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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

THE death of Scott Fitzgerald
recalls memories of a queer
brand of undisciplined and self
indulgent brats who were deter
mined not to pull their weight
in the boat and wanted the
world TO drop everything and
sit down and bawl with them.
The kick in the pants and
clout over the scalp were more
like their needing, but all of US
were more or less goofy then, so
they enjoyed a very tolerant
public whose sympathy and at
tempts TO understand only en-
couraged them TO eat more live
goldfish out of the hotel foun-
tains and whine all the louder.
The sensitive young things of
whom Fitzgerald wrote and with
whom he ran TO fires not only
because he could exploit them
as material for profit in print
but because he found them con-
genial. were fond of a belief that
they had been betrayed by some
impersonal mass rouge called
their elders who had wantonly
and just for the he'll OF it caused
an awful war and the ensuing
upsetmcnt and that they. most
of all. were the victims of this
viflainy.
Some were veterans of the
war, but more were of the group
who came of age Just after the
peace. but we were not taking
polls in those days. SO we never
knew how many they were all
told and many insist, if we like.
that the noise they made was
far out of proportion to their
numbers.
After all, there are now living
among us millions of men ane
women IN their high 40's anf
late sos who were members o
that age group and who settle
down to work and the respons
bilities Of life and do not cor
cede that they ever lost the
souls.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
EDWIN f.. PRONG,
1880 Harding avenue.
25 YEARS AGO TODAY
Dec. II, 1915

Dec. ~, 1915
On the Western Front, Ger
man-held Westende was shelled
from the sea by the British.
Heavy fighting ragged be-
tween the Russians and Aus
TRANS on the Besssrabia-Buko-
vina frontier.
The French consolidated new
gains at Hartmannsweilerkopf
in Alsace.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Dec. ~, 1889
The Firms again crossed the
Soviet border in an attack east
of Salla; heavy fighting ragged
in Karelia.
Britain and Sweden signed a
wsr-trade treaty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Fi+zgeraId's
Generation
Of Bra+s
Lost Cults Noise All Out
Of Proportion

(Editor's note. The opinions
expressed by Wesfbrook Pesiey
are entirely his own, and not
necessariiy those of the Detroit
Times.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

and high social position. VIII
mad joined up Tor The war in u
spirit of a summer to drive .
officers car. and afterwar.
wrote TO exhaustion of the hor.
ror of il all. the disillusionment
of his generation. the lack OF
opportunity for the likes of him
in world disordered by guilty
management.
The persons Of that age in the
European countries did suffer
from confusion and lack of OPP
pOrtunity. and the despair Of
their elders is a much different
proposition.
Here, after very brief pause.
life picked up and opportunity
not merely beckoned but just
about ganged the young.
As 10 the kind of opportunity.
whether 10 serve mankind in
some large. permanent, altruis-
TIC way or merely to prosper
economically and pursue in rea-
sonable security and comfort the
devious but inevitable path from
the cradle 10 the grave. it is not
pertinent TO ask in a discussion
Of Fitzgerald's lost generation.
He dealt with a group who
were not noticeably concerned
with noble service but merely
petulant, because no one had in
vented a gin that didn't cause
hangover-another grievous fail
ure of the wicked and shiftless
elders.
4 T THIS distance from Fitz-
"A gerald's day there are signs
that. just as saloon society is
exaggerated and overpublicized
at present. so then the number.
importance and plight of his
subjects were vastly magnified.
Where are they now, those
flapperS, male and female, whose
problem never was hunger or
lack of a job, or rather luxuri-
Gus comforts, but Just yearn-
ing and churning.. such as every
youth is troubled by. but in their
great self-pity thoughIall this
was something new
They are not next door, be-
cause there were not enough of
them to provide neighbors for
us all, even discounting the NOR
tally of almost two decades.
Whoever sees one now or
knows of one who wouldn't have
been a malingering flop and
wilmer in any generation
At this point it may be OBJ
served that today any legiti-
mate. conscientious effort to
regard youth as a section of
society and to give special en-
enlargement and aid is certain
TO be exploited by relatively
small element of youth who will
turn pro, so TO speak. and either
sit down on the curb and quit
cold or hop up on a ladder-box
and damn the only system under
which they are permitted to
do so.
The majority is minding its
business. preserving self-re-,
spect and its individuality as the
majority did when Scott F'itz-
gerald's few were gnawing gin
in silver slabs and shifting about
the sham and tinsel of il all.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Spark Plug
Needed for
Defense
TooImakers Idle Will e
Cry Is for Speedup

