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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Kansas Birds
Eat Live Cows
Farmers Find II Difficult to
Fight Pests Who Cause
Big Losses.

WICHITA, KAN.-Cattlemen OF
western Kansas have learned to
cope with zero weather and bliz-
yards which are hitting them now,
but they are faced this year with a
new menace--Kansas birds are eat
ing Kansas cows.
Ray Lamberson, q cattleman Of
Liberal, brought two birds to the
Wichita stockyards to show men Of
this part of Kansas specimens of
the newest pests.
The birds are alighting on the
backs of cows, boring through the
skin, and literally starting to eat
them alive.
One Of the birds Is an English
startling; the other is similar to the
Kansas state bird, the meadow lark.
ut seems that these starlings are
teaching our state birds few bad
habits" Lamberson said. II was
born and raised in this part Of the
country, and never have seen any
starlings here before"
Cows at Mercy.
Both species have long beaks and
long claws. They alight on the
cows back, just above the rump.
There, the COW neither can shake
it loose nor brush it off with her
tail.
They are attacking beef herds, but
are doing most of their damage in
dairy herds, according to Lamber-
son.
Farmers are finding it difficult to
fight the pests. If they put out
poisoned meat, dogs and cats, the
pets of almost every farmhouse, eat
it and die. So they have tried put
ting out poisoned seeds.
The sparrows and other birds that
winter in this part. of the country
readily eat the poisoned grain. The
starlings, however, refuse to touch
it. Rather, they wait until the spar
rows and other birds die from ef-
fects of the poison, and then attack
them, boring through the breasts Of
their winged victims.
The English starting Is dark
bird. It's feathers are nearly black
near the quill end, but on the spread
end, they have a purplish dot.
Bird books describe starlings as
intelligent and carnivorous. While
there is snow on the ground, seeds
are plentiful along hedgerows, but
the birds prefer to attack the cattle.
Eat More Than Grubs.
The other bird resembles a
meadow lark but is somewhat dark
er and more husky than the ordi-
nary species.
j Old-timers here say they have
often seen birds land on the backs
of cattle, but only to eat grubs which
grow under the skin of the animals,
rather than the animals themselves.
Lamberson says that the type of
boring the starlings do Is different
and that they eat more of the ami
NAL than just a grub.
The startling is a member of the
grackle family, the same family to
which crows and blackbirds belong.
There are thousands of crows and
blackbirds in Kansas all through the
year, but they never have been seen
to attack cattle.
Until they learn to cope with the
trouble, many of the cattlemen are
keeping their dairy herds in sheds.
At the same time they are hoping
they will find some way to fight the
pests because the Kansas climate is
so well suited to breeding of the
grackle family that there are likely
to be thousands of them in the neigh
borhood in few years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
MACHINERY RECOVERED FROM
RIVER BOTTOM

BY the use of an improvised mag
net and another devise they made
Michael Gofus and Anthony Maim-
one, Bethlehem Steel Comp a ny
bridge workers, last week recovered
from the bottom Of the SusQuehanna
river two valuable machines that had
been accidentally dropped overheard
by workmen.
Several weeks ago these men re-
covered other machinery from the
river bottom with the aid of their
improvised devices, bringing the
total recovery to an approximate
value Of $1,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Prehistoric Toothache

Muscular, primitive man Sinking
through the forests in search OF
game, and chewing bones when he
captured it, had, the toothache. The
notion that our distant ancestors,
merely because they exercised their
molars by eating uncooked meat
never suffered dental pain, is err
roneous, according to DR.. Wilton M.
KrognQan Of Western Reserve uni
versity. ssTooth decay dates back
some so, 900 years-to the Rhodesian
man found in South Africa" said
Or. Krogman, pointing to defective
teeth ID en- spelike skull.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
ELECTED NONRESIDENT OF
STATE sANATORIUM

DR.. Victor F. Cullen, Superinten-
dent of the State Sanatorium and
member of the Board Of Directors
of the Maryland Tuberculosis As
sociation, has been elected Vice.
President of the American Trudeau
Society.
DR.. Cullen's election took place
at the Nationa tuberculosis Associa-
ton and the American Trudeau
Society in Cleveland, Ohio.
The American Trudeau Society
is the national organization for
physicians fighting Tuberculosis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Wisconsin Liars Club
Has Tough Competition

