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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
NOW Is TIME TO RECoNDITioN
HOUSE FOR WINTER MONTHS

Warmth is what we want to In
sure as we look over our houses to
see what winter preparations are
needed. Ray w. Carpenter, special
list in agricultural engineering for
the University of Maryland Extern
sion Service recently called attention
to some things which may be done
for winter comfort in the home.
Many families, Mr.. Carpenter says,
who have windows and door frames
that are not tight, are considering
the use of weather stripping to help
keep out cold air around window
sashes and doors. The wood and felt
kind is cheaper and easier to install
than metal, but it does not remain
efficient so long. Many people OBJ
ject to its appearance. Metal weather
stripping is excellent for making a
house weathertight. When properly
put on, most of the stripping is
hidden. When expense must be
kept to minimum, temporary
weather stripping can sometimes
be improvised from old inner tubes,
old felt hats, cloth, or paper. The
bottom of a cellar door of cellar
door may need piece of felt wealth
er strip to keep drafts from the floor.
When the windows are opened at
night, long narrow sandbags laid in
front of bedroom doors that do not
fit tightly will prevent currents of
cold air from chilling the halls and
other parts of the house.
Door and window frames often
admit cold drafts. A house is sheath
ed before the window and door
frames are set, consequently the
sheathing is not fitted snugly again
st the frame, and only the trim
obstructs the cold air. If the trim
does not fit tight, much cold air
leaks in. To remedy this, the OUT
side trim may be removed and
piece of heavy felt or painted metal
used to seal the openings. The joints
will be tighter if the back of the
trim is given a heavy coat Of paint
before being nailed into place.
Frames in masonry walls that have
become loose may be calked by Fore
ing oakum, coated with plastic
roofers cement, into the cracks with
a putty knife or a broad-faced calk-
ing iron. Mortar, sometimes used
for this purpose, will not provide
permanently tight joint. Small
cracks can be stopped with putty IL
they are filled carefully.
Sometimes there are large cracks
at the caves because sheathing and
siding are not extended between the
rafters. These cracks should be
blocked or filed to shut out cold
drafts. Finishing the attic ON the
inside is one way of enclosing and
insulating the layer of air between
the roof and the inside of the house.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
WAGE-HoUR Law VIOLATED

The National Five and Ten Cent
Store, in Delta, Pa, with headQuart-
ers in Newark, Del. is accused Of
violating the wage-hodr law. The
store closed on Sept. 80, moving the
stock to Newark, X
Jacob %. Lewis, inspector Of the
department of labor and industry
sid that the store manager was
employing women illegally in that
they were kept at work as many as
SO to so hours a week, from 10 to
IL hours day,
1t was brought out at a hearing
that the facts as alleged were true,
and the manager was ordered to pay
three employees time and half for
all hours worked over the A hours
per week allowed by law.
Those who benefited by the magis-
trate's order and the amounts due
them are Miss r. w. Dandy, Newark,
DEL, $50; Miss Sarah Moore, Delta.
$98.75; Mrs. Mary (Fry) Ruff,
Delta. $9S.75.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
CHEVROLET PASSES ANOTHER
MILESTONE

AS the 1941 model year opened
with a production and sales quota
of 100000 units set for the new
selling season, Chevrolet Motor Di.
vision passed another milestone In
automotive production history, com.
pleting it's 10000, 000th unit late
in September. Announcement of the
latest Chevrolet milestone car
was made here today by M. e. Coyle
general manager.
Unit No. 100000 follows by
less than ten working months pro.
duction of No. 100000, Mr.. Coyle
said, and serves to focus greater at.
tention on Chevrolet's unique record
in the industry of having built and
sold an average of million motor
cars per year during the past seven
years, the period Mr.. Coyle has serv-
ed as general manager of General
Motors largest division.
OF a total of approximately u.s.
100000 General Motors cars, MI
Coyle added, Chevrolet's produc-
ton has now reached more than SO
per cent of the total. By contrast
with the divisions own earlier rec
ords, he pointed out, only one mil
lion units were produced during the
company's first IL years of oper-
alton.
During the 1910 model year, he
said, production was maintained at
an average rate of approximately
100000 cars and trucks per work.
ing month. The one-millionth 1910
model followed No. 100000 by exact.
ly one month.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
FORTY-TWO POUND WATER
MELON

