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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
Fdshion Dictates
Suits for Spring

Just a moment, milady of FASH
ion, a question for you to answer,
please-how about chic blouse or
two or more to add to your collec-
ton? For of course now that FASH
ion has thoroughly convinced us that
the suits the thing for spring, it's
going to necessitate the accumulate
ing Of whole wardrobe of blouses,
for that is exactly the up-keep that
a suit season never fails to demand.
Such a bewildering array Of
blouses as designers are turning out
this spring is sure to lead to tempta-
ton. Perhaps the most irresistible
of all will prove to be the perfectly
adorable baby blouse lace
trimmed and frilled and hand
tucked and otherwise finely hand
worked lingerie types. It's the last
word in blouse fashion is this pretty
CONNECTION of frothy sheer Wilderness
and it is treat to see these utterly
feminine blouses displayed in the
stores for they are so very lovely
and it's been such a long time since
they held the center Of the stage
but fashions spotlight is definitely
upon them for spring and summer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03

winter / have added more rows
to the edge. The family has grown
and we all fit on the rug quite
nicely now.
81 save the best parts of old
sheets and dye them different col
ors; then tear them into one-inch
strips. / have a power machine,
so run these through it turning in
the raw edges. The stitching
strengthens the strips and makes
them firm and neat for braiding."
If this letter inspires you, / have
made sketch here showing how
to start your room size rug. II
you are not quite that ambitious,
you will find many ideas for
smaller rugs in the leafiet offered
below.
NOTE: Now is the time for all
Of us to give our houses fresh
start. Crisp new curtains; bright
slipcover; new lampshades; or an
ottoman will do the trick. Make
these things yourself. Mrs. Spears
Book SEWING, for the Home
Decorator, shows you how with
step-by-step, easy to follow
sketches. Book Gifts, Novel
ties and Embroidery, shows you
how to make fascinating things
from odds and ends and will save
its cost many times. Books are
Is cents each; if you order both
books, copy Of the new Rag Rug
Leaflet will be included free. Adj
dress Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Des-
PLANES ST., Chicago, Ill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
A Withdrawal

The tramp entered the doctors
surgery. There was worried
look on his face.
Doctor" he said, ''you've got
to help me. swallowed quarter
about is years ago."
"Good Heavens, mani" ejacu-
lated the doctor. "Why have you
waited is years? Why didn't you
60 to see a doctor the day you
swallowed the quarter?"
ssTo tell the TRUTH" replied the
tramp, 81 didn't need the money
at the time!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03

Thought and Learning
Learning without thought is la
Dor lost; thought without learn
ing Is perilous. Confucius.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
NERvOUS?-

Do you feel so nervous you want to screamf
Are you cross and irritable2 Do you scold
those dearest to you?
II your nerves are on edge and you feel
you need good general system tonic, try
Lydia q. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made especially for s0onen.
For over 60 years one woman has told an
other how to go Smiling thru with reliable
Pinkham's Compound. It helps nature build
up more physical resistance and thus helps
calm quivering nerves and lessen discomforts
from annoying symptoms which often &c
Why not give It q chance to help YOU3
Over one million women have written In
reporting wonderful benefits from Pinkham's
Compound.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
TERED Themes in
New Silhouettes

TERED themes give evidence that
the dress designers are searching
for some new means to vary the
silhouette. The tiers, usually three
in number, distinguish the skirts Of
some advance spring dressmaker
suits as well as sheer wooden frocks.
The broken TERED treatment with
straight panel at the front and
back of q skirt and the fiounces at
either side offers suggestion for
those who cling to slenderness of
line. The blouse, which has a
nounced back, carries out similar
fashion idea. = ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03

Pleatings and tuckings done in
novel and original ways abound
throughout the spring fashion pic
ture. The smartly attired young
lady here portrayed confines the
accordion pleated front of her
charming new gown under stun
ming wide belt, and If there is one
accessory more than another that
fashion is playing up in versatile
moods for spring, that accessory is
belts. For the belt that adds in
finite swank to the costume here
shown, Criterion uses soft white
kid with an applique Of gayly s1ol7
ored circles. s.s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
"A Bruided Rug Thut
Grew Up With FalnilY
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

