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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
Strange Facts
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Many Shinto festivals in Japan
include a religious orchestra
whose members only 60 through
the motions of playing on their in
struments and, consequently, do
not make a sound. This "music,"
which is directed toward the gods,
is played silently because it is too
sacred to be heard by human ears.
Since 1876, nine men have been
known to cross the Atlantic ocean
in rowboats. Six were in pairs,
while the other three succeeded
alone. The last one was Joseph
Lawlor, who rowed from Boston
to small port in Spain in 1911.
So
The largest settlement ever
made on an automobile liability
policy for a single accident was
$225, 900, which was paid a few
months ago to group Of persons
who were injured in wreck Of
station wagon on Long Island. Set
Element was made without litiga-
tion.-Collier's.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
HOW MANY ARE IDLE?

There is big TRADE in the column
nists parade. Are there 10000, 900
unemployed-or only about 2,000.-
600?
1t isn't necessarily case of Gig
ures don't ie-liars figure" but Of
assumption which you apply to get
your result. That is question OF
Judgment, and here the wish is
often father to the thought and diff
ference in wish and thought can
make differences of millions in re-
suit.
Federal figures on the shifting
and infinitely intricate problem of
unemployment are practically as
worthless as Gallup poll on third
term for Mr.. Roosevelt.
Why does the federal government
want to know? Principally to
measure the problem of relief.
That is both an intricate and an
intimate problem. It is far too
large and too much affected by
local complexities to be approached
or administered on a national scale.
But there isn't town or COM
munity in this country that cannot
gauge its problem of adequate local
relief with far more equity, human
ity and accuracy than these shot
gun and partly self-serving esti-
macs of Washington pump prt
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

In the ne1us I.

MARITIME-At New York it was
limited Britain's luxury liners Queen
Mary and Mauretania. now docked
in the Hudson river, will be used to
transport Australian troops to the
Near East.
COMMERCIAL Tokyo, Japan
and Argentina signed trade pact
calling for 81, 600, 900 annual boost
in Jap imports from the Argentine.
DEFENSE-At Honolulu the U. S.
feet prepared its $50 ships for an
nual war games starting in early
April. Problem: To fight off an at
tack from across the Pacific.
RELIEF Vt Washington WPA
announced 205, 900 would be cut
from its rolls in the next month,
whiting the number of jobs to
2.120, 900.
ASIA--Japan named Gen. Nobu-
yuki Abe, ex-premier, as envoy to
the puppet Chinese regime which
Wang Ching-wei viii establish this
spring.
PEOPLE - Aviator Harold E.
Dahl, u. S. aviator who fought for
Loyalist Spain, was captured BY
Nationalist troops and kept in
prison three years, returned to the
r. S. broke and sick of war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
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FINLAND's SURRENDER

Observation-Disclosures that artil-
iery fire has departed from the
battlefields of Finland, the allies are
getting an almost panic-stricken
picture of what that defeat means
to them. -
For when the history of this world
war is written, probably the letdown
of Finland can be placed beside the
British sabotage of the Spanish re-
public as the wars two major catas-
trophies.
The surrender of Finland means
not so much a triumph for Soviet
Russia as for Germany. 1t means
that the remainder of Finland now
will be welded together for self
protection in an economic alliance
with Sweden and Norway. And
most important of all 1t means that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
The Wars il, Brief

Western Front. Severe local
lied fighting. Item: French ar
tillery destroyed Nazi propagan-
da signs across no-man's land.
Northern Front. Finn troops
evacuated land coded to Russia
(see belotU).
In the Air. Nazi planes bombed
Scapa Flow, hitting one ship and
infiicting first British civilian
casualties. In a counterblow, r..
A. F. planes bombed Nazi patrol
boats off Heligoland blight.
In Asia. Russian and Jap
troops clashed on Sakhalin, joint
ly owned island. Both nations
were reported reinforcing their
Outer Mongolian-M anchukuoan
frontiers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

part of state employees whose sal
aries are paid in whole or part by
the U. S. Though he got his bill
through the senate (Which lacked
enthusiasn), there promised to be
a different story in the house. With
Representatives convinced the origi-
nal Hatch act has helped them polit-
ically not one whit, it seemed des-
tined to get bottled up in the judici-
airy committee.
Next on the senate's agenda was
the farm appropriation, boosted in
committee from the houses $713,-
10000 to high mark of 1928, 000,-
600. Major addition: $212,O 900
for parity payments. If it passes,
a virtual certainty, new taxes or a
boost in the debt limit will be in
order.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
INTERNATIONAL:
HOLY Week

