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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26
BERLINERs ARE TALKING
 AR0TTT

.
 (By Edwin Hatrich, correspOndent for the Columbia BrOadcasting Sys- Gem in Berlin. He returned here a few days ago, after covering the in- vasion of the Low countries, the Norwegian, campaign. and Berlin since the Battle of Britain.l
 The first visit by the bomb Loaded British Blenheims and Wellingtons. It took place the night of August .,25th and the town was stunned. =. The change in the daily routines since that night. The RAF raids have no definite pattern. They don't come on certain nights, or at regu- Jar hours. Consequently, Berliners make preparations each night for spending several hours in the shell tiers. Dinner done with, the haus- frau packs up the family valuables, gets out tie blankets and herds her family undergrounds.
 The thoroughness of the Propa- ganda Ministry, which thinks of everything. It wouldn't do to have the rattle of anti-aircraft fire and the concuSSions of exploding bombs go out over the air when we are broadcasting, so they have installed special lip microphones which elim- mate all sounds but the voice of the speaker. Thus. during the heaviest sort of raid. CESS Bill Shirer just goes on blithely talking aboutt he news of the day. Tt is reported <. we are informed by the Wilhelm strasse" ad infinitum { ad nauseam.
 Lord Haw-Haw's fanatical hatred for the English people and the British Empire. The Scar-cheeked former publicity chief for Sir Os- wald Moseley's British Union of FaScists has changed his name from William Joyce to Herr .Froelich and is considered the star of the Propa- ganda Ministry's 54 short-wave speakers Haw-Haws splendid Ito Germans) salary of $6O per week, in ReichsmarkS.
 The noticeable absence of per- sonal gossip aboNt the Nazi big shots ever since the war began .. /. The ,edict forbidding American broad casters to use the word "Nazi' on the air. They must say National Socialist" =. The bombings on the Rhineland. On a recent night my hotel manager asked me to shut off my radio at nine in the evening be- cause I was disturbing the sleep of the next-door guest. The manager explained that my neighbor was a big industrialist who had come uD from his home town. Essen, to get some sorely-needed sleep.
 Tie long range rationing system. There are always rlImors of ware houses in Hamburg overflowing with coffee, but we never get smell of it. However, there is enough food to avoid trouble The bet ter-than-average food at the Sa- varta, the Kaiserhof Hotel and the Bristol, available to persons with lots of money and plenty of food tickets The double ration food tickets handed to foreign correspon- dents by the Propaganda Ministry. Press conferences are held daily. but the food tickets are dished out every second Tuesday. The press turns out en masse that day, so the Nazi, re- serve their choicest propaganda
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
CHEVROLET SALES

A sales gain of 41.5 per cent dur
ing the first 20 days Of January over
the same period last year was re-
ported by Chevrolet dealers, w. q.
Holler, general sales manager.
Total sales for the month thus far
are 47,293 new passenger cars and
trucks.
In the second Today period, Mr..
Holler said, sales were up 81 per
cent over the same period last year
and 1913 per cent over the first 10
days of the month this year. From
Jan. 1920, 25,226 cars and trucks
were retailed, as compared with 49,
405 units in the same period in
1889, and 22,067 units in the pre-
ceding To-day period this year.
Used car sales likewise held to
the strong upward trend that has
been characteristic of Chevrolet
throughout the past years. A gain
of 17.6 per cent was reported for
the second To-day period over the
first period this month. From Jan.
1920 3S,715 used care were re-
tailed, as compared with 32,919
units sold during the first 10 days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
FARM
Tories
LAYING FLOCKS
REQUIRE WATER
Warm Supply Is Necessary
During Colder Months.
BY C. F. PARRISH