Burlington, Wis, world capital Of
tall-story tellers, faces competition.
Liars of Usage, Okla, have chal-
lenged Burlington fibbers to Gle
telling session with no holds
barred"
''To prove we rate In the cham
pionship class" wrote Glenn G.
Gates Of the Usage team, "here's
one an Usage kindergarten pupil
tells:
"'I was getting dinner one day
when / accidentally dropped a very
sharp knife. It cut our old cats
tail off up close, clean as a whistle.
He looked so exposed and embar-
raised that / decided to build him
a new tail Of wood. ] threaded the
tail stub and made matching
threads on the wooden job and
screwed it on. The cat looked
proudly at 1t a moment and then
scampered out into the yard.
1.-THE next thing / saw was our
old cat hiding behind tree near
which all the rats in the neighbor-
hood passed. When a rat stuck his
head out our cat would switch It's
tail and knock the rat dead.
THE next morning the cat had
everything organized. He had an
other cat sitting on fence as look
out, 16 cats dragging off the dead
rats, is digging holes to bury them
In, and Is more covering them up.
A pussy was keeping score"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
ROAD CONTRACTS

Governor O'Conor was informed
Tuesday by the State Roads Com
mission that in keeping with the
Administrators efforts to speed up
new construction and maintenance
work ON the roads, bids totalling
$161.32S had been placed during
the past week.
Repair work totalling $43,000.00
was provided for, Hartford and Cecil
Counties, along State Routes Nos. /,
40, 81, Ill, 1913, lao, Las, 1855.
272, 273, $50, 400, 439, SIT, and
519.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Insulation 100 Years Old

Mineral wool, the most widely
used form of fireproof house insula-
ton in the world, will celebrate its
hundredth anniversary during 1910.
The material, according to the U. s.
department Of the interior, was first
manufactured in Wales, England, in
1910. It was introduced into this
country Ia 1851
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

Confused by strange surroundings,
q doe that had wandered into Pasa-
dena, Calf, jumped through = plate
glass window Of a bank and took ref
uge ia the elevator. As It had SUI
Tered broken leg In this too close
contact with civilization, game
warden had to be called 70 ehoot Il
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05
Five LIVES" OF ENGLAND'S
MYSTERY GIRL

Strange recollections of a mystic
girl who claims she Is now enjoy
ing her fifth life on earth. Don't
miss this unusual story in the July
14th issue Of
The American Weekly
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with the
BALTIMORE AMERICAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

The inmates at Leavenworth,
Federal Penitentiary. grow q pound
Of potatoes every miautal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

Even Peru. remote South -Ameri~
can country. has lost S. . minute
u trade because q Maj estiXitys,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

Canary seed comes from Turkey,
too. where they export 500 pounds .
minute.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

A very large man sometimes
makes a very small citizen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-05

Hungary produces 500 bushels OF
grain every minute Of every hour,
hence & 9 great hrsad-haakst
Evening star., 1940-03-21
Census Similar
To That Of 1890,
Welfare Unit Is Told
Social Agencies Councils
Research Department
Hears DR.. Huuser

The 1910 census schedule, despite
what some of you may have heard,
does not differ much from the 1880
census" DR.. Philip M. Hauser, as
sistant chief statistician for popula-
ton, Bureau of the Census, said yes
terday at a meeting held under
auspices of the Research Depart
ment, Washington Council of Social
Agencies.
The census is quite similar to that
of 1880. with one or two exceptions,
by way of innovation" DR.. Hauser
added, and referred, with amuse-
ment, to the amount of time that
had been spent in defending the
1910 count. He added, however, that
census takers have had almost as
much trouble getting the ages of
ladies in the census as we probably
will have in getting income data in
Bile error in punctuation in the census
bill, in which comma is placed
after the word money many per-
sons have the idea they have to
furnish the census takers data on
total income, including that on stocks
and bonds, whereas all that actually
will be required is data on the exact
total income in salary or wages under
$1,000, he said.
Job Data "Most Important"
Census data which will deal with
employment and unemployment was
named by DR.. Hauser as the most
important thing with which this
years census will deal. Through the
census this year, he said, the bureau
will be able to classify all persons
above the age of IA as labor force
or nonlabor force. These classical
tions, he pointed out, will be still
further broken down to show num-
bers of persons unable to work
DR.. Hauser, who spoke at the Y. w.
c. A., Seventeenth and K streets
NV, had as his subject, Census
Tracts and Their Use and Plans for
the 1910 Census
Internal Migration Data Sought.
Elsewhere in his address, DR..
Hauser said statistics on the foreign
born population is becoming of less
Importance and that the coming
census will seek detailed information
dealing with internal migration and
basic population.
Mrs. Josephine Prescott, director
of the Bureau of Nursing, District
Health Department: praised the
value of census tract information
as an aid toward estimating nursing
requirements in different sections of
the city. Robert W. Eaves, principal
of the Thomson School, told of the
value of such information to school
officials.
Willard c. Smith, chief of the Vital
Statistics and Population Unit, Social
Security Board, and chairman of the
Research Department of the Council
of Social Agencies, presided at the
meeting.
Evening star., 1940-03-21
Community Service
Scheduled Tomorrow

