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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
The Lureher Dog

According to Webster, lurcher
is a poacher. Consequently any
dog that aids his master in bagging
game on land where hunting is for
hidden is called a 1urcher. Lur-
cheers are frequently found near es-
tates in England where game is
plentiful and hunting forbidden ex-
cept for the owner and his guests.
The favorite dog with the poacher
Is usually a cross between a collie
and a greyhound because a speedy
and silent retrieve of the game il
essential to the poacher if he is to
stay out Of jail. Lurchers work in
peril since, while they are faithful
to lawbreaking masters, they are
apt to be shot on sight by game
keepers of the estates they poach
on.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07

@. am going to accept position
with United States firm in thei1
Branch office In Central America.
Will l need a social security account
number while working for this firm
in their branch office In q foreign
country?
A. No. If the work you do Is done
entirely outside the United States
you would not be covered by old
age provisions of the Social Security
Act.
@. 1 heard two men arguing the
other day about the number of en-
ployees firm must have before 1t is
subject to the old-age insurnce pro-
visions of the Social Security Act.
One of the men said he had been
offered two jobs and he thought he
should take the job that would en-
abled him to have a social security
account. He seemed to think that q
company having less than eight en-
ployees is not covered by the Social
Security Act at all. The other man
said that the law applies to any in
dustrial plant or business firm even
though 1t has only one employee.
Which one was right?
A. There has been considerable
misunderstanding in regard to the
number of employees. A business
having less than eight employees Is
exempt from taxation under most
State unemployment compensation
laws. But under the taxing provi-
sions of Title VIII of the Social Sc
curity Act, which relate to old-age
insurance, it makes no difference
whether covered employer has one.
ten, or a hundred employees, he is
required to pay tax on the wages of
every worker in his establishment
under the age of IS.
@. My husband worked for two
years after the Social Security Act
became effective, and one percent of
his salary was deducted every week
from his wages for old-age insur-
ance. However, he was unemployed
for two months before he died. am
wondering whether or not 1t will be
possible to collect his old-age insur-
ance benefits now, since he was I'M
employed before he died?
A. You should go to the nearest
Field Office of the Social Security
Board and file claim for the old-age
insurance lump-sum benefits due
under your husbands social secur-
ity account. The fact that he was
unemployed for two months before
his death does not affect the lump
sum payment due, expect that If he
had worked two more months, the
m punt of the payment due.
would be little larger. When fill
ing claim for benefits due under
your husbands social security ac-
count, you should give his social
security account number and the
name of the firm, or firms. for
whom he worked during the time
he was covered by old-age insurance
provisions of the Social Security Act.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
Name Sylvester of Latin
Origin. Authority Saws

The name Sylvester, sometimes
spelled with an for the second let
ter, is Of Latin origin and means
forest dweller," "of the woods" or,
in general sense, country Bred"
This name has been borne by two
popes, in the Fourth and Tenth CEN
turtles, and by two anti-popes (elect-
ed in opposition to those regularly
chosen) in the Eleventh and Twelfth
centuries, according to Florence A.
Cowles in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
DR.. Sylvester Gardiner (17O7-86)
helped to colonize a part of Maine
and the city of Gardiner, Maine, is
named for him. He was loyalist
during the Revolutionary war and
removed to Halifax and later to
England, being one of those who
were prescribed in 1878. But he re-
turned to America about a year be-
fore his death. To him goes credit
for introducing incubation for
smallpox.
Sylvester Graham (1794-1851) was
a New England Presbyterian min
lister, temperance lecturer and an
advocate of vegetarianism. His
theory was that a diet of vegeta-
bles prevented craving for liquor,
and he recommended using an un-
bolted wheat flour for bread. Gra-
ham flour and bread perpetuate his
name.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
GOV. o'CONoR COMMENDED
FOR APPOINTMENT

