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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-08
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by Rupert GraySon

ness. There were deeper shadows
in the background that might
have been buildings, and that was
about all
The man who called himself
Trent came out of the darkness, an
electric torch in his hand:
Sorry it's been such a long
journey. gentlemen but you're
home now, so al's well. Some grub
and a rest, and youll feel new men
again."
That's good to hear But your
invitation was so pressing, in the
endw
I'm sorry about that, too! But
l suppose you realized that you
rather asked for it? l mean, you
could hardly expect us to LEI you
GO without some sort of protest,
after all the trouble we've been to
to arrange this meetipgn
THE protest was certainly a
pointed onew Gun agreed. But
quite realize you went to a good
deal of trouble. as you say to ar
range this meeting. You'll forgive
me If l suggest that it is, so far,
a rather BADLY arranged meet
ingw
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
Arkansas 'Dugout' Canoes
Vanish From Swampland

The homemade Arkansas dugout
descendant of the Indians crude
boat that is fashioned from solid
log-has almost vanished from the
cypress-studded swamps of eastern
Arkansas.
There was a time when fishermen
from one end of the swamps to the
other pulled" from the far South
and as far north as the Missouri line
to get one-armed Bill Jones to make
them new dugout.
Today Bill Jones is long dead and
the hundred or so dugouts he made
have almost disappeared. His pat
tern, a light wood frame, gathers
dust in the loft of "Uncle John"
Harvey's barn on Big island, near
Lake City, Ark. Jim Fall, who can
turn out pretty smooth boat him.
self when he can get suitable logs,
has Bill Jones' adze and other tools.
Like fine violin, Bill Jones dug
out can't be bought for less than a
small fortune. Neat, light, perfectly
streamlined, they are the best of all
OOdtS lOI IldfSl cAIlOllS tAiC Sy 1853
knees and fallen timber in the green
glades of the lowlands.
Bill used to spend all his time fish
ing and digging" boats. He would
hunt the sloughs over for likely
log of solid cypress. Sassafras
makes a better dugout, but sassa-
fras rarely grows big enough.
Bill would cut the log and snake
it out of the bottoms with a bor-
rowed team Of mules. Then he'd
cut from it a 17-foot section, using
only the best part of the log, and
split it.
Then the real work began. Dig
ging big hunks out of the heart Of
the half-log, he would work more
slowly and carefully as he ap-
preached the outer edge. The soft
layers would be planned down, leav-
ing the best and hardest wood to
form the hull of the craft.
A dugout is poled standing up, and
the person in it had better know
what he's doing. Trimmer and
sleeker than the Louisiana pirogue,
the dugout is the fastest means of
locomotion in the vast glades OF
shallow water, interspersed by
clumps of willow and low fats COW
cred with flag and smartweed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
Horse Of Troy Tradition
Gets Scientific Approval

Quite often scientists prove some
honored ancient tradition to be
wrong, but there are times when
they prove an honored ancient ira
dition to be right. For many CEN
fury, until science came along with
its trained psychologists to prove
that there really was something to
the old tradition of Troy and Helen
of Troy and the Trojan horse, schol-
ars regarded it as an entertaining
story, but no more. They even de-
bated the question whether there
ever was Troy and they some
times proved that there wasn't.
For the last seven years Amerl-
can psychologists have been doing
a really complete job Of excavation
at the site Of Troy and they have
clearly established that the ancient
city which stood for SO long as
guardian of the Dardanelles existed
through more than 40 datable perl
DDS. Nine communities were rep
resented by the city mound, mean
ing that, time after time, the COM
munity at Troy was wiped out and
later leve1ed off and rebuilt anew on
top of the remains of the former
cities. Troy had nine lives, in fact,
writes DR.. lothian Johnson, Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh archeologist, in
the Scientific American. The. ex-
petitions at Troy were headed by
Prof. Carl Blegen, of the University
of Cincinnati.
First to be unearthed was a spa
cious hall with 10 columns, dating
from 1900 to 1400 B. c. Evidences
of destruction of the city by fire
were found at several depths, in the
form of a layer Of ash and charred
materials. Shattered stones at one
level indicated earthquake destruc-
ton. Finally, the earliest occupa-
ton level of all was revealed, with
a fortification wall and gates fianked
by projecting towers, Troy before
the beginning Of the age OF metals.
Science thus has given ample evil
dence for the existence Of a real
and actual Troy, so let lovers OF the
odyssey" and the 'Iliad" rejoice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
LIQUOR ADVERTISING BAN
URGED

