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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-05
Beware Coughs
Following Flu

After the flu IS over and gone, the
cough that follows feels like it will tear
vour chest walls apart. You need reli-
able and ready help. Circumcision re-
lieyes promptly because it goes right to
the seat of the trouble to loosen germ
laden phlegm, increase secretion and
aid nature to soothe and heal raw, ten
der, inflamed bronchial mucous men,
branes. No matter how many medicines
YOU have tried, tell your druggist to sell
YOU a bottle of Circumcision with the
understanding that you are to like the
are to have your money back. (Adv0
CIRCUMCISION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
WOMEN:
Dressiest Ten

When Husband James Cromwell
was named U. S. minister to Can
ada, Doris Duke Cromwell (''richest
girl in the worldly ordered a new
wardrobe delivered from Paris via
Atlantic clipper. Three weeks later,
when United Press took its annual
poll of Paris dressmakers, Mrs.
Cromwell got her reward For the
first time, she was named one Of
the worlds 10 best-dressed women.
The other nine Gall of whom have
wardrobes worth more than 81, 000,-
900 each):
Duchess of Kent and Windsor, tied
for first place; Mime. Antenor Pa
tino, South American "tin princess;
Begun Aga Khan; Mrs. Gilbert Mill
err, wife of New York theatrical
producer; Baronne Eugene de
Rothschild; Mrs. Harrison Williams
of New York; Countess Barbara
Hutton Reventlow, "five-andadime"
heiress; Queen Elizabeth.
Britain's queen, like Mrs. Crom-
well, was first-timer on the list.
Though she buys no clothes in Paris,
though she prefers crinoline effects
for formal dress, the dressmakers
admitted they had to include her.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
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h[RRf, I,,r'I.I|,1
GOROUNDRIAfe
Mrs. Borah May Write i. Mrs.
Taft Can Speak New Con-
versations Between Nazis and
Soviet Worry Allies.
By DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT ALLEN

WASHINGTON PLANS for the fu-
ture are still uncertain for Little
Borah'' as Mrs. William e. Borah,
widow of the senator, is affectionate-
ly known. Except for one thing-the
decision to give up the spacious,
beautifully furnished apartment in
which she and the senator lived for
many years. It was their only
home. They had none in Idaho.
When they returned there in the
summer they lived in Boise hotel.
The senator left a small estate
which, with the $4,000 which wild
ows of members of congress re-
ceive, will enable Mrs. Borah to live
comfortably. Borah could have
made big money, but he always re-
fused. He had many offers of le-
gal cases; and few years ago he
was handed a contract by a news
paper syndicate for $751; 900 to write
weekly, 1,200-word article. But he
rigidly adhered to the rule that he
was an employee of the people and
that they were entitled to his full
time.
Borah was so meticulous about
this that when, during his fourth
term, congress increased senatorial
pay from $500 to $4,000 a year,
he refused to accept the addi-
tional $1,000 until reelected.
Mrs. Borah has sister in Mos
cow, Idaho, and another in Port
land, Ore. She will visit them be-
fore deciding where she will set
tie permanently. In the past, she
has had number of requests to
write about Washington and about
her many experiences in the Off
cial and social world. She has
always declined, but now she may
turn her gentle wit and charm to
such work.
Merry G0-Round.
Mrs. Bob Taft, wife Of Ohio's G.
o. P. "favorite son." doesn't play
bridge, but she can make better
political speech than her husband
The SEC is quietly investigat-
ing a Wall Street "bear raid" on
securities of the $500, 100000 Stand
ard Gas & Electric company, fol-
lowing inside reports that the raid
was staged by utility interests as
part of campaign to discredit the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

John Lewis that the administration
had "broken faith" with labor; that
would be too obvious bid for the Ia
Dor vote. But he did announce c. /.
o. support would be welcome if he
decided to run.
At the convention Senator Wheeler
practically tossed his hat in the
ring. Bands blared and 2,400 dele
gates roared as he mounted the ros-
trum in an atmosphere reminiscent
of political conclave. There he
outlined an economic, social and
legislative program which would
have been out Of place had he not
been really presenting his platform.
Planks: (1) strict neutrality; ~
increased South American trade; (3)
advancement Of organized labor" !;
(4) jobs in private enterprise; (5)
relief; (6) solution of unemployment,
which he called Americas No. l
problem"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
No Cannon Fodder
CCC boys are not in army.

