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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16
Each in His Own
WZox, b.
| ""y"'' Frances Gyinstead

II VERY family has its own way
r. of celebrating Christmas. Do
- you have the tree on Christ
mas eve or Christmas morning? 1t
seems all wrong to me to take off
it's gifts at any other time than
the dark early morning of Christ
mas itself. Yet I have friend who
considers that Santa Claus can only
arrive in the candle-lit twilight, so
that visions of sugar plums al
ready seen, as well as those to be
found in the stockings at dawn,
may dance through the heads OF
the young ones.
4 Among my Christmas memories
are years when our household could
not afford trimming a tree, and
there was no mantelpiece for hang
ing stockings. Some people might
think that combination to knock
merriment into a cooked hatl They
should have seen our excitement at
hanging stocking from the back
of each chair, and the delighted
squeals when we discovered in the
morning that Santa had filled the
hosiery with appropriate gifts. II
they were cheap and the tinsel and
holly conspicuously lacking, only
the grown-ups knew it.
There was always a box of DOM
inoes in somebody's stocking, since
my father liked to play. We usu-
ally spent Christmas morning in a
family game, and I have just this
moment suspected it wasn't the
children who started it! I've an
other friend whose father insists on
making popcorn balls Christmas
morning, and her mother must al
ways fry sausage. So, Merry
Christmas, each In your own way!
g Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16
THE OYSTER.-THE TRUE SYM
Boil OF GOOD RATING
The Oyster Institute Of N. Americas
DR.. Lewis Radcliffe, Director
Washington. ID. @.
Oyster and Anemia

When we speak of anemia we
generally refer to deficiency Of
the red corpuscles (hemoglobin) Of
the blood. While there are many
different types OF anemia, the larger
number of cases probably fall into
the class resulting from deficiency
of iorn in the diet-simple nutri-
tional anemia-or pernicious anemia
resulting from the failure of the
gastric juice to elaborate from ami
NAL protein some substance which
promotes normal red blood cell
building. Nutritional anemia Is quite
prevalent in children, especially be-
tween the ages of months and 2h,
years. After weaving If the diet con-
tinues low in iron, the animia con-
tinues to become more acute and
the resistance of the child to infec-
tions and disease is lowered. While
the adult diet Is less liable to
deficiencies in blood building ma
terials, insufficient intakes of iron
are apparently common. According
to DR.. Sherman of Columbia Uni
versity, margin of safety would
require the ingestion of Is milli-
grams of iron per day. And yet care
full studies of recommended adults
menus reveal that surprisingly
high percentage Of them fall below
Sherman's daily dietary standard.
Studies of typical diets of the rural
south reveal a deficiency in iron and
suggest the prevalence of nutrition
al anemia. A brilliant series of ex-
periments made some years ago dis
closed that along with iron, very.
small amount Of some compound Of
copper was necessary If the soluble
compounds of iron are to be abb
sorbed and used by the body. "A
chemical analysis of a food to de-
termine what it contains and how
sis of little value in establishing
the Importance of the food as an
article of diet unless it can be shown
that these constituents are essential
to life, and are in a form easily
available to the digestive system"
In reporting on the results Of
studies of oysters at the laboratory
of the South Carolina Food Re-
search Commission, Coulson and CO.
workers reached the following con-
clusions-"The results show that
the oyster is equalled or excelled
only by liver in the amounts of iron
and copper which it may furnish
in the diet in an average serving"
Basing their conclusions on feed
ing experiments with laboratory
animals, they report
'Oysters should, therefore, be eff
ficacious in the treatment or preven-
ton of those types of secondary
anemia which respond to treatment
with iron or iron plus copper. There
is increasing support for the view
that dietary deficiencies can best
be corrected by proper selection of
foods rather than by the use Of
artificial concentrates or medicinal
mixtures. In order to insure an ade-
quate supply of the inorganic consti-
tuents for hemoglobin production it
would seem a wise plan to include
oysters in the diet of the pernicious
anemia patient in conjunction with
liver extract, since it is known that
liver extract is relatively low in
IRON"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16
Telephone Fleet OF no Vehicles
Travels 8,624 600 Miles Annually
Important Part in Maintaining Service

