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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

time. The train dispatcher's job de-
mands that his mind be kept clear for
concentration and quick decision.
Finally, Che movement director re-
ceives a message from the dispatcher
by means Of the teletypewriter, which
is sent to the ticket office, baggage
room, station master and information
blackboard in the concourse. The mes
sage says: "Train on time" The
movement director handles all calls
for cars, engines and other equipment.
He must know whether one locomotive
is sufficient to haul long freight
train over grades. He also directs the
preparation of special trains and
crews that carry holiday and week.
end travellers.
When a train starts on its trip, full
information is sent by telephone from
the terminal to be marked on the train
sheet: train number, engine number,
engineer, fireman, conductor and train
crew, number of cars, and so on.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

Telephone dispatching equipment
plays an important part in safely
speeding trains to their destination
and today covers large majority of
the railroad mileage of the country. If
there were only one train and one
track, there would be no problem, but
today with an average of $4,000 daily
trains and Assoc miles of track, the
matter of safely dispatching trains is
an important one.
In the train dispatcher's Office one
man keeps his eyes on the tracks, his
mouth near telephone transmitter.
No sooner is a train under way than
the train dispatcher telephones orders
to the signal tower just ahead, giving
this information, the tower man re-
porting back that it passed his window
at particular time. The telephone
order is sent still further so that when
J the train reaches a certain section, the
switch will be open, a freight train re-
routed, and the train will arrive on
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23
TeIeDhOne Takers

The popular idea that a person VINO
wants to say something merely starts
talking and keeps on until he Is
through, or until he runs out Of
breath, is not true of telephone talk
ers, according to report by A. G..
Norwine and o. J. Murphy of the Bell
Telephone Laboratories, New York
City. Instead, the average telephone
user never talks longer than about six
seconds without at least one short
pause. On the average there is a
pause about every three seconds.
Nearly fifth of the time is wasted in
these short pauses that no one notices.
AS part of the studies being made
by the telephone industry of what
might be called the anatomy of speech,
the telephone engineers attached to a
long distance telephone circuit between
New York and Chicago an apparatus
to keep records, not of the words pro-
nounced, but of the speech energy
passing over the line. A total of 81
scalls was recorded, lasting a little
more than 10000 seconds. Everyone
was found to talk in short bursts or
cascades, called talkspurts, separated
by the pauses mentioned.
Since almost anyone can hold his
breath at least 20 seconds without dis
comfort, breathing pauses cannot ex-
plain this. Just what is the real rea-
son remains a mystery, perhaps some
thing not unlike the well-known habit
Of readers eye moving along line
Of type, not continuously, but in sue
cession of quick jerks with pauses be-
tween. Perhaps human ears hear best
In similar short spurts Of sound, so
that everyone automatically learns to
talk this way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23
HAVE THEM PROTECTED
AGAINST DIPHTHERIA

Here is another bit of advice from
DR.. r. H. Riley, Directory OF the
State Department of Health, to par
ents of five and six-years-olds who
will start to school this fall.
eff you haven't already done it,
DR.. Riley said, take your youngster
to your doctor for a complete physic-
al examination, including tests of
vision and hearing, and to your
dentist for a check-up on any dent
al attention needed. Besides the gen.
eral going over, there are two ex-
tras that are of special Importance
and that should be attended to with
out delay.
Number one is vaccination
against smallpox. Number two is pro-
lection against diphtheria. Nearly
all parents are familiar enough with
our Maryland law to know that
child has to be vaccinated against
smallpox before he or she may be
enrolled in any public school in the
State. Protection against diphtheria
is not required by law, but parents
have it done voluntarily, in order
that their children may be safe
guarded against this very dreadful
disease.
eve have had only two cases OF
smallpox in Maryland in eight years
and we hope eventually to have an
equally good record with regard to
diphtheria. During the first six
months of this year, nine OF the
twenty-three counties of Maryland
had perfectly clean states so far as
this disease is concerned, without
single case of diphtheria in any OF
them. Our goal is clean slate for
every part of the State.
Last year over $4,000 young
children in the counties were pro-
tected against the disease at the
public clinics arranged by the Coun-
ty Department of Health. Every
year the number increases. During
the first six months of this year,
over 10000 young children in the
Counties of Maryland were protected
against diphtheria at the county
ClIuICS OT ny tu0lI OWA QOSlOAos
Thousands of the children who live
in Baltimore City were safeguarded
against the disease at the City
clinics or by their family physicians.
We hope that in few years, pro-
lection against diphtheria will be as
much matter of course for all
children in Maryland as vacciati0n
against smallpox is now.
"Diphtheria is a very treacherous
disease and very easily picked up.
Any child who has not been protect
ed against it, is likely to contract it,
if exposed to it. A single shot OF
toxoid will give the necessary pro-
lection.
eff your child has not been pro-
tected against diphtheria, go to your
family doctor and have it done,
Don't put it OF any longeE".
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

