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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
Youthful Art Is Good,
Asserts Head of Museum

PITTSBURGH. - The youth of
America is turning out some pretty
good art these days, according to
DR.. Audrey Avinoff, art connoisseur
and director of the Carnegie mu-
scum.
DR.. Avinoff has been studying art
produced by high school students
for several years. He's a mem
Der of the jury which judges the
annual exhibition of art by second
airy school students sponsored by a
national magazine.
81 began to notice these young
people sometimes produce work that
approaches remarkable perfection, .
he said. "Some have a precocious
ability on the borderland of the in
spired, comparable in many ways
with professional artists.
America" he said, ''has pro-
duced more fine art by its youth
than any other country in the world.
It is a fountain of youth, a brilliant
outburst of talent. These American
young people have extraordinary
ability"
The Russian-born scientist prac-
tees what he breaches. He already
has purchased 40 paintings, prints
and drawings for his private collec-
ton of American art by adolescent
youth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
Works for so Years
Without a Vacation
Railroader, in All That
Time, Has No Day off.

KANSAS CITY, MO.-John J..
Shine, who has sold railroad tick
cts to vacationers for a half GEN.
fury, is going. to take vacation.
1t will be his first since he came
to Kansas City from Carroll county,
Mo-, in 1889 to start selling tickets
in the old Union depot.
He's now division passenger agent
for the Wabash railroad, and the
management of that line finally got
tired of Shines perennial "no" to
vacation offers. He hadn't even
taken a day off for sickness or any
other cause since he first became a
railroader. His ''bosses" command
ed his retirement, effective this Oc-
tober.
81 haven't made any vacation
plans" he said. 'sDon't even know
where I'll 60. Fact of the matter
is, haven't thought about it,
But for so years he has thought
about other peoples vacation plans,
although during the early years of
his career of ticket selling-before
the turn of the century-he was
more concerned with getting great
hordes of pioneers and adventure
seekers to the opens plains of the
West.
''It was wild era for the little
Kansas City station" Shine said.
people from almost every place in
the world damned the depot as they
poured through this funnel to the
West.
"The station was filled night and
day with colorful throngs, even the
Indians coming in on the iron horse
for a peek at the hordes of settlers.
''Ticket buyers used to stand 100
deep at my window. Trunks were
stacked to the ceiling in the station
with whole trains carrying out bag
gage.
'The railroads have come a long
way since that mad rush to the
West. One fellow made a lot of
money selling straw sacks at the
station for the passengers to sleep
on"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK

In stressing the observance of
Fire Prevention Week, October 9th
to 18th, the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, declares every minute
a fire breaks out in America. Two
thirds of all these fires occur in
homes. Will your home be on that
list this year-and will you and
your family be subjected to men
ace that may take life, due primar-
lily to your own carelessness.
1t is emphasized that all heating
equipment and adjuncts should be
periodically inspected and overhaul
ed.
Continuous care should be taken in
handling and storing inflammable
liquids. Waste of all kinds, such as
papers and rags, should be disposed
of or stored in metal containers. The
wiring of electric appliances should
be checked occasionally frayed OF
twisted cord can cause short cir
cults followed by fire.
Don't leave small children alone
at home! Fatal results have often
followed the pouring of kerosene on
a fire by a child. All small children
love to play with fire, and no pre-
caution should be overlooked in re-
straining them.
Parents should Immediately take
two steps. First, never leave your
children alone at home. Second, do
the simple and inexpensive things
necessary to the elimination of com
mon fire hazards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
Family Works in High
Places on Paint Jobs

DIES MONIES, IOWA.-The Petit
bones live a high life, travelling
from ''pole to POLE"
Frank Pettibone, 81, has been
painting the pinnacles of buildings
and monuments since he was 20
years old. Three years ago he mar
ried Ruth Seydel, and since that
time she and her son Jack have
aided Pettibone in painting towers,
clocks, poles and high Orders.
His last job was applying three
coats of paint to the 40-foot f1agpole
atop the 237-foot Des Moines build
ing. He termed it "small job"
Pettibone prides himself on the
jobs he did on poles surmounting
the 42-story Smith building in Seat
tie, WASH, and the 500-foot Claus
Spreckles building in San Francisco.
"My only sensation when up high
is that of work." he said.
Mrs. Pettibone adds that her only
accident in the altitudinous work
was bite by a black widow spider
while painting fiagpole at Stanford
university.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
SAFETY INSIGNIA FOR CYCL-
lists

