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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15
WHY THE PEACE EFFORTS?
By ]. E. Jones

Mostly everybody who listens to
the radio news reports share in the
belief that the European War will
have to be fought to a conclusion.
All the belligerent nations spread
that as the official determination of
the several nations.
Meantime, the doctrines of peace
are being pushed by increasing num-
bers of leading educators and level
headed Americans, some of whom
declare themselves as individuals and
some of whom are engaged with
growing groups and organizations
Of peace societies.
The President of the United States
and the Secretary of State decided to
send Sumner Welles on a mission
to different capitals-and this was
a peace mission.
There is nothing wrong about try
ing to stop war because there is
nothing right about war in the
first place. Therefore missions OF
peace are trying to do something to
improve civilization. War is plain
barbarism and everybody knows it,
and it is a very narrow person who
would cry down, and aim cruel ac-
cusals against an advocate of peace
proposal. Just give predetermined
people credit for the fact that they
want to- do something to stop the
killing of human beings! If you
think they aren't doing any good"
you might also ask the question: OF
what good anybody is doing who
wants to carry on wars of EXTERN
nation of millions of innocent people
who have nothing to say about what
a few leaders Of their nation have
decreed must be done. In Germany
there are half dozen persons, and
in Russia another small group of
human devils whot are wholly to
blame for the wars in Europe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15
Steps in Animal Learning
Shown bv Scientific Test

Use of tools by animals came into
existence long before man or even
the higher apes evolved, DR.. Carl
j. Warden, associate professor of
psychology at Columbia university,
says in reporting the completion Of
a series of tests. It was discovered
that the lower primates were capa-
BILE OF employing a series of rakes to
obtain food placed out of their reach.
Not only did the monkeys use the
rakes, which varied from one to
about three feet in length, but they
developed an insight into the prob
lem which enabled them to succeed
in using the tools without hap
hazard trial and error method
Failure to get the food caused
some of the monkeys to act very
much like spoiled children. When
the problem became too difficult for
some of them to solve they flew into
tantrum, kicking their feet, bit
ing the rakes and tearing their hair.
On the other hand success often
made them eager to continue using
the tools.
The monkeys were placed in a
cage approximately three feet
square and food was left on long
platform just out of their reach. The
first step was to leave short rake
lying along side of the food in
such a manner that if the monkey
pulled in the rake he would auto
matically get the food. Later the
rake was separated from the food
and the animal had to learn how to
grasp the rake at the right end and
"hook' the food for himself.
When the food was placed out of
reach of the rake, the monkeys
learned how to use the short rake
to get longer one and in turn to
shook" the food This process was
repeated until finally some of the
more intelligent animals were using
eight rakes placed at different dis
tances from the cage to get the food.
The ability to use tools has in the
past been thought to be exclusively
a characteristic of man and the
higher primates, such as gorillas,
chimpanzees, and orangutans. This
experiment definitely shows that the
use of tools originated long before
even the chimpanzee evolved.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15
Japanese Language Characters

Only 5000 characters are needed
to express everyday thoughts in
good Japanese, says Professor Oni-
shi, of Hosei university. He asserts
that $4,000 characters are in every
day use, but that in 90 per cent Of
the cases 5000 different ones prac-
tically cover the field. He has writ
ten dictionary of these characters,
which he hopes will supersede all
similar lexicons. He holds that the
1859 telegraph list compiled by the
Education Ministry of Tokyo is too
short, while half the 1000 charac-
tiers usually found in ordinary print
ing shops are practically unused It
is his idea that the type in use can
be reduced to 5000 and that the
saving in labor and expense viii be
enormous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15
Maryland, My Maryland

The song Maryland, My Mary
land was written by James Ryder
Randall. While teaching in New Or
leans he read of the attack on Balti-
more, his native city, in April, 1861.
He was deeply stirred and was I'M
able to sleep. He arose at midnight
to jot down the lines of the poem
maryland, My Maryland. The
lines appeared in the April rs issue
of the New Orleans Delta. They
were Immediately reprinted through
out the South. The Misses Jenny
and Hetty Cary of Baltimore set
the words to the music of an old
German song and sang it with such
effect that it became the battle
song of the South.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