The train dispatcher's telephone
serves in emergencies, too. Once a
passenger was suddenly taken i'll on
train speeding from Wilmington, Del.
to Baltimore, Md. The conductor
wrote some information on a scrap Of
paper, wrapped it around weight
and threw it from the rear of the train
as it passed a signal tower. The
tower man, attracted by the conduc-
tors waving arm, went down for the
message and telephoned it to the Bal
timore dispatcher as per instructions.
When the train pulled into Baltimore,
twenty-five minutes later, an ambu-
lance was waiting to rush the patient
to the hospital.
Old time methods of train dispatch
ing lacked the speed and f1exibility
demanded by today's faster sched-
ules. The dispatching telephone was
the logical answer, born of the knowl-
edge of Bell System technicians.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

Sixty years ago the Telephone"
stern-wheel steamboat $50 feet in
length, left Portsmouth, Ohio, on her
maiden trip to Pittsburgh. At that
time fast boats had often been called
the Telegraph" but only two months
after the first commercial telephone
exchange in the world had been open
ed in New Haven, Conn.,-the name
Telephone" was an innovation. Alex
ander Graham Bells invention was
new and mysterious and the name
Telephone" stirred the imaginations
Of the residents along the upper Ohio
River. It was then six months before
the first telephone exchange was to be
opened in the state, and, Of course,
long before the telephone was in gen.
eral use.
The three Maddy brothers, who in
1875 had become prominent in steam
boat circles on the upper Ohio River
through their ownership and opera
ton of the steamers "Salt Valley" and
Exchange" sought a fitting name for
their new boat.
The telephone was topic Of much
discussion and on March a, 1878, the
Maddy brothers announced that they
had selected very appropriate name
for their new steamboat-"The Tele-
phone" Oddly enough, the bell which
they placed on the Telephone" was
formerly in use on the steamer eek
change" on which they had served and
had been financially interested. The
ship was launched at Ironton, Ohio,
April 81, 1878, and about a month
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23
OLDER THAN TIME

The asphalt used in the manufac-
ture Of mineral surfaced asphalt
shingles Is virtually as old as time
itseif-thousands of years older
than man. Many biologists believe
that much of it originated in the
Age Of Reptiles when giant dino
saurs roamed the fetid marshlands
OF the new made world. 1t is this
long-lasting material surfaced with
fireproof mineral granules that
makes asphalt shingles SO durable
and flre-safe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

later began her run between Cincin-
natl and Pittsburgh.
On November 1, 1873, the "Tele-
phone" permanently abandoned her
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh schedule
and entered the trade for which she
was built, that between Wheeling and
Charleston, W. Va, the latter port be-
ing on the Kanawha River. On De-
cember 2, the Maddy brothers sold the
Telephone" to the Kanawha Valley
Packet Company, and the following
week she entered the Charleston and
Gallipolis trade. The Telephone" was
queen of the upper Ohio and Great
Kanawha rivers and did much to pub
licize the instrument from which she
derived her name in the early pioneer
days of the telephone industry.
After an interesting career on the
Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, she was
damaged by ice on January 2, 1885,
and sank. After having difficulties in
trying to raise her, the job was aban-
doned and the ship was sold to
wreckers,
The interesting story Of the "Tele-
phone" was dug out Of musty news
paper files and historical material by
Clarence A. Swoyer, of Columbus,
Ohio, chairman of the historical re-
search committee of the N. G. Kings
bury Chapter No. 2, Telephone
Pioneers Of America. He became in
terested In the historic steamboat dur
ing the course of his research into the
early history of the telephone industry
in Ohio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT
SERVICE

