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Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-13
Youth, Democracy
Talk Wins Award

Karl KAISER address Youth arr
Democracy" won him tho title of The
best speaker at FL Centre Toastmas-
terS club No. at a meeting Mon
day night.
Three new members were accepted
into the organization, Russell Yea
ger, c T. Gilk.son and Dick Moore
Other speakers on the program liz
cludcd Bill WILKES. H. /, Bush. il,
Willis johnson and Phil knights.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-13
To Undergo Test

QUINCY. Mass. Feb. l3. up
The neyys new $2i 100000 airplanc
carrier Wasp sailed from the Beth
lchem Steel CompanY's Fore river
shipyard today for south Boston dry
dock where she will be groomed for
official tryoutS off Rockland, Me,
nCNt week
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-13

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-13

Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Chavis of San
Diego were visitors OF the Frank
Stalls on SUNDAY
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-13

Mrs. Edith Donlevv teacher of
the opportunity room at McCabr
school was i'll on Tuesday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
Novel Electrical Device
Finds Buried Meteors

The invention Of q mathematics
professor has brought to Ohio State
university what Ii said to be the
finest collection Of meteorites in any
college in the country.
The meteorites were unearthed in
Texas and Arizona last summer by
Prof. Lincoln LaPaz with the aid Of
an electrical device which he had
built. The instrument is believed to
be the first ever used to record the
presence of magnetic and meteoric
material beneath the surface of the
ground.
To the geologist the few meteor
ties which finally reach the earth
after their flaming fight through
space are valuable. One weighing
q pound would be considered a
prize. But with the aid of Professor
LaPaz's instrument the university
has increased its collection many
times and it now contains q meteor
tie weighing 40 pounds.
The professor first became inter-
ested in meteorites while tracing
their paths automatically. From
this he turned to their actual collec-
ton and the invention of device
which at last puts the search for
meteorites on scientific basis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
TO ADVOCATE LOWER TAXES

A reduction in State taxes, with
particular reference to income taxes,
and retrenchment in the expenses of
State government, including elimina-
ton of unnecessary jobholders in the
Legislature, were two major objec-
tives outlined by Governor Herbert
R. O'Conor, as part of his Admins
tration Program to be submitted to
the 1941 General Assembly.
Governor O'Conor explained that
he had discussed both matters with
heads of the various State depart
ments concerned, and with members
of the Legislative Council, which
body, by the way, he praised very
highly for its accomplishments to
date, and the splendid program it
is formulating.
81 am confident" the Governor
said, "after review of the present
financial condition of the State, that
the reduction in taxation can be eff
fected. Fortunately, our present fisc-
al situation places Maryland on
sound and secure financial basis
which is second to none in the
country
'The first place in which the re-
duction ought to be made is in in
come taxes. The Legislature will be
in position to reduce the income
tax on persons in the lowest income
brackets, and also to give relief to
persons who are taxed on other in
come" In discussing the move to re-
duce the number of jobholders at
the Legislature, Governor O'Conor
explained that control of this situa-
ton was entirely in the hands of the
Legislature itself, as this is the
only portion of the State budget over
which the Governor does not have
control.
President Roosevelt asked Con-
gress to approve transfer Of immi-
grafton and naturalization service
from the Labor to the Justice De-
partment thereby to enable the Gov
eminent to IDEAL quickly" with
aliens whose conduct conflicts with
the public interest"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
FARM WOMEN MARKETS

The growing nationwide move
ment to aid farm women to sell their
products at fair profit is soon to
include New York City in its chain
of assisting cities.
Women in more than twenty-seven
States are interested in an elastic
program that will aid country
women.
The New York shop plans now
under way are similar to the one In
operation In Boston where farm
women find a market for their
goods. 1t would form an outlet for
homemade goods from many agri
cultural sections of the United
States. Canned food and handicraft
would be sold, the proceeds In
many instances providing college
education for sons 'and daughters
of farmers.
In Michigan, farm women are
sent each summer to an agricul-
tural institute by the Association.
The New England division, with
large membership, is extremely ac-
tive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
Barometric Pressure
Affects Mans Health