Two hundred capital stock fire in
surance companies with resources OF
hundreds of millions of dollars, are
engaged in the business OF tragedy
prevention. Through regional and ma
tional organizations, such as the
National Board of Fire Underwriters
they study many thousands OF tres
throughout the country every year.
They search for causes, work out
ways to prevent repetitions. Their
recommendations are free to every
city and town, for the benefit OF
every individual.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15
BACK YARD TREASURE

"a man should at least use the
treasures in his own back yard while
he is looking for treasures else
where" says an article in the current
Yearbook of Agriculture. ga health
full diet for his family is one trea-
sure the farmer can find in his own
back yard, in his garden, in his
orchard, his pasture, his hen house
his barn. City people cannot have
these things. They have to depend
entirely on what they can afford to
buy at the store"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

Like the gasoline tax, highway
toll charge is becoming increasing
ly popular among American States
as an easy way of collecting funds
from motorists for construction OF
roads. Similarly, tolls, like the gaso-
line tax, can and are being utilized
tor building highways that might not
otherwise become Immediately avail
able through any other form OF
financing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

Official reports just issued from
Washington show Great Britain,
China, Spain and Sweden have in
creased their purchases of American
Gotten, with the result that the for
eign market consume more than 5 "
per cent more cotton in 1889 than
in the previous year.
Cotton is raw product used in
making explosives. Nevertheless
Spain is now buying increased quaint
tiles of cotton for manufacturing.
Thus it may appear that Spain is
furnishing a lesson to the world in
showing that the best and cheapest
kinds of all textile are made Of
American cotton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

More than 100 lawyers in the De-
partment of Justice are devoting
their full time to investigating viola
lions of the antitrust laws in the
building trades of the United States.
Since the inquiry got under way last
summer it has cost about $175,O0O
and has brought in a large netful
of results. 1t is aimed at the abuse
OF power by labor unions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

Federal tax experts calculate that
income taxes this year from state
and local government employees may
run two or three times as high as the
100000 previously forecast.
Under the new law, the estimated
$4,000, salaries of about
100000 state and local workers
will be subject to Federal tax.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15
Trade Treaties

The protective tariff system was
battlefront between the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties for
seventy-five years. When William
Howard Taft was President tariff
board was created to study the situa-
ton. During Calvin Coolidge's sec
ond term the legislative and admin
istrative branches of the Washington
Government began to recognize the
Importance of statistical bureaus of
the Government as determining
factors in fixing up tariff schedules.
The dissatisfaction with the old
system afforded a chance for Cordell
Hull, al low tariff Senator, to- get his
ideas across. That is why, for seven
years, the State Department has been
bargaining with the Governments OF
the World and agreeing upon tariff
schedules.
Treaties were arranged on trial
basis, and now the time is up for
continuing them or adopting some
other plan.
The Republicans are now divided
upon the tariff problem. For that
reason the Hull treaties will likely
be approved and continued at the
present session of Congress. They
appear to have safe majorities in
both the Senate and House.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

Red light is produced by atoms
quivering at rate of five hundred
trillion vibrations a second! And to
produce other colors of the spectrum
the atoms move faster,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

Seven carloads Of automotive
freight are shipped in the United
states on railroads In this country
avery minute of every hour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

Eight dollars a minute is now
being spent in America on expert
menting with aircraft and airplane
parts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

Denmark and Sweden are so ac-
tive agriculturally that they produce
1000 pounds of meat every minute
Of every hour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

All women are born equal, but
some of them spoil it by getting
married.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15
Cutting Down Expenses

The House of Representatives vot-
ed big economies when it passed the
farm bill. The measure sent to the
Senate was more than sc million
dollars below the Presidents budget
figures. On the very day this bill
was passed in the House the Presi-
dent intimated there would be a
veto in case the cuts were restored
by Senate and House action. At the
same time Secretary Wallace COM
planned that the House was "scuttl-
ing" his program.
The present Congress has boosted
that it would slash the size Of vari-
Gus New Deal programs and save
a lot of money for the taxpayers.
The public is always sympathetic
with the farmers. The public is also
sympathetic with legislative efforts
in behalf of economy. At present
our Congress is apparently putting
the cart before the horse, and des-
troying public support by reducing
agriculture appropriations.
Wouldn't it been moer logical to
have taken up economies with refer
ence to lot of New Deal programs
that are generally regarded as ex-
travagant and wasteful?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