Europe was filled with shenani-
gans on st. Patrick's day. AS Holy
Week got underway the dictators
sheathed their swords and tried to
look righteous. The imaginary axis
running from Berlin southwark
through the Bremen pass to Rome
became q well-trodden highway as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
INDIA:
Radical UpheaUal

Just as Sir Michael O'Dwyer fell
with an Indian assassin's bullet in
his breast, so did Mohandas Gan
dhi's nationalist campaign for India
take a flop. A moderate Gandhi has
tried to restrain Indian radicals who
demand immediate action now that
Britain is at war. When Sir
Michael CORNER Indian administra-
tori was assassinated, the radicals
tried to seize Gandhi's nationalist
congress.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
NEW QUIZ

Can you identity the states in which
each OF the following ies0s evenfs took
place? Name all jfUe and your score Is
100; four, 30; three, 90; tsOO, 40. Score
of 90 or more is good.
I. In what state was Gov. e. d.
Rivers arrested for ignoring q
federal injunction, issued after
he ousted State Highway Com
missioner w. l.. Miller?
2. In what state have U. 8. en-
gineers purchased $500 goats
simply to eat grass ON, q $1,000
acre tract? The land Is used to
divert Mississippi food waters
and is too bumpy for lawn now
ers.
8. In what state were II men
killed by the st. Clairsville mine
disaster, from which lis others
escaped?
A. In what state did the gov
ernOr call out national guards
men to block completion of a
$40, 200, 900 U. s. power project,
charging state property would be
damaged in the flooded area?
5. In what state did the death
Of f. Lynden Smith, political
campaign fund manager, precipi-
tate an investigation into "slush"
funds?
Nelvs Quiz Ans,vers
I. Georgia.
2. Louisiana.
3. Ohio.
4. Oklahoma.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
The Pleasant Way to
Correct Constipation

Why let yourself In for all the
discomfort of constipation-and
then have to take an emergency
medicine-if you can Gvoid both
by getting at the cause OF the
trouble?
If your difficulty, like that Of
millions, is due to lack of 'bulk'
in the diet, the better way" Is
to eat Kellogg's All-Bran. This
crunchy toasted cereal-a natu-
raj food, not a medicine-has just
the "bulk" you need. If you eat 1t
every day, it will help younot only
to get regular but to keep regu-
lar, month after month, by the
pleasantest meansyou ever knewl
EatAll-Bran Of ten. drink plenty
Of water, and Join the Regulars"
Made by Kellogg's in Battle
Greek. Sold by every grocer. II
your condition is chronic, 1t Is
wise to consult physician.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH ". LaBINE
ss-Cerman-Italian Coalition
Arises to Plague Democracies;
Welles Given Peace Proposal

opinions expressed these columns they
. released estenNew spaper
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

0DvERTISEMENTS are your guide
~ 20 modern living. They bring you
foday's NEWS about the food you eat and
the clothes you wear. And the place TO
find out about these new things Is right
In this newspaper
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

all Scandinavia will come under the
direct domination, if not the con-
troll, Of Germany.
In fact, Nazi Germany is work
ing overtime to create a sort of
United States of North Europe
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Den
mark, all cooperating in the closest
manner economically, and perhaps
politically, with the Reich. That is
why DR.. Schacht, Germany's eco
nomic genius, arrived in Stockholm
exactly one day after Finnish peace
was signed.
This means that another vital
area of Europe becomes alienated
from the British, just as the down.
fall of the Spanish republic meant
that British influence vanished from
one vital area of the Mediterranean.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
HOUSING:
Farm Project

United States Housing authority
now has loan power of $500, 00O,-
900, Of which 1925, 1856 has been adj
vanced for USHA's major activities,
slum clearance and urban low rent
housing projects. Now before con-
gress is the Wagner-Steagall bill
(passed by the senate) which would
double USHA's loan power and in
clude 5000, 100000 for one phase Of
housing thus far ignored by the
U. S., namely, the farm.
Whether or not the Wagner
Steagall bill passes, Franklin Roose-
welt decided recently to get his rural
housing program started. USHA
was authorized to lend 1892 900 for
financing 1900 new farm houses in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

