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Evening star., 1939-12-24
By JESSE C.. SITTER.

Old Santa Claus continues his
prestige as an annual benefactor
despite the attempt of Uncle
Sam to black him out through
benefactions spread throughout
the year. All of the civic
groups have many wants which
they would have Santa Claus
satisfy, but experience shows
that he has been long time
filling some OF their requests.
Just before Christmas in 1888
this column listed numerous
civic needs Of many of the or
ganizations, some of which would
have to be included in a current
list. It Is an encouragement to
note, on the other hand, the large
number of civic projects wished
for in 1888 which are now &C
Qualities.
Their attainments have not
been through wishful hoping but
through careful planning and
persistent, organized effort. Prac-
tical teamwork among the civic
organizations has been RESPONSE
BILE for most of these successes.
This is the time of the year
when the District is frequently
handed some kind of a report by
an efficiency committee or SINH
lar agency to threaten the seren-
ity of the civic atmosphere. Last
year it was the Congressional
Joint Tax Committee and now
just around the corner is the ex-
pected report of the Commits
sioners on the proposed reorgani-
zation of the District govern
ment.
There Is also the reassuring in
formation from the assessors
ONCE that the blanks for the
brand-new local income tax are
to be sent out shortly to 10000
or more local residents. It is esti-
mated that fully 80 per cent of
those on the list may be exempt
from the payment of this tax by
reason of their being full -f1edged,
voting American citizens. This
: condition is very plain iuustra-
tion Of one of the ways in which
taxation without representation
is tyranny.
Organizations that normally
would have held meetings next
week advanced or postponed
their meetings so as to avoid
Christmas week. Suffrage speech
es were made at several Of these
and at two resolutions were
passed approving the proposed
establishment of an institution
for the treatment of inebriates.
Another development of the
week was the formal opposition
by additional organizations to the
proposed increase of cent a GAL
Ion on motor vehicle fuel. Prior
to the recent action of several
groups there had been filed with
the House District Committee 10
letters of protest against this
legislation to l in favor.
After this week the time will be
ripe for the perfection Of civic
legislative programs and the lin
ing up Of the forces for and
against pending and proposed
legislation for the voteless and
unrepresented District of Colum-
bia.
Evening star., 1939-12-24

neadQuarIerS IN
the Y. M. C.. A.
Building, 1876 G
street NV. Stu
dents, alumni,
faculty members
and friends of
the university
have been invit-
e d to attend.
The affair is
part of the New
Year program in
the Y. M. G. A.
Mrs. James A.
Bell, wife of the
pre- S i d e n t of
Sout h e a stern
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Marine Officers to Face
Manuel Signalling Tests
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Marine Inspection Bureau
turned the clock back to the days
Of manual signalling yesterday on
account of the war. and ordered rig
orous tests on the old art for all
future merchant marine officers.
Since the war began, many ships,
particularly those flying belligerent
flags, have stopped using their radios
for fear of tipping off enemy craft.
Also, belligerent ships coming into
United States and some other neu-
tral ports are required to seal their
radios until they depart.
Evening star., 1939-12-24

In 1899 approximately IS, 900 acres
OF peanuts were harvested In Atas-
cosa County, Tex. with the yield
about Is bushels to the acre. The
market value was about $5O0,OOO.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Southeastern U. Reception
Set for New Year Day

Southeastern University will hold
Its annual New Year Day recep-
ton and tea dance from to 5 pm
on January l at the university's
Evening star., 1939-12-24

The average length of life In the
scandinavian countries, Australia
and New Zealand is greater than
1t is in the United States.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Christmas Brings Breathing Spell; PIons
For Legislative Program for D. c.

general welfare of the people of
the District.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
A Quiet Scene