Farmers and other interested per-
sons-prepare for somewhat of a
shock: About Sc per cent of an egg
is water! That doesn't mean that
eggs are not one of the best foods,
but it does mean that the kind and
amount of water a hen drinks is
highly important.
For this reason the extension divi-
sion of the North Carolina State col
lege recommends the warming OF
drinking water for the laying flock
during the winter and early spring
months. It is well to remember
that egg production will be greatly
reduced and Old Man Winter will
dip heavily into your egg profits if
you permit drinking fountains to
freeze over, or the water to become
so cold the birds refuse to drink
literally.
There are a number of heated
fountains on the market that will
operate for about a week on quart
Of kerosene. However, he said that
homemade device may be utilized
if care is taken to make it fireproof.
The only materials needed to make
it are an old tin tub, sand, a few
rough boards, and kerosene lamp.
The tub is inverted on bed of
sand spread one inch deep over the
area to be occupied by the device.
Holes are made in the side of the
tub to permit the escape of fumes
and the entrance of oxygen. A plat
form is built over the tub and the
container of water placed on the plat
form. The lighted lamp is put UNI
der the tub.
Flock owners are urged to protect
the hens against cold, wind and snow
by covering the cracks in the ends
and sides Of the laying house with
strips of wood or heavy paper. A
six-inch dry-litter on the floor makes
the house more comfortable for the
layers. Workable curtains on
frames that move up and down in
a track over the front of the laying
house is also to be commended.
These curtains should be held out
about two inches from the wire front
by the track so that they will not
interfere with the ventilation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Little Stump, Town

Tree sturnps in the streets Of the
pioneer village of Portland, Ore,
were responsible for considerable
early day comment. Capt. H. M.
Knighton, founder of st. Helens, pro-
phesied it would become the metrop-
oils of Oregon because it was situat-
ed on high ground at the confluence
of the Willamette and Columbia riv-
ers and was at the end Of the Indian
trail leading from the Willamette
valley. He pointed to Portland's
streets In derision and called the
rival village Little Stump Town.
Some claimed that Portland had
'more stumps than people," Enter
prising merchants of the town ac-
cepted Knighton's remark as chal-
1enge. They determined to corner
Willamette valley trade. They set
about removing the stumps from
Canyon road, substituted corduroy.
invited the Tualatin valley tanners
to shop in Portland. and induced
the ship lanes to make Portland the
terminus Of the San Francisco runs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
oLD-AGE AND sURvIvERs m.
sURANCE PROVISIONS
Why Young People Should Keep
Their Wage Records Straight

Young workers under age rs
have received wage credits on the
records of the Social Security Board
for more than eight billion dollars,
since the old-age insurance program
first went into operation on January
l, 1887. In the United States there
are millions of young men and
women who are now building up
their Social Security accounts with
the Government.
Each worker in employment COW
cred by the old-age and survivors
insurance system should have a Soc
ial security account number. This
number serves to identify his In
dividual social security account in
which his earnings are recorded by
the Social Security Board. That is
why it is SO important for worker
to have one and only one account
number. Each employer for whom
he works must know the account
number SO that the workers earn
ings may be CORRECTLY recorded,
when the employer makes his quar-
terly report to the Government.
The amount of the monthly bene-
fit check which the insured worker
will eventually receive will be figur-
ed on the basis of the wage credits
shown on his social security account.
The benefits payable to workers
dependents or his survivors are also
determined by his wage record, since
these payments are directly related
to the amount of benefits due the
wage Garner.
If a worker has reason to believe
that mistake has been made in
his wage record or that all of his
wages have not been reported, he
should request from the Social Sc
curity Board statement of his
wages. Discrepancies which may be
found in wage earner's record
will be corrected by the Board.
Any worker. can get post card
request form at the local Office of
the Social Security Board. All he
has to do is fill in this form and
mail it to the Board. Shortly there
after statement showing the wages
credited to his account will be mall
ed to him.
The Baltimore office of the Social
Security Board is located at sos
Park Avenue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES
Spirit" will be the subject OF
the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches
of Christ, Scientist. ON Sunday
February IL.
The Golden Text will be from
John 4:24, God is a Spirit; and
they that worship him must wor-
ship him in spirit and truth"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible, John $685..
1T is the spirit that Quickeneth; the
flesh profited nothing; the words
that l speak unto you, they are
spirit, and they are life."
The Lesson-Sermon also will I'M
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 256. "Adyanc-
ing to higher plane Of action.
thought rises from the material
sense to the spiritual, from the
scholastic to the inspirational, and
from the mortal to the immortal"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
SKINNED Milk

All farmers know that skinned
milk is good feed for pigs, but
many people do not know just what
its feeding value is. SKINNED milk,
and buttermilk too, are both def
Gent in vitamins A and D and in
iron. Vitamin D, which aids in the
assimilation of minerals, is supplied
by the sun. Vitamin A and other
vitamins, proteins and minerals, in
Guiding iron, are supplied by good
pasture, and to some extent by
green, leafy legume hay.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Clipping Dairy Cows

