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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

@. What is the purpose Of gov
eminent insurance?
A. There are millions of wage
earners whose annual income affords
them little more than bare subsist-
ence. These same millions have
nothing to put aside for old age
nor for jobless weeks. Under Federal
0ld-age insurance, millions OF work.
ers have begun to provide for their
future security. Under unemploy-
ment insurance, many workers now
have the assurance that when they
have lost their jobs, through no
fault of their own, they will receive
financial aid to tide them over un-
til they find work again.
@. L recently talked with q
travelling man who had three differ
emit social security cards. Should any
one person have more than one Soc
ial security card?
A. When the worker fills out
his application for a social Sc .nrity
account number, he receives a Soc
ial security card, which means that
an account will be established for
him. The card contains the number
of the workers account. It is in
this account that the workers wage
record will be kept, until the time
comes for payment of his old-age in
surance. 1t is important to bear In
mind that this account number al
ways remains the same. 1t is not
affected If the worker changes jobes,
If he works for more than one en-
ployer, If he is out of work The per-
son who has an account number is
not required to apply for a new ac-
count number under any circum-
stances.
@. II an employer should find
that one of his employees has more
than ONE social security card, what
should he do?
A. The employer should tell him
to write or visit the nearest field
Office of the Social Security Board
and report the fact. The necessary
adjustment will be made without
any trouble or any cost to him.
@. My father has a little store in
the country and employees only one
clerk. Is the clerk covered by old
age insurance and does my father
have to pay a wage tax and make
report for that one employee?
A. Yes, If the clerk is under age
IS. Old-age insurance provisions
apply to stores, large or small, ho-
tells, restaurants, barber shops,
bootblack parlors, bakeries, service
establishments, theatres, and broad
casting companies. II such establish
ments have only one employee, that
employers wages are subject to-
taxation under the Social Security
Act. However, in this State he is
exempt under the unemployment
compensation law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Soul and Body" will be the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. May
81, 1889.
The Golden Text will be from lisa.
$3.50, "If thou draw out thy soul
to the hungry, and satisfy the at
flicted soul; then shall thy light
rise in obscurity, and thy darkness
be as the MONDAY
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Pas. 63:1
20 God, thou are my God; early
will seek thee; my soul thirsteth
for thee, my flesh longeth for thee,
in dry and thirsty land where no
water u.s."
The Lesson-Sermon also win IN
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy. among which
is the following, page 428, ITO
divest thought of false trusts and
material evidences in order that the
spiritual facts of being may appear;
this is the great attainment by
means of which we shall sweep
away the false and give place to the
true"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Streams Flow Inland in
One Part of Australia

Australia is a land of paradoxes,
OF scentless flowers and songless
birds, and one of its oddities is riv-
ers which flow almost from the
coastline into the heart of the con-
tinent, relates Quentin Pope in the
Chicago Tribune.
Notable among these is the Goul-
burn, which winds through Victoria
to the north, turning its back on the
waters of Bass strait and flowing on
to join the Murray, Australia's Fa-
Their of Waters, which for much OF
its 1000 miles is the border between
Victoria and New South Wales.
The Goulburn has made possible
one of the richest developments in
the country. Victoria spent millions
on the work of irrigating the Goul-
burn valley, creating thousands OF
acres of fertile land through a
system of more than 5000 miles of
channeling.
The Eildon weir, siadowed by
softly-rounded hills, and the Waran-
ga basin together hold and distrib-
lite nearly 100000 acre feet of the
Goulburn river that once flowed into
the Murray. The Goulburn irrigates
more areas than any three other
rivers in the country could supply.
Early explorers reported the coun
try south of the parallel of "a de-
grees as "uninhabitable and useless
for the purpose of civilized man."
They could find no trace of any river
falling into the sea between Cape
Otway and Spencer's gulf, and thus
wrote off the territory as waterless.
The odd trick of the Goulburn of
flowing away from the sea to join
the Murray had fooled them. 1t was
only the determination of COVER
nor who sent off another expedition
to the unknown country to exhaust
all possibilities of water existing.
that started this region on the way
to prosperity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
ACADEMY MUSICAL ORGANIZA-
TION BROADCAST