"a safety insignia for safe cycl-
lists" is the Keystone Automobile
Clubs latest contribution to solution
of the problem created by the in
creasing use of bicycles on congest-
ed highways.
Announcement was made yester-
day by George E. Keneipp, Manager
of the Club, that a bronze lapel in
sigma will be given to boys and
girls who sign safety pledge,
which reads: 81, the undersigned
owner and operator Of a bicycle,
agree that the bicycle should be OPP
Grated with the greatest amount of
care to avoid accidents on the high
way. Therefore, l promise my par
ents that I shall obey all the rules
of the road and be an expert and
safe driver"
In bulletin containing the pledge,
which is being widely distributed,
the Club outlines the law covering
operation of bicycles. 1t is emphas-
lied that the law requires all bicycle
riders to-:
1. Equip bicycle with a lamp on
the front and a red reflector or
lamp on the rear.
2. Equip bicycle with horn or
bell in proper operating condition.
8. Obey all traffic signals and
signs.
A. Use proper hand signals to in
dictate turning and stopping.
5. Ride on right side of highway
close to curb.
E. Park vehicle in safe place.
Z. Stop and render assistance in
case of accident, and report accident
to police.
Assume liability for any damage
resulting from the careless and neg
|ligent operation of vehicle when the
other party is not guilty of negli-
gence.
9. Stop while passengers are
boarding and alighting from street
car.
10. Keep vehicle in safe operat-
ing condition.
It also is pointed out that the law
forbids bicycle riders to:
1. Hitch on or hold fast to the
outside or rear Of any other vehicle.
2. Carry an extra passenger on
the handle bars or any other part
of the -'ehicle.
8. Engage in any trick, zag-zag
or fancy riding on the highway.
a. Ride his bicycle on a sidewalk
unless a local ordinance directs
otherwise.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
RURAL DISCUSSION GROUPS
CREASE

Not only has the discussion meth
cd been increasingly used among
the rural organizations of Maryland
during the past year, but there has
been commendable increase in the
ability of rural leaders to correctly
use this adult education technique,
according to DR.. Linden S. Dodson,
extension rural sociologist for the
University of Maryland.
Returns from 10 counties that re-
ported on their activities in that
line show three times as many total
discussions and 24,S03 more persons
participating in discussion work
during the period July l, 1888 to
June 80, 1889, as were reported for
the corresponding period the preced-
ing year. There were 2,274 discuss
ions last year, compared with 5O6
the year before. Total attendance
last year was 33, 295 and the pre-
ceding year it was 8,492.
Local subjects predominated in
the discussions, although national
and other topics found place. A
tabulation Of the subjects shows SO
local, 80 national, and 80 other sub
jects.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
Texas Starts Excavation
OF Huge Meteor Crater

ODESSA, TEXAS.-Excavation of
one of the nations largest known
meteor craters, eight miles south
west of here, has been started by
a crew of 20 WPA workers. The
crater, measuring 800 feet from rim
to rim, is known to be exceeded
in size only by the famed mile-wide
Canyon Diablo pit in Arizona, DR..
E. H. Sellards, director of the bu-
reau of economic geology at the
University of Texas and in charge
of excavation, said.
1t was DR.. Sellards who first an
nounced in 1927 that the largely
filled-in Odessa crater was actually
caused by an ''iron" meteorite,
which appears to have smashed into
the earth thousands of years ago."
DR.. Sellards said excavation was
being pushed to study the effects on
the earth under the impact of a
large meteor. The Canyon Diablo
crater has never been completely
excavated, he said He was unable,
as yet, to estimate the actual size
of the original meteor.
''It may easily have exploded at
impact" he explained. eve have
already found and examined several
fragments.
In accord with WPA plans to
make the excavation accessible to
the public for its educational value,
Ector county officials are construct
ing a two-mile road from U. S.
route 80 to the crater's edge. It is
estimated that the excavation may
be cnnnnleted in about a wear
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06

