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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
SYNOPSIS

Captain Carl Norwood has been sent from
his native England to the Kadur River dis
trict in India, along with his indispensable
manservant, Moses O'Leary, soldier Of for
tune. Norwood's Job is to survey the dis.
trict to determine whether valuable secret
diamond mine belongs to the temple priests
or to the ruler, the Maharajah OF Kadur.
Norwood calls on the British Residency to
nav his initial respects. On his way he
catches glimpse of two women in palace
carriage, one Of whom Is young and beauti-
full The other woman he knows to be the
Maharanee of Kadur. O'Leary later tells
him that the young woman is an American
girl named Lynn Harding, who with her
aunt, Mrs Deborah Harding. is guest at
the palace. On a sightseeing tour Mrs.
Harding sprains an ankle, and sends to the
palace for aid. Prince Rundhia, handsome.
spoiled nephew of the rulers. comes to her
rescue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
By TALBOT MUNDY

fast as Lynn. And then Rundhia
stood in the way, smiling, careful
not to embarrass Lynn with gallan-
try.
"Nothing," he said in English, to
the Maharanee. "a twisted ankle.
A bruise. A little badly shaken l
believe. My doctor is attending to
her. Won't you introduce me to the
goddess?"
The Maharanee purred. She un-
yelled her face. She put her arm
around her lamplit protegee:
Lynn darling, this is my nephew
Prince Rundhia. He is bad boy,
but I do hope you will like each
other. Rundhia, this is Miss Lynn
Harding, who is teaching me how
Americans do things; and am hav-
ing such fun pretending she is one of
us. I wish she were! Oh, how !
wish it."
Presently, when the doctor came
out, Rundhia eyed him in the lamp
light with stare that made the
Bengal finch. He did his best to
look like confidential, dignified re-
tainer, but it didn't work. Aunty had
broken his dignity, and his fear of
the Prince had no covering left. He
almost stammered:
Nothing broken. Tape-iodine-
bandages. She will soon recover. "
He made sudden, nervous effort to
regain the feeling of being impor-
tant and on the inside of events.
''Have you heard that Captain Nor
wood, of the Royal Engineers, has
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17

arrived? He is in camp outside the
city"
Rundhia looked startled. The doc
tor continued:
''He has with him an Eurasian
named Moses O'Leary who, they
say, already is poking his ugly nose
into what is none of his business.
Lynn Harding stood examining the
Rolls-Royce. She was quite used to
luxury, but even Hollywood owned
nothing like that thing. Its gadgets
and gold-plated adornments were a
sufficiently good excuse for giving
Aunty's temper time to cool off. So
she fingered, letting the Maharanee
go alone, into the guesthouse. Alone
ness, of course, included three serv-
ants, but Maharanee is lucky
who endures only six eyes to watch
what she does, and six ears to hear
what she says. Lynn could not hear
what Prince Rundhia was saying to
the doctor, but he was doing all the
talking and she felt fairly sure that
he was talking about her.
He strobe toward her looking as
deadly self-assured as Mephistophe-
les. Lynn fell on guard.
"You win," said Rundhia.
swim what?"
Whatever you came for"
II came for good time"
"Uh-uh? Been having it?"
"Yes. Your aunt has been con-
Quoting me into Indian mysteries"
''We have none," said Rundhia.
I'VE are an open book. We are
three hundred and fifty million peo-
pie, every single one of whom car
ries his heart on his sleeve. You
are the mystery. Have you a heart?
Where is it?"
Lynn laughed: SIS that any of
your business?"
''Of course it's my business"
''Why?" s
Because you are the most beauti-
full mystery ] have ever seen. Ev-
cry mystery is an invitation to find
the right key"
"Oh, are you a detective?"
"You bet I am. I've detected
your cruelty. You intend to keep
me guessing. ! can't endure it."
Lynn laughed again: "Should !
pity your"
mo. Pity and compassion are
the twin curses of India. We're so
compassionate to one another that
we hate one another for not being
even more miserable than we are,
so as to be able to mop up greater
floods Of useless pity"
$50 you're an iron mann"
''No-nor q jellyfish. ! have a
leathery disposition, due to talents
that have dried from lack Of use."
"Oh, are you 1azy?"
mo. Iron has entered into me.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17

M UGH is being written currently
- in comparison of the intellec-
tual climate of America today with
that Of the immediate prnxuar no
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
Isn't This Why
You Are Constipated ?