CO 00ys are nor IN army.
sanitation and cleanliness that ap.
proximate army barrack life, but
there the similarity ends with
bump.
think this policy is right. The
manpower problem is the least of
our military puzzles. Under the Sc
lective draft principle used in 1917
1918 we can get the very cream of
our crop of youth with practically
no delay whatever. BY intensive
training they can be taught in a
few days more than the average
CCC boy knows about military serv-
ice.
But the selective service idea
won't work at all if its burdens do
not bear with absolute fairness on
every class of men within the draft
ages.
Proposals now being discussed are
not to require CCC boys to join the
army but to encourage and to per-
init them to volunteer. They have
that right anyway in peace, but
if we have to raise a big army for
war we will have to have selective
service. After that starts, volun-
teering must end. You can't have
two classes-the events" and the
scents" under the selective system.
BOrah
This country, as never before,
needs men like Senator Borah. You
can count his like on the fingers Of
one hand.
He and have had disagreements
He was a great disagreer. You
couldn't have whole senate OF
Borahs and still have either party
organization or much cohesion in
the senate itself.
Alone with such few veterans
as Carter Glass, he simply did not
play in the pork-barrel game of po-
litical patronage. He was SO strong
" entrenched in the goodwill and
confidence of the people of his state
that there was no necessity to do
that.
But we need a quota of such men.
It is the antidote for personalized
power. Like Thomas Jefferson, he
had sworn eternal hostility toward
any form of domination over the
mind of man. He voted and acted
as he thought and believed-and he
always thought and believed sim
cerely. With this controlling princi-
pie guiding him. he paid scant atten-
ton to party policy, presidential
prestige or popular reaction-if any
of these influences interfered with
what he thought was right.
In private life he was as gentle
as q woman
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
NIBLET S

UTILITIES - Disappointed be-
cause public utility companies had
not started voluntary indignation
programs as provided by the hold
ing company act, Securities and
Exchange Commissioner jerome N.
FranI4announced the government Is
"about to- begin proceedings
against them. sess S1s'ss - -
FINANCE - In Washington the
treasury announced that Britain sold
nearly 10 per cent of its readily
marketable American securities
during the first two months of the
war, presumably to get cash for
munitions. eM ~ s&&S
RUSSIA--At-.R Rome, n Duce's pa
per CirBale fIfaIia printed rumors
Of mass arrests in the Ukraine fol-
lowing exposure of a vast plot" to
assassinate Russia's Dictator Josef
Stain, Premier Viacheslav Molo-
TOW and War Commissar Kementi
yoroshiloff.
THE WAR-In his second speech
Of the week, Britain's Winston
Churchill declared Nazi Germany is
q far weaker foe than Kaiser VIII
helms imperial Germany of 1914,
while the British and French "are
far ahead of where we were at
this time in the other war"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

charming on slender figures. The
square neckline is quite deep, the
sleeves very round.
This dress will be very pretty
made up in bold-figured cottons
like percale, calico or Bingham for
house wear, with rows of ricrac
braid. And you'll also like a dress
like this for street and informal
afternoons, of printed silk or fiat
crepe. It's one of those easy, be-
coming styles that you'll repeat
several times. Your pattern in
cludes a helpful step-by-step sew
chart.
Pattern No. 1854 is designed for
sizes IL, IA, IS, Is and 20. Size
IA requires 3as yards of 39-inch
material without nap; ! yard bind
ing; 8A yards ricrac.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, 247 w. Forty
third street, New York, N. Y.
Price of pattern, Is cents Tin
coins).
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
CONGRESS:
Embargo