A number of Congressman who
half-hearted supported the total
arms embargo passed by the last
Congress, though they were skep-
teal Of it's wisdom, have announc-
ed that they will now vote for the
cash-and-carry plan. But the leaders
of the embargo group have not
changed their views a whit-if any
thing, they feel more strongly than
ever that America must refuse to
sell arms and war material to any
belligerent power, irrespective OF
where our sympathies lie. Senator
Borah has announced that he will
fight to the bitter end against any
proposal to lift the embargo-he is
convinced that halfway" neutral
ity would sooner or later lead us
to war.
Whatever course Congress takes,
the usual informed view now is
that debate is likely to be long and
bitter, and that a special session
might drag into the regular session
before definite legislative action
occurs.
1t is apparent that there is much
confusion as to what we should do
to maintain our neutrality and to
protect our financial structure, and
that considerable time must pass be-
fore a definite and workable pro-
gram can be put into action.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
Powers Depend
On Battleships
Monster Fighting Vessels
Made Less Vulnerable
To Air Attacks.

WESTINGHOUSE the new
factor of air power in naval war
fare, battleships still are believed
to be the backbone of the navy in
every "big navy" country of the
world. A survey shows that al
though Great Britain has the larg-
est navy, her shipyards are work
ing night and day to increase the
number of her capital ships by about
SO per cent. The same is true Of
France, except that France seeks to
add even more, about 80 per cent.
Italy's shipyards are found to be
working to double the number of
her battleships. The German navy
seeks to add about half again as
many as that country now has.
Less Vulnerable to Attacks.
The great strides that have been
made in recent years to make such
ships less vulnerable to attacks
from the air are believed prime
reason for this situation, Rear Ad-
miral William c. Watts, new COM
mandant of the Great Lakes Naval
Training station, asserts.
This surge of reliance on the larg-
est of the fighting ships is even
more significant when the rising cost
of these great floating fortresses is
considered.
According to Capt. Jonas Ingram
of the United States navy, "Of all
combatant ships the battleship is the
only one designed to stay and take
it, Nothing else is tough enough"
For that reason, battleships must
keep pace with the increasing eff
fectiveness of shellfire and aerial
bombs. Regardless of cost they
must have such heavy armor and
so many separate watertight COM
partments that they are virtually
unsuitable.
Cost Mounting Steadily.
The battleships the United States
is building today each cost 16 times
as much as the American battle
ships built 80 years ago, and the
cost is steadily mounting. The to-
tai tonnage of the latest type Of
American battleship under eonstruc-
ton is $4,000 tons. It's main bat
teries will carry 16-inch guns, and
it's anti-aircraft guns have been
upped in caliber from three inches
to five inches.
1t has been predicted by military
authorities that naval action would
probably decide war in which Ger
many and Italy opposed Britain,
France, and Poland.
In total tonnage the side of the
British and French empires is over
whelmingly superior to the dictator
powers. Britain's giant armada to-
tails 2,079, 1868 tons and France, with
the second largest navy in Europe,
has $4,000 tons. The tiny Polish
navy is reported to amount to 1880
tons, or one-third the tonnage of
single modern battleship.
The Italian navy ranks third in
Europe with TIT 1920 tons. Germany,
which has had a short time to re-
build the navy she lost after the
World war, has SAL 1923 tons. Thus
the empire powers have almost a
to 2 superiority over the dictator
powers in tonnage. Even if Russia
should add her 200, 500 tons to the
German-Italian side, the Britain
France combination would be supe-
rior by nearly two to one.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
Pershing's War Horses
Enjoy Peaceful Old Age

WASHINGTON. - At least two
aged army horses need never worry
about an untimely death because
they have outlived their usefulness.
jeff and Kidron, mounts Gen. John
J. Pershing rode in victory parades
down the Champs Elysees in Paris
and New York city, are now ronp-
ing and frisking over the grass lands
of the army remount depot near
Front Royal, Va.
Their only care is 'being on their
dignity" when company comes. No
visit to the depot is complete with
out a glimpse of the two horses
which Col. Warren w. Whitside,
commander Of the depot, says are
the "most photographed horses In
the country"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

