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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

this selfish woman who lived with
Paul only two years, never made
him home or showed him any
real affection, and doesn't need the
money? OF course we want the boys
to be well-schooled, to 60 to col
lege, and yet that ridiculous $4,000
must be taken out of our income
every year for a woman who
means nothing to either of us.
They Must Pay the Piper.
"When we remarked and made
this arrangement, we felt that
Maude would marry again, but she
shows no disposition to do so, and
as she is beginning her forties she
probably will not. I don't know
what we can do about it, but it
does seem that we should do some
thing"
My dear Mary: There is nothing
you can do about it except pay the
piper, and thank God that the mis-
take you made wasn't Of a more
serious nature and isn't going to
cost you even more. Actually hun
dreds of thousands of families lost
all their hard-saved capital eight or
ten years ago, through speculation
or unfortunate investments, and
they have to pay the piper. Mil
lions pay the piper with chronic in
digestion and headache, because
they WOULD eat and drink indis-
creetly. An innocent small girl
pays the piper because her mother
would take her driving in a bitter
wind, and the mastoid operation
that followed a head cold cost her
her hearing.
Unhappy and unsuccessful lives
are all paying the piper; paying him
for parental stupidities, for bad
home influences, for lack of guild
ance or intelligence or grace. Sums
and drunkenness and poverty and
illness are all preventable, and
while we let them exist someone is
going to pay the piper for each
and every one. War is the cruelest
and stupidest mistake human be-
ings make, and how we pay for it,
and how our children's children will
pay for it someday!
So stop worrying about the money
Paul has to pay Maude. You and
he both acted like undisciplined chill
dren when hard times came; you
didn't stick to him as wife should,
and the discovery that you did love
each other, after the quarrel, Is
what you are paying for. Forget
Maude; forget the details; only say
to yourself that you won't make that
mistake again, and will try to pre-
pare your boys for marriage along
better lines than your own were.
See that they know fine girls, and
are ready to assume the response
bilities Of life courageously and
wisely, and you'll more than make
up for the errors in your own life,
expensive as they seem.
Mary Should Be Grateful.
When your worst trouble is
money, you have much for which
to thank God. A cruel or drinking
husband, a crippled child, circum-
stances that separate you from
those who love and need you. phys
ical suffering from some chronic dis
order. grinding poverty, quarrel
some atmospheres-these are real
troubles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

aims shipping invulnerable to the
latest Nazi weapon. One opinion:
That the girdle sets up a field that
neutralizes the magnetic mechanism
of the mine. Another: That the ca
bles form loop antennae for trans
mission of powerful radio beams
sufficient to explode mines.
MEXICO:
Oil Settlement
In March, 1888, Mexico incurred
the i'll will of many a government
by expropriating the oil properties
held by II U. S., British and Neither
lands companies. Since then the
companies themselves and their
governments have tried in vain to
reach a settlement. Mid-March
brought first indication that Mexico,
whose oil has been unwelcome on
the world market, was ready to
come to terms. From Mexico City
came reports of a settlement with
the Sinclair Oil company, whereby
Mexico would pay for appropriated
property with 5000, 900 barrels of oil
(market value is about $1,000, 000).
With the impasse broken, 16 other
unhappy companies also hoped a
settlement was near.
INTERNATIONAL:
BLoodshed and violence, ,Ulich made
headlines in Europe. also made neiUs else.
,Uhere:
Argentina
Alleged vote frauds in Buenos
Aires province caused President Ro-
berto Ortiz to supplant Gov. Manuel
Fresco by a federal administrator.
When the ousted National Demo-
cratic party threatened to recoup
its position with force, President Or
tiz declared martial law. Tear gas
was used to dispense crowd out
side the provincial capitol at La
Plata. After several days expert
ence indicated the government had
a strangle hold, the ousted govern
ment apparently decided to abandon
force in favor of political action.
Palestine
To stave off Arab-Jewish violence
during the European war, Britain's
cabinet announced restrictions
against purchase of Palestine land
by Jews. Though Jews protested,
the parliament in London backed up
the cabinets action. When word of
this action reached Palestine the
Jerusalem Jewish national institu-
tons declared general stoppage of
work. Ten thousand paraded through
the streets, giving British police a
tough battle.
China
Mid-March found Japan's army
driving against Chungshan, birth
place of China's famed Sun Vat
Sen, located south of Canton.
Meanwhile, as Japan completed
her thirty-second month Of fruit
less war, a new enemy appeared
for both Nipponese and Chinese
forces. Chinese Communists in
northwestern provinces, formerly
fighting for the Chinese government,
were reported drawing closer to
Moscow, leaving Gen. Chang Kai-
Shek out on q limb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
Scandinavia Works With Nazis
To End Russo-F finnish Conflict;
Feel Allies Aren't Dependable

