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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

Minister H. H. Kung, his brother
in-law, succeeds him as president
of the executive yuan, or premier,
and other important changes have
been made in ministries and key
posts.
1t was announced that he has in
training new army of 10000 men
to support the 100000 who are COM
batting the Japanese.
The government decided to abol-
ish all reformatories for political
offenders and to release all inmates.
This was termed a step toward
complete freedom of thought within
the republic.
Information reaching Shanghai
supported reports that Japanese
peace overtures to China had been
rejected. The Chinese pointed out
that they were anxious to negotiate
but said the Japanese terms were
impossible.
Japan's columns were steadily
moving southwark in their progress
of conquest, and the belief that
Canton would soon be attacked was
strengthened when the invaders
bombed the area about that south
ern metropolis, killing hundreds.
The Canton city officials threatened
to destroy the city utterly rather
than surrender it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

do the flowers in scraps Of yarn
or in three shades of one color
for lovely jeweled effect. Ideal
in four-fold Germantown. Pattern
1923 contains complete directions
for making the afghan; illustra-
tions of it and of all stitches used;
a photograph of section Of af-
CHAN; material requirements
color suggestions.
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, 1938-01-14
More Jobs; Less Cost

In 1905 the infant automobile
industry provided jobs, directly
or indirectly for about $4,000 peo-
pie and what today would be con-
sidered inferior cars, sold for
$1,000 and up. Advertising created
a demand that today provides jobs
for approximately 100000 peo-
pie, has resulted in radically inn
proved cars and has reduced the
price to where one out of each
five people in the nation can,
and does, own a car.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

time, has n e v e r
been mentioned on
anybody's all star
team. Jimmy Dykes,
the successful man.
ager of the White
Sox, missed being
an all = time star
player by a narrow
margin. Burleigh
Grimes, pr e S e n t
manager of the
Brooklyn Dodgers,
was a star in his
day, but hardly to
be placed among the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

would undoubtedly
select Ty Cobb or
Babe Ruth. Cobb
had a thorough trial
at managing the De-
troit Tigers after the
departure of Hughie
Jennings. He was
not a success. It was
said that Cobb could
never figure out why
his men couldn't
bat, run bases, field,
throw and think as
-11 L. - L-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
As sHl 5e y "a WIFE?

Men can never understand three-quarter
wffe-a wife who II lovable for three weeks Of
the month-but q hell-cat the fourth.
No matter how your back aehes-no matter
how loudly your nerves scream-don't take Il
out On your husband.
For three generations one woman has told
another how to 60 Smiling through" with
Lydia 3. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. II
helps Nature tone up the system, thus lessen-
ing the discomfofts from the functional dis
orders which women must endure.
Make Q note NOW to get bottle Of
Pinkham's today WITHOUT FAIL from your
dfuggist-more than Q millions women have
written In lettefB reporting benefit.
Why not nv LYDIA e. PINKHAM,@
VEGETABLE COMPOUND?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

MYTH what promises to be one
w of the most prosperous base
ball seasons on record coming up
in 1888, the sorry plight of the Brook
lyn Dodgers fast is becoming of Sc
rious concern to rival clubs in the
National league.
They are sitting by helplessly and
not laughing while strife and indie
cision in the Dodgers front Office
tears the stuffing out of one Of the
most valuable holdings in the bust
ness.
There is gloom in the other Offices
when the subject comes up. They
lust have heard that the Dodgers
1888 spring training schedule has
been made out for them by the
Yankees, there being no one in the
demoralized Brooklyn headquarters
to attend to such chores since Gen.
eral Manager John German got his
walking papers some weeks ago.
Here and There
Probably the most nettled victim
of that recent pea soup fog in Lon
don was the goalkeeper Of soccer
team who stuck doggedly to his
post not knowing the game had been
called off until long after the other
players had left the field. A search
ing party finally found him !.
Lining up talent for the Brooklyn
Dodgers is supposed to be one of
the hardest assignments in base
ball, but Ted McGrew, former Ma
tional league umpire who retired
in 1881 to become a scout for the
Dodgers, is thriving upon it !.
McGrew, who weighed ITO pounds as
an umpire, now tips 206 :. Two
Chicago owned thoroughbreds are
tied for the lead on the American
sire list in the number Of races won
by their sons and daughters in 1887
They are Reign Count, owned
by Mrs. John D. Hertz, and Wise
Counsellor, the property of Fred
A. Burton Each has been repre-
scented by 54 winners.
O Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

