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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
MORE COMFORTABLE HOMES

A total of 29,409 Maryland fam
lilies have repaired and modernized
their names with FILA insured loans
totaling $12,231,713. These home
improvements, according to Kent
r. Mullikin, State Director, have all
been made since the Governments
"better housing" program was be-
gun in 1894.
The old human urge for better
looking and more comfortable home
improvements, according to Kent
seems to have hit Maryland families
pretty forcibly this spring, Mr..
Mullikin believes, and he bases his
conclusion on the fact that lending
institutions, which have contracts
of insurance with the FILA to make
modernization loans, have been
swamped with inquiries and applica-
tions during the past few weeks.
1.-THE FILA Plan Is really very
simple to understand" Mr.. Multi
kin explained. "If the house needs
new roof, or some repairs to safe
guard its value, or IL the inside
needs new plumbing, heating, paint
and wallpaper to make 1t more COM
Portable and attractive, these i'm
provements can be made at once and
paid for by the month, out of in
come"
FILA insured loans are not Gov
eminent money, it was pointed out,
but are made by private lending in
situations and insured by FILA.
The FILA officials advise home
owners who want to fix up their
property under the FILA plan to
first get an estimate from a local
contractor. AS soon as the estimate
is in hand, application for an in
sured moderization loan may be
made to any local lending institu-
ton making FILA insured loans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
Payne's Paris Apartment
Attracts Many Tourists

Although Home, Sweet Home"
one of humanity's immortal songs,
was first sung at the Covent Gar
den theater in London more than 100
years ago, every year sees Ameri-
cans seeking out the apartment In
Paris where John Howard Payne
composed 1t, writes Edwin Robert
Petre in the Detroit News.
Payne, author, poet, actor, the
atrical manager and American con-
sui, has several shrines in that gay
city for he lived there many years,
but the Home, Sweet Home" shrine
which attracts SO many tourists an
nually is at 1855 Galerie DIES Bons-
Enfants, IN the Palais Royale. The
pleasures and palaces" of which
he sings were all real to him. He
was living in a palace, the Palais
Royal, enjoying the delights and
pleasures of the great city with con-
genial friends, among whom were
Mary Shelley, the wife of the poet,
and Washington Irving, then at the
height Of his popularity.
Payne, In his loneliness, which he
continued to endure years after his
famous song was written, fell in
love with Shelley's widow, who, at
the time the song was produced,
was only 26 years old. They met
that year at the Nelson hotel in
Paris, but she was more interested
in Washington Irving, and Payne
disinterestedly tried to arrange
match between them, but Irving left
the country.
Payne and Mrs. Shelley, who
never remarked, continued close
friends for years, and in one of her
letters to him, written in 1885, she
expresses her pleasure at seeing
him, and says that the years (she
was then 39) had not improved her
looks as they seem always to inn
prove the looks of man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
Famous Sea Monster

One OF the most famous of sea
monsters was the serpent sighted by
her majesty's ship Daedalus in Oc-
tober, 1888, while cruising from the
Cape Of Good Hope to St. Helena.
According to one witness, the crea-
ture ''passed rapidly, but so close
under our lee quarters that had it
been man of my acquaintance, I
should easily have recognized his
features with the naked eye; and it
did not, either in approaching the
ship or after it had passed our wake,
deviate in the slightest degree from
its course, which it held on at the
pace Of from IL to IS miles per
hour, apparently on some deter
mined purpose. Its color was brown
and yellowish-white about the
throat. It had no fins, but some
thing like the name of horse, or
rather a bunch Of seaweed, washed
about Its back"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