urday, Sept. 10, the thirteen offices
of the Maryland State Employment
Service lifted out of the depths of
unemployment and returned to
gainful work no less than 482 men
and women.
OF this total, 354 people were
found jobs with private employers
and 1928 with public projects.
AS usual, the Office in Baltimore
City led the list with 191 jobs filled
with private employers, and 16 with
public contractors. In second place
this week for the number Of private
jobs filled was Office in Cumberland;
but whereas Cumberland made no
public placement whatever, the Of
flee in Annapolis made "a, leading
the entire State in this type of ac-
tivity.
In third place for private place.
ments was the Office in Frederick,
which found jobs of this nature for
% men and vernon, just three more
than it's neighbor, Hagerstown,
where rs people were found private
jobs.
Afer Hagerstown came Annapolis,
where Fl men and women were sent
back to private work. Taken with
this Offices 54 jobs filled, this
makes a total of Is placements for
the week made in Annapolis, second
only to Baltimore City's 207.
Other offices in the Statewide
system, with number of private
placements made by each, are as
follows: Cambridge with 10; Tow
son, 8; Salisbury, 8; Hyattsville, 6;
Oakland, 6; Chestertown, 5; and
Rockville, 8.
During the month of August all
previous records for the number of
private placements made by the
Maryland State Employment Service
in any one month were broken for
the third consecutive month.
The 1850 private placements
made by the Service during June of
this year was the highest number
on record at that time. During July,
however, 2,243 such placements
were made. Now August, with 2,246
private placements, exceeds all pre-
vious months.
The office in Baltimore City broke
all it's records during August by fill
ling 1926 jobs for private employ
ers. In the rest of the State about
half the Offices showed increases over
July: Annapolis made 80 private
placements in August and only SO
in July; Chestertown made SO in
August against Is in July; Hagers-
town 100 in August and only 60 in
July; Hyattsville So against so;
and Towson so against 80.
Other Offices showed decreases in
August compared with July, but
these may be attributed entirely to
seasonal slackness in their districts.
The remaining offices, with the num-
Der of private placements made dur
ing August, are as follows: Cam
bridge, 95: Cumberland, 1856; Elk
ton 1; Frederick, 1913; Oakland, "a;
Rockville, 10; and Salisbury, 161.
Placements to public projects dur
ing the month of August amounted
to 1872 in the entire State, bringing
the total number of placements
made by the Service in August up
to 2,978.
A state Unemployment Service
Office has been opened in Elkton, at
207 North street, where assistance
and information may be secured by
applicants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23
1873 WEEKLY CASH PRIZES

New $4,000 Puzzle Contest, with
1873 weekly cash prizes ranging from
$500 to $1-also new comics, cut
outs, stamps and the new adventure
feature 1.-THE Lone Ranger. Every
Sunday with the Comic Weekly of
the Baltimore Sunday American. Get
your copy from your fayorite news
dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

Work on new school magazine
is being done by the Journalism
Club, under the special supervision
of the Junior Academic section, with
Robert Rands as editor.
Work has been started on the
Senior Annual. The editors are as
follows:
Editor-in-C hief,-Frank Liggett:
Literary Editor,-Ruth Baugher;
Art Editors,-Janet Hutchins, Julia
Carr;
Jokes Editor,-Mildred Garvin;
Business Mgr.,-Virginia Richards;
Production Mgr.,-John Boyd;
Photography,-Ru Johnson;
Sports Editor, Boys-James Rakes;
Sports Editor, Girls,-Ann Dins-
more. Mr.. Hovermill is again facul-
ty adviser for the Annual.
Juanita Liggett.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23
Opening Sports Schedule

Athletic season will soon be on
its way. This season will open on
September 80. The schedule for this
year will be posted at further date.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23
Supper

This year, as is the usual custom,
we are having a chicken and waf-
file supper, held in the high school
auditorium. The date set for the
supper is Thursday, September %,
and each plate costs fifty-cents. The
money gained from this event will
be used for financing several
projects the school has in mind.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

Most men are charmed by widows.
A widow is an experienced listener
and sympathixer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

play because people might laugh at
his mistakes and be can't take 4,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

Scratch an introvert and you find
q yellow streak. He won't learn to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-09-23

capable
telephone
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cOurtey PennG.R
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Mr.. DarrOW and War