nearly turned pro q
while back and
joined up with the
troupe that features
Fred Perry, Wilmer
Allison and Bill Til
den. Then the story
goes, she considered
her long layoh
might be q detri-
nent and resolved
to fight her way
back to the top OF
the amateurs before
she tried her Inettle
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
"Poker Face in Comeback

little ''poker face" is COM
IL ing back to tennis. Fresh
from her divorce, Helen Wills
Moody is starting the comeback
trail that may lead her through
the courts at Wimbledon and
Forest Hills to the Olympian
heights of women's champion
once more.
There Is q story from the West
coast to the effect that Helen very
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

clared his purpose
to advance upon the
same fundamentals
Of the New Deal that
have hitherto been
proposed. He said:
81 do not propose to
let the people down.
I am sure the con-
gress Of the United
States will not let
the people down. We
hold our principles
and our detectives
to be sound. We will
never 60 back on
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

plants in the United
States. The bad
news was announced
by President Viii
liam S. Knudsen.
He said, however,
that 205, 900 men
would still have
their jobs and that
the monthly payroll
would be more than
$24, 900, 900.
Mr.. Knudsen said
that in order to
spread the work as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

them"
The President again urged con-
gress to enact legislation for con-
troll of wages and hours of work. He
asked that all segments of the ma
ton cooperate with the government
to achieve better economic balance.
The budget for 1889 which he was
preparing, he said, would show
further decrease in the deficit,
though not an actual balance.
Reasserting his approval Of pro-
posed changes in tax laws, he said:
''Three things should be kept in
mind. First the total sum to be de-
rived by the federal treasury must
not be decreased as a result Of any
changes in schedules. Second,
abuses by individuals or corpora
tons designed to escape taxpaying
by using various methods Of doing
business corporate and otherwise
abuses which we have sought, with
great success, to end-must not be
restored. Third, we should rightly
change certain provisions where
they are proven to work definite
hardship, especially on the small
business men Of the nation.
''But speculative income should
not be favored over earned in
come"
Speaking Of his attitude toward
the nations business as q whole,
Mr., Roosevelt declared:
''The overwhelming majority Of
business men and bankers intend
to be good citizens. Only small
minority have displaced poor citi-
zership by engaging in practices
which are dishonest or definitely
harmful to society. This statement
is straightforward and true.
mo person in any responsible
place in the government Of the Unit
ed States has ever taken any posi-
tioh contrary to it." sAs
MIR. Roosevelt declared that when
attention was called to specific mis-
uses of capital there has been
deliberate purpose on the part of the
condemned minority to distort the
criticism into an attack on all CAPT.
tai That is willful deception
but 1t does not long deceive"
He called for prompt agreements
ON q farm program-now in con-
ference between the house and sem
ate-and asked specifically that con-
eress keep the cost Of its admins
frafion within the figure of current
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
Are Star Players
the Best Pilots
in Big Leagues?

no STAR baseball players
~ make the best managers?
Toss that one at some of your
sports expert friends at a hot
stove league session one of these
cold winter nights and see if the
fur flies. You'll probably find
the answers are, eyes" 'No"
and Eyes and No."
1t all depends ON whom you pick.
The records, however, will probably
support the fellow who says that
playing ability has nothing whatever
to do with managerial ability.
If you were asked to name the
greatest ball player Of all time, you
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