@. read In the paper that over
a half billion dollars has been paid
out In the United States for unem-
ployment compensation benefits.
How much of that money came to
jobless people in this State?
A. Payments for unemployment
compensation from January /, 1888
when benefits became payable In
this state) UP to May 1, 1899, total
$12,391,009. During the month OF
April, benefits paid to workers In
Maryland who were temporarily UNI
employed amounted to $416.877.
@. About how much could a per-
son who is entitled to unemploy-
ment compensation expect to get,
In case he loses his job?
A. In this state the average week
ly payment of unemployment COM
pensation during recent weeks to
those who were totally unemployed
was 1892, according to the latest
figures available. The average
weekly payments for partial unem-
ployment in this State during rec
ent weeks was $3.50.
@. My brother, who worked in a
bicycle shop for the past two years,
lost his job several days ago. He
has been paying his one per cent
wage tax every week for a long
time, and now that he is out of
work, he thinks he is entitled to
benefits. What should he do in order
to get this payment?
A. The one percent wage tax
your brother has been paying has
nothing to do with unemployment
compensation benefits. Employers of
4 or more workers In commerce or
industry in Maryland are subject to
the tax under the unemployment
compensation law; and their en-
ployees are covered by the benefit
provisions of that law; but workers
who are employed by firms exempted
under the state unemployment COM
pensation law are not entitled to
unemployment compensation.
Employees in this State
do not pay tax under the unemploy-
ment compensation law. The only
wage tax employees pay in Mary
land is the one required by the Soc
ial Security Act which is related to
old-age insurance. The same law
that provides old-age insurance ben
efits also provides for tax on en-
ployes. The employer takes the one
percent tax out of the employees
wages, adds his own one percent tax
to that and sends it all to the col
lector of Internal Revenue. How.
ever, no worker will receive his old
age insurance benefits until he
reaches age 65.
@. run little crossroads store
with the help of one clerk. Is it
necessary for me to make a wage
report to the Government for that
one employee: Is my employee COW
cred by old-age insurance?
A. Yes. Under provisions Of the
Social Security Act an employer of
one or more employees in shop
or other commercial establishment
is subject to the law; and his en-
ployees are included under the old
age insurance benefits provisions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
THE H. M. DUYCKlNCK CO., Rising Sun, Maryland
SCIENCE DEVELOPS
new INGREDIENT
RICH in VITAMIN G

st. Louis, Mo.-The problem of assur-
ing an adequate amount of Vitamin q
in feeds has received the attention of
Purina scientists for several years, ac-
eording to H, J. Smith, Director of Re-
search for the Ralston Purina Com
pany.
"For a WHILE" says DR.. Smith, "the
best commercial sources of Vitamin G
known were alfalfa leaf meal, dried
skim milk, and dried buttermilk, But
even with the most careful selecting
and laboratory testing, we found it diff
ficult to control the amount of Vitamin
G in the ration because the Vitamin G
content of these ingredients would vary,
depending on the time Of year and the
conditions under which they were
produced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

christian Science" will be the
subject of the Lesson-Sermon In all
Churches of Christ, Scientist, on
Sunday, June rs.
The Golden Text will be from
lisa. 49:13, "Sing, o heavens; and
be joyful, o earth; and break forth
into singing, o mountains; for the
Lord hath comforteth his people;
and will have mercy upon his aff1ict-
ed"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Cor. SILL:
"For other foundations can no man
lay than that is laid, which is Jesus
Christ"
The Lesson-Sermon also win tn
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures. I"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following. page 1876, Jesus
established his church and main
tanned his mission on spiritual
foundation of Christ healing"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23

(fIavin) In their feed supplied by
Puri.Flave.
Three years ago. we set for ourselves
the task of finding a dependable, con-
centrated Vitamin G source that would
give us control over this important fac
tor in our rations. The result of this
search is Puri-Flave, the new, rich
Vitamin G Ingredient. We have tested
it carefully under all conditions for an
entire year in the Purina Research
Laboratories, and are convinced that it
is among the great feeding develop
ments of the past twenty years.
Each gram Of Puri-Flave contains
around 70 micrograms of Flavin, as
compared with around % micrograms
for dried buttermilk and around 10 mi
programs for alfalfa. We are now in
Guiding Puri-Flave in all of our feeds
that have to do with the development
of the embryo and growth" says DR..
Smith.
while our Purina scientists are sure
Of the vitamin G (flavin) content Of
Puri-Flave as compared with dried but
termilk and alfalfa, they are not ready
to say that it will replace these two
ingredients. For that reason, all of our
feeds will continue to carry the same
amounts of dried buttermilk and alfalfa
meal as they have in the past"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
HUGE APPETITES OF
GROWING CHICKS NO
CAUSE FOR ALARM