'Cooney" Bucher, living on the
State highway, just west of Quarry
vile, is the champion watermelon
producer in this section. He has
quite an acreage and grows good
melons and in abundance.
Arriving In Quarryville Monday,
he presented some specimens to
friends. with the big boy, to his
friend George Hensel, and 1t is now
on exhibition at the hardware store.
It weighs az pounds. and another
growing on the same stock weighs
"a pounds. A 42-pound home grown
watermelon is some melon.
While they are some distance
from his house, trespassing near
Cooney's patch is dangerous bust
ness. Some time ago fellow with a
bag full met ''Cooney" face to face
and the grower leveled a gun on the
pirate who begged for mercy and
told of his family, and their plight
with no watermelons of their own.
'Cooney" forgave him but read him
lecture. He likewise has never d.
vulged the name of the man, who is
resident of this immediate COM
munity. A few nights since he took
sterner measures and shot at two
men at distance of about so yards
They escaped but Cooney is sure, by
their shrieks, he hit them.
-Quarryville Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
WARNED TO TAKE
MEASURES AGAINST EURO.
PEAN CORN BORER

If Maryland farmers would avoid
future trouble from the European
Corn Borer they are warned to start
certain preventive practises now,
according to DR.. Ernest N. Cory,
State Entomologist. He points out
structure in the state thus far but
it has made it's appearance in
number of the counties and with the
lifting of the Federal quarantine
from the New England area bids
fair to give Maryland farmers more
trouble in the future.
DR.. Cory says the European Corn
Borer made it's first appearance in
this country more than 90 years ago
and was first seen in Maryland in
1881 when it was locs cd in Wor-
chester, Wicomico and Somerset
counties. This year it was found in
Hartford county, which is the big
gest area in the United States devot-
ed to growing shoe peg corn for
canning purposes.
The adult of the insect is a moth
but this moth does not do the dam
age. The female moth lays eggs on
the corn leaves, usually from to
SO in cluster. Small worms emerge
from these eggs and begin to feed on
the corn leaves. They make small
pin holes near the edge of the leaves
and then eat their way into the
stalks or ears. These worms are
flesh colored with indistinct brown
spots and grow to about one inch
and half in length. AS much as
800 borers have been taken from q
single hill Of four stalks in heavily
infested areas in other states.
Because the larvae or worms live
the winter in burrows in the stalks
of the corn or in the ears it is es-
sential to feed all stalks, either az
silage, shredded fodder. or in the
pound. After Smelling, the cobs
should be burned and the residue OF
the crop buried to effectively con-
troll the borer. The stalks should be
cut low with some special device
such as a sled cutter. II this cannot
be used then the stubble and trash
should be plowed under with wide
bottom pillow in the fall or spring.
Disking may be done provided the
blowing operation was thorough but
no type of harrow should be used
that will bring trash to the surface.
high percentage of the worms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN
COUNTY

The report of Attendance Officer
Edwin H. Barnes for the month Of
September shows Chapel led in at
tendance at one teacher schools in
Cecil county; Elk Mills the two
teacher schools; North East, Ches-
apeake City and Calvert tie in the
graded schools and Kenmore leads
the high schools. The averages are
as follows;
One teacher schools-Chapel 98.2,
Pilot SO, lakewood SO, Jackson 97.2,
Blake 96.7, Harris 96.3, Liberty
Grove SO, Union $50, Jefferson
95.2, Pleasant Hill 95.1, Wesley
93.4, Principle 91.S, New Valley
91.6, Charlestown S6.9, Rowlands-
vile S6.8.
Two teacher schools-Elk Mills
98.1, Iced 96.3, Cherry Hill 94.7,
Colora 94.2.
Graded schools-North East 96.5,
Chesapeake City 96.5, Calvert 96.5,
Kenmore 96.4, Rising Sun 96.2,
Cecilton. 95.S, Elkton 95.S, Perry
vile 95.6.
High chools-Kenmore 97.8,
Cecilton 97.2, Elkton 97.1, Chesa-
peake City 81, North East 96.7,
Perryyille 94.6, Rising Sun 93.2,
Calvert 92.8.
Colored schools-Wilson 99.2,
Elkton Elementary $50, Cecilton
s8.3, Cedar Hill 96.3, Port Deposit
$50, Conowingo 95.6, North East
94.1 Cokesbury 93.5, Elkton Col.
High school GAL.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
NINTH DISTRICT FARM GROUP

