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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
CHAMPIONS LEARN FROM
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articles.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENT FOR
CANAL IMPROVEMENT

More than $1,000,000 will be
spent on the Chesapeake and Del
aware Canal during the next fiscal
year, starting July /, according to
announcements made by the War De-
partment in Washington.
Work ON the canal constitutes
the most expensive item in the list
of harbors and rivers projects.
Earlier maintenance allotment
of $582,O0O was approved for the
canal.
Secretary of War Harry Woodring
announced an additional ALLEGATION
of 100000. This sum, it was ex-
planned at the U. S. Engineer Of
flee, Philadelphia, is for construc-
tion of jetties at the Reedy Point
entrance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
international News Photo.

General Malin Craig, chief of staff OF
the U. S. Army, who attended in
Washington with members of the War
Department general staff.
The conference circuit used in this
demonstration of the speed with which
the War Department can communicate
with all its major divisions throughout
the country is a recent Bell System
development in telephony. Special
switchboard equipment makes it pos
sible to link together by telephone per-
sons at separate points anywhere in
this country and even abroad, so that
all may hear and join in the CONVEX
sation. While specially arranged, the
conference circuit set up for the War
Department was not essentially differ
ent from those regularly used to IN
terconnect groups Of people for bust
ness or social conversation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

The first occasion in its history in
which the War Department in Wash
ington, D. c., was in two-way voice
contact with all of it's nine Army corps
areas at one and the same time &C.
Cured recently when Major General
Joseph o. Mauborgne, chief signal
officer, conferred with the signal Off
GERS in the headquarters of all nine
corps areas over coast-to-coast tele-
phone conference circuit. This demon
stration of fast INSTRUMENTATION
was arranged with the cooperation Of
the Bell Telephone System.
Included in the conference circuit
were the headquarters of the corps
areas at Boston, New York, Baltimore,
Atlanta, Columbus, Chicago, Omaha,
San Antonio and San Francisco. The
commanding officer and his staff in
each area heard the demonstration and
conversed with one another and with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
Judge Uriah Milton Rose
Arkansas First Citizen

When the state of Arkansas
moved to make it's first gift to the
capitol's hall of fame, it chose a
native of Kentucky for that honor,
writes Leslie Hartley in the Wash
ington Star. Uriah Milton Rose as
young man, however, followed the
trend of his day to Ego West" and
moved to Arkansas. There he be-
came known as the states ''first cit
izen."
Though born in 1884 of a wealthy
family, Rose was orphaned when he
was fourteen years of age and, the
family fortune having been spent,
went to work as a clerk in a store.
At night he studied law and later
became a charter member of the
American Bar association and its
president in 1901.
Arkansas also called Rose the
Friend of Presidents" When he
was chosen to entertain President
Theodore Roosevelt during the lat
ter's visit to Arkansas a strong
friendship between the two devel-
oped. Roosevelt often remarked
that Judge Rose, who was widely
travelled, had the wisdom of Soc
rates. and in 1907 appointed him
as one of the delegates to the Second
Palace Tribunal at The Hague.
Judge Roses last contribution to
his state was made after his death
in 1913, when his library of 5000
rare volumes was given to the pub
lie library in Little Rock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
LONGEST TELEPHONE
CABLES SUSPENDED
OVER RAPPAHANNOCK
1t )O-Foot Span AT Fredericks-
burg Made Necessary By
Flood Threat

The longest suspended communica-
tics cables ever erected by The
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company in the United States span
the Rappahannock River, mile north
of Fredericksburg, Va.
The two telephone cables are an i'm
portant link between the north and
south. Each cable is 1900 feet in
length. Cables are usually suspended
about 800 feet between towers. The
cables spanning the Rappahannock
rest upon two huge towers, each 105
feet high and placed on either side
of the river. They cross the entire
river and an island.
The work of raising the cables from
an ordinary pole line was made neces-
sary by high waters caused by the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
Gave Chorea Its Name

