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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
THE WORLDS CLEANEsT MILK

The American dairy farmers can
claim, without exaggeration, that
he provides the worlds cleanesl
milk, according to an article in the
Dairymen's League News.
For more than 20 years, nation
al war has been waged against bow
inc tuberculosis. Today that war is
drawing to a close, with the enemy
almost completely routed. Bovine
tuberculosis exists on a substantial
scale in only two of the As states,
and the curative work is progress
ing rapidly in both of them.
Dairymen are now turning then
attention to two other bovine dis
eases-mastitis and Bangs disease.
While these ailments are Of little
consequence to the consumer OF
milk, they are of considerable mo-
ment to the farmer. 1t is believed
that the disease will be almost com
pletely eradicated in a relatively
brief time.
The war against bovine plaques,
especially tuberculosis, has Leen con
Quoted by government bureaus, farm
organizations and other groups.
Agricultural cooperative associations
which work to improve production
methods as we'll as to obtain fair
er price for farm products-have
also been a telling factor. The
American consumer can be assured
that nowhere else in the world could
he obtain dairy products Of a more
sanitary nature than in this country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
Questions And Answers
WHAT'S WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL
SECURITY

@ 1876 What determines the
amount OF the lump-sum payments
now being made under the old-ag '
insurance program?
A. 1856 The total of your wages,
received since December 81, 1886,
determines the amount of the lump
sum payment. The amount will be
3h per cent of the total wages. For
example, suppose wages amounted to
$1,000; the 3h per cent lump-sum
payment would be $95. A formal
claim must be filed with the nearest
Social Security Board Field Office be-
fore payment is made.
@. 1877 If grocer employs his
wife and children in his store, are
they covered by the old-age insui-
ance provisions of the Social Sec
urity Act?
A. 1877 Yes. The old-age insur-
ance provisions of the Social Security
Act cover all employees and do not
exempt family employment 1t is i'm
portant to bear in mind also that
where a portion of the remuneration
received is in kind, j. e., in food,
lodging. clothes, ETC., that remunela-
tion also constitutes wages as defin-
ed Title II of the Social Security Act
@. 1853 Does the unemployment
compensation tax apply on the total
wages of an employee or just on the
first $4,000 earned in one year?
A. 1853 The unemployment COM
pensation tax is payable entirely by
the employer in this state and is
assessed on his total pay roll, with
out regard to the amount Of earnings
Of any one employee. In other words,
the $4,000 per year maximum, which
applies under Title VIII Of the Soc
ial Security Act, does not apply in
connection with the unemployment
compensation tax of this state.
". 100 Will uOutuly Sho-aSO III
surance payments be made to every
one after the age of IS?
A. 159 No. In order to receive
monthly old-age retirement benefit
from the Federal Government, in
dividuals must have been employed
in at least five different calendar
years after 1886 in what might
roughly be termed Industry and
commerce" and their wages from
such employment must be at leas
a total of $4,000 and they must have
reached the age of 65.
@. 100 Must an employee be en-
ployed continuously and uninter-
ruptedly during the five-year period
required to qualify for monthly
benefits?
A. 100 No. One days gainful
employment in each of five different
calendar years is sufficient to NEE,
the fve-year minimum requirement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
WHY=========
Taste Is Intimately Tied to
Sense Of Smell.


Most everyone knows that, while
i'll with cold, food becomes COM
paratively tasteless. While taste
and smell are listed separately in
the usual classification of the five
senses Of the body it is known now
that there is an intimate connec-
ton between the two. It may even
be said that some of the more in
triguing flavors which man enjoys
are really not tasted but smelled,
according to Science Service writ
err.
In the moist, warm and dark cav
ity called the mouth the aroma Of
foods is released by the dissolving
action of the saliva and travels up
into the smelling areas of the nose
through the backdoor, so to speak.
Inspectors of food and tasters Of
tea, coffee, butter, cheese and liq-
uor have learned by experience that
they can do their fastest and best
work if they first smell the article
being examined and do actual tast-
ing only as confirmatory check.
The delicate nerve endings which
are known as taste 'buds" are not
distributed equally through all the
regions of the tongue. Sweetness is
best detected near the tip. Saltiness
and sourness are best tasted on the
front and sides of the tongue while
bitterness appears to be best OBJ
served at the back of the tongue on
the top.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
NARCOTIC EDUCATION WEEK