Tokyo sat watching the U. S. like
a spanked child awaiting forgive
ness. Yet there remained enough
lack of Japanese unanimity to make
forgiveness impossible. Abrogated
was the 1911 trade pact, paving the
way for an embargo against arms
shipments. All this was the disas-
trous price Japan might pay for
fouting U. S. rights in the Orient.
(Mean,Dhile the Japs vented their tOrath
against Britain, storning the Tokyo EN-.
bassy and tightening the Tientsin food
blockade in retaliation against British.
seizure of 81 Germans from, Jap steamer.
1t tUas freely admitted in some Tokyo
quarters that U. S. embargo iUouLd ham,
string Wang Ching-soei's "ne,O order" gov-
ernnent in China
At Washington neither the state
department nor the senate foreign
relations committee seemed in a
hurry to take further action. Said
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
JUSTICE:
Christian Front

In 1917 the Russian czarist gov
eminent was overthrow by % men.
Early this year the U. S. justice
department arrested II Christian
Frontiers" in New York, equipped
with a smaller and more crude
arsenal than Russia's %. But their
aim, said FBI's j. Edgar Hoover,
was the same: Revolution. More
over, he charged, they were anti
Jewish.
Though he ''roundly disavowed"
any utilization to the Christian Front
when first questioned, Detroit's Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin later labeled
himself as "a friend of the ac-
cused." After mulling over this adj
mission for a week, the justice de-
partment sent its Assistant Attor-
ney General O. John Rogge to in
vestigate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
POLITICS.: NJ 7
Lnbor,s Candidate

A New Highlander who comes from
Montana went from Washington to
Columbus one day in late January,
indicating that Sen. Burton <.
Wheeler has. been around enough to
rate as presidential timber. Day
before he left Washington, Senator
Wheeler learned c. I. O.'s John
Lewis had told the United Mine
Workers in Columbus that President
Roosevelt would suffer '.ignominious
defeat if he sought a third term.
Even earlier, Mr.. Lewis had scored
Vice President Jack Garner and
Security Administrator Paul v.
McNutt, both presidential hopefuls.
Moreover, John Lewis has always
criticized Republicans. And since
Senator Wheeler had been invited to
address Mr.. Lewis U. A. w., he
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

I. The above ship, just returned
to the U. s., has in the past six
months rescued passengers from
a sinking steamer, been captured
by the Germans and held by Rus
STA. What's her name?
2. For what purpose was an
election suddenly called by Cam
ada?
8. Choice: Late January wealth
er in southern U. s. was (a) un-
seas0nably warm; (b) average;
(c) unseasOnably cold.
4. What noted explorer has just
discovered some new mountains,
and where are they located?
s. A 1O,0OO-word memorandum
released by the Vatican charges
Germany with trying to destroy
the Catholic religion in what
country?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
N A M E S
In the neUs

HARRY HOPKINS, i'll most of
the IS months since he was
named commerce secretary,
came back to work.
JOHN THOMAS, Gooding, Ida
no, banker, was named u. S. SEN
ator to succeed the late William
E. Borah.
KAISER WILHELM III, exiled
German emperor, celebrated his
eighty-first birthday in Doom,
Netherlands.
EDWARD s. HARDNESS, phi
lanthropist who gave away more
than 500, 900, 900 of the fortune he
got mainly from Standard Oil in
terests, died at Sc in New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

automatical-
ly became c..
I. o. one
and only cam
didate.
D e s pi t e
W a n 6 S
that C. 1. o.
support was
a "kiss of
death to any
c candid at e
S e n a t o r
w h e e ! e r
S t e p p e d
into the fire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
MEXICO:
Oil for Japan?

Until Europe went to war, Mex
leo sold some of its appropriated
U. S. and British oil output to Ger
many. The blockade stopped that,
leaving Mexico with much oil and
little money. But since the U. S.
announced abrogation of its trade
pact with Japan, President Lazaro
Cardenas has made overtures to
the Tokyo government. Japan, fear
full lest the u. S. clamp down an
embargo on war materials (See
CONGRESS). was reported in late
January to be ready to invest CAPT.
tai for dredging a Pacific port in
Mexico and improving petroleum
storage facilities there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
G E N Z RAJ
jon N SON
dd4U'
Firms in Gallant Key Battle but
We Should Either Discard Neu-
trality or Make No Loan u. the
CCC and the Army.

