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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
COULDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. Up
Three times, Richmond Robson
of Delavan, I'LL, was Illinois corn
king. He topped production of
other growers with 100 bushels
plus per acre. This year his rec
ord was 154 bushels an acre. But
on his quarter section Nebraska
farm, which he owns near here,
Robson raised not a single ear of
corn this droughty year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

Good Fr0sh Crop
However. the signing of Shaugh
messy was not as much a surprise as
Chicago abandoning football. Fol
IL was we'll known in the western
conference that Chicago had Inc
hest CROP of freshmen as potentlal
gridiron greats of any school IN the
loop.
Perhaps shaughnessy will carry
his frosh crop to the west a
And that gridiror development
Yesterday came On the heels OF an
announcement of far more concern
to the Carolinas, and that being the
fact that Clemson's Jess Nicely Is
leaving the South Carolina lnstltu-
ton for the Rice campus, Gown
Texas way.
The only thing that will settle the
business for the Southern confer
ence now is some announcements
that will stop the guessing as to VINO
will be head football coach at Glen
son and The Citadel.
Among the Mittmen
New Hanover's boxers will &C
against their first competition this
season next Monday night, meeting
Warsaw and despite the loss OF sew
eral good fighters the Wildcats
mitt chances look good.
For weeks now the boys have
been working out hard and heavily,
but the lack of real fighting expe'
rience this year will not see them
in top form Monday night.
The Eastern high school confer
ence decides its boxing champion
ships with a tournament to be held
in Chapel Hill late in February, and
the Cats intend to have two or
three representatives on hand for
the fisticuffs. At least two or three
meets before the tourney should
bring the boys into fairly good
fighting form.
Picked In Passing
A report that college wrestling is
on the upgrade and is being classed
as the fastest growing sport in col
legiate circles reminds US that APP
palachian State college has beer
producing some of the finest teams
in the country for the past severa
years The system of playing
basketball double-headers is one OF
the best ideas advanced in high
school athletics in some time, we
think . The New Hanover High
school Juniors are getting some
valuable experience in playing the
opening games of the twin bills this
year Richmond will start its
spring football practice on February
5 and will close its six weeks of
work with a practice game with N.
C. State in Raleigh -. Tennessee,
North Carolina, George Washington
and Georgia have been dropped
from the Citadel's football schedule
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
CHECK PRESENTED

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11.-lR
Officials of the annual East-West
charity football game, played Jan.
1, presented the Shrine hospital for
crippled children with a check for
about $4,000 today. The sum was
1000 more than expected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

ference of opinion here as to wI
is the better man, Lever or Mari
The doors of the exhibition bl
ing will open at 7 p. m. and
bouts will begin at S:15 p. H., MI
said
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
DOUBLY

NEW ORLEANS,-Tulane which
met Texas A. & M. here, Jan. ], is
the only college to have played in
both the Rose and Sugar Bowls.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

Edgar Wallace consumed
mense quantities of tea with Pc
of sugar while he dictated the DEF
tive stories that made him famCl
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

Ninety per cent Of the milk sold
in American cities is pasteurized.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
1t Is Stibnite Now;
Once Il Was Alcohol

Several solid chunks of what was
formerly known as alcohol are now
on exhibition in the department of
geology of the Field Museum of Nat
.lral History, Chicago. With the dis
play of this material it was pointed
out by L. Bryant Mather Jr., as
sistant curator Of mineralogy, that
the name "alcohol" was once prop
erly used only for species of min
eral.
'When the word came to Europe
in the Seventeenth century, from
the Arabic, alcohol was a mineral
NAME" said Mr.. Mather. 'Howev-
er, since this name has been usurped
by the familiar liquid, the mineral
alcohol is now designated as 'stib-
Mite
"This mineral, long known, has
been used as cosmetic since an
cient times. Among the Greeks it
was known by a name derived from
the words meaning wide and EYE,
since the powdered mineral was
used to increase the apparent size Of
the eye. Among the Arabs it was
known as kohl, from kahala, mean
ing to color or to stain. In the the
atrical profession the black powder
used for blackening the eyelids is
still called kohl, perhaps the only
vestige in contemporary language
of the original Arabic usage"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
LAND OF MILK AND HARMONY