Probably the most important fac
tor in keeping cows clean is clipping
the hair short. Manure and other
sources of bacteria natur ally cling
to long hair. A clipped COW is OBJ
viously much more easily and quick
ly cleaned. Clip the long hairs from
the udders, TANKS and tail in order
that dirt may not cling to them. One
hair, if it falls into the milk, may
add as many as 10000 bacteria.
Because much of this dirt is solu-
BILE and dissolves in the milk, it can
not be strained out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

poultrymen who produce eggs on the
Layena feeding plan.
But better eggs won't bring pre-
MUM unless they are properly mer-
cllandised and made to stand out. They
obviously cannot be put into regular
marketing channels along with ordinary
eggs and be expected to reap an extra
margin. They just won't do it.
Markets for Premium Eggs
'There are many ways in which quail
ity eggs can be made to produce pre-
MUM. The man who is situated so that
he can retail his own eggs conveniently
has an excellent opportunity to get
what his eggs are really worth" Burrell
says. "a poultry man living near a
large city or high-type suburban town
or on a well travelled highway between
two important towns has q grand
chance to market his eggs at higher
prices.
another opportrlne set-up is that Of
a poultryman who is situated SO that he
can deliver or ship his eggs carefully
graded and packed to exclusive grocery
stores or delicatessen shops. Hotels,
restaurants, milk companies, ice cream
makers, hospitals, railroad dining cars,
clubs. sanitariums, private schools and
colleges all these are good prospects
for quality eggs when man is equipped
to produce them the year around.
A Convenient Plan
"As to the Layena egg producing and
marketing plan, every Purina dealer has
the feed and the special egg cartons to
follow the plan. Just apply at the local
feed store that has the checkerboard
sign.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Strip Cropping Rotation
Keeps Moisture in Soil

n
Strip cropping combined with crop
rotation adds up to strip rotation"
a method of saving soil and saving
moisture that works well in many
farming areas. The soil conserva-
ton service gives actual compari-
sons as worked out on experimental
plots at the Pennsylvania State col
lege farm in an area where erosion
and outlying are not nearly so Sc
rious as in many farm regions.
In corn plots cultivated up and
down hill for three years there was
an annual soil loss averaging 43 tons
to the acre yearly. By running the
corn. rows across the slope the loss
was cut in half. In both cases three
crops of corn in succession reduced
fertility.
BY strip rotation in the plots
planting corn rows across the slope
and further breaking the slope with
cross strips of close-growing hay
crops to catch and strain out the
soil that starts from the cultivated
strips-the soil loss was cut to one
twenty-fifth, a ton and half year
instead of 43 tons. The water loss
was only about one-fourth that from
the all-corn plots. When the strips
were plowed in as part of the rota-
ton, the roots and tops helped to
restore organic matter and main
tain fertility.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Rural Briefs

Insects caused $187 500 900 damage
to crops in India: last year.
An old tire casing makes a good
guard cover for buzz saw.
.
Loss from soil erosion in the
United States is put at 100000, 900
a year.
Powdered limestone is used by
some cattle feeders to cut down trou-
BILE with bloat.
One farmer in three has an in
come from non-farm sources, ac-
cording to a special United States
census bureau report.
Old hens with bright yellow beaks
and shanks should go into the cook
ing pot instead of the laying house.
Layers draw on the color in their
re axis and shanks to produce the
yellow of egg yolk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

Produce better egg--then market it
In cartons that readily identify both
the source and dependability Of the
productl
That is the money making formula
for the egg producer Of today. accord
ing to ]. II. Burrell, Prrina Mills Poul-
try Specialist and authority on egg pro-
duction and marketing.
'''I have never known q time when
there was as much interest both In the
production and consumption of quality
eggs. as now exists" says Burrell. 1T
Is easy to see why this interest has
arisen. Better, methods of controlling
egg quality have been developed. Splen-
did promotioral efforts have succeeded
IN making the consumer more quality
egg conscious. :
Extra Egg Income
'.Poultrymen who have recognized
this trend and hsve taken the necessary
steps to cash In on 1t are getting 4c to
100 q dozen premium for their eggs.
How have they done it? By building a
high quality egg, then properly iden-
tifying it to the consumer" says Burrell.
equality egg production and timely
marketing assistance have been made
available to many thousands Of poultry
xaisers through the cooperation of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Wore Prince AIberts