pump water or air, dig holes and
trenches, hoist poles, unreel giant
cables and perform many other tasks
in constructing and maintaining the
plant.
While striving for promptness and
economy in operation, telephone Off
Gals state that first thought is given
to the matter of safety as concerns
both employees and public. Although
the Chesapeake and Potomac fleet
travels approximately 8,624,OO0 miles
year, the per cent of accidents is
well below that of the average for
motor vehicle users. Periodic and
thorough inspection of the cars, care
full selection of drivers, and emphasis
upon safe operation have for years
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

been big factors in the fleets safety
record.
Even though Washington, Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia have
separate motor vehicle units, in
emergencies one state cooperates with
the other. In case Of a severe food
or storm, the telephone crews con
wheels" are among the first to reach
the stricken areas and aid in restor-
ing the lines of communication.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

panies have learned to adapt their
vehicles to the many different trans
portation needs of the service. Many
of the early cars had to be remodeled
before they were suitable. Telephone
engineers studied the problem, and to-
day they design many Of the features
of the vehicles used in the telephone
fleet.
The cars are equipped both to trans
port workers and supplies and to
operate necessary power apparatus,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

trucks and ca-s an average of 1,719,-
coo miles a ye-r. T.lcse vehicles OF
various types range in size from light
rcadstars to fve-ton trucks used in
heavy construction and transportation
work.
For more than thirty years the
automobile has steadily grown in i'm
portance in the telephone business,
providing ready ana fast transporta
ton and increasing the efficiency of
the service. Gradually the motor car
took the place Of the horse-drawn
vehicle, which had served well in the
early years of the telephone develop
ment.
Through years Of experience the c.
and P. and other Bell System COM
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

others engaged in operating and main
tanning the service.
A total of ITO telephone trucks and
cars in the C. & P. territory travel
more than 8,624,000 miles each year.
The number of trucks and cars in
Washington is IS with an average of
7S5,O0O miles Travelled a year; Mary
land operates 1872 vehicles with 3,420,-
900 miles Travelled year; Virginia's
240 trucks and cars travel 2,700,000
miles a year and West Virginia's 1853
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CHECKS

Banks In Cecil county last week
mailed Christmas Savings checks to
those who had deposited funds for
this purpose during the year. The
amounts distributed by the various
banks in the county follow:
Elkton Peoples Bank. $4,000;
Perryville Bank, $1O,925: Elkton
Banking and Trust Company $780,
900; Rising Sun National Bank, $3,-
976; and North East Bank. $6.016.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

Telephone users have probably
never thought Of telephone service as
travelling On wheels, but in Washing
ton, Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia, territory operated by The
Chesapeake and Potonlac Telephone
Companies, motor vehicles play an i'm
portant part in mobilizing thousands
of telephone workers, including line
men, installers, repairmen and many
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16
GET BACK TO RELIGION

Science tells the world to get back
to religion. Read this revealing ar
ticle in the December 25th issue Of
The American Weekly, the big mag
azine distributed with the Baltimore
Sunday American. On sale at all
newsstands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

The future looks brighter. With
the old getting pensions and the
young working for the Government,
there should be plenty of jobs for
the rest of us.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16
SADDEST LOVE LETTER EVER
WRITTEN

How the lives of two persons
were effected by letter which was
mislaid and unopened until 40
years later One of the many illus
trated articles in the Decembe: 25th
issue of The American Weekly, the
big magazine distributed with the
Baltimore Sunday American. On
sale at all newsstands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

In this free land you can't be con-
demned without hearing the charge
against you and having a fair trial
unless you are an officer in the
Navy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

Only a very sober man can walk
/ tight rope.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16
Christmas and December