st. Louis, Mo.-"Baby chicks fire.
quently surprise their owners because
of the enormous appetites they develop
by the time they're four weeks DID,"
according to D. G. Purcell, Purina poul-
try authority. Their eating capacity
seems to grow much faster than the
chicks themselves. Barely able to con-
sumo a thimbleful of feed day at the
start, each little fellow appears to have
become all mouth with bottomless
crop by the time it's four weeks old.
I'm tests conducted in our Purina
Laboratories it has been found that it
is perfectly normal for four-week-old
chicks to have huge appetites. Good
chicks weighing nine ounces at around
four weeks Of age often double their
weight the next two weeks. This
naturally calls for heavy eating, which
should be encouraged by increasing
both hopper and drinking fountain
space, so that the chicks can eat all
they want.
"Misled by the fear that chicks will
over-eat, or for reasons OF false eco
nomy, many chick raisers regulate or
restrict the daily starting mash con-
sumption of fast growing chicks. Such
move is improbable for obvious rea-
sons" Purcell says. 1.-The profitable
thing to do is to let them eat all they
want of a balanced, reliable starting
mash, to keep them coming fast and
thrifty"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
1850 Claim Fortune
That Napoleon Seized

PARIS.-A fortune of 81 SIC, $50
which has been in the possession
of the state of France since the
days of Napoleon is claimed by
1850 self-styled heirs from all
over Europe. The fortune is that
of Jean Thierry, member of an
ancient Champagne family, who
died in Italy. It was seized in
1896 by Napoleon when he
marched into Venice and carried
it to Paris. where it has since
remained.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
An Odd Fashion

A very odd fashion appeared in
the Thirteenth and Fourteenth CEN
turtles, Of embroidering heraldic de-
vices on the long gowns of the
ladies of rank. A picture Of those
days shows a duchess in corsage
and train Of ermine, with a very
fierce looking lion rampant embroid-
cred twice on her long gown. An
other displays an heraldic dolphin
of very sinister aspect upon one
side of her corsage and on the skirt
Of her long gown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23
Utah and Nevada IN Onion

Utah was admitted as state In
1896, the forty-fffth state In order of
admission. Nevada was a part of
the Western territory which was
claimed first by Spain and later by
Mexico before 1t was ceded to the
United States in 1913. After 1t was
divided from Utah it was admitted
as separate territory and became
. state in 1854, the thirty-sjxth statN
- order Qf Admission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23

The annual All Club will be held
this year at the University Of Mary
land from August z to IL, 1t Is an
nounced by E. G.. Jenkins, State
Boys Club Agent. About 500 boys
and girls from all counties Of the
state are expected to attend the
camp.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23

The companies that operate the
telephone system in America net
$500 Q minute!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23

The mule, unlike man, Is fed and
sheltered by the boss when there Is
no work to do. But you never saw
"a mule quit when the boss cussed
MIN. a. tf
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23

Every decent public official does
what he thinks best. The trouble IL,
he can't think Of anything bettex
than keeping Aiwsali u once
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23

Every minute Of every hour, 40
fountain pens are manufactured In
this nation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23

Ingnorance Of the law should ex-
cuse a lot more lawyers from prac-
ticing It.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-23

Lazy men are dead to the world
but they remain gnhaEieda
The Washington times., 1939-01-30
!IIEI|,Il,, s, I. 4, D |',,;' q Is
EiSN Ss y

on q sheeh A~OO
Other S:zes at proportionate savings.
Orders taken for future delivery if we
do not have your size in stock.
The Washington times., 1939-01-30
sl.50 Fruit-Of = -the-LOOm
SHEETS s

Three more days to save on these famous
sheets at the lowest price in five years!
The same fine quality, with the same
extra weight, extra length and strong
taped selvage. AZ inches longer than
the ordinary sheets and guaranteed for
five years of household wear. Fill your
linen closet now-you'll save plenty!
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11

