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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22
COLORING EASTER EGGS

In homes where there are small
children, it usually is the task of
The mother to prepare colored eggs
Tor an Easter egg hunt. This is
an important occasion, and the eggs
should be cooked and colored SO
they may be eaten afterward, OBJ
serves Edith Shuck in the Chicago
Daily News.
1t doesn't detract from the fun of
the occasion or beauty of the eggs
to prepare them according to the
correct cooking rules. Put them on
60 cook in plenty of cold water.
Place the pan over a low flame and
bring the water to the simmering
temperature slowly.
When the eggs are partially
cooled, place them on a soft towel
and dry them so they will not have
water circles on them. Keep the
eggs away from any grease. Most
commercial dyes are best dissolved
in hot water, but follow whatever
directions are given ON the package
Of dye you use. Stir the dye until
it is dissolved, with well-polished
silver spoon, so the dye is not dis
colored. Dip the warm eggs into
the hot dye and the drain them on
cake racks. When they are cool,
rub them with a buttered cloth to
add high gloss.
Fancy eggs for Easter place
cards may be made if you paint
initials on eggs. Give the eggs a
very light tint, and have a different
colored egg for each guest if possi-
ole. Do not polish the eggs. Put
the names or initials on the eggs
with a fine paint brush, dipped into
used for coloring foods. If you are
very ambitious you can draw an
caster lily or daffodils on the eggs.
Use egg yolk coloring for the flow
srs and grape green coloring for the
leaves.
A number of customers and SUI
perstitions have been woven round
the festival of Easter. One old
custom, that of Pace-egging, is still
carried out in Germany and in parts
of the eastern countries. Children
go round to the house asking for
'pace-eggs," as Easter eggs are
sometimes called. These are boiled
hard, and then painted with bright
colors and the names of children,
according to London Tit-Bits Maga-
zine.
Another ancient custom is Bottle
Kicking" observed at the Hallaton
Hare Pie Festival every Easter
Monday. After the bottles-iron
bound kegs filled with ale-have
been kicked, pieces Of pie are dis
tributed. Owing to scarcity OF
mare, this delicacy is now composed
largely of beefsteak.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

sounds.
| Still another demonstration enables
Mr.. Vadersen to sing "Popeye, the
Sailor Man" in a bass far lower than
the human voice range. Frequently
DR.. Dudley presses a button in his
hand which permits the audience to
hear Mr.. Vadersen's normal baritone
voice.
Not content with throwing his voice
up and down the scales, Mr.. Vadersen
can set the circuits on the Vocoder,
one a third higher than his natural
voice and another third lower so that
his singing sounds like a barber shop
trio.
Scientifically, the Vocoder is a ma
chine which creates sounds quite diff
ferent from those used by the speaker.
Cadences may become a monotone, q
vigorous voice may become a quaver
and normal speech sounds may be
coded into ineligible speech and in
strumental music into vocal music.
A number of interesting possibili-
ties, such as producing artificial voices
for moving picture cartoons, have been
seen for the Vocoder, but as yet
scientists have found it hard to pre-
dict the engineering developments
which may grow out of application of
the principles employed in this device.
The speech-deining currents have fea-
lures of simplicity and inaudibility
which may open the way to new
privacy in verbal communication or to
a reduction in the frequency range re-
quired for the transmittal of intel
ligible telephone speech.
In some respects the Vocoder is
similar to the Voder which was an
entertaining feature at the Worlds
Fairs last summer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22