Christmas and December
Christmas is not nearly as old
as the month in which it falls. De-
cember was the last month in that
old ten-month calendar of ancient
Rome. The name comes from the
Latin word, "decem," meaning
'ten." In the beginning the month
was known as Decembris, but dur
ing the many centuries that fol-
lowed the name changed so that it
now comes to us in its present
form. The old Saxons, recognizing
December as the beginning of win
ter, called it Winter-Monath (winter
month";. They also called it He
ligh-Monath (holy month"; because
Of the fact that Christmas fell on
one Of its days.-Pathfinder Maya
zinA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

Wifey-Christmas demands have
been very heavy, hubby. I'll have
to buy you something cheap.
Hubby-In that case, WHEY, I
prefer socks to cigars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

A coward is a man who knowa
he's wrong and Estaasa e admit d
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

No one who starts out to hunt
trouble has use fog q gAn
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16

The old and
the meaO IN tele-
phone company
vehicles. At the
top is the latest
thing in 1915.
At the right a
modern stream
lined comstratc-
tion truck in use
today.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-12-16
WE BLEW A FRONT
TIRE AND TUBE AT 80!

But. IN q public test, fine new hudson III stayed
.,rniuht on IFS course sofely without using
speeiuI tires, tubes or equipmentl!
wbv7 Thanks to AUTo-PoIsE CONTROL
revolutionary mechanical safety invention that
keeps wheels on their true course AUTOMATICALLY
on rough roads, in heavy side winds even
wben q tire bLoss. NO OTHER Oak HAP
ANYTHING LIKE 1T. Auto-Poise is standard.
at mo extra cost, on the new Hudson l1Z-one OF
Americas lowest priced cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-28
N. E. POWER ASSN
 TO CUT SALARIES
Affiliate Cos Affected By By Order; All Over $3,=
 900 Get Cut

Boston, March 28-(UP)-Salaries of employees of companies affiliated with the New England Power Asso- ciation receiving over $3,000 year will be reduced 2 1-2 to 12 1-2 per cent April l. It was announced to- day.
 Those receiving $3,O0O or less not be affected by the move.
 The association also announced 8 Ia per cent reduction in the preferred dividend payable April l.
 Opportunities for making further reductions in the cost of doing busi- ness are being carefully studied" Frank D. Comerford, chairman of the board, declared. But one of the principal items of expenses in an element over which we have no control-the relentless rise in var ious forms of taxes levied on the constituent companies.
 Although the tax bill recently passed by the house in Washington is generally expected to benefit business, it will, if finally enacted in its present form, substantially increase the tax expenses of our companies
 Comerford saw no improvement in the primary production of cleo tricity i'll New England that would lead to expectation of better busi- ness in the near future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-28
SALT PORK, CLANS
 WERE TEMPTING
Two Men Held for Theft Claim to Have Found
 Produce

Arraigned in city court today be- fore Judge John F. McGrath on charges of breaking and entering, James Hennessey, 49, of Cole street, and Joseph Dubish, 26, no address, were bound over in $500 each to superior court after Prosecutor Frank T. Healey had offered tes- timcny of several policemen re- garGing the alleged offense of the pair.
 The two were charged specifically with prying a door off a refriger- ator at Everybody's market early today and appropriating clans and salt pork.
 Patrolman Joseph Collins, making his rounds, saw man come out of the alley on Brooke street and then found Hennessey, he testified, standing in a hallway nearby. He was arrested by Patrolman Col lins, James Stack and Harold Green.
 Dubish was caught by Patrolman John Delaney' at South Main and Scovill streets and search of the men at headquarters produced the pork and clans, the officers tes- tified. Dubish claimed to have found the produce in the alleyway and both men denied having taken any, thing from the store.
 Examination of the refrigerator showed that the hasp had been broken only 8 short time before. the officers said, and the floor of the cooler was strewed with other produce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-28
SUICIDE TRYST
 VICTIM CREMATED
Girls Parents and Killers Parents Mourn TOgeth=
 CT at Services