DR.. and Mrs. Charles F. Miller
of near Blue Ball entertained the
9th District Farmers Club on Wed.
nesday, Oct. 2, with large number
of the members and guests present
At the morning session DR.. c. M
Smith of Tacoma Park, Md, and
formerly with the University OF
Maryland Extension Service spoke
on Poetry and gave some Reading
AS he spoke he. told how he came
to write the various verses.
Following a dinner, DR.. Smiths
son, C. E. Smith of the Extension
Service, spoke on Bee Culture.
Mrs. Atlee Armour gave a report
to the club on the Homemakers triI
to Annapolis. County Agent J. q
Miller and Miss Irene Smith an.
nounced the various fall activities
for the country clubs.
The next meeting will be with Mr.
and Mrs. Charles L. Morris at Zior
in November.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
u. s. MARINE CORPS INCREASES
PAY OF IT'S ENLISTED MEN

Effective on October /, 1910, by
the act of September 16, 1910, the
pay of all first enlistments in the
U. S. Marine Corps, will be increased
from $21.00 month to $4,000 a
month. This increase in pay does not
only affect privates, but also the
three succeeding grades of private
A private first-class increases from
$4,000 a month to $500, corporals
from $4,000 to $54.OO, and SER
gents from $4,000 to $4,000.
Men desiring to reenlist in the
U. S. Marine Corps upon completion
of their first four years of service
will receive a $4,000 bonus as re-
enlistment allowance. Also, each
man receives monthly, after COM
pleting four years service and is
reenlisted, ten perc. of his base pay.
Each subsequent reenlistment en-
titles the man to five perc. addition
al pay, and SO on, until the maxium
of twenty-five perc. is reached. al
These increases in pay are partic-
ularly encouraging to men OF the
lower brackets, especially the appli-
cant for first enlistment.
The U. S. Marine Corps is expand
ing further, this time from $4,000
to $4,000. Naturally, by increasing
the Corps from $4,000 in Septem-
Der, 1899, to $4,000 by the end of
1910, it can be logically concluded
that promotions for the new re-
cruits will be rapid.
The effect Of the new increase in
pay on those already in the Marine
Corps is apparent in that the moral
is better and reenlistments are in
creasing. In view of the above, the
Recruiting Officer in the Post Office
Building, Baltimore, Md, expects a
large increase in applications for
first enlistment
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
TOOLMAKERs WANTED

To meet the great demand Tor
toolmakers for the National Defense
Program, the United States Civil
Service Commission urges qualified
persons to apply for this position.
Imemdiate appointments are to be
made at ordinance and naval estab-
lishments in Philada., Pa; Boston,
Springfield and WATERFOWL, Mass.
Watervliet, N. Y: and Washington,
D. c. Approximately 600 appoint
ments will be made in the frankfort
Arsenal alone. The pay scales vary
according to the place of employ
ment. ranging from 1924 day to
SLIT an hour.
Applicants must have completed
4-year apprenticeship as toolmak-
er, or must have had A years OF
practical experience in the trade
They must be able to read blueprints
and must be experienced in the use
of precision cages, measuring in
struments, etc. Applications will be
rated as received at the Commits
sion's Washington Office until fur
Their notice.
Full information as to the re-
quirements for the examinations
and application forms, may be OBJ
tanned from the Secretary of the
Board of U. S. Civil Service Exam
liners at the post Office Of the first
or-second-class, or from the United
Washington, D. G.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
RETIRED AFTER FIFTY-FIVE
YEARS SERVICE

Mr. James T. Thompson, we'll
known conductor on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, has been retired af-
ter serving the company for fifty-five
years. Mr.. Thompson was for many
years conductor on the Columbia
branch of the railroad, between
Perryville, Port Deposit, Columbia
and Philada. and is well-known to
thousands who have travelled that
line. He will make his home. In
Washington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
REVISION DAY:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1914