URN out of the way little, good
scholar, toward yonder high honey.
suckle hedge; there we'll sit and sing
whilst this shower falls so gently upon
the teeming earth, and gives yet sweet.
er smell to the lovely flowers that adorn
these verdant meadows.
Look, under that broad beech-tree /
sat down when / was last this way,
a-fishing, and the birds in the adjoining
grove seemed to have friendly conten.
ton with an echo. whose dead voice
seemed to live in hollow tree, near
to the brow of that primrose-hill; there
i sat viewing the other streams glide
silently toward their center, the tenn.
pestuous sea; yet some times opposed
by rugged roots, and pebble stones,
which broke their waves, and turned
them into foam; and sometimes ! be-
guiled time by viewing the harmless
lambs, some leaping securely in the cool
shade, while others disported them
selves in the cheerful sun; and saw 9TH
ers craving comfort from the swollen
udders of their bleating dams. As l
thus sat, these other sights had so fully
possessed my soul with content, that |
thought, as the poet hath happily ex-
pressed it: =,
was for that time. lifted above earth:
And possessed joys not promised in my
birth.
-Izaak Walion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

But Generalissimo Chang did not
expect what happened next.
Into Chungking (normally $50, 900
population) swarmed 1900, 900 refu-
gees, in itself grave problem. Then
one day As Japanese war planes
swarmed over Chungking, dropping
incendiary bombs and demolitioners,
more than 100 in all. When the
smoke cleared China could count
5000 casualties, a ruined capital and
temporarily blasted morale. Ger
many and Britain found their en-
bassies destroyed. For all concerned
1t seemed best to move the capital
on-wheels again, this time $50 miles
northeast into Chengtu, whose nor
NAL half million population will au-
tomatically double overnight.
Peace-loving Chengtu might well
regard this official invasion as
death sentence. General Chang
probably hopes an off-the-river cap
ital may break his bad luck ink.
but Tokyo thinks otherwise. Despite
British protests that Chilngking's
bombing was purely terroristic and
without q definite military objective,
Nippon's warriors announced their
death planes were prepared to fol-
low China's capital wherever it may
roam.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
EUROPE:
forgotten Patient

Early May found Poland the No: l
source OF European trouble, but the
cancerous sore had spread so far
afield that Poland's woes were all
most forgotten. Specifically Ger
many wanted Danzig (whose 1886, 600
population is So per cent Germany
and 15-mile-wide path across the
Polish corridor to East Prussia. Far
more adamant than her protectors,
Britain and France, little Poland
bravely let her foreign Minister Jo-
SET Beck reject the Reich's demands
bluntly. Next she gave dictatorial
powers to President Ignace Moscicki
and stoically awaited whatever fate
might be showed down her throat by
the Vaccinations of Europe's five
powers. President Moscicki watched
his nations troubles spread into the
following hopeless confusion:
Anglo French solidarity, highly
touted after the Czecho- Slovakian
and Memel crises, had broken down
completely for want of purposeful
direction. While Britain swerved
back to appeasement policies and
outspokenly urged Poland to sur
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
FORECAST

BY MICS President Major Len
OK R.sLohr, ultra-high- frequency
transmitters that can ssrifie telel
vision programs through booster
stations at 15-nile intervals from
New York to Chicago, overcom-
ing television's present distance
handicap d sa
BY Bishop Frederick D. Leete
of Deland, Fla, early worldwide
union of three branches of the
Methodist church. q
BY Mexican government off,
Gals, early settlement of the
u. S.-Mexican oil-land controver-
sy. following new conference be-
tween Americas Donald Rich
berg and Mexico's President La
FARO Cardenas.
By British Prime Minister
Chamberlain, early consumma-
tion of 2. barterstrade deal. be-
tween the " s. and Britain In
volving British tin and rubber for
American wheat and cotton.
g Do y.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

ing brought nearer mans practical
use. Addressing the southwest sec
ton of the American Association for
Advancement of Science, DR.. Comp
ton made dramatic news by fore
casting that a quantity of atomic
power the size of pinhead may
some day propel an ocean liner from
the U. S. to Europe. Potentially ca
pable of revolutionizing heat and
transportation methods, atomic pow
er-like fire-could be both bless
ing and curse. Sample curse: 1t
could fire a gun several thousand
miles.
DR.. Compton's claims are not
dreams. Unrelated, recent expert
ments in both Europe and the U. S.
have started from the same assump-
ton and led to the same conclusion.
The assumption: Production of heat
and light in the stars is a radio
active process, therefore man should
60 about unlocking atomic power by
artificial radiation. The conclusion
and problem: To find out whether
theories regarding the source of So
lar and stellar power can be made
practically effective on earth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
Pattern 6s17