Annapolis, June 30-GOvernor
Herbert R. O'Conor was notified to-
day by the Maryland State Game and
Fish Protective Association that a
resolution had been adopted by its
Executive Committee, commencing
him on his selection for the newly
created Maryland State Game and
Inland Fish Commission.
The notification, signed by Sec
rotary Harold Smith Komer, con-
graduated Governor O'Conor on the
high standard of his appointments
and offered him the support Of the
Association in his plans for the re-
Of conservation through
out the State. The new commission
members are Garner w. Denmead,
chairman. William II. Labrot. s..
Scott Beck. Jr., James II. Gamhriu
and Eglsher z. Smith
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
AMERICAS OLDEST BAND

Older than our National Capital,
the United States Marine Band will
celebrate its birthday on July IL,
completing 141 years in the service
of the nation.
Established in 1898, the band
was already two years old when 1t
set out from Philadelphia to the
new capital at Washington, travel
ing most Of the way afoot, while its
instruments and supplies were haul
ed over deeply-rutted roads and
dusty trails. The journey took two
weeks.
Arriving in the capital in July,
1900, it gave it's first concert few
weeks later. At that time the tiny
group of musicians could muster no
more than two obes, two clarinets,
two French horns, a bassoon and a
drum. Today the bands authorized
strength is sixty-seven members.
Their first and subsequent con-
certs did much to chase the gloom
from the Capital City, which at that
time was little more than a. spawl-
ing group of log cabins in wilder
ness. But as the city grew, the band
grew with 1t until today Washing
ton is one of the show cities of
America, while the band Is the equal
of any musical organization of its
kind in the country.
Thomas Jefferson, often called
the godfather of the band, heard and
appreciated it's music. 1t has played
so often at Official functions that it
is sometimes referred to as "The
Presidents own"
Beaus and bellies Of bygone era
danced to it's stately minuets. White
House weddings were enlivened by
it's presence. On more solemn occa-
sions it played final requiem for
Presid Tents Harrison, Taylor,
Lincoln, Garfield, Mckinley and
Harding.
During the seven score years of
it's existance, it has written its own
harmonious page in the musical his
tory of our country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
Use of the Chile Wheel

The only "Chile Wheel south Of
Sonora is on the Nelson mining
claim in the Greenhorn mountains,
SO miles east of Bakersfield and two
miles east of the Oak Flat ranger
station, says the Los Angeles Times.
It was used1to crush gold-bearing
quartz and was introduced into Cali
fornia by Chilean miners, hence the
name. An upright was fitted into
a square hole and atop this was a
beam with wheel on one end. To
the other end was hitched a horse
or mule, which moved the wheel
around in q rock-lined circular
trench with a sort of rocker move
ment. This wheel is of granite
and is six feet in diameter, nine
inches in thickness at the rim and
IA inches in thickness at the hub.
1t weighs approximately $500
pounds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
Banana Tree Dwarfed to
Facilitate Harvesting

A banana stree" will grow to a
height Of 30 feet, and with leaves 10
feet long, but on plantations 1t is
kept much shorter to facilitate har-
vesting. Bananas are a commercial
proposition to grow, for on the land
required to grow a hundred pounds
Of potatoes you can grow as much
as four thousand pounds Of bananas,
notes writer In London Answers
Magazine.
Apart from this, the plants need
very little attention and little effort
Is necessary to cultivate further
trunks.
The fruit we know can either be
eaten fresh or in dried state; bev-
erages are also made from bananas,
and the dried fruit can be ground
into an excellent flour. In the trop-
ical countries where the plant is
cultivated, the ten-foot leaves are
used for matching roofs.
The common banana we eat
grows on a tree which is only one
of family. In East Africa, one
variety grows fruit to the tre-
mendous size of two feet long and
about nine or ten inches round, but
it only grows one to every bunch
of the other tree, and the fruit has
to be cooked.
Another member of the same FAM
lily gives us the famous Manila
hemp, which is made from the fibers
in the leaves.
After only a short history, the ba-
mana has become Britain's most
popular fruit food, imports jumping
about 70 per cent even in the last
nine years. Unlike apples, lemons,
and oranges, which are often con-
sumed in cooked and liquid forms,
the banana is mostly eaten in its
natural state.
By the way, no banana trees have
been grown from seed in living
memory. It has been so scientifi-
cally cultivated that seeds aren't
necessary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
INTEVENTED JAPANESE TAXI

