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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Joint Press Meeting

The twenty-eight anniversary of
the Del-Mar-Va Press Association
will be observed by a joint meeting
of that association and Maryland
Association, held Friday and Satur-
day, Jan. 28 and 20, at the Hotel
Dupont, Wilmington.
At the business meeting Saturday
morning talks will be made by Hen
ry T. Claus, President of the News
Journal Co., Wilmington, Del, and
Paul Patterson, President of the
Baltimore Sun Papers, Baltimore,
Maryland.
At the annual luncheon Leo
Moore, President of the Maryland
Prss Asso., will act as POSTMASTER
and addresses will be made by Mayor
Walter w. Bacon, of Wilmington,
and Senator John G. Townsend, Jr.,
of Delaware.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Completion OF Bridge
Piers Celebrated
Whistles Sounded Az The
Last Batch OF Concrete
Is Poured In Form

The pouring of the last batch of
loncrete, marking the completion of
lie last Of the piers for the new
bridge across the SusQuehanna river
between Perryville and Havre de
Grace. at 1905 Sunday morning, Jan.
14th. was marked by the blowing
of whistles and general jubilation of
the entire force engaged on the job.
The work \ was completed exav Y
% hours a1d SIS minutes ahead OF
the scheduled time for the contract.
The construction of the fifty
two piers, was the original Robert
G. Reitz contract and was COM
pleted by the Mclean Contracting
Company. Early last summer Mr..
Reitz disappeared and was not
heard of for several months
The contract was taken from him.
This work entailed the pouring
of 30.174 cubic yards of concrete
which is equal to 5 "A miles of high
way. 80 feet wide and 8 inches
deep. 1t also represents S6,Sl5
cubic yards of excavation and the
use of 1,4S5,177 pounds OF rein
forcing steel Tor 743 tons, and the
further use Of 24,904 Iineal feet
of H piles.
The contracts already let total
ss.5s1,4O2, with $1,352,00O paid out
to date. The Bethlehem Steel Com
pany contract is $2,469,300, with
100000 yet to be allotted 900
for paving on the east and west ap-
proa,ches, $4,000 for wiring and
electrical fixtures and $4,000 for
landseaping.
The Davis Construction Company
of Baltimore has been awarded the
contract for the administration
building and toll booths at $1O2,655.
This work was strated on Wednes-
day and union labor only wdll be en-
Moved. This structure will be built
of concrete, with aluminium trim
ming and besides containing super
intendent's quarters, and quarters
for the state police, will also have
large garage.
The bridge from abutment to
abutment will be nearly onesapd one
hair miles IN length and about thir-
ty-eight per cent of the steel is now
in position.
All steel will be in position and
the deck of the bridge laid before
July 1, the date set for the formal
opening.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

Morgan Mitchell. aged about 80
years, son or MRS. maud Mltchell
ana the late kalpn Mitchell, OF near
Aberdeen, ended MS lie on Jan.
10. in the garage at his home.
He had gone to the garage and
after wrapping himself in blankets,
started the motor OF mis- truck. His
dead BODY was found some time lat
er Dy his mother, upon her return
from Baltlmore.
Dr: }. ii. Ramsey. county coroner,
pronounced the aeaIh a suicide.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Boys Receive Reprirnand

Leigh Donache, Harold Nesbitt,
Donald Payne. Norris Martindale.
and Donald Clark, Rising Sun high
school boys, were brought before
Trial Magistrate c. E. Marker, on
Tuesday evening, on complaint of a
member Of the faculty. The boys
were charged with disorderly con-
duct ON the school grounds. Friday
evening last, during the school en-
tertainment.
After hearing statements the Mag
istrate released the boys with a
reprimand, and promise Of some
thing more drastic If any future
complaints against them were made.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
North East To Install
Water System

Town Commissioner George c..
Rawson of North East, announces
the WPA has approved project to
install a water system for the town.
The town would pay $4,000 of
the estimated $4,000 cost. Mr..
Rawson said North East is one of
the few Maryland towns of its size
not having modern water system,
and that the WPA project will mark
success in years OF effort to obtain
one.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Tickets For President g
Ball