/
The time of sitting will be from
| 8 A. M. to 9 P. M.
On the last mentioned day, Octo-
Der 18th, 1910, no new names will
be added, except where the appli-
cant produces removal certificate,
as this day is for the purpose of re-
vising the Registration Lists.
First District, A to Nc, inclusive
At Cecilton, on Main street, in Jun
| ior Order American Mechanics Hall.
Fisrt District, N to 2, inclusive
At Cecilton, ON Main street, In Jun
ior Order American Mechanics Hall.
Second District, A to Nc, inclu-
SWEAT Chesapeake City, in Civic
Hall Building.
Second District, N to 2, inclusive
At Chesapeake City, in Civic Hall
Building.
Third District, First Precinct, A
to F, inclusive-At Elkton, in Coun-
Gil Hall Building.
Third District, First Precinct, G.
to Nc, inclusive-At Elkton, in Coun-
Gil Hall Building.
Third District, First Precinct, N
to 2, inclusive-At Elkton, in Coun-
Gil Hall Building.
Third District, Second Precinct,
A to ], inclusive-At Elkton, in Her
man Jeffers' Warehouse, on West
Main street.
Third District, Second Precinctn,
X to 2, inclusive-At Elkton, in Her.
man Jeffers' Warehouse, on West
Main street.
Fourth District, A to ], inclusive
At Fair Hill, former Hess pI operty,
opposite Foxcatchers Hound Club
House.
Fourth District, X to 2, inclusive
At Fair Hill, former Hess property,
opposite Foxcatchers Hound Club
House.
Fifth District, First Precinct, A
to Nc, incusive-At North East, in the
Store Building of William e. Roney,
on Main street.
Fifth District, First Precinct, N to
z, inclusive-At North East, in the
Store Building of William e. Roney,
on Main street.
Fifth District, Second Precinct, At
Charlestown, in Mrs. Sarah e. Coop
er's Store Building.
Sixth District, A to F, inclusive
At Rising Sun, in the Fire House.
Sixth District, G to Nc, inclusive
At Rising Sun, in the Fire House.
Sixth District, N to 2, inclusive
At Rising Sun, in the Fire House.
Seventh District, First Precinct,
A to Nc, inclusive-At Port Deposit,
in Fire Engine House.
Seventh District, First Precinct,
N to z, inclusive-At Port Deposit
in Fire Engine House.
Seventh District, Second Precinct,
A to Nc, inclusive-At Perryville in
j. o. A. M. Hall Building.
Seventh District, Second Precinct,
| N to 2, inclusive-At Perryville, in
J. o. A. M. Hall Building.
Eighth District, At lakewood, in
American Mechanics Hall.
Ninth District, At Calvert, in
Rosebank Cemetery Hall.
By order of
T. BAYARD INWARD,
President;
HARVEY w. EWING,
TOBIAS RUDOLPH,
Board of Supervisors of Elections
of Cecil County.
Delaney Scott, Clerk.
]. Albert Roney, Jr., Attorney.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
Registration Notice

In compliance with provision Of
the Election Laws of the State Of
Maryland, notice is hereby given of
the time and places of Registra-
ton in Cecil County. The Registers
will sit in their respective Districts
and Precincts at the places herein
after designated, and on the follow
ing days:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11

ed by James w. Barrow. Of Forest
Hill, Hartford county, took top
honors last week in the feature
event at the twelfth annual Balti-
more Livestock Show at Union Stock
Yards. The lot was adjudged grand
champion carload Of Get cattle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11

Until the war, Germany supplied
Columbia, important South Ameri-
can nation, with half of its medi-
cine business worth dollar
minute that the Nazis lost when
Hateful September morning began
the Second World War.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11

The u. s. is now manufacturing
steam and hot water boilers-with
winter coming on-at speed OF
$50 worth each time Q minute goes
By,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11

Textiles comprise Japan's biggest
industrial production. The Japan
ese make $4,000 worth every min
utel
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11

American clubs are 30 popular
now that their food sales alone aver.
age &1ss worth every GO secQRdA
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11

It is easy to discourage Q man
who hasn't any courage
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
HARTFORD COUNTY STEERS WIN
TOP HONORs

Fifteen steers. averaging approx
1nately 1000 pounds each. exhibit
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-18
Deprived of Europe

About a dozen years ago there
was a tremendous travel migration
Of college students to Europe to see
those countries. They overran the
historic spots in droves. They rep
resented to their parents that their
education would be very incomplete
unless they saw London. Paris, and
Berlin. Some of their high jinks
did not set too well in the European
mind.
If European travel is necessary to
give a youth a good start. our young
people will have to be deprived of
this privilege in the fighting coun-
tries. They will have to learn to
add up figures or sweep out the Of
fee without having seen the tower
of London or the Swiss Alps. So
far they seem to be doing quite well
without this desirable privilege. A
persons power is not created by the
things his eyes have seen. but by the
things his hands and brain can do.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-18
Wives of Drafted Men