The fabulos lands Of ancient times
were those that were mentioned as
being rich in milk and honey. Agri-
culture was the one great source of
wealth in those days; talk of milk
and honey emphasized that fact.
Centuries later, it was America
that set the pace in creating indus
try-the making of goods-as an even
greater source of wealth and human
well-being.
Today, as a result, the United
States Is rich both in agricultural
produce and in manufactured goods.
And to begin with as far as farm
ing goes, it is a land tremendously
rich in milk though honey isn't as
important as it used to be. This
country produces about so billion
quarts of milk year.
That's lot of milk. Much of it
is processed to make cheese and var
ious dairy products. In this process,
vast quantities of waste" are left
over.
At that point, industry has step
ped into the picture. In late years,
research workers have found hun
dreds of ingenious ways-we almost
said "wheys'' turning this for
mer waste into useful Industrial
products.
Plastics f1bres, paints, finishes,
cosmetics, films-the list of things
made from milk is rapidly approach
ing a point where it can be called
endless" Two great occupations in
this country-agricultu and in
dustry-are becoming more inter-
dependent each year, in this and
many others ways. Today 20 per
cent of milk by-products have a
sales value; the future will undoubt-
eddy see this figure rise to new highs.
for many years to come.
And to the extent that this &C.
onomic interdependence increases
and is appreciated-to the extent
that the industrial scientist can find
uses for excess farm products-isn't
it reasonable to assume that we'll
be moving along toward the day
when this country can reasonably be
called q "land of milk and har-
mony
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Uncle Sam Has $4,000 Houses

Uncle Sam now has on his hands
about rs, 1000 homes, taken over from
private owners who turned out to
be poor risks, says the Christian
Science Monitor. The article con-
tinues:
The great majority of these belong
to the Home Owners Loan corpora
ton, set up in 1888, as a stop-gap
in bad credit situation when fore
closures on private homes reached
q peak of 1000 a day.
The Hole today owns 77,229
homes, worth an average Of $4,000
each. It already has sold 1924 9TH
er properties, taking book loss of
approximately $78, 1884, 900.
The Federal Housing administra-
ton, with a more conservative
credit policy, meanwhile has had to
foreclose on only 1888 small home
properties and three large housing
projects out Of approximately 1885,
730 mortgages it has underwritten to
date.
The FILA has sold about half of
its foreclosed homes, with an aver.
age loss on each of between $500 and
5000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

From the standpoint of destruc-
ton, lot of us surpass actual dive
bombers and don't know it. We are
unwittingly careless with the de-
structive forces of fire. Due to care
ess smokers and campers in our
oountry's forested lands, fire has
made it necessary to develop drastic
methods for combating 1t. For the
first time in history, blitzkrieg5 tao
tics have been adopted for the de
Tense of a country. Parachutists
are being trained in the mountains
of the West to nip forest fires in
their infancy. Parachute fire fighters
have appeared, equipped with ex-
plosives and chemicals to fight for
est fires. They also carry food to
tide them over until reinforcement
arrives.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Nice Follows Through" On
PEOPLES Court Amendment

Former Governor Harry w. Nice,
Republican candidate for the United
States Senate, plans to urge the
voters of Maryland to approve the
Peoples Court Amendment during his
campaign trips into the counties.
The former Governor informed Reu-
ben Oppenheimer, General Chairman
of the Non-Partisan Citizens Com
mittee for the Adoption of the Peo-
Piles Court Amendment, that he con-
siders the Amendment among. the
most important issues to be decided by
the voters in the general election in
November. The titular head of the
Republican party in this State this
week declared:
II can see no reason why anyone
should be opposed to the proposed
Constitutional Amendment in connec-
ton with the reorganization of the
Peoples Court of Baltimore City. I
feel that politics should be eliminated
from the judiciary and / think that
this is the wish Of the general public.
| think that the bringing of the Peo-
pies Court up to full time Consti-
tutional Court is step in the right
direction and I heartily approve the
Amendment in the form authorized
by the Legislature"
It was during the administration Of
Governor Nice that public attention
was first focused upon the condition
of the Peoples Court, and a special
Committee Of the Baltimore Bar AS
ISOLATION made public recommends
tions for it's reorganization.
On January %, 1888, Governor Nice
appointed a Commission headed by
Reuben Oppenheimer to conduct a
thorough investigation of conditions
existing in the Court and to recon-
mend suitable legislation for its re-
form.
Since that. time the former Governor
has followed with close attention the
progress made in this direction. With
other leaders of his party he used his
influence in securing passage Of the
necessary legislation at the 1889 ses-
sion of the General Assembly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