scientist of the Laboratories. The
builds a neao voice oat of electrical
The Vocoder, an amazing instru-
ment which measures the tonal ele-
ments of a human voice and then
builds related new voice out of cleo
trical sounds = an instrument which
makes that same voice sound like a
mans, a woman's or even an airplane
motor, was demonstrated recently be-
fore employees of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company of Bal
timore City by DR.. Homer w. Dudley
of the Bell Telephone Laboratories,
New York. DR.. Dudley, assisted by
Charles w. Vadersen, has demon
strated the Vocoder before acoustical
and engineering societies throughout
the United States.
According to DR.. Dudley the new
device is a very simple thing, but it
isn't so simple to explain. Two funda-
mental sound streams, "buzz" and
a "hiss," are produced by a persons
vocal apparatus, the Bell Laboratories
scientist points out. Ineligible speech
is given when these two streams are
varied. When the pitch of the Voco-
der is held constant and the "buzz''
sound is used, fiat monotonous chant
is heard. When the "hiss" is sub
stituted for the "buzz," normal speech
is converted into a whisper. With
these two sounds DR.. Dudley and his
Vocoder can create speech by using
the ''hiss" for forming consonants and
the "buzz" for vowel sounds.
Jumping from these two simple
sounds to more complex tones, DR..
Dudley is able to develop speech from
an organ arrangement of the "Bells
of st. Marys." Mr.. Vadersen sings
the lyrics into a microphone, but the
audience hears sounds as if the organ
was doing the vocalizing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22
OUTSTANDING ENGINEERS TO
WORK FOR STATE
SAFETY

Dr. s. s. Steinberg, Chairman of
the Engineering Division of Cover
nor Herbert r. O'Conor's Maryland
Traffic Safety Committee, has an
nounced the appointment of MEM
bers of the Engineering Committee,
as follows:
W. T. Ballard, Chief Engineer,
State Road Commission; w. L.
Braun, Traffic Engineer, Police De-
partment, Baltimore; J. A. Bromley,
County Roads Engineer, Anne Arun-
del County; Clarke Gardner, City
Engineer, Salisbury; r. l.. Rizer,
City Engineer, Cumberland; Major
Ezra B. Whitman, Chairman, State
Road Commission, Baltimore.
DR.. Steinberg, head of the commit
tee, is Dean of the College of Engine
ering of the University of Maryland,
formerly was associated with the
State Highway Departments of New
York, Delaware, South Carolina and
Maryland. He was a member of the
Faculty of the College Of Engine
ering at University of Maryland for
twenty-one years, and for the past
four years has been Dean of the Col
iege. He, also, is consulting engine
er to the American Roads Builders
Association, member of the High
way Research Board of the National
Research Council, member of the
Maryland State Planning Commits
sion and a past President of the
Maryland Association of Engineers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

Many home is being built today
that is only half insulated. Yet the
man who is spending his money to
build the house doesn't know thing
about it. These people, when they
build, won't hesitate to spend $3.50 to
5000 to make their walls weather
tight. They will buy the best insula-
ton, the best moisture barrier, and
use the best construction methods, but
they overlook completely the fact that
the walls of their homes have from
ten to thirty great big holes in them
that are filled only with windows.
These holes must be filled with good
windows-windows that do more than
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22
TWO NEW ARMORIES TO BE
BUILT

The Military Department of the
State in it's annual report to Gov
ernor Herbert R. O'Conor, outlined
an ambitious program of construc-
ton work for 1910.
In addition to the expansion at
the Gunpowder Rifle, Pistol and Ma
chine Gun Range and at Camp
Richie, Governor O'Conor was in
formed that during the present year
a new Armory for Company ''M''
First Infantry, at Annapolis, will be
begun; likewise a new Armory on
the water front in B a | m r e
City, for the Maryland Naval Militia.
New hangers and headquarters at
the Baltimore Municipal Airport will
be built for the 10Th Division Avia-
ton Squadron, now located at Logan
Field.
The Gunpodwer Rifle Range in
cludes a tract of 100 acres in the
vicinity of Hartford Road and Gun
powder River, which was acquired
by lease during 1888 for use of the
National Guard units in the vicinity
of Baltimore. The construction work
already begun will be continued
throughout 1910, with the aid OF
the w. P. A. AS a result, Governor
O'Conor was told, the National
Guard of Maryland shortly will have
an up-to-date rifle range in the vi
cinity of Baltimore, something it
has needed for many years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