bigwigs of Naziism and Fascism
fastened hither and yon. There
was mystery in the air, and it made
the allies SILVER.
The last Finnish bullet had hardly
thudded into Russian breast when
Moscow, Berlin and Rome began
concentrating their diplomacy in
the Balkans, lately an allied strong
hold. To Germany fell the task of
mediating between two friends who
are themselves enemies, for both
Italy and Russia have interests in
the Balkans. Probable outcome
would be three-cornered deal with
Hungary and Rumania in the mid
die: Both Russia and Hungary
would agree to conclude non-aggres-
sion pacts with Rumania, then the
Soviet would come to terms with
Italy. Their peace (if not their in
dependency guaranteed, the Bal
kans would thus keep producing oil
and foodstuffs for Germany. The
allies would be frozen out.
This conclusion made sense in the
light of at least three important de-
velopments:
Iron !Guardists
At Bucharest, Rumania's King
Carol suddenly received pledge
of loyalty from $50 leaders of the
suppressed Nazi Iron Guard, many
of whose members had either been
imprisoned or had fled to Germany.
Only possible explanation for such
an about-face was that Carol had
begun cooperating with the Reich.
At BrennerO
Without warning Adolf Hitler and
Benito Mussolini sped to rem
devious at Brennero, tiny town on
the Italo-G German frontier. While
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

the world waited expectantly, high
Nazis in Berlin nodded knowingly
and dropped strong hints that Italy
was about to reaffirm emphatically
her allegiance to the Rome-Berlin
axis. Observers expected some an
nouncement Of German-Italo-R Rus
sian collaboration in the Balkans
and elsewhere.
For Mr.. WeILes
Better informed on this skull
duggery than any allied or neutral
chancellor was Sumner Welles,
U. S. undersecretary of state whom
President Roosevelt sent to Europe
in search of meeting ground for
peace. Far from gullible, Mr..
Welles was nevertheless being
played by the dictators for all he
was worth. Observers recalled that
he had no sooner ended his first
visits to Rome and Berlin than Nazi
Foreign Minister Joachim Won Rib
bentrop scurried down to Italy, sour
ried back to Berlin, then scurried
to Brennero with Adolf Hitler just
as Mr.. Welles was ending his visits
in Paris and London. This indicat-
ed that the dictators were Fastening
to patch up peace plan which Mr..
Welles could file in his brief case.
Since the allies had refused to talk
peace, gesture from the dictators
might WOO the U. S.
But if Mr.. Welles got any such
plan after Brennero, observers
were pretty sure it featured def
initely victorious peace for the die
tators. Probable alternative: A
Moscow-R ome-Berlin triangle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
BUSINESS:
Tax Time induces

In mid-March John @. Public
could procrastinate no longer. To
meet the first quarter U. S. income
tax deadline he filed some 5000, 900
Individual and corporation returns.
mostly at the last minute.
Though treasury officials could
only guess, they figured March col
lections from this source would be
$605, 000, 900 compared with $505, 000,-
600 last year. Watched even closer,
however, were results from three
changes in the law:
ID State and local government
employees are paying this year for
the first time. Early estimates
placed this 'take" at $16, 5000, 900
from 1900, 900 persons: the treasury
expects much more.
co For the first time since 1886
corporations are free of the contro-
versial undistributed profits tax,
but
90 Large corporations, formerly
assessed 1914 to 10 per cent, depend
ing on amount Of profits distributed
to stockholders, are paying a fiat 10
per cent this year.
Though bigger income taxes
looked like business was improving,
Cleveland's Col. Leonard p. Ayres
picked this time to wonder if the
opposite weren't true. Said he, in
his monthly business review: There
are two reasons for thinking another
depression may be on the way.
First: We have never had a de-
cline like the present, following
peak production, that did not con-
tinue downward to depression. Sec
ond: Perhaps the soundest reason
for arguing that this decline win 60
good deal further is the fact that
! it has already gone so far"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
HWELLESIAN CODE