Clarence Thomas, of Philadelphia,
was the guest Of his mother, Mrs. Liz
zie Thomas, and sister, Mrs. Phoebe
Montague. for a part of the past
week.
Louis Williams spent a few days
in Baltimore during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Steelman and
children have been the guests of
friends in Yonkers, New York, where
they also visited the Worlds Fair,
Ccney Island and other places Of in
terest in New York.
MIR. and Mrs. Floyd Breasure and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Breasure and
Mrs. W. p. Evans, OF Philadelphia.
spent Sunday evening at Ocean City,
Nd.
Miss Louise Porter, of Baltimore,
and Bill Rogers were Rehoboth visit
Ors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hudson and
daughter, OF Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with the formers father.
s. M. Hudson.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Miller, who
are spending the summer in Tiny
Tim,' entertained a large party of
friends from Philadelphia and Drex-
el Hill over the past weekend.
Paul v. Mckay, of Montgomery. w.
Va, will spend next week here with
his family.
DR.. Thomas Bright and Robert
Jackson, of Claymont. were week
end guests of Mrs Thomas Simpson,
and got in bit of fishing while here.
Misses Mary Beth and Eleanor
Grier, of Aberdeen, Md, are visiting
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Grier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Deputy are
occupying their cottage this month.
Mrs. James II. Salevan, of Athol,
Mass, spent Tuesday with Mrs John
MertZ.
Guests of Mrs. Thomas Simpson on
Monday for luncheon and cards were
Mrs. Jack NAPLES, Mrs. Howard
Sapp, Mrs. William Hallett and Mrs.
Harry VanKirk.
The Slaughter Beach Hotel still
continues to give very excellent
meals every day to those who stop.
Small or large dinner parties are
graciouSly served by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hause, who manage the hos
telry this year.
George H. Draper has constructed
a grill in front of his cottage for out
of-door cooking and on Wednesday
evening served the first supper 10 his
samily and frisnds
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11
North And South Poles

Admiral Richard z. Byrd is the
only living man who has commanded
expeditions to both the North and
South Poles. and therefore ii is ma
tural that he should have been Sc
lected to head the American Gov
ernment expedition which will de-
part in less than three months to lay
official claim to millions of acres of
territory in the Antarctic.
The expedition plans to establish
Antarctic bases by January or Feb
ruary. There will be three bases, and
they may become permanent. In any
event the camps will be provided
with ample food to last two years.
and the definite purpose is to claim
the South Pole regions for the Uni
ted States Government.
Admiral Byrd explained to a group
of newspaper men in Washington the
other day that the North Pole is COW
Grad with ice over a thousand feet of
water. and that the Antarctic, or
tains reaching a thousand fee, and
more above the sea level A part of
the Antarctic lies in the Western
Hemisphere and is less than 500
miles from South America. Petrified
trees and inexhaustible coal deposits
prOce, according to Byrd. that the
South Pole was at one time a region
where things grew. Sometime, he
says. il may again be a land that is
settled. In the far-ahead future the
Antarctic may be an important from
tier.
Other nations are planning, as we
are. about the South Pole Germany
has already planted its Swastika and !
laid claim to a small portion OF the |
great area
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11
HOUSTON

Rev. Crum, our minister, left on
people in North Carolina.
Donald Sapp, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Sapp, fell while riding bicy-
Gle on Monday morning and was quite
seriously injured.
Mrs. Randolph Graham, Mrs. Err
nest w. Simpson and Mrs. Marguerite
Cooper returned home on Monday af-
ternOon after having spent several
days at Rehoboth.
Miss Josephine Sapp, who has
been visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Josephine Capehart, at Lincoln, re-
turned home on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Sharp Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Sharp, Sr., and Mrs.
Amanda Lofiand were Rehoboth visit
ors on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill w. Thistle
wood were the dinner guests of MIR.
and Mrs. Arley Wix, at Harrington,
OH Saturday night. Mrs. Wix' other
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. II. E. Nell
son OF Washington. ID. c.
Mrs. Willis Voshell and Mrs. Frank
lin Slaughter are chaperones for the
All Jr Cardinals. at Riverdale this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Thistlewood,
Mrs. Paul Greenlee and son, Larry,
Mrs. Cora Sattertield and Mrs. Ida
{. Marvel visited Riverdale; also Mr..
and Mrs. James w. johnson, at Selby-
VILE. on Sunday.
Zach Johnson returned to his du-
ties in New York after having spent
two weeks with the home folks.
Mrs. Marie Bleaching is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Greenley at Lincoln.
The following with their families
visited Oak Orchard and Riverdale on
Sunday: Paul Wootten. Harvey Mar
vel. Arnon Armour. Mrs. A F. Will
son. Willis Voshell. Franklin
Slaughter. the DawsOns. Mr.. and Mrs. !
Herbert Carter. Dave Vinyard and
several others.
The packing house at this place is |
working nights on tomatoes.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11
DAGSBORO