New York, March 2S - UPD - They cremated 18-year-old Char lotte Matthiesen yesterday with a red rose pinned to her white dress and violets in her hands.
 There had been funeral but be- fore the mourners were let in, her mother closed herself in the room and prayed before the casket. She sent a friend for pink sweet peas and entwined them in her daugh- ter's hair, murmuring:- Schlaf I'm Ruh. Liebchen." ("Sleep In Peace My Darling.~
 The morners were then enter ing the chapel and the mother turned from the casEet and all but fell into a chair beside man who had just taken his seat, and buried her face against his shoulder. He was not Charlotte's father, but Don- aid Carroll, Sr., father of the 16- year-old boy who killed her.
 Carroll comforted and escorted Mrs. Frederick Matthiesen anc Matthieson was always with Mrs Carroll. It was as though they hac intended to symbolize their under standing of the tragic young lovs which involved Charlotte and Don. aid in what seemed to them situ. ation that only death could resolve
 The boy and girl whote suicide notes last week in the Carroll home She helped him locate her heart b. it's beat and helped him hold hi fathers pistol against her chest. HI pulled the trigger, then lost hi (Continued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-28
Senator Walsh Makes Last Minute Attack
 As Telegran1s Pour 4,
UTILITY LAW IS APPROVED
Supreme Court With Only One Dissenting UphOlds
 COnstitutiOnality

Washington, March 28-(UP)- The supreme court today approved constitutionality of registration ano companion penalty provisions of the 1885 public utility holding company act.
 The opinion, reached by a six tC one decision, was delivered by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes.
 Justice James c. McReynolds dis sented. Justices Benjamin N. Car dozo and Stanley F. Reed did not participate.
 The high tribunal held that the registration provision, requiring all utility holding companies to register with the securities and exchange commission, and the penalty clause, barring non-complying firms from using the mails or engaging ill in- terstate commerce, are separable from the remainder of the act and constitute valid congressional regu- lation of interstate commerce.
 McReynolds' dissent was merely noted at the conclusion of Hughes opinion. He did not deliver any opinion, oral or written.
 The decision affirmed second circuit court of appeals ruling which rejected the challenge of the electric bond and share to validity of the whole act.
 The case, accepted by the industry and the government as a test of the measures validity, was regarded generally as the most important litigation to come before the high court during its 1937-38 term.
 Principal point of contention wa! whether the registration and penalty provisions were separable from the acts other provisions. The govern ment contended that they were sep arable, and that the registration provision in itself constituted valid regulation inasmuch as it would throw valuable publicity on intricate financial dealings and corporate structures of hodling companies.
 Ebs attorneys, however, charged that the government, by contining the case to the registration clause was evading the issue of the acts basic constitutionality They denied that the registration clause in itself was valid regulation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-28
C. E. PLANTS TO
 GO ON FOUR DAYS

Lynn, Mass, March 28-CUP)-A four-day week without reduction in pay will take effect Friday for T. 900 employees in the two Lynn plants of the General Electric Company.
 The number of hours will remain the same, 40; 36 or 32, depending on the department. The plants now operate on a five-day week. Office help and executives will not be af- fected by the plan.
 Officials believed it the first time in the country that workers will have every Friday, Saturday and Sunday off. The new system. they said, will eliminate one start-up and shutdown and make for more efficiency in operation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-28
Close to 1000 Telegrams Sent From This City
 to Washington
PROTEST PASSAGE OF
 REORGANIZATION BILL
Italian American War Vets Also Voice Objection to
 Proposed Measure