A medieval mania for religious
dancing gave chorea its common
name. Once started, says the Wash
ington Post, people found they
couldn't stop, made pilgrimages to
various shrines, found most relief
at that of St. Vitus. Chorea usually
strikes boys and girls between five
and fifteen, strangely, those of
above average intelligence. In Sc
we're cases the patient cannot walk,
talk, eat, sleep, do anything for
himself. His muscles twitch invol-
unfairly, act so wildly the disease
sometimes is called insanity Of the
muscles"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
ASSETS OF CLOSED BANK SOLD

The remaining assets of the clos
ed Farmers National Bank, Oxford,
Pa, including bills receivable, notes,
claims of all sorts, together with q
type writer, were sold at public auc-
ton June IS, for 500 to G. w.
Hord, New York City.
The proceeds of this sale, If it is
confirmed, will be added to such
funds as remain in the hands Of the
receiver, A. M. Wilson, and fur
Their dividend declared to the depos-
itors; this and the dividend proceed
ing, representing a protion Of the
interest ON their claims. The prin-
cipal of the depositors had been paid
off in full in the first dividends.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
HARDWOOD HOTEL SOLD

Mcclure Bros, real estate agents,
of Quarryville, have sold for George
w. Brown, executor Of John q.
Brown. his Kirkwood Hotel property,
in Colerain Township, containing "a
acres, with large brick hotel build
ing, to Almon B. Reinhart, Of Kirk
wood. Mr.. Reinhart will take i'm
mediate possession.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
FERRY PETITION FILED

The Colchester Lines, Inc, has NJ
ed a petition with the Maryland
public service commission, asking
authority to operate shuttle ferry
service between colchester Beach
and Bay Shore Park ON the western
shore, i'm connection with its regular
ferry service between Colchester and
Baltimore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
Tai Mahal, Architectural Wonder

The Tai Mahal, architectural Won
der of the ages, was inspired by
the death of Mumtaz-i-Mahal, the
beloved of Shah Jehan. But as Ar
jumand Banu, she almost died in
infancy, abandoned by her father
in his flight from Teheran into In
dia. A burden, she was left by the
side of the road by her father, Asaf
Khan, as water became scarce. Re-
morse saved her for womanhood,
the father retracing his steps to
pick her up, unframed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

The unpopularity of road hogs"
does not seem to have caused any
marked decrease in their numbers,
but Club officials believe that public
opinion eventually will force reform
in driving habits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

When poor countries like Sweden
and Switzerland fare much better
than we do, 1t means they arn't as
poor asiws are above the aesk,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

How to be successful entertain
err? Well, people cheer loudest when
the lecturer tells them how intelli-
gent they are.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

The giraffe fights by kicking with
its hind legs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

The smile or frown you see on the
face of the world is the reflection
of your own.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

Knitting was invented in the 18th
century.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

The love OF money Is also the root
Of all national policies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

Hypocrisy is the homage which
vice renders to virtue~--La Roche
foucauld.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08

The foghorn is one of the bassest
things on earth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-07-08
Farming Is a Business

And like every business, it requires forms,
records and blanks that give you the facts
about your farm, just as business man
has them about his business.
We print forms and letterheads (every
business farmer should have his own letter.
head) on Hammermill Bond. the Utility
Business Paper.
Les 10 Shosv You Wh0s We Co1
Do for YoU
A womanly woman neither Wor-
ships nor hates man.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
Saws BOake Carter