Mexico, land of excitement and
color, served as inspiration for
these fascinating designs for lin
ems. Bright prints from your
scrap bag form the easy applique
patches while simple embroidery
adds the finishing touches. You
can turn out delightful tea cloth,
towel or scarf quick as wink!
Pattern 6317 contains a transfer
pattern of four motifs averaging
5A by 8A inches; patterns for APP
plique patches; materials needed;
color schemes; illustrations OF
stitches.
To obtain this pattern, send IS
cents in coins to The Sewing Cir
Gle, Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
18th St., New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
Government Spending
Causes Dissatisfaction

Another obvious sentiment shows
a rather amazing dissatisfaction
with continuation of government
spending and the creation of added
debt. With this, of course, is cou-
pied the general fear of added taxes.
1t is quite widespread, this feeling
that some gloomy years are ahead.
While the money flowed as free as
water, there was no lack Of takers.
A change appears to have taken
place, however, and from all quar-
tiers one hears expressions, or ques-
tons, as to how high the taxes will
have to be to pay off even part of
the debt.
A third thing that stands out wher-
ever political leaders talk over the
campaign problems is the matter of
unemployment which, of course, in
cludes the question of whether gov
eminent would not be serving bet
ter if it omitted attempts to "re-
form" business. It sits down to
some of the basic New Deal poll
cies and, say what you will, it is a
red hot subject. 1t remains as a fact
that there were 10 or IL million UNI
employed when Mr.. Roosevelt took
office, and there are at least 10 mil
lion now. Voters are asking, there
fore, whether and how long such a
situation can continue without col
lapse.
All of these questions, it is to be
noted, strike very close to every
voter in one way or another. It
likewise comes within the range of
thought that the man who is elected
next year-man, because no woman
is yet included in the list-will have
tough time satisfying even ma
jority of the people. Just as a rail
fence guess, or maybe it is bunch
anyway, ! believe the next Presi-
dent will be good for only one term.
He will not be popular after four
years. AS further guess, have
an idea that the candidate who will
be elected next year will be the
man who paints the greatest picture
of gloom about the situation.
Released BY Western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

render Danzig, thereby counting
Italo-G German friendship, France
bluntly rejected an Italian. offer to
settle the Mediterranean problem.
Meanwhile both Britain and France
tried with left-handed diplomacy to
make Russia defend Polish integri-
ty. The Soviet took a sensible course,
standing aloof from any commit
ments. Having fred Foreign Com
missar Maxim Litvinov, who had
been leading the treaty converse
tons, Russia gave vacillating
France and Britain a choice: Either
sign double-barrelled military pact
for joint protection of eastern Eu-
ropean nations, or Moscow would
isolate itself and leave the democ-
racies to stew in their own juice.
AS is their wont, Rome and Ber-
lin took advantage of this confusion.
At Milan, Foreign Secretaries
Joachim Won Ribbentrop and Count
Galeazzo Ciano expanded the axis
into an outright military pact which
resulted directly London learned,
from Frances refusal. ito arhitrate
the Mediterranean problem with It
ally.
Adolf Hitler once, wrote Tin Mein
KaniPU that "an alliance, whose
purpose does not include the inten-
ton to wage war is meaningless
and worthless" Observers thought
the new Italo- German pact held that
purpose as q threat which would
have three sorry results for the de-
mocracies::4 W. +A
ID Premier Mussolini would in
tervene IN the Polish-G German quar-
rel just as he did in the Czech crisis
last September, using his nominal
friendship with individual Anglo
French statesmen to help force
plebiscite in Danzig and lead to
repetition of the notorious Munich
settlement. $.A
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
PEOPLE:
Justice Triunsphs