Baltimore About $50 million
miles of cotton yarn-enough to en-
circle the world 10000 times - are
washed in a single year in the fac
tories of the Western Electric Com
pany, manufacturing organization of
the Bell System. It was found that
washing makes this cotton 100 times
better as an insulator for telephone
wires.
Colombo One of the largest in
stallations of dial telephone service
ever made in the tropics has settled a
Cougar old problem for Colombo,
capital and principal city of Ceylon.
To cope with the very humid climate
of Colombo, which is only seven de-
grees from the equator, it was neces-
sary to provide the apparatus with a
special tropical finish and to air-con-
dition the operating rooms of the
three exchanges where it will be in
stalled with dehydrating plants
which maintain prescribed humidity
at all times. Ceylon had its first tele-
phone only four years after the art
was invented by Alexander Graham
Bell. Telephony had been demon
strated in Ceylon in 1879 and in 1880
the first line was installed.
New York :. Telephone service is
the sum of many tiny things. For
instance, the miniature fuses on the
distributing frame in large long
distance telephone center like that of
New York are called "grasshoppe1s."
When one of the 10000 little fuses
blows, lamp lights, bell rings, and
the "legs" of the "grasshopper" stick
out so that in second or so the fuse
is located and replaced. 1t is "grass-
hoppers" like this that have put speed
and reliability into telephone service.
Weston :. The fact that they have
a telephone in their bedroom and that
the wife goes to work early in the
morning probably saved Mr.. and Mrs.
Ch dncey Darr of Weston, w. Va,
from death by carbon monoxide
poisoning. Realizing that something
was wrong when he woke and found
his wife collapsed, Mr.. Darr turned
toward the telephone which was on the
other side of the room. He collapsed
before reaching it, but he did not lose
consciousness and was able to drag
himself to the telephone and call for
aid which came quickly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

harmonic with the architecture of the
home. For a window is not only an
architectural feature. It is also q
mechanical feature.
Windows are just as permanent .
part of the wall as insulation. Just as
it is wise to spend those extra dollars
for insulation-so it is wise to spend
a few extra dollars to see that win
dow frame makes permanent wealth
er-tight joint with the wall, that win
dow sash are precision fitted to the
frame, that an efficient job of weather.
stripping is done, that storm sash or
double glazing is provided, and that
the operating equipment used will give
a lifetime of trouble-free operation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES
Matter will be the subject Of
the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
March "a.
The Golden Text will be from
Matt. 6:19, Lay not up for your
selves treasures upon the earth,
where moth and rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves break through
and steal"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, John 14:12:
Verify, verify, 1 say unto you, he
that believeth on me, the works that
do shall he do also, the greater
works than these shall he do; be-
cause I go unto my Father"
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 which
is thels.S4iowing, page 210, "The
Principle and proof of Christianity
are discerned by spiritual sense.
They are set forth in Jesus demon
STATIONS, which show-by his heal
ing the sick, casting out evils, and
destroying death, the last enemy
that shall be destroyed, his disregard
of matter and it's so-called laws"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22
LANCASTER COURTS DECIDES
BINGO GAME IS
GAMBLING

The jury at Lancaster Thursday
afternoon decided that the game of
bingo is gambling. A test case had
been made Of the matter by Richard
Lands, of Rothsville, on behalf OF
Fire Companies and others, and had
informed the county authorities of
the time of playing game, SO that
arrest might be made and the county
court render it's decision on this
question.
Lands, is a member of Neffsville
Fire Company, was convicted OF
maintaining and setting up gambling
devices.-Sun, Quarryville, Pa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22
NORTH EAST YACHT CLUB
REGATTA

The Board of Governors of North
East River Yacht Club has approved
Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and
21 as the dates for the holding of
the annual regatta this year.
Sail boat races will be held on the
first day and power boat and special
events on the second day of the re-
gatta. George Pennington, chairman
of the trophy committee, is arranging
trophies appropriate to the import
ance of the races.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

The United States exports l0-
comotives and railway cars mostly
to China, Chile and Mexico and those
countries spend 50 minute buying
them 1
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

Every 20 seconds somewhere in
the United States someone commits
a major crime.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

Thirty-seven eastern States put
$500 minute these days into erect
ing once buildings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

A lot more people would take
friendly interest in you If you made
a noise like a roll Of grsenbacks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