Mrs. Cecil E. Ewing has been ap-
pointed Chairman for the Sixth Dis
trict OF the inrantile Paralysis Fund,
and sale Of tickets for the President
ial Bail to be held at the Elkton
Armory on Tuesday evening. Janu-
airy 80. /
Tickets to the ball are Is cents
each. and can be secured in this
town at Ashby's Drug Store, the
Post Once, and Dinsmore's Garage.
Contributions to the March of Dimea
are also solicited. =
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Candidate For Congress

The advertisement Of Mr.. Dudley G.
Roe. Of Queen Anne's County, an
nouncing his candidacy for nomina-
ton as Congressman from the First
Maryland District, at the Democratic
primaries on May 9TH. 1910, appears
IN our columns elsewhere. Friends
OF Senator hoe, who is well known
III maryland public lite, are urging
his support throughout the Eastern
shore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Rabbits For Restocking

Through the efforts OF the Cecil
County Rod and Gun Club a crate of
SO rabbits was received here this
week, from the State Game officials.
The rabbits were taken in charge by
members of the club and will be
placed on farms in this section for
restocking purposes. The club is do
ing GOOD work in the restocking of
our covers, ponds and streams with
game and fish.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Fall Leads TO Loss
Of Foot

William Mahan of Elkton, who
fell more than year ago, fractur-
ing his leg, the second accident of
the kind within the past three years,
underwent an operation last week
in Baltimore hospital, for the re-
moval of one foot. He never recov-
cred from second accident and
during the past fall, gangrene de-
veloped.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Raynond--Price

DR.. and MRS. j. Thomas Price, OF
Beacn maven manor, announce the
marriage OF Ihelr oaugnIer, barbara,
10 gur. James Raymond, Jr., or DoV-
er, DeI., son OIL MAJ. aud MRS. James
raymond, or lover AND washington,
-. Z. Inc weaaIng TOOK pace 1v:Uv
d. M, on January !, ly4v, at war
rington, va. rne happy young cour
ple wall make their nome IN lover.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Prolonged Cold Wave

We have experienced real winter
weather since the holidays. which
reached its climax last week, when
the intense cold kept the mercury
close to the zero mark for three
Gays. Thursday, FRIDAY and Satur-
aay mornings were the coolest, when
zero ana below was reached. Satur-
Gay mornings report was two be-
low zero.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

Miss Leah Bryson, daughter OF Mr..
ana Mrs. 1nomas bryson OF Craig
Town ana >. howlano Tome son OF
var. ana MIS- >. Rowland Tome OF
woouIawn were marrled at Fred
erlcK0urg, Va, the 1Stn or JAM, by
me rev. Mr. CIagett. Mr. and MIS-.
wllIIam t1arter, DroLner-ln-laW and
sasuer Oh the Drloe, accompanied
mem
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

The regular meeting Of the Cecil
County Teachers Association will
be held in the Elkton High School,
saturday morning, January II.
The bylaw committee has made
drastic changes in the constitution
and will make its report at this
time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Gang OF Auto Thieves

State Police arrested Robert J.
Campbell, Harry Cook, James Bailey,
John Manning and Tony Negro, all
of New York City, as suspects in
connection with auto thefts. They
are accused of stealing automobiles
in New York and transporting them
through Maryland for sale in the
South. They were handed over to the
federal authorities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Will Address Agricultural
Class

Prof. Joseph Vial, animal hus-
bandry expert of the University of
Maryland, will address the agricul-
tural classes, parents, and friends at
Washington Hall, Tome Institute,
Port Deposit, Wednesday night, Jan.
81 This will be the first of series
of addresses that will be given by
expert agriculturists during the win
ter months.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
RBusiness Announcement

Messrs. Dinsmore wish to announce
to the public that they have located
their garage temporarily at what is
known as the Hawley property on
the western outskirts Of town, where
they will continue to conduct bus
mess until farther notice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Fell While Trimming
Apple Tree

While engaged in trimming an
apple tree, Mr.. Isaac Yocum, OF near
town fell, suffering severe injuries.
His daughter, who is nurse In JET
rerson hospital. had her father
taken to the Hospital, where an ex-
animation revealed he had sustain
ed a fractured hip.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

The Cecil County Historical So
ciety has again chosen Joshua Clay
ton, Dean Oh Cecil bar, as It's head.
lhe other omcers are. Joseph
Coudon OF j., wee president, u.
Reynolds Assn, secretary ana Muir
ray j. Ewing. treasurer. MRS. /. D.
laws was eiected trustee in the
pace OF Mrs. Eva Denny. deceased.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26
Personal And Social