NHREE years. or even two years ago, If Roose-
- velt had walked into Maryland and sug-
geSted, my friends, would like you to vote for
Soand-So," 1t is not improbable he would have
had his way. What has happened since is SIM
ply great many people have found their idol
is only another politician, little slicker than
most. equipped with a soothing voice and q
limitless supply Of Sophistry.
The average American citizen was glad when
Mr.. Roosevelt appeared on the national scene,
with promises to chase the buns out Of Big
Business and impress on its leaders that, be-
cause Of their position in the world of domestic
affairs, they had greater social obligations to
their fellow citizens than ever before in the
country'S history.
When it now appears Mr. Roosevelt has be-
come so enamored Of his own omnipotence that
he will leave no stone unturned to bring about
the political ruin Of any one in public life who
either criticizeS his public actions OF who de-
clines to be merely a voting echo for his own
dictations. the cheering dies away to the stony
silence that greeted him in Maryland.
DEOPLE like to see legitimate punishment
doled out to tranSgressorS. But their ap-
proval soon turns to repugnance when they
realize their Endorsement has been accepted as
license to apply the rubber hose and the lead
pipe of the political third degree.
Whether this dawning repugnance can pene-
trate the thickness Of the White House ego
ism is something else again.
copyright Ledger syndicats)
(BoGke cGrters opinions are his o,On and not
necessarily those Of The Washington TinteSJ
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
NLRB CERTIFIES
Z AFL UNIONS

G.N.S) The National Labor
Relations Board today certified
two AFL unions as the sole bar
gaining agencies for craft en-
ployes at the Morgan Packing
Company, Austin, Ind, fruit, vege-
tables, meat and grain canning
plant.
The International Printing Press
mems and Assistants Union of
North America, Austin Local No.
403. was certified as the bargain
ing agency for employees in the
printing department, while Inter:
national Brotherhood of Team
sters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and
Helpers, Local 694, was certified
for workers employed as truck
drivers and their helpers, and
SwitcherS.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
GOU. DdUeu
LdnbdStS
Altneyer

Gov. Martin L. Davey, Of
Ohio, last night dared"
Arthur J. Altmeyer, chair
man Of the Social Security
Board, to cut off Federal Sc
curity payments to the aged
of that State.
Declaring he was calling
the boards political bluff"
the governor emphatically
denied charges he attempted
to cOerce recipients of old
age benefits into supporting
his unsuccessful race for re-
nomination.
In a blistering letter to
Altmeyer, he served final no
tice Ohio officials would re-
fuse to attend any hearings
bearing on irregularities.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
FAMILY WAGE
IN U, S. URGED

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-Estab-
lishment Of q proportional family
wage" for healthy families was
urged here by DR.. Paul Popence,
general director Of the Los Angeles
Institute of Family Relations, in
warning of the dangers to the
United States of a declining birth
rate and q mounting death rate.
Uuban wives with less than q
seventh grade education produced
40 per cent more children in 1880
than did those with college edu-
cation, according to DR.. Popence'S
report to the National Conference
on Family Relations.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

of these pages-almost every day?". ."1 think"
purred Mr.. Browning, 1T would be very NICE"
Puts Him to Sleep
ONE Of my friends troubled with insomnia
" advises that his most effective soporific is to
think Of waves Of blue.green sea water. He in
sists solemnly, that once during q travel short
at q newsreel theater, when the Mediterranean
was shown in colors, he fell plumb into dead
slumber and didn't awaken until signor Musso
lini'S voice came laundering from the screen. =.
Rural touch is the army of small boys and their
papas calmly fishing from the banks Of the Hud.
son just below Riverside Drive with noisy traffic
cracking about their ears.
The first time I ever went fishing was in the
Morris Canal, near Greenville N. I'VE used
no hooks, merely worms tangled into the string
E. Our catch was what is known as killies, about
the size Of sardines.
~ steps Of his illustrated papa, Sam Salvin
maintains the tradition set by his father, who, at
one time owned 10 wineand-dine establishments
salvin, currently associated with Ben Mardin
in the operation Of the Riviera, owns the Patio
and Colony clubs in Palm Beach. There was
time when he supervised the cuisine at the
Moulin Rouge, Plantation, Montmartre, Sans
Souci Palais Royal, the Little Club, and other
proSpering but now departed ventures. In his
twenties he began hiring talent initiating the
name policy in these parts-among his hirelings
being Irene and Vernon Castle, May Murray
Paul Whiteman, Maurice and Hughes, Clifton
Webb, and Gilda Gray.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
Halt a Century Old