When he took over the justice de-
partment from well-meaning Homer
T. Cummings, Attorney General
Frank Murphy was regarded with
askance for having failed to stop
labor strife while governor of Michi-
gan. After four months in Office,
however, Frank Murphy had prob
ably shown himself one of the most
capable Observation-Disclosures
ever to hold the justice portfolio.
Resigned was New York's Federal
Judge Martin T. Manton, under
grand jury indictment. Also indicted
was Kansas City's longtime Demo-
cratic Boss Thomas Rendergast.
Pending were income tax evasion
cases against Philadelphia Inquirer
Publisher Moses Annenberg and
Chicago Politician Billy Skidmore.
Said Mr.. Murphy to Chicago Daily
News Paul Leach: "The important
thing is that the American peo-
pie have faith in their federal prose-
cution and court machinery !.
There will be no political fixing
while / am attorney general"
q Expected in September, "anoth-
err New Dealer" by 26-year-old Mrs.
Harold u. Ickes, wife of the 65-year-
old secretary of the interior.
q Nominated as ambassador to Ar
gentina, 53-year-old Norman Arm
our, currently ambassador to Chile.
formerly minister to Canada and q
career diplomat since he. went to
Vienna in 1912.
q Reported dead in Nazi concen-
tration camp near Vienna, Duke
Ernst Hohenberg, second son Of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose
assassination at Sarajevo in 1914
started the World war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
LABOR:
FDR Dog House

In 1922 half million u. s. coal
miners struck from April / to Sep
tember 6. In 1889 about 100000 soft
coal miners went out again, not to
celebrate a seventeenth anniversary
but because c. I. O.'s John L. Lewis
ordered it. Reason: C. I. O.'s United
Mine Workers demanded a closed
shop to protect itself against threat
ened '.raids'' by a rival A.. F. of l..
union. Guided by U. S. Conciliator
John r.. Steelman, employers and
G. I. O. representatives argued one
month I'd a stalemate, operators Of
fering as their 'final' proposal a
checkoff system under which mines
would remain an open shop but dues
would be levied against both union
and non-union workers. c. I. o. re-
jected this and by May some AGO.
600 workers were idle. Meanwhile
the nation faced it's worst coal short
age since 1922.
Pressed by public opinion, Presi-
dent Roosevelt finally decided his
conciliator should get tough. Lee
tured Mr.. Steelman to weary con-
ferees: ~ insist that you bring this
matter to a civilized conclusion. It
i'll behooves grown men to Sc
riously contemplate open warfare
The American public will not
stand for a state of instruction
brought about by an industry involv-
ing a vital minority of our popula-
ton"
A few days later settlement APP
peared imminent; certainly not per-
manent, but the simple type of set
Element John Lewis has offered all
along and which thus far had re-
ceived no consideration. Four times
before the 1899 contract expired,
U. M. w. A. proposed that it be ex-
tended until new agreement could
be drawn up. Only hitch is that by
sponsoring such a temporary truce
obviously in. public INTEREST," the
President is unavoidably siding with
c. I. o. against employees. Already
in the dog house so far as business
is concerned, this would hardly win
him any friends.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

by the rank and file of the party or
by Republican warehouses as hav-
ing any greater rights than others.
And by the same token, the Roose-
welt leadership complexities the
Democratic picture. Since he has
stated with great frequency and with
an emphasis that cannot be denied
that "there is no turning back" he
can be regarded as determined to
insist upon selection of a Democrat
ic candidate-either himself or
someone else-next year who will
push the New Deal forward. And
that position, boys and girls, is what
the old line faction of the party seem
determined now to overturn. AS
matter of cold fact, it appears from
all of the information available to
me that Mr.: Roosevelt's determina-
ton on this point is really the fun
damental basis for the current cam
yon between the New Dealers and
the old liners. Again, none can fore
tell how far it will go; but it can be
said without equivocation that if that
schism continues up to the 1910
nominating conventions, the 1924
convention fight between William
Gibbs McAdoo and AL Smith will
appear as tea party. This bitter
ness can be just as deep seated as
that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
Bruckart's Washington Digest
Early Political Activity Presages
Bitter 1910 Presidential Campaign
Widespread Movement Away From New Deal Philosophy Of
Government Worries Democratic Leaders, Popu.
larity Of President Yet to Be Evaluated.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington, d. C.

VXTASHINGTON.-The seems to
w be no doubt that the political
mill for 1910 has begun to grind
earlier than has happened in al
most any modern time. Politicians
and political forecasters, alike,
agree that the activity, the advance
agents of the 1910 campaign with its
national conventions and presiden-
tial nominations and national cleo
tions, is evident now to greater
extent than has been recorded in
almost any other quadrennial Pc
riod.
It is to be recognized, of course,
that there would be more intensive
effort in advance of the 1910 cleo
tions than occurred prior to the 1886
national elections because, presum-
ably at least, both great political
parties will be sorting over the can
didates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
How Women
in Their 4O's
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during her
change usually from 38 to 52), who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, hrs. sleep and If you
need good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for scomen. It helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change of life. WE'LL
WORTH TRYING!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
NORTH CAROLINA:
Discovery?