Your general well-being as well
as the weather may be signalized
by the barometer, according to DR..
William F. Petersen, pathologist and
bacteriologist at the University of
Illinois.
The next time you feel crouch
coming on consult the barometer.
1t is ten to one, says DR.. Petersen,
that the barometric pressure will be
going up.
The doctor asserted that air pres
sure plays an important role in
health. Sudden death and even
spring fever are some of its effects,
he commended.
Pain in an abscessed tooth may
be caused in some degree by high
atmospheric pressure; the ability OF
an athlete to perspire and the tone
of his muscles vary with the air
pressure; the nervous, mental and
even digestive systems react to the
stimulus of air pressure.
In normal persons, DR.. Petersen
said, high barometric pressure in
creases the blood pressure and you
feel full of pep. However, when the
pressure makes the blood sluggish
the effect is to put you in the dumps.
Changes in atmospheric pressure
work the hardest suffering on the
young, old and sick. Ordinarily
healthy persons, the doctor ex-
planned, can readily adjust their
bodies to outside influences.
DR.. Petersen said that changes in
the barometer should serve as a
warning to physicians to be especial
ly watchful over their patients.
On the basis Of a survey the doc
tor concluded that the death rate is
in direct proportion to the ups and
downs of the atmospheric pressure.
Sudden increases or decreases in the
pressure, he declared, often will
show an adverse effect on patients
who appeared to be on the road
to recovery and sometimes the shock
is so great 1t causes death.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31

1t is apparent that sentiment in
this country is heavily in favor OF
expanding our armed forces, espec-
tally the navy, as rapidly as possible.
At the same time it is equally ap-
parent that we have no fixed mill
tary policy, and that no one really
knows just how strong we must be-
come in the light of the strength OF
possible enemies. One school Of
thought holds that if Hitler wins,
America will be faced with the
potentiality of immediate military
and economic invasion. This school
of thought is led, so far as the publ
cists are concerned, by Walter Lip
pman, who observed in recent
column that the great conquerors of
the past have never stopped--that
they haye gone on until, like Alex
ander, they dominate the world, or,
like Napoleon, came to a Waterloo.
Their past successes, in other words,
breed future campaigns. And the
very fact that their people are
hungry and exhausted makes it
necessary for them to force their
armies on, in search of new re-
sources and new victories.
The other school of thought pooh
pools this theory about 100 per-
cent. 1t belives that the victor in the
present European war will be so
worn out that it will take genera
lions before its energies can be suf-
ficiently renewed to make more cam
paigns possible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
Windows Are Important
In Appearance of Home

Windows are all-important in con-
trolling the outside appearance Of a
home and its inside decorative eff
fects, as well as contributing to the
comfort and happiness of the occu-
pants, according to recent issue Of
q leading builders magazine.
Some of the newest home building
ideas for cutting costs and increas-
ing quality apply to windows. And
that is fortunate since the public
taste seems to be more and more
toward glass, cheerful interiors and
sunshine. Analysing the work of
some of the country's most success
full operative builders brings out the
fact that they are practically de-
signing their best selling houses
around its windows. In their most
profitable homes the windows are
something more than mere openings
in the wall. They have far greater
role than that of letting light in and
keeping out wind and rain and snow.
They are utilized as one of the most
effective of sales points in focusing
attention of the prospect, whether
he's buyer or a renter.
Picture windows decide many a
home sale by framing a favorite
view. Use of peach colored plate
glass often adds to the beauty of a
scene. And picture window over
the sink or a corner window may
be the means of lifting that kitchen
to new plane Of beauty and cheer
the difference between domes-
tic workshop of drudgery and an in
viting unit of the home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
SPY RING

After hearing in private session
the intimate details of Nicholas
Dozenberg's work as Russian mil
itary police agent, the House I'm
American Activities committee mem
bers said there was no doubt that a
hugh spy ring operated in this
country.
Chairman Martin Dies CD of
Texas said it was certain that there
was a Fifth column at work in the
United States" and that the Soviet
Union had a 'far-fiung and well or
ganized espionage system to get mil
itary and industrial secret"
Representatives Noah M. Mason
(R) of Illinois said that he was
"both shocked and startled at the
revelations of the widespread espion-
age system that the Soviet Govern
ment has had in the United States
and especially at the evidence of the
laxness and negligence the Depart
ment of Justice has shown in this
matter"
Mr.. Dies said that, in the light
of what the Committee learned, and
what has happened in Europe the
Committee might recommend out
having such groups as the Comun-
list Party and the German-American
Bund-
Mr.. Dozenberg, a Communist
Party worker and for IL years an
OGPU agent in the United States,
y under sentence for passport fraud.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
Many Cases of Cancer
HELPED by Early Care

A high percentage OF cancer cases
can be cured if properly treated in
the early stages of the disease, ac-
cording to DR.. Grantley w. Taylor
Of Harvard Medical school.
The problem at present, he says,
is to educate the public into seeking
advice for symptoms which may be
suggestive of cancer and to instruct
the profession in early recognition
of the disease and in the proper
surgical and radiation treatments
necessary to effect cure.
Symptoms are the result Of i'm
reference with normal organs and
vary widely, depending on the site
involved in the cancer" DR.. Taylor
said. Surface cancers may ap-
pear as Jumps, sores or abnormal
bleeding from any or the orifices
Of the body.
Cancers Of the throat interfere
with swallowing, breathing or
speaking and cancer of the intes-
tines probably would interfere with
digestion"
DR.. Taylor said the cause of cam
Ger is not known, but that it can be
shown in laboratory animals "that
the susceptibility to cancer devel-
opment is probably inherited" He
added that it is well known that
cancer is not infectious or conta-
gious and that there are no germs
involved in its causation.
'The typical cancer" he said,
''begins as a localized lawless
growth of tissue, frequently at a
site which has been chronically ir-
ritated. The growth is not taking
place in response to need of the
body, it fulflls no useful function
and is completely in disharmony
with the surrounding tissues"
The cancer shows no symptoms
until it interferes with normal or
gans, he said, and it is this inter-
ference with functions Of organs
indispensable to life which finally
determines the fatal outcome"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
STAGGERING WAR REFUGEE
PROBLEM

