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Evening star., 1939-10-28
French Engineer Defies Nozis
To Take rain to Switzerland

Land" between the Maginot Line and
the big guns of the German forts,
which are across the Rhine almost
within slingshot distance of the
tracks. The civilian population of
the area had been moved out long
since and now it is filled with SOL
diers, barbed wire, anti-tank fields,
machine gun nests and all the para
phernalia of modern front lines.
The engineer swung down from
the cab with nonchalance he soon
lost under excited questioning by
railroad officials.
I'VE had a lot of stuff consigned
to Switzerland sitting in the freight
station at Mulhouse so thought :
might as well bring It along" he
said.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Coast Guard Investigates
Reported Distress Call
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Oct. 28.-Three Coast
Guard vessels on patrol in the At
lantic were assigned early today
to investigate a reported distress
call which Boston radio listener
notified Coast Guard headquarters
he had intercepted. from an un-
identified vessel.
Headquarters officers said w. H
Baetz of Boston told them he heard
"a foreign voice" saying the craft
was sinking 100 miles off Boston
Light. No Identification or other
information was given.
The service assigned the cutter
1ngham, on neutrality partol; the
cutter Chelan and the patrol boat
Argo to investigate.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 28.-
The arrival of French train which
steamed right through 'No-Man's-
Land" caused more excitement in
this border city for a while yester-
day than all the reports of impend-
ing big offensives on the western
front.
An amazed crowd gathered to
watch the engine chug -chug calmly
in with its long line of freight cars.
The dusty international station had
not heard a single toot of a rail-
road whistle since it was closed
at the end of August.
The train had come from HUI
house through the "No-Man's-
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Gen. Marshall Speaks.
Former Polish Area Asks
Annexation by U. S. S. R.
Ay fha Assnciafad prasa

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. Oct. 28.-The newly
elected Peoples Assembly in the for
mer Polish regions of White Russia
adopted today a resolution asking
incorporation into the U. S. S. r.
The resolution was similar to one
adopted yesterday in the Western
Ukraine. Both territories will be
welcomed into the Soviet when the
presidium of the Supreme Soviet
meets October 81.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
State Department
Awaits Further Word
About City Of Flint
Officials Indignant Over
Soviet Delay in Giving
Steinhordt Interview
By the Associated Press.

!
Indignant State Department off,
clals awaited further word of the
captured American freighter City OF
Flint today after belated receipt OF
information that Soviet officials had
ordered the vessel to leave Russian
waters with a German prize crew
in charge.
From Berlin, it was reported, the
ship was on her precarious way
down the North Sea to Hamburg
Unconflrmed reports from Bergen,
Norway, however, said the Germans
would land the American crew
there.
Laurence A. Steinhardt, United
States Ambassador, sent word from
Moscow that the City of Flint had
left Murmansk in the same status
as she entered" which meant the
German crew was in charge. the
American crew on board and the
cargo intact. The ship was cap
tured by a German raider while en-
route to England with a cargo that
included some contraband.
The United States demanded pos
session of the vessel, contending
Germany had no right to take a
prize ship to a neutral port. But
Vladimir Potemkin, assistant COM
missar of foreign affairs, told Mr..
Steinhardt that to accede to the
demand would be IAN unneutral
act"
Officials here were resentful at the
fact that Mr.. Steinhardt was not
granted an earlier interview with
Potemkin and that the Soviet gov
ernment released news of the vessel
to Tass, official news agency, before
giving it to the American envoy.
Potemkin told Mr.. Steinhardt it
was his understanding that the
Americans on board the ship were
all well.
Report by Steinhardt.
Mr.. Steinhardt's full report to the
State Department on the incident
follows:
Il have just seen Assistant Com
missar of Foreign Affairs Potemkin
and have vigorously reiterated my
indignation at the lack of co-opera-
tlon by the Soviet government in
withholding information from me
while issuing communiques with re-
spect to the City. Of Flint thorugh
the medium of the Tass agency. He
replied that Tass was an official
agency of the Soviet government
and that it was the custom of his
government to make announce
ments through it.
Il told him that this was no ex-
cuse for his failure to keep me in
formed, particularly in view of my
repeated requests for information on
behalf of my Government, which
had been the purpose of my daily
visits to him. After a lengthy dis
cussion, I formally demanded that
the vessel and cargo be turned over
to the American crew and be au-
thorlzed to depart. He thereupon
made the following statement:
The City of Flint had come into
the port of Murmansk in charge
Of German prize crew without any
previous knowledge on the part of
the Soviet government and through
no act on its part. The reason as
cribed by the prize crew for the
entry was damaged machinery max
ing the ship unseaworthy. When
the Soviet authorities at Murmansk
judged that the vessel was again
fit to put to sea. and being desirous
of preserving its neutrality, the
Soviet government had ordered the
vessel to leave the port of Muir
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Sun Aids EorIy Riser