(The opinions eIpressed by
General Johnson are not neces-
sariiy those of The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
BAERING DOWN ON THE NEWS:
First Payment
BY ARTHUR BUGS BAER
Distributed by International New. service

Distributed
I'm getting TO be such expert on that take
wide end around the subject and standing up.
So figure that Christmas armistice a slight
payment peace
Of what dread is the peace conference which
usually the words and music scramble Every
body there in the lumber big chip on his
shoulder.
Here's suggestion for the time. When this trouble
ends don't have conference Just stop fighting
and keep quiet about it,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

WHAT makes the British
w firmly confident of their
information about the invasion
is that it is confirmed by the
diplomatic situation. usual
news lately out of the Balkans
only thinly covers the obvious
fact that Hitler has run into a
high hurdle there.
The militant attitude of the
Greeks and the Turks has dis
couraged the section of the Ger
man general staff which advo-
Gated new road of conquest
southeastward to the Suez and
Near-Eastern oilfields.
The German militarists will
not fight on two fronts. They
learned their lesson on that in
the last war. Therefore, the
whole might of the frustrated
fuehrer may logically be ex-
pected to be concentrated upon
England alone. 1--,-~.--~.---.-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

THE British are fairly well
L fixed to meet what they ex-
pect. They are short of anti
aircraft guns and will not be
able to match the Germans with
anything like plane for plane in
the air. But their planes are
better and they will have the
advantage of fighting in home
skies. Furthermore, they will
not be surprised.
Nearly 100000 of their men
are sufficiently well trained to
be disable on the ground. Since
Dunkirk their mechanical units
have been well equipped, espe-
cially with small tanks.
1t is a far different British
army Hitler will meet in Eng
land than the one he last saw
rowing fer home last all. -------
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-01
THE H. M. DUYCKINCK CO., Rising Sun, Maryland
EASIEST time TO CURE DRAFTS
IS WHEN you BUILD!
WATCH THESE Three PLACES IF
YOU WOULD STOP Them

There is just no excuse for drafts in your
new home, because drafts are definitely durable
if you will watch just three places-and all
three places are around your windows.
First and foremost offender in the making OF
drafts in your new home is the window frame.
Now you've never bought window frames so
you don't know anything about them and that
is one reason why so many home builders have
about the window frame that went into their
homes Now, we aren't going to go into detail
about window frames We just want you to
remember that the most important thing
about window frame is how it joins the wall
If it makes a permanent leakproof weather.
tight joint with the wall-fine and dandy. II
it doesn't you'll have drafts no end of drafts.
How can you make sure about weathertight
joint? Just specify that the window frames
used in your new home have wide blind stop
be familiar to your contractor.
Proper Fitting Necessary
Next in Importance to window frame is the
window sash (the part of the window that
moves within the frame) Many home build
ers buy window frames in one place and sash
in another with the result that the sash and
frame never fit properly in spite of trimming
and cutting on the job, And sash that don't
fit properly cause drafts and more drafts. The
modern trend is towards what is known as
complete window units that are delivered with
frame and sash precision fitted to each other
at the factory. Many of these window units
are even complete with weatherstrip. In any
event be sure that the window sash are fitted
properly to the window frame and you'll elimi-
nate another big source of drafts.
Glass Cools Air
Now here is the third cause of drafts. It's
warm air being quickly cooled against single
pane of glass. The cold air then drops to the
floor. This flow Of air causes drafts. What's
the cure? double pane of glass. Some win
dows are made SO that this double pane of
glass fits on the inside of the window, while
the most common is the ordinary storm win
dows which are hung on the outside. Whether
your double glass is inside or outside, the re-
suit is the same. The glass that is within the
heated room is kept warmer by the dead air
space between the double panes. Result: Warm
air is not cooled so fast: no cool air-no drafts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-01
LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUsE
DOOMED IN PENNSYLVANIA