EDITORS NOTEWhen opinions expressed these columns they
eeased ewspaperu Union
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-22

war. Still third report: That he
sought Italian cooperation to form
an economic bloc of all eastern Eu-
rope, eventually including Russia
and the Battles.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28

labor disputes would be reduced
still further if more parties had
access to impartial conciliators be-
fore mild disagreements flare in
violent controversies.
Steelman was quick to oppose
any suggestions that the federal
government be given mandatory
power to force negotiations or to
require groups or individuals to
do what we know or think we know
very we'll they will later recognize
as being for their own best inter-
eStS''.
Steelman said his staff of 63
conciliators handled $500 cases last
year in which more than 1886 900
employees were directly involved, and
that not once we're the protfered
services of 0nciliator. refused,
"One of the main reasons why
our services are almost never de-
clined," he said, lis the fact that
we do not propose 70 exercise au-
thority over those we would assist
"All my experience convinccs me
that our greatest advantage hes ii
our lack of even a hint of the big
stick"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
Mediation Chief Opposes Authority
To Force Cancellation of Disputes

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. (UP)-
Director John r. Steelman of the
U. S. conciliation service said today
that he believed an increase in the
federation mediation staff, unac-
companied by legal compulsion,
would cut down strikes and lockoutS
and aid U. s. labor relations.
Steelman'S comment was made
when asked to discuss proposed
legislation to improve labor rela-
f. tionS machinery, and especially the
new bill of Sen. Robert F.. Wagner,
D., N. Y, to establish an expanded
federal mediation service.
Steelman refused to discuss spe-
cific provisions of the Wagner bill
because it is pending before con-
greSS. 1t would create U. S. medi-
alton board with three $4,000 a
year members charged with urging
employers and unions to mediate
or arbitrate their differences be-
fore resOrting to lOckoutS or
strikes.
Steclman said that the growth
OF labor unions and the increased
resort to collective bargaining was
a healthy sign.
He predicted that the number of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
Advertising Credited with Increase
In Wine Consumption During 1892

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. % (UP)
The California wine industry is
in its healthiest statistical position
in three years because America has
increased its wine consumption, ac-
cording to the Wine Institute.
The increased consumption was
attributed to an extensive adver-
tiSing campaign by H. A. CaddoW,
secretary manager He predicted
If 1910 sales are up to present min
imum expectations, stocks of ageing
wine will be roughly equivalent to
not over years consumption and
possibly less, in the case of dry
wine, and to less than six months
in the case of sweet wine.
California wine sales rose II per
cent last year. Americas pei cap
ita wine consumption for the year
reached .585~ gallons against Sis
gallons in 1888 and .258 gallons in
y Last year, California'S wine pro-
duction was estimated at 1887 900
gallons, of which 2O,270,OOO was dry
wine and 53,427000 was sweet wine.
This compared with a gross pro-
duction of 56,526,2O5 gallons in 1898
Year-end inventories of ageing
wine in California cellars was u.s.
846,000 gallons, icludning 41,587,OO
gallons of dry and 74,259,O0O OF
sweet wine. Total stocks on hand
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28