SEATTLE, Oct. % R).-The suns
first rays these chilly mornings
start things happening with sur
prising speed in Emil Skokan's S
apartment.
The window closes, the electric
heater snaps on, an alarm rings, a
toaster goes into action and a pot
Of coffee starts boiling.
Skokan is an inventive electrician
who enjoys his ease. An electric
EYE" is his morning work-saver.
Evening star., 1939-10-28

mansk Immediately under the same
conditions as those of her entry
namely. with both the German and
American crews on hoard and her
cargo intact.
Soviet Position Held Correct.
He added that the order would
be enforced Immediately and that
the Soviet government felt that its
decision was not only in accordance
with the well-recognized principles
Of international law and consonant
with the obligations of a neutral,
but it was also the correct posi-
ton to take as between the con-
f1icting claims of the United States
and Germany to possession of the
vessel and her cargo and that by
this he meant to send her out in
the same status as she had entered
one of the ports
He said that his government did
not consider that it had the right
to turn the vessel and her cargo
over to the American crew unless
the German prize crew refused to
take her out, as in the opinion of
his government to do so would be
an unneutral act. In reply to a
question. he stated that the decision
of the Soviet government to per-
NIT the German prize crew to take
the vessel to sea was final.
Il then asked who had verified
the alleged damage to the ma
chinery, to which he replied that
he had no information on this sub
ject, but assumed this had been
done by the authorities at Muir
mansk.
Inquired About Crew.
II again inquired concerning the
welfare of the American crew and
he said that it was his understand
ing that they had been on board
the ship all of the time and were
we'll
Il then referred to my difficulties
In making contact with the captain
or members of the crew, reciting nv
repeated attempts to get into COM
munication with them by telegram
and telephone, as we'll as my in
ability to obtain plane today. He
disciaimed any responsibility for
these difficulties, passing over the
subject lightly by pointing out that
the crew being on board the ship in
the roadstead, in conjunction with
the average delays in long-distance
telephone communication had prob
ably brought about this unfortunate
result
Il am again endeavoring to COM
plete a telephone connection with
the captain of the City of Flint at
midnight"
There had been no further word
early today as to whether the Am
bassadors midnight efforts to reach
the Flint's captain by telephone had
been successful.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Hurt on q Waste Basket

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. % tP).-
o. H. Ezzell of the police accident
prevention squad is in a hospital
suffering from a fractured left foot
Leaning across counter in the
squad office to switch on light, he
placed his foot on a waste basket
The basket skidded; Ezzell crashed
to the floor.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Phone Book License Oddity

SPARTANSBURG. S. c., Oct. %
R.-A police car drew State license
plate No. 26-645.
The Police Departments tele-
phone number is 26 and that of
the detective division 645.
Evening star., 1939-10-28

India was in possession of high
ly developed civilization. with large
and populous cities. as far back as
the third and fourth millennium
B. c.
Evening star., 1939-10-28

RITES OBSERVED brief
funeral service for Julien N.
Friant, SO, special assistant to
the Secretary of Agriculture,
who died suddenly yesterday,
was held this morning at Hy-
songs funeral home at 10:3O
o'clock. Final rites and burial
will be Monday in Cape Girar-
deau, Mo-, where Mr.. Friant
made his home before coming
to Washington to work for
Secretary Wallace in 1888.
Harris Ewing Photo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
ZION SEC T1ON

The oyster supper served on Fri
day evening last, by the Mems Bible
Glass of Zion M. E. Church was
literally patronized and success in
every respect.
The w. c. T. U. met on Thurs
day afternoon last at the M. E.
parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Brown en-
tertained the November meeting of
the Ninth District Farmers Club at
Cedar Farm, on Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Griffith spent the
weekend with Miss Katherine Ew-
ing, Pleasant Hill.
Following recent operation for
appendicitis Miss Dorothy Elliott,
student nurse at Chester Hospital,
is recuperating at her home here.
Mrs. s. T. Hall had as her recent
guest Mrs. Paul Hall, of Calvert.
Rev. c. H. Atkins was in attend
ance at the M. E. Conference at
Salisbury when the three branches
of the Methodist church were merg-
ed under one head.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
COLORA