The little red schoolhouse is van
ishing in Pennsylvania at the rate
of approximately 800 year.
Consolidation of schools, legisla-
ton and Improvements in trans
portation are three of the principal
reasons for the rapid decline of the
schools where one instructor teaches
all grades.
The Department Of Public In
struction noted today that most of
the one-teacher schools which have
disappeared in the past 20 years were
closed because of consolida tons
which absorbed 1000 into 1000
larger schools.
Another reason for the decline
from 1913 schools in 1920 to s.
$50 in 1898 is the law requir-
ing the closing of school with an
average term attendance Of 10 or
FEWER pupils. There are a few more
than 500 one-teacher schools in OPP
Grafton now.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-01
Farmers Test Fertilizer
With Field Experiments

The idea that modern farmers buy
pig in poke, or accept farming
practices without giving them a
practical trial, is exploded by the
results Of a recently completed sur
vey of 49, 900 farmers.
Forty-seven per cent of $4,000
farmers interviewed in 50 states re-
ported that they conducted expert
ments in their own fields, tried out
different kinds and amounts of fer
tilizer, and made comparisons on
results obtained. Not only did the
survey conducted by the National
Fertilizer association show that
farmers test the values of different
kinds of fertilizers and fertilizer
practices, but A per cent reported
that they conducted experiments on
fields with and without fertilizer to
find out for themselves whether the
practice pays. This represents a
gain of per cent over the number
who conducted similar experiment
in the last survey made on this
point.
After considering the results Of
their tests, So per cent reported that
they are planning to use more fer
tilizer, and only IL per cent stated
they had had any unsatisfactory re-
suits from fertilizer during the past
three years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-01
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Christ Jesus" will be the subject
the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday,
March 3.
The Golden Text will be from
II Cor. AS, God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness,
hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, Matt. 1871:
And the disciples came and said
unto him, Why speakest thou unto
them in parables?"
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 the following, page lit, "Our
Master taught spirituality by simili-
tudes and parallels. AS divine
student he unfolded God to Man, ILL
ustrating and demonstrating Life
and Truth in himself and by his
power over the sick and the SHINING"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-01
FARM
Tories
TEAR GAS USED
IN SOIL BATTLE
Harmful Organisms Killed by
Injecting Chloropicrin.
BY r. L. STARK

~ y 1Ae 04SAAsA1
Use of old World war "tear gas"
In another type of warfare in the
soil is being used today, reports of
the plant pathology department at
Cornell university indicate.
This gas Ii used to partially
sterilize soils and kill harmful or
ganisms. Known as chloropicrin, a
heavy, oily, colorless liquid that
readily vaporizes into pungent tear
gas, 1t quickly changes to a gas and
diffuses throughout the soil after in
lection.
For many years It has been re-
allied that the soils in which plants
grow harbor injurious organisms.
Several means have been used to
destroy them, namely cultural prac-
tees, heat, and chemicals. The pos
sible use Of chloropicrin was re-
vealed during the World war when
large quantities were used as tear
gas.
Since then, the use Of this war
time material has been developed
far enough so 1t can be used sue
cessfully to partially sterilize soils.
The gas Is toxic to all forms of life,
and it is completely volatile; there
fore, no residue remains In the soil
upon aeration.
The material is applied into the
soil by an applicator, which works
on the principle of the hypodermic
needle. Small amounts are injected
into the soil to depth Of about six
inches. Injections are usually made
about IL inches apart. With the ap-
paratus, one man can treat from
1000 to 1900 square feet Of soil in
an hour.
Chloropicrin is being used to steri-
lie soil to eliminate disease-causing
fungi, insects, nematodes, and weeds
and their seeds. It's most efficient
use to date has been in compost
piles, but it has also been effective
ly used to sterilize seed beds and
in benches or ground beds in green
houses.
It's extensive field use is said to
be limited only because of the rath-
er high cost of the material.
Soil conditions at the time the tear
gas is applied are important. In
fumigating soils, the gas must pene-
trate through all parts of the soil to
destroy the organisms, and lethal
concentration of the gas must be
kept in contact with the organisms
long enough to kill them.
After the pests are killed, the va
por should escape as rapidly as pos
sible, the horticulturists were told.
The speaker stated that a light
sandy soil with a medium amount
of moisture, and at a fairly high
temperature (above 65 dgrees
Fahrenheit) is ideal for fumigation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-01