The widows mite is used too Of
ten as an excuse for small contribu-
tions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

When some men entertain an idea
it is extremely cheap hospitality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-15

Cotton Goes Across Tne Seas
Once upon a time American cot
ton was shipped all over the world
and then came the tragic losses Of
the foreign markets.
Evening star., 1940-03-03

and "Two Ton Tony" is very much
to the point.
And the whole cast joining, for
a finale, in the kind of party Vienna
used to have, is good enough to kiss.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1ne.)
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Margaret Lindsay
In Hawthorne Film

Margaret Lindsay becomes a Uni
versal contract personality under
terms of newly signed agreement
providing for four pictures annually
for five years. The popular actress
has just completed the feminine lead
with Wayne Morris in Double Ali
bi," and will appear next in House
of Seven Gables" opposite Vincent
Price. Nathaniel Hawthornes early
American classic, House of Seven
Cables" has been placed in produc-
ton at Universal Studios. In addi-
ton to Vincent Price and Margaret
Lindsay, the cast includes George
Sanders, Nan Grey and others. In
itial screen version of the immortal
mystery tale. House of Seven Ga
bles" is being directed by Joe May.
Evening star., 1940-03-03
an actress out of Jane Wyatt in the
part OF the girl.
Trouble Here Is With Play
aaI la XXtsAl

an actress out OF Jane Wyatt in the
part OF the girl.
Trouble Here Is With Play
And Not With the Cast.
The play, Another Sum-" by Dor
othy Thompson and Fritz Kortner,
is one of the tragedies of the season.
The cast has been recruited from
among German refugees. some of
them the greatest actors in Europe.
Hans Jaray, Johanna Hofer and
Adrienne Geissner, especially, DEM
onstrate the reasons for their repu-
tations. And Leo Bulgakov in a
twiddly little part reminds us that
the group theater does not have
a corner on great male actors.
The trouble is the play. It's about
the plight of refugees-German.
Italian and Russian-and don't
doubt there is any one on earth with
a heart in him or intelligence in
him who can fail to go out to their
woes. However, the script reads
Like one of Miss Thompson's columns
good journalism, bad literature. It
simply states each OF the numerous
problems of living in exile, states
them intensely and violently, but
without getting beneath them. It's
the truth that's wanted on the stage.
Miss Thompson, the truth so told
that it will become part of the life of
the spectator-and not merely facts.
Refugees From Vienna
Have Reunion in New York.
Reunion in New York" is revue
by the Viennese refugee group that
did so well by From Vienna last
season. It's gemuetlich diver
tissement. I mean it's talented and
glowing and wonderful, and if you
bring to it any memories of Vienna
at all you will find yourself crying a
little between laughs.
Lotte Goslar Is genius at fan
tastic comedy dancing. Katherine
Mattern is girl who can do any
thing at all on the stage, from a
speciality on the technique of laugh
ter to burlesque of Carmen. Paul
Lindenberg as a bathtub baritone
Evening star., 1940-03-03

a cot and trunk, with several
other actors.
Odets. at the time, was picking
up few dollars by filling in on
radio programs as "the rover re.
citer," on which he spouted classics
from Robert w. Service and Kip
ling.
After their first successes they
have been almost continuously thrust
into the middle of volcanic argu-
ments.
They have fought with critics,
managers, lawyers. movie producers,
policemen and at the same time have
turned out a steady stream Of dra-
mas.
One of Rice's. Street Scene" in
1929, won the Pulitzer prize.
Saroyan's confusing comedy hit,
"The Time of Your Life; Glare
Boothe's timely and humorous anti
Nazi play. Margin for Error; Rus
sci Crouse's smash hit, Life With
Father" and James Thurber's in
triguing comedy, THE Male Ami.
mal," are the other popular repre-
sentations from the pens Of COM
paratively new dramatists.
However, the latter two plays
were written in collaboration with
two veterans, Howard Lindsay be-
ing co-author and principal player
in Life With Father" and Elliott
Nugent being co-author and princi-
pal player in "The Male Animal"
Among the other veterans plays
that are still flush at the box office
are Moss Hart and George S. Kauf-
mans THE Man Who Came to
Dinner" comedy about an ebul-
lient lecturer who thrusts his an
noying and explosive presence onto
a small town community merely
because he happened to break a leg
while lecturing there; also Abbott's
See My Lawyer" and Barry's "The
Philadelphia Story" which has
Katharine Hepburn in the lead.
Although it is still attracting
Broadway crowds, Miss Hepburn is
closing her play on March 80 to
take it on a transcontinental tour
before beginning to film it when
she reaches Hollywood.
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Brother Rat and q
Baby"