What do you eat for breakfast?
Coffee, toast, maybe some eggs?
What do you eat for lunch and
dinner? White bread, meat, pota-
toes? It's little aDonder you're con-
stip1ted. You probably don't eat
enough "bnlk." And "bulk"
doesn't mean the amount you
eat. It's a kind Of food that forms
q soft bulky" mass In the intes-
tines and helps a movement. Il
this is your trouble, may we sug-
gest o erunchy toasted cereal
Kellogg's All-BrGn-for breakfast.
All-Bran Is q natural food, not a
medicine - but it's particularly
rich in "bulk." Being so, it can
help you not only to get regular
but to keep regular. You won't
have to endure constipation, you
can Gvoid it. Eat All-Bran daily,
drink plenty Of water, and life
will be brighter for you! Made by
Kellogg's in Battle Creek.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
Now for the Mirror
And Old Piano Stool
By RUTH wYETH SPEARS

HE illustration shows what be-
= came Of the mirror and piano
stool which the bride had left over
last week. To the mirror and
stool were added two wooden
boxes from the grocery. These
were placed on end about 18
inches apart and a shelf of "
inch pine screwed to the top. A
frame was then screwed to the
back of the boxes as shown here
A curtain rod was placed across
the top and the mirror hung
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17

COMPARISONS are dangerous,
~ but it would appear that Walter
A. Wood, wearing the colors of the
American Geographical society, has
Intrepid Climber r &c e away = y
Maps Peaks of mountai in
Elias Mountains su,aa ~ = ! a 9
His currently reported achievement
in mapping the peaks of the Elias
mountain range in the Yukon terri
tory caps a list of hazardous assign
ments of the last six years, in most
of which Mrs. Wood has shared.
Last March, he led several
4 companions up 19,0O0-foot peak
in the Alpine jungles Of the ST.
ezra Nevada de Santa Marta
range in Colombia. -..l
With the Louis Boyd expedition to
east Greenland in 1888, Mr.. Wood
has traversed many countries, in the
last six years, on research missions
for the American Geographical so
ciety. "t
consolidated Features-wNu serviesJ
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
Use All but Whale Spout

The Japanese use all parts Of
the whale, instead of the blubber
only, selling the best meat to those
who cannot afford beef, making
the scraps into cattle and chicken
food and the blood into fertilizer.
Consequently, large blue whales;
which once sold for, approximately
$40, now bring around $4,000. Col
lier's. ..., sF,,a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are. an
effective laxative. Sugar coated,
Children like them. Buy nowl-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-17
Alone i'm Poverty

AIUHC III T.UV6TIy ~ w
Whilst you are prosperous, you
can number many friends, but
when the storm comes, you are
left a1one.-Ovid.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
Two British
 Trawlers Are Sunk by Subs

LONDON, Sept. 19 (P, - The grim duel between British ship ping and naval power and Ger man submarines continued with the official announcement that 2 British traWlers, the Lord Minto and the Arlita were sunk but that three other merchant vessels eluded the subs.
 Britain's losses since the begin ming of the war were set at ap- proximately thirty vessels.
 The Admiraltys announcement that 681 survivors of the Courag eous were accounted for, left 579 still missing but naval au- thorities insisted there is still some hope that the actual num- Der aboard might have been con siderably below 1260.
 The Admiralty gave no details of the trawler sinking beyond saying that the crews were res cued. A third trawler, the 3390- ton Baron Lovat, one of the three vessels that the Admiralty announced eluded the subs, crew came ashore at Greenock, Scot land with stories how they dodg ed gunfire of a sub off the Irish coast. They later heard an ex- posion which they believed to have destroyed the submarine.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
Britain Still
 Determined To Fight Germany

LONDON, Sept. 20 lH) Pre- mier Chamberlain declared that no threats could deter Britain and her allies from achieving their war aims but What we will not do is rush into ad- vances that offer little prospect of success With the obvious pur pose of allaying public anxiety as to whether the Western allies were striking vigorously enough against Germany, Chamberlain declared in the House of Com mons There is no sacrifice from which we will shrink, there is no operation we will not undertake provided our responsible advisors and our allies and ourselves are convinced it would make an ap propriate contribution toward victory"
 In reply to Hitler's Danzig speech, Chamberlain said Brit aims general war purpose was to redeem Europe from the perpet ual fear of German aggression and to enable the peoples of Flu rope to preserve their independ ence and liberty"
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
Hitler Is Ready Continue War Long As Has To