Thousands of coolies trot between
the shafts of jinrikishas on the
streets of Japan, China and Singa-
pore to earn a few cents day. Yet,
strange as it may seem, these two
wheeled taxis are the invention of
a U. S. Marine.
1t came about in this fashion.
Private jonathan Goble was men,
Der of the u S. Marine detachment
on the U. S. S. Susquehanna, one
of the ships with Commodore PerTy's
fleet which visited Japan in 1854.
A native of New York State, Goble
had followed the occupation of
farmer before he entered the Mar
inc Corps in 1851 at the age Of
twenty-four, remaining in the SER
vice about four years.
Perhaps Goble conceived his idea
of the ricksha when he was abroad
with Perry, but it was some years
later, after he had returned to ia
pan as a missionary, that he sug-
gested to the japanese his idea of
making these enlarged go-carts a
means of conveyance.
Goble was deeply religious, and
his return to Nippon was prompted
by desire to instruct the Japanese
in Christian beliefs. The first rick
sha made its appearance in Japan
about 1867, and subsequently its
use spread rapidly to other Oriental
countries.
Inazo Nitobe, Japanese histor-
ian. credited the ex-marine with the
invention of the ricksha, an opinion
which has been confirmed by other
historians. Ellis thought" wrote
Nitobe, resulted in the so-called
man-power carriage"
Regardless of this odd vehicles
comparative convenience and COM
fort, the lot of a ricksha puller is
not a happy OH 81 thousand
ricksha coolies earn precarious
livelihood in Shanghai alone, their
incomes sometimes averaging less
than $500 month, while the death
rate among them Is high.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07

The tax bill that passed the low
er House of Congress furnished a
few crumbs of comfort, by the re-
peal Of the undistributed profits tax.
This may have helped business
psychology" even though the levy
of 1S per cent on large corporations
is expected to keep the total tax
structure up close to the old levels.
A congress that is pledged to eco
nomy and then votes to appropriate
record amount of the taxpayers
money-which is the record of this
Congress-hasn't fiddlers chance
to give the public real tax relief,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
yitterbug Bees

If you see honeybee doing the
hula-hula, prick up your ears and
maybe you'll hear some gossip hot
from the hive, says Country Home
Magazine. Scientists have discov-
cred that bees don't talk with the
buzz Of their wings, but with the
movements Of their bodies. Ac-
cording to DR.. j. E. Eckert, bee
specialist at the University of Cali
fornia, there's word for every wig
gle. Most of the bees fluctuations,
performed in the air, tell other bees
where to locate q new supply ef
food
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
OLD AGE INSURANCE

The defeat of the Townsend plan
seems to have strengthened the de-
termination of Congress to increase
the benefits of Government Social
Security legislation SO that people
over SIS years Of age will be able to
retire by the aid Of public benefits
yanging from $40 g sac q month
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
EffectiveP Printing

means good type, good presses, good
workmen and good paper. We have the
equipment and the workmen for you, and
use Hammermill grades of bond, safety
and cover papers. Let Us show you
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
wore Prince AIberts

In the nifty nineties," most
United States senators wore Prince
Alberts. The frock coat was SYM
boil of craftsmanship and beard
was the mark of a man of maturity
and substance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07
used Cave for GLASS Work

The first glass maker in Scotland
was George Hay (1566-1625). He
took advantage of a peculiarly
formed cave at Wemyss. on the Fife
coast, and set up his furnace there
in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07

Watches Once Small Clocks
Watches originally were small
clocks and were worn hung from
the girdle because they were too
large for the pocket.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07

Left, the meau telephone cable linking the West
era and Eastern Shores of Maryland being losc-
cred into the Chesapeake Boy from the cable ship
"Lidiv." Large barrel-like object on cable is
loading coil. Below, general view of the cable
laying operations. The cable, Topped in figure
Fights ON the barge, can be seen paying off the
stern, Uhile the "Lidiv' folloaUs closely.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-07-07

First Plows of Tree Branches
The first farm plows were made
of crooked tree branches and
worked by man power,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
BALL