Miss Dorothy Fisher Is much i'm.
proved after severe attack Of
tonsilitis.
Mr.. Henry Burkins is able to be
about again after a threatened at
tack OF pneumonia
Miss Martha Tosh and Miss Cath
crime Kirk have been spending the
week in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Hartenstine are
spending some time at Kissimmee
and st. Petersburg, Florida.
Miss Elizabeth Yocum, Philadel-
phia, is spending few days with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Zocum.
Peggy Wilson, little daughter Of
Ir. and Mrs. Francis Wilson, of
II Bar town, has been victim Of
mumps.
Misses Dorothy, Lillian and Anna
Ryan visited their sister, Mrs. w.
Paul Keen, Perryville, over the
weekend.
Miss Lillian Connolly, of near
Porters Bridge, had as her Sunday
guest her school friend, Miss Doro-
thy GRAPHICAL.
Mr.. and Mrs William Creswell are
spending the winter with Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Barrow and family, in
Downingtown, Pa.
Elmer e. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph r, Johnson and children were
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Howell
Johnson and family, Elkton.
Miss Janette Reed was host to the
Young Ladies Bridge Club, on Mon
day evening, at her home on South
Queen street. Four tables were play
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Hawley are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of daughter, born Tuesday evening
in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti-
more.
The marriage of Miss Dorothy F..
Johnson, of North East, and Robert
T. McDevitt, Frederick, took place
Saturday afternoon January Is, at
North East.
Walter M. Cameron and Robert
Cameron are in attendance at the
National Gamers Association, which
Is meeting this week at the Stevens
Hotel, in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Boyd, of
Perryville, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary on Tuesday,
January 20, being home to their
friends from to Z.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jenness and
daughter have moved from Elkton to
Rising Sun, and are occupying a
dwelling ON Mount street. Mr.. Jen-
ness is in the insurance business.
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. J..
D. Donache were Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Brown and family, of Colora;
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Donache and
daughter, of Oxford, Pa; Mr.. and
MRS. Everett Krummel and son, OF
Woodlawn.
Miss Hannah M. Kirk of Balti-
more, formerly OF Rising Sun, and
Mr.. ana MRS. David Z. Hosteld OF
Cnarlestown, Maryland are spending
from November until May at the
Lantern Lane Apartments, st. Pet
erspurg, Florida.
Mrs. Elsie A. Filberg and Mr..
Harry H. Grimm, both OF Chesapeake
Guy, were married at the Methodist
parsonage in that town, Thursday
evening, January 10, by Rev. Mr.
caldwell The pride was formerly
MISS Elsie Conway, of Elkton.
Announcement is made by DR.. and
MRS. G. PAUL Snyder, Lansdowne,
ra, OF the engagement OF their
daughter, MISS Marian X. Snyder, to
mr. John ii. ware, Ill, son OF Mr..
ana Mrs. Jonn ri. ware, Jr., Oxford,
IA. MISS Snyaer was graduated from
owarIhmore college; Mr. Ware from
lne University OF pennsylvania.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

The State of Pennsylvania makes
S1xv worln OF cigars eyeyy minute.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-01-26

The Mexicans spend dollar 9
minute importing nquor from spain
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Wheatley House
Prepares For Its
Annual Dinner

On Tuesday, February Is, Phyllis
Wheatley House will observe it's
sixteenth annual dinner. The meet
ing will be held in the gymnasium
of the House at which time a
pageant of the activities of the
House will be presented as one of
the main features.
DR.. w. D. Brown, guest speaker,
will speak on "Social Revolution a
Necessity" and James A. Davis,
the recently elected president of
the Board of Directors, will intro
duce the new board members.
Organizations desiring to reserve
tables are asked to make their
reservations early in order that
preparation may be made for
them. Deadline for reservations is
Monday, Feb. IL, at IL o'clock noon.
The Phyllis Wheatley Auxiliary
is sponsoring the meeting and the
planning committee has made COM
plete plans for a successful eve
ming.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Group Asks st.
Paul Council to
StOpG. W.T.W.
Labor Council Says "GOne With
the Wind Is Harmful