MACHINE LEADING SAFETY
HAZARD IN FARMERS
WORK

Safety on the farm is largely
homemade says Ray w. Carpenter,
specialist in engineering for the
Extension Service. One of the resons
there are SO many accidents on the
farm is that farm families are oper-
ating largely on their own respon-
sibility. For city people at work or
at home there are numerous safety
precautions, and someone to enforce
them. But the farmer to a great ex-
tent must be on his own safety
engineer and almost entirely his
own disiplinarian.
Mr.. Carpenter points to a state
ment on farm accidents made by
S. II. McCrory, Assistant Chief of the
Bureau of Agricultural Chemistery
and Engineering in the Federal De-
partment of Agriculture. Mr.. Nc
Crory believes there will be more
legal control of farm safety, especi-
ally of the ways in which electricity
is used.
Among reasons why the farm Is a
fertile field for accidents Mr.. Crory
found these: Much farm work Is
done by individuals at some distance
from others SO that an accident may
be serious because help is not at
hand. On the farm there are fire.
quent changes in work and machin-
cry used, which may mean unfamil-
iarity with equipment and less ac-
curacy of movement. Under the pres
sure of summer work there often
are long hours in the field and
chores done in hurry after dark
both conductive to accidents.
1t is found that in spite of i'm
provements farm machinery is a top
hazard in farm work. The older haz-
ard of animals, such are unruly bulls
and kicking horses, is next. In
Kansas last year, more than half
the accidental farm deaths were
caused by machinery and animals.
But checking hundreds of acct
dent records, it was noted that
most of them were caused by care
lessness-by haste, by the use of
makeshift repairs by taking chances,
by using machinery without guards
or with guards removed.
"The suffering, the loss Of time,
and the actual cash cost of these
accidents, it is pointed out by Mr..
Carpenter, show the need for avoid
ing them. 1t has been shown time
and again that the well-ordered
farm, with well-ordered activities, is
good insurance against accidents"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-01
GAN YOU PROVE HOW OLD ron
ARE?

Documentary evidence Of O per-
sons age from a birth certificate to
life insurance policies Is going to
have an increasing Importance as the
Federal Governments old-age and
survivors insurance program de-
velops, according to Luther Becker,
manager OF the Social Security
Boards field Office at Baltimore. Mr..
Becker explained that the Govern
ment will insist upon the proof Of
ones declaration of age D IRE in
surance payments are made. The law
provides that monthly payments may
be made to workers who have reach
ed the age of IS II they qualify,
but, he asserted, 1t will accept no
loose statements as to age.
The age of workers wife or
widow or Of his children must be
proved before they can receive any
of the supplementary benefits pro-
vided under the revised Social Sc
curity Act.
"But a claimant will be given
every opportunity, said Mr.. Becker,
ito supply the required proof. The
applicant probably will be asked IL
he has a birth certificate. AS a mat
ter of fact, birth certificates of per-
sons now IS years old or more are
scarce. In only eight States and the
District of Columbia had the practice
of keeping birth certificates been
adopted before 1874. The District Of
Columbia began the keeping Of such
records in 1874; Virginia in 1858;
Florida In 1866; Massachusetts, in
1850; Michigan in 1867; New Hemp
shire in 1910; New Jersey In 1848;
Rhode Island in 1858 Vermont In
1857"
The keeping of birth records In
Maryland, Mr.. Becker said, was be-
gun in 1898 Baltimore, 1870.
He added that In the event en- ap-
plicant is unable to produce a birth
certificate or church record, such
as the baptismal record, he may sub
init the statements of the doctor or
midwife with personal knowledge OF
his birth. But recognizing that this
type of evidence would, in most
cases, be as unavailable to a man of
IS as birth certificate or bap-
tismal record, the Boards repre-
sentative will suggest that he turn to
the old Family Bible. He may find
there, inscribed on one Of the pages
designed for the recording Of fam
lily records, the date and place Of his
birth.
'If, however, 1t becomes evident
the claimant cannot produce birth
certificate, a church record or SINH
lar document, he may submit the
statements of two other persons who
have personal knowledge that he
was born on certain date, Mr..
Becker added "but since such per-
sons will be even older than the
claimant, the obtaining Of this evid-
ence is difficult. 1t it cannot be pro-
duced, the Board will open the way
to presentation Of miscellaneous
lot of evidence, which, when viewed
as a whole, may be regarded as suf-
ficient.. This type Of evidence will
include public documents Of vary
ing nature, such as mans army
discharge, school records, or mar
riage certificate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-01