UDEAR MRS. SPEARS: The
- leafiet on making Rag Rugs
that just came with your two
books is most interesting to me,
and thought you might like to
know about a rag rug that literally
grew up with our family. When
we first went to housekeeping /
started what / hoped would be q
large braided rug for the dining
room. When it was big enough to
go under the small table we were
using then, ! put it down. Each
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03

IN. THE boom years, Cameron
: Beck. personnel director of the
zz!ess York Stock exchange, was de-
tending the then supposedly "flam-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03

the public to the box office once
upon a time.
Given different directors, stars
and sets, they'll practically be new
pictures.
When you see captain Fury"
with Brian Aherne, Victor McLag-
len, and June Lang,) you will see
special dances that are authentic of
the hectic period of American colo
nization in which the story is laid.
You old-timers will recognize Betty
Blythe as the wife of a colonial
secretary; she is one of the stars
of the silent screen who still likes
to appear before a camera Occa-
sionally.
There'll be old fashioned dances
in "Wutherine Heights" too. The
dance director who's responsible for
them is Jack Crosby, who once was
cowboy, and then was railroad
fireman.
B
Dancing Daughters" made
star of Joan Crawford, and may
do the same for Virginia Grey.
Metro is going to give her a chance
at it, at least. And since the 0rigi-
nal version appeared in 1928, a new
screen audience has grown up who
won't feel h0mesick for Joan when
they see the 1899 one.
*
The European market for films
may be shot to pieces, but the Latin
American one is more important
than ever. Movita, the Mexican
actress who was last seen in "Rose
of the Rio Grande," will have the
same sort Of role in 1.-THE Girl From
Rio," and viii sing songs in both
English and Spanish.
RKO is whipping up "The Girl
From Mexico" with Lupe Velez as
the Star. No doubt all the other
companies will blossom out with
pictures intended to please our good
neighbors in. South America before
the year is over.
3
Kay Francis will appear on the
air in full length play for the first
time in March. She has made few
broadcasts in the past, but may
turn to radio more frequently if she
sticks to her decision to turn her
back on the movies.
Many a radio star can thank q
lucky break for the boost that
brought success. Lanny Ross is
one of them. Ten years ago he
wanted to join MICS legal staff.
They told him they were looking for
singers, mot lawyers. He auditi0ned
as a singer, and to his amazement,
was engaged. He's never returned
to the law. q tiaf
Gabriel Heater 1eaped into ma
tional prominence as a comnenta-
tor when he handled the Hauptnann
trial, although he'd been doing an
excellent job long before that. Paul
Whiteman just happened to hear
Joan Edwards singing one day In
music publishers Office, and en-
gagged her to sing with his band.
Mark Warnow was a violinist in an
orchestra that accompanied Morton
Downey. One day the leader was
ill, and Warnow substituted for him,
with the result that Downey insisted
that he conduct all his broadcasts
from that time on.
-
ODDS AND ENDS-This years win-
ter carniUaI at Dartmouth college tCill
sape Walter Wanger some money; he's
sending creio OF fechnicians to record
plenty Of IL for background material for
his picture, "Winter CarniUar" -. Sam
uel ColdiUyn toiu use large cast Of us-
knoscn players in Thirteen Go Flying
phich ,viIl be based on the recent crash
Of i6e British flying boat &. s e,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-03
Bright Idea

Bright Idea
Harry-I'm kind of in the dark
as to what I should eat.
Larry-Well, in that case you'd
better stick to light diet.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Cool Night Is Forecast,
With High Of 80 Today

Washingtonians tonight may ex-
pect a cool night for sleeping after
yesterdays sweltering heat, the
Weather Bureau predicted. The
high of 95 degrees was recorded at
3 pm. yesterday and the low of 10
degrees was recorded at 5 am. to-
day.
Although the temperature started
rising during the morning. the
Weather Bureau predicted high of
30 between pm. and 4 pm. At II
am. the thermometer registered 78
degrees.
The Weather Bureau records show
that temperature in the COS is not
unusual for early June. They show
that the temperature varies through
the Dos and 90s and on several occa
sions went to 100 degrees in recent
years. The first two weeks of June
1879. the temperature worked up
from 81 degrees on the 1st to 100 de-
grees on the 5th and then dropped
back to the low 90s. On June l2 of
that year the temperature dropped
to 78 degrees. Again on June 9, 1888,
the temperature went to 100 de-
grees.
Increasing cloudiness is expected
tomorrow, followed by showers at
night with gentle northwest winds
The showers forecast for yester-
day missed the city. but fell in
many places in nearby Maryland, the
Weather Bureau reported.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Discoverer of Peak
Will Try to Climb It