On Thursday evening, Mcy II, ct
1880 p. M. d. L. S. the combined
Orchestra and Sextette of the West
Nottingham Academy were heard
as the feature program of the Sta
ton WGAL of Lancaster. Recently
the Sextette sang on the West Not
tingham Academy Program over
Station WHAT in Philaddelphia at
which time it rendered three num-
bers: "Gloria Excelsus", the negro
spiritual, "Steal Away, and "A Lit
tie Close Harmony. The sextette is
under the direction of Mr.. Richard
w. Holstein of the Academy faculty
who accompanied them at the paino.
The West nottingham Academy
Orchestra, consisting y of fifteen
pieces, played Horold Benefits
Overture, Ambition, his '"Activ-
ity" and Normal" March, and sew
eraI other selections. The orchestra
is under the direction of Mr.. Henry
c. Ricco, Director Of Music at the
Acadamy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
French National Anthem
Composed by an Engineer

The famous song "Marseillaise, "
the French national anthem, was
written on the night Of April "a, 1902,
by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle,
French captain Of engineers who
was a musical amateur.
The mayor of Strasbourg, where
de Lisle was then CHARTERED, had
expressed the need for a good
marching song and this was de
Isles patriotic response. The name
was given to it later because of the
enthusiasm with which 1t was sung
by troops setting out from Mar
settles for Paris. De Lisle had SIM
ply named it 'War-song Of the Army
of the Rhine" notes writer in the
Detroit News. A royalist rather
than a revolutionist himself, he was
later prescribed and had to leave
France for Switzerland. Some time
before his death in 1885 he was
decorated with the Legion of Honor
and awarded a pension.
According to Immortal Songs Of
Camp and Field" under the mon
archical governments in France,
the song was always held seditious,
because Of its extraordinary influ-
ence upon the French people. "The
first time since the Revolution that
it was not regarded as reasonable
by those in authority was at the
opening of the Worlds fair in 1873"
In 1914 the body of de Lisle was
exhumed and taken to the Invalides
in Paris, to await interment in the
Pantheon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
Entering Strange Caves

None but the bravest people care
to enter strange caves. They may
get hopelessly lost, drop into q pit,
slide over dangerous precipice,
or drown in rushing, hidden river.
Land caves usually occur in lime
stone, porous rock, notes writer
in the Washington Post. Rain trick
les into cracks, "eats" away part
of the lime, and eventually carves
out huge underground holes. Tiny
raindrops made Kentucly's famed
Mammoth cave this way. It
sprawls 5000 square miles under
the earth's surface.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
EARLY DIAGNOSIS CAMPAIGN

The annual Early Diagnosis Cam
paign of the tuberculosis associa-
tions of the United States which was
concluded last month will be con-
tinued in Maryland throughout the
year, 1t is reported by the Maryland
tuberculosis Association.
Thought April, in every State,
an education campaign was conduct
ed to impress people with the neces-
sity of finding tuberculosis early in
.order to prevent advanced disease
from developing. This work is SO
important that the Maryland asso-
citation plans to continue 1t through
out 1899.
Early diagnosis not only prevents
the development of advanced dis
ease in tuberculosis persons, but
also helps check the spread Of the
disease to uninfected persons by
identifying potential spreaders be-
fore harm has been done.
The features Of the Early Dia-
gnosis Campaign will be incorpor-
ated into the regular health edu-
cation program that is maintained
by the association on a year round
basis. Other things stressed in the
educational program are the value
of building and maintaining strong
healthy bodies, the methods of pre-
venting tuberculosis and correcting
many false beliefs about tubercul-
osis that still exist.
BY including information con-
corning "early diagnosis in the
educational program, William Mat
thews, managing director of the
Maryland tuberculosis Association,
said, Everyone should eventually
become informed concerning the adj
vantages of discovering the disease
at its first attack before any serious
damage has been done.
eff people wait until the danger
signals of coughing, loss of weight
and appetite, Indigestion, Eains in
the chest, fatigue and the expectora-
ton of blood appear; advanced and
serious illness will more than likely
have started. This, of course, is
more difficult to cure than that
which is just beginning.
"The modern methods Of dia-
gnosis-the tuberculin test and X
ray-make it possible for doctor
to find tuberculosis before. per-
son has any indication of the pres
ence of the disease. Every young
person between the ages of Is and
rs years should have the benefits Of
these methods. This is espically true
if they have been contact OF tuber-
culosis," he said.
when everyone learns about
these things and will seek the as
sistance of the medical profession
before it is too late, tuberculosis
will be controlled as are many other
diseases that were once common"
Mr.. Matthews concluded.
Statistics issued by the Nation
al tuberculosis Association show
that out of every 10 patients adj
mitted to- sanatoria have advanced
tuberculosis. This means that out
of the 10 will have long hard
struggle ahead which will not in
all cases be successful. The adj
vanced cases undoubtedly spread in
lection to others before they vera
diagnosed as tuberculosis and adj
mitted to sanatoria.
This could have been prevented
if these patients had made Il regu-
lar practice of going to their doctors
or clinics for an examination each
year and had had the benefits of
the tuberculin test and X-ray.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
Originated the Metric System