Narcotic Education Week. the
,welfth annual observance of which
vas held Feb. 81 to %, in its war
ARE on habit-forming drugs seeks:
/. To stamp out the illicit drug
yraffic by enforcing present State,
federal, and international laws.
2. To legislate additional pro-
cective measures against contact
with narcotic drugs.
8. To inform everyone so that
zach may voluntarily avoid contact
With these drugs.
4. To rehabiliate those already
addicted
Observance of the week was
guided by the International Mar
ootic Education Association, a nom
profit organization incorporated un-
der the laws of California in 1928.
its activities have been responsible
Tor much of the progress throughout
the world towards eliminating the
ignorance and avarice of the drug
traffic.
Special emphasis is placed on the
campaign against the use of marihu-
ana, the drive to enact the so-called
Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act in
the District Of Columbia and seven
states still remaining outside,
through instruction in all school
against habit-forming drugs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
Mayor, Chief Magistrate;
ellis Worship" i'm Courts

The office of mayor is an ancient
one, reaching back to Saxon times.
states a writer in London Tit-Bits
Magazine. During his term the
mayor of a borough is always the
chief magistrate, and is accosted as
"His Worship in the courts. the
term being derived from the Sax
on "worth-ship," meaning a highly
estimable person. In Scotland the
mayor is called the "provost,
which comes from "praepositus,"
the Latin for "prefect" or one who
is placed before Both Edinburgh
and Glasgow have Lord Provosts,
but in England the same word usu-
ally refers to the heads of colleges,
universities, and certain cathedrals.
Some mayors and lord mayors
have other titles, too. London's lord
mayor, for instance, is portreeve, or
in modern parlance. admiral of the
port of London, and as such he
takes precedence over all officers of
the royal navy in London waters,
and only the king and the prince of
Wales can issue orders to him.
In many towns-including Dun
dee, and Nelson and Moseley (Lan-
cashire)-mayors are allowed the
privilege of setting up lampposts
outside their homes, and the prac-
tice also spreads to the dominions.
At Sherbrooke, Quebec, where this
privilege is highly priced, the resi-
dences of past mayors may be
picked out by the distinctive lamp
posts in front of them, each bear
ing the coat-of-arms of the city.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
Why 1t Is Winter Shorts Cradle

With the exception of skating,
practically every winter sport made
it's continental debut in St. Moritz.
The first skis were manufactured
there in 1859. In 1884 the first ar
tificial toboggan run was built by
British sportsmen and named the
Cresta run. st. Moritz was the
first place where iron runners on
bob and skeleton (1889 and 1922
superseded runners of curved wood.
In 1907 the first horse races on
snow were instituted there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
Why Jefferson Did Not Sign

Thomas Jefferson was not in the
country at the time of the framing,
signing and ratifying of the Con-
stitution. In 1884 he was sent to
France to join Benjamin Franklin
and John Adams in negotiating GER
tain commercial matters with for
eign countries, and in 1875 he sue
ceeded Franklin as minister to
France. In October, 1889, he re-
turned to America and in the follow
ing year became secretary of state
in the administration of George
Washington,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
GREEN SPOTLIGHT

A fascinating section devoted to
movies and radio Crammed full Of
action photographs and stories of
favorities of the screen and the air
ways. Regular feature with the Bal
timore Sunday American. On sale at
all newsstands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04

There's plenty of money in the
control of industry and the Govern
ment. plenty of American spirit left.
And If a thousand Of the brainiest
men in the Nation are right in what
they tell the President and Congress
FEAR can be chased out and pros
perity restored. The principal OBJ
structoins appear to be due to poll
tics.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
WHY Bindings Need Moisture

Unless there is little moisture in
the library the bindings on leather
books are apt to dry out easily. The
water may be kept out of sight. 1t
is especially necessary, however,
during the fall and winter when
there is much heat and dry air in
the room.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
Adage Taxation Without
Representation" by Otis