Rev. James l. Beideman, an
evangelist of Royerford, Pa, is hold
ing Revival meeting at Porters
Grove Church of the Nazarene,
which began Monday evening, Nov.
9Th to continue to the 10th. Ser
vices each evening at 7:45; Sunday
at II o'clock a. m, and 7:45 P. M.
Every one is invited to attend these
services.
Mrs. Eva Davis, of Philada., was
recent visitor of the Joseph r..
IHambletons.
Mrs. Hanna Bryde, is returning to
her home in Wilmington this week
after spending the summer at her
home in this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Robinson,
of Lafayette Inn, were in Whining
ton day the past week.
Mrs s. w. Fitzgerald and brother
rect e. Riley, Jr., were shoppers
in Philadelphia last Friday.
Mrs. Frank Boyle, OF Elkton
Heights, is spending some time with
her home folks at Lafayette Inn.
A daughter was born last week to
Mr.. and Mrs. James Williams who
reside near Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. Sallie Armour is very poorly
at her home at Greenhurst.
Taylor Runner, is i'll at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Ada Reese, Mt.
Pleasant.
Several children in this town and
vicinity have been indisposed with
mumps.
Colora Woman's Club held an all
day sewing for the Needlework
Guild, Wed. this week at the home
of Mrs. Howard w. Pussy.
Joseph Miller and family, who
lately moved from w. T. Slicer's
bungalow to Baltimore county, have
returned and are now occupying a
house near Rising Sun.
ernest Hambleton and daughter
Miss Eva were recent visitors of
Albert Hurlock and family in Bal
timore.
Mrs. Maude M. Murray and chill
dren, Billy, Reynolds, and Alkaline,
of Elmhurst, Del, spent Saturday
with her Aunt, Mrs. R. F. Pierce.
Ernest Hambleton, daughter Miss
Eva and son Joseph were Sunday
callers at the George Caldwells at
Mortonville, Pa, and the Henry
Hurlocks at Coatesville, Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
WOODLAND

Rev. s. T. Hamblin, Mrs. Ham
blin and Lorna visited friends in
Salisbury several days last week,
and attended the Uniting Confer
ence of the Methodist Churches, the
thirty first.
Mr.. Perry Gibson and Miss vir-
ginia Abrahams were the delegates
from the Hopewell-Asbury Charge.
Mr.. George Tyson, with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. John C. Bell, of Glenolden,
Pa, spent the thirtieth at the
Worlds Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Nickle and
daughter, of Coatesville, Pa, spent
the week end with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Brown,
Shirley and Mrs. Edmund Brown
spent the week end in Washington
with relatives.
Mrs. William Baldwin of Akin
spent Sunday with Mr.. Martin
Thompson and daughter.
Mrs. Guy Kirk has returned from
a visit with her parents in Hartford
county.
Mrs. Lemuel Reed and daughters,
of Philada., called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Rutter, Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. McCul-
lougn and son spent Saturday in
Wilmington.
MIR. william Simcoe returned
Monday from a weeks visit with
his aunt, Miss Annie Simcoe, North
East.
Mrs. Clifton Jackson is home at
ter fourteen weeks at the Union Me-
moral Hospital, Baltimore, where
she was treated for Arthritis.
MIS-. Howard G. Barnes and Miss
Barnes spent Saturday in Whining
ton, Delaware.
Mrs. Amos jackson, of Whining
ton, is with her son willard, this
week, who returned Sunday from
the Union Memorial Hospital, where
he had been for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Astle attended
the annual meeting of the Southern
States in Richmond, Va, last week
and Friday in Washington with Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll Welsh.
Mr.. Clayton Mcdowell as a direc-
tor also attended the meeting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
NEW OFFICIAL RECORDS

Three Guernsey cows owned by
Donaldson Brown of Port Deposit,
have just finished new official rec
ords for production which entities
them to entry in the Advanced Reg
lister of The American Guernsey
Cattle Club. These animals include
three and one-half year old Cherub's
Royal Beauty 45167S, producing
1O345.S pounds of milk and 542.2
pounds of butter fat in class D;
two and one-half year old Cherub's
Princess Hope 4S3234, producing
9689.7 pounds of milk and 1910
pounds of butter fat in class F, and
two year old Jethro's Kings Lady
478815, producing 10S98.7 pounds
of milk and 5O7.S pounds of butter
fat in class GG.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
'Ring Two" At Maryland
Theatre