In the nifty nineties," most
United States senators wore Prince
Alberts. The frock coat was q SYM
Dol Of craftsmanship and q beard
was the mark Of a man Of maturity
and substance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
FUN AND THRILLS IN COMIC
WEEKLY

For the worlds most entertaining
comics and pictorial adventure fea-
ture, be sure to see the
COMIC WEEKLY PUCK
printed in full color and distributed
every Sunday with the
BALTIMORE AMERICAN
o. Sale a ~ MsyaasARda
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
used Cave for GLASS Wora

Used Cave for Glass WORK
The first glass maker in Scotland
was George Hay (l566-1625). He
took advantage Of a peculiarly
formed cave at Wemyss, on the Fife
coast, and set up his furnace there
IN.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

The evildoer is afraid of his
shadow-when 1t looks ike 2 dstec-
tiIa q Ais sE'ah
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

Twenty-seven hogs a minute are
slaughtered on American farms
s0z We sa those sAEmh.-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

All the world loves to laugh with
eg e E l0zsg'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
CAN HUMANS Hibernate LIKE
ANIMALS?

An absorbing article disclosing a
weired tale about aging men and
women, deliberately frozen through
the winter mad thawed out in the
spring in time to work on early
planting. Don't miss this amazing
feature in the February 18th issue
of
The American Weekly
the big magazine distributed
with the
BALTIMORE AMERICAN
On Sale At ALI Newsstands
Perhaps the reason a woman's
work is never done is that she emr
,<fouo q domaaffe IN do a.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

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ca - Feast your eyes
" on the smOoth-fiow-
inc lines and contours OF
this best-sel1ing Chevrolet for
20, with New ''Royal Clipper"
Styling. =. Note that it's the
longest of all lowest-priced
cars, measuring l8l inches
from front of grille to rear of
body. Yes, eye it and con-
vince yourself that it's the "st0r
for sfyIing"-the outstanding
beauty and luxury leader
among all cars In its price
range!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

=
" Chevrolet's Exclusive
Vacuum-Power Shift and
feel the hidden power cylinder
supply 500 Of the emitting
effort automatically, as no
other steering column gear
shift can do. Step on the
throttle and see how Chevrolet
Out-GcceIerGfeS and Out-clinlbs
all other low-priced cars. :.
Relax as you enjoy ''The Ride
Royal"f-the smoothest,
safest, steadiest ride known.
-. Yes, try it and then you'll
know that Chevro1et's, the
"sfGr for performance" among
all economy cars!
Special De Lssxe and Master De Luxe Ser
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Holiday Weekend
Deaths Hit 272

drowned when a boat taking him
and his family from an inundated
home capsized. Six more were killed
and nine others were injured when
two tanks filled with 10000 gallons
of water crashed on a bathhouse on
the Atlantic City, N. j., boardwalk.
Three hundred were left homeless
by floods caused when dams burst
at Grenlock and Blackwood, N. j.
Twenty-Five homes were swept away
and others were inundated.
Joseph Leonard, jr, and his
brother, Michael, fatally wounded
each other in a shooting which eli
NAKED family quarrel at Athens,
o. A 36-year-old fisherman who
caught three-pound bass in Lake
Marie near Antioch, Ill, became
so excited he collapsed and died OF
heart attack.
Rain which fell on many states
was expected to keep the number
of highway fatalities below the usual
Labor Day weekend figure. Auto
mobile associations reported that
traffic was slightly below normal
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Drastic Action
HaIts BIowinQ
Of Auto Horn
Car Plunges Into Canal
While Valley Driver
Pulls on Wires