~top-f1ight performers of all time.
And he has yet to prove he is an
effective manager.
Bucky Harris Of the Washington
Senators quit playing when he was
close to being great star and Joe
Cronin, manager of the Boston Red
Sox who had practically arrived at
that estate seemed to diminish in
playing value when he added the
managerial weight to his shoulders.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
China Reorganization

sistance against the
enemy. Chang Kai-
shek, as was pre-
dicted some time
ago in this column,
has dropped all his
civil duties and will
devote himself to
building up a n d
leading the army.
He is now command
er in chief Of the
land forces and tenn
porarily at the head
Of tho navy Finance
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

that big business
brought about the
current economic
recession in an eff
fort to discredit the
New Deal. Dies re-
ferred specifically to
what he called
astounding charges
by Robert H. Jack
son, assistant attor-
ney general, and
Secretary Of the In
%orsor Tohae
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

This accomplished, she would be q
drawing card Of sufficient magni-
tude to demand a stable contract
from the man who bosses the pros.
But Helen may find her comeback
trail strewn with hurdles. There's
her arch opponents, Helen Jacobs,
and Helen Marble to think about.
And what's more, there's that dur
able Polish girl, Jawiga Jedrejow-
ska, who is sort of feminine Jug
gernaut.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
Gather Ydrn Scraps
for Flower Afghdn

Rows and rows of flowers in all
colors of the rainbow-that's the
feature Of this striking afghan
which is the gayest, easiest thing
outl You simply crochet it in
strips that are z inches wide, and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

Babe Ruth has been trying might
lily for managers berth ever since
he retired. So far he has failed to
connect, although half dozen such
jobs have been filled in the majors.
That would seem to indicate that
there is considerable doubt in the
baseball world about his managerial
talent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
S12zvntd W. HGcka1d
~ SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK
@ Western Newspaper Union.

Secretary Ickes, the public works
administrator, said the decision
would affect construction of So pow
er projects costing $84 ,026, 1888 for
which his agency had allotted $780,
191, 944 as loans to be repaid and
$2l, 674, 408 as federal grants.
The constitutionality of the gov
ernment's activity was challenged
by the Alabama Power company
and the Duke Power company. They
sought to enjoin federal financing of
projects in four Alabama municipal
tiles and at Buzzard Roost in Green
wood county, South Carolina.
Justice Sutherland delivered the
opinion of the court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
Fierce Fighting IN Spain

GENERAL FRANCOIS troops in
~ Spain were fighting desperately
to recapture from the loyalists the
important city of Teruel. The battle
went on for days despite deep snow
and intense cold. The rebels
claimed their forces had fought
their way into the northern outskirts
of the town, but this was denied by
the government, though it was adj
mitted the rebels had taken Concud,
point from which they could
continue their offensive.
-
leland Nov Fire"
he Irish Free State went out Of
L existence as it's new constitution
went into effect, and now its 26
counties are officially known as Fire
in Gaelic and Ireland in English.
Religious and military ceremonies
throughout the country marked the
change which its sponsors hope will
be followed by complete separation
from Great Britain.
-
China Reorganization
INSTEAD of surrendering to the
Japanese invaders, the govern
ment of China has been reorganized
and plans made for continued re-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
Auto Workers Let Out

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORA
~ TON starts off the New Year
by reducing its working force by
approximately 10000 in its various
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
Farley Finds a Surplus

i'm FARLEY, in his annual re-
- port as postmaster general, was
able to show surplus of more than
IL millions for his department. To
do this, however, he deducted an ex-
pense item of about go million dol
lars, calling it a ''nonpostal" item.
He charged off the air and ocean
mail subsidies and all free mail.
Dealing with the activities of the
postal inspection service, Farley
said the traffic in spurious lottery
tickets is believed to have been
broken up with the arrest and con-
viction of a band Of racketeers in the
East who disposed Of more than 10
million dollars worth Of such tick
cts in the last few years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is q
tonic which has been helping women
Of all ages for nearly 20 years. ADV.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

THE Supreme court ruled the gov
xernment could make loans and
grants for publicly owned electric
plants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
No New Deal Retreat

d FADING his annual message on
IN the state Of the nation before
the senate and house at the opening
Of congress, President Roosevelt de-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