In the late Sixteenth century Sir
Walter Raleigh developed a light
war vessel called the cromster, de-
scribed in Henry Culver-Gordon
Grants Book OF Old Ships. After a
1908 storm, one A. w. Drinkwater
walked down the sands of North
Cardinals Roanoke island and found
the hulk of a ship barely jutting
out of the sand. This spring came
another storm, barring more of the
vessel to watchful Mr.. Drinkwater.
One hundred CCC youths bent to
their shovels, excavated the hulk
and found what Mr.. Drinkwater and
the Roanoke Island Historical asso-
citation thought was an important
discovery. Recalled was Sir Wal
ter's famous 'lost colony" which
disappeared there in 1884. Since the
newly discovered boat checked per-
fectly with measurements of a Raj
eigh cromster, might the long-buried
ship have some connection with the
lost colonists?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

(2) AS his reward, Mussolini would
win German help in breaking up
Yugoslavia, now torn by southern
Serb and northern Croat autonomy
moves which are strongly reminis-
cent of the late Czecho-Slovakia's
troubles. Marching in to keep
peace" and expand his political do
main, Mussolini would add to the
Balkan domination he began by seiz-
ing Albania. s
(3) Another reward would be re-
emphasis of Germany's promise to
help Italy win Mediterranean claims
from France, including a free port
at Djibouti in French Somaliland,
domination over the Djibouti-Addis
Ababa railroad, joint control over
the Suez canal and an adjustment
regarding Italians in French. Tu-
nisia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
Small G. o. P. Machines
Demand Recognition

It should not be overlooked, how
ever, that there is hair-pulling in
prospect on the Republican side as
well. 1t extends down to the grass
roots because of individual thinking
that has been taking place. This
condition results through lack of
federal political machine. Dozens
of small machines have been Wag-
ging their own tails for so long
that they now are demanding rec=
ognition from the brass hats at the
top.
Further, since there is a growing
belief that the Republican presiden-
tial nomination in 1910 is worth
something that is, that the Repub-
licans have a chance after eight
years of political drouth-there is an
extraordinary crop of favorite sons
coming forward.
Concerning the prospective CAM
paign, itself, there again is that I'M
certainty about Mr.. Roosevelt's per-
sonal popularity, about the prestige
he has or will be able to lend to the
mantle bearer of the Democratic
party. There is likewise the ques-
ton as to how much of the New
Deal ought to be discarded and how
much ought to be kept, and it is not
an easy decision to make.
There is, for instance, no ques-
ton in my mind but that voters
everywhere are getting disguised
with too much government. do
not mean to infer that they are unan-
imous. But the evidence cumulates
that the federal government is en-
gaging in too many functions; that
it is invading private rights too far;
that its general scope is beyond what
government was designed to be, and
that more and more people are say
ing "there ought to be some laws
repealed rather than that "there
ought to be q law"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
ASIA:
Up the RiUer

Twenty-Five months ago China's
capital was Marking. japanese ag-
gression pushed it westward up the
Yangtze to Hankow, next backward
into Szechwan province and the an
cient walled city Of Chungking. Play
ing retreating game, Gen. Chang
Kai-shek knows that the deeper he
can draw Japan into his bailiwick,
the easier will China s resistance be.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
SCIENCE:
atomic P0tCer

\ Albert Einstein once said that to
find the nucleus Of an atom was like
going out on your porch some dark
evening and firing gun in the hope
Of hitting duck. A few years later
science developed atom smashers
which turn out neutrons (uncharged
particles in the atoms nucleus) with
little trouble. BY bombarding new
element called uranium with neu-
irons, scientists disintegrate urani-
UNI and get another element, actino-
uranium. Bombardment of this with
neutrons produces more neutrons
and thus creates an endless chain
of explosive power.
Thus, said the University of Chi
cago's DR.. A. H. Compton, is the
long-sought goal of atomic power be-