Every motorist knows the
eXasperated helplessness that
comes when crossed wires
shOrt-circuit an automobile
horn into perpetual noise, but
it took Frank Demara to do some
thing about it.
Demara so, of El Centro, dunked
his borrowed automobile in the
Eucalyptus canal at Ross avenue.
The horn stopped blowing. Demara
and his companion, Theodore Cor
rea, AZ, Seeley, had to hitch-hike
ride home with Officer Paul
Brown of the California Highway
Patrol, however. The offending au-
tomobile was still in the canal Mon
day morning.
Demara was driving a car he had
borrowed Sunday night from An
tonic Orosco, he told the highway
patrolman. He was travelling west
along Ross avenue when the horn
started sounding off. Demara punch
ed the horn button. 1t kept blowing
He swore. That did no good. Then
Demara reached down to jerk loose
the wires undeAthe cowl. He did not
see the bridge over the Eucalyptus
canal.
A minute later Demara and his
companion were taking an unintend-
ed and unwelcome bath in the mud
dy Eucalyptus canal. Neither was
bnrt
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02

? Sen. Pat McCarran, D., New, who
authored the first air safety legis-
lation after the death of his COL
league Bronson Cutting of New
Mexico five years ago, announced
that he would insist on a senate
investigation of the crash near
Lovettsville, Va, Saturday, in which
Sen. Ernest Lunden, FL, Mimi, and
"a others died.
McCarran was neVer-reconciled
foe of President Roosevelts Civil
/ Aeronautics authority reorganiza-
ton under the commerce depart
ment. Today he blamed the crash
of the Pennsylvania Central airliner
on that action.
There's no doubt in my mind"
he said, that had the CAA been
continued as an independent agency
this crash would not have occurred.
Il will go before the senate this
week with resolution urging a
full investigation, not only of the
causes OF the crash but of the new
Civil Aeronautics board and it's
laxity in enforcing air safety regu-
lationS."
1t was the first crash since trans
fer of the CAA; the first American
air travel fatality in II months
McCarran said the reorganized
CAB was shot through with "chaos,
confusion and political control"
Meantime five inspectors from the
CAB air safety board, aided by six
attached to the office of the civil
aeronau1cs administrators, exam
ined bit by bit the pieces of battered
metal that once were an air luxury
liner.
What happened in the 10 min
uteS between the time the pilot
last reported his position and the
binding smash of the plane. loaded
with gasoline, into a Virginia grass
field, was conjecture.
Officials preferred the theory that
the violent wind and rain storm
that must have caught the plane
in its furious grip was the principal
cause of the accident They dis
counted reports the ship had caught
fire or exploded in mid-air and
were doubtful it could have been
struck by lightning. They denied
that the steWardess had dropped a
note a few minutes before the
crash.
1t was impossible to determine,
they said, whether the ships land
Continued on Page 6. Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Guordsmen Will
Join Army

for Sept. 16 to 76.689-the full
peace time strength-by voluntary
enlistment as soon as possible.
The citizen soldiers. many Of
whom have just completed intens-
i've war games, will be drawn from
New York. New Jersey, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, South Carolina.
Georgia. Oklahoma. Arizona. New
Mexico, Colorado. Washington,
Idaho, Oregon. Montana. Wyoming.
New Hampshire, Delaware. Illinois,
Missouri, Massachusetts,. Pennsyls
vania, California, Marie. Connee-
ticut. Virginia and Arkansas
The work of assembling the
guardsmen will remain the job Of
state officials since the guard Ii
strictly militia-until the members
are inducted into the federal SER
vice. During the next two weeks
guardsmen below the rank of cap-
tain will be permitted 10 resign.
If they have dependents or are es-
sential to an important war indus
try. and state officials may recruit
their organizations 10 full peace
strength.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-02
Unbelieving-

Paul Brown was hard put to it
the other night to maintain his Of
ficial dignity. But it was just as
hard for certain young lady to
keep her compOSure.
Cruising about in highway pat
rol car, Paul passed car that re-
fused to dim its lights. He turned
around and caught up with the
Car just as it stopped at house.
Paul halted alongside and an at
tractive young lady got out.
why, hello Paul! HoW's your
golf game?" the young lady asked,
evidently thinking Paul had stopped
for a friendly chat.
"All right I guess said Paul.
surprised, "uh, why didn't you dim
your lights back there?"
"Oh, l never dim them!" the girl
announced brightly in the confident
knowledge that Paul was kidding.
I'm not fooling!" Paul persisted
and it was several minutes before
he could convince the flippant
young thing that he was in the act
of performing the functions of an
officer of the law.
That's what you get for being so
popular, Paul.