VTNHE S1X-DAY bicycle race Is remarkable in that
it has survived upwards Of half century in
changing times and conditions in the big town.
Against all manner Of new fads and fancies In
sport it has hung on without ever altering its
general form to any great extent.
A stranger to the race finds it inexplicable.
However, 1t is mighty easy to become fan, and
another reason we left early was for fear we
might suddenly become wide awake and find our
selves bawling come on, you Walthour,"
And then we would have been q goner for q
week!
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

the hay that if the Six-day
race is not what it used to
be, neither are we, and who is?
We can remember when we
would never leave the six-day
race except for the briefest
periods from the moment Of its
conception until it was all over,
II we had any sleeping to do,
we would do it in our chair
with ou1 hands in our trouS-
erS pockets as a precaution
against casual rifflerS.
Thof uyoc in tho douc 1ryIooD
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

other States resentment at
Federal interference with the
local right of the citizens to Sc
lect whomsoever they please
for the jobs.
The issue was so clearly
drawn on the basis that q
"vote for Tydings would be a
vote against Roosevelt" that
the result Is yet another
States rebuke to President
Roosevelt for trying to inf1ict
his desires on local conStitu-
entS, under dureSS of threats
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
The Brighter Side BDamon Runyon

event. and maybe it did; but we always felt that
it materially reduced the red corpuscle content,
Because Tex got quite squiffy about the first
fighting around the edges Of the six-day race,
and had cops there to stop it. Tex felt it might
alarm his social trade.
Safe from Search
VoU SEE. in those days "the boff' was likely
to be around running an inquiring hand
over the persons Of the gentlemen customers to
see if they might be carrying any hardware but
"the boff" was himself gentleman, and would
never have thought Of running a hand over the
person Of the ladies.
''The boff" was, and Is Mr. Johnny Broderick,
one Of the greatest and certainly one Of the most
picturesque Of all the big town cops. who was
then member of what they called "the strong
arm squad" with supervision over the under
worlders. They titled Mr.. Broderick "the boff"
because Of the sound manner in which he could
"boff," or hit with his fists.
w saw "the boff" on Broadway the other day
and thought that the once trim waistline had
filled out a bit, but we judged from the way the
lads along the street eyed him and then quietly
started walking very fast that his reputation has
not diminished.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

Hughes recent treat in his
Cosmopolitan piece about How
ard Hughes. .SaddeE was the
task Of Editor william Allen
White, who once devoted his
lead editorial to the death Of
his daughter. Until recently,
Editor White snubbed comics,
refusing to permit them in his
newspaper. He was finally
convinced, and now is their
greatest booster for reader
value. I still remember the
4urore in Waterbury when
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

Copyright 1888 by King Features Syndicate Inc Inter
national Copyright and All Other Rights Reserved)
WE attended the opening Of the sixday bicycle
race at Madison Square Garden Sunday
night just for old times sake, but we got sleepy
home and to bed.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
Fine for Underworld

IN THE OLD GARDEN it was a sort of annual
l. fair for the underworld where the boys could
60 and do their wine drinking and fist fighting;
but when Tex Rickard took it uptown it became
more civilized, and even quite fashionable. We
still remember the almost childish delight of
Tex when he stood in the lobby of his new
Garden one six-day opening night and throngs
OF ladies in ermine and gents in high hats walked
through.
Tex seemed to feel that this bestowed the social
Accolade upon the heretofore quite non-Social
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

and the lure of bribes of public moneys.
Mr. Roosevelts sole achievement in the Mary
land election was to ruin a perfectly good, use
full statesmanlike CongresSman-Davey Lewis.
Lewis had a good record in the House. He
sponsored many useful pieces of legislation. In
his effort to "get" Tydings, Roosevelt and his
"elimination committee" simply used Lewis for
their own ends. They lost the gamble In addi-
ton, the man they used was showed under
and his services in the House lost to his
constituents
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