Many young married women,
watching their husbands go up to
register for possible military SER
vice, are wondering how they can
stand it if they should be left alone
for a year.
One wonders whether any Of the
husbands and wives will grow apart
during that year. Will some women
make new friendships that blot out
the old love? Will some men find
new interests that make them indif-
ferent to the joys of home? If that
should be the result in many cases,
it would be one of the tragedies of
war.
Some of these drafted husbands
and wives may make it their habit
to exchange messages daily. Many
men will say that would be i'm
possible in the routine of camp life
which will come so near filling every
minute. Many wives will say they
could think of nothing to say every
day in their quiet lives.
A postcard message a day would
only take two or three minutes Of
time. It would keep the distant
heart assured. and make the time
pass quicker.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-18
elm Americans TIorne

Americans were long ago urged
to come home from war-torn Eu-
rope. The government has now ad-
vised American citizens in Japan,
China, and nearby countries. to re-
turn to the United States.
It will be a hard blow to many
of these people. who after great toll
and sacrifice have built UP business
interests or obtained work in those
lands. Some Of their property may
be destroyed in the bloody conflicts
of those nations. Many of these
folks will not know where to turn If
they have to come back home.
Many missionaries live in those
countries, carrying on a noble work.
Most Of them, full Of self-sacrifce.
will probably stay where they are.
But people who are there for work
and business may have to get out
soon to save even their skins. A
foreign business does not look very
good if an airplane may drop bombs
on it any day. Even a poor chance
and location in America would seem
sl'E
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-18
Business Friends

Friendship and business go to-
gether, but this is not always true
If you go out of town to buy goods
you don't ordinarily make friends
with the people you trade with. You
are apt to deal with a different per-
son each time. and you make no last
ing ties that way.
If you buy goods at home, you
deal with about the same people.
They know you better and you
know them better. Frequently this
contact grows into very .rewarding
friendships, that make life happier
It is very apt to result in gains in
your work, home, and business.
When you grant people the favor
of trading with them. they feel under
obligation to do anything they can
for you. These mutual sentiments,
the result of home trading, have
landed jobs and business opportuni-
ties for many.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-18
War Savagery At Worst

There seems no limit to the bru.
tality and horror Of this war as il
goes on. Perhaps the worst thing
yet occurred some days ago, when a
British ship carrying refugee chill
dren from bomb battered England
was sunk. allegedly by a torpedo.
When SO of these innocent little
children who never harmed a soul
were sent to their death 600 miles
from shore. it seemed as If war had
degenerated into an attack by wild
beasts.
1t may be claimed that the ship
was sunk by a floating mine. or that
if torpedoed. the man who fired the
shot did not know it was a rescue
ship carrying children. If it was
sunk by a torpedo. it was on orders
by the German government, which
is willing to send children and wo-
men to their death, II 1t can thereby
build up its power and become the
master Of Europe.
II would seem that the plan to
send many thousands of children to
the United States and Canada to get
them out of the danger zone. might
be somewhat hindered by this ter
rible disaster. The American and
people are welcoming such
children to their homes. Such places
Of refuge can probably be found for
all who thus are sent for refuge from
a foe that has lost heart and mercy.
But it would look as IL they would
be as safe in country districts of
England and Scotland.
Governments can not go on year
lfter year making this black record |
II cruelty and atrocity without IN
.urring punishment. The German |
,eOple of course have no idea of the |
ruth, since their government con-
eals or distorts the facts, so they
ave no realistic picture of events.
| government can not rise in the
night of its armed power, and defy
II laws of God, man, and sentiment
( humanity. and escape retribution.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-18
The 4O-Hour Week

Under the wage-hour law, the
maximum working week without
overtime pay is to be reduced from
AZ hours to 40 after October %
This reduction will, in, the main be
welcomed by workers. It gives
them more time to frolic in the
open air, cultivate the beans and
potatoes. and yell f6a. the football
team.
The extra time will probably cost
them something. It probably in
creases the cost of the goods pro-
duced. When costs of products are
increased. what happens is usually
that the price to the consumer is in
creased. or else new machinery is
introduced to save labor. The man
who reioices in the shorter working
week sometimes finds himself out Of
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