The statement, Taxation without
representation is tyranny was at
tributed to James Otis by John
Adams in his Works" in which he
says "since the debate concerning
the writs of assistance, and since it
was known that the acts of trade
were to be enforced, and a revenue
collected by authority of parlia-
ment, Mr.. Otis maxim, that taxa
ton without representation is tyran-
NY :. had become popular prov
erb."
William Tudor in Life of James
Otis, of Massachusetts," and E. L.
Magoon in "Orators of the Ameri-
can Revolution" also attributed it
to Otis. William S. Walsh in Handy
Book of Literary Curiosities" says
it is not known who first coined
the phrase.
Charles F. Mullett, author of
''Some Political Writings Of James
OTIS" writes:
"John Adams attributed the say
ing to Otis; however, he did so very
late in life, and Johns memory
played him tricks. To the best of
my knowledge, Otis never actually
used the phrase. Who did invent it
no one knows. The closest phrase
to it, that I know, is in one of
Burke's speeches on American af-
fairs: Taxation without representa-
ton is injustice and oppression OF
course, some variation was in the
mouth of every political author at
the time and could easily be short
ened into the more telling epigram.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04

North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Oregon,
Virginia and West Virginia; so
m. D. h., in Pennsylvania, Connecti-
cut. Nebraska, Utah, Vermont, Wash
ington, North Dakota and Missis-
sippi; 55 m. p. h.. South Carolina.
60 m. D. h., Colorado and Minnesota.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04

Management and labor have ask
ed Washington to give them freedom
Of action-control Of their own af-
fairs, including problems of wages
and hours-and let collective bar
gaining and other established
methods have a chance to work with
out constant nosey interference by
big politicians.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
Why Okapi Was Not Discovered

Why Okapi Was Not Discovered
Authorities say that it is impos-
sible to distinguish an okapi in it's
native haunts at a distance greater
than twenty-five PAGES. The pecu-
liar coloration of the animal is of
such a protective nature that it ex-
plains in part why it remained un-
discovered so long by the scientific
world,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
Why Colds Rout Smell

The reason a person who has a
cold loses the sense of smell is that
the mucous membranes swell to
such an extent that the volatile ma
terial is unable to reach the OIL
factory nerve endings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04

All of US are awed by numbers
Even the cynic who desprises people
is proud of living where several mil
lion of them flock together.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04

The ribbon-like young eel is so
transparent that print may be read
through its body. according to Blu
reau Of Fisheries experts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04

The transmission Of Photographic
messages and greetings in the send
er's handwriting was started recent
" by the British postofiice depart
ment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04
why There Are Noble Gases

A group Of gaseous elements in
Guiding argon, heliun, krypton, ne
on, niton and xenon are called noble
gases because they do not enter
into combination with any Of the
atlar elements.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04

why French Girls Are "Midinettes"
The name "midinette," applied to
French working girls, is derived
from the fact that the girls leave
the shops and factories where they
are employed every day at noon
for their midday meal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04

Better not hiss or boo. People
wonder If you would dare TO do it
if you stood alone without crowd
to hide you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-03-04

Civic pride is the quality that can
take 5000 people and make crowd
Of $4,000.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

truck proceeding south, right rear
wheel passing over him.
The time: 1l:l0 am: weather
clear.
The vehicle: Investigating ofncer
reported truck was going Is miles per
hour, and that truck was driven
properly hand brake defective, foot
brake okay.
The street: Dry. straight and level
between intersections.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