A Good Friday community serv-
Ice will be held tomorrow at the
Arlington (Va) Presbyterian Church
from noon to 3 pm. with medita-
tions by the Rev. Perry Mitchell and
the pastors of Bancroft, Arlington
and Virginia Highlands. Other pas
tors taking part in the service will
be the Rev. E. H. Puryear, the Rev.
Lewis Havermale, the Rev. Willard
Pierce, the Rev. Thomas S. Betsch-
Ter, the Rev. G.. w. Raines and the
Rev. Walter F. Wolf.
Evening star., 1940-03-21

These prices effective in all stores in the District Of
Columbia until close Of business March 49, 1910
On account Of the Maryland and virginia Unfair Trade
Practice Acts, prices slixhtIy higher these
States We the right sell to dealers
-. also the right to limit quantities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06
BOARD ORDERS
HEARINGS HELD
Produced Grades, Lay.
Outs OF Six Streets to
Be Considered

The board OF public works last
night voted 10 ask permission OF
the board OF aldermen 10 hold pub
lie hearings on proposed layouts
and grades OF six streets. The
streets are: Alder street, from
Washington avenue 10 Sunnyside
avenue; East Mountain road, from
Hamilton avenue 10 Peach Orchard
road: Wigwam avenue, from
Chase avenue 10 perkins avenue;
Francis street, from Seymour street
10 Congress avenue; Marlboro
street, from Wolcott street TO q
Point $50 feet south; and on q new
street 10 connect Marlboro and
Lydia streets.
Supt. Of Streets Herbert Scott
Smith reported that necessary re-
pairs 10 the Washington avenue
bridge will cost 5000, and II was
voted 10 ask that this sum be
transferred from the departments
salary Item.
Referred 10 Corporation Counsel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06

Here and there . . f. Irish Day Is to be observed In
New Haven July % when the Ancient Order OF Hber-
mans plays host TO thousands OF men and women OF Irish
birth and ancestry from all over the state The event Is
scheduled for Maennerchor Park in West Haven. The
death Countess Olga Aban removes one OF our favor
lite radio singers Her voice has been missed from the air
waves for some time past due to illness She died
at Tucson Arizona where she had been taken from her
home In Chicago a year ago. The granddaughter OF a
Spanish admiral she educated In this country and
had played In musical comedies and opera as well as
devoted much time to radio singing. Arthur McDon-
ad who graduates from Holy Cross College next week
Brodeur member OF John L. Sullivans federal
staff In Hartford renewed acquantanceshps with men,
bers OF the Waterbury delegation TO the Democratic state
convention in Hartford Monday and Tuesday Mayor
Vincent Scully received telegram OF congratulations
while at lunch in Hartford Tuesday from the women
members Of the Waterbury delegation to the Democratic
convention on his 18th wedding anniversary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06
BY WILLIAM AUSTIN
NEA Service Special
Correspondent

Ottawa, June 8-Canada has
cracked down on fifth columnistS,
turning the Dominion into mo-
man's-land for Communists, Nazis
or anyone else considered likely TO
disrupt the war effort.
A little red book called de-
Tense OF Canada Regulations" was
the big SticR swung by Royal
Canadian Mounted Police and
provincial authorities 10 smash
the Communist Party In Canada
and the Nazi inspired National
Unity Party. The regulations, IN
terms 30 bread they can III any
situation arising from the war,
confer on the government powers
usually associated with q dictator
ship.
Disclosure OF the trcachery OF
stibsersiye elements on the Euro
pean battloficlds and how they
paved the way for German troops
TO invade The LowlandS brought
an insistent public demand that
the Canadian government round
up riders OF the Trojan horse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06