The metric system was an inven-
ton of the French in the latter half
Of the Eighteenth century. The
French government appointed a
committee of the Academy Of Sci
ences under the authority Of the ma
tional assembly sanctioned by Louis
XVI to devise a system Of weights
and measures. The committee con-
sisted of Borda, Lagrange. Laplace,
Monge, and Condorcet. On June %,
1888, the standard units, the meter
and the kilogram, made by expert
scientists and instrument makers,
were deposited In the archives at
Paris,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

The first meat packers in the
United States were farmers, accord
ing to correspondent in the Wis
consin Agriculturist. More than 800
years ago these farmer packers be-
gan to salt down pork, beef, venison
and bear meat. It wasn't long be-
fore the New Englanders began to
take share of the English trade in
meats with the West Indies. Later,
thousands of meat animals were
driven in on foot to Boston, New
York. Baltimore and other sea port
towns, from the outlying farms and
from adjoining colonies or states.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
MYSTERIOUS LIGHT OF THE
NIGHT

Why can owls, bats ard even
some humans see in the dark? A
distinguished French astronomer ex-
plains the mysteries of eyesight and
tells Of unseen light even in the
blacklist night. One of many Illus
trated features in the May 28 issue
of The American Weekly, distribute
ed with the Baltimore Sunday Amer
can. On sale at all newstands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

According to DR.. M. A. JUL. head
of the University of Maryland Poul-
try Department and secretary Of the
Industries Committee, near O mil
lion visitors are expected ut the.
seventh Worlds Poultry Congress
and Exposition which will be held
In Cleveland from July % b, Aug. z.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
The Law of LEX
'Confne. your tongue lest it confne you"

The Law Of LEX is a strange code
that governs the blood feuds of the
mountaineers of Albania. Respect
ing it, says Golfers Weekly, one
never shoots his enemy when the
man has arranged for a period of
truce SO he can go to town, hold
a party or gather his harvest.
These feuds, therefore, may be
turned on or off, at will so they
will not interfere with ones bust
ness or pleasure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19
HOW rs YOUR LUCK

Natural laws do mot decide your
good or bad fortune. It's just plain
luck and noted university profess
tells you why In an enlightening
illustrated story Of the May 28 issue
Of The American Weekly, distribute
ed with the Baltimore Sunday Amsr.
can. On sale Ct ga AaYstaRdh
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

The index of prices received by
Maryland farmers ON April Is was
8 points higher than a month be-
fore, but II points below the same
date a year ago, according to the
Maryland Crop Reporting Service.
The ratio of prices received to prices
paid advanced 3 points but was still
below a year ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

Erosion and removal of products
causes American farms to lose the
valuable substance phosphorus
eight tons Of 1t each minutel
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

Every minute of every hour, six
visitors enter the State of California.
And they spend $500 there--every
so seconds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

BY the time you finish reading
this column, the world Will have
produced another $4,000 worth of
tobacco!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

Thirty-five barrels of OF, q min
ute come out Of Peru, South Ameri-
cas- third largest producer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-05-19

The only difference between
repartee and impudence is the size
Of the man who saza y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21
Market Opens Higher With Active Dealings
Steels Led Advance-American Telephone Makes Big
 Spurt- Motor Were All in Upward Drive
BY ELMER c. WALZER Limited Press Financial Editor)

