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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Here and There

A UNIQUE golf performance in
4 \ England recently is that Of
Leonard G. Crawley, English ex-
champion and Walker cup player,
who won two competitions in one
day-the ST. Georges Hill trophy at
Weybridge and the Gold Medal at
Sunningdale. This involved him in
three rounds of Is holes each, and
he averaged even fours Tom
my Loughran, former light-heavy-
weight boxing champion, famous as
a boxer rather than a slugger, re-
marked recently in Philadelphia:
"Many Of these modern fighters
know nothing about keeping a man
off balance or feinting him into posi-
ton for a blow. What a snap it
would be now!"
Sammy Gray, former American
league pitcher, is managing and do
ing relief duty for Texarkana in the
East Texas league There
have been no shutouts in the ALI
Star baseball series Joe Boley,
former shortstop for the Athletics,
has been dropped as manager of
the Pocomoke City team in the East
ern Shore league Nose Swaney,
former minor Lacquer, is fifty-two
years old, but he plans to pitch so
games for the House Of David team
this summer Mel OFT and Carl
Hubbell are the only active men,
bers of the Giants who were with
the team in 1928 Murray Ka-
mer, a sparring partner in Joe
Louis training camps, is former
North Carolina lineman who quit
the Philadelphia Eagles after three
days because he said pro football
was too tough.
Q western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Beans in Color.-Cook peas and
green beans uncovered if you
want them to retain their color. Be
careful not to overlook green
vegetables.
Attractive Jelly.-A rose, mint
or geranium leaf placed in the
jelly glass when it is being filed
adds flavor and looks attractive.
Cleaning Gas Stove. 49, When
you've finished cleaning your gas
cooker wipe the hot plate and
bars with cloth dipped in olive
oil. This prevents rust.
Orderly Bathroom.-Don't for
get to fold towels or hang straight
on racks after using. Nothing
looks so disorderly in a bathroom
as a lot of crumpled towels.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12

middleweights, twenty-six for well
terweights, ightweights and feath-
erweights and twenty-four for ban
tamweights.
Youngsters have their best chance
in tennis, the figures reveal, most of
the championships going to players
between twenty-five and twenty-six.
Helen Wills Moody won the U. S.
Women's championship at the age of
eighteen.
But II your sporting inclinations
take different directions, the age
curve may rise slightly. Suppose
you have ambitions to be a cham
pion corn husker. Then the year in
which the greatest chances Of sue
cess offer themselves is thirty. Pro-
lessor Lehman's figures show, fur
Their, that the best corn huskers
range in age from twenty-six to
thirty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12

Stanislaus Zbyszko was heavyweight
wrestling champion at sixty. They
might add that Big Bill Tilden at
the age of forty could beat any kid
in tennis, that Cy Young was pitch
ing star baseball in his forties and
Babe Ruth was still cracking out
home runs in his late thirties. But
the professor could answer that
these were isolated exceptions and
stand by his guns.
Baseball players reach stardom
in the upper twenties, the Lehman
survey shows. The best single year
Of the average baseball player, be
he pitcher, infielder or outfielder, is
twenty-eight. Some arrive earlier.
For instance, Bob Teller amazed
the baseball world a year or two
ago with his pitching at the age Of
eighteen and Johnny Wander Nicer
pitched two consecutive no-hit, no
run games recently at the age Of
tWenty-three.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Season Of Upsets