Protest of Waterbury citi- zens over the Reorganization Bill pending in Congress mounted today to 1000 tele- grams, following the radio message of Rev. Charles E. Coughlin yesterday after noon. Both main telegraph offices were swamped soon after the radio priest con- cluded his call upon them to protest to their Congress- men against passage of the bill.
 Coincidentally with sending of the messages to Senators Augustine Lonegran and Francis Maloney yes- terday, the state department of the Italian American World War Veter- ans passed resolutions attacking the bill and urged members to file pro- tests. These were being sent today af.er keeping hastily summoned ex- tra help busy at the telegraph off ces until after 2.3O o'clock this morning.
 George Emmett, manager of the Postal Telegraph here, estimated between 250 and 300 messages were sent last night and more were re- ceived this morning. David Spiegel Western Union manager, made his estimate 800 for last night and early today, with about 100 messages filed this morning. They are still arriving, the telegraph companies reported.
 A majority of the messages were addressed to the two Connecticut senators, expected to vote for the measure today. Only a few were sent to representatives, and the VOL ume of letters has not been esti- mated.
 Father Coughlin denounced the bill in a radio address which con- cuded at 5 o'clock and within the hour thereafter the protest volume swamped the local telegraph offices
 Hartford, March 28-(UP)-More than 5000 telegrams were dispatched from Connecticut Sunday in pro- test to Washington against passage of the government reorganization bill.
 Hartford and Bridgeport sent ap- proximately 1000 each, while Water bury and New Haven were not far behind, telegraph officers reported The deluge of telegrams followed a radio address by Father Cough lin, it was said.
 The state department of the Ital- n-American World War Veterans voted at Waterbury to oppose the reorganization bill. Members sent telegrams to Washington congress- men following the opposition vote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-28
SENATE BURIED UNDER PROTESTS
Telegrams Pour in Pro= testing Passage of Re-
 organization Bill

Washington, March 23-(UP)- The greatest avalanche of telegramS since the supreme court battle bur- jed the desks of senators today as they entered final debate on a mo- tion to kill the government reor- ganization bill.
 The critical vote will be taken at 3 p. m. If the vote to recommit the bill to committee fails of senate ap- proval, final vote on passage will come at D. m.
 The thousands of telegrams-al- most unanimously opposing the ad- ministration bill-Were directed par ticularly at senators whose position is doubtful. Many of them said they had never received so many tele- grams on any issue. Others said the quantity was matched only in the closing days of the supreme court battle last year.
 The atmosphere of the senate was tense. Senators leading the fight against the reorganization bill de- clined to predict the outcome of tnis afternoons vote.
 OppcsitionistS said the final out come rested with about six or seven doubtful senators. Administration leaders maintained confidence that the recommittal motion would be de- feated and the bill passed.
 Sen. Elmer Thomas, d., Okla. a doubtful senator. reported he re- ceived 544 telegrams today. mostly from Oklahoma. Only about half a dozen favored the bill.
 "AS far aS I am concerned" he
 (Continued on Page A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-28
RADIUM VICTIMS
 SEEK PENSIONS
8O,OOO Word Brief Pre- sented in Chicago to In=
 dustrial Commission

Chicago, March 28-(UPU-The IA living dead" women of Ottawa, H., poisoned by the radium they used in painting luminous dials on watches, were victims of "wanton industrial debauchery," Attorney Leonard Grossman charged today.
 That these girls were raviShed worse by radium poison than they could possibly have been by any fiend whoever seduced the young and innocent admits of no. argu- ment," he said.
 His charge was made in an 80,000- word brief filed with the Illinois in- dustrial commission on behalf of Mrs. Catherine Donohue, 35-year-old mother, who seeks compensation and a pension. She is the only plaintiff in the case but Grossman and attorneys for the defendant radium dial company have agreed that the decision in her case, ex- pected within two weeks, will apply to all the women.
 "The case of Catherine Donohue is as sad and strange as can flow from the pen of Emil zola." Cross man said. "Rigors. levers and terror worse than the chamber of horrors have dimmed her life"
 The company, no longer operating in Illinois, has posted a $10,000 bond with the industrial commission. A new corporation has been set Up in New York, upon which no claim can be filed unless the complainantS prove assets of the old company were transferred to the new.
 The company based part of its defense on a contention that radium was not soluble in the blood and therefore was not poison.
 'The Century dictionary" Cross man pointed out, says that any substance which, introduced into the living organism directly, tends to destroy the life or impair the health of that organism is poison. It does not follow from any evidence in this record, to which this decision of fact must be limited, that 8 poison must be soluble"
 Physicians have testified before the commission that Mrs. Donohue has but a few months to live.