New York city is spending almost
$50 a minute aiding its half a mil
lion needy persons who are over IS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22
KATHLEEN
NORRIS

The worlds bestowed
woman author now
writes for our women
readers on the topics
nearest and dearest to
her heart, and to the
hearts of all women.
From her knowledge
and worldwide expert
ence, she chooses those
subjects vitality affect
ing the lives Of her
readers.
Kathleen Norris strives
always to make these
articles contribute to
the happiness of all
women of the COM
munity.
Follow them regularly
each week in these col
urnns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

And it costs us $50 a minute to
maintain the marines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
American Ship Fast
 Nearing Danger Zone
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mined that mo other practical course existed for the vessel to fol- low than that proposed.
 'The United States government IS of the opinion, therefore, that the German government received suffi- cient advance note of the sailing of the American Legion from Petsamo on the datec scheduled and the course to be followed, to take every precaution against attack on the vessel by the German combat forces"
 Berlin, Aug. 19 - (U.P0 - The German press said today that the United States government is ''irre- spcnsible" in permitting the s. S.. American Legion, carrying Amer- jeans from Petsamo to New York to sail a course which would bring 1t within waters blockaded by Ger many.
 The German government had dis claimed any responsibility for any, thing that happens to the ship. Petsamo.
 The local Anzeiger asserted that the ship sailed north of Iceland on it's voyage to PetSamo but that it had been ordered to steer along the English north coast" on the return trip.
 (The American Legion is to skirt the remote northeast of Scotland)
 The ships route was changed after Germany had been apprised of its trip, the newspaper charged, ada ing that, therefore, "the United States is warned"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19

week as 587 British planes and 63 balloons shot down.
 Chief attacks yesterday, Berlin said, were directed at airdromes in Kent and Hampshire. A number of planes were said to have been de- stroyed on the ground at Croydon and hangars at the RATS Maid stone base blasted. The ports of Milfordhaven, Monmouth, Bourne mouth and Weymouth were attacked as we'll as arms factories in Norwich and Essex.
 Berlin said that the British had raided Dortmund, killing number of persons. Four persons were said to have been killed and 22 wounded in British bombing of Brussels.
 Zurich reported that bombs had been dropped on the Swiss railroad running from Diessenhoefen and Schlatt and that the British had bombed the German aluminium works across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland.
 The British middle east command reported from Cairo that the Italian air base at Addis Ababa, in Ethio- pia, had been bombed for the first time. Rome asserted that the sec- ond British defense line in British Somaliland had been broken with the capture of Lafaruk and that British vessels in the Red Sea, ap- parently assembled to evacuate the hard d-pressed Somahland defenders. had been bombed.
 Describes Attack
 "The inferno of Bardia" was de, scribed today by Alexander Clifford
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
Both British, Nazis
 Claiming Victories
(Continued From Page D

London Daily Mail Correspondent, who watched the 15-inch guns of the British fleet pound the Italian fort reSs town on the Lybian Egyptian frontier to flame and smoke" last Saturday.
 Clifford said the town must have been an inferno at breakfast time when these colossa: shells each weighing a ton began to crash down"
 (Bardia is said to be one of the jumping off points which the Italian forces in the Lybian desert may use in an eventual offensive against the British in the Egyptian desert0
 Clifford reported that the battle fleet slipped into the coastal waters, trained their guns on Barbia and then as the hands of the synchron- ized watches reached seven, hell broke loose. The firebeu p1nged sharply. There was final second of agonized waiting. Then came 8 blinding flash. The whole ship leap ed and shuddered as though in the grip of an earthquake.
 -Four 15 inch guns blazing off your ear make noise it is difficult to imagine until you have heard it. You have to hold on to something to avoid being knocked over.
 Near us I could see the great flames belch from the guns of other battleships as they launched their first salvoeS.
 After a few seconds we could see a flash and a column of smoke as our first shells landed.
 Through earphones we heard spotters report, 'okay direct hit! Soon six inch guns tuned in with their sharper note ard the din in- creased. Barbia disappeared behind curtain of smoke and flames"
 Bullitt Issues Warning
 Philadelphia, Aug. 19-(UP) = William c. Bullitt, United States Ambassador to France, warned last night in speech approved by the state department that war is com ing toward the Americas"
 He advocated all possible aid te Great Britain and said that tht United States is in as great peri today as was France year ago" In his first public address since his return from Europe, delivered to 5000 persons in Independence Hall, Rullitt endorsed the Burke. Wadsworth selective service bill anc Gen. John J. Pershing's proposa that 50 World War destroyers bt sent to Britain.
 "It is as clear as anything on thi! earth that the Uniced States vii not go to war, but 1t is equally cleal that war is coming toward tht Americas" Bullitt said. "The truth is that the destruc. ton of the British navy would b. the turning of our Atlantic Magino , line.
 without the British navy tht Atlantic will give us no more pro lection than the Maginot line gave France after the German troop had marched through Belgium. T cannot tell you where an6 when the attack will come, but am certain that if Great Britain i! defeated the attack will come"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
ALBANIANS ARE
 ANGRY AT GREECE
(Continued from Page )