girl to watch the children, and &C
to a show. On rare occasions the
factory U. A. w. holds a dance.
Most Saturdays they sit at nome
and Mrs. Harry does the mendinp
while Harry reads western stories.
Sunday morning, Harry sleeps
until II. In tho afternoon the family
goes for ride in their 1885 car
In the summer it's to a sandlot
ball game, in the autumn to high
school football
we were lucky to have a car
when we got married says MS.
Proven. Harry trades his car in
every couple of years on another
secondhand one.
Time Payments
Buy Furniture
We're buying a refrigerator on
time and we've almost paid for the
washing machine. The furniture
is ours, SO we can get a nicer apart
mcnt for the same rent we'd pay for
q small furnished one.
Harry goes to school one night a
week. He's learning to make machine
tools ard read blueprints. He wants
to learn a trade SO he won't be a
l&borcr al his ife.'
Food? The diet, she said. is SIM
pc.
The children get a good break
tast-orangr juice, toast. an egg
AID cereal. Harry get coffee. l US
ually 90 lighter. At lunch Jack ant
Elaine have soup, milk and cookies
or sandwiches. Harry takes sand
wiche5 and fruit, and I have some
thing from the icebox when I think
of it. In the evening we all have
meat. potatoes, vegetables. deS\rt
and coffee.
The FroWens have been married
eight years. They don't care about
Or. ToWnsends pension plans, and
they don't care about the war except
in one way: it means more work,
fewer layoffS for the factory
They love each other and arc
harpy. There's a Let OF fun to be
had on $l1S0 year
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28

at the start of 1899 was 1925. 900
gallons, showing 2,6l1,0O0 gallons
was added to inventories during
the year.
United States consumption of all
wine last year was estimated at
76,583000 gallons, of which 4583,-
600 was California wine, 100000
gallons came from other states and
100000 gallons was imported.
Dry wine prouction in the north
central coastal counties of Sonoma.
Napa, Santa Clara Mendocino and
Alameda, where the bulk of sucl
wine is produced, fell off during
the year. The 1899 dry wine pro-
duction of the state was 2O,07O,OOO
gallons of which the district pro-
duced 13,190,27O gallons, compared
with state production of 2O,761 900
gallons, in 1888 and the districts
total of 16,647,940 gallons. Sonoma
county alone showed a slight IN
crease.
Southern California wineries met
the expanding national consump-
ton with greater production by
nearly 100000 gallons last year.
The counties of the southland
were ranked in production in the.
following order: San Bernardino.
Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside,
Santa Barbara and Ventura
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
4 Executive Jobs
Opened byState
Water Authority

SACRAMENTO, Feb. %. CUP)-
The state water project authority
today announced creation of four
new executive positions in connec-
ton with the Central Valley water
project.
The new positions are supervis-
ing electrical utility engineer at
a starting salary of S42O a month:
and senior utility engineer, project
engineer and senior mechanical
engineer, all 1920 a month.
In addition State Engineer Ed
ward Hyatt was authorized to hire
additional employees at salaries less
than $4,000 year. A proposal to
hire a full time representative to
work for Central Valley appropria-
tions at Washington was referred
to Hyatt and Public Works Director
Frank w. Clark for further study.
The authority allotted $4,000 to
continue surveys in connection with
the project from a 100000 appro-
priation made at the 1899 session
OF the legislature.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28