New York, March 21. = (UP) = Stocks opened fractions to 2 points higher today with dealings active. Bonds firmed. Cotton futures eased few p.nts on the first call. Steel shares led the advance, U, s. Steel and Bethlehem gaining l 3-4 points to 57 1-2 and 68 1-2, re- spectively. Youngstown Sheet and Tube rose nearly point.
 American Telephone spurted 3 1-2 points to 15S. Case rose 2 points to 86. Du Pont opened at 150 up 3.
 Chrysler opened at 76 1-8 up l 1-2; General Motors 47 Ia up l; Johns Manville 89 up 1; Douglas Aircraft 69 up 1; U. s. Rubber 45 up |; Boe- ing Airplane 26 1-2 up 3-8; Ken necott 36 2-8 up l 1-8; International Nickel 49 12 up 1 IA; and Vest inghouse Electric 107 up 2 1-2.
 The better market followed a rally in London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21
NAZI SPY MOVIE
 GOES ONEW YORK

Hollywood, March 2l-(UP)- Warner Brothers announced today that the completed film "confes- sions of Nazi Spy," Hollywood's first frankly anti-dictator picture, would be'rushed to New York this week under heavy guard.
 The picture is based upon the New York spy trials and adapted from a story by Leon Turrou, the former Gilman who helped uncover the spy ring. The studio said it re- ceived several warnings and threats when the picture was announced,
 To cash in on the current Nad headlines, the studio rushed the $1,- 500,000 picture to completion ahead of schedule. It will be premiered in New York next month. Edward G. Robinson was given the starring role, at his request, but most of the actors are kept anonymous because they are of foreign birth and have relatives in totalitarian countries, the studio said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21

Terryville, March 21.-The Terry vile Congregational church voted Monday evening to extend call to Rev. Sumner Walker Johnson to become their pastor. MT. Johnson has been pastor of the Congrega- tional church in Somers the past six years and he and his wife leave there soon to serve in this larger church.
 He was educated at Aurora Col lege, Aurora, H., and at the Hart ford Theological Seminary and spent two years in graduate study at Manchester university in Eng land.
 Mrs. Johnson is a graduate of the Hartford School of Religious Education. They have one child, daughter, three years old. They hope to come here to begin their work, May 1 if work in the parson- age is completed by that time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21
BEWARE OF WOMEN ORDERS OF GOVT

Washington, March 21-(UP)- The Navy today resurrected a World war days warning to sailors to beware of "inquisitive women."
 A sign, Beware of Female Spies", was hung in one Navy department office with the explanation by an officer that while it was "just a curiosity" the advice is pretty sound during these turbulent days"
 The sign reads:
 Beware of female spies.
 "Women are being employed by the enemy to secure information from Navy men on the theory that they are less liable to be suspected than male spies. Beware of inquisi- tive women as well as prying men.
 See everything, hear everything. say nothing concerning any matter bearing upon the work of the Navy. Silence is safety"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21
GERMAN CONSUL
 UNDER PROTEST

Los Angeles, March 21-(UP)- One thousand Americanized Ger mans, who claimed their action rep resented the sentiments of a ma jority of naturalized Germans in this country, demanded of President Roosevelt and congress today the re- moval of Capt. Fritz Wiedemann as German consul general of San Fran cisco.
 They also demanded that immedi- ate action be taken against the Ger man American Bund for its alleged un-American activities.
 At mass meeting in Hollywood last night they authorized a tele- graphic protest to MT. Roosevelt and congress in the name of the Ger man-American League for Culture nationwide organization claiming 85, ,000 members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21
MRS. E. RIDDEN GUEST AT PARTY
Bradleyville Resident Hon. Ored on Birthday at
 Daughters Home
MlDDLEBURY
Correspondent: Eleanor Read
 Telephone 5-0932