GCvUHIS war will no doubt bring good' said Clarence
Darrow, speaking little more than twenty years
ago before the Chicago Society of Ratonalism MANY
people will be killed. Of course, that means suffering
It means also salvation from long years of suffering
great deal of property will be destroyed Whose prop
erty? Not the property of the poor-hey have none.
The destruction of property in this nothing
to the human race-absoutey nothing"
And then only little further along in that same lee
ture he said
The war must break up the DID, and prepare for the
new Destruction is construction. The war will
r, r1..J bring about a brotherhood that
"O"0 could not be brought about in times
I'm His Prince of peace"
These words were uttered by Mr.. Darrow when he
was in his prime-well when he in his late ffties,
anyway.
Since then:
Russia has been freed from Czarist rule and now
Is in the throes of Stain purge"
The Allies have made the world safe for democ
racv" japan has saved Manchuria and China; Musso-
lni has civilized Ethiopia Hitler has chased the Jews
and chastened the Catholics in Germany, and is
engaged in a like chasing and chastening in Austria
And Mr.. Darrow is now dead at the age of 80. 10
him life, he confessed always riddle. Possibly
it is not so much of riddle to him It is even
possible perhaps that he is now wiser than when ne
voiced the expressions, passing for wisdom that &C.
casioned this editorial.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Muddlin' Through

Austen Chamberlain'S BUNDLED
utterances on dealing with
realism" in the European pic
ture had ardly re-echoed
through the world than Austen
was handed, in the matter OF
Austria, as rugged and unpalat-
able a bit of realism as one
could ask.
If the Austrian seizure were
not so tragic, both in itself and
its potentialities to world peace,
one might well imagine hearing
the laughter of "idealistic" An
thony Eden over here.
England's Charming boy" at
whom Hitler scoffed in his Ber'
lin speech purging the German
army was apparently wise
enough in his tender years to
know a loaded gun when he saw
it. Chamberlain, on the other
hand, is in the unenviable posi-
ton of having gone to battle
armed with a wooden sword.
At any rate, fair Albion Is
The Washington times., 1938-03-16

tDork like regular eggs. But
they don't sDGnnG.
They tDGnnG tDork just tDhet
they tDdnna iDork. So they en-
roll on the Writer'S Project. =.
and you and are dumb enough
to tail for 1t.
Exhibit B-I have before me
a magazine called DIRECTION
AMERICAN STUFF" promot-
ing the Writers Project and
written by its members. It is
ar interesting collection, bril-
liant in spots. BUT I CANNOT
FIND ONE LINE IN IT'S TEXT,
ONE NAME IN IT'S AUTHORS
LIST, WHICH JUSTIFIES IT'S
EXISTENCE OR ITS DE
MANDS ON THE TAXPAYERS
MONEY.
y
It's major claim is that "our
present commercialized markets
Of art do not give chance for
expression to those Of proven
and unique talent"
That is simply not so. One
Of the new markets hardly al
fected by the depression was the
short story or article market.
Books have not sold as readily,
and for poems there has never
been a wide market. But there
has never been a time when the
man who could write really
good short stories or articles
could not make a decent living.
The tew articles tohtch are of
exceptional pGlue in "DIREC.
TION-AMERICAN STUFF"
t0ere BY recognized names ana
could haze sold as easily, and at
much higher prices, in any
standard magazine. But the
publishers tDouldn't haze sup
ported the authors While they
weren't 1Dorking-Gnd there's
the rub. And, Just betDeen US,
it's a damn expensive rub for
the American taxpayer.
I repeat-I'm loyal for the
Administration and strong for
all necessary relief. BUT I
HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND
HIS FELLOW CITIZENS ARE
BEING TAKEN FOR A RIDE
wTTH THIS WRITERS PRoJ-
ECT. It's not only wasting the
Federal Treasury but it's rails
ing cain with real talent.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Misses BO0ke Carter

I was very glad to see the
article in "Voice of the People"
under the heading-"He likes
Boake Carter" I. too. admire
Boake Carter for his straight
forwardness. It seems to me that
we need more of that all about
us. I miss his column very
much, it was one Of the best in
your paper. And I am very
much; it was one Of the best in
paper for emitting this column
as well as In the fact that you
thought it necessary to add that
note under his column each day.
WARRENTON (VA0 READER.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
The Right to Picket