The Texan asked for appointment
of a committee Of seven house
members to determine "who are the
monopolies or monopolists engaged
in the sitdown strike to produce eco
nomic chaos" and to afford Ickes
and jackson an opportunity to swim
dictate themselves from the grave
charges that they are demagoging
to arouse the hatred of the majority
against the minority
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

Consider Your Strength
Consider well what your
strength is equal to, and what ex-
ceeds ability.-Horace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

Virtuous in Youth
Be virtuous while you are
young; and in your age you win
be Observation-Disclosures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14

far as possible the corporations
plants would be operated on three
day week for the present.
''The corporation has kept its men
employed up to very recently by re-
ducing the hours given per man in
order to help the general economic
situation in the communities where
plants are located" Knudsen said.
"The inventories, both in the field
and at the plants, accumulated
through this policy, have, however,
reached point where adjustments
must take place, as it is impossible
to carry larger stocks than the de-
mand makes possible.
Purchasing power is down, and
the used car market is at the bot
tom. This came about with the in
creased unemployment situation.
And without the old car market,
there can't be a market for new
cars. When general employment
falls off, there's nothing we can do"
In making his announcement at
press conference, the General Mo-
tors head said that in his opinion
one Of the main reasons for the cur
rent business recession was the fact
that the price level rose too fast in
the spring Of 1887 and that the ma
ton could not digest it.
Commenting on the bad news
about General Motors, Senator Van
Mugs of Indiana declared that con-
gress should act Immediately to re-
store business confidence. Revision
Of the tax on undistributed profits
and the tax on capital gains so that
they would be more favorable to
business would have an immediate
beneficial effect, he said.
Dodd Leaves Berlin
MTuLIAM E. DODD, who re-
w signed as ambassador to Ger
many, and Mrs. Dodd sailed from
Hamburg for the United States. His
departure from Berlin was uncere-
monious in the extreme. His re-
lations with the Nazi government
had been strained and, at his own
suggestion, the German foreign Of
fee omitted the formal farewells
usually accorded q departing envoy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
Dies Wants Investigation

MARTIN DIES, Democratic con-
AVA gresham from Texas, wants
congress to investigate the charges
made by administration spokesman
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
Worst Year for Strikes

"A CCORDING to the national la
4 \ Dor relations board, the United
States. passed through the worst la
Dor strike period in its history in
1887, but the board believes the
prospects for 1888 are much better.
The board revealed in a secret re-
port that there were 4,017 strikes
during the first ten months Of 1897,
more than eyer recorded during any
entire previous year, and that Sc per
cent, another all-time peak, were
caused through efforts by en-
ployees to organize for collective
bargaining.
It blamed the situation on refusal
Of employers to recognize rights Of
workers to organize under the Wag-
ner labor relations act.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-01-14
Boulder Dam Payments

JOHN c. PAGE, reclamation COM
- missioner, informed Secretary
Ickes that Boulder dam, which cost
about $l23, 000, 900, returned more
than 1000, 900 to the federal treas
ury during the first year Of opera
ton. -
Page said the dam, complete two
years ahead of schedule, Yielded
81 ,l00, 900 in power revenues Huring
1887 and 100000 In payments for
generating machinery by power
purchasers.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
AUTO FATALITIES
WILL Be PROBED
Inquests to Be Held Today
in Deaths of Mrs. HuCk
and Mrs. Curran.