Robert Marshall, chief of the Aeri-
culture Departments Forest Service
division Of recreation and lands, is
leaving today on a trip to Alaska
with a determination to climb Mount
Doonerak.
Mr.. Marshall discovered the peak
in 1929, mapped it and named it, but
has never climbed it. The peak is
about 10000 feet high and is the
talleSt north of the Arctic Circle in
America. He discovered it While
on a vacation trip from Johns Hop
klnS University and returned the
next summer to map the region.
He christened the peak after the
Doonerak spirits, which the Fskimos
believe are responsible for getting
things done"
MI. Marshall is a veteran hjker
and mountain climber. He will sail
10 Juneau, fly to Fairbanks and then
TO W1seman. There he will be ioined
oy two Alaskan friends and will hike
10 miles to the mountains base.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Capt. Smuts, Widower
Of May Yohe, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

oS VAC noSOCldttQ 1908.
BOSTON, June 12-Capt. John
Smuts, Sc, widower of May Yohe,
who at one time owned the renown-
ed but luckless Hope diamond, and
nephew of the famous British South
African Gen. Jan C. Smuts, died sud-
denly yesterday of heart attack.
A veteran of the Boer and World
Wars, Capt. SHUTS had lived in
virtual obscurity since scattering the
ashes OF his actress wife upon the
Atlantic Ocean last September 3 in
accordance with her dying wish,
made a few days earlier.
Capt. Smuts and the former Nav
Yohe, who was remembered as a
favorite OF. British royalty and "the
toast OF two continents, were logged
by i'll luck, which according to leg
end, comes to those who have owned
the Hope diamond.
After a vaudeville tour in 1922, a
California ranch venture failed to
provide the livelihood for which they
hoped.
Another vaudeville tour provided
scant returns, which the couple lost
In farming enterprise In New
Hampshire.
After that. they lived in modest
suite in Boston. The once-glamor-
GUS stage beauty took job on
Works Progress Administration sew
ing project and remained there until
her DEATH.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Voters League Demands
Ramspeck Bill PASSAGE

The National League of Women
Voters today launched a "last of
the session" drive for congressional
action on civil service, neutrality,
social security changes. and food
and drug effectiveness.
Miss Marguerite M. Wells, ma
tional president, in a letter to State
league presidents, warned that the
Ramspeck bill to extend civil service
coverage to positions now exempt
may be lost in session-end pressure
unless continued and determined
demand for taking Government per-
sonnel out of patronage is made.
Miss Wells called Secretary Hull's
neutrality plan, embodied in H. j.
Res. 306, a practical solution of
the problems created by our present
Neutrality Act" On the grounds of
the league aim of greater fexibility
to the conduct of foreign policy,
Miss Wells urged vigorous league
support to the Hull proposal, even
though it does not include discrim-
inatory action against the aggressor,
which the league favors.
League support of the Food and
Drug Act, and resistance to amend
ing efforts also were urged by Miss
Wells.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Man Dores Law
To Save Life
Of Injured Deer


INGLEWOOD, Calf, June H.
Henry S. Ridings, Inglewood con-
tractor. braved the red tape and
possible wrath of the law today be-
cause he saved the life of an injured
deer.
Mr.. Ridings said he rescued the
buck from a motorist about to put
the thing out of its misery" with
a club.
A ranger told him it was illegal
to take the deer out of the reserve
and advised to let it die
You can have me arrested later"
Mr. Rulings told the ranger.
He took the deer to a Hollywood
animal hospital A veterinarian
said the case was hopeless. Mr..
Rulings turned to Centinela Hos
pital. Two surgeons agreed to waive
medical rules.
The deer was given an anesthetic
and the surgeons, aided by two
trained nurses, reset. wired and
bound the animals broken pelvis
bone. 1t came through the opera
ton we'll
Mr.. Eidings said he hoped State
officials would let him keep the
buck as pet.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Man Commits Suicide
As Crowd Looks On
By the Associated Press.

