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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
BY ]. e. Jones

Visitors to the New York Worlds
Fair are seeing gigantic collection
of man-made predictions for the
future Its a colorful array of art
and architecture, painting and
sculpture scientific wizardry, new
materials and new uses for old MAJ
terials. It's a 120O-acre patch-quilt
with it's swatches cut from the minds
of many men and pieced together
with amazing effect.
But there is great divergence in
the imaginings of the men who built
the Fair. Some have made bold
prophies; some have let their
minds soar into the future with
complete abandon for the world of
today; others have based their look
at the future on what we know to-
day. And the last is the sound rea-
soning behind the General Motors
exhibit. 1t is the reasoning behind
most of the things done by General
Motors. Research to the company is
a necessary prelude to all progress,
and, by the same theory, no look
into the future can be sound unless
it is based on research of the
present.
This note of restraint has not
dimmed the entertainment value of
the General Motors exhibit. High
ways and Horizons, as it is named,
is again recognized as the Fairs
mo. l hit show" and from early
morning until late at night long
waiting lines circle it's seven-acre
plot. Twenty-eight thousand persons
a day can be accommodated on the
Futurama ride, the exhibits most
widely-adverstised feature. Here Wis
itors soar" in moving sound-equip-
ped chairs over an American land
scape as it may appear in 1860.
But with all the drama and beauty
and artistic projection of the Fu-
turama, Highways and Horizons is
no mere Futurama show. When the
spectator alights from his moving
chair he finds himelf at full-sized
street intersection from the world
of tomorrow. He is standing on an
elevated sidewalk which separates
him from the vehicular traffic below.
He becomes a pedestrian In the city
of the future, with wealth of in
teresting things to see on the four
corners about him.
Typical of General Motors, a
great part of these four corners is
given over to research. In one large
room is shown how the discoveries
of the past have created more than
100000 jobs today. There are
dozens of other thrilling displays
and demonstrations, and no one,
young or old, can spend much time
in that room without happier look
at the days to come. On one of the
four intersection corners is a great
auditorium where many things are
presented to the public for the first
time. The GIN Research Laborator-
les have gathered from over the ma
ton the new and new-to-be from
many industries, and in a dramatic
stage show they are presented, not
as a prediction, but as a thought
provoking hint at what we may ex-
pect from the days to come.
Who isn't interested In the World
of Tomorrow? Especially when one
looks at it with General Motors and
other great companies who not only
look with intelligence but who also
plan for it with diligence.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

Orchard owners used to think that
codling moths did not roam much,
but entomologists found way of
marking these moths and proved
that they fly nearly half a mile.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

President Roosevelt's fir es Id e
chats simply and eloquently UNDER
lined what thoughtful Americans
have recognized for days namely,
that it is vital for Americans to
work together earnestly and ener-
getically in meeting the crucial needs
presented by the war situatin in
Europe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Okeh, Governor

The Governor of New York State
observed on recent occasion that
it was pleasant to know that we
Americans lare still. at peace and
can still think in terms of homely
living and secdrity-of baseball, of
schools to which more than 20 mill
lion children go in safety each
morning; of economic security of
jobs, and of the hundred and one
simple pleasures and problems that
fill the daily lives of the peace-lov-
ing, orderly people," Okeh Governor
Lehman. Forty-seven Governors
ought to emphasize these same
points.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
wishful Thinking

Eight million votes are being
carried in his pocket" by labor lead
er John L. Lewis, according to a
statement made by some worshipers
OF the CLIO labor unions, who say
that If necessary they will use all
these votes to swing the next presi-
dental election.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
MiIk. Your Best Drink.


M. D. Mum, former president
of the National Dairy Council, was
quoted in an official publication Of
the National Grange on Aug. 10,
1899, as saying that if the American
people would consume dairy prod
ucts in the quantities recommended
by doctors, nurses, and health spe-
cialists as being essential to human
well-being, it would increase milk
consumption 100 per cent; cheese
consumption 140 per cent; ice cream
$50 per cent; and butter so per cent.
This would call for about 65 bill
lion pounds of additional milk and
about IS million more cows. 1t
would likewise mean the production
of So billion pounds more silage, n
billion pounds more hay, and II bill
lion pounds of additional grain.
Last, but not least, 1t would put
three million persons to work on the
farms of the country and it would
greatly simplify the whole farm
problem.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

Japan's trade with Asiatic coun-
tries is worth $4,000 minute! And
with European countries it's only
worth $3.50 a minute!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07
Solving a Problem.