CHRISTIAN SS1ENCh onhsvAOHo
Are Sin, Disease and Death
Real?" will be the subject OF the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches Of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
October s.
The Golden Text will be from Psa.
1928, BLESS the Lord, o my soul,
and forget not all his benefits; who
forgiveth all thine iniquities; who
healeth all thy Diseases"
Among the citations comprising
, the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Pisa. 1881:
BLESSED are the indebted in the
way, who walk in the law OF the
Lord"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures,
by Mary Baker Eddy, among the
following. page 415. "Sin. disease
and death have no foundation In
Truth"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06

Congress has been called into
special session to vote on repeal OF
the arms embargo. How it votes
depends upon just one thing-do
the people of this country know
what the real question before Con-
gress is, Shall the United States
take part in the European war or
shall it keep out? No ACTON what
ever should he takeE by Congress
until the people do understand that.
whatever the actual question: that
is the issue that the Ayes and Nays
will decide.
Repeal of the arms embargo is
urged on the very ground that it
will aid one side, England and
France, and we are told that NOR
ality and self-interest alike require
that we aid them. Does anybody be-
lieve that the American people, il
they are convinced their aid is need
ed and should be given, will stop
when they have supplied few
guns?
From the point Of view Of self-in-
terest does anyone believe that hav-
ing expanded our munitions indus
try to meet war demands we viii
shut down the factories when the
cash gives out rather than advance
loans and credits? In other words,
II you are going to aid one side you
can't aid it little or for little
while. When it comes to war you
either get in to stay in and TO win
or you keep out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
The Old Maid Is
Newest Dance Step

NEW YORK. = Thy call it
"The Old Maid" but it's really
the wallfower dance. It's a
dance introduced at the national
convention of the Dancing Mas
tiers of America here recently.
"The Old Maid" allows an unes-
corted girl to cut in on a dancing
couple. The three continue to
dance together, the man in the
middle with his arms around the
waists of the two girls. The three
take their steps in the same d.
rection- something like chorus
routine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
WAR WILL INFLUENCE COST OF
LIVING

Big question in most minds to-
day might be phrased like this:
"How is the European war going to
affect meas an individual, as a
worker, and as factor in our
society,""
The answer to that must natural
ly vary with the work you do, the
way you earn your living, in what
section of the country you live, and
what your station in life is. And
the hazards of forecasting at this
early stage are obvious. But, going
by the experience of the past, it is
the safest bet imaginable that the
average man and woman is going
to be affected by the European ex-
plosion, and in certain definite ways.
First, war is almost certain to
have an influence on the cost of liv-
ing In this country-and an unfav-
orable influence, looking at it from
the point of view of the householder
who has to pay the bills. All over
che country people rushed into
stores to lay in heavy supplies of
sugar, flour, and other staples. AS
a result, many localities reported
themselves practically sold out of
these commodities. Stores were
forced to ration dwindling stocks.
This was panic buying, which natur-
ally created a high artificial price
situation. Prices Immediately scared
to completely unreasonable levels
from which, they have begun to
drop.
The truth is that we have, and
have long had, heavy surplus of
most commodities. Sugar stock on
hand recently touched an all-time
high. This years world wheat crop
was the greatest on record, and the
U. S. crop, while it did not set a
record for us, was very large. We
have an excess of -four in storage.
Don't forget that the government
has actually been paying out money
in export subsidies in an effort to
find market for some Of these sur
plus commodities.
AS result, even with heavy war
demand, considerable time must
pass before commodity supplies are
reduced to normal" much less be-
low normal. The normal of it all
is that the consumer has no i'm
mediate real worry about greatly
soaring prices.
One thing to remember-war
booms are entirely artificial They
strain the resources Of neutral ex-
porting powers to the utmost il they
last long enough, and when the
war Is over, the most drastic kind of
deflation must soon result. That
happened to us last time, when war-
time demand had developed our
productive facilities far beyond any
conceivable peace-time consumption.
It Is said that the government is
studying ways and meane to pre-
vent its happening again-if SO, it
has set about Q difficult task.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
coNow1NGo PEACE ACTION
COMMITTEE