DANZIG. Sept 19 (F) Hitler emphasized that We have no war intentions against either England or France. Germany seeks ony to achieve lasting peace. Russia and Germany will settle this Polish situation and this will result in the removal of tension" he declared. HoweV- CT, he expressed determination to continue the war as long as he is forced to, saying that the word surrender will not be uttered nor at the end of the sixth or seventh year.
 He shouted the generation of today is not generating Bethman HollWeg." Earlier he said Ger many today is no longer coun try to which an ultimatum can be dictated" We will give them bomb against bomb, and not only one but five hundred bombs
 Reviewing the events leading up to Germany's invasion of Po- land, Hitler. in an international broadcast carried to the United States by NBS, welcomed Dan zig back to the Reich. He said that the state of affairs had be- come impossible in September after he believed in August il would be possible to come to an understanding He said he suffer ed much from Poland in the past six years but he had not sent them an ultimatum. Citing the attempts of Mussolini to bring peace and full settlement of the dispute. he said England in- terevened. Then he shouted: England sent an ultimatum to Germany but the day is past when anyone can send an ulti- matum to the Reich"
 Hitler said he earlier attempt ed to find a reasonable solution to the problem" but indicated it became impossible with the death of Marshal PilSudski.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
Delegate Dimond Goes To Capital Attend Session

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (P)- Delegate Anthony Dimond came 5000 miles to attend the special session of Congress despite the fact that he cant vote on the vita neutrality question.
 Dimond said: When l left the Territory most of the Alaskans were of the opinion that the arms embargo should be repeal ed or broadened to include all products tha. are moving abroad The people can see no excuse for the United States to get into the war and feel 1t is friVoulous to invite trouble by a partial arms embargo They want com plete embargo or none at all with shipments placed on a cash and carry basis
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
Lithuania Helps In The Division Of Poland

UNDATED, Sept. 20 (H1 - A bitter war of words between Ger many and Britain accompanied the conflict on Europe's battle field as Warsaw held out against the thirteenth day of the German seige. On the. western front France said "the night was calm" except for enemy artillery activ ity East of the Blies River. On the eastern front Germany re- ported the capture of 105,000 pri soners, continuing their progress of wiping out Polish resistance.
 Describing a severe German bombardment of central Warsaw a Polish communique broadcast said the Polish capitol would re- sist with confidence in our great allies France and Britain. !"
 Soviet troops are driving in to occupy Polish Ukraine and the White Russian provinces. They blocked the entire Polish -Ruman ian frontier A Moscow commun ique reported the occupation of LWow in southeastern Poland in addition to Wilma in the north east which was reported taken yesterday. In connection with the occupation of Wilma, Tass, the of ficial news agency said Lithuan- ia was cooperating with Russia in marking the new frontier. The Lithuanians consider Wilma, occupied by Poland in 1920 as their ancient capitol
 The word war was continued by Britain with an Information Ministry statement replying to Hitler's Danzig speech in which they disclaimed any war aims" against Britain and France. Chamberlain said the speech was "full of crass misstatements."
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
EX-KAISER IS SAYING NOTHING WAR SITUATION

DOORN, Netherlands, Sept. 15 Former Kaiser Wilhelm. a ven erable man of 80, is sticking to his quiet routine, following world events through newspa- pers, radio and private advices.
 He spends his days writing his memoirs. wood cutting and saving and walking on his es- tate. Both he and Princess Her mine, his wife, are in excellent health.
 The former kaiser refrained customarily from making any ex pression on such international sit nations as that which now obtain ed. The interests of his family are mostly in Nazi Germany, sub ject to Adolf Hitler's word.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
Steel Magnate Dies