shown in other industries. This is
largely due to national preparedness
activities.
Commissioner Davis, of Agricul-
ture, reminds us of the slogan OF
1917: "Food will win the war;"
And so his Division of the National
Defense Advisory Commission has
the big job of keeping our farms IN
healthy production, and at the same
time preventing American farmers
from becoming: "the first economic
casualty of this new World War"
The Consumer Advisor is Miss
Elliot and she described her job as
that of watching what may happen
to the prices of the things people
buy, and through that knowledge
work to raise the levels OF living
and to maintain public health. Miss
Elliot reports that there has been no
significant changes in the prices OF
consumer goods in recent months.
Price sterilization is under the
direct charge of Commissioner Hen
derson who explains that he is carry
ing out the Instructions Of the Pres
ident who he says wants TO avoid
the familiar price-spiral, and ne
agrees with the opinion of B. M.
Baruch, of World War fame. that
prices must be kept normal in order
to protect the country from post
war headaches.
That is the picture of the Nation
al Defense Program. 1t is being ad-
ministered by q Commission that
was picked because every one Of
them has reputation for getting
things DONE"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

The defense proram is beginning
to move at last. Big airplane con-
tracts have been placed. along with
contracts for power, tanks and other
necessities.
It takes time for American indus
try to change over to war produc-
ton after decades In which our Sc
curity was never threatened. But
once it gets going, the experts feel
the results will be astonishing. Nc
other country in the world has any.
where near our industrial machine
and no other nation is SO potential
ly powerful, once it shakes of its
lethargy and gets down to the bust
ness of preparing against aggres'
sion in dead earnest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
A STROKE FOR DEFENSE

History may record Sept. 2, 1910,
as the beginning of the ebb of the
totalitarian tide. So big is the pc.
tential meaning of the negotiation
by which the United States is trad
ing destroyers to Great Britain for
air and naval bases. Added to the
successful air defense of the British
Isles this storke may swing the bal
ance in the struggle going on today
in official and lay opinion around
the world. Particularly in Spain, in
Russia, in Japan, in the French col
'onies-everywhere that men or ma
lions have been tempted to join or
appease the aggressors-this trade
gives notice that the democracies
have the Courage and foresight to
help each other effectively.
For Britain the action means vital
aid in the weakest spot. In the air
the British apparently are confident
now of meeting Nazi assaults and
Nazi plane production. On the sea
they have been gravely hampered
by a. shortage of destroyers, which
have become most useful men-of-all-
work-convoying, scouting, guard
ing against air and sea attack. In
June the British had so many de-
stroyers under repair or on duty
along trade routes that only sixty
eight were available in home waters.
More than the actual naval strength
gained, possibly, is the moral encou-
ragement and the effect on world
opinion.
For the United States this is the
most effective defense measure in
the whole preparedness program. 1t
has three major effects. Through
the pledge of Prime Minister
Churchill that the British Navy will
continue the struggle even though
the Germans should take the Brit
ish Isles, America in effect gets a
two-ocean navy at once. 1t does not
have to build second navy to make
sure of protection by a superior
fleet in the Atlantic. And by the ac-
QUESTION of a whole screen of bases
it adds immeasurably to its own
naval and air strength for defense
of the Atlentic seaboard the Panama
Canal, and the Monroe Doctrine.
We believe it will be sanctioned
both by Congress and the people.
The Gallup poll recently showed 81
per cent approval of public opinion.
Charges that this step is an act OF
war appear rather strained when
viewed in the light of comments
from Rome and Berlin. Both Axis
Powers are going to extremes to
make light of the trade. 1t could be-
come an act of war only if they
made it so and they are more than
anxious to avoid anything which
will increase American support OF
Britain. But the very care they take
to "play down" the action may well
express its Importance in helping to
turn the totalitarian tide.
The Monitor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
SIGNIFICANT CENTENNIAL