Disclaiming any discharge from
the war for nation free from the
domination of the legalized liquor
traffic" the Methodist Conference at
Atlantic City, passed unanimously
resolutions praising newspapers and
radio stations which refuse adver-
Using revenue from purveyors OF
intoxicants.
The report from the Committee
on State of the Church, DR.. Ernest
F. Title, of Evanston, ILL.,, Chair
man, urged Congress to enact legis-
lation to prohibit all such advertis-
ing; urged the several states to en-
act legislation forbidding the en-
ployment of minors in places serving
LIQUORS and protesting the Govern
ment's part in the liquor business
in the Virgin Islands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
Indian Medicine Men
Charge Doctors Fee

Western Americas Paiute Indian
medicine men of California, or sha-
mans, as they are called in their
native language, have now become
so moderni2ed that they charge reg
ular doctors fees for casting out
evil spirits and other native medi-
cal treatment.
Furthermore, SO strictly modern
are these shamans in this respect,
that their fee is SIS, where formerly
they were glad to accept few
seeds.
This fact was established by DR..
Isabel r. Kelly of the anthropologi-
cal department of the University Of
California, who has completed an
extensive study of the few remain
ing tribes of the Paiute Indians in
Nevada and southern California.
The bulk of her information was
gathered from the tribes that still
exist in the vicinity of Las Vegas,
New.
The shaman practitioners who
have become modernized to the ex-
tent of SIS fees for treatment were
those of the Kaibab group in the
high plateaus and the Grand canyon
region of Utah.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
RIVERS AND HARBORs
PROJECTS

Congressman David j. Ward an
nounces that the Rivers and Har-
bors bill passed the Senate on April
rs, and, included in the Bill, were
the following projects for the East
ern Shore of Maryland:
For preliminary examinations and
surveys:
North East River Channel from
Charlestown to Havre de Grace,
Cecil County.
Marumsco Creek, Lower Somer-
set County.
Honga River and Tar Bay, chan
mel and harbor in Back Creek,
HOOP Island, Dorchester
County.
Chester River Channel-Kent and
Queen Anne's Counties.
Channel from Ocean City to
Chincoteague Bay and Harbor
at Public Landing, Worcester
County.
Taylors Landing, Wore e r
county.
For horization-surveys have
been made and favorable reports sub
mitted by the Chief of Engineers to
Congress-:
Black Walnut Harbor, Talbot
County, Estimated cost $751;
900 and $1,000 for annual
maintenance.
Town Creek, Oxford, Talbot Coun-
ty, estimated cost $4,000 and
$1,000 for annual maintenance.
Lower Thoroughfare, Deals Is
land, estimated cost $4,000
and $500 annually for main
tenance.
Duck Point Cove, Fishing Bay,
Dorcester County, estimated
cost $19,50O and $1,000 for
annual maintenance.
Pocomoke River, above bridge at
Snow Hill, the first cost to be
$4,25O with annual mainten-
ance $1,000.
Crisfield Harbor Anchorage Basin,
no additional cost in connection
with improvement of channel
between Little Annemessex and
Big Annemessex Rivers soon to
be dredged at estimated cost of
$4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
GUILTY AS CHARGED!

Fire-the great destroyer-is hav-
ing a fine time this year.
During the first three months of
the year, it turned 500, 459,7OO
worth of property into ash debris.
1t thus exceeded it's record for the
same period in 1899, when property
valued at $S7,6OO,O00 went up in
smoke and flame.
No data is available on the num-
Der of lives taken by fire in the first
quarter, but, going by past pre-
cedents, it took more than 1000.
That many people met one OF the
most horrible of deaths.
It's only human when we read
figures like this, to shrug, shake
our heads, say 'Too bad!" land
promptly forget them. And that hui
man weakness is the main reason
why fire is such glowing success"
Fire wakes fat on human lethargy
and laziness-even as 1t prospers on
human forgetfulness and ignorance.
Few men ever start a destructive
fire deliberately it's rare
man who hasn't carelessly taken a
chance or overlooked hazard that
made fire more probable.
And so it is up to you whether
fire continues it's inexcusable raw
ages. Don't try to console your self
with the thought that fires are in
eyitable-less than two in ten fall
into that category. And don't argue
that fire prevention is the other fell
lows business-it's your own per-
sonal business, and everybody else's
business too.
The fact that fire destroys around
$500, 100000 worth of property and
10000 lives each year in this coun-
try is severe Indictment of the
American people. The only possible
plea is equity as charged" Will
we permit fires ravages to continue?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
TO STOP TRAFFIC DEATHS
"APPLY THE BRAKES"