George Abbott will bring his sec
ond production to Baltimore when
he presents the new comedy, Ring
Two, Monday evening, November
10, at the Maryland Theatre, Balti-
more, with June Walker returning
to the stage at the head of dis
tinguished cast.
Mr.. Abbott's first comedy of the
season, "See My Lawyer, which is
now an established hit in New York,
opened in Baltimore, the noted pro-
ducer's favorite out-of-town spot.
George Abbott Is staging Ring
Two" himself and the leading play
ers beside Miss Walker, include
Paul McGrath, Betty Field, Tom
Powers, Gene Tierney and Edith
Van Cleve.
"Ring Two" which derives its
title from a rural party telephone
line, is by Gladys Hurlbut and is
a gay domestic piece about once
famous actress who goes bucolic.
Retiring to the Connecticut coun-
tryside, she is besieged by weekend
guests, among whom are her ex-
husband, her leading man and a
comically varied assortment of
Broadwayies. The actress, played by
June Walker, retires to the country
after a divorce suit, in which her
husband claims she has mo roots.
She hibernates in the country and
proceeds to root herself in the soil
to the dismay of her agent and
loyal friends. Added comedy is in
jected into this domestic scene by
an almost daily turnover of serv-
ants, who find the demands of coun-
try housekeeping too strenuous for
their metropolitan manners.
Betty Field, who played for Geo.
Abbott in What A Life, Brother
Rat, and other productions, is re-
turning to the stage in Ring Two"
after highly successful sojourn in
Hollywood, where she appeared in
the celluloid version of What A
Life, in "Of Mice And Men," and
in the forthcoming picture. "Seven-
teen. In Ring Two" she leaves
naive characters behind her, play
ing a sophisticated ingenue. Edith
Van Cleve, an important member of
George Abbott's production staff
who also played in Baltimore in
Angel Island" and Brother Rat,
is playing an agent-friend of the
actress. Among others in the cast
are William SHETLAND, Maxine
Stuart, Richard Gregg, Marietta
CAVITY, James Corner, Louise Smith
and William Blees.
Ring Two, is booked for
single week at the Maryland Theatre
prior to it's Broadway debut the fol-
lowing week at the Henry Miller
Theatre in New York. John Root
has designed the settings for the
new Abbott production, which will
be his third of the season in New
York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
THE JAMES METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. j. B. Dickerson, Pastor

The order Of services at the James
M. E. Church will be: Morning
Worship at IL A. NJ, with Message
by the pastor. The Church school
meets at 9:45 A. M, in all Depart
ments. Mr. c. G. Buck, Supt
At $50 P. M, the Junior and In
termediate League services. At 700
p. M, the Senior Epworth League
will show religious motion pic
ture. At 1880 the Evening Worship
conducted by Miss Gertrude Buck
and Miss Lorraine Johnson. The pas
tor will speak.
Happenings for the Week
Monday 7:30-Leadership Training
School,
Wednesday 7:30-Mid-Wee Service
Thursday 5:00-Ladies Aid Dinner
Roast Chicken.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
NINTH DISTRICT FARM
ORGANIZATION

The Ninth District Farmers Club
met Wednesday, November l., with
Mr.. and Mrs T. Harold Brown,
Cedar Farm. The meeting was call
ed to order by the president, Will
liam r. Little. Roll Call was an
swered by "My Most Thankful
Thanksgiving An experiment was
given by Mr.. T. Harold Brown on
growing carrots for the silo, incom-
bination with corn. He harvested
ten tons from one-half an acre. Mr.
C. F. Miller read a letter from Mr..
H. B. Hendricks if members of the
club would like to come over to
Newark to see conservation project
compile ed in soil erosion work. The
date was set for Wednesday, No
vember s, at one o'clock. Mr.. Ralph
Wilson told Of his trip to the New
York Worlds Fair Miss Helen Irene
Smith, Home Demonstration Agent,
told of the entries in All work at
the fair held at Bay View. Mr.. j. z.
Miller, County Agent, talked about
the Japanese BEETLE Project for next
year and the planting of corn. After
delicious turkey dinner the meet
ing was called to order by Mr.. J. E.
Crothers as some of the members
had to leave to go to a Southern
States meeting in Richmond, Vir-
ginia. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. z. Miller had
charge of the program. Mrs. ]. z.
Miller read very interesting story
of Abraham Lincoln. The speaker
for the day was DR.. ]. M. Conover,
Dairy Specialist. University of Mary
land. He spoke on Cow Feed and
Pasture. The December meeting
will be held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Brown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