Cooperative dairy marketing is
100 yrs. old. The centennial celebrat-
ed July by the dairy co-ops is sig
nificant to all farmers. 1t was a
milestone in the marketing coopera-
tive movement which began cen
fury ago and has steadily expanded.
Like most great movements, it had
simple beginning. A farm woman
took in her, neighbors' milk, made
it into cheese and after the cheese
had been sold, divided the returns
with her neighbors in proportion to
the share of milk they had provided.
Like all good ideas, the idea Of CO.
operative marketing stuck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

This fall, Shadow Lawn Manor,
the $10,O00,000 summer White
House of former President Woodrow
wilson at West Long Branch, N. j.,
will be opened as military academy
for wealthy young boys-the Per-
shing Military Institute. Declared
to be the most expensive summer
home ever built in New Jersey, Shad-
ow Lawn has 1913 rooms, gold-plated
plumbing, 80 baths, an indoor swim
ming room, theater seating 500,
and a penthouse studded with power
full telescopes to study ships at sea.
Tuition at the school will be $500
year. said to be the highest in the
east.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Big Ben

Big Ben, the hour bell Of the great
Westminster clock on top of the
houses of parliament. is named
after Sir Benjamin Hall, afterward
Lord Hanover, who was first COM
missioner of works in 1856, when the
board of works signed a contract
with a London firm of bell founders
for the casting of 14-ton bell and
four quarter bells.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

Because of recent modifica-
ton of the regulations of the Civil
ian Conservation Corps, the Corps
is now open to young men attending
college whose families have moder-
ate incomes Heretofore. the rolls
have been restricted to young men
whose families are eligible for pub
lie relief, or whose families have in
comes below the normal standard of
the community.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

The United States mint delivers
coins to Uncle Sans banks at a
tremendous speed. Pennies are
delivered to banks in the 4S States
at an average pace of almost thou
sand every minute of the days "a
hours.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

What's the use? If you tell your
troubles, you are wilmer; II you
don't, you are a secretive. II you
ask about friends troubles, you
are prying: IL you don't you are
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

Denmark's government, until the
invasion, was collecting $3.50 min
ute In collections OF customs. duties
and consumption taxes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
WHY WOMEN WILL DO THINGS
MEN WON'T DO

Well-known psychologist analyses
urge of "silly-age" females to show
of in useless contests that males
fight shy of. An interesting illus
trated feature in the September %
issue of
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
the big magazine distributed with
the BALTIMORE. SUNDAY
AMERICAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

There's one thing certain about
every candidate. If he can't tell US
what to do in this crisis, we'd be
saps to trust him with the job.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

The U. S. blind-in all institu-
tions-make brooms at a produc-
ton speed-value Of more than ~ a
minute!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

About the only place that perfect
climate is to be found Is in hotel
Or tourist guide
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

Insurance policies are not issued
heartless.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13

Gratitude Is the fond recollection
Of the heart.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09
Later Bird
Season for
This Year