The American Civil Liberties
Union will defend the IS picketS
arrested recently for their DEM
onstration in front Of, the der"
man Embassy, not. they say Dc
cause of sympathizing with the
views expressed by these picketS,
but to test the constitutionahty
of the police ordinance prohibit.
inc nicketing within 500 feet OF
a foreign embassy. This seems
to me a good idea.
If the grounds occupied by
an embassy do not encompass
5oo feet, it seems to me that
nickets might very well be with
in their rights, as they are not
trespassing on what might be
termed foreign SOIL"
The whole ordinance, further.
more, smacks of special privilege
extended to foreign powers
which are not enjoyed by Amer.
leans in foreign countries under
similar circumstances.
Obedience to law is liberty. as
Washington observed when he
first took office. Freedom Of
expression should be equally as
valued a heritage Of Americans.
T. r. FORADD.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
"Stup;d" Traffic Rules

"Stupid" Traffic Rules
The fallacy Of another Of Mr..
Van Duzer's stupid traffic regu-
lations was demonstrated the
other morning when his minionS
marched back down the hill
with a couple Of thousand so
called snow-removal, no-parking
signs.
The So-called snow-removal
regulation obviously was de-
signed as a sop to owners Of
commercial garages in congested
sections of the city who wanted
some club to exact fees from
motorists. Undoubtedly it was
intended to be a forerunner Of
an all-night parking ban.
Except for making life miser-
able for thousands Of motorists
and filling the pockets of COM
mercial garage owners, the snow
removal, no-parking signs accom-
plished exactly nothing. The
myth that they were intended to
facilitate the removal of snow
is shown by the fact that the
snow plows were not used once
this year.
Our police court judges have.
declared the snow-parking regu-
lation illegal, but because the
Court of Appeals says they have
the power to adopt any traffic
regulations, no matter how
stupid they may be, the Com
missioners and Mr.. Van Duzer
insist upon marching solemnly
up the hill with their silly little
signs every December IS and
marching down the hill every
March is. Meanwhile the traf-
fic death rate steadily goes up.
DIsGUsTED MOTORIsT.
The Washington times., 1938-03-16
Your |. O.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

This Is a test Of powers Of OBJ
servation, memory and ability to
remember names accurately and
associations with those names.
Speed is essential. Allow three
minutes only. Score S for each
half of a question, 2 for No. S.
/. Who is (a) Irving Jaffee;
(b) Sam Jaffe?
2. Give the other partner Of
these famous teams of popular
song writer's and playwrights:
(a) Lorenz Hart and -; (b)
Ben Hecht and -
8. Give the name Of the
other partner Of these radio
teams: (a) MolasSes and -:
(b) Stoopnagle and
4. Give the names Of the wife
partners Of these stage and radio
couples: (a) Lynn Fontanne
and -: (b) Frank Crummit
and .
5. These comedians have a
characteristic theme for which
they are well known. Can you
match them up?
(a) Milton Berle. b) Bob
Burns. (c) Eddie Cantor. Cd
AL Jolson. (er Jack Benny.
q wife and children. } "The
Bee" { } His relatives. } His
mother. g "Mommy."
ANSWERS on Page 23)
The Washington times., 1938-03-16

what legislation will your as
sociation sponsor?"
We seek no special privileges,
no advantages for the small
business man. He needs no,
pampering. What our associar
ton wants, and will support,
are those things from which the
country as a whole will derive
the greatest benefits. The small
business man will share In
them.
For the moment we are con-
centrating on one thing. Con-
gress must cut loose from the
Presidents dictation and be
what the Constitution provides
that it be, an independent legis-
lative body. Therein lies our
salvation. Congress was elect
ed by individuals, like you and
me.
If it is true to itself, it will
stop yielding to White House
pressure, repeal the undistr1ou-
ted profits tax and let business
revive. If the little business
men of America let Congress
know that this is the most urgent
demand that confronts U.S. with
the voice of thousands upon
thousands behind it, then only
will Congress act.
That is why we are pushing
our campaign for membership
in the National Small Business
Mems Association.
DEWITT M. EMERY
President.
National Small Business Mems
Association,
Akron, Ohio.
Il X u
The Washington times., 1938-03-16

left with another priceless op-
portunity to execrise its unique
destiny It muddle through
somehow.
And it looks this time as if
Austen will have to be there
waving the threat Of something
stronger than his umbrella.
H. T. K.