DUT the season of 1888 down In
your notebook as one Of upsets
In the baseball world. Heroes who
have made the headlines steadily
for years have failed to click this
year. New heroes have risen to
stardOm out Of nowhere. New teams
have challenged or bested the lead
ers i'm both leagues. Other teams
regarded as sure contenders have
slumped badly.
An example of the changing base
ball world is the failure of Lou Geh-
rig of the Yankees to sparkle this
year and the disappointing showing
Of Joe Di Maggie SO far. Joe hits
his homers regularly and still boasts
stout batting average, but he isn't
the wonder boy he was a year ago.
Moreover, the Yankees have failed
to be a standout up to now.
The sporting world marveled a
year ago at the feats Of the Boston
Bees "graybeard rockies" Jim
Turner and Lou Fette. Neither has
been a world-beater In the 1888
season.
Joe Medwick of the Cardinals has
been hitting solidly this year, but
his batting average is nowhere near
the 400 clip he enjoyed most Of the
1887 season. Johnny Mize, sensa-
ton of the Cards last year, is some
thing of a bust now. Carl Hubbel
of the Giants used to be Rock of
Gibraltar in time Of trouble. But
he's had more shaky moments on
the pitching mound thus far than
probably ever before in his great
career.
The Chicago White Sox and the
Washington Senators are bewildered
over the inability Of Joe Kuhel and
Zeke B0nura, the first basemen they
swapped, to get going this year.
Frank Demaree and Bill Herman Of
the Chicago Cubs have developed a
chronic batting slump.
On the bright side, of course, is
the advent of fiashy newcomers into
the baseball headlines. Probably
the most sensational is no-hit john
ny Wander Nicer of the Cincinnati
Reds among standouts this year, in
Guiding Frank Me- ormick, the rookie
first baseman, and Ernie lombard
and wal Goodman, who are en-
joying their best years this season.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Pugilistic Prime

Prize fighters reach their peak a
few years earlier than baseball
players, most of the championships
in the various divisions being won
regularly by boxers from twenty
four to twenty-seven, according to
Professor Lehman. The possible ex-
ception is the heavyweight division,
where twenty-nine seems to be the
magic year. Joe Louis reached the
heights a good deal earlier than
most champions.
The Lehman figures show that the
average age Of boxing champions
decreases steadily from twenty mine
for heavyweights to twenty-eight for
light heavyweights, twenty-seven for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12

You'll enjoy crocheting the ro-
mantle old-fashioned figure bor-
dered by the lacy K-stitch. Pat
tern 1923 contains charts and di-
rections for making the set; ma
terial requirements; an illustra-
ton of stitches.
Send Is cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft
Dept, 81 Eighth Ave-, New York,
N. Y.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Spending of Sports
Champs Are
7 ters,
Survey Shows
By GEORGE A. BARCLAY

IF YOU want to be a champion
corn husker, a star baseball play
er or an ace prize fighter, you had
better get around to it by or before
the age Of thirty. Otherwise you are
in the "old man" class and your
chances for athletic eminence are
practically nil. AT least that is the
conclusion of Professor Harvey C.
Lehman of Ohio State university,
who has made a survey Of age in
relation to sports.
Sporting championships belong to
youth, says Professor Lehman and
he proceeds to support his conten-
ton with impressive statistics. Old
timers might contradict him by
pointing out that Bob Fitzsimmons
won the heavyweight championship
at the age Of thirty-five and that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12

National league last year with 2.38
runs against him per game, and
Lefty Gomez paced the American
league with 2.33, Dizzy Deans rec
ord appeared spectacular indeed.
Chicago was just complimenting
itself on this feat when Dizzy Dean
took the mound against Philadel-
phia. First inning saw the bases
loaded with a single, double and a
walk. Third inning saw a harmless
single. Fourth inning saw Chuck
Kein's over-the-fence homer. Fifth
inning saw two doubles before Dizzy
went to the shower. With Larry
French finishing for the Cubs, Phila-
delphia won 5-4.
at was just one of those days."
said Dean.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
NERVOUS?

Do you feel 30 nervous you want to screamf
Are you cross and irritable? Do you scold
those dearest to you?
If your nerves are on edge and you feel
you need good general system tonic, try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made especially for sOonsen.
For over 60 years one woman has told an
other how to 90 Smiling thru" with reliable
Pinkham's Compound. It helps nature build
up more physical resistance and thus helps
calm quivering nerves and lessen discomforts
company female functional disorders.
Why not give it a chance to help your
Over one million women have written In
reporting wonderful benefits from Pinkham's
Compound.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Hostile Hostak

A LREADY crowded with more
4 = topnotch fighters than any other
pugilistic class, the middleweight
division now comes up with new
punching phenom-Al Hostak, who
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Sports