be scraped out. Then It Is advisable to
disinfect the house thoroughly with q
solution Of Y pint Of Purina Cre-so-fec
in a 1O-quart pail of water.
"For bedding, clean, dry straw should
be ,lsed-not too much nor too long
to cover the floor of the narrowing pen.
Little pigs won't get tangled up in finely
chopped wheat straw. The use of dusty
bedding should be avoided-it causes
pigs to cough.
"A third essential step is to scrub all
watering and feeding equipment well
and disinfect with a solution Of "a pint
Of Purina Cre-so-fec to 10-quart pail
Of water" Hamel recommends.
"Then the preparation of the SOW
for narrowing should be given careful
attention. Bring her into the pen sew
eral days in advance. She should be
washed completely with soap and water
and her udder disinfected with the
Cre-so-fec solution (1A pint to a 10
quart bucket of water) to remove the
worm eggs and disease germs which
may be present to harm the young pigs.
eff the weather permits, the SOW and
her pigs should be hauled to a pasture
about 10 days or two weeks after far.
rowing. This pasture should not have
been recently used for hogs. However,
if man must use the same field year
after year, this ground should be
plowed in the fall and sowed to rape,
clover, rye, or alfalfa.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-01
CORRECT COOKING METHODS
REDUCE VITAMIN
LOSSES

Unnecessary vitamin losses often
occur in the kitchen. One way to
avoid these losses is to cook vegeta-
bles in as short time as possible,
using the smallest amount Of liquid
that is practical. Make use of cook
ing water.
For many vegetables, small
layer of water at the bottom Of the
pan will be enough to form steam
to cook them. Then, when the cook
ing Is done, there will be about
enough cooking water to furnish
liquid for a butter sauce or to be
combined with other fats and sea-
sonings and served with the vegeta-
BILE. Extra vegetable water can be put
into soup and gravies, says Margaret
McPheeters, nutrition specialist for
the Extension Service.
Another point is that vitamins
are more easily destroyed in an aka
line solution than in an acid one.
That is the objection to use Of soda
to preserve the color In green
vegetables.
Heat vegetables quickly to re-
move air in their tissues. Avoid any
unnecessary contact of air with the
vegetables during cooking. Stirring
air into hot food during cooking
or sieving increases vitamin destruc-
ton by oxidation"
Another vitamin saving practice,
according to Miss Pheeters, Is to use
vegetables as soon as possible after
buying them or bringing them in
from the garden. The vitamin G
losses are the most serious. Keeping
vegetables in the refrigerator or q
very cold pantry helps to cut down
vitamin loss in storage.
Quick frozen vegetables are best
cooked without preliminary thaw-
ing. This protects their vitamin con-
tent. They should be taken out OF
the package and dropped immediate
ly into boiling water. There 10 no
evidence that quick freezing with
storage afterwards at low tempera-
lures has any destructive effect ON
vitamin content.