SEA E-The Washington
state game commission wednes-
day announced a later and longer
upland bird hunting season. which
Director Bernard T. McCauley said
should provide better shooting and
lessen the pressure on certain linn
tied areas.
Open dates for shooting Chinese
pheasants, Hungarian partridges
and quail were set for Oct 20. II,
%, 26, 81, 80 and Nov. 2, 3, 8, 10
and IL. In addition, quail hunt
ing in eastern Washington was ex-
tended to Nov. IL to II, inclusive.
Daily bag limits for quail were
increased to 10 birds with a two
day possession limit Of 20 birds.
The first days bag must be tagged
by a game protector.
Daily bag for huns was set at
five birds with a two-day posses
sion limit Of 10. Chinese pheasant
bags must not exceed three birds,
with not more than one hen.
No two-day possession limit was
allowed for blue grouse. ruffed or
native grouse and Franklin grouse.
on which the open season was set
for Sept. IS. %. Oct. 8 and Z.
The deer hunting season. Oct. 6
TO ~ inclusive, demands branched
antlers except on WILDLY island,
where one deer--either buck or
doe-is the limit.
Bear and deer seasons will run
concurrently in eastern Washing
ton. but in the western part Of
the state the bear season was set
from Oct. 8 to Jan. 81. Bear hunt
ing will be prohibited In Clallam,
jefferson, Pacific and Grays Har-
Dor counties during the Oct so
Nov. IL elk season, however.
The seasons:
Upland blrdsi Oct. 20. 81, %.
26, ~. Nov. 2, 3. 8. 10 and IL.
Special quail season: Nov. IL 10
II, all OF eastern Washington.
Deer: Oct. 10 81.
Elk: Oct. 30 10 Nov. II.
Bear-oct. 8 TO Jan. 81 in west
ern Washington except claliam,
Jefferson. Pacific and Crays Har-
Dor counties which will be closed
during elk season; Oct. 8 TO n in
eastern Washington.
Rabbits-oct. n to Feb. % In
elusive, except that year-sround
hunting Will be permitted on Wild
by island and in San Juan and
Clark counties.
squirrels-Oct. 8 10 81 except
that year-around shooting Will be
permitted in Clark county.
Trapplng-Nov. IS To Jan. Is, in
elusive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09
Lawn BOWLING
Hit by Rain

Lawn bowlers and the members
of the Western international
league are having the same trouble
too much rsin-so the season
got off to a poor start. Although
some players have turned out at
Wright park, the green still needs
a few warm days to dry the
ground.
Members are signing up for
n singles and doubles tourna-
ment which will get under
way the latter part of the
month. Players have until the
18th TO sign, after which the
games committee will make up
the schedule. Some of the
singles players have jumped
the gun and have already
played their matches.
When play is in progress there
is usually a crowd of spectators
on hand and the members OF the
club want it understood that they
are not only willing but anxious to
answer any and all questions per-
tanning to the game. When a per-
son asks questions IT, shows he is
interested, and an interested per-
son is prospective member-and
the club wants new members.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09
AN ALI~ANERICA OUT
BECOMES A MANAGER

MacPhaH made 80 many deals
some Of them had TO be had--ihe
purchase Of Mel Armada from the
Browns Tor $4,000 ans an out
fielder. for example--hut the ma
lority Of his transactions panned
out very well.
One in which not = few Of the
sharpshooters believed MacPhail
was shortchanged no little brought
Leo Eraest Durocher from the
Cardinals in exchange for fnfield-
ers Joe strip and Jimmy Butcher.
outfielder Johnny cooney and
Southpaw Roy Henshaw.
But it turned out that MaePhail
gave nothing in particular. and
puroeher appeared In i4i games in
IS and was selected as the mana
ger OF the year after batting AT
In lis games in 80.
At 35. Lippy Leo Durocher has
no superior as a fielding shortstop.
Yet he har been kept In the dug
out this spring by the briliianee Of
Pee Wee Reese, whom the Red Sox
did not believe would hit well
enough to fit into their plans.
MacPhail turned to Milwaukee
for two members of Brooklyn's
pitching Big Three, Luke Hamlin
and Whltlow Wyatt. and drafted
the third, Hugh Casey, from Mem
phis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-09

And in two years. starting from
scratch, MacPhail appears to have
built another championship array
in Brooklyn.
This he did with night baseball,
which paid for itself and then
some.
MacPhail's first act upon taking
over the outfit early in 1888 was
to give the Phillies 5000 and an
athlete of no consequence for First
Baseman Dolf Camilli.
This quickly convinced the good