Although Jerome Hanna Dean had
cost the Chicago Cubs $4,000 each
time they used him this year, Own
er Phillip K. Wrigley thought last
week his investment was at least es-
tablishing some sort of record. Pur-
chased from the st. Louis Cardinals
for $185, 900, Dizzy Dean had pitched
only five games but had won them
all. Most important, however, was
his mark Of only 102 earned runs
per nine-inning game. Considering
that Boston's Jim Turner led the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Miscellany

cat Dayton, Ohio, seventy-one-year-
old jeanette Reber Taylor sought
her birth registration to apply for
old age pension. Clerks thumbed
back through musty registration vol
umes, found jeanette Taylor was
No. registrant in No. ! volume.
OGuilty of squandering his wife's
money, guilty of numbering two
women at Elmont, N. Y, last Janu-
airy, John REQ confessed his crimes
to his sweetheart, Mrs. Florence
Termond. Last week his wife, Ma
ME, visited John REQ at Sing Sing
where he awaits death August Is.
Upshot was Mamie's letter to New
York's Gov. Herbert Lehman: 'If
there could be way would
gladly die in his place. Could it be
made possible?"
Southampton, England, turned out
last week to welcome two luxury
liners arriving the same day. Ger
many's sleek Bremen ran aground
entering the harbor, finally got off
with the aid of tugs. A few minutes
later the Queen Mary, caught by
wind and tide, almost split a long
wooden jetty.
DAT Denver, thousands of bees came
from nowhere to settle on the swank
Brown Palace hotel, covering one
side up to the seventh story. After
four-hour battle by employees pro-
duced only swollen noses, somebody
called Mrs. Sarah jackson, Denver
bee catcher. Systematically locating
three queen bees, Mrs. jackson
soon had the entire swarm safely
packed away.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
SILOS

MARYLAND's FINEST BLooD-TEsTED
CHICKS Sc and Up
Eight popular breeds and crosses. Started
chicks; also Ducks and Poults. Hatches
twice weekly. MILFORD HATCHERY,
Milford Road mr.. Liberty Rd., Pikesville,
p. o. Rockdale. Md. PikesvilIe SCR.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
Foreign

Already weary Of hostilities in
China, Japan wondered last week if
she had a second war to fight. In
isolated Manchukuo where 75-year-
old Russo-C Chinese boundary mark
ers have long since been lost, So
Wet and Jap troops were making
much ado over disputed hill near
the village of Changkufeng. First
hostilities occurred July IL, but not
until last week did the conflict bios
som into full-fedged warfare.
Three clashes were reported in
three days. As might be expected,
both Moscow and Tokyo claimed
victory and Moscow sent "vig-
orous protest. which Japan reject
ed. In the next skirmish Manchu-
kuan attachments occupied Russian
territory two and a half miles deep
west Of Lake Khassan, while So
Wet troops fled leaving so dead.
Next day Moscow answered with
airplanes, bombing railways near
Changkufeng. Tokyo claimed five
ships were downed and Russia did
its best to minimize the incidents.
To some, it looked like war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12
|7S!i1l
Help Them Cleanse the Blood
of Harmful Body Waste

4
Your kidneys are constantly fltering
waste matter from the blood stream. But
kidneys sometimes lag in their work-do
not act as Nature intended-fail to re-
move impurities that. II retained. may
poison the system and upset the whole
Il body machinery.
Symptoms may be nagging backache.
persistent headache, attacks OF dizzinesss
getting up nights, swelling. pufiness
under the eyes-a feeling Of nervous
anxiety and loss Of pep and strength.
Other signs Of kidney or bladder dis
order may be burning. scanty or too
frequent urination.
There should be no doubt that prompt
treatment is wiser than neglect. Use
Doan's Pills. Doan's have been winning
new friends for more than forty years.
They have . nationwide reputation.
II Are recommended by grateful people tho
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12

As Becomes q Man
dare do all that may become
a man; who dares do more is
none.-Shakespeare.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-12

army transport Meigs and by dawn
next day heavy warships were plow-
ing the sea to reach the planes last
reported positions.
Finally, in a spot where the water
stood 5000 fathoms deep, the Meigs
struck a significant oil slick that
indicated the Hawaiian Clipper had
plummeted into the sea. Aboard
had been six passengers, nine crew
members. Major French's fears had
not been in vain.
oCapt. Hans Bertram Of the Ger
man air service became the first
person to circumnavigate the world
by commercial plane last week when
he landed in Berlin after three
weeks absence. Unnoticed on his
eastward trip until he reached Man.
haitian, Bertram crossed the Allan
tic as third pilot on Germany's cata-
pult plane Nordwind.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
Muil Order Denture
Business Victorious
In Court Decision