Following tabulation Of National
traffic death records for the first
three months of the year, Governor
Herbert r. O'Conor and the Mary
land Traffic Safety Commission have
issued an appeal to the drivers OF
Maryland to "apply the brakes" in
an effort to stem the appalling rise
in traffic deaths.
The National Safety Council re-
ports for the first quarter list 1900
people killed in motor vehicle ac-
cidents, or TO more than in the
same period of 1889. Maryland, due
to particularly favorable records for
January and February, is decidedly
below the national average, but still
is faced with the fact that there
was a rise of $40 in the number
of traffic deaths in the first three
months of the year.,
According to Governor O'Conor,
the fact that $50 persons were kill
ed throughout the country in the
winter months of his year than last
year is particularly alarming, in view
of the fact that vacation months,
with their heavy travel, are just
ahead
Executives of the Maryland Traf-
fic Safety Committee made an
especial appeal to pedestrians, par
ticularly in the counties, to be on
their guard. Statistics in late months
invariably have shown great pro-
portion of accident victims to be
among pedestrians.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
DEDICATION ON MAY IS OF
RITCHIE MEMORIAL

The long-deferred formal dedica-
ton of the Albert c. Richie Memoir
ial, on the Annapolis dual highway
overlooking the Severn River, will
take place Sunday afternoon, May
IS. Governor Herbert r.. O'Conor
will deliver the dedicatory address.
These newest formal exercises to
be participated in by the Governor
are a reminder that the present adj
ministration probably will go down
in history as one in which the great
est number of road and bridge i'm
Nrovements were inaugurated and
completed. Already the Richie
Highway itself has been formally
opened the Potomac River Bridge,
near Hancock, was put into use
some months ago; and within the
next few months the new Susque-
hanna Bridge at Havre de Grace will
be formally opened, again with the
assistance of the Governor and
other officials.
With the sub-structure of the Po-
eOAAoS Ae4FSA 0Al06C az 3NNAS" ~
Ferry, Charles County, about COM
plete, and most of the steel for the
super-structure fabricated and stor-
ed, State Roads officials are looking
forward to prompt completion of
this structure, which will afford a
convenient route through Southern
Maryland to the South. Because OF
the unusual difficulties which were
encountered, and aggravated by the
severe winter, work on this bridge
has been seriously delayed, but it
unquestionably will be furnished not
later than 1941, and before the pres
ent administration is completed.
With plans about ready to begin
work on the Sandy Hook Bridge
across the Potomac, in Western
Maryland, and the Ocean City Bridge
across Sinepuxent Bay, 1t is certain
that the record of this administra-
ton will include the greatest adj
vance in bridge construction ever at
tempted in the history OF the State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
LABOR LAWS

Amendments to the Wage-Hour
Act have not ment with distinct sue
cess in Congress. But it is quite
probable that there will be mild
amendments passed at this session
to the Wagner Act. The National La
Dor Relations Board is the main
target that is being shot at.
Congress finds itself virtually be
tween the horns of dilemma" all
of which may be traced to the fact
that the American Federation of La
Dor and the Congress of Industrial
Organizations are at swords points
over many important issues that are
involved. The public and the employ
ers don't seem to cut as much ice
with our political masters as the
labor leaders.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
THE WPA AND POLITICS

The Republicans are playing with
the big idea of making an issue OF
the WPA in the coming election.
Some Republican big-boys charge
that the New Deal is using the WPA
to get votes, and the G. o. P, may
propose to cut out relief administra-
ton from Washington and put it
under the direction of States and
local communities.
Governor Stassen will be the key
noter for the Republican party at
its 1910 convention, and when he
was in Washington early in May the
question was considered as to wheth-
er it would be advisable for the Gov
ernor to cut loose on the above poll
tical issue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
HOW TO QUALIFY FOR OLD-AGE
INSURANCE PAYMENTS