one vital area of the Mediterranean.
WELLEsIAN CODE
WASHINGTON. There is very
good reason why newspaper cables
regarding the peace mission of I'm
dersecretary of State Welles are SO
meager. He isn't saying anything
about his conversations to soul
except the President of the United
States.
Not even Secretary of State Hull
is in on all of the Welles reports,
though he gets them secondhand
from Roosevelt. Virtually no other
member of the state department
knows anything about the progress
Welles is making.
Confidential fact is that before
Welles departed, he worked out a
private code with the President.
This code consists of numbers, so
that Welles wires back number
and only the President knows what
that number means. Thus it is inn
possible for the Nazis, British or
anyone else to break down the code.
Welles' code cables are sent to
Secretary Hull, who, in turn, takes
them to the President, who person
ally decides them. After Welles'
conversation with Hitler, he cabled
back single number, and Mr.. Hull
took the number over to the White
House, gave it to the President.
The President did little figuring,
then said. Doesn't look so good,
does it?''
N0te-The Welles reports are so
brief that obviously he and the Pres
ident are counting chiefly on per-
sonal conversations after his re-
turn.
Mail Bag.
E. C. S., San Rafael, Calif.-The
Rev. Gabriel Richard was the only
Catholic priest ever to serve in the
u. S. congress. He was a delegate
from Michigan territory in 1923.
Born in France, he came to this
country as mathematics profess
sor, then went west as a missionary
among the Indians. M
w. G.. M, Chatfield, Minn.-The
senate pays the funeral expenses Of
deceased members, the average be-
ing about $4,000. The Borah funeral
was one of the most expensive, cost
ing S., 900. Reason for the high cost
was that large party of senators
were designated to make the trip
to Boise, Idaho. The funeral of Sen.
Tom Walsh of Montana, at approx
imately the same distance, cost
$1,000. The funeral Of Senator
Overman of North Carolina cost
5000.
Capital Chaff.
ssJohn Paris" is in Washington to
settle blockade disputes between the
u. S. and British governments.
"John Paris" is the pen name of
Frank Ashton-G watkin. author of
the novel on Japanese life titled
s'Kimono."
Robert e. Lynch, able new gen.
eral counsel of the Dies committee,
is one Of the few Americans who
saw Lenin. He accompanied Ann
bassador Bill Bullitt to Russia when
Woodrow Wilson sent Bill to report
on the Bolshevik revolution.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

FINLAND:

Exodus
While Der Fuehrer and II Duce
were settling Europe's hash at
Brennero (See INTERNATIONAL
world attention shifted suddenly and
permanently away from brave little
Finland. Gone were the Karelian
isthmus, Viipuri, Hango and a big
slice of her northern frontier. This
meant that $50, 900 Firms had to be
evacuated almost overnight, for the
steamroller of Soviet occupation
was a steamroller indeed.
Some idea of how it worked was
given by Leland Stowe, Chicago
Daily Ne.Us correspondent whose
dispatches from the Finnish front
have made journalistic history.
Thoroughly bitter over the Soviet
terms and incensed by Finland's
stoicism over them, Correspondent
Stowe cabled:
"The inhumanity of the Moscow
peace terms is equaled only by the
stupidity of the telephone censors.
These terms will unfortunately
never be portrayed to the world in
anything approaching their enor-
nifty"
On evacuation of wounded from
hospitals in new Russian territory:
Sin many cases these men have
had to lie in open lorries or trucks
for IL, Is or even "a hours, exposed
to temperatures ranging 10 to 20 de-
grees below zero g. A large num-
her have died from exposure."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
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HOMEWORK

You can start own business at home on the
"Proverbial' shoestring. Particulars Toe,
coin refunded IL not satisfactory. s. O. w.
SUPPLY, Box sab, SCARBRO. w. VA.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
CONGRESS
Clean, Politics

It is not judicious to urge, in q
presidential election year, that po-
itical activity Of appointive Office
holders be curbed. Last year New
Mexico's Sen. Carl Hatch had little
trouble winning passage OF his
"clean politics. act. One alleged
reason: Garnerites thought Frank
lin Roosevelt's third term ambitions
would be curbed if federal en-
ployees were kept out of politics.
This year Carl Hatch wants his
act extended to bar activity on the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

RURAL HOUSING TEST AREAS
Net0 houses: Lonoke, Ark., 300; Thorn.
asUille. Ca, 200; Cairo, Ill.,, $50; Terre
Haute, Ind, $50; Tupelo, Miss, 300;
Florence, S. c., 200.
six states. Location Of projects shotUn
on map. The plan:
Owner-operators, tenants, share
troopers and farm hands will be
eligible, leasing new homes through
a county housing authority. (The
Wagner-Steagan act would let them
buy the homes, paying like rent.)
Average cost: 1882, including wir-
ing, kitchen sink, outside sealed well
and sanitary privy. Average size:
Living room, dining space, kitchen
and from three to five bedrooms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

Half of the Tale
He hears but half who hears one
party only.-Aeschylus.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-17
/ >onsiI Clinic To
Be Sponsored By
Jr. Woman's Club