NEW YORK. Sept. Is (H0 - Charles M. Schwab, aged TT, chairman of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. and one of the na- tion's richest men died tonight in his Park Avenue apartment.
 Schwab died of coronary thrombosis. His brother Edward and the latter's wife were at the bedside. "He just slipped away the brother said.
 Schwab returned from Eu- rope August 31. The funeral ser vices will probably beheld Thurs day at St. Patrick's Catheral.'
 Other survivors are his two sisters, Mrs. David Barry and Sister Cecilia, a nun at the Car melite Monastary at Loretta, Pennsylvania.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
NO MINES BE LAID
 IN E. C. WATER ROUTES

SEATTLE, Sept. IT Collector of Customs Sol Haas dispelled certain doubts declaring Canad- ian waters were not in the war zone and sailings of American and Canadian ships there will be permissible.
 Canadian ports, however, are under war restrictions, and the Port of Victoria is closed night ly, and Vancouver is likely to follow.
 Mines in western Canadian wa ters were not mentioned in de- fense plans.
 Airplane flights over Canada will require permission.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
REGULAR MEETING I. 0. o. F

Brothers are requested to make special effort to attend a meeting September 22, 1889, to make preparation for the funeral of Brother George s. Maynard.
 ~ W A. Boucher,
 Noble Grand
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20

Heat Wave Sweeps California

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 fP)- A desert heat swept westward in Southern California giving Los Angeles it's hottest day in g years with a top thermometer reading of 103 degrees at Long Beach. 16l have died here and one in San Francisco where the highest temperature recorded was 83 degrees.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
Cargo of Matches
 Destroys Carrier

EUREKA, Calif., Sept. IS lPy The coastwise schooner Red wood burned to the waters edge outside of Humboldt Bay. The crew of 2l reached the steamer Scotia safely.
 The chief engineer said he be- lieved that rough seas ignited the cargo of matches.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
Joe Louis
 KOS Bob Pastor In llth Round

DETROIT, Sept. 20 - Heavy weight Champion Joe Louis suc- cessfully defended his title again st Bob Pastor by scoring a knock out in 38 seconds of the 1lth round. The fight was hard fought all the way.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-20
6Sl Out Of l26O

LONDON, Sept. 19 tP, - The Admiralty announced that ap- proximately 68l survivors have been accounted for of the 1260 aboard the Courageous when it was sunk by an enemy sub: That leaves 569 still missing. "a
Evening star., 1939-07-05

father had been a representative
for dairy industries here for many
years, and she had attended George
Washington University (B. A., 1929
before beginning graduate studies
that led to her entry of the educa-
tional field as secretary to the
president of Tusculum, a Presby-
terian college at Greeneville, Tenn
DR.. Price arranged for much of
the correspondence. He did quite a
bit of it himself on his subsequent
return to China. He solicited the
funds with which the venture was
launched and has been its guardian
angel ever since.
Missionaries Interested.
Chief support has come from mis-
sionaries and those connected di-
rectly or indirectly with American
church missions in China, Miss
LoomiS declared. That's because
they understand the terrible ordeal
the Chinese are undergoing, she
explained
The latest bulletin has a sum-
mary of China news" reprint of
an address by C. H. French, vice
president of the Chinese American
Foreign Trade Council, before the
twenty seventh annual meeting of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce here in May; a digest of
Far Eastern News and the Ameri-
can Press" The latter, based on
recent study by public opinion
expert" states that response to ap-
peals for aid to China has been
greater in metropolitan areas in
which newspapers printed sub
stantial volume of news from both
China and Japan-Washingt be-
ing included in this category
Least response came from the
South and Midwest, where the news
papers printed the least news from
China but a substantial volume of
news emanating from japanese
sources
The China Information Service
does not believe that American
newspapers are pro-Japanese, Miss
Loomis stresses. Quite the con-
trary. She points out that Ameri-
can reporters often have smuggled
out uncensored news from Japanese
controlled centers.
Fills in With Details.
The objective of her organization,
she stressed, is to supplement regu-
lar news stories out of China with
more detailed information of in
terest to those vitally concerned
with mission work and educational
institutions in China.
I'VE don't do as good a job as
we might" she said, for we haven t
much money to work with. We
never have had enough to carry
on extensive campaigns. Naturally
we cooperate with the Church Com
mittee for China Relief and other
groups working to help China.
China is far from conquered.
The more one knows of her people
and the new feeling of unity and
resolution that is theirs under the
pressure of adversely, the more one
is convinced that China can never
be vanquished."
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Woman Directs u. S. Flow ~
|Of IUncensored Chinese News
Helen M. Loomis
Deals in 'SmugeIed'
information