Well, for the FrOWenS it means
health comfort. some small luxurie.
and no lecWay.
Proven qualified for the average
over five year period, during which
his yearly income varied but q
trifle from the Department of Labor
figure. But because Mrs. Average
American docs the family budgetine
and most of the buying. this is Mrs.
FrOWen'S story.
Harry'S weekly salary would take
him out of the SLIGO annual income
class ii he worked every day. But
auto plants close at times. SO it
pulls his average down again.
No Night Life
For Mr.. Average
Night clubs are out OF course
ard SO are fancy clothes. Mrs. Fro
wen has no fur on her winter coat
but she dresses comfortably She
has two nice dresses. Harry has
one Sunday suit, the children
Jackie, 3 and Elaine, 7-are COM
fortably dressed.
Tho Labor Department found the
average family spends $3875 a
month for food Mrs. Proven buys
carefully and gets off for about
S35. The average rent is $19. Tic
FroWcnS pay S2G. The FrOWCns aver
ago $3.50 monthly for medical ser
vice, SIS 80 monthly for recreation
sos yearly for clothing. SIS yearly
CiftS.
Or paper they have money left
0vcr each month. Actually it hes
conc far incidCntalS. Like college
boys they live moro or less from
week TO weekend.
Harry's Job is hard he's "trou-
Bic Shoot2r" in the rear axle depart
mCnt of a truck factory-but como
Saturday night Mr.. and Mrs. relax
and have Il swell evening for them
selves.
sometimes There's
A Night Out
Harry and his wife do the mar
ketine early and have supper with
the kids. Ii it's really a big night,
they call in g ne;ghborhood colorct'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
Bill Carries ~ Million Dollars
For Rivers, Harbors Maintenance

WASHINGTON. Feb. % CUP)-
The war department civil functions
bill for fiscal 1941 reported to the
house this week carries $4242l.5l0
for rivers and harbors maintenance
$24 100000 for new work and $40
100000 for general flood control
purposes.
The committee cut Sl.351 .540
from the maintenance and I'M
provement funds for rivers and
harbors. The general flood con-
trol fund was $63,00OO00 below
what is being spent in the current
year.
The committee recommended the
full amounts proposed by the bud
get, $2000000. for continuing in
stallation OF electric power facilities
at Fort Peck Dam, Mont. ana
100000 for the power plant at
Bonneville dam.
New Work on Rivers and HarbOrs
While the river and harbor fund
is voted in lump sum, the army
engineers testified they proposed
TO spend money on new work as
follows in the fiscal year begin
ming July l:
San Diego Harbor, Calf, $780,
900; Sacramento river debris dams,
S50300; Old River, Calf. S48.800.
Flood Control
The army engineers plan to
spend the flood control funds as
follows in the year beginning July
l:
South Pacific division: reim-
bursement to local interests, $780,
600; detailed surveys. Sl5O,OOO; Sc
puveda dam, Calf, $3,335, 900; Han
sen dam. Calf, $1,274.0OO; Los
Angeles river channel, S6,258,7OO;
Prado dam, Santa Ana river, So
100000; Santa Ana river surveys
100000.
Maintenance Work
The committee recommended
$42, ,421 600 for maintenance work
on several hundred rivers and har-
bors projects. The army engineers
tentative breakdown on how this
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 28.-There
is mathematic spot in the exact
center Of economic life in the Unitel
states and Harry Proven, Cleve-
land worker lives on it with his
wife and children.
Proven is Mr.. Average American
come to life. and his wife is Mrs.
American. They're the folks the pol
ititcianS talk to and about, the peo-
pie in the middle of everything, a
cot on financial graph turned in
to flesh and blood; they're American
life itself
Studies by the Department of La
Dor in Sd American cities showed
the average American earns S1160
year. has wife and two children,
lives in rented house and eats
dessert once q day. He's in the very
center of the earning scale; half
the workers Of the country make
more. half make less And that's
Harry Proven, his wife and two lit
Hc FroWCnS.
Here's Average Life
For Average Man
Just now is lifp on S11GO a Vpar"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
Runaway Youngsier
Identified alta.