geles in a Beechcraft, winning 81 900
with an elapsed time of II hours l3
minutes and As seconds. The only
other plane to reach Cleveland before
the 6 pm. deadline, the Sparton, oc-
cupied by John Hinchey and Charles
Lajatte, wound up with an average Of
l77,499 for the distance, and was out
Of the prize money.
Lee Gehlbach of New York, one OF
the last three pilots to take of at
Burbank, arrived at 635 pm at the
Cleveland airport where it was re-
ported he had been forced down at
Marion, Ohio, before continuing to
Cleveland. Gehlbach. flying Wedell-
Williams, left Burbank at sos am
(E. S. T).
Bellanca Aircraft Corp, maker of
the craft piloted by Frank Cordova
of New York, said Cordova landed at
Bloomington, Ill, when he realized
he could not reach Cleveland before
dark Taking of at 843 a m, he flew
600 miles at $50 miles per hour, until
motor failed, and then continued
1000 miles with two motors, the COM
pany announced.
All Accounted For.
Union Air Terminal officials at Bur-
bank announced tonight that Robert
Perlick of Los Angeles, for several
hours unreported. had advised them he
had been forced down at Woodriver,
III.
No details were given This accounts
for all of the flyers in the race.
Robert Perlick. Glendale, Calf,
entrant. who left Burbank at SIS
am. was forced down at 4:30 pm
tE. S. t. at Woodriver. Ill. when his
Beechcraft ran out OF gasoline. Perlick
was uninjured and his plane escaped
damage He said he started with
enough gasoline and oxygen to reach
Cleveland, but fought storms all the
way
George Armistead of Los Angeles was
forced out of the contest when his
Geebee developed motor trouble and
he landed at Winslow, Ariz.
Louise Thaden, the Bendix winner
in 1886. was the first woman to take
the race. Miss Cochran was third last
year. finishing the Burbank Cleveland
leg behind Fuller and Earl Ortman.
Miss Cochran received limited
commercial license in 1893 and a few
months later gained a transport Ii
cense.
Set Speed Record.
She established a worlds women's
speed record Of 203 miles an hour last
September over three -kilometer
course in Detroit Last December she
flew nonstop from New York to Miami
in 4 hours II minutes at an average
speed of about 800 mp.h.
She owns and manages three cos.
metic salons in Los Angeles, Chicago
and New York. and heads a cosmetics
manufacturing company.
She is completing a home at Indio
Calf, for "a orphans she says she
wants to adopt. She calls herself a
'full-f1edged" orphan, since her earli-
est recollection is Of boarding with a
family in Pensacola, Fla. On her first
job. which she started at age II. she
earned 81 so week. At 10 she owned
beauty shop in Miami.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

Georgetown Universitys newly es-
tablished Brain Research Institute,
containing one OF the most complete
collections OF animal and human brains
in the world, will be an object of
curiosity as well as scientific interest
at the third annual medical clinic
next week for Georgetown alumni.
Although it has functioned only a
short time as a unit of the School
OF Medicine, the institute has at
tracted the attention OF brain special
lists from far and wide Many OF them
have visited it in the few months
since the institute was given per-
manent museum and laboratory space
on the second floor of the medical
building on Reservoir road NV.
The institute might well be called
the brain child of its director and
founder, Dr. Othmar Solnitzky, a
devoted scientist and professor Of
anatomy. Officials hope a present
lack Of adequate funds will be over
come eventually to make it a great
national headquarters for research into
animal and human behavior.
Has Large Library.
DR.. Solnitzky presented his rare
collection to Georgetown University
year ago. With it he also presented
an extensive library devoted to the
subject in nearly every civilized Ian
guage. His idea, which is being real
lied at last, was to make both available
for intensive research work on the
part OF brain specialists and graduate
students. He stressed yesterday the
institute is not diagnosis center.
To the collection he is constantly
adding the brains OF the rarest forms
OF fish and animal life collected from
far corners of the earth. Some OF his
most recent acquisitions are the brains
OF large fruit bats from Sumatra
Others are representative of little
known animals that live in the highest
attitudes of the South American
Andes. They are especially interesting
for comparative study.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

necessary correspondence and mailing
Of containers for the brains is a ia
Dor of love-" AS 4 student OF psychol-
oRy he first became interested in the
human brain and the unsolved mys-
teries 1t contained. From that inter-
est grew his study Of medicine and the
collection which is now one OF the
most inclusive in the world.
At first he used to trade in brains
much rs one trades in stamps. He has
stopped that now.
In addition to. his own special re-
search work and instruction, he has
set for himself the task of complet-
ing 70 scientific articles during the en-
suing months. Several Of them al
ready have been published. They deal
with the blood supply Of the brain
and comparative anatomy Of thalmus
and hypothalmus.
The institute and its interesting
collection will be open for the inspec-
ton Of medical alumni during the
sessions beginning September ~. DR..
Solnitzky will make his first report
then. Five days of sessions will be
held. They will be devoted to 4 wide
range Of lectures and clinics At CO.
operating hospitals.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
CHANGES ARE MADE
IN FOREIGN SERVICE
w. w. Heard, Baltimore, Sent to
Colombia-Virginian Goes
to Tampico, Mexico.