A committee from the St. Paul
Joint Labor Council appeared be-
fore the city council on Wednes-
day to protest the showing of the
motion picture "Gone With the
Wind" which is scheduled to open
in St. Paul Friday.
The manager of the Orpheum
Theatre, Lou Golden, was not pres
ent Wednesday morning and the
hearing was postponed until Thurs
day. The committee seeks to have
a prevue showing of the picture at
which time the council members,
Golden and joint committee COM
posed of representatives from the
st. Paul Negro churches, the N. A
A. C. P. and the Joint Negro Labor
Council will be present.
"Gone With the Wind" is sup
posed to contain scenes degrading
the Negro clergy in the south, and
in general recalls the same preju-
dices engendered against the Negro
race in the old time movie, "The
Birth of a Nation"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Chicago Social
Worker to Speak
At Mass Meet

A. L. Foster, Executive Secre-
tary of the Chicago Urban League,
will deliver the principal address
at the interracial mass meeting to
be held Friday, February 16, 8
p. M, Benton Hall, Y. W. C. A.,
1130 Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis.
Mr.. Foster, a graduate of WILDER
force University, has served as Ex-
ecutive Secretary of the Chicago
League for the past fifteen years.
He is one of the leading figures
in the interracial movement in Chi
cago, according to the committee
in charge of the meeting, and as a
result of his broad experience in
dealing with the Negroes social and
economic problems, he is qualified
to bring a practical as well as an
inspirational message. The meet
ing at the Y. w. C. A. will climax
the weeks activities. The public
is cordially invited. There will be
no admission.
An Interracial Week Speakers
Bureau was formed at meeting
at Phyllis Wheatley House Tues
day, January 80, under the chair
manship of S. o. Harris. Mem
bers of this committee will fill en-
gagements before white organiza-
tons. Fifteen requests for speak
ers have already been received. In
view of the widespread interest in
the status of racial and religious
minorities the 1910 Interracial
Week program assumes greater
Importance than at any other time.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Forum to Hear Six
Speakers

The Minneapolis Sunday Forum
will present an interesting discus
sion on the Negro, past and pres
ent, on Sunday, February 4, at 4
p. m. The topic chosen is especially
appropriate: "The Negro Past, a
History"
The following persons will each
present one aspect of Negro life.
"The Church" - Rev. ]. H.
Thompson; "The Press Cecil E.
Newman; "The Worker"-C. W.
Washington; "Artists and Writ
ers"-Mrs. Eva S. Mallory; "Pol-
itics"-Herman Bailey, and "The
Professions" - Attorney Raymond
B. Cannon.
A discussion period will follow
these speakers, and a large atten-
dance is expected. The Phyllis
Wheatley Chorus will sing under
the direction of Miss jeanette Dor
sey.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Seventh Day
Adventists Owe
Only $198.94

In letter addressed to Rev. S.
A. Douglas, pastor of the Beacon
Light Seven Day Adventist church,
last week, the members were in
formed of two donations made by
the General and Local conferences
of Adventist Churches to be ap-
piled to the Beacon Light church
debt.
At the General Conference, held
last fall, $400 was donated and at
a recent conference $500 was voted
out making a total of 5000 and
leaving balance of only $198.94
on the entire church debt.
V. E. Peugh, president of the
Minnesota Conference of Seven
Day Adventist Churches, attributed
the liberal donations to the syste-
matte payments on the debt by the
members and their faithfulness.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Anderson the
Tailor" Dies in
Windy City

L. Fernando Anderson, known in
the Twin Cities for many years as
Anderson the Tailor" died Mon
day, January 20, in Chicago where
he and his wife, Mrs. Betty Ander-
son, have lived for the past six
years.
Mrs. Anderson was an active
club woman in Minneapolis and
still has membership in the East
ern Star lodge here. She is the
sister of Mrs. Fred Abbey and the
aunt of Mrs. Emma Simms and
Mrs. L. R. Stephens, all of Mime
apolis.
Mrs. Simms and Mrs. Stephens
left early this week for Chicago to
attend the funeral services of their
uncle.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Self Imposed Segrega-
ton, Students Debate
Topic