LOS ANGELES. Feb. %. up
A young hitch-hiker. picked up BY
deputies near Pomona. today wa
Identified as the son of . wealthy
Buffalo, N. Y, bank president ant
president OF The Wright -Hargravcs
Mining company of Canada.
The boy, Edwin Lang Miller .ir.
IS, told deputies he had run away
from his Buffalo home Feb. IA af-
ter reading travel book by Rich
ard Halliburton. His father VIII ar
rive here tomorrow by plane to re-
turn the boy to Buffalo.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
Hays TO Valley
Like Syrup
= To q Waffle

fmp.r;aI Valley cFih'hcd
Angeles l"an " Vines col
rnni y soulc:' rarts thc 1c
CENTRIC visitor in our midst wondering
dVc through tho tOothll
ecn c2s Angeles county; Rodands and the
hills and }rnnina tn" cherry blossoms Will
tIor ln
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
Agoin Ford V-8 leads all volume
sellers in gasoline miIeoae

Figures don't lie! And A. A. A. Contest Board Officials
stick figures. Again this year, Gilmore yosemite Econ.
omy Run records back very thing Ford owners know
and have been ayng-Fords synder engine gives better
gas mileage than any sx-cynder volume production car.
And Mercury 8 Beufs Those Some Two Skies
Not only the Ford IS hip. VS. but also the Fordbu 9s hip.
Mercury VS. beat those SIZES See the records at right
The Vype engine-worls record holder and and in
the air. for performance The Vype EIGHT Ford bu-record
holder for famcar economy There's present combination
beat it. Figures don't lie!
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
East Bay Cities
0kay Train Shift

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb 28 up
Representatives of east bay cities
gave conditional and unofficial ap-
proVal today of plans for consoli-
dation Of interurban electric-S South
'rn Pacific and key system inter-
urban and commuter train services
Y the area.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
ItaIy's Anti-Jew
Deadiine Near

ROME, Feb. %. UP Italys ra-
cial law against Jews will become
effective on March !, it was an
nounced Officially today.
The law, passed on June 90 1899
stipulates that Jews may not hold
public office, serve on public foun-
datlons or associations and commit
tees and wear the national military
uniforms.
Under the law no Jew may be
called for service in any branch OF
the armed forces.
After March Jews may not be
newspaper or magazine editors.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28

will be spent included these
amounts for more important pro-
jects:
San Pablo bay and Mare Island
Strait, Calf, 100000, Sacramento
river, S125,O0O; Coquille river. Ore.
1925 COO Coos Bay, Ore, s5O0.000,
Umpqua river, Ore 100000. Co
lumbia river at mouth. 5000 900
Columbia and lower willamette
rivers below Vancouver Wash. and
Portland Ore, 100000; willamette
river above Portland. and Yamhill
river, Ore. $125O0O; Grays HarboI
and Chehalis river. 500 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28

lM Increase.
That the weather is averaging
something about 100 per cent per-
fcction; that tho wild flowers will
soon BE- wilder and more gorgeous
than ever; that spring crops are
fine; that lettuce prices are as
near satisfactory" as they arc
likely To get; that freight rates
have been adjusted to the advant-
an of valley farmers and that re-
turns from the early citrus packs
were excellent
NOT so DRY
That the grapefruit is of super
q}i&itY we learned by personal in
yHGtiG1tiON o; I baX OF the fruit
MIS- Hays thougutfully had tuckC(
away in the compartment Ordinar-
lily reserved for baggage" YOU
sec he likes TO prove his points It
hr goes along.
While rainfall il the Imperia.
Valley seldom exceeds three inches
IL a ycar-oftan no more Than one,
It has rain maker that really
works. The farmer has only to
call UP the irrigation district head
quarters and order a. much rain"
as he desires. stipulatlng only when
he wants it and where, He may
have Il light rain on the west 40
or heavy downpour ON that part
of the ranch where the bects are
getting a bit thirsty. He may have
his storm at 8 o'clock III the
morning, at 2:3O in the afternoon,
or at any other old time that bests
suits his convenience, and it will
last exactly as long as he wants
it.
Hoover Dam has given absolute
water stability. There is no longer
danger of spring or summer floods
No little Dutch hoy will eyer aaain
lave to plug the dixie with tbs
chubby thumb.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28
Ell. ENTRO