J. Gregory Lynch wsB q request 0:
tho Country Club Of waterbury
that the AZ Get department. be CIV.
on permission 10 connect from wa
ter mains on the club property 10
homes already erected or planned.
The street superintendent was
instructed 70 warn residents oil
WATERFOWL avenue 10 make any
sewer connections before paving
work begins there.
July 2 was fixed as the date for
hearings on sewer assessments
against property owners on Ray,
0lenwood and Primrose streets.
Petitions for the oillng Of Hi
avenue, Spring avenue, Wheeler
avenue and Jersey street were re.
ferred 10 Supt, Scott smith, with
power to act.
The board referred TO the mayor
for title aearches for sewer as
sessments on the following streets;
Addison, Bellevue, Carmel, Sims
bury, winchester, Tudor, from Hill
view 10 Hauser; Douglas avenue,
Congress avenue extension, from
Highland avenue 10 CRANKY stree;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06

According TO totally unreliable statistics the direct
proposal or offer of marriage, Is as outmoded as the
horsehair sofa which took place Modern couples
now "reach Understandings Not since the horse and
buggy has sweet young thing had an opportunity
TO murmur "Oh, this Is so sudden!" Therefore, It's
rather startling to Jeffrey Lynn down on his knees
Oh gravel walk. He's looking up at Olivia dc Haviland
with honest intentions for in Episode" Says
jeff Look, Amelia, you said II came to you on my
knees we'll, want to kiss you ah, won't you let me
get up?" Says Olivia: II guess you'll have TO. III be
That's a marriage proposal in the modern manner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06

as II may develop"
1.-THE law and the regulations
as they stand cover oil possible
eventualitles," he continued.
persons OF enemy origin sus-
pected OF Nazi activities have been
informed. Persons Of potential
enemy origin are known and be-
Ing closely watched. All military
precautions have been Instituted
to safeguard public works, COM
munications, transport facilities
and other property from sabotage
or 80 called fifth column activi-
ties"
Meantime, across Canada from
Halifax 10 Vancouver, city Off.
cials are organizing home guard
units for defense against sabotage
and treason,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06

point OF view, was 10 keep Italy
out OF the war, move which he
believes would be crushing 10 the
Allies.
The conversations reached @ point
where II Duce promised the Presi-
dent that he would keep Italy out
OF the war, II the United States
would step In and see that a peace
was worked out which gave some
thing TO Italy. For several days the
discussions continued, but broke
down last Friday. II was the next
day, Saturday, that Nail raiders
bombed the cities OF Marscilles and
Lyon In southern France--a gesture
OF support 10 Italy. Some observers
believe that the Nazi planes actually
few from italy.
The rock upon which the Roose-
velt-Mussolini discussions foundered
was the actual peace terms II
Duce wanted SIX French DEPART
ments (provinces) on the Franco
Italian border, including the famous
resort towns OF Cannes and Nice,
also Tunis and some other French
colonies In Africa. He also proposed
that the southern or pro-French
part OF Belgium be given to France
10 compensate for her lost provinces,
the rest of Belgium being combined
with Holland under Germany.
Finally, Mugsolini wanted the
Maginot Line blown up and leveled
Off. During all OF these discussions,
Germany did not come into the pc
ture. However, " was suspected that
Mussolini was In touch with his
Axis ally.
No encouragement From Allies
When Roosevelt put these ideas
upto France. he got no encourage
ment whatsoever. The French have
been willing TO give Italy various
African colonies. but they balk fiat.
footedly at cedlng the FIcnch side
of the Alps, thus wiping out their
value as q natural barrier, and
leaving France open 10 attack at
any time In the future. Also the
demolition OF the Maginot Line
would leave France equally exposed
on the west from Germany. Thus
placed In q wise between two power
full neighbors, France would virtual
ly cease to be an independent ma
ton.
Roosevelt had several discussions
with Ambassador Bullitt regarding
this, also with Ambassador Kennedy
in London. Both felt that the orig
inal energy OF the German drive
had been spent and that from now
on the Allies could hold their own,
particularly II they got airplanes,
tanks and guns from the United
States. Ambassador Bullitt also felt
that although Italy might come In,
her troops would not be able TO
cross the Alps and Mussolini was
not worth buying off.
These views we're not entirely
shared In Washington. In fact, the
President was most pessimistic. He
had his last conversation with
Mussolini on Friday, May 81. After
that Mussolini refused TO see AM
/, bassador Phillips further. On the
same day Bullitt called upon Pre-
mier Reynaud, while Roosevelt sum-
moned the French and British am
bassadors.
The President was so convinced
that Italy was coming into the war
and SO pessimistic regarding the
consequences. that he advised the
British to set up new capital In
Canada, bringing the fleet TO west
ern Atlantic waters, and suggested
that the French establish a capital
1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06