Sept. 80, 1889
Editor Of The Midland journal
Rising Sun, Md.
Dear Editor,
We are appalled, by the war news
which comes to us from across the
Atlantic. Keep the United States
out of the quarrels of her
European neighbors, Surely, never
again must American boys be sent
into foreign countries to fight for
eign wars.
To avoid such tragedy, we must
avoid the mistakes of 1914. Then
we sold arms to our future allies
and built up war boom. We sold
them war material strictly for cash.
When the cash ran out we loaned
them money to buy our munitions.
Our young men were conscripted to
safeguard our loans. The war ended.
Our reward for our help-war
debts, depression, unemployment,
intolerable taxation and loss of tens
of thousands of our husbands and
sons.
To day we have strong neutral
ity law planned to safeguard us in
time of war. Perhaps the most i'm
portant clause in this law is its en-
barge on the shipment of arms. No
longer can we send instruments of
death to warning nations; no longer
can munition manufacturers make
fortunes.
Unfortunately there is a move
ment on foot to amend this neutral
ity law by repeating the section
which forbids the sale of arms to
belligerents. A special session Of
Congress has been called for this
purpose.
Shall we make again the mistakes
of twenty years ago? If not, then it
is important that we, the people,
understand what is going on and
that we are wide awake to the
danger of such changes in our neu-
trality laws, and that we express
ourselves on these important issues.
Sincerely
Edith P. Coates,
for Conowingo Peace
Action Committee
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
Steeplejack's Dog
Follows Tradition

PORTLAND, ORE.-Lady, an
Austrian shepherd dog, trotted
back and forth on the parapet of
the fourteenth story of down.
town Portland building and re-
fused to leave her dizzy perch.
Office workers leaned from win
dows and crowd gathered in the
street far below. Peace and
quiet were restored only when
Steeplejack Roy Smith, her mas
ter, climbed down from a 60-foot
fiagpole he was painting and
chained his dog to the roof.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06
AMERICAS GREATEST COMIC
WEEKLY

Fayorites of the comic world,
daring adventures and other enter
tanning features are found every
Sunday in the big Comic Weekly
Puck" distributed regularly with
the Baltimore Sunday American. On
sale at all newsstands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06

An idea of the big way in which
business does things many be gain
ed from the fact that to produce its
1910 models Of cars one automobile
manufacturer spent in new tools
and dies $12,000,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06

1910 model automobiles have be-
gun rolling OF assembly lines. The
public presentation Of the new cars
is scheduled for October 15-22 at
the National Automobile show in
New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06

Continental America and Alas
ka Join in producing $500 worth Of
0sh products every so seconds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-10-06

A fool may have brains enough
but lacks the sence required to make
use of them.
Evening star., 1939-08-13
156 Complaints Acted on
In Year by Realty Agency

The District Real Estate Commits
sion last year received and acted on
1856 complaints against District
realty agents, according to an an
nual report submitted to the Com
missioners yesterday by John A.
Petty, executive secretary of the
agency.
He reported the commission
brought about the recovery of
S2,110.50 in nine cases. OF the total
number of cases, six were with
drawn, 81 were dismissed, 96 were
considered and flled," 16 were set
Tied, II were referred to q surety
company, five were referred to the
Dastrlct corporation counsel and one
was pending at the end of the year.
from license fees, the District
netted sum Of $41,770 during the
past year, the board renorted
whereas expenditures amounted Ia
$l4,082, leaving a surplus of s27 ees
During the last year the hoard
granted 1,740 licenses to real estate
brokers and salesmen, includino
frms. partnerships, corporations
partners, officers and individual,
and business chance brokers.
Members of the commission ar,
District Assessor Fred D. Allen, whe
serves ex ofacio as chairman, ane
Harold E. Doyle and Aubrey st. c
Wardwell, who serve on a per diem
basis.