The American Red Cross speeded
up it's campaign for $1O,0O0,OOO
war relief fund after receiv-
ing word that probably 100000
Belgian and French refugees were
fleeing terror-stricken toward South
ern France.
Wayne Chatfield Taylor, Euro
pean delegate of the organization,
telephoned National Chairman
Norman H. Davis from Paris:
'It lis impossible to exaggerate
the refugee problem. There are
probably 100000 men, women and
children homeless. the impact is
staggering, but the Red Cross is
in there pitching"
Since the European war started
in September, the Red Cross has
sent $2,776,000, to help the Poles
Firms, Netherlanders, Belgians, and
the Allies. +
In addition, $356,O0O in supplies
were sent abroad up to May H.
Since then orders have been placed
in the United States for 100000
in supplies, including 100 ambu.
lances and $50 hospital trucks.
Mr.. Taylor, Chicagoan who
recently was Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury, went to Europe in
October to survey possible relief
needs. He reported, to Red Cross
headquarters: while the (French
Army is fighting for it's life, France
is welcoming Belgians. old and
young, who arrive on foot, by
wagon, on BICYCLES, in trucks, auto
mobiles, trains. Some are wounded
some are sick, all are hungry and
completely exhausted.
"They bring with them practic.
ally nothing. Meanwhile French
evacuees in great numbers have been
with drawn from the battle area
under similar conditions"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31

June time will be milk time this
year. The entire 80 days will be
given to observance of National
Dairy Month.
Prime purpose of the month is
promotional---to sell milk, butter,
cheese and other dairy products.
And, lined up solidly in determine
ton to make the drive success,
are Americas retail distributors.
Food stores throughout the ma
ton will participate, including thous-
ands of chains and independents.
And, on top of that, still more thous-
ands of stores, such as the great non
grocery chain, will be doing their
part to stimulate interest in milk,
consumption of milk, and sales OF
milk products.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31

Business conditions in this coun-
try are nothing to write home about.
This year seems to be following the
ancient precedent that genera.
election year is bad for industry.
The business barometers have been
slowly sagging, and while there
have been no sharp drops, there are
no signs of any significant upturn
in the near future.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31

'Stop at stop signs if you value
your life," urges the Keystone Auto
mobile Club in warning that motor
vehicle killings resulting from fail
ure of motorists to observe stop
signs are on the increase.
George e. Keneipp, Manager OF
the Club, said many motorists have
complained to Keystone about the
non-observance of stop signs, de-
claring that the lives of motorists on
Through" streets and roads are
constantly jeopardized by reckless
drivers who ignore the mandate to
come to a. full stop.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
THE AMERICAN FARM
By-J. E. Jones

The relation of Government to
agriculture has become one of the
complicated problems Of our time.
A Congressman told his colleagues
a few days ago that most of the
many measures to support agricul-
ture were in effect, ga mere drop
in the bucket" In his opinion the
farm problem resolves itself down
to Increased farm income and bet
ter prices for farm products" He
emphasized the necessity for home
ownership. He thought the action OF
the Senate year ago in passing a
bill for home-ownership for the
farmer along lines similar to that
used by the Federal Housing Admin
istration, would be a step in the
right direction. From that point he
branched off into advocacy of the
plan for an appropriation of two and
half million dollars to be used in
administering the farm-tenancy pro-
gram, which he described as being
necessary if the Government placed
itself in position to deal on larger
scale with this program that was
originally planned to provide homes
for 10 thousand tenants year. 1t
appears that in the South about 70
per cent of the people who live on
the farms are tenants.
The "Grapes of Wrath" has been
quoted by Members who have dis
cussed agricultural and farm prob
lens in the two Houses of Congress,
and it seems to have been given cred
it for having focused the attention
of the entire nation upon the great
problem of farm tenancy, as well
as upon the additional problems con-
corning the migration from Okla
homa and other States to California
and elsewhere. The theory is If the
tenants were anchored to houses
which they could not be thrown out
of, as the Joads were, things might
be better.
Anyhow, practically the entire
membership of Congress and the
Administration is devoting the best
qualities of thought and attention to
the worthwhile peace-time programs
of solving the problems of agricul-
ture and farming.
The National Government ought
to be getting somewhere before long
inasmuch as it is dealing with an
ancient problem that has been kept
in the foreground since the early
days of the twentieth century.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
Facing the Facts
By THE w. C. T. U.