Baby"
Bob Hope and Paulette
Goddard in The Cat
and the Canary"
Allan Jones and Mary
Martin in THE Great
Victor Herbert"
MarEaret SULLIVAN.
James Stewart. "Shop
Around the Corner"
Dorothy Lamour and
Lloyd Nolan in
Disputed Passage"
Mickey Rooney in
Judge Hardy and
Son."
Charles Laughton in
"Hunchback Of
Notre Dame"
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Rations Increased

Deanna Durbin, whose first movie
kiss was one of the historic high
lights of 1889 Hollywood, will be
kissed twice in her next starring
picture for Universal. ct Happened
in Kaloha" Both kisses will be ad-
ministered by Lewis Howard, young
eX-Broadway actor who made his
film debut with Deanna in First
Love-" her current release.
Evening star., 1940-03-03

OcpcIlQcu upOll, UuI dlSO lIUIIl
youngsters who suddenly appeared
on the Broadway scene, and the
youngsters, most of them, are hold
ing their own.
Maxwell Anderson left the vet
Grams a length behind a week ago
when his drama, key Largo" de-
parted with Paul MUM in the lead
ing role for Nation wide tour after
it had had comfortable Broadway
run.
That left Philip Barry, Elmer Rice,
George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart and
George Abbott to continue to lead
the parade Of veterans.
In competition they have plays
from such comparative freshmen in
the playwrighting class as Clifford
Odets, Glare Boothe. William Saro-
yam, Russell Grouse and James
Thurber.
On the road. veteran Anderson S
"Key Largo is meeting the COM
petition of newcomer Lillian He'll
mans hit, THE Little Foxes" with
Tallulah Bankhead in the leading
role.
This rivalry between the oldsters
and the youngsters is now particu-
larly at the white. heat point, with
Rice's 1.-TWO on an Island" and
Odets' might Music" playing just
across Broadway from one another
Both have much the same theme,
that of a pair of smart but fright
ened youngsters who leave their
homes and come to New York City
In an effort to make good.
Rice's comedy, which opened
month before Odets' did, is an estab-
lished hit, but Odets' play still has
to prove itself. for some of the crit
ical reviews were nice and others
not so nice.
Despite this competition the vet
eran Rice and the younger Odets
should have a kindred feeling.
Rice wrote his first hit, "On Trial"
in 1914, during his few off hours
from his job as clerk in lawyers
Office.
Odets wrote his first one, Awake
and Sing" in 1885, while living in
a single room, furnished only with
Evening star., 1940-03-03
No Time Wasted

On the Edison, the Man" set.
where he is technical adviser, will
liam A. Simonds, authority on Edi-
soniana, shook his head 'zhe
movies waste TO time. In . half
day Spencer Tracy invents the pho
nograph. In two days he creates
the light that took Edison eight
years to perfect. And this morn
ing the company filmed . wedding
and this afternoon the couple does
scenes with their children"
Evening star., 1940-03-03
WoIfert
Continued From First Page)

tC0ntlnueQ from t1rSG PageD
past the footlights and rams it
through both your ears so that it
will stick in your mind. He has
immense vitality and prodigious
skill and can break your heart in
the simple process of initiating
man being awakened from sleep. He
steals the show from superb cast
Morris Carnovsky, Roman Bohnen,
Sanford Meisner, Phil Loeb, Art
Smith-each of them the kind of
craftsman that explains the hold
going can have on people.
The director. Harold Clurman, has
been so good that he has succeeded
where Hollywood and other direc-
tors have failed horribly-in making
Evening star., 1940-03-03