Twice a month from a small
third floor Office at 945 Pennsyl-
.vania avenue NV. are mailed $500
mimeographed news bulletins of
uncensored information from
China"
On the Office door is painted
China Information Service, Helen
M. Loomis, secretary"
Miss Loomis didn't conceive the
idea, but from an administrative
point of view she has been the
China information service since its
inception in September, 1887.
The semi-monthly dispatches are
sent to all newspapers and major
news agencies in Washington and
to some 500 college professors and
others throughout the Nation who
have evinced interest in China's
welfare, according to Miss. Loomis.
OF these, some 800 are paying SUB
scribers ($1 a quarter, 81 a year,.
Missionary Espoused Service.
Real creator of the information
service, Miss LOomis says, was DR..
Frank w. Price, missionary for the
Southern Presbyterian Church for
more than 20 years and professor
at. Union Theological Seminary,
formerly at Marking but now at
Chengtu in interior China.
Home on furlough when major
hostilities broke out two years ago
in China, DR.. Price was amazed at
the apathy of the average American
citizen toward what was happening
in the Orient.
IF they only knew. what Japan
was doing" he told his friends, "all
Christian people would sympathize
with and support China in most
any way short of military assist
ance"
Largely because of Japanese CEN
sorship in battle areas newspaper
accounts were not complete, DR..
Price felt Americans, especially
those interested in foreign mis-
sions, should know the whole truth
or as much as could be ascertained,
he resolved. The result was the
China Information Service.
Involved DOdging Censorship.
In Washington DR.. Price visual
lied a clearing house of confidential
information supplied by trusted
! friends in various Chinese cities,
| some American, some Chinese.
| Their communications would be
sent out through channels not sub
ject to japanese censorship by air
mail from interior China, through
British and American ships, through
| trusted travellers.
To operate the clearing house DR..
| Price chose Miss LoomLs. back in
Washington after five years as ad-
ministrative assistant to DR.. WI vi
Fang, president of Ginlong College,
another institution recently trans
! planted from Marking to Chengtu.
Miss Loomis not only knew China,
but she knew Washington. Her
Evening star., 1939-07-05

man Of the American Social Action
Commission to Venezuela.
Dean Carl Ackerman Of the Co.
lumbia University School Of Journ-
alism said the Venezuelan Congress
had banned communism by law and
was considering taking similar ac-
ton against facism and nazism.
He remarked that newspapers in
the country were fairly free"
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Mission to Venezuela
Sees Social PROGRESS

NEW YORK, July 8 (P.-An
American advisory mission to Vene-
zuela returned here yesterday with
reports that the South American
country was preparing to adopt a
new social program.
I'VE found the government of
Venezuela very forward looking and
sincere in its efforts to develop a
program of social action" said the
Rev. John O'Hara, president of
Notre Dame University and chair
Evening star., 1939-07-05

with one shot, but 1t still wasn't a
hole e-in-one.
First of the tee, Bottoms long, low
drive cut the path Of hapless spar
row. The bird was beheaded as If
with knife.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Crash Kills Pilot, z Bows

CARMAN, Okla, July 5'P.-J.
Stanley Osborne, 28-year-old pilot,
and two high school students on a
holiday fight, were killed in a plane
crash. The passengers were Billy
Carter, IS, and Earl Hamacher, II.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Baker, OiImon, Dies

SAYRE, Pa, July 5 (R.-Herbert
Baker, 73, one-time chairman Of
the board of Vacuum Oil Co., and
later vice chairman of Socony-
Vacuum, died of uremia yesterday
after an illness of several weeks.
Evening star., 1939-07-05
Arno Divorce Revealed

LITCHFIELD, Conn, July 5 (P).
Superior Court records have dis
closed that Mary Lansing Arno of
Salisbury, Conn. was granted a
Evening star., 1939-07-05
TwizzIer Answer

This and that equals four and
two-thirds. Half of this and that
equals two and third. Together
thev equal seven,
Evening star., 1939-07-05

Golfer Gets q Birdie
WATKINS GLEN, N. Y, July S
A.-John H. Bolton got his birdie