oS tIlc ASsCC!dlcu tIcSS.
PHILADELPHIA, June ia ST.
year-old widower asked his young
housekeeper, Did you ever see a
man die?" and killed himself yester-
day while she, his 9-year-old daugh-
ter and several hundred churchgoers
watched, Mortified, and three police
men tried to stop him. "
The suicide, Frank B. Ennis, re-
turned home from an automobile
ride and told his daughter, Jane, II
am going away forever. I'm not
coming back" After calling his
housekeeper. Miss Ellie Mckay, %,
he shot himself with a pistol His
daughter and housekeeper ran to
a corner drug store and called po-
lice.
Blood streaming from a slight
head wound, Ennis ran to a neigh
bor's porch in search of them. Po-
lice arrived while he looked wildly
around, fourishing the pistol. A
crowd of churchgoers was attracted
by the police sirens and Miss Nc
Kay's screams.
Policeman George Bolker clam
bered over a porch rail to grab for
the mans gun. Another officer
tried to reason with him. A third
sought to divert his attention.
Ennis saw Bolker pressed the gun
muzzle to his temple and fired.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Thomas A. Cannon, Jr.,
Dies in HOSPITAL

Thomas A. Cannon, jr.. a lifelong
resident Of Washington, died yester-
day at Providence Hospital after an
illness of several weeks. He was so
years old.
Son of Mrs. Cannon and the late
Thomas A. Cannon, who was identi-
fed with the produce business in
Washington for half century, he
was proprietor of a restaurant in
the 1900 block of Fifth street NE.
In addition to his widow, Mrs.
Ethel B. Cannon, a son, Thomas A.,
Sd, and two daughters, Mrs. Rita
P. Croghan and Betty Cannon, all
Of Washington, survive.
Funeral will be held from his late
residence, 1443 Maryland avenue
NE, Wednesday at $3.50 am, fol-
lowed by services at st. Aloysius
Church, North Capitol and I streets.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1939-06-12

aHS uls lsIuroance that was over Lake
Mlchlgan Sunday morning is advancino
northeastWard over Southwestern Cuebec
Lac Dore. 29.46 inches. with a troueb
extsndlns southwark and southwestward 70
virginia. Another disturbance is centraI
over the Upper Rio Grande Valley, El Paso
TEX. 29 6S inches, with trough extend
ing northeastward to Oklahoma Oklahoma
CITY, 29.7s inches. High pressure prevails
from Florida, Jacksonville, 80 OS inches
ast-northeastward to Bermuda, St. Georees
3O22 inches, and thence northea stward
TO the south Of Newfoundland, Cape Race
3O.l2 inches. Another high-pressure area
Is central over Northern Manitoba,
Churchill. 30.lS inches with a wedge ex-
Lending Southward to the Northern Plains
STATES Huron. s. Oak. 30O6 inches and
thence southeastward to the Ohio Valley
Cincinnati, Ohio, 3O.04 inches Pressure
Is also high on the North Pacific Coast
IatooSh Island Wash, 3O14 inches and
thence northeastward to the District Of
Mackenzie, Simpson, 3032 inches Dur
ing the last "a hours showers have occurred
In the Middle and Northern Rocky Noun
tain region, the Middle and Southern Plains
states, the Lower Missouri Valley Okla
homa. the Lake region and in portions of
the North Atlantic. the South Atlantic and
east Gulf States. Temperatures have risen
on the New England coast, while they
have fallen in the Lake region and the
Appalachian region.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
q Harpers Ferry: Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Cotton Price-Fixinq
Plan Considered
# SubsidyFa
New Deal Farm Leaders
Seek Substitute for
Export Proposal
By the Associated Press.