Claudette Colbert and
Henry Fonda. Drums
Along the Moha wk. +"
Dorothy Lamour and
Lloyd Nolan in
disputed Passage" !"
William Powell and
Myrna 10y In
Another Thin Man" ="
THE Beachcomber"
and
Beware Of Spooks." 3"
Evening star., 1940-03-03
ohotoplays in Washington Theaters This Week
MONDAY

stolen Life"
and T..
"Allesheny Uprising"
KdWard q. Robinson
In 'Dr. 0rlich's
Magic Bullet"
Mickey Rooney and
Lewis Stone In ''Judgs
Hardy and Son"
Cesar Romero in
"Cisco Kid and the
Lady"
Secret Of DR.. kildare
and Blonde Bringe
Up Baby" Stage show
Mickey Rooney and
Lewis Stone in ''JudGe
Hardy and Son"
Dead End Kids on
Dress Parade"
william Powell and
Myrna 10y In
Another Thin Man. /"
Madeleine Carroll and
Peter. LORE In
Secret Agent"
Powell and 10y
In
Another Thin Man.
James Cagney and
Pat O'Brien In
"Nghting 69th."
Don Ameche and
AL Jolson in
"Swanee River"
what . Life" and
The Day the Bookies
Wept."
Mexican spithre"
and Judge Hardy
and Son"
Nelson Eddy and
Iona Massey in
''BalalAika."
Wayne Morris. Pris-
cilla Lane, Brother
Rat and q Baby"
Allan Jones and Mary
Martin in THE Great
Victor Herbert"
George Raft and
Jane Bryan in
Invisible Stripes"
Robert MONTGOMERY.
Edward Arnold.
Earl Of Chicago"
Sonia Henie and Ray
Milland, Everything
Happens At Night"
"Housekeeper's
Daughter. Eagle
and the Hawk"
D. w. Grimth's
Birth Of q Nation"
Mick Carter. Master
Detective" and
Flying Deuces."
William Powell and
Myrna 10y In
Another Thin Man"
Dorothy Lamour and
John Howard in
disputed Passage"
Mickey Rooney and
Lewis Stone in Judge
Hardy and Son"
Marlene Dietrich
in
"Destry Rides Again" I"
Gentleman From
Arizona" and
Fugitive at Large"
John and Elaine
Barrymore in
Midnight"
James Stewart and
Marlene Dietrich in
"Destry Rides Aagin. J"
Gene Autry and
Smiley Burnette in
South of Border"
James Cagney and
Pat O'Brien in
Fighting 69th.
William Powell and
Myrna 10y In
Another Thin Man. "
Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy in
Flying Deuces."
James Caeney and
Pat C'Brien in
THE Fighting 69th "
In Name Only"
and
THE Real Glory"
Joel McCrea. Nancy
Kelly. He Married
His Wife"
Burgess Meredith and
Betty Field in
"Of Mice and Men"
George Raft and
Jane Bryan in
Invisible Stripes"
South of the Border"
and
Laugh 1t On"
william Powell and
Myrna 10y in
Another Thin Man. ="
Dorothy Lamour and
Lloyd Nolan in
Disputed Passage
Honeymoon in Bali"
and "Hepry Goes "a
A.I.-
Evening star., 1940-03-03
WEDNESDAY

fifth Avenue Girl"
and Those High Gray
wal1r ~
Evening star., 1940-03-03
TuEsQN

Fifth Avenue Girl"
and Those High Gray
Wnl1R -
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Youngsters and Veterans
Compete on Broadway
Battle of the PIaywrigh.s Is Keen,
Representatives of Each Group
Having Hits on Display
By Mark Barron,
Associated Press Stan Writer.
NEW YORK.

Is.
The dramatic along Broadway today
wrigh virtually deadheat
experience
past seasons the plays that have
been either hits much discussed the
paywrghts who have demonstrated they
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-27
NLRB HITS EMPLOYER
USE OF RELIGIOUS BIAS

Washington, April 20 (CNA)-
Two favorite weapons of southern
employees, religious prejudice and
the company store, were assailed
this week in an order by the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board that
three textile mills in Gaffney
South Carolina cease dominating
or interfering with three en-
ployee clubs. The Board declared
there had been ian active cam
paign to frustrate and destroy
Textile Workers Union of Ameri-
ca, Clio.
The board said that the mills
fostered the clubs as rivals to
the union. 1t also charged "phy-
steal violence directed against
union members and assemblages,"
appeals to religious sympathies,"
and the use of economic force
in the form of denial of credit
at the company store as weapons
against the union.