Two inquests were scheduled at
the District Morgue today to deter
mine whether the drivers of automo-
biles which fatally injured two elder
ly women recently should be held to
blame for the accidents.
The coroner's juries will investigate
the deaths of Mrs. Anna Huck, 54. of
1921 Fairmont street NV, who died
in Emergency Hospital Tuesday as
the Districts twenty fifth traffic IA
tahty of the year. ~ of Mrs. Susan
Curran, rs, Of 1906 Kenyon street
NV. who died in Gallinger Hospital
Monday
Mrs. Huck succumbed to injuries re-
cived when struck at Twelfth and I
streets NV last Thursday by an au-
tomobile which, police said, was driven
by John o. Asher. "a, of 1914 MaSsa-
chuSetts avenue NV Police said Mrs.
Curran was struck at Fourteenth
and Kenyon streets NV on March 25
by car driven by Everett Wood 1445
Otis place NV. The dr:@ers were to
appear at the inquests today.
Meanwhile, seven persons were cut
and bruised in traffic accidents here
yesterday. The victims, all able to
go home after emergency treatment,
were Samuel G. Reynolds. 81, of Balti-
more; William F. Heffner. 60. of 4933
New Hampshire avenue NV: Ger
trude Thomas, 25. colored. 833 Della
ware avenue SW.; Annie Pinkney.
4, colored, ia NJ place Sc; Floyd
Robinson, y, colored, 1881 Ninth
street NV; R. Robinson, 70, colored,
l4l6 R street NV. and Leroy Thomp-
son, 8, colored. Ills Third street NV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave c. Hertz,
both 50, Of West Falls Church, Va.
were treated at Georgetown Hospital
for injuries received in an accident
on the Lee boulevard Mr.. Hertz suf-
fered cuts about the head and his wife
a broken ankle.
Evening star., 1938-04-14

Laurel said he hadn't paid anything
for five years. but admitted the prop
erty settlement he made for her is
worth $274,000
Laurel pointed to his bank ac-
count-$2. .500-and moaned:
III make Sl60,o00 this year. But
with agents. three wives, taxes and
everything, I'll end up the year with
a deficit"
Evening star., 1938-04-14
Actor Sees Father
In 1917 Newsreel
And Purchases 1t

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, April l4.-1t
was a 1917 newsreel, Pickering
and mottled with age.
The camera focused on an
Army training camp in South
Carolina.
: Across the screen walked a
man in uniform.
Gosh. that's dad" said Actor
James Stewart.
AS one of the cast of a coming
film. Stewart had been asked to
see the newsreel so he'd be ac-
quainted with the period.
Today he purchased the news
reel to give to his father, Capt.
Alexander Stewart, a hardware
merchant in Indiana, Pa.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
FILM COMEDIAN BLUE
OVER COST OF 3 WIVES
Stan Laurel Says All He Has Left
Is $4,000 Annuity, Which
They Can't Touch.

BY tn" Associated Press.
. LOS ANGELES, April 14.-Stan
laurel. who cries crocodile tears in
f1lrh comedies, sighed in earnest to-
day over the cost of supporting three
wives.
I'm insolvent," he said "All I've
got out Of my huge earnings which
they can't touch is $4,000 annuity.
1t pays me SPIT per month. If this
keeps up. I'G be better OFF to quit
working"
Laurel is opposing a court action
by his first wife, Lois, to compel him
to pay $1,000 a month to support
their l0-year-old daughter. Mrs.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
The Great Whistler.

Whistler, the artist, at dinner, was
bombastically laying down the law
to his guests, as was his wont. But
1 am not arguing with you'll am
only telling 'you-" he ended up.
But. Jimmy" quietly said an old
friend, we are not the horse
marineS!"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15
7 Carloads of Yule Trees Arrive

But to hear the experts tell it,
the choice trees come in by freight.
They consist of Norwegian and
Blue Spruce, Canadian Balsam,
cedarS and Australian Pine.
These trees make up quite a
profitable business for the farm
ers of Maine, Vermont, Michigan
and Canada. They are cut each
year around the fourth of No
vember, then left beneath a shelter
of underground in the fields.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15

All ready for tinsel and lights
the vanguard of the 100000 choice
Christmas trees which are shipped
into the Nations Capital annually
for the Yuletide market, we're un'
loaded today at the B. & o.
freight yards, lexington Pl. and
Florida Ave. N. E.
From Maine and Vermont
those famous Republican twins
from Canada and Michigan, the
trees come, according to Donald
Phelan. who is buried in COM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-15

ABOUT a month later, the farmers
cart the trees off to the railroad
stations, where they are shipped
to various points in the country.
Some from the far Northland are
shipped as far south as New Or.
leans.
The trees are done up in bundles,
four trees to a bundle and 600
bundles to carload. At the
freight yards today, there were
seven carloads of trees received.