RALEIGH, N. c. = Those who
consider football rough should
watch North Carolina Cherokee
Indians play stickball.
The players are shoeless and
only wear shorts. A hickory nut
is used for ball.
After the ball" Is tossed to the
center of the field by the referee
the participants try to pick the
nut from the ground with two
little rackets and run with it.
The nut may be passed, carried,
thrown or knocked with one Of the
rackets. II is legal to run with the
nut in the mouth but the carrier
may be tackled, choked or hit with
the fist.
The nut carrier may be aided
by his mates, who can knock
would-be tacklers from his path
with their rackets.
There are no substitutions. II
a man is forced from the game
the opposing team merely drops a
player to make the sides even.
A foul is called only when a
player picks up the nut with his
hands.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
HorreH Practices
New Grid Tricks

Los ANGELES-Coach b a b G
Horrell put the U. c. L. A. Bruins
through light offensive drill to-
day with the accent on several
new plays devised for the Santa
Clara game which will be played
after this weeks bye. Jackie Rob-
inson, speedy Negro hslfback who
snstched three games out of the
fire for the Bruins this season,
continued to stand on the side
lines with a bruised knee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10

Counsel for Annenberg contend
ed the government had not yet
proved Annenberg's service was a
lottery.
In refusing TO halt discon-
tinuancc of wire service to
Illinois handbooks, scheduled
to be effective at noon tomor-
row, Judge Wilkcrson said
"the facts are that the phone
service Is SO connected that IL
contributed TO n violation Of
the Illinois law"
The service rendered by Illinois
Bell Is a direct wire connection
between nationwide news service,
Annenberg's information setup. and
handbooks where bets are laid.
THE court would not be war
ranted in granting even a tenn
porary injunction" in the Bell case,
Wilkerson said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS
WIRE RACE SERVICE END

CHICAGO-Federal Judge James
II. Wilkerson yesterday ordered
communications companies to dis
continue serving M. L. Annenberg's
horse race information service
everywhere except in Illinois.
Two rulings had that effect.
They were:
1. He denied an appeal by coun-
sci for Annenberg. Philadelphia
publisher. for a temporary re-
straining order and injunction to
prevent the Illinois Bell company
from cutting off wires In compli-
ancc with warning by federal
and state prosecutors.
2. He granted n temporary
restraining order against the
A. 7. & T. which compels the
company TO maintain Its wire
service to the Annenberg en-
terprises under n bond posted
by Annenberg rs guarantee
to the company against prose-
cution for abetting a lottery.
The action was outgrowth of a
warning which u. s. District At
torney William J. Campbell and
Cook County States Attorney
Thomas J. Courtney gave the
communications companies last
week.
Informed that they faced prose
cution for aiding lottery lbet-
ting on horse races), the CON-
panies announced they would with
draw service to the Annenberg
firms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
IDAHO FALLS
LANDS BERTH

IDAHO FALLS, Ida.-Entrance
of Idaho Falls in the Pioneer Base
ball league with a team sponsored
by the New York Yankees in 1910
was assured last night when
Mayor Chase Clark signed a con-
tract with S. w. Collins for trans
fer of the Lewiston, Ida, fran
chise.
Lewiston was eliminated from
the league by action of the execu-
tive committee because it was too
far from other member cities.
League officials must now ap-
prove the transfer OF franchise.
which they already have indicated
they would do,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
Tigers Adopt
Swim System

With approximately so candi-
dates turning out, the Stadium
swimming team. defending city
and Western Washington Prep
Swimming league titlist, is trying
something new these days.
Daily practices, under Coach
Vincent Reyes. are planned for the
next few weeks, but not one Of
the swimmers will get in the
schools swimming tank until
December.
It's n new wrinkle In train
ing swimming teams for
mula practlced at the Mer-
cersburg Academy In Penn
sylvania, which holds all but
two of the nations prep school
tank records.
Each day, team candidates will
begin their workout with rope
skipping, then four times around
the Stadium running track. and,
finally, rigorous workouts in the
gymnasium on the horizontal bar
and with chest weights.
And. until December. that1l be
the daily routine; not once will
the swimming team practice SWIM
ming. Reyes says such training
has worked miracles at MERGERS
burg and believes IL is worth a
try. at least.
Bliss Croft, diving artist on
last years squad, but In
eligible to compete this year,
will act as Reyes assistant
during the season.
Lettermen returning include Ed
Hopper, Dick Malott, Harry Hes
cox, Bob Montgomery, Jack Ora
ham and Dean Daughtry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
Stanford Cridmen
Take Things Easy

fAI1O ALTO, Calif.-The STAN
ford university Indians went back
to fundamentals today. Drills and
light scimmages were scheduled
for the remainder of the week.
Stan Andersen. tackle. was named
permanent captain for the rest Of
the season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
Babe May Bench His Full Team