Secret agents supplied the EVIL
deEce and the MountleS swung
into action.
COURT ORDER BROKE
BACK OF COMMUNISM
First 10 feel the power OF the
little red book were the Com
munists A test case here con-
victed three young Reds Of ac-
lions injurious TO the war effort.
They we're sentenced 10 terms
ranging from two 10 three years
plus fines from $1,000 TO $4,000,
INN diately, on their conviction,
Cecil l.. Snyder, Deputy Attorney
General OF ontario, received from
Supreme Court Justice T., II. r..
Chevrier an order declaring the
Communist Party illegal.
That court order broke the back
OF Communism In Canada. De-
Tense OF Canada Regulations slip.
ulatc that when an organization
has been declared Illegal every
person who thereafter continues
TO be or becomes an officer On
member thereof or processes 10
be such, or who advocates or de-.
tends the acts, principles, or poll
cies OF such illegal organization
shall be guilty Of an offense
against this regulation"
Next Oh the list came the black
shirted members OF the National
Unity Party. A raid on their
Montreal headquarters Melted three
truckloads OF pamphlets, letters and
documents. Most OF the evidence
was anti-Semitic propaganda, but
Quebecs Attorney General Wilfrid
0lrouard found grounds 10 lay
charges under the regulations
against Adrien Arcand, self-styled
fuehrer OF the N. U. r., James Farr,
national organizer and other Fa-
scist leaders. They will be tried In
Montreal shortly.
VETERANS HOME GUARD
PROTECTS INDUSTRY
But sending known Communists
and TasciSts 10 cover was not
enough 10 appease the public. The
,iglknowns, the real fifth column
lists, were more dangerous be-
GAUGE they could not be watched,
What the country feared were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06
Contributed.

Contributed. The month of May is month OF
son for it? am not too sure, but believe have the
solution During the month of May very charming
woman was seriously sick and this rain was Mother
Natures way of sympathzing with her Then when this
woman passed away last Saturday morning Mother
Nature again came forward and illustrated what a
wonderful place this has in heaven. How was 1t
illustrated? BY of the incest days this spring
Saturday morning remember? This woman was Mrs
William Finn of East Farm Street AS for her character
words cannot describe it without doing her injustice
so I shall offer my idea which may come close to
describing it, Ordinarily we are accustomed to pray
for the dead but in this may be justified in
asking for her prayers Requiescat in pace. p j. W.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06

saboteurs, whispcrers OF treason
and underminers OF morale. De-
fence Minister Norman Rogers
had a partial answer 10 the pub
lie demand.
A Veterans Home Guard, 5000
strong, was organized from the
Canadian Legion. Armed, uni
formed and stationed at vital war
industries, electric power plants
and other public utilities, the
Guards took care OF any saboteurs.
AS for the rest OF the fifth COL
umnlsts, Justice Minister Ernest
Lapointe assured the House OF
Commons that Canada be guard
ed against subversive Elements,
that the Mounties and their secret
service are In complete control
Of the situation, both present and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06

Mrs George L. Reed OF II Coe Street and Mrs Robert
Bohroyd of Terryvle contemplating motor trips TO
the scenic Pocono Mountains Descriptive highway maps
have been mailed to them with the compliments OF this
column Howic Neubert, nephew Of Chick Kelley, will
graduate from Washington College next Monday =.
Jack Medford Is home from Holy Cross. Rev. S. w.
Weller pastor OF the Mount Olive A. M E. Zion Church.
honors the Tower with ticket for their famous south
ern style fried chicken dinner, June Is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-06

Evelyn Cestar Of Ashley Street Is now opening mail
addressed to Mrs. Martin Criello The ring tossing
ceremony took place In Torrington last week. Tony
SOury Of WoIcOtt Street will middle-aisle II July first
with Anna DeChrisantO He'll be hOnOred at testi-
monial dinner at Patsy Browns next Tuesday night
Renato +. SpadoIa Is Of the University Of Con-
necticut graduates who will attend the Reserve
Officers Training Corps at Fort Devens, Mass He's
due In camp next Monday. Anne Bogus was year
older yesterday