By HUGH 5. JOHNSON

;
wASHINGTcs;.-If we want to
take a hand in the wild European
war game, let's do it above the
board, discard our neutrality and
take the consequences. Sending
money to the Firms to buy our ''sur-
plus agricultural products" in full
knowledge that they do not now need
them, do need arms, and can and
will sell them to create credit to
buy arms, is just another Roosevelt
tan "clever little scheme"
The fight on the Finnish front is a
key-battle. 1t is a dangerous flank
attack in the war between western
and eastern Europe. The defense
ranks with the highest of all mill
tary traditions. 1t is strangely like
the heroic stand at Thermopylae.
There a handful of Greeks held off
a Persian steam-roller waiting for
Spartan assistance which could have
brought victory but never came.
Yes, Finland which is the narrow
eastern gate tc Scandinavia, is de-
Tending the left flank of all western
Europe. AS those endangered ma
tions value eventual victory, they
ought to rally to her not only by
furnishing credits to enable her to
buy arms here, but in every other
way. Our case is different. With
all the goodwill and admiration
possible we must still remember
that this key position is in Europe
an WARM which our people almost
unanimously wish to have no part.
WASHINGTON.-The question Of
using CCC as an army reserve or
pool Of possible recruits in case OF
war is being agitated again. The
project won't get far.
Even though the subject was APP
preached with the greatest caution
and no such purpose was announced,
the first smell of it aroused howl
of protest from one end of the coun-
try to the other.
The complaint was and still is:
"Why should the very poorest Of
our youth be put out first as cannon
fodder"
The average CCC company knows
hardly enough about military drill to
fall in for roll-call. It does live in
barracks under rules for hygiene,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

I. City of Flint
2. To put the dominion governments
war record up to the people, thereby
answering widespread complaints.
8. (C) is correct. Millions of dollars
damage has been done to fruit and vege-
table properties in Florida; Atlanta had
a 10-inch snowfall.
4. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd dis.
covered new mountains near Marie Byrd
land in the antarctic.
5. Poland. The memorandum also
charges mass shootings, man hunts.
plundering and prosecutions In Poland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Shirred Dress With
CorseIette Wdistline

TSHE corselette waistline Is
: scheduled for much popularity
this coming season, probably be-
cause it makes you look SO be-
guilingly slim. This simple little
dress (8634) with a piquant peas
ant air about it, has bodice full
ness and ripping skirt, shirred
at the top, that look perfectly
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

one congressman: "The Japs have
made their bed with a long list of
violations of American treaty rights
{. Now let them lie in it awhile. !"
But Senators Pittman, Barley, Min
ton and Austin to the contrary,
Washington's Sen. Lewis Schwellen-
bach had his own opinions. Whereas
the original Pittman embargo reso-
luton would censure Japan for vio-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

:. Mrs. Bob Taft helps Girl Scouts
blo.o out birthday candielights. She can
also bloy about making better speech
than her senator husband.
SEC !. E. r. Stettinius, able
young head of the u. S. Steel cor
poration, is high among the possi-
bilities for assistant secretary of
navy, made vacant when Charles
Edison was elevated to the cabinet
Townsendites have picked St.
Louis and June 80 as the place and
date for their convention this year.
Politicos are much interested in the
timing, because it is before the two
national nominating conventions. In
1886, Townsend teamed up with Fa-
Their Coughlin against both Roose-
uelt and Landon.
War Pessimism.
The confidential war reports re-
ceived by government agencies have
not been too optimistic of late re-
garding the Allied positions.
This pessimism has nothing to do
with the sudden mobilization of the
Dutch and Belgians, which had be-
hind it only the fact that the canals
which constitute the best defense
against Germany were frozen, and
the lowland countries suddenly real
lied how easy it would be for the
Nazis to cross.
Chief reason for pessimism is the
very mediocre success of the Brit
ish blockade, plus rumblings of new
conversations between Russia and
Germany.
How far these new conversations
have gone is impossible to say.
But they revolve around the Rus
sian failure in Finland and the fact
that the Russian transportation sys-
tenn has broken down. This gives
the Germans an excellent excuse
to become the technical doctors of
the Soviet.
In fact, Foreign Minister Won Rib
bentrop, who has been under lot
of German army criticism for ne
gotiating the Russian pact in the
first place, now sees this as a gold
en- opportunity to redeem himself.
He has proposed to Stain that Ger
many take over Russia's transporta-
ton and industry, but only if she
has q completely free hand.
Whether Stain accepts is anyone s
guess. But if he does, Russia and
Germany together will constitute the
most powerful region in the world,
ruled by two dictators, stretching
from the Rhine to the Pacific
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