To qualify for benefits under the
old-age and survivors insurance
provisions of the Social Security
Act you must have worked on jobs
that come under the law and you
must have received IA certain amount
of pay from such jobs during given
number of calendar quarters.
Jobs covered are those in factor
les, shops, mines, mills, stores, Of
fees, banks and other places of bus
mess or industry.
The amount of pay you must have
received to qualify for benefits is
$50 or more in each of certain
number of calendar quarters. A cal
endar quarter is three-months'
period beginning the first of Janu-
airy, April, July, or October of any
year. Quarters in which you are paid
wages of $50 or more are called
quarters of coverage."
In order to qualify you must have
at least half as many quarters OF
coverage" as there are calendar
quarters between the date the law
went into effect (January l, 1880
and the quarter in which you reach
age IS or die. In any case you must
have had at least six quarters of
coverage. For anyone reaching 65
or dying before July, 1, 1910, six
quarters of coverage are enough.
In order for you to receive bene-
fits you must be IS years old or
more, and you must be no longer at
work. However, you are not consid-
cred to be Eat work" if you earn less
than SIS a month on a job covered
by the law; or if you are self-em-
ployed; or if you have job that
does not come under the law. For
instance, you might own and oper-
ate a store, filing station, or re+
pair shop without losing your right
to old-age insurance benefits, If you
were otherwise entitled to monthly
payments. You might have job on
a farm, or in a charitable institu-
ton, or with the Government and
still receive your monthly payments
of old-age and survivors insurance.
But If you continue to work in any
business or industry which is cover
ed by the old-age and survivors in
surance provisions of the Social
Security Act where you are paid as
much as SIS per month in wages,
you will not receive your old-age
and survivors insurance payments
while you, hold that kind of job
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17

President Roosevelt has told many
of his political friends and leaders
that he would prefer not to sue
coed himself as President. Whether
he consents or declines his personal
power will not change. That means
that he will be able to pick the NOM
inee of the Democratic national con-
yention and that the New Deal will
carry on.
In the Republican camp the race
has apparently settled to- two can
didates-Taft and Dewey. Political
Washington favors Senator Taft
Senator Vandenberg appears to be
out of it.
The Dewey boosters not only en-
dorse the New Yorker but they 60
further and say that he is the only
candidate in the Republican pas
lures that can win the election.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17

American Expeditionary Forces OF
the World War. and later hard-boil-
ed Vice-President of the United
States came back to Washington a
few days ago and found the ''wel-
come" still shining on the Capitol
doormat. He told Washington, right
to its face. that the budget must be
balanced If national bankruptcy and
ruin are to be avoided. The rs year
old statesman and banker notified
the National Capital that this was
his Swan Song" And that helped
make his warning more impressive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
Adult Education Advocate

Charlotte Carr Is woman who
believes in doing something about
her faith in democracy, declares
the American Magazine. She 10
head of the famous Hull-House set
Element in Chicago. And one Of her
pet programs is adult education
the teaching of low-paid workers
how to understand their problems.
Charlotte Carr believes everyone's
job is to keep democracy working,
harder than ever.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
SUNDAY, May 10, has been design

Sunday, May 10, has been design
nted as II am an American Day. by
President Roosevelt, who urges that
It be observed as a .public occasion
In recognition of our citizens who
have attained their majority, or who
have been naturalized within the
past year
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17

In the U. s., in one minute, people
spend $4,000 on travelling by train,
bus and auto.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17

Women are supposed to be vain,
but no man is as handsome a she
thinks he Is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17

Some strenuous hunters make a
specially Of hunting easy jobs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17

The Public Printer in the u. s.
runs of 5000 copies a minute of
Government notices.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-17
Return OF Am Old Hero

General Charles g. Dawes, the
Hell and Maria" hero Of the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Churchill Warns
Of Invasion Danger
Continued From Page One)

said that she would be well armed
in 1871" and no doubt We shall find
opportunities of using our forces IN
defense OF this island in other
theatres on terms Of moderate equal
ity in numbers and equipment"
As for the danger Of invasion the
prime minister said:
we Me not afraid Of any blow
xxx our defense of the beaches is
complete
Turning to the war in Africa,
Churchill said the battle of the
Libyan desert is still proceeding
xxx we are attacking the fort ana
town of Bardia with strong and IN
creasing forces"
The situation there is not such
that I can make any decided state
ment but | will go so far as to say
that l have every reason to believe
that it is developing favorably y X y
Il am sure that the figure OF 30
900 prisoners is, even to the present
moment, a considerable understate-
ment.'
Churchill said British forces hac
sustained total loss of less than J.
coo killed and wounded.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Germany Silent
On New Moves
Continued from Page One)