Administration farm leaders are
seriously considering the advisable
1ty OF Government fixing of cotton
prices If Congress rejects President
RooseVelt's proposal to subsidize
cotton exports.
Agriculture Department officials
and congressional leaders already
nave begun casting about for a
substitute for the subsidiary pro-
posal because of strong opposition
by some members of Congress and
the cotton trade
IL cannot be launched, however.
unless Congress provides funds. An
agriculture Department supplv bill
pendlng before Senate-House con-
terence committee would make
ABOUT S5O,0o0000 available for this
purpose.
"A measure not yet introduced but
under consideration by ad,ninistra-
ton leaders would fix the price of
oomestically-consumed cotton at 16
cents a pound, compared with a
current price of about 9.5 cents a
S1dC4 IIllS measure, eScn
grower would be given an allotment
IN the domestic market for which
ne "oulo receive pegged price.
Inc balance OF the crop would be
SOLO at prevailing world prices.
Also under study is proposal for
d moolfled form Of processing tax.
Referred to as the certificate plan y
IL would require domestic users Of
cotton to buy certificates from a cot
ton pool which would net producers
or cents pound on cotton used
IN this country. Exporters would not
be required to buy the certificates.
Both plans would limit benefits
TO growers who kept new crop cot
ton out of Government stocks.
Officials said the administration
was still hopeful of winning con-
gresslonal approval of the subsidy
proposal. They said they believed
1t would be the cheapest and most
practical solution Of the cotton dis
posal problem.
The officials predicted that unless
some legislation is approved, four
or five million bales of the 1899 crop
might be added to present Govern
ment loan stocks of II 400 .0OOO bales.
with exports continuing at a very
low level.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
By the Associated Press.

Changes in the Governments old
age insurance system, which now
covers 44,292 sol Americans, will
become effective if the Senate
adopts social security amendments
passed Saturday by the House.
The following questions and an
swers tell how the revised setup
would apply to each worker now
enrolled:
@. Will the amendments increase
or decrease my payments for Fed
eral old-age insurance?
A. Payments would continue at
the present rate for the three years
beginning January /, 1910, where
as present law would increase them
so per cent-that is, from l per
cent of your salary to ~ per cent.
Q. When do start paying at a
higher rate?
A. II the amendments are enact
ed. the rate would increase to 2 per
cent each for employer and employe
on January /, 1943.
Top Is 3 Per Cent.
u. WIN the rate go still higherrat
some future time?
A. Yes. Starting in 1916 the tax
will be 2a per cent each for you and
your employer, and in 1949 it will
become 3 per cent. That is the top
under both present law and the pro-
posed amendments.
@. When will benefits begin to be
paid?
A. One of the changes proposed
is to start the payment of monthly
benefits January /, 1940 instead OF
January l, 1912, as scheduled un-
der the present law.
@. Will the three-year delay in
increasing taxes--from 1910 to 1943
affect my old age benefits?
A. Since benefits are figured on
the basis Of earnings rather than tax
payments, this postponement of tax
increases will not affect your bene-
fits. Amendments also under con-
Evening star., 1939-06-12
10 Private Leaders
To Aid j. ). on War
Educational Orders
Ready to Serve in
Meeting Possible
Munitions Demands
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
Ten industrialists, serving with
out pay, will help the Government
distribute educational orders"
among munitions manufacturers if
Congress appropriates funds for the
program.
An educational order is one given
to potential war materials manu-
facturer to enable him to meet pos
sible wartime demands.
Louis Johnson, Assistant Secre-
tary of War, named these business
men, nine of them volunteers, who
he said had agreed to serve:
Benedict Crowell, Assistant Secre-
tary of War in the Wilson admins
tration; E. M. Allen, president Of
the Mathieson Alkali Works: Carl
L. Bausch, vice president of Bausch
& Lomb Optical Co.; Frank D. Bell,
president of EdgeWater Steel Co.;
William H. Coleman, president Bu-
cyrus-Erie Co.; Donald w. Douglas,
president of Douglas Aircraft Co.;
John Hancock, partner of Leh-
man Brothers, World War naval
Supply Corps officer; William Knud-
sen, president of General Motors
Corp; J. L. Perry. president of Car
negle-1llinois Steel Corp, and
Charles j. Stillwell, vice president of
Warner-Swazey Co.
If a 100000 appropriation
sought by the War Department is
Forthcoming. at least 271 plants will
be given trial orders for special
munitions which only arsenals now
can produce. Machines and tools
will remain Government property
for use in the event of war.
With s2,ooo,oOO appropriated last
year, some educational orders al
ready have been given six plants for
semi-automatic rifles, gas masks,
shell forgings and machinings, re-
coil mechanisms for anti-aircraft
guns and searchlights.
Congress agreed that contracts
might be awarded without competi-
tive bidding, but Mr.. johnson said
the War Department opened at
least three bids for each item to
avoid suspicion of favoritism.