Notes

U. S. and the war made these
headlines:
q A Gallup poll showed go per cent
of the nation thinks it would be best
to consult the public before entering
another war. (Last September only
q bare majority-51 per cent
favored a war referendum
q Under wars impetus, U. S. arms
exports scared from $83, 900, 900 in
1898 to 500, 555, $50 in 1899. Major
items: aircraft and air parts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
EUROPE:
The Ne1ktr1Ls

Momentarily in the headlines was
a report that the U. S. had asked
all American nationals in Sweden to
leave for home. The Swedish for
eign press department gave as a
reason German troop concentra-
ton" across the Baltic, but the state
department in Washington failed to
confirm this fear.
( Bigger neutral news came from
Rumania. which suddenly found its
oil resources both a curse and a
bulwark of defense. When Germany
insisted that Rumania increase oil
shipments to the Reich, King Carol
demanded that French-B British petro-
leum interests in his country CO.
operate. Since this meant that al
lied oil would be feeding Nazi planes
to bomb the allies, both London and
Paris threatened to suspend econo-
mic relations with Rumania.
Though he was in a tough spot,
Carol did not overlook the tenn
porary value of this double pres
sure. Much though he disliked
acquiescing to German demands, it
meant that Germany would have to
defend Rumania against Russian
aims in his eastern province of Bes-
sarabia. M
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

Knosc your nescs? Deduct 20 points
from each question you miss. Scores:
100, perfect; 80, excellent; 90, Average;
40 or less, poor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Topic-of-the-Day: Wheeler and c. |. o.

Arriving at
Columbus he
p u b ! ! ly
hoped Presi-
dent Roose-
welt wouldn't
seek q third
term, never
theless he
promised to
support him
If the Presi-
dent was re-
nominated.
H e d i'd n o t
acraa with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09

lating U. S. rights, Senator Schwel-
lenbach would censure the U. S. and
thereby avoid international compile
cations.
The Method: Pass an embargo
on the contention that the U. S. is
violating the nine-power treaty by
furnishing 80 per cent of Japan's
war material. Nor was the senator
far wrong in suggesting the embargo
as a means of complying with the
wishes of rs per cent of the people.
Also in congress:
q Continued was the economy drive
to avoid either new taxes or boost
in the federal debt limit. Having
clipped $113, 1000, 900 from the Presi-
dents budget recommendations, the
house appropriations committee was
expected to eliminate altogether
more than $500. 100000 for farm
parity payments. Reasoning: For
eign developments might force
prices up to a point where parity
will not be needed so badly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH v. LaBINE
Congress Stalls on Jap Issue
Awaiting Concessions by Tokyo;
Economy Drive Hits Farm Fund

these columns they
this newspaper
Western Newspa Union-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-09
Russo-Finnish Var

Just as they failed miserably to
cut Finland at it's ''waistline" few
weeks ago, so did the Russians suf-
fer horrible defeat when they tried
to skirt the north edge of Lake
Ladoga and attack the Mannerheim
line from the rear. After week
of desperate fighting, four Soviet
divisions were put to rout. Five
thousand were reported killed out
right, with an extra 10000 casual
ties including several thousand
wounded who froze to death before
aid could be brought.
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