This is TIE capital and the met
ron0lis oI Imperial County and
valley. The biggest little toWE
south Of Reno. but not Il divorce
in a carload A visit to FL Centre
without calling on Bob Hays would
be as unthinkabe as a waffle with
out syrup SO. naturally we wheeled
up to his office to inquire if he
happened to know what made the
hereabouts such a delectablc place
III February.
Sure enough he did, The upshot
of the visit was that we learned
that the valley is having Il pretty
good tourist season and that inter
state auto traffic shows Il subStant-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-28

Thence a dip into tho desert nov"
at its seasonal best. to Palm
Springs and beyond, skirtinG IN
the process some of the worlds
most beautiful and prolific date Or
chardS: to Indio thence over a
modern high speed (but don't over
do iD highway, far below sea level,
along the Shorclinc of the mystar-
ious Salton Sea to BrawlCy and f.,
Ccntr0.
Back over ono of tho Vests most
spectacular scenic drives via Ja-
cumba and San Diego and up the
Coast through La Jolla, Del Mar.
Sar Clcmcnte, Laguna. Newport
Balboa, Huntington and Long
Beaches.
Mote to Harry lSclch. secretary
Of the Newport Balboa Chamber oi
Commerce. Got your invite. -
Thanks. Be down SoOn.D
This trip has everything Towns,
mountains, deserts and ocean 1t
affords the most comprehensive
closeup of Southern California it
is possible to get in short time.
Take at least t"o days t. 1t. More
Ii possible.
Evening star., 1940-12-24
Service Orders
ARMY.
MEnVCAT. CORPS

MEDICAL CORPS
ing. MINI. to Camp Eustis, va.
Buschler, Il, Col. Theodore e., from Van
crs~gsld sSys ca asp to gtuars En- p
ciss zsHs.h RsR T. bp.4s@ss b. .ssm Ier Ord
Ferris, Capt. John W, from Fort D. A.
dSsm Rassr assa8R s4am so1t
shepsrd FIRST L e. cisude T. f from Fort
Sam Houston, Tex. to Hawaiian De-
Brown Second 1t Charles P. from Fort
81 OLA ssson to Hagslan Department
3: 4 Russell. Tex" to Hawaiian De-
acssslins' 1t, Col. Ward G., from Fort
GllMdart; Capt. Robert oS c. from Fort Bragg
N. c.. to Hawaiian Department,
Beaver First 1t; Robert L. from Fort
Eaton. First 1t. Samuel K, from Fort
M.ns1 gacpson e. t. HsNsG Pets g. ToT r1t
Doherty Mai Harold A., from Corvallis,
Oreg., to Hawaiian Department.
SIGNAL CORPS.
Rasor 1t. Col. Winchell l., from Fort
Mcclellan. Ala. to Camp Edwards Mass.
COAST ARTILLERY
Mccarthy, 1t Col Edward B.. from Den
YER. Colo, to Fort Eustis. Va
conable 1t Col. Morris E., from Port
=, land. orssg, to H9llyridse; N. G s.
Lax: cv T. ush Ge T. knESa n frq r. salt
INFANTRY
Miller 1t. Col. Chesley R., from Kala-
mazoo, Mich. to Fort Custer, Mich.
DENTAL CORPS.
Pence. Mai. James H, from Fort Leaven-
worth. Kans., to Camp Grant, III.
QUARTERMASTER CORPS
Hickey. Can't Terrence r. j.. from Ha-
waiian Department to Fort Mason,
Calf.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Miles. Capt Charles H. jr... from San
Francisco Calf, to Hawaiian Depart
ment
ENGINEERS.
Whipple Maj. Stephen c.. from Fort Lewis,
Wash, to Rolla. Mo.
Davidson. Capt Garrison H. from Hamil-
ton Field, Calf. to Rolla. Mo.
Ely. Capt William j., from Fort Ord,
Calf to Rolla. Mo.
Kerkering, Capt John H., from Fort Logan
Calf. to Rolla Mo-
Yoder. Mai. Leverett G., from Chicago. Ill.
to Rolla, Mo.