market, Earl Kyle, proprietor;
Minnesota-Iowa Club, Talmage B.
Carey, president; Mrs. Mary Ball;
Ames Lodge of Elks, George w.
Hall, exalted ruler; Johnnie Bak-
er Post of the American Legion.
Jack Poster, commander; Pales-
tine Lodge of Masons through
Chester Johnson, grand master,
Minnesota jurisdiction; Mothers
Effort Club, Mrs. NJ. Washington,
president; Aldrich Pharmacy, C.
Shelley, proprietor; Freeman's
Smoke Shop, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Freeman, proprietors; o. X. Serv-
ice Station, Harry McNamer, pro-
prietor; 3sth Street Fruit and Gro
Gerry, Sam Pentell, proprietor;
Bells Cafe, Mr.. and Mrs. C. w.
Bell; Al Knutsen of the Knutsen
Meat Co.; Harold Combs; X. & N.
Mothers Club, Miss Dorothy Hall,
sponsor; B. & w. Service Station,
Martin Brown, proprietor; Wood
ard Funeral Home, Theo. Wood
ard, director; Epworth League
Border M. E. Church, Rev. d. P.
Young, pastor; Alpha Wives and
Sweethearts, Mrs. C. W. Washing
ton, Mrs. Idell Patton, president,
and Council of Negro Youth, Rich
ard Session, chairman.
All of these groups and individ-
uals helped make over 800 chill
dren happy and the splendid man.
ner in which they cooperated on
short notice is appreciated by the
sponsors of an affair which prom
Uses to be an annual event.
Because of the short notice
many clubs who would have helped
could not, but the spirit is appre-
ciated.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
First st. Paul
Health Week
Talk April Is

Messages to the public through
the churches of st. Paul and the
use of free motion pictures will be
combined in the observance of
Health Week, April "a to May IA,
it was decided in a meeting of the
sponsoring committee at the Hal
lie @. Brown House on Tuesday.
Already Miss Margaret Turpin,
a nurse, is at work on the task OF
organizing the community so that
it will be ready to take advantage
of free Mantoux tests which will
be offered at the Halle @. Brown
House.
The program so far is:
April 20, Teaching Tuberculo,
sis Through the Eye" at 4:0(
p. m, in the Halle @. Brown
House, the speaker will be Mis-
Turpin; April 27, talk by DR.. F. R
Pearson, also talking motion pic,
ture, Contact; April 20, Motor
picture, "Dental Hygiene" at
p. M, and May 6, at 8 p. M, mo,
ton picture, Recreation and Hous.
ing" All of these pictures will
be free at the Halle @. Brown
House.
Health Week officials pointed
out that the public should know
that the program of testing fol
tuberculosis is designed to nip the
disease before it can get in a po-
sition to do any real harm to the
victim. 1t was indicated that the
positive reaction to the test does
not necessarily show that the per-
son who takes it has the disease in
an active state.
All persons who wish to take the
test are asked to register at the
Halle Q. Brown House as quickly
as possible. Those persons at the
meeting on Tuesday were: DIR.
Chas. Williams, chairman; Mrs.
Mary Clark, acting secretary; DR..
]. W. Crump, Miss I. Myrtle Car
den, Mrs. R. F. Wilson, Mrs. Lady
Ridley, o. C. Hall, chairman, Twin
City Health Week Committee; Mrs.
Cora Strother and Clarence M.
Mitchell, Jr.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
Rabbi MargOlis
Forum Speaker
Sunday at 4P. M.

The Halle Q. Brown speaker for
the Sunday Forum will be Rabbi
H. S. Margolis of Mt. Zion Tenn
pie, one of the outstanding Jewish
leaders of the Twin Cities, and a
splendid speaker, who will talk on
'The Jew in a Changing World"
In these days when Jews are
meeting problems similar to those
the Negro faces, it will be very
much worth our while in learning
what the Jews are doing to cope
with their difficulties.
Be sure to hear Rabbi Margolis
at Halle Q. Brown House on Sum
day, April "a, at 4 p. m.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-04-22
Packed House
Enjoys Annual
Style Parade

A capacity crowd jamm d
Knickerbocker Hall, Minneapolis,
Monday night to witness one Of the
best style shows ever given by St.
Thomas Episcopal church.
The elaborate stage setting was
a perfect background for the ar
ray of very attractive gowns and
costumes displayed by capable
models.
Outstanding models were Mrs.
Maxine Jones, Miss Mildr d
Brooks, Miss Louise Neal, Joseph
Levy and little Joyce Vassar.