IF THE American public has the
4 facts, no one need worry about
the public's final decision on any
problem of great social Importance
But the public must have all the
facts.
This has not been true in the case
Of the alcohol question since men
of great wealth and their propagan-
dists began in the late '20s an at
tack on national temperance.
The intelligent American public,
especially small city and rural resi-
dents, can not long be fooled by one
sided propaganda. John @. Public
has a habit-rather disconcerting
to the stump-shouters-of looking
claims squarely in the face to see
how sound they are and OF judging
these claims on the basis of his
own experience.
For 65 years the W. c. T. U. has
fought for one goal-To build up and
protect the American home. The
w. C. T. u. members-and millions
of others for that matter-believe
liquor and its many fellow travellers
of social disease, poverty, drug
addiction, and polluted politics, are
the deadliest enemies of the Ameri-
can home.
For 65 years the W. c. T. U. has
studied the liquor problem from all
angles. Since repeal in 1888 this
study has been concentrated on the
scientific aspects of alcohol.
The world has made enormous adj
vances during those IS years in all
branches of science and research.
Yet, not one fact has been devel-
oped in all that time to disprove
the assertion that beverage alcohol
is the greatest single enemy of man
and of society.
John @ Public, when he has the
straight facts, will know how to deal
with alcohol, just like he has dealt
with other social menaces such as
white slavery, opium, and mari
juana.
In cooperation with this and other
newspapers, the w. c. T. U. has
launched a program to give the ba-
sic, uncolored facts to John @. Pub
lie. Given the basic facts, it will
be up to John @. Public to act.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31

The average man is willing to for
give an enemy-after he gets square
with him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31

It's the easiest thing in the world
for one man to forget the mean adj
vantage he took Of anotheg.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31

Latin America gets six pounds of
candy every so seconds from the
United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
Oman Hoover Knows.

A popular misbelief, encouraged
by the liquor propagandists, is that
crime reached an all-time high dur
ing prohibition years.
j. Edgar Hoover, director OF the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
knows the facts.
Three years after repeal, before
the International Association OF
Chiefs of Police on Sept. %, 1886,
in Kansas City, Mo-, he described
"The last three years" as "the most
terrible period of criminal history in
the life of America :" and added,
''the forces of law enforcement dur
ing these years are being challenged
on all sides by criminal hordes, "
and sin recent years youth
has been drifting deeper into
crime"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31

You can't convince woman
that any man who has proposed
to her IL q fool.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31


new discoveries of two thousand
square miles of coast line on the
Antarctic Continent possessed any
great commercial or strategic value
Admiral Byrd said that it was
doubtful"
This Is Not Wishful Thinking
President Roosevelt will have
nearly all the votes in the Democra-
tic National Convention, and as mat
tiers stand he will have hard time
If he tries to refuse the party NOM
ination. All the polls indicate that
he will be reelected for a third
term.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
This Is Not wishful Thinking

Mustard plasters also come under
the head Of drawing materials.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
Enemies Within Our Gates


1t is believed there are a good
many undesirable aliens, and lot
of bad natives in the United States,
who are trying to "remake America, -
and whose plans and purposes are
dangerous. Nearly every Govern
ment activity that tries to run down
these people is being attacked and
misrepresented. For instance, the
Dies Committee-but more specific
ally the Hoover G-Men against whom
strong sentiment was developed be-
cause they were detecting Commun-
lists, crooks, racketeers and traitors
by the police method of tapping
their telephone lines. A terrible
hurrah was raised about this prac-
tice, despite the fact that such a
method in police and Government
bureaus has long been recognized
as legitimate method. Experienced
newsmen in Washington have de-
Tended the Omen and praised their
sleuthing-plans to bring crooks to
time. The public criticism of Hoov-
er's Omen was twisted and distort-
ed to make it appear that a nation
al agency was employed to run down
enemies and crooks through the use
of illegal and improper methods.
There is all the difference in the
world in the right of the Omen
to tap wires, and the improper at
tempts of individuals, or gangs, to
tap wires for criminal purposes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-31
Ordered Home

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
Commander of the United States
Antarctic Service Expedition, has
returned from the South Pole. 1.-THE
reason I am back is because I was
ordered back" he explained. The
Admiral left 55 men at Little
America and other stations.
A few months ago high officials
in the United States Government ex-
pressed great concern lest some
foreign country might grab" the
Antarctic region, which it Is thought
may thaw out In another thousand
years, and be adaptable for farms
and golf courses. Asked whether the