time nicetieS"
Meanwhile withdrawal of Italian
troops from kliSura and Tepeleni
key mountain towns il, Alabnia. was
reported in uncOnfirmed dispatches
from the Albanian front.
The Greeks apparently were fol-
lowing the usual practice Of delay
ing entrance until surrounding areas
had been mOpped up.
Royal air force pilots reported
striking overnight at both ends of the
Rome-Berlin axis. ranging from an
assault on the Rhineland industrial
center of Mannheim for the third
successive night to raids on Milan
and Genoa. Italy.
The Italians reported one killed,
several wounded at Milan. where the
British said an aircraft factory was
bombed and "a large area was seen to
be blazing furiouSly."
In the battle OF North Africa, Pre-
mier MuSsolini'S high command ac-
knowledged for the first time that
the British counter invasion from
Egypt had reached Bardia, Is miles
inside Italian Libya.
The high command asserted, how
ever. that. fascist troops successfully
counter attacked concentrations of
British mechanical forces when they
attempted to approach the city.
Cairo dispatches said the fall Of
Bardia with garrison of more than
10000 appeared imminent.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Babson Says Americas
Standards Are Highest
(Continued From Page Ouel

and some canned goods. But, the aV-
erage price Of foodstuffs is today be-
low the 1858 average and way be-
low 1929 Rents, clothing, furniture
and fuel are slightly higher than the
1858 average: but only moderate
ly So The retail price of gasoline, on
the other hand, is at its lowest IN
years. We. here in America, with on
ly 6 per cent of the worlds popula-
ton. own - per cent OF the world 5
automobiles. 40 per cent OF its tele-
phones. and Al per cent OF its radios.
In the ownership of furniture, jewels,
rugs, and homes, we also outStrlp all
other nations.
In any recent month, food prices
NAV show a moderate rise OF, say,
| per cent OF less. When compared
with the corresponding month OF
1899, there is either no change or
prices are lower. Food costs remain
slightly under the l939-4O peak
reached during June and July. This
is because the SURPRISES OF wheat,
corn, pork, lard, and other commodi-
ties are still extremely large. With
cur export trade declining, there is
little chance Of reducing these stocks.
For a long time to come, unless the
war ends abruptly, we will have
these foodstuffs to consume or to
give away.
Runaway Markets Out of Style.
Inevitably rising living costs &C,
company an increase in industrial
production. The old law of supply
and demand is still working. AS the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
Lemon Juice Recipe
Checks Rheumatic
Pain Quickly

. .te- from rheumatic. ar
...'- .. wygyitiS pain, try this SIM
,. ...-..tve home recipe that
-... ..o using. Get package
.. -.-.s compound, a tWo-week
.-. ..G.v. Mix it with a quart
.r. .Ct The Juice OF i lemons;
r. Easy. No trouble at all and
" You need only = table
-..... Two times a day. Often
c - hours - sometimes over
-,o,endiG results are obtained;
..., rs do not quickly leave and
-.r 10 not feel better. return the
e..r .@ckage and Ru-EX will cost
..riog 70 try as it is sold, by
druggist under an absolute
....s--oocN guarantee, Ru-EX Com,
r.-.r IS Eor sale and recommended
,-- 2..er's Drug Store and drug
s'.r-. ,-ervWhere-Adv.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-19
German Aid
Sent Italy
Continued from Page Onel

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without loss of time. Especially train
ed Alpine troops were understood
to make up the bulk OF these air
borne achievements.
Greek troops patrolling in drlV'
ing snoWstorms and temperatures as
low as % below zero reported that
they had found the bodies of nun
dreds of frozen Italians on the north
ern front.
The weather was so cold that
Greek officers ordered the relief OF
sentries every half-hour lest they
freeze to death. Some Greek lnfan-
trv-men were reported to have don
ned white sheets to stalk fascist out
rosts in the manner of the Firms IN
the Finnish-Russian war
Military advices reaching the Dor
der said the Greeks were doggedly
rursuing italians abandoning theli
positions in the middle, Albanian
towns of Tepeleni and kllsura and
the Adriatic port of Palermo.