This is to give notice that the SUBJ
scriber of Cecil County. has obtain
ed from the Orphans Court of said
County, Letters OF Administration ON
the Personal Estate of
WILLIAM C. REYNOLDS
late of said county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof duly authenticated. ON or be-
fore the Goth day of April 1910
they may otherwise, by law be ex-
cluded from all benefits of said
estate. All indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate
payment to the subscriber.
Given under hand and seal this
18th day of October, 1889.
Frances e. Ewing,
Executrix.
True Copy-Test:-
JESSE PIESON, Register.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
FALL MEETING OF DIOCESE

Episcopalians of the Northern
Convocation of the Diocese of Eas-
ton are preparing for the fall meet
ing at ST. Marks Church, Aiken,
Md, on Nov. 16, and the first visit
of the new bishop to the Cecil
County parish on Sunday. The
Very Rev. c. L. Atwater is dean
of the convocation.
The Rev. DR.. j. Warren Atkinson,
rector of the Cecil County Coopera-
tive Parish, and secretary-treasurer
of the convocation, will be host at
both events.
In addition to the clergy and lay
men of Cecil and Kent counties,
many of the clergy of other parts
of the Diocese of Easton and of the
Diocese of Delaware are expected
to attend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
DEATHS
w. III. SEWARD COOPER

Mr.. w. H. Seward Cooper, aged
"A, a well-known retired stone mason
of Cecil County, died early Thurs
day morning at the home Of his son,
DR.. H. r. Cooper, in Perryville, fol-
lowing a long illness.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon. Interment was
made in Asbury cemetery.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Alice
Taylor Cooper, he leaves one son,
at whose home he died, and the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters-Messrs.
George F. and Herbert G. Cooper,
of Charlestown, Burtis N. Cooper,
of Wilmington, DEL, Mrs. Edith
Kreafle and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Cooper, of Charlestown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex-
animation to fill the position OF
rural carrier at Conowingo, Mary
land. The examination will be held
at Havre de Grace, Md. Receipt of
applications will close on Novem-
Der "a, 1899.
The date of examination will be
stated ON admission cards mailed to
applicants after the close of receipt
of applicat lions, and will
be about Is days after that date.
The salary of rural carrier on a
standard route of 80 miles served
daily except Sunday is $1,000 per
annum, with an additional $40 per
mile annum for each mile or major
fraction thereof in excess of 80
miles. Certain allowances are also
made for the maintenance of equip
ment. The examination will be open
only to citizen who are actually
Domiciled in the territory of the
Post Office where the vacancy exists,
who have been actually Domiciled
there for six months next preced-
ing the closing date for receipt OF
applications, and who meet the other
requirements set forth in Form
1877. Both men and women, if quail
fled, may enter this examination,
but appointing officers have the
legal right to specify the sex desir-
ed in requesting certiflcation of
eligibles. Form 1877 and applica-
ton blanks can be obtained from
the vacancy Office mentioned above
or from the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission at Washington, d.
c., prior to the close of business on
the date specified above. At the ex-
animation, applications must furn-
ish unmounted photographs OF
themselves taken within two years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-11-10
HENRY r.. MCCOY

Funeral services for Henry r.
Mccoy were held Friday at his home
at 1880 o. m. Burial was in Bethel,
Md, Cemetery.
Mr.. Mccoy, who was 81, died
suddenly Tuesday night of heart
attack. He had resided in Middle
town, Del, for Is years, moving
there from Cecilton where he had
been farming. Born in Cecil county,
a son of the late Nathan and Sus-
anna Mccoy, he was a devoted
member of Bethesda M. q. Church,
Middletown, and when a young
man took an active part in church
work.
He is survived by three sons,
Harry Mccoy at home; Nathan
and Edward of near New Castle;
and two daughters, Miss Bessie
Mccoy and Mrs. Ralph Frazer, both
at home. Also surviving are four
brothers, Wilmer w. Mccoy of Mid
dletown; Nathan of Chesapeake
City, Md; Wallace and the Rev.
Jesse Mccoy, both Of Newport; and
two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Morgan and
Mrs. Thomas Price, both of Chesa-
peake City, Md.