The drinking of milk, not beer or
wine or whisky, is the way to put
money in the hands of the farmers.
The liquor trade has no answer
to the problem of milk consump-
ton, because their liquor is a di-
rect competitor in the retail mar
ket with the milk from American
farms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-06-07

LOOKING AT THE WORLD OF
TOMORROW
BY j. e. Jones
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12
Vigil in the Night, AT Maryland First Of Next Week
CAROLE LOMBARD,
And BRIAN AHERNE
Star in Vigil OF The
Night at Maryland.
Monday

4 glowing tribute % the devoted
ma loyal women in white who pa
troll the hospitals Of he world,
Vigil In the Night" RHO Radios
screen version Of the sensational
novel BY Dr. \. ]. Cron:a. 81 The
CITADEL fame. is scheduled Tor the
Maryland Theatre next Monday
with Carole Lombard Brian
Aherne and Anne Shirley in the
stellar roles
With the greater part Of its
stirring action taking place in two
English hospitals, during the
months just preceding the current
war the story presents Carole
Lombard as a loyal nurse Of high
ideals. Brian Aherne as an human
itarian doctor. and Anne Shirley
as Miss Lombard's Younger sister.
a student nurse who is tempera-
mentally unsuited TO her chosen
profession.
Disclosing vivid insight into
me DeHlHu-tne-Scen6S WORK OF nufS
ing Vigil in the Night traces
the dramatic experiences of Miss
Lombard, starting with her dismis-
sal when she assumes the blame
for her sisters negligence which
cost the life of a sick child.
The story reaches its climax in
an isolation ward where a sudden
epidemic is taking a heavy toll on
patients and nurses. In this set
ting are depicted such dramatic
events as the valiant struggle to
conquer the disease the risk Miss
Lombard takes in forging an order
for much needed medical supplies,
and the heart-touch sacrifice Anne
Shirley pays to redeem herself.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12
RECEIPTS NOW FOR
TAX REDUCTIONS

Employers are now required by
law to give their employees re-
ceipts for the money taken out of
their wages for old-age and sur
vivors insurance taxes. This new
requirement of the Social Secur-
ity law went into effect this year.
Employers are required to fur
nish such receipts at least once a
year and may furnish them often
er. if they see fit and. in any case
when the employee leaves the job.
Formerly the employer was only
required to furnish the employee
with a notation which would per-
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12

nit him to check the accuracy OF
the deduction. But now the law
specifically stipulates that the en-
plOyer must furnish a statement
"suitab for retention by the en-
ployee"
In addition to the amount of tax
deducted. the receipt must show
the name of the employer. the
name of the employee. the period
Of time covered by the receipt and
the total amount of wages paid to
the employee during this period.
No special form is necessary; a
statement in writing will do.
For further information apply to
the Hagerstown. Md. office of the
Social Security Board, "a w. Wash.
ingtOn street.
READ THE GLOBE ADSi
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12
"CRIME DOES NOT
PAY" AT ACADEMY
Another of Popular Ser
les To Be Shown Today
And Tomorrow

Coming to the Academy Theatre
on Friday and Saturday of this
week, with the regular feature pic
ture. will be another of the popu-
lar pictures known as shorts" 1t
is entitled Crime Does Not Pay"
These shorts" are in an educa-
tional series of pictures and have
become very popular Recently
one of these shorts" showed the
capture and breaking up Of a coun-
terfeiting gang.
The picture in this series to be
shown Friday and Saturday will
have as its caption. IF You Drive
Don't Drink-If You Drink Don't
Drive"
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce, in connection with the
work this organization is doing, Is
officially giving it's moral support
to the picture. through the Safe
ty Campaign Committee, of which
Robert Miller is chairman.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12
RENEDlcTION ON REPORTERS
Some chaplain in a state legis-

0QMC N4np1d40 III % SIdIC 4CSAo-
lature is said to have included the
following in his prayer, showing
that he was thoughtful of a class
of folks who must do their work
silently and out of sight-just as
80 lAuch Of the worlds work must
be done:
And now, dear Lord. bless the
reporters, whose nimble pens
catch our every word almost be-
fore 1t Is uttered.
Like myself, they are omni-
present and almost omnipotent.
IF we take the wings Of the
morning and fly to the uttermost
parts of the earth they are there.
"They meet us in the jungles of
Africa; they waylay us in the soil
tary canyons of Colorado, and
when at last we find the latitude
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12

When a robber entered her res
taurant and pointed a revolver at
her, Mrs. Helen Duakshas of New
ark, who weighs $50 pounds,
knocked him down and sat on him
until police arrived.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12

Even after they are declared
void, matrimonial bonds some
times yield dividends in the way
Of alfmony.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12
RELICS COLLECTED

a most interesting collection OF
relics is on display at the building
of the Washington State Park, at
the Washington Monument. near
BOOnsborO. Included in the dis
play is an unusual collection of In
dian relics, consisting of a large
tomahaWk, scalping knife, spear
points, and 227 arrow heads, do
mated to the State by Charles
Summers. Rohrersville. 1t is ex-
pected soon. according to Superin-
tendent Robert L. Palmer, to also
add to the collection some Confed-
crate guns. The Indian relics
were found in the vicinity of Bea-
Yer Greek and the guns were used
in the Battle of South Mountain.
of the magnetic pole = behold,
they are there
May their light and goodness
be equal to their power, and when
the General Assembly of Heaven
convenes. let no reporter be ex-
cluded Amen"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-04-12