A tcn<il clinic to be sponsored by
;hc Junior WOman'S club this year
.vu% decided upon last night at the
~i;L'S October meeting, held in the
imoriC1n Legion hut.
Officers Of the club. Mrs. Leon
Wick. Mrs Elizabeth Morton, Miss
Dorothy Virgins, and Mrs. W. *,
Phillips. Jr, served as hoSteSSes for
the evening.
The clinic will be the clubs main
project for the year, with Mrs. Hugh
Jones as head Of the committee in
charge Plans will be made mme-
diately for the execution Of this pro-
icct, which provides that tOnSIicC-
tonnes for undcrprivilcgcd children
in the county be furnished.
Miss Ruth Evelyn Byrd, 0f The
Henderson high school faculty. guC51
poalicr for the evening. had Inter-
national Relations rs her subject, and
led 4 most interesting and iniorlna-
tive open discussion on questions of
the international situation today,
with the members taking part. Miss
Byrd used maps 10 illustrate her dis
cuSSiOn.
Mrs. Leon Wick, president of the
rluD, presided, and presented Mrs.
". d. Payne, chairman OF The pro-
gram committee, who presented at
tractive programs fol- the year TO the
club members.
Mrs. A. w. GhOlson, Jr.. ways and
means chairman. presented plans for
a rummage sale and asked for con-
tributions from the members.
Miss Rachel Watkins, program
chairman for Inc month, introduced
Miss Byrd Miss Page Gooch gave
the club clippings.
The hut was beautifully decorated
with fall flowers and arrangements
Of autumn leaves. The mantel was
banked with leaves and burning jack
olanterns emphasizing the Hal
loWe'en motif. During the social hour
the hostesses served dainty refresh
ments, carrying out most attractively
the Halloween decorations.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-17
Fair Offers Free Gate
To Children On Friday
Bad Weather Wednes-
day for School Day
Prompts Officials to
Renew Courtesies to
Young People for Visit

Because of the cold. cloudy, windy
weather of Wednesday. which was
School Day, officials of the Golden
Belt Fair announced today that
school children would be granted
free admission tomorrow afternoon
and evening on the last day of the
fair. Prospects today were for a bet
ter break at the hands of the weather
man.
Thousands Of school children arc
their elders braVcd the raw weather
of "Wednesday to witt the fair. Many
came early and stayed late, but the
crowd was augmented by many 9TH
o. late in the afternoon.
Fireworks were offered Wednesday
niH,.t for tho firct tim" diving i'm
Wcck. The pyrotechnicS had to be
"h"ndoncd Tr%S-1v ;.'ght because Of
the high wird and the fear of fires
'>ciNG s1rcai by tho sparks.
Iarchiri .ho lnan shot from the
mouth Of n cannon @crnSS two Ferris
wheels into = net on the opposite side
has given only two performances,
N~"H''"o or tho high wind He was
expected to perform tonight and FRI
day night. Double fireworks bills
were planned in compensation for the
omissions hitherto.
Thousands who have visited the
fair have been greatly impressed with
the high character Of displays IN the
exhibit hall. The consensus of OPP
inion has been that they arc moro
appropriate and more attractive than
in wears.
The Midway. offered by the Cetlin
& Wilson World on Parade Shows
has the most rides the Golden Bel,
Fair has offered its patrons, and il
also has numerous shows Of various
kinds.
Those who have been 10 the fain
have uniformly approved its degree
or excellence this year as compared
with recent seasons.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-17

West Henderson precinct. with a
total enrolment of SGT. led all regis
tration places in number of cards
t,rn.d in. North Henderson, with
SEQ. was second.
Registration by precincts and mis-
ceII3ncouS stations were reported as
follows:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-17

Sympathy enables divergent per-
sons to understand each other. and
prompts TO ample concessions free
" made.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-17

The weekly meeting of the Lions
Club was held "Wednesday evening
at I o'clock at the Vance hotel, with
the president. y. c. Hoover, prcSld-
ing.
/. J. Harrington won the attend
ance prize, and II. I. Powell won tn
drawing. The club voted SIS TO the
North Henderson school milk fund
Sam Afford of the blind COM
mittee. reported that during the past
five years, the local club has given
100 pairs Of glasses, in addition t.
necessary eye treatment.
B. r. Terrell. A. II. NucklcS, Frank
Workman and Fred kcsler were
named as d committee to erect road
signs.