The M. E. Sunday School class held
its annual picnic Thursday at Sandy
Landing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Tingle are
receiving congratulations of a 6h
pound baby boy born TO them Sun
day morning in the Milford Memorial
Hospital. Mother and baby are do
.ng nicely at this writing.
Mrs. Annia Breasure and grand
son, George Long, spent the past
week with relatives in Philadelphia.
Odetta McCabe, of Roxana, visited
Henrietta Vickers last weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Thomas and
family. of Wilmington, spent the
weekend with Mr.. Thomas sister,
Phoebe, here.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. II. Hickman left
Saturday for weeks tour through
the New England States. They were
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Horner, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. A. J. Timmons returned to her
home Wednesday from the hospital,
where she has been receiving treat
ment for injuries received while
horseback riding several weeks ago.
Mrs. John Timmons underwent a
MINOR operation the past week at
the Graduate Hospital. University of
Pennsylvania.
MIR. and Mrs. James Williams and
son have returned after a months
stay at Ocean City. Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Culver, OF Phil
adelphia, have been spending a week
v it'll MIR. and Mrs. James Williams.
On Saturday evening they were the
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Smith, of Laurel.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11

Woodrow Mitchell left for Philadel-
phia, Saturday, where he will seek
employment.
Major Short returned to his home
here Thursday after a months tour
across the United States to Califor-
MA.
Lin Hollenback. Anthony Steen and
kelly Murray, of MillsborO, Johnny
Baker and Theodore Hickman, of Sell
byville. and Will Murray, of Clarks-
Vile. motored to Tioga Mills, Waver-
ly, N. j., Thursday, returning Satur-
day.
Miss Doris Lingo, of Long Neck,
visited her grandmother. Mrs. A. C..
Steen, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Thomas are Wis
ting the formers mother, who is
spending the summer with her bro
ther, Tony Barber.
Mrs. Shate Carmean spent the past
week as the guest OF her nephew, Mr..
and Mrs. George II. Hickman, OF Lew
es.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11
THOSE WOMEN

Representative Norton complains
bitterly about the way she has been
treated by the Rules Committee OF
the House. She mothered labor leh-
isgatiOn for weeks until Il became
perfectly apparent the bills before
her Committee would not be reported
in time to be acted upon at the last
session of Congress. The men In
Congress got tired of being gentle
men" to lady and took matters IN
hand, and verey severely ordered an
investigation of the National Labor
Relations Board.
The other one of those women" is
the Secretary of Labor, Miss Perkins.
She's another question mark.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11
OVERLOOK

The Ladies' Aid of Whites Chapel
will hold its monthly meeting on
Wednesday night. August 9. in the
basement of the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nailor Wells and son
and Miss Ada Collins spent Thurs
day with relatives in Chincoteague
Va.
Mr. and Mrs Elisha Campbell. OF
Lewes, and MIR, and Mrs. Howard
Campbell of Wilmington, were Sun
day guests of Mrs Charles Dodd, of
near HarbesOn.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Aiken and
children. of near Greenwood. and
Mrs. Aiken's mother. from Tennessee.
were circling among friends in Over
brook on Sunday.
Messrs. William and Fred Green
and Miss Ida Dunn called on Mrs
Carlton Argo and family and Norman
Workman and family on Thursday.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Warrington Vincent. who has been
ill in the Milford Memorial Hospital.
is much improved and was brought
home last Saturday
Junior and Clifton Conoway. Carl
Ritter, Howard Davidson, Marshall
Mitchell, and Mr.. Burris have been
at Oak Orchard for the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs Horace Gilbert enter
tanned callers from COlfeaeviIle, pa,
Milford and Milton on Sunday, July
80.
Clarence Hudson who has had a
minor operation. is improving.
Mrs. Catherine Cole. who has been
spending several weeks with Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Packet, in Warsaw,
Va, returned home on Wednesday,
August 2. She was accompanied
home by her daughter. Rosa Lee. who
has been with Mr.. and Mrs. Packet
for several weeks.
Mrs. Lola LoOckerman's health is
much improved at this writing.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11
FHA INTEREST

Federal Housing Administration
has reduced interest rates from 5 to
4'a per cent on small home mort
cages; and cut from Az to per
cent the rate of mortgages on large
scale rental projects. Twelve thous-
and banks, building and loan asso-
Citations and other lending institu-
tions, have been notified of the low
cred rates of interest.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11

Mrs. Sallie Breasure and daugh-
ters and Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Bailey
uf Wilmington, spent a part OF the
past week here and at Bethany
Beach.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11

A CHILLY FROST on just one
night will often destroy a fruit crop.
So the frost of hostile criticism often
destroyes hopes of some good COM
munity movement in our home
towns.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-11

Swat the flies!