In an effort to inform the stu
dents of certain specific evils exist
ing among the Negro student body,
with the hope of correcting these
evils, the Council of Negro Stu
dents is sponsoring the second in
a series of discussions on campus
problems.
Monday, February 9Th, at 1890
in room 104 of the Minnesota
Union, a debate, Resolved, that
the welfare of colored students in
institutions having predom-
inantly white enrolment can best
be preserved by self imposed seq
regation" will be held.
Hilda Moses and Erma Claridy
will present the negative argu-
ments. Sam Reed and Herman
Bailey will speak affirmatively.
Audrey Beatrice, Brownell Payne
and Albert Burgess will act as
judges.
The meeting is open to the pub
lie.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
BreedlOve Boys
Making Good
In Alabama

Cozelle and Barnell Breedlove,
Minneapolis youths attending Ala
bama State Teachers College at
Montgomery, Ala, are both on the
honor roll this semester with B av-
erages.
These boys, twin sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. V. G. Breedlove, 701 Lyndale
Ave. No., are we'll known in the
city for their achievements in ath-
letics. They entered the college last
fall at the suggestion of Raymond
Hatcher, boys worker at the Phyl-
lis Wheatley House.
The twins, working their way
through school, played on the
freshman football team and are al
present on the basketball team.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Church WOmen's
Monthly Meeting
Held Thursday
WOmen's Speakers Bureau Filled
II Engagements

More than 100 women attended
the all day session of the Mime
apolis Council of Church Women
held January 25 at st. Peter A. NJ
E. Church. The Pastors Aid, a
church auxiliary, served the 1890
luncheon.
Members of this Council repre-
sent 102 Women's church organiza-
tons of Baptist, Advent Christian,
Christian, Congregational, Episco-
pal, Evangelical, Friends, Luther
an, Methodist, Presbyterian, United
Brethren and Swedish Evangelical
Mission Covenant Of America
faiths. st. Thomas Episcopal and
st. Peter A. M. E. are the only
Negro churches now affiliated.
Among others, a very favorable
report was given on the activities
of the Women's Speakers Bureau
organized with the cooperation of
the Minneapolis Urban League.
1t is understood that the work
of this group consisting of Mrs. A.
R. Howard, Jr., Mrs. Ethel Ray
Williams, Mrs. Blanche Mason,
Mrs. Hazel Curry and Mrs. Cecil
E. Newman has been very effect
i've. Since September "a, seven.
teen engagements have been filled
with women's groups from the fol-
lowing churches: Calvary Presby-
terrain, Knox Presbyterian, Lake
Harriet Methodist, Lynnhurst Con-
gregational, Tabernacle Baptist,
North Methodist, Advent Christian,
Methodist, Calvary
Presbyterian, First Evangelical,
and Vanderburgh Presbyterian.
This speakers group was organ
lied at the suggestion of Mrs.
George Maetzold, chairman of the
committee of the Coun-
ell.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
LESLIE Won WARREN SPEAKS
TO COSMOPOLITAN CLUB

Leslie Won Warren, graduate
student, will be the principal speak
er at the weekly meeting of the
Cosmopolitan Club at the Mime
sofa Union Saturday, February 8,
at 1890. Mr.. Warren will speak
on Contemporary Negro Life and
Personalities"
The Cosmopolitan Club is a ma
tional organization composed of
foreign and American students on
the campus and whose aim is to
acquaint its members with the cul-
tural and traditional life of fellow
members.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
BSCP Recognized
AS Standard
Railroad Union

New York, Feb. las an evil
dence of the Increasing prestige,
power and growth of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters, after
a struggle of fourteen (14) years,
it is now listed and recognized by
the Railroad Retirement Board, the
National Mediation Board and the
National RAILROAD Adjustment
Board, the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Association of
Railroad Labor Executives, as the
twenty-second standard Railroad
Union along with the other Stand
ard Railroad Unions.
In addition to having the status
of the twenty-second Standard
Railway Labor Organization, it
alse is given ahSenployer's status,
under the Railway Labor Act,
amended as of 1884, and the Rail
road Retirement Act and Railroad
Unemployment Insurance A ct,
states A. Philip Randolph, Inter-
national President, at the head
quarters of the Brotherhood at PIT
West 125th St., New York City.
The employer status of the
Brotherhood invests it with privi-
leges and rights for the protec-
ton of the interests of it's men,
bers, that are only enjoyed by
Railway Labor Organizations, Ma
tional in scope.