(Continued from Page D toned suit of wool underwear, drink ing their native racky-a kind of Albanian whisky-and discussing the anti-Greek newspaper editorials.
 Hell For Albanians
 The Tomori, Tirana morning newspaper, said that "Ciamuria is hell for Albanians" and asserted that each night Greek gendarmes make "Albanians come out into the streets while they go into the houses and confiscate whatever suits their fancy"
 "A number of Albanians have been arrested and taken to jail where they were beaten until they bled," said the paper We can not remain indifferent to such a state of af- fairs"
 The Scutari papers charged that "a series of shocking episodes had occurred in Ciamuria, and listed murders, robberies, and arrests of Albanians.
 The newspaper Liktori of Koritza declared that the Greeks have all ways shown themselves incapable of consolidating their own people"
 The Valone newspaper Chemise E zeze said that "the hour has come to make Athens understand that the game is up."
 The Albanian Telegraph Agency declared that conditions of medic val terror" prevail in Ciamuria.
 Of Albania's claims against Jugo- slavia and Greece, the Greek claims appear most likely to receive atten- tion first.
 Italian High Command
 Rome, Aug. 19-(UP)-The Ital- ian high command said today that the British second line of defense in front of Berbera, capital of British Somaliland, had been broken ano that Italian forces had captured and passed through Lafaruk, described as the key to the entire British de- fense position.
 Virginia Gayda reported in the Giornale DItalia today that Italian troops were only 2 miles from Der bera and said that the "days anc hours of British resistance are num- bered."
 He said that Italian operations ir Somaliland are mot limited only tt the conquest of Berbera which i! imminent. They extend on vastly more decisive plane. The effect! will be seen soon."
 Italian forces" the communiqut said, "are pursuing the enemy whicl is fleeing towards his ships Gin th' Red Sea) which are continuously
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19

forces and parachute troops" con- tinuously. Security against motorized and mechanical forces was stressed, as was camouflage. Provision was made for the evacuation of various headquarters, with their valuable records, should the enemy break through. And to guard against Fifth Column" tactics, field com manders were warned that such evacuation or withdrawal orders should be obeyed only when they came from the general command ing or the chief of staff.
 Information on the actual dis position of the Black and Blue arm- ies was scanty early today and changed from hour to hour, but it appeared that on the side of the blue forces, the third corps was ad- vancing to line on the Grass river and would attempt crossing of the Racquette river, and that the second corps would approach the Grass river in the south.
 26th With Invaders
 On the side of the black invaders, the 43d and 18th Divisions of the National Guard appeared to be ad- vancing with the 3rd Cavalry and the 18th Field Artillery on the out post line, the crack first division of the regular army being held in re- serve.
 In the latte force-the only mod ern, powerful, mobile division the maneuvers-may provide something spectacular before the mock battle is over. It can move tremendous fire power over long distances quickuy and may attempt to hit General Drums offenders from the rear after a wide sweeping move ment carried out under cover of darkness.