Mrs. Edward Redden of Bradley vile was honored at party at her home Sunday given by her daugh- ter, Mrs. Franklin Read in celebra- ton of her birthday. She received several gifts. Present were: MI. and Mrs. James Kitchens and daughter Emily; MT. and Mrs. Clarence Nich- ols and sons Milton and Kenneth; MT. and Mrs. James Redden and son Raymond; and MT. and Mrs. Franklin B. Read.
 Mrs. Harry Spokesman of Yale avenue wss hostess to the Friday Afternoon Pinochle club at her home. Three tables were in play and hon. ors went to: Mrs. James Willard, Mrs. Chris Riley and Mrs. Charles L. Stevens. Others playing were: Mrs. Joseph Rinaldi, Mrs. Charles Miner, Mrs. James Heady, Mrs. Don- aid Grahame, Mrs. John Hansen, Mrs. Ira Stevens, Mrs. Ross Salis- bury, Mrs. Charles Harper and Mrs. Spokesman.
 Teachers and officers of the Con- gregational church school will spon- sor a German supper in the church rooms Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. At 8 p. m. a moving picture entitled King of Kings" will be shown. A silver offering will be taken. Mrs. Samuel Townsend is general chair man of the affair.
 The weekly Lenten cottage prayer meeting will be held at the home of MT. and Mrs. G. Fred Abbott tomor- row evening at 8 o'clock.
 Miss Mary Campbell of East Orange, N. J., has returned after a few days visit here with her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell and her sister, Mrs. D. A. Rinaldi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21
SOCIALISTS WILL.
 SEEK MAYORSHIP.
Waterbury, Hartford Men- toned Prominently; New
 Britain Is Also in Line
By JACK AMMAN United Press Staff Corresp0ndent)

United Press Staff COrreSp0ndent)
 Bridgeport, Conn.,, March 21- (UP)-Socialist forces headed by Mayor Jasper McLevy, confident of capturing the state administration by 1942 or 1914, are preparing to enter the mayoralty campaigns in Hartford and Waterbury this fall, it was learned today.
 The statewide organization cre- ated in the state election last Mo- vember in which McLevy, as Social ist candidate for governor, received the amazing total of 164,000 votes, will not be permitted to disintegrate it was understood.
 Rather, the various good govern ments and merit system organiza- tions which united to promote the MvLevy gubernatorial candidacy are being encouraged to remain with the local three-term mayor, with a view to creating powerful state organization capable of swepeing the state in the next four or five years.
 Hartford Man Known
 Already, at Hartford, it was an- nounced Reliant Trombley, candi- date for U. s. senator on the Social ist ticket last fal land a typewriter company employe, will be candi- date for mayor.
 McLevy's gubernatorial candidacy received more than 10000 votes in that city last November, and efforts were being made to hold and, if possible, increase that total.
 A platform already is being drafted for the Hartford campaign, it was learned. One of the blanks will propose a city manager form of government.
 A candidate at Waterbury has not yet been selected, it was reported. McLevy carried this city in the, state election, and party members were confident public reaction against scandal revelations could elect So- cial.st mayor this fall.
 Attorney Smedley Mentioned
 One of those being mentioned for the Socialist candidacy at Water bury was Attorney Frederic c. Smed- ley, president of the local chapter of the Connecticut Merit association. He also is member of the legal staff of the Citizens Good Govern ment association.
 Smedley was understood to have filed application for membership in the Socialist party.
 Complete city tickets were pre- dicted at both Hartford and Water bury, which were the chief centers of Socialist power outside the Bridge port area.
 Meantime, party organizations in the smaller cities and towns were being encouraged and mayoralty candidates in several of these com- munities may be proposed.
 An effort may be made to capture New Britain, and other smaller com- munities surrounding Hartford, sev- eral of which gave McLevy huge votse in last falls state election.
 Both Republican and Democratic parties realized the extent of the Socialist program, it was understood, leading to reports in the general as- sembly the Republican Socialist axis may break down. Democrats already were attacking financial ad- ministration of Bridgeport by the Socialists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21
COL. LEWIS FIELD
 COMING SATURDAY

Lieutenant Colonel c. E. Speer, U. s. A., and Captain Thomas H. Hor- rigan will confer with Waterbury officers of the second battalion units 102nd Infantry, c. N. c. and Con- pany H., West Haven tonight at the state arrnory on command post exercise. In the form of an attack problem, the exercise will be worked out Saturday afternoon at the arm ory with Colonel Lewis L. Field and stan of New Haven, observing. At the same time. similar problems will be worked out at Torrington and New Haven armories.