FreckIes Annoy SOu? Well be care
full how you treat them. Read what
they are, and what to do about them
this spOtly subject in The American
Weekly, the Magazine Distributed with
Next Sundays Washington Herald
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

Mrs. EUGlyn Walsh McLeav's coll
unan which appears dolly in this space
is being discontinued for month
WhiIe she is quay on UGcatiOn.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
were piling into

st. Gaudens Diana stood poised on one naked
toe high DER the trrrets of the old Madison
Square Garden down on Madison Square, and
not two miles away, where they have got Madi-
son Square Garden now; and when the fist fight
ing in the bar room was always first class around
2 o'clock in the morning
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
But the People Are

ROOSEVELT has contended time and again
AZ that the people are not behind those legis.
Iators who vote against the New Deal Tydings
voted against 10 per cent of the New Deal
legislation. In his campaign he explained to the
voters Of his State the reasons for each of his
votes on major legislation. Still they renom.
mated him.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

" to be able to write kindly and Geographically
about Q favorite nephew, which was Rupert
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
Flaming Crimson CrGO0t

VTHE reason I have always regarded Fred As
L taire with something of awe is that the first
time met him, in Sardis, he wore q flaming
crimson cravat and handkerchief to match.
Never before had seen such a display Of sar
torial boldness and it left lasting impression
=. Strange, the impressions you have of notables
before you see them in person. &. To me- August
HeckScher has always been giant in stature. -.
The other day passed him on Fifth Avenue. a
thinnish, smallish gentleman, but still erect in
his ninety-frSt year.. Most pronounced flop in
my memory was the late Daddy Browning, who
admitted frankly he wore corsets to keep his
figure trim. He consented to have his expert
ences "ghosted" when the energetic manager Of
the syndicate for which was then working
spread a newspaper open on the table, drew a
finger across the double spread and Numbered
"How, Mr.. Browning, would you like to see your
name in letters this high right across the top
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
''But''-

COME thoughts on the Tydings .ictory in Mary
~ land:
The Washington times., 1938-09-19

our paper, the Republican suddenly blossomed
forth with fourpage colored comic section.
It was town talk for weeks.
The Washington times., 1938-09-19
Voice OfNeW York By Louis Sobol

Of these pages-almost every dayp". ."I think"
purred Mr.. Browning, "it would be very NICE"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-14
THE ROOSEVELT
PRESS CONFERENCES

lhey may disagree with him noliticol
~ and economically, but there are very
lew OF the newspaper men in Washing
toh VINO do not, personally, like Presi-
dent Roosevelt One of the reasons be-
comes apparent today.
Inc president has given the word that
tears the veil of secrecy away from "off
lhe record conversations at the Roose-
Velt press conferences in the White
House. (fo the layman who does not
already know, it should be explained
mat the average newspaperman reveres
off-the-recOrd condolences even more
than he respects his job.)
These off the record items explain
why, even though their policies may be
Numerically opposite and their papers
may be engaged in severe criticism of
the administration, working newspaper
reporters in Washington scoff at sugges-
tlons the President is moved by anything
but motives which he firmly believes
are for the best good of the nation. The
scrlbes may disagree with the PreS-
dents theories, but as far as we know,
none distrusts his motives.
The reason is plain if you will exam
inc the press conference reports now
available. In them, as in no cut and
dried news story, the President appears
as very charming individual, ready to
give and take in conversational iousts,
hurt at setbacks and elated over tri-
umphs, sometimes even a bit uncertain.
Current history leaves us still doubt
ing little whether President Roosevelt
will be called a great man or great
failure, but it leaves no doubt whatever
that he can be inscribed as a person of
outstanding personality and utter sim
cerity.