READ THE GLOBE ADS!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09
Hiding Behind Generalities

There is great debate going on in the country today Isolation vs. Interna- tionalism. The more highly intellectual writer is, the more emphatically he goes to bat for one side or another. And yet this is largely shadow-bo boxing. For this rousing debate, with it's two gilt tering generaities of Isolation" and "1nternationalism" has a great deal of unreality about it. There is no such thing as "isolationism," pure and simple; there is no such thing as international ism," complete and 100 per cent. There are only combinations of the two, lean- ing first one way, then another. There are only practical courses of action to be chosen in specific circumstances.
 No one can seriously maintain, for in- stance, that the present position of the United States in the world is either con- pletely "isolationist' or international ist." It is true that the people have clearly indicated thei4' fervent desire that the United States shall not become full fledged belligerent in the war now rack ing Europe. But that does not imply that it is "isolationist". We take full part in Pan American affairs, joining with the other 20 American republics in the effort to regulate our common inter- ests by peaceful and voluntary co-opera- tion. Is this isolation?
 Every conceivable facility which can properly be extended to the British and French governments has been freely given them. Every opportunity to apply Ameri- can pressure to prevent extension of the war has been seized. Is this isolation? Yet the United States, ever since it re- jected the League of Nations after the World War, has never ceased to make it clear that 1t would not take an equal part with European nations in regulating European affairs.
 Discussion seeking that the United States declare Whole-hog for isolation" or "internationalism" is pointless. We shall as matter of fact, declare for neither. We shall continue to do from day to day what seems best to be done in the face of the days developments and their effect on our present, their prob- able effect on our future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09

tics expect of this nation. If they expect us to throw in our lot with European power, they reckon without the force of public opinion.
 A poll of American opinion today - the mothers and fathers of families who actually constitute the backbone of real American life and endeavor - would show tremendous opposition to sending American troops into foreign land to fight for what is supposed to be defense of some intangibleS. We fought for do- mocracy in 1917-18, but got nothing from Europe save lot of bad bills and some false standards of living back home. The result would be no different this time if we came into the fray.
 Let us defend our life, our liberty and our ideals; let us fight to prevent false and misleading "isms' from gaining a foothold on this continent Let us lead the Americas against foreign aggression and domination, but let us not be the pawns of any European power in its ann bilious program of expansion or anni- hilation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09
Webb Miller

The death of the crack European news writer of the United Press, Webb Miller, was great shock to his many colleagues in the field of foreign correspondents. Miller was admittedly one of the most brilliant of a great corps of newspaper men and women who were covering the varied activities throughout Europe to- day His stories from the front or from the scenes behind were always packed with action. Miller never wrote about anything with which he wasn't thorough ly familiar.
 He wasn't like a good many foreign correspondents who accept the general run of news offered through official sources. A keen student of foreign diplo- macy and intrigue, Miller often penetrated to the truth of a story long before it had been brought home to other men and women of his craft. He was, with all his ability to gather news a fine writer, too. We'll miss his dispatches from Europe. They were not merely descriptive, but also authentic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09
In Parallel Columns

New Britain and Waterbury often seem to move in similar directions. At other times we diverge. Right now the Hard ware City is being urged by its Health Officer to consider the need of installing a system of refuse collection under mu- nicipal auspices. The same recommen- dation was made here a month or so ago by Health Officer Dr. Edward J. God frey. New Britain'S health official, how ever, couples his collection idea with another that of establishing an isolation hospital. Waterbury won't have any part of this.
 Twenty years ago this city was being pushed into the isolation hospital proj- ect. Following bad influenza epidemic the need of some institution where pa tientS might be isolated was cited and the feeling so strong that ultimately the city fathers acceeded to demands and built an expensive structure on WatertoWn ave nue. The structure still stands there, but the city never used it for the purpose in- tended It served many purposes in it's rather uneventful history, but it re- mained to the end demon" on the citys hands.
 Perhaps New Britain will have better luck if it goes in for an isolation hospital. We certainly hope it will and suggest that it avoid the pitfalls that were ours. As to the collection of refuse again, the item of expense crops up and Waterbury probably will not embark upon such a program until it has been convinced that it is for everyones best interests that it be done here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09
War Sympathies