OF Cougar training laxity. Holling-
berry said Jordan and Rish would
replace Brown and Senuty at the
flank positions-making total of
four changes in the forward wall
before the Idaho game Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
Naranche to Lead
Montana Attack

MISSOULA, Mont - ESQ Ma
rancho, 2l0-pound back for the
University of Montana football
team, was being groomed today
by Coach Doug Fessenden to pro-
vide power for Montana's ground
attack when they play Gonzaga in
a homecoming football game here
Saturday. Montana gridders Ed
Hudacek, Red Bryan and "Boney"
Gorton. injured earlier In the sea-
son. are expected to be in the
starting lineup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
IN FUELMEN TAKE OVER LEAD IN HOCKEY COMPETITION
GANG FROM GARY

GARY, Ind.-Horace Mann Him
school and other Gary prepare
tory institutions are represented
this season on % major college
football squads from coast to
coast. Six members of the Tu-
lane varsity hail from Indiana's
steel city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10

PULLMAN - Coach Babe Holl-
ingbery indicated today the IL
first stringers Of the Washington
State squad may be benehed in
favor OF the reserves as q result
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10
Hunters Draw
For Elk Kill

BOISE-The Idaho game de-
partment win hold n drawing
ON the slaughter Of $50 elk by
hunters on the PocateIlo game
preserve. Friday ut l p. m,
Game Director Owen Morris
said today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-10

BOSrON--Joe Lewis. five times
national senior foils champion. has
turned professional to coach fenc-
ing At Massachusetts, institute Of
Technology. He was . member Of
three Olympic teams and captain
Of the ~. !. 7. squad In 1886.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-20
Sacs Tumble
Angels, AZ;
Padres Annex
By UNITED PRESS

Sacramento was perched on the
third limp from the top of the
Pacific Coast lesgue tree today and
climbing like a simian to which had
been applied the hot foot.
The SacS made it l6 wins out OF
the last Is games when they down.
ed Los Angeles, 4-2, last night be-
hind the seven hit pitching of Tony
FreitaS, whose adracadabra ball us
ually works most effectively against
San Francisco.
San Diego dropped San Francis
CO into the fourth spot with Az
win, with Lou Koupal the victim.
Ed Stutz, who relieved him, was
good but Joe Gonzales was gooder,
as San Francisco nut house man
advertises.
Seattle increased its leadership
over Los Angeles to game and a
half by trimming Oakland, 81.
Hollywood and Portland, who ap-
pear just about to drop through the
bottom into the Western Interna-
tional league, split doubleheader.
The Stars took the first, 7-6 with
a ninth inning rally, but succumbed
80 in the second to Ad Liska S
five hit pitching.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-20
Todays Sports Parade

character, his outward softness,
makes a mighty baseball intellect.
Students of such things say that
in his head Terry has more brain
cells than any baseball manager in
history, and Terry, probbly to pre-
vent a discussion that would offend
his modesty, has never denied it.
In a way, those of us who love
and adore Terry should be glad that
that the Giants are in such dire
straits. Because the situation will
afford Terry the opportunity to
show, once and for all, his vast
baseball powers For the first time
he will pe able to master mind at
full tilt. Fer the first time he will
have the opportunity to prove that
it Is not the players who make a
winning team, but the skill and sa-
gacity of the manager.
1t has long been Terry's belief
that there were 70 breaks in base
ball other than those created by the
men themselves. He has always dis
counted luck.
Come, Sweet William, and prove
to those scant few who don't class
you as baseball's mightiest manager
that you are. Don't let us down
Win that pennant-or else!