False teeth may be measured
and sold by mail as readily as in
a dentists chair, according to a
court ruling, says a recent news
item in the Chicago Daily Tribune.
The United States Dental Com
pany of Chicago reports that its
business both in the United States
and outside is growing very rap
idly; that its quick, easy, econom-
ical way of fitting and construct
ing dentures from finest materi-
ais, with expert craftsmanship, at
very low prices, is an achieve
ment of this age. Thousands of
grateful letters in its files from
satisfied customers all over the
country testify to this.
This is a distinctly worthy serv-
ice to people who work in the
fields, mountains, or other places
where it is inconvenient for them
to find local dentists to make good
teeth for them at low prices. Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
Felt There

Teacher-Johnny, what causes
rain?
Johnny-My grandfather rheu-
matism.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17

IF YOU want to have the very
L smart, tiny-waisted look, and to
look simmer than you are, by all
means wear these two froCks.
each with the high-at-the-middle
line that emphasizes the slender,
fattering silhouette. And if you
want to wear really individual
clothes, up-to-the-minute in fash
ion, of superior fabrics and be-
coming colors of your own selec-
ton, then make your own, with
these very easy-to-follow designs.
Afternoon Dress.
Here's a lovely fashion that sim
ply melts into your figure at the
waistline, because the lifted mid
riff section is cut in one with the
skirt panel in front. The bodice
fits beautifully, thanks to scarce
ly perceptible gathers above the
waistline, and darts on the shoul-
.ders. The sleeves fit the arm
snugly, and are smartly high and
Victorian at the shoulders. In vel
vet, satin, thin wool or silk crepe,
this will be one of the most slen-
derizing, fattering frocks you
ever put on!
WOrkaday Dress.
An unusually smart casual fash
ion is this one with the princess
skirt cut up to a high waistline
and topped by gathers that give
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
Fitted, Lifted Wais+Iines

fullness over the bosom, accentu-
ating the slimness of the skirt.
Swirls of braid on the pretty
sleeves, and a row of braid edg-
ing the round collar trim it up
just enough. Make this of ging-
ham, calico or percale for home
work, and in wool crepe, flannel
or fiat crepe for runabout.
The Patterns.
No. 1885 is designed for sizes SO,
38, 40, AZ, A, 46, 48, so and 81
With long sleeves, size 38 requires
5 yards of 39-inch material. With
short sleeves, 434 yards; IA yards
trimming.
No. 1929 is designed for sizes
IA, 16, 18, 20, 40 and AZ. Size II
requires AIS yards of 35-inch ma
terial; IL yards braid.
Fall and Winter Fashion Book.
The new 32-page Fall and Win.
ter Pattern Book which shows
photographs of the dresses being
worn is now out. Zone patterr
and the Fall and Winter Patterr
Books cents) You can order
the book separately for IS cents.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920
211 w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill
Price of patterns, Is cents Cir
coinS) each.
Bell Syndicate.-WNUS Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17

"Girl Is First Air Guard."-
Head in London paper. She swOOps
to conquer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
The Answers

/. President Roosevelt speaks
French and German and reads
Spanish.
2. The Japanese trees do not bear
fruit.
3. The population has increased
thirty-fold.
4. The record is 8 feet 1916
inches, set by Greatheart in 1923.
1t has never been equalled.
5. The state has more than 200
of these picturesque bridges.
6. Yes, and also the first to cross
in time of war.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
That Was the Trouble

Tommy came out OF room in
which his father was tacking a car
pet He was crying Justify.
Why, Tommy, what's the mat
ter?" asked his mother.
'D-a-dad hit his finger with the
hammer" sobbed Tommy.
We'll, you needn't cry at a thing
like that, comfOrted the mother.
why didn't you laugh?"
Il did" sobbed Tommy. Stray
Stories Magazine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
Look Around

Shakespeare says, we are crea-
lures that look before and after;
the more surprising that we do
not look round a little and sec
what is passing under our very
eyes.-Carlyle.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
4sk Me 1nother
q A General Quiz
The Questions

l. What foreign languages does
President Roosevelt speak?
2. How do the Japanese cherry
trees in Washington differ from
our native cherry trees?
3. The population of the United
States has increased how much in
four generations?
4. What is the world record high
jump by horse?
5. How many covered bridges
are there in Vermont?
6. Was the Deutschland the first
submarine to cross the Atlantic
for commercial purposes?
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
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The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
Clean Getaway

'I say, old fellow, why on earth
are you washing your spoon in
that finger bowl?"
"D'you think l want to get egg
all over my pocket?"
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
Why Worry About It?