Ry the Associated Press.
Foreign service changes announced
by the State Department yesterday
included:
William w. Heard OF Baltimore
Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, to
Consul at Cartagena, Colombia.
John ]. Muccio Of Providence, r. T.
assignment IS Second Secretary OF
Legation at San Jose, Costa Rica can
celed, to Second Secretary Of Lega-
ton at Panama.
Harold M. Collins, Marion. Va. Con-
sui and Second Secretary OF Legation
at San Jose, Costa Rica, to Consul at
Tampico, Mexico.
Thomas H. Robinson, Princeton
N. j., Consul at Nogales, Mexico, to
Consul at Vancouver, Canada.
John 8. Richardson, jr., Boston,
American Consul at Cape Town. Union
OF South Africa, now in United States
on leave, to American Consul at Port
Elizabeth, Union Of South Africa.
Evening star., 1938-09-04
MAJ. GEN. FOX CONNER
TO BE RETIRED SEPT. 80
Veteran of World War and Former
Aide in Pershing Offices Is
Physically Disa bled.

Maj. Gen. Fox Conner former chief
Of staff and now commanding the lst
Army Of the 1st Corps Area. will be re-
tired September 30 on account of phys-
lcal disability, 1t was announced yes
terdav.
Gen. Conner sailed for France in
ID May. 1917. one month after the
United States entered the World War.
He served overseas for more than two
wears as member of the operations
section Of the general staff and later
as assistant chief of staff for opera
tions of the A. E. F.
Since the war Gen. Conner's as
Esienments have included a detail in
1.-The headquarters of Gen Pershing
here, command of the goth Infantry
Brigade in the Panama Canal Zone.
assistant chief of staff for supply here,
command of the 1st Division at Fort
Hamilton, N. Y. command of the
Hawaiian Division and later the Ha-
waiian Department. Since 1880 he
has been in Boston. Mass, serving as
commanding general of the 1st Corps
Area of the lst Army.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

Human brains are also being added
to the collection. One recent addition
was the brain OF 4 2-year-old child
presenting an extreme case of oxy-
cephaly deformity of the brain. 1t
will be useful in gauging intellectual
development in comparison with the
normal brain of the same age This
particular brain is so deformed, he
says, that 1t is possible to see some OF
its defects with the naked eye.
Correspondence Is World-W
To obtain these specimens, the di-
rector corresponds weekly with mu-
seums, hospitals, brain institutes and
agents throughout the world. His cor
respondents list contains names in
almost every country. DR.. Solnitzky
speaks and writes fluently in German,
French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.
Fortunately. some of his main
sources Of supply are in Washington.
His face brightens as he speaks of the
very cordial and helpful. co-opera-
ton given him by ofiiciaLs of the
Smithsonian Institution. the Bureau
OF Fisheries and the Biological Survey
Among priced brains in the collection
are those Of the sphenedon. 4 New
Zealand snake with three eyes, one
on top OF the head This is said to
be the closest living relative to the
long-extinct dinosaur. Equally impor-
tant to science are the brains of the
tarsius. small ratlike creature of
the jungles that Is 4 relative of the
monkey. Some authorities say the
tarsius is mans closest relative.
Since the institute was given perma
nent space in new quarters. DR.. Sol
nitzky is better able to add to the
hundreds OF small glass plates on
which the serial sections of the brains
Of every class OF animal from fish to
man are being preserved for scientific
research. They may be magnified IS
times to bring out the cell and fiber
masses
To Or. Solnitzkv the wide range
Of work in the laboratory and the
Evening star., 1938-09-04

Boy Scouts Of Japan are being
taught to build emergency bridges.
Evening star., 1938-09-04

The driver: White, male: age 81.
with over flve years Of driving ex-
perience.
Coroner's finding: Accidental.
Playground nearest accident scene:
Van Buren, School, six blocks away,
at Fourteenth and v streets Sc.
General: A ball the child was play
ing with rolled into street and he
ran after 1t. Driver said he never
saw child before impact.