The United States is torn between con- flicting desires in the present warfare in Europe. Most of us have agreed with the official proclamatons of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and others, au- thorized by him to speak in the name of our government, proclaiming our neu- trality yet objecting when we thought it proper to tactics adopted in the seizure of small and weak nations. The average American, however, has no taste for get ting into the European war, no matter how tragic affairs become over there.
 Gazing at the scene from afar we nat urally can't visualize too clearly the hor- TOTS that are being experienced by those nations over which armed forces have fought and bled We take a more or less distant viewpoint which is not apt to be too sympathetic towards those nations which may feel aggrieved. American neutrality has been called two-faccd by many critics, even American ones. still we don't know what those American cri-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09
BAUSCII AND LOMB DEFEND CONTRACT
. HIGHlIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS

Tin Mine Owner Won't Spend to Aid Children
 Nicol smiths Burma Road"
 tIsobbs . Merrill: S3;5O) reads
 like something from the Ara.
 bian Nights" Burma Road
 IS the Chinese governments
 private military route over the
 mountains from Yun-Nan- Flu
 tO LashiO, Burma. It k a hair
 raising ride. was even more so
 to smith who made it in a
 storm. Yet Smiths adventures
 began even before he got Go
 Yum -Nan-E'u. One of them Is
 cxCerpted here, the story of a
 mine disaster at KOchlu. Kochiu
 produces One-twelfth of the
 worlds tin, k worked by 5O,OOO
 children at q penny day. At
 least 5000 children die yearly
 from arsenic polishing, over-
 writes.
 As we reached one of the mines, we noticed crowd of Chinese laborers milling about in Q state of great excitement at the head of the mine shaft. We went over to them. The doctor asked one of the coolies what the trouble was. He replied that there had been q fall of rock just inside the shaft en- trance and that eight boy miners had been trapped beneath the surface. No one seemed to be doing anything to dig them out -- the whole crowd merely jabbered helplessly. "Why don't they do something?" exclaimed. How far down are they?"
 "The general opinion seems to be that they are only 10 feet bee low the surface, and have not been injured by the slidc," said the doctor. But this man here says they can't be rescued, because things like this have happened be- fore and he knows the General (mine ownep doesn't want them rescued"
 "Will you tell me why, in Gods name. he won't permit m effort to Dc rnade7"
 "It would cost him $50 extra for labor. He doesn't feel that eight lives arc worth $50. The children down there havee probably just
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09
Views of The Press

postmaster general, travelled the colonies in a gig with a recording device attached to one of the wheels to determine distances Mile posts were set in accordance with his measurements and 1t has been aS- sumed that some of them are still standing in Connecticut. There was one, a few years ago, near the Westchester railroad crossing on the New London turnpike, and an- other, still standing, at Four Mile Rd., West Hartford, is reputed to record Franklins measurement.
 It was left to Postmaster General Farley to discover the real possibil- ities of the stamp. No one has done so much as he to vary the stamp printing business or to change col- iecting from q leisurely pastime into q hectic pursuit of the latest issue. Perhaps that is added reason why the date that marks the centenary of the stamp should receive e salute
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09
Current Comment

We are just as lazy as circum- stances will permit. President George B. Cutten, Col gate University.
 I have nothing 10 say. I have had nothing to say since the start, and will have nothing to say. Vice President Garner, queried on primary results.
 Half the persons put through the courses in the United States schools cannot absorb the instruction, and more than half don't know what to do with the information when 1t ia absorbed.
 .-Dr. Y. A. Hooton, Harvard an. thropologist.
 Eternal vigilance in behalf of our neutrality 1 essential to our de- tachment from this war.
 --senAtor vandenberg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09

State Finance Commissioner o. Glenn Saxon will have to give up his job after all. The Well-knoWn official who took over the reins of the State Commission of Finance and Control on July 1, 1889, has to return to Yale University this fall when it reopens for the 1940-41 term. Granted leave of absence from his uni versity duties Professor Saxon had to choose between continuing his present all-important state post or giving up his professional career. He evidently pre- ferred the latter and will accede to the university's wishes in this matter. His position is generally ranked as the most important next to the office of governor. It will be hard to find as qualified per- son for it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-09

One more effort by the railroads to compete successfully with motor travel can be read into the latest announcement from them. Travel by credit is the latest scheme to interest the public in using the railroads instead of making trips by au- tomobie Starting May 20, all through the nation various companies will sell passage on coaches, Pullmans, and for all-eXpense tours on time payments. There arc 66 participating railroads which means that practically the entire nation will be bound into this new idea, to be fostered by the Travellers Credit Corpora tion. Trips of $50 or upwards can be fi- nanced in this fashion. It's quite novel idea insofar as the railroads are con- cerned, but is old and tried otherwise. It's been applied to so many fields that there is no reason why it shouldn't apply also to railroading and perhaps enable the companies to cash in on what is an- ticipated as one of the biggest travel years on the American continent.