"Well, Dick, my boy" said his
uncle, "my congratulations! l
hear you're engaged to one of the
pretty Robbins twins. How on
earth do you manage to tell them
apart?"
"Oh," said the young man, "I
don't try!'
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
Symptoms

Visitor-What a sweet and inno-
cent looking face your little girl
has, Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. Brown-I hadn't noticed it.
Mary, what have you been doing?
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
CONSTIPATED?
Don't Let Gas, Nerve Pres. j..
sure Keep You Miserable

When you are constipated two thingp
happen. FIRST: Accumulated wastes swell
up the bowels and press on nerves in the digee"
tive tract. This nerve pressure causes head
aches. a dull. lazy feeling, bilious spells, loss
digested food starts to decay forming CAS-
bringing on sour stomach, acid Indigestion,
and heartburn, bloating you up until you
sometimes gasp for breath. Then you oan'e
eat. You can't sleep. Your stomach is sour.
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you need. This efficient carminative catharti0
relieves that awful GAS almost at once. Ii
usually clears the bowels in less than tive
hours. No waiting for overnight relief.
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The Coolidge examiner., 1938-11-17
FALL BREEZES

Lily Firefy-Do you really love
me?
Jimmy Bug-Sure you are the
light Of my life.
The Washington times., 1938-11-02
Bv H. R. KNICKERBOCKER

NEW YORK, Nov 2-Moral losses to the Allies at Munich
greater than the immediate material loss but the material
loss enough change the balance of Europe
The Washington times., 1938-11-02
FOucher Resigned
French Position

When France by subscribing to
Hitler's demands at Berchtesgaden
defaulted on her pledge to Czecho-
SIovakia, Foucher, active general
in the French army, resigned his
French commission, resigned his
French citizenship, applied for
and acquired Czech citizenship
and was commissioned general in
the Czechoslovak army.
He believed he was about to
help lead the Czech army in a
Just war, and though 1t were as
fCrlorn a hope as ever man fought
for, he wished one Frenchman to
be faithful to his friends and al
lies.
Today Czechoslovakia, not fight
ing, has gone German" What
place now can be found in a Eu-
rope Uttered with broken oaths.
scraps of paper, torn up treaties.
for General Foucher, who Sacri-
ficed his career, his citizenship,
and was willing to sacrifice his life
for honor?
BY reducing the CZechoslovak
state to a German dependency Hit
Ter automatically neutralized the
Czech army, which when fully
modified against him last month,
numbered not less than 1900, 900.
Against them the German army
had prepared to throw an initial
force of 80 divisions, or around
500, 900 men.
The Washington times., 1938-11-02
Are Guns Better
Than Butter?

Summing up the immediate and
Immediately prospective material
losses to the Allies by the loss Of
Czechoslovakia we find that Ger
many has gained in soldiers the
equivalent of two Of her own army
classes; in fortress guns the equiv
alent of two years production OF
KruppS; in ornaments making Ca
pacity an increase of one third,
and in general industrial plant
enough to make the Goering four
year plan leap many months
ahead.
At last Hitler is beginning to
prove that guns may really be bet
ter than butter, for his guns have
proved to be butter-makers. For
five years Hitler bled his country
to make an army. He has kept the
standard of living down to create
the mightiest war machine on
earth. For five years no profit
showed.
Now suddenly in the sixth year
the guns brought to Germany two
fair new provinces, Austria and
Czechoslovakia. They opened the
way to the vast granaries of the
Balkins, its oil and minerals, its
timber and everything Germany
needs. So long as they need never
fire but only